gb news. it's not good morning. it's 30 on tuesday, the 14th of march. welcome to the point me andrew pierce and bev turner. good morning. now crisis the bbc. this story is not going away. lineker returns shrouded controversy and today producers are accused of hanging fiona bruce out dry with a thousand people a week being criminally for not paying the licence fee . for not paying the licence fee. is it time to defund the state broadcaster .7 i think it might be broadcaster? i think it might be now splashing gripped by an energy and cost of living crisis. but the prime minister's some spare cash to pay to upgrade the electricity grid to heat his private swimming pool. is he out of touch? we're going to be asking the former leader of the lib—dems also heading down a dangerous road . china's down a dangerous road. china's stark warning to britain as the

uk announces a partnership build nuclear submarines with the us and australia and home secretary brother blasting microbial, accusing them of being out of touch lefties and trying to derail her plan. so on the government's proposal to get a grip of migration on track. and so we have a huge amount to get through. let us know your thoughts. morning on all of our stories. gb views at gbnews.uk is the email address. stories. gb views at gbnews.uk is the email address . i also is the email address. i also i really do want to understand the implications of this defence story. yeah but sounds like it could be extremely serious significant and it's all about stack sticking up to china, doing a deal with australia in asia also nicking that deal asia and also nicking that deal for the submarines from france. let's not forget that . yeah, i let's not forget that. yeah, i was talking about that. we're not about swimming pool. not about the swimming pool. we're to talk the we're going to talk about the swimming a big swimming pool and what a big deal that is with rishi sunak.

doesit deal that is with rishi sunak. does it mean that he's completely out touch with the completely out of touch with the voters? all of that's the voters? all of that's come the first all, your news with first of all, your news with tamsin . bear. thank you. tamsin roberts. bear. thank you. good morning from the gb newsroom, it's 930 to the chancellor is looking at increasing the lifetime allowance in an attempt to reverse the trend of early retirement . as it's understood retirement. as it's understood jeremy is considering allowing individual isles to put more money into their pension pot before being taxed . the current before being taxed. the current lifetime allowance stands just over £1,000,000, with savers incurring tax after that personal pension pot threshold has been exceeded . the measures has been exceeded. the measures are expected to be unveiled tomorrow's budget as the chance looks to increase britain's workforce force to help stimulate the economy . but this stimulate the economy. but this is a the prime minister and us president have discussed increase assertiveness from china with an agreed approach to engage and maintain talks . the

engage and maintain talks. the country rishi sunak and joe biden met in san diego alongside the australian prime minister to announce a new submarine program between the three countries. mr. sunak outlined security steps in the uk with the leaders discussing the importance of working together for global stability . security minister tom stability. security minister tom tugendhat told gb news. it requires a multi—agency government effort to tackle the threat from china . the orcas threat from china. the orcas element, the defence element that the prime minister was in san diego saying is only one aspect of it and there's much more about this to come. so is a whole of government approach. it involves education, it involves the police, it involves many different aspects of our intelligence services that this is a huge, i'm afraid, challenge . true. because there are some areas where we've got to engage . you know, we've got to engage with our eyes wide open. and this is something i've always said. we mustn't be naive . there

said. we mustn't be naive. there were certainly some people who may have been in recent decades . the uk unemployment has remained unchanged at 3.7% in the three months to january , the three months to january, according to official data figures from the office for national statistics also show vacancies have fallen for the eighth month in a row as firms off from recruiting due to and economic real pay continues to fall despite a drop , the fall despite a drop, the inflation rate tv online and radio. this is gb news. more for me shortly. now though. it's back to bev and andrew . back to bev and andrew. very good morning. thank you for joining bevan. andrew on to the point on gb news this morning on tv and of course on your dab radio. now we look ahead to tomorrow's budget, one of the

thorniest fights prime thorniest fights the prime minister and the chancellor are set face is with their own set to face is with their own benches it's all over benches and it's all over corporation but first, that corporation tax. but first, that stop bill, it passed stop boats bill, when it passed its first in the commons its first hurdle in the commons last home secretary last night. home secretary suella claimed suella braverman claimed that the realist nick and the public is realist nick and knows the uk can't help amounts of people . i will not be of people. i will not be hectored by out—of—touch lefties or anyone . and i won't be or anyone. and i won't be patronised. i won't be patronised. i won't be patronised on what appropriate views for someone of my background can hold and i will not back down when faced with spunous not back down when faced with spurious accusations of bigotry , the usual tough talk from the home secretary, some m.p.s of course, didn't support the government's plans, including the former prime minister, theresa may remember her? she claimed modern slave, that claimed her modern slave, that modern slavery victim. she brought modern slavery brought in, that modern slavery bill collateral bill would become collateral damage . so the former lib dem damage. so the former lib dem leader , sir vince cable, joins

leader, sir vince cable, joins me now. good morning, servants . me now. good morning, servants. are you with. are you with theresa may on this that modern slavery victims will become collateral damage of this policy ? yes, i am. and i think she made some very good points. i mean let's be very clear. i mean, theresa was a very tough home secretary for five years. i actually with her strongly on some of her anti—immigration measures , particularly things measures, particularly things like trying to keep our overseas students about the. the point she is making yesterday the legislation is likely to not to be effective as well as closing you know quite serious human rights problems . i mean points rights problems. i mean points were very well made and she speaks from experience . she speaks from experience. she also, of course, events , you also, of course, events, you well know, was the home secretary that created the hostile environment for migrants, which she continues to get a lot of flak for . she get a lot of flak for. she create her it's i mean it was there she probably aggravated it . but as long as was an mp, 20

years, it was becoming increasingly difficult. starting with david blunkett, that era , with david blunkett, that era, having more and more constituency cases , people who constituency cases, people who run into problems with the home office, so the so—called environment has been there for a long time and the windrush problem had was indeed very much on her watch. but you know, there is a much bigger here that's gone on for a longer penod that's gone on for a longer period of time to stop the boats policy will be popular in the countries events. do you think it can work practically ? i'm not it can work practically? i'm not sure it would necessarily be popular. there is a segment of the electorate that is very concerned about immigration in particular and the so—called small boats problem in particular. there's no evidence that the public at large, deeply alarmed about the problem and the evidence tends to suggest that anti—immigrant sentiment is strongest in areas the

population of immigrant sees lowest . there is a very lowest. there is a very particular problem asylum as we now know would have been repeated attempts to deal with it. and none of them have been effective. and i don't think this will be effective. you know, we there are things we have to do. you know, we have to have to do. you know, we have to have a good collaborative with the french over returns over . the french over returns over. the issue of policing to smuggling. we need some safe routes for countries which are where there is clearly a chronic urban rights issue in afghanistan , opposed to albania afghanistan, opposed to albania . they're very different cases . . they're very different cases. a lot needs to be done. it's very difficult problem and. britain isn't the only problem. struggling with this. a lot of people are dying the mediterranean. it isn't just just a british problem . what just a british problem. what would the liberal democrats do? fence. what will the policy be running up to the election for the lib dems ? well, our policy the lib dems? well, our policy is to acknowledge that, of

course you have to have secure borders . everybody accepts that borders. everybody accepts that . but we do need a and reasonable approach to people asylum. you know, we've done for creating safe routes for people from the ukraine. absolutely. rightly also from hong kong and for a very limited number of afghan . and where people are afghan. and where people are fleeing countries where there is a genuine risk of persecution . i a genuine risk of persecution. i mean iraq , syria, afghanistan we mean iraq, syria, afghanistan we need to have a legal route so that people from those countries not forced into these illegal channel crossings . but when you channel crossings. but when you have illegal immigration for reasons, say people coming from albania, then then of course , albania, then then of course, must stop and deport who are coming illegally. and that to be firm and very clear. last year's event , 45,000 people came to event, 45,000 people came to britain across the channel.

suggestions it be far higher this year . suggestions it be far higher this year. those numbers are surely unsourced but with the impact on social cohesion housing, hospitals, schools . housing, hospitals, schools. well the figure of 45,000 has to be put in the county next to net immigration of about 300,000. and if you're worried the impact on the social services, that's you know, that's the calculation that we have to make . personally that we have to make. personally think that immigration has been generally beneficial from the uk but there are points. you're quite right and we have to safeguard those . about 45,000 safeguard those. about 45,000 asylum seekers is a little over 10% of total net immigration . 10% of total net immigration. it's a difficult problem, but it's not a massive problem in terms of numbers . what do you terms of numbers. what do you make of the language the home secretary uses events? is it inflammatory ? well, it is

inflammatory? well, it is somewhat, yeah . i think likening somewhat, yeah. i think likening it to germany almost certainly isn't a good analogy , but it is isn't a good analogy, but it is inflammatory and those of us we've been around a long will remember that there's long tradition of this, you know, not and these rivers of blood , you and these rivers of blood, you know, and there have been episodes this ever since. which is why i disagree with you about gary lineker. he may not have chosen his words very well . it chosen his words very well. it was perfectly reasonable to use his twitter to make some comment about it. now you're in the lovely town of twickenham there on the river is fortunate to live also by the river in yorkshire, but apparently needs somewhere else to swim. vince and his swimming pool as an upgrading of the local electricity supply so that he can keep it warm enough. what is your take on that? when can't at the moment afford to pay their own electricity bills ? well, i own electricity bills? well, i think people in high political

position have to set an example. i mean, when i was a cabinet minister, we had pay frozen. we travelled in a second class wherever possible we tried to set an example in difficult conditions and leadership has got to got to come from the top. so yeah , it's not that it's not so yeah, it's not that it's not a good example. it's a business. you should follow the example of mrs. thatcher who to heat the swimming pool at chequers. she said it wasn't fair on the pubuc said it wasn't fair on the public purse. those days are gone. yeah . mrs. thatcher gone. well, yeah. mrs. thatcher had her strong points and one of them was that she put austerity into practise in her own life. as far as we can judge. so yeah, i think that's a good role model. okay. thank you so much, sir. vince cable, thank you for your time this morning. interesting, isn't it? i think the public are to be outraged about this. i mean, i why did he put it in? he put it in last summer. it was might just delay. i mean, it's just it looks like costly crisis. just discovered his wife's a billionaire. his

wife a non—dom does not look wife was a non—dom does not look good and it's a weekend home. yeah and he's got a in london two homes in london and he's got one in the united states . we one in the united states. we shouldn't be against rich men and women entering parliament. but vince says it's all about perception. it makes a mockery . perception. it makes a mockery. the green agenda . yeah. you the green agenda. yeah. you can't drive your cars because of the fumes, but i'm going to upgrade the electricity in area so i can hate my swimming pool anyway. let me know what you think about that. gb views that gbnews.uk as we look ahead to tomorrow's budget, one of the thorniest the prime thorniest fights, the prime minister chancellor to minister and chancellor set to face their own face is with their own backbenches. tell them to plan corporation i9 backbenches. tell them to plan corporation 19 to corporation tax hike from 19 to 25. has caused a huge 25. that has caused a huge backlash on the backbenches . i backlash on the backbenches. i haven't a tory mp who thinks haven't met a tory mp who thinks it ahead and we it should go ahead and we shouldn't that jeremy shouldn't forget that jeremy hunt, the chancellor in his leadership summer leadership campaign last summer when 20 vote when he got to me 20 vote supported cutting the corporation tax from 19 to 50. he's now going to wake up by 6. it will be double the rate in ireland. it certainly will be. and jeremy hunt has got a

history of saying that we should have a lower corporation tax. he said it of course, last summer when he stood for the leadership indeedin when he stood for the leadership indeed in the previous time he stood for the leadership back in 2090, he to cut it 2090, and he wanted to cut it down and a half% at the down to 12 and a half% at the same loser is that farmer? yeah. no, he he was the final. he was the competition to . boris the competition to. boris johnson the final to round johnson in the final to round it. he was. it. that's right. course he was. but it is interesting because there significant from there is significant from conservative backbench meps on this issue . as you rightly say, this issue. as you rightly say, many them are very exercised by this point. just as we're heading into choppy economic , heading into choppy economic, making things harder for british businesses seems like a very cunous businesses seems like a very curious thing to do. however have been picking up that there is something the treasury is looking to do to perhaps in some way mitigate that rise . and this way mitigate that rise. and this is about investor and allowances. yeah. currently there's something called the super deduction which a time limited policy introduced by rishi sunak as chancellor which allows companies to offer debt

their corporation tax capital investment if they buy a new machine , they can take the cost machine, they can take the cost of that off tax bill. yeah. now that comes to an end in april what may well happen is that comes forward at a rate of 100% at the moment the super deduction is 130. they can claim slightly over the cost of what they've invested. it looks like they'll be able companies in this country will able to claim 100% of investment, particularly in capital investment, say factories, and those of things in this country. they might well have an easier time of this corporation tax rise because they'll be able to offset that. but it's still not going to say to astra's n.a, who we thought going to set up a nice fanfare , going to set up a nice fanfare, a £300 million factory in cheshire, it's not going to stop them going to ireland, is it? well, astrazeneca, it well, with astrazeneca, it might. this is might. right. and this is because astrazeneca has lot of production facilities already , production facilities already, as well as research. so if they want to build a big new plant, that could be the kind of

investment actually reduces that could be the kind of investax nt actually reduces that could be the kind of investax .t actually reduces that could be the kind of investax . and actually reduces that could be the kind of investax . and interestingly, uces their tax. and interestingly, their tax. and interestingly, the chancellor, when he was speaking to esther and phil on gb news on saturday said that if he were to have his time again in the leadership race, he talk less about the headline of corporation tax and, more about the effective rate , the amount the effective rate, the amount that companies actually pay than what their sort of nominally told they might be. and so i think to some extent, this will be a bit of a sop to mitigate some of that dissent, although no doubt we'll still hear a lot of a lot of less than happy talking, all very good if you're going to build a new factory with a huge amount of and production capability . but if production capability. but if you are a restaurant, a shop owner , if you have anything that owner, if you have anything that provides a to people, it does absolute nothing to keep you in business. nothing is going to be much on the table for those people that there isn't. and this the economic backdrop to this the economic backdrop to this the economic backdrop to this the overwhelming message this, the overwhelming message from the chancellor tomorrow will be we're still in tough

economic times and that this will, of course be a lot of businesses that are hit by this. of course , about money that of course, about money that comes out that is there not going to be one white rabbit that no big surprise i. don't think we're going to get any big surprises. mainly because we've got many leaks way. so got so many leaks in the way. so we're talking this morning, not just about the potential for this investment allowance. that could be the potential rabbit, but also about invest zones that the treasury has been talking about just in the last day. now, these investment zones are very different from the investment zones that liz truss proposed. it's mainly about subsidised industry in these i think eight or ten investment zones that the treasury is planning now . treasury is planning now. truss's investment zones, they to slash tax reform regulation and really create new industry private investment. the jeremy hunt investment zones that we've been told a little bit about ahead of this budget seem like

they're doing precisely the opposite. it's about tax money going into places and almost picking winners. going into places and almost picking winners . so it's a very picking winners. so it's a very different style of government , different style of government, just kind of to sort both. and the prime minister in a big talks with biden , australian talks with biden, australian prime is a huge deal on these australian submarines, which he pinched from under the nose of president macron. we all share to that . yeah, that's not just to that. yeah, that's not just about big jobs for britain. it's all about britain, australia , all about britain, australia, america standing up to china. it certainly and what's really interesting here is about the class of submarine that is being designed based off british nuclear submarines, but with american tech and these will be part constructed across, the united kingdom, we're going to see them come on stream for the australians based around western australians based around western australia from the 2030. but in the 2020s australia are getting some virginia class american to sort of stop, fill that gap. and of course nuclear submarines are incredibly complicated tech. the

united kingdom is one of the few countries in the world that runs these submarines along with the united states. and so australian servicemen are going to start training with us and with the americans to get used to kit as well. in the meantime this is about we're really counterbalancing chinese influence, particularly around counterbalancing chinese infl south particularly around counterbalancing chinese infl south sea icularly around counterbalancing chinese infl south sea andirly around counterbalancing chinese infl south sea and that round counterbalancing chinese infl south sea and that partd counterbalancing chinese infl south sea and that part of the south sea and that part of the south sea and that part of the world is becoming so much more theatre of geopolitics. okay. thank you , tom. tom hall okay. thank you, tom. tom hall with the right . let's get back with the right. let's get back to illegal migration bill. to this illegal migration bill. it's a second reading in it's cleared a second reading in the comments by a 312 votes to 250. the anti racism campaign, a push for a shake joins us in studio now . bushra do you studio now. bushra do you welcome this bill being voted in last night . absolutely no. as last night. absolutely no. as long as we've been talking about this for a long time and i believe this is a conversation going to go on for a while. no, no, no, no , no, no. the public no, no, no, no, no. the public speaks volumes. this is an illegal migration bill. this isn't about who's coming into the country is cherry picking

who is illegal. the country is cherry picking who is illegal . we are i am who who is illegal. we are i am who you are. i'm saying, have you got legal advice to say that? because the talking to lawyers all the time. well, we have human rights we have human rights . got good lawyers who say rights. got good lawyers who say whether it's legal not, oh, whether it's legal or not, oh, i'm sure gotten plenty i'm sure they've gotten plenty of say the opposite. of people to say the opposite. well, everything they well, you know, everything they say, sure they can find say, i'm sure they can find someone bias the civil someone to bias the civil servant and that's servant list there. and that's their is to advise the their job, is to advise the government. andrew human government. andrew have human rights, means rights, which basically means you individual to you if an individual comes to this have the this country, they have the right on process application right on process and application to whether it is okay for them to whether it is okay for them to stay this country. we've to stay this country. what we've done at the moment now is we're cherry picking who those people who we're accepting to come into our country and quite frankly is , that how we want to operate. i believe the uk and great britain are compassionate people. we need this the need to build this on the integrity. see, these individuals fleeing individuals are fleeing persecution. they're not coming from a wonderful life. they have nothing , you know. so that's nothing, you know. so that's what they're looking for. you would something needs would agree that something needs be stop the people be done to stop the people trafficking across the water?

yes and so how do we therefore fulfil your aim of being a compassionate country which has a long standing tradition of providing refuge for those whose lives are genuine, at risk generally at risk, and stopping that the tens of thousands of people, the record numbers who coming across to say, yeah, i mean, look, there are so many different aspect when we talk about migration. we have the trafficking that trafficking isn't just coming from, let's say, france . we have a say, france. we have a trafficking issue in country. they are coming across these boats and they are stopping in on our land. so how do we tackle that? we need to find them at that? we need to find them at that point. then we need to have safe pathways. i that pre brexit some these pathways were stopped and access was not given to other countries. so we need to open those up and safe passage to search of a safe passage to rwanda and then processed there that would be safe , would it that would be safe, would it not? i mean, potentially that's anidea not? i mean, potentially that's an idea they could think an idea that they could think about, really what people about, but really what people are to try do is come are going to try and do is come to an economic actually growing

country opportune country where the opportune niches there is a niches are and if there is a process system here in this country, like, know, country, then like, you know, what thinking of is what we were thinking of is sending to rwanda . we still sending them to rwanda. we still need to tackle . the issue is need to tackle. the issue is there are not enough safe pathways in application process in other countries connecting them to the. but we are a compassionate country you know that net migration britain that net migration to britain last year was 300,000 how last year was 300,000 and how many did we? they came many of those did we? they came and through. say they and they came through. say they came routes. why came through safe routes. why and these people also don't and what these people also don't forget coming from forget boucher coming from france country came from france to say country came from albania. there's war or conflict, increasing numbers now are coming from india. no war or conflict. they've got to be turned away. well, yes, look, again, is the again, this is this is the processing system, right? so if somebody we need somebody is coming here, we need to they this is right to deem that they this is right for to here. however, for them to stay here. however, you classify this as you can't classify this as a very discriminative policy because have a people coming because we have a people coming from ukraine. right. they are also refugees , but we are again, also refugees, but we are again, cherry picking the ones to come here. we have organisations in this country that have are now

going to incentivise people to house these refugees . they are house these refugees. they are just as much of a refugee as anybody else that comes from albania . i'm pleased that albania. i'm pleased that there's no war. there's no war in albania. if an individual or a conflict in ukraine. there are several reasons people migrate. andrew it could be violence. it could be germany doesn't could be that germany doesn't amount anything. alarm coming amount to anything. alarm coming from that's germany and from albania, that's germany and france should exactly france we should have exactly the policy . okay, so then the same policy. okay, so then so what saying here is if your reason is good enough, then we will. we will we will accept you here. i feel a very different feeling, i think for if you are a of afghanistan and you were working with the british government undercover for many years and suddenly the left we scarpered and we left a lot of people very vulnerable. i think the majority of people watching this would say, yes, we are compassionate. we understand and there should route for there should be a safe route for like that. but i do if it like that. but i do think if it is albania's or economic migrants, majority people migrants, the majority people coming are young men. they coming over are young men. they do somebody. so when you do want somebody. so when you

said need to be able to go said they need to be able to go somewhere, which is a strong economic opportunity, well, economic and opportunity, well, that's not a good enough reason to asylum if want to come to seek asylum if want to come here, that's just one reason that that's just one reason. and on the the grounds of on the on the grounds of afghanistan we said that we would welcome them here. we had like 9000 in afghanistan seek refuge and we only housed 22 out of 9000 aware and which which is interesting because on one hand we're trying to welcome them and we're trying to welcome them and we're saying that we provide this safe space, but yet out of 9000 of them, we only house 23. well do you think gary lineker was then to stand up for effectively the migrants he said he wants to give a voice to the voiceless, believe he's right to do that. that's his opinion. if that's how he feels and he feels strongly about subject people, should to should have the opportunity to voice that public. will it make any though? is any difference, though? this is this i think you we've this is what i think you we've been talking is only been talking about. this is only tuesday, whole week has been tuesday, the whole week has been rumbling on housing over the

weekend will it weekend as well. but will it actually any to mood of actually make any to the mood of the nation ? gary lineker says the nation? gary lineker says about this topic , i believe what about this topic, i believe what it will, it will definitely give people the confidence to say if we feel very strongly about something that we should voice it. for me, i think it. and for me, i think important i think it's important that have the backing. that we have the backing. do people have confidence to people have the confidence to say opposite though? because people have the confidence to say is opposite though? because people have the confidence to say is oneposite though? because people have the confidence to say is one of;ite though? because people have the confidence to say is one of;ite1things? because people have the confidence to say is one of;ite1things ibecause people have the confidence to say is one of;ite1things i haverse this is one of the things i have complained the 24 hours. complained in the last 24 hours. yeah, are lot of people yeah, there are lot of people who are prepared to defend. but gary i defending gary lineker, i was defending him basis of speech, not him on the basis of speech, not necessarily said, but is necessarily what he said, but is there anybody who can publicly necessarily what he said, but is ther

to come, is it time to defund the bbc? we were saying, has gary lineker he's gary lineker proved that he's bigger on that bigger the channel. more on that in next hour. you are with

there's help for households. are you over state pension age? if your weekly income is below £182.60, or £278.70 if you live with a partner, you could be eligible for pension credit, even if you own your home or have savings. it's worth, on average, £3,500 a year and you could get help with heating bills and more, plus up to £900 in cost of living payments. gb news. very good morning. it is 10:00 on tuesday, the 14th of march. welcome to the point with me, bev turner and andrew pierce . bev turner and andrew pierce. coming up today, the crisis at the bbc. lineker is back in controversy and now the bbc are accused of hanging fiona bruce out to dry and one with 1000

people a week being criminalised for not paying the licence fee. is it time finally to defund the state broadcaster , splashing out state broadcaster, splashing out to buy an energy crisis ? and to buy an energy crisis? and cost of living disaster. the prime minister has found some spare cash to pay to upgrade the electricity grid to heat his own private swimming pool . electricity grid to heat his own private swimming pool. is he out of touch? let me know what you think just a bit heading down a dangerous road. china's stark warning to britain as the britain's announced that pact to build nuclear submarines with the united states and australia rescued doing of in rescued doing all of that in america today . braverman blasts america today. braverman blasts migrant critics accusing , migrant critics accusing, out—of—touch lefties , as she out—of—touch lefties, as she said of trying to derail her asylum plan. so while the government's proposals to get a grip of migration back on track , we'll find out. grip of migration back on track , we'll find out . so let us know , we'll find out. so let us know what you think. stories this morning you know how to do it.

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has been exceeded. the measures are to be unveiled at tomorrow's budget as the chancellor looks to increase britain's workforce to increase britain's workforce to help stimulate the economy . to help stimulate the economy. the prime minister and us president discussed increased assertiveness from china with an agreed approach to engage and maintain talks with the country. rishi sunak and joe biden met in san diego alongside the australian prime minister to announce a new submarine between the three countries. mr. sunak security steps in the uk, with the leaders discussing the importance of working together for global stability. the president says he intends to visit northern ireland in april, whilst mr. sunak has been ianed whilst mr. sunak has been invited to go to washington in june. security minister tom tugendhat told keeping news it requires a multi agency government effort to tackle the threat from china. the orcas , threat from china. the orcas, the defence element that the prime minister was in san diego . saying is only one aspect of

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including sexual harassment, the government's illegal migration bill has passed its second reading in the house of commons, with a majority 62, despite concerns from conservative backbenchers . several tory mps backbenchers. several tory mps called for amendments to the bill, but mpc voted 312 to 250 in favour. the legislation would allow for the removal of migrants who in the uk illegally. will now proceed to the committee stage . immigration the committee stage. immigration lawyer skylar keith told us the current system in place is unsustainable, but likely this new bill will face more . the new bill will face more. the bill creates a large number of people having to live in limbo at public expense for an unknown amount of time, which could become very costly for the uk taxpayer . so really the become very costly for the uk taxpayer. so really the home office needs to put in place agreements for removal, safe third countries to ensure they're not in breach of their own legislation . and former own legislation. and former popstar gary glitter has been sent back to jail for breaking

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late queen silhouette has featured special stamps since 1966 . this is gb news. more from 1966. this is gb news. more from shortly now though, back to back mantra . mantra. very good morning. this is gb news where we could try and get to the point of the big topics every morning. still to come this hour, we're going to be speaking to boxing expert spencer apparently spencer oliver, who apparently will the latest on will be giving us the latest on the super showdown between tyson fury and oleksandr usyk at wembley stadium . you wembley stadium. you tell i don't know what talking don't know what i'm talking about when i say i even less who and who, we'll find out. it's a very important fight first, very important fight for first, that she's got that home secretary. she's got a big in her hands, to use big fight in her hands, to use that but it's clear the that analogy. but it's clear the first with illegal first hurdle with the illegal migration bill, let's call it stop the boats went through last night commons with night in the commons with a majority 62, despite tory majority of 62, despite tory rumbles grumbles, not rumbles and grumbles, not a single voted against it, single tory mp voted against it, but is only second reading

stage. that's right. so a brave man said she will not back man has said she will not back down. she's vowed not to be by out of touch leftists. and that legislation to stop migrants crossing the channel in small boats . prime crossing the channel in small boats. prime minister rishi sunak made one of his five key priorities. it's drive. they're going to be turned straight back. that's the plan . well, the back. that's the plan. well, the political editor at the telegraph, christopher hope, joins now . soon to be an joins us now. soon to be an employee of gb news chopper . employee of gb news chopper. good to see you. now well, hi. good to see you. now well, hi. good morning . so did you just we good morning. so did you just we expect it to go through on contested largely by the conservatives as it did last night. what particular rounds? how many more rounds does she have to go through now as you continue the boxing analogy? well, it's a well, a full two two days of on floor of the house legislation being looked at. then it'll go to lords. the lords will be a big problem. it'll be a fight, which i think the government wants to have to. if you're trying to fight the

lords, any battle with the lords, any battle with the lords, you're always going to win because have no real. win because they have no real. the there is in the legitimacy there is in today. caroline today. i think that caroline nokes , who it was called, says nokes, who it was called, says she has absolute horror about this and chris skidmore who this bill and chris skidmore who said it broke international law. both those who not vote both those who did not vote against, they abstained. around 40 abstained of them who 40 m.p.s abstained of them who would have permission. historians abstained. some of them permission . they them would have permission. they went to find out if any went in to find out if any others issues . a big thing others had issues. a big thing to watch out for is whether rebels on the right will attach an amendment to this to try and get britain to pull out of the echr the european court of human rights and that that money needed to go through i against that with from the labour mp which could be a problem for the government. they wouldn't get that through chris would they . that through chris would they. they wouldn't get it through andrew because labour would vote with government. with the government. but very embarrassed because it embarrassed for sunak because it would to through with would have to through with labour support it make sunak labour mp support it make sunak himself look out of touch with what many want because the big,

big concern here is how can this actually work because echr the european court of human rights may well step in. the government is ready that fight. they is ready for that fight. they know this bill will know this mess. this bill will the boundaries of what's allowed under they think it's under echr. but they think it's a battle worth fighting. don't forget sunak has not said when he wants to stop the boats by merely that he will do so that that idea in his five pledges back in january isn't quite clear when it must be delivered. now, david davis told us on program, he reminded us, chris, how jack straw and 2720 18 how he jack straw and 2720 18 the former labour home secretary two senior at senior tory senior labour combined to repel the european court trying to impose prisoners having votes and was a massive vote in the commons. they saw off the european court and the government's argument again, chris, i think is they can do this again whatever the judges say about the stop the boats bill. the problem there, andrew, that took 12 years. that's 12 years to finally i'm

pleased parliament to its efforts to get rid of you and i will be retired from gb news in 12 years time under baerbock still be battle carry on forever, but may not be long gone. so i think it's that's the urgency. it must happen if get the electoral benefit then i expect later this i have no idea will happen but i'm sure there'll be an email going out of hq today. how labour last night voted for against immigration . controls is the one immigration. controls is the one area i think where i think the tories are quite strong in politics. that phrase to get the electoral benefits. christopher thatis electoral benefits. christopher that is going to be a phrase we're going to be using more and, more and more in the next 18 months. how important is it that the conservative tips can win this particular policy, this area? it is important to people on the streets when we about what we would like to see our government do. yes, they want to improve the cost living. and yes, we need to look at inflation and rates and all of that and safety and. all of the

things. nhs, education. stop me when got to the end of the when i've got to the end of the list. but people do feel strongly about immigrant and particularly strongly about immigrant and pathatlarly strongly about immigrant and pathat it'ly strongly about immigrant and pathat it polls very highly all in that it polls very highly all the time and it annoys people feel that many who voted for brexit felt that taking back control of borders was was what was on the tin when they when they bought the almost the baked beans supermarket . that's beans in the supermarket. that's what they were what they thought they were getting. why hasn't why getting. and why hasn't why hasn't happened the hasn't happened yet. that's the concern people is understood concern for people is understood i by by by a sunak what i think by by by a sunak what labour do is interesting and i heard blunkett, the former heard lord blunkett, the former home secretary at the weekend saying should saying he thinks labour should not oppose , it go through not oppose, let it go through and see if it works. if it works , it sort of neuters the problem for next election at for next election go course. at the moment . chris, the prime the moment. chris, the prime minister he minister either thought he wanted the commons last wanted to be in the commons last night marshalling his troops voting with the troops while keir marching his keir starmer's marching his troops against it. but troops to vote against it. but he's international stage. he's on the international stage. he's with president of he's talking with president of the states, the prime of the united states, the prime of australia, about this deal australia, about this big deal for britain to be involved in the these nuclear the supply of these nuclear

energy, submarines . very energy, submarines. very important restating our important about restating our relationship with states and relationship with the states and australia and also to be a bulwark against chinese influence . very, very important. influence. very, very important. it's a deal to build a dozen or so subs up in various jobs in barrow and in derby, where the engines are made. then we transfer some of the technology down to australia. they build them in south australia , the them in south australia, the same submarines who have a fleet of same travelling the of the same travelling the world. the australian subs will have no nuclear on the one, but there'll be nuclear power because the problem you've because the problem is you've got to be at sea a long got to be at sea for a long time. the threat china is so great that i think there's already reaction place already a reaction taking place on world stage with on the world stage with with hasn't china meeting with hasn't even china meeting with putin president putin in russia next mean, we are seeing next week. i mean, we are seeing a chess pieces moving a lot of big chess pieces moving around around the globe at the moment as as the uk, moment as as really the uk, australia and great britain and usa forgive me, respond to china's over the past ten years is a kind of reaction and then a

reaction to that reaction happening at the moment is it's a bit scary but i think we need to know that this done for our best interests i think. yeah. i'm looking your newspaper online. the daily telegraph , online. the daily telegraph, gary this is confirmed, gary lineker, this is confirmed, hasn't it, that he's just bigger than the bbc ? it looks that way, than the bbc? it looks that way, doesn't it? i mean, in a sense that the way it's played out he has had to apologise. tim davis director general, has apologised . it's he hasn't really worked out that the bbc is now the time when they've been found quite wanting this goes long wanting whether this goes long term now these term this big concern now these new on social media new rules on social media engagement won't be ready a engagement won't be ready for a few months will other presenters see opportunity ? use the see this as opportunity? use the lineker to on on lineker clause to on on government issues . i mean the government issues. i mean the budget tomorrow could be in a moment when you other moment when you have other presenters say i'll i'll have my say now and where that say now and where does that leave impartiality . you know, i leave impartiality. you know, i think board is supporting think the board is supporting tim for now. tim davie for now. the government is trying stay out government is trying to stay out of but there's definitely a of it but there's definitely a worry where where it worry about where and where it leaves. bbc over the medium

term. just briefly, chris, we had yesterday had jacob rees—mogg yesterday saying , they've got saying it's the end, they've got to defunded, licence to be defunded, lose the licence because pretence and because all pretence and pretence and impartiality is gone. how many tory are you talking to at westminster are saying the same ? i mean, saying much the same? i mean, does say that and we know they believe that the question is what what what he replace it with would it be a netflix style subscription? how would that work ? would you well, work? would you have. well, maybe why not? but it work maybe why not? but would it work ? nadine dorries had a review of this. we're going to see something in medium term on what she thinks work, but i think the problem is if you do if you get rid of impartiality hard to justify the licence fee . yeah, justify the licence fee. yeah, it really is. thank you, christopher. christopher hope the political editor of the daily telegraph, soon to be editor of gb news. and he's the best in the business. and we are so happy to have him. now on stop the boats. but our own political reporter utley political reporter olivia utley is this morning. is in westminster this morning. olivia job well done last night for the tories , you say? for the tories, you say? morning. job well done for the

tories last night. morning. job well done for the tories last night . good it tories last night. good it certainly was a job. well done. the bill sailed its second reading stage and as mentioned earlier, that there was not a single tory abstention. there are a couple of meps who spoke out very, very firmly the bill before the vote night, including caroline nokes and chris skidmore. but both chose to abstain. the fly in the ointment really for rishi sunak was theresa may's eviscerating speech on the bill. but that could only be to be expected because the bill is essentially designed to unwind to modern slavery, which she sees her biggest legacy . the problems are biggest legacy. the problems are two problems really going forwards for rishi sunak. one of them is, of course happens in them is, of course happens in the lords. but as chris hope, there obviously , the commons has there obviously, the commons has more legitimacy the eyes of the pubuc more legitimacy the eyes of the public than the lords. so the lords will reluctant to show lords will be reluctant to show too antagonism towards this too much antagonism towards this bill, which proved to be very bill, which is proved to be very popular both conservative popular with both conservative mp with the public. then

mp and with the public. and then of course, what happens when it gets the courts . but gets through the courts. but perhaps the more urgent issue which chris again which which chris again mentioned, issue mentioned, there is this issue of mpas on the right of the conservative party tabling amendment at committee stage , amendment at committee stage, which would amend the bill to mean that pushing for britain to leave the european court of human rights. now, rishi sunak wants to avoid that, he considers that the nuclear opfion considers that the nuclear option and he thinks that it would undo some of the good work he's done in the last few weeks to reset britain's relationship . europe and put britain back onto onto the world stage as a sort of major player. but as i think it was again earlier , that think it was again earlier, that that idea is quite popular in the public. the idea of leaving the public. the idea of leaving the human european court of human rights is quite popular. so tory mp is pushed out through would certainly be pushed it through to voting stage. it would certainly be very embarrassing for. would certainly be very embarrassing for . the extra embarrassing for. the extra added there is that suella has made very very the home

secretary has made clear that she personally supports leaving the european court of human rights. she says that she acknowledges that not government policy. she's not trying to change government policy. but just six months ago she said that view that britain that it's her view that britain should leave the echr. so if that argument raises its head again, we could see some into cabinet fighting and that could be awkward. and you know and if you of course people like nigel farage say the way this migrant crossing situation is going to be fixed is by leaving the european court rights. european court of human rights. that's the view taken by that's the same view taken by richard reform party . richard tice, the reform party. so that could be quite a powerful political weapon for them come the next general election . if this migrant crisis election. if this migrant crisis isn't sorted , ups . absolutely. isn't sorted, ups. absolutely. we've got this issue of what happens to those migrants once they've been detained here for 28 days. if they if their cases are still being held up in the european court of human rights. what is the government supposed do? do those people then become

stateless? lots of stateless? there are lots of logistical which conservative nigel farage, richard tice , etc. nigel farage, richard tice, etc. believe would essentially be resolved by leaving the echr. so it is a very tempting option and you can why? that's going to be quite tricky for the prime minister. okay. thank you. olivia. olivia. oliver we're going to be bringing you the sentencing in the next section of the show about elena and william. this is a fascinating this is the woman who basically made false rape against members of an asian grooming gang. this is that was her allegation? and several of them took their own lives . under the trauma of that, lives. under the trauma of that, we're going to be getting the results of her sentencing with mark white. and you have been getting in touch as well. christine says hello , andrew and christine says hello, andrew and bev. interesting listening . the bev. interesting listening. the varying viewpoints on the new migration bill we aim to please christine. i live in malta and the labour government position here is the same as the uk. i like this says i'm not a little

but i always like hearing vince cable so he's decent. as soon as paul cable so he's decent. as soon as paul. what's he thinking? it's madness he's harping on about net zero, yet he's doing what he's couldn't agree more he's doing. couldn't agree more electricity electricity's currently gas . currently no greener than gas. this point needs to be pushed forward. time and time again. absolutely. and has said it absolutely. and and has said it might be. rob it's our wishes . might be. rob it's our wishes. wealth is not a problem for me. except insults that i've received from the department of work and pensions who've informed next year i'll work and pensions who've infientitled next year i'll work and pensions who've infientitled to next year i'll work and pensions who've infientitled to a next year i'll work and pensions who've infientitled to a $0.25 year i'll work and pensions who've infientitled to a $0.25 increase be entitled to a $0.25 increase per week in state pension. that is, a pound per month less, 20. do you know gordon brown got a lot of trouble over this a few years ago when it was a 10% increase and it caused a huge backlash and they've actually had to rewrite the next year's budget. going to budget. that's going to be a problem. yeah, really is. problem. yeah, it really is. cost living, crisis. cost of cost of living, crisis. cost of energy. 25. pay a disgrace it's insulting. keep views insulting. keep your views coming about you gbviews@gbnews.uk . i'm still to gbviews@gbnews.uk. i'm still to come. andrew have very come. andrew and i have very excited that. it excited about that. it apparently going apparently is going to be a boxing match between tyson fury and ukrainian. all at usyk at

wembley stadium . and we're going wembley stadium. and we're going to tell you why that is exciting in just a moment

it's 1024. this is andrew pierce and bev turner with to the point on gb news, the world boxing association has confirmed an agreement has been reached principle between boxing superstars tyson fury and oleksandr usyk . that's how you oleksandr usyk. that's how you pronounce it. forgive me if it isn't, but there's still a few stumbling blocks, payments and a proposed rematch clause. so two heavyweights hold the division's four titles between them , and four titles between them, and the winner would take it all to see is the undisputed champion. so joining us now , we have so joining us now, we have former european champion and boxing pundit spencer oliver. good morning, spencer. now just to put all our cards on the table, we don't know what we're talking about, what we don't know what we're talking about

when it comes to boxing. so tell us why this is such a big deal was a huge fight i mean lennox lennox lewis was the last undisputed heavyweight champion that was back in 99. so as you can as you can tell , you know, can as you can tell, you know, undisputed doesn't come round very often. and it's a fight that we've been wanting to see now for a few years and hopefully we get it the hopefully we can get it over the line on april 29th. i'm hearing from good resources that this fight happen . you fight is going to happen. you know, they've agreed to the 75, 75 split in favour of tyson fury . i think oleksandr usyk originally a 6040 split win take, 60 lose it takes for aiba tyson fury got his own way. he got a 75 split. he said he was the a—side , so hopefully we get the a—side, so hopefully we get it over the line. you know, it's one of those fights. the wbc champ. oh the ibf, wba, wba champ. oh the ibf, wba, wba champ. and we need to see it. you know, it's for the boxing fans. you know, it's for the boxing fans . and more importantly , it's fans. and more importantly, it's not going to saudi arabia . it's not going to saudi arabia. it's happening at wembley, which is

great. the fans, you know. but i thought tyson fury said he was never going to fight again . never going to fight again. tyson fury says a lot of things, guys that it was one sided. he gets out of totally honest and that's just been the same here in this build up to this because a lot of people felt that fury was just trying to cool it was just trying to take the fight with oleksandr usyk . and that's with oleksandr usyk. and that's why he was calling for the 75 split. it was it could his bluff? as if. give me the fight. let's have it. you donate £1 million, so you cry and we'll get to fight on. and so we go and it looks like they we will gave and so this would be in april spence said that's round the corner. can you book wembley? i feel owe you free in a day in april. yeah all can we have the world's biggest boxing fight? that you think these things will be? years in the planning or monthly ? absolutely. planning or monthly? absolutely. select we will. won't actually bury itself . it select we will. won't actually bury itself. it has been select we will. won't actually

bury itself . it has been booked bury itself. it has been booked now for some time i think they provisionally booked they booked hotels so everything was in place i think because felt that i was going to get this quiet know it was always one of those fights up is the obvious point now for tyson fury if he wants to cement his legacy this is the type of fight that he has to have he's got to if he wants to be the best of the modern era, he's to fight the best. in he's got to fight the best. in oleksandr and anthony oleksandr music and anthony joshua probably two joshua probably the only two names boxed. names that he hasn't boxed. i mean, to respect fury mean, you got to respect fury for what he's done you know when i was in germany beat vladimir klitschko the world klitschko to the world heavyweight one heavyweight title when no one expected do that, then he expected him to do that, then he went times to went to america three times to beat andre, the most beat the andre, the most ferocious around ferocious puncher around at the moment. so you respect what he does now. let's see if he gets this fight with oleksandr this fight over with oleksandr usyk a slippery usyk, who's a very slippery southpaw , saw that he defeated southpaw, saw that he defeated anthony joshua a couple of times and he's probably tyson fury's toughest opponent out there. so it's going be interesting. but i believe we get it . spencer, how believe we get it. spencer, how big heavy tyson fury because big and heavy tyson fury because he looks a walking giant . i have

he looks a walking giant. i have to interview him so to give you give you an idea, i'm like five foot five and tyson's like, i don't know six, nine, six. and it was so 19 and a half. so around that size. so he's he's a giant of a man. around that size. so he's he's a giant of a man . absolute giant giant of a man. absolute giant of a man . what what would the of a man. what what would the purse be for a fight like this? for both of them? what was the what were they? both walk away with? well this was what the arguments were all about . with? well this was what the arguments were all about. i think that tyson fury felt that he was worth a lot more than what the saudis are originally offering . i think they put in an offering. i think they put in an offering. i think they put in an offer in the beginning of january or alexander. offer in the beginning of january or alexander . they put january or alexander. they put in two separate offers, all alexander think accepted his offer and tyson fury refused . he offer and tyson fury refused. he felt it was worth more than that. so we come here to wembley . i don't what i imagine that you're talking somewhere in the region. £50 million, something like . wow, not that we have to like. wow, not that we have to ask you, spencer, in your honest

estimation, is he to win it? tyson fury is our boy going to win or our giant ? absolutely win or our giant? absolutely i think that tyson fury is a has a boxing iq and he's big is too big. i mean, usyk losing is very, very sad for me. he's a little bit too small and i think no. yeah. tyson fury's boxing iq and he's ring croft will get him for or against guy that is brilliant that has come up from cruiserweight and i just size will marry this contest and spencer you are a sports commentator you're a sports presenter i can't have you here without asking your thoughts on gary lineker, whether somebody who has one foot in sport should also have one foot in politics and say those opinions freely to the nation . do you think it's . i the nation. do you think it's. i think that gary's entitled to his opinion . and if i'm totally his opinion. and if i'm totally honest, was just airing that honest, he was just airing that opinion. and don't sometimes opinion. and i don't sometimes we a world now is very we live in a world now is very political. you know and it's

political. and you know and it's difficult to do. but i sort of backed him but what he said you know i think he's entitled to his freedom of speech entitled to opinion. i don't see why to his opinion. i don't see why he's allowed that. so, yeah he's not allowed that. so, yeah , you working for the , if you were working for the bbc , if were working for bbc, so if you were working for the bbc as a boxing commentator and they said not allowed to say anything do is do with anything would you do is do with you told you take you were told or would you take someone on well, you know what it we leave it like it is better we leave it like say we live in a world where sometimes got a bite and sometimes you've got a bite and got to get on with whatever you're you you know. and you're told. you you know. and that's world we live that's that's the world we live in. depends you're in. it depends how much you're willing job and put willing to risk that job and put that job on the line for you to your views. that's probably i mean, i've been known to be a little bit controversial in my time, if i'm totally honest. so yeah, mouth rubs yeah, sometimes my mouth rubs white and gets a little weird white me and gets a little weird because my mind yeah, because i speak my mind yeah, well, why fit in. well well, that's why fit in. well here. come back any time spencer . you to see yeah . well you good to see yeah boxing iq. i have a hoodie thought the expression i guess you need a little ring craft to

outwit opponent not just out punching yeah boxing iq. thank you have female boxing too. we had an olympic female boxer whose name i can't remember. adams. nicola adams. well, now, still to come, eleanor is going to be sentenced any moment now . to be sentenced any moment now. this is a story i mentioned before. three men tried to take their own lives over her claims of rape. we're to be of rape. we're going to be getting the on her sentencing in just moment. that's after your morning's news. tamsin bare, thank you. it's 1032. morning's news. tamsin bare, thank you. it's1032. here are the headlines the chancellor is looking at increased the lifetime pension allowance in an attempt to reverse the trend of early retirement. it's jeremy hunt is considering individuals to put more money into their pension pot before taxed. the current lifetime allowance stands at just over £1,000,000, with savers incurring tax. after that personal pension threshold has been exceeded. the measures are expected to be unveiled at tomorrow's budget as the

chancellor looks to increase britain's workforce to help stimulate the economy . the stimulate the economy. the nafion stimulate the economy. the nation . the prime minister and nation. the prime minister and the us president have discussed increase assertiveness from china with an agreed approach to engage maintain talks with the country . rishi sunak and joe country. rishi sunak and joe biden met in san diego alongside the australian prime minister to a new submarine program between three countries. mr. sunak outlined security steps in the uk with the leaders discussing the importance of working together global stability, security , tom tugendhat told gb security, tom tugendhat told gb news. it requires a multi—agency government effort to tackle the threat from china . the orcus threat from china. the orcus element, the defence element that the prime minister was in san diego saying is only one aspect of it and there's much more about this to come. so this a whole of government approach, it involves education, it involves the police, it involves so many different aspects of our intelligence services that this

a huge, i'm afraid challenge it's true because there are some areas where we've got to engage , you know, we've got to engage with our eyes wide open. and this is something always said we mustn't be naive . there were mustn't be naive. there were certainly some people who may have in recent decades . have been in recent decades. latest data show vacancies have fallen for the eighth month in a row as firms hold off from recruiting due to uncertainty in economic pressures. the office for national statistics has found the rate of uk unemployment has remained unchanged at 3.7% in the three months to january. it said pay continues to fall, despite two drop in the inflation rate onune drop in the inflation rate online dab+ and on tunein this gb news. now back to andrew . gb news. now back to andrew. a well eleanor williams will be sentenced any moment now over false claims. deal with

gb news. very good morning. thank you for joining us. it's 1037. very good morning. thank you for joining us. it's1037. this is to the point on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce alan williams is due to be sentenced morning. it's a shocking case perverting the course of justice as three men try to take their own lives after she falsely accused them of rape. joining us now is gb news security editor mark white. mark, this story is one of those which you read the detail of it and you can't quite believe how. how strange. how unusual all and how sort of sick the actions of this girl were. tell what happened. yeah. i mean, it's a very case this young woman, eleanor williams from barrow in furness in cumbria. the first came to public attention when she posted a picture on facebook. we're going to show that image now. it is rather disturbing . it shows are very

disturbing. it shows are very bruised up face. she claimed she was effectively assaulted and raped by a grooming gang of men in barrow . that prompted , as you in barrow. that prompted, as you would imagine , outrage. she the would imagine, outrage. she the centre of a campaign it called justice for. posts were shared by celebrities and including countdown's rachael . money was countdown's rachael. money was raised her. the police it though found a lot of inconsistencies in what she was saying. they eventually in searching her home actually found a hammer bloodstained which they said was used to create those bruising , used to create those bruising, those bruises to use by. she used a hammer on her own face. this was an incredibly thought through to deception. there's no doubt. yes clearly the lengths that she went to her face with a hammer , but also the sort of

hammer, but also the sort of elaborate stories she made up about how she was groomed as she accused one man, mohamed rams , accused one man, mohamed rams, and a local businessman in of grooming her from age of 12. of selling her auctioning her off in a plot to prosecution. said straight from. but liam neeson taken that was all about you know trafficking auctioning off young women . of making her work young women. of making her work in a brothel . the prosecution in a brothel. the prosecution though said the checks that they done from the time when she was making these allegations showed that this man, ramzan, was actually in barrow. he was using his card in a b in q in barrow at that time. there's others . at that time. there's others. she accused a young called oliver gardner was of rape and trafficking , all kinds of other trafficking, all kinds of other offences. he had met her for less than a minute on a night out and pressed . and they'd been out and pressed. and they'd been seen on sex tv going down an

alley . he said there was a brief alley. he said there was a brief sexual encounter that was no more than a that was supported by the cctv cameras. so again, an allegation that just wasn't true and the really element to this story as well. there are multiple people that she falsely claimed clean accused of and other sexual offences three of these men including mohammed ramzan oliver gardner who i mentioned down another young called justin trengove actually went on to try to take their own terrible because of the trauma that they suffered because were publicly outed. and that is the whole point. the big argument we have about this. mark, should people accused of rape be named until the that either charged or actually convicted. yeah i mean it's a campaign on an that has really raged and never been a satisfactory outcome really as far as those who would like to

see people that are accused of very serious offence like this given the same kind of anonymity until prosecution and a successful prosecution those on the other side of the argument of course prosecutors and the police say it's often clearly very useful to have case to have names there because there can be people who are guilty of perpetrating repeat offences , perpetrating repeat offences, other victims that are out there and a single allegation can sometimes be very difficult to prove in the courts. but actually, when you have multiple coming forward that strengthens the case against an individual. it's a very difficult area, but there's no doubt that those of very serious offence is like rape. half lives turned upside down. so she's found guilty. the actual charges of perverting the course of justice. i imagine that's the that's that's the worst that they can pin on her is that is that such an offence

is that is that such an offence is sort false. no there is. and of course there is. well it is thatis of course there is. well it is that is it can have quite a long sentence. stay with very. yes. i think there's doubt there will be a custodial sentence. i mean, one of these young men spent 73 days himself in rome on remand prison . and so with convicted, prison. and so with convicted, convicted sex according, how does he get that out of his head? well, exactly how do you because, you know, you're you're life will be forever changed by that experience. and we all know as well when it comes to such as you know allegations of sexual offences even though you can be cleared as they all have now by this process, they've cleared. but the allegations are still out there and there are still people willing to believe that there is no smoke without fire. that's absolutely the case. we're getting the verdict at about 1130. that's the time . about 1130. that's the time. we're expecting it. yeah, we should get bit of background to

this case. well, it's going to be televised , so we'll hear from be televised, so we'll hear from the judge summing up really just before passing sentence. very real impact that it had on the lives of these men. you'll bring that to us live when it happens. mark white, thanks so much for joining us. now back to the stop the boat spill. it passed through the common stages last night. now night. i'm delighted to say now joined immigration lawyer joined by the immigration lawyer hardeep good hardeep singh bangash. good afternoon to you. good morning and morning . you're quite right. and morning. you're quite right. good morning . a long road, good morning. a long road, i guess, has been a long morning. we enjoy working together so you think time flies by? can i ask you ? the bill went through the you? the bill went through the anticipated tory rebellion take place. it's going to through its common stages very easily. are you pleased about this ? are you you pleased about this? are you disappointed there hasn't been more opposition and that has been. more opposition and that has been . but i think with been. but i think with a majority that the conservative government has can push through anything it wants really without

, even if there is opposition to , it even if, say, 20 or 30 mps did oppose it would still they still have a large majority to pushit still have a large majority to push it through. so it's gone through now. and let's if it gets amended further or whether it gets sent back , however it it gets sent back, however it looks like it will go for in its current form pretty much . and current form pretty much. and sorry. got to go on breaking news. i think we're getting this sentence, are we not under williams, are we? no, we're not. oh, no, we're just hearing. exactly. we just said that the question time presenter, fiona bruce has now resigned as an ambassador for refuge . the ambassador for refuge. the backlash over what she said on question time, she into. but we're going to stay with you. we'll bring you more on that story later. yep how to carry on info flag, please. yeah think it will pass in its current form. the key is to implement taken of it. of how it's going to be implement that. that the practicalities haven't been informed to us. we haven't been told where we're people are

going to be removed to because we don't actually have the return agreements as such to send people back other than with six countries. so our or the detention centre that's going to built how many people it's going hold, will it be big enough to hold, will it be big enough to hold 50,000 people? know what happens after 28 days? detention will these people be let out a 29th day? is it are they are they going to accept claims to process? so a lot of detail yet that hasn't although it's written down, it hasn't we haven't been told how it's going to come into practise. and that's why i was looking at. okay. all right. how i'm sorry. it was brief today, but doubt we will have you on. i imagine so. the story is ongoing, of course, up saying i go there . our panel up saying i go there. our panel here this morning, i'm delighted to that snuck in during the interview amy nicol and assembly member show bailey good to see you. we're going to start with this story about fiona guys . she this story about fiona guys. she was trying to effectively do her

job with in question time somebody about stanley johnson having allegations , domestic having allegations, domestic abuse. this is what she said for abuse. this is what she said for a change. i'm not i'm not blaming boris johnson or stanley johnson . ken, it was a wife johnson. ken, it was a wife beater. stanley johnson on record . okay. let me just me record. okay. let me just me just be i'm not i'm not disputing what we're saying. but just so everyone knows what, this is referring to. so stanley wife spoke to a journalist and she said that stanley johnson had broken her nose and. she had ended up in hospital as a result. stanley johnson has not commented publicly on that. friends his have said it did friends of his have said it did happen. was a one off. yes, happen. it was a one off. yes, but it did so because of that the charity that fiona bruce works with have said she was excusing him and kind of defending it. if you just hit somebody once it's not domestic abuse. what you make of this, joan, i didn't to say anything else. so i think she was doing her because have to herjob because she does have to clarify because in that situation you've got you've got

people on. she has give people piling on. she has give some context. of course, a charity's prerogative to remove whoever but i think whoever they like. but i think what seeing, our country's what we're seeing, our country's huge to have any kind huge inability to have any kind of nuanced debate . it's shame of nuanced debate. it's a shame because me a very because she strikes me a very levelheaded, ambassador. levelheaded, useful ambassador. but this for me is , just another but this for me is, just another way of anybody who's outraged. we did have to remove someone from their job. and i'd say to from theirjob. and i'd say to anyone in public life, we need to get a handle on this, because you can always find someone who's upset, so therefore you can your wouldn't have can always your wouldn't have been she hadn't been worse if she hadn't clarified exactly. that's clarified do exactly. that's what thinking spent the what i was thinking we spent the whole last week talking about whole of last week talking about bbc impartiality the bbc having impartiality over the whole who are and whole gary lineker who are and now is actually now somebody is actually done their tried to bring theirjob and not tried to bring in bit impartiality, which in a bit of impartiality, which is think she was doing. i is what i think she was doing. i think anybody who watched complex she complex it is exactly she providing which which providing context which which she always does question she always does on question time and what slandering. and and look what it slandering. and i interesting thing is i think the interesting thing is that attracted that now she has attracted possibly more criticism than stanley this stanley johnson. yeah in this house was going to house yes i was just going to come that actually because come on to that actually because what be talking what we should really be talking about johnson giving

about is boris johnson giving his a knighthood, not his father a knighthood, not distraction. is happens distraction. but this is happens if look at the gary gary if you look at the gary gary thing, people have been saying free speech. it's got absolutely nothing is nothing to do. free speech is a civil servant. he's paid by the pubuc civil servant. he's paid by the public purse. behave public purse. he should behave like but of course, if like a civil. but of course, if you can something you can attach something different argument it's different to an argument it's what people down, they go down that de sac. the real issue that cul de sac. the real issue doesn't discussed. i feel doesn't get discussed. i feel really because really sorry for her because a way we're seeing is cancel way what we're seeing is cancel culture action and many culture in action and many people particular the people in particular of the political family loved cancel because they thought they controlled . now we see it's controlled. now we see it's a beast that will be anyone. i think this is something slightly different, think this different, though. i think this is seeing is something we're seeing more of, this intent to of, which this intent to mischaracterise what people are saying i clipping them and putting them on social media i mean i fully victim of it myself on this channel where people just want to have a problem by mischaracterising what you agree with and gasping alabi brown he was on the show. she has said now we're talking about bruce and her potential terrible mistake over over boris johnson

knighting his dad is stanley johnson doing whatever he clearly the things that deserve the most criticism in this whole conversation and i've read that book by tom barrett about stanley it was well argued that that's what took place no from bofis that's what took place no from boris johnson no denial stanley johnson. so it is given now that that took place and she merely clarifying it on air and the charity has thrown it to wolves. i say calling the charity is it's their property. they can do as they please. but what's really important to me in this situation, she is a really good, decent piece of journalism. she was just saying, that's was just saying, okay, that's a very allegation . it very strong allegation. it happens true, but let's happens to be true, but let's make it so. lot of people make it so. a lot of people wouldn't anything about the wouldn't know anything about the allegation, which is she had allegation, which is why she had contacts, people saying contacts, other people saying what that ironically that the kind of thing that the bbc should known for that sort of clarification it was really in her way she was basically look, we're not coming down any side. we're just letting you know the facts here's a little

facts and. here's a little balance to balance that isn't here to defend himself exactly . oh, defend himself exactly. oh, they're moaning , right. they're always moaning, right. of and that was a perfect of reply. and that was a perfect i haven't seen one commentator suggesting that the decision by a refugee has been the correct one and it is very rare we all agree . may it not continue for agree. may it not continue for also i mean in terms of yasmin alabi brown, the allegation about the domestic abuse is irrelevant , really relevant for irrelevant, really relevant for he deserves a knighthood or not for being the son of boris johnson. you know, it was a bit of a weak argument from her point. you know, i think i know. but that's but but that she she is she almost that clarification because she was trying to pile on because if you look at on because what if you look at the of journalism this the state of journalism in this country particularly country i would say particularly on it's personal on the left, it's all personal attacks. was just she attacks. and she was just she was carrying out the sort of thing her inner ill could always do. yeah, right. we're going to talk this talk about another story this is 1500 officers accused 1500 uk police officers accused violence against women in six months and the% of them who actually lose their jobs sean 1.

firstly to be said, this is shocking. it really i trust in the police is at an all time low and a stat like this is horrendous if you at the breakdown of these stats is too important things here. firstly the 55% is into job you know conduct. so it looks like it's not safe to be a police officer because other officers will attack you if you're a woman. that's very important. but the other piece, which i wonder, i wonder if so many officers haven't been , you know, removed haven't been, you know, removed job because they are officers of the crown and i do really it's harder to someone is that officer crown that's the first thing the second thing i just think the police are working hard enough on this they have a culture that defends poor behaviour of other police officers that they to work officers that they need to work against we've seen big against that. we've seen the big high profile ones like wayne cousins shocking case cousins in that shocking case of. carrick you remember of. david carrick you remember he exploiting fact he he raped exploiting the fact he was uniform. you're safe with was in uniform. you're safe with these, statistics . 51. these, these statistics. 51. what, what's that going to do to restore trust in police, i'd say

particularly among women. yeah. the implications for women's trust in the system . you know, trust in the system. you know, people like to say the uptake or the optics of this, they are good. the optics of this, they are good . this coupled with david good. this coupled with david carrick wayne cousins the rampant misogyny and sexism that we've seen in policing in those whatsapp group. yeah i think this raises a big big point about vetting and making sure that absolutely no one with even the slight suggestion of a history of domestic violence or any violence against women should be allowed in the police . and that will only come with more investment into the police so that we can see exactly who's getting through and being part of the force. but put this into perspective as well, only% of crimes overall are being sold. yeah, but the real thing vetting is it's not it's not so much about the resources of the police. it's about willingness to do it because that interesting things about this many these police officers would have passed first vetting what happens about vetting once in the force. that's the key . the

the force. that's the key. the other thing to really look at while we stamp this behaviour out and will need stamping out, we can to have a very careful line removing the line or not removing the authority the police because authority of the police because if the authority will if you remove the authority will all risk. and that's why how all at risk. and that's why how the public viewed replace is so yeah! the public viewed replace is so yeah i think public the public view of the police is at an all time low this sort of headline is shocking we would been warned that there's going to be a metropolitan police search in court a week the year. court once a week the next year. the unfortunate thing , the the unfortunate thing, the metropolitan police, are metropolitan police, they are the service, course, the biggest service, of course, so they the most to offer. so they have the most to offer. but commissioner to be but the new commissioner to be open making change. i've open to making change. i've spoken to a number of police officers smart, rolling. officers who are smart, rolling. yes who are a little bit worried. he's made them feel uncomfortable, but they understand why because most police officers would want to get rid of this behaviour. imagine second or imagine for second your son or daughter is in the service and you're exposed to this and it's % of police officers are under these investigations . that's one

these investigations. that's one in a hundred police officers. so this doesn't seem like a situation where you could say almost as great as a few bad apples. i don't think that flies anymore. this is systemic. it certainly is a few bad apples. remember look at the things that the force to the police force has done to this country. contempt for police service, not police force. and this is large force. and yes, this is a large number figure as a number as, a total figure as a percentage of force percentage of the force is actually small. it's unacceptable high, it is unacceptable high, but it is small . and we just have to stamp small. and we just have to stamp it because imagine a country where police do not have any authority, all the most vulnerable people this vulnerable people in this country extreme risk country would be an extreme risk . that's why we need to get on top of it quickly. but must destroy the service and do it live in a country where currently crimes are currently 5% of crimes are solved. how is police force solved. how is a police force fit purpose ? well, that's fit for purpose? well, that's because of what we ask them to do. we our police officers do. we ask our police officers to chase people the to chase people across the internet chase them internet or have them chase them across which can across the park, which you can climb because . you're upset. climb because. you're upset. that's why our police are not arresting people, because they're having to do with nonsense is it because nonsense or is it because there's not enough of them? so

10,000 than 2010. so 10,000 police less than 2010. so really shouldn't there be enough police to chase across the to chase you across the pond rather than the internet? i always ask my advice . they could always my advice. they could always argue for more police officers. but really need do is but what we really need to do is look at how we feel about crime as a society. absolutely sure. i mean, around one. up mean, we don't around one. up next, we're going speaking to next, we're going to speaking to former journalist and former bbc journalist and presenter is gary presenter nick own is gary lineker. the more lineker. bigger the beeb. more to that in the next to come on that in the next houn to come on that in the next hour. hello again. it's aidan mcgivern from the met mcgivern here from the met office much day today office a much colder day today for . most of office a much colder day today for. most of us office a much colder day today for . most of us with snow for. most of us with snow showers, some, but actually plenty of sunshine as well. brighter skies compared with yesterday . less windy, but the yesterday. less windy, but the winds now coming from the north and they are bringing a return to winter in some locations. but any wintry weather less widespread compared with much of last week and it's across scotland, northern ireland, northwest england and north wales where we're likely to see these snow showers coming through accumulating snow largely above 200 metres. sleet

and non settling snow at lower and non settling snow at lower and some rain mixed in there as we go into the afternoon . parts we go into the afternoon. parts of wales and the midlands south, plenty of sunshine ten celsius although this dropping away and feeling colder in the wind. low single figures . meanwhile, for single figures. meanwhile, for northern scotland , the snow northern scotland, the snow showers gather pace overnight and for shetland in particular could be a further dumping significant snow causing . some significant snow causing. some impacts elsewhere across the actually largely clear overnight temperatures falling away i think for some sheltered of northern scotland especially where we've some snow cover —12 celsius otherwise widely freezing by a few degrees . freezing by a few degrees. nevertheless a bright start to the day for the vast majority. and we keep the sunshine for scotland into central and eastern england by lunchtime . a eastern england by lunchtime. a few more snow showers in shetland. eventually easing. but further west we've got rain sweeping in, that rain falling snow initially over the hills of midway and north wales and going to feel cold as that rain . but

to feel cold as that rain. but temperatures are rising and any snowfall across ireland turns back to rain quite soon. however northern england and for scotland i think there'll be some further significant falls . some further significant falls. snow over the hills above or 200 metres, another few centimetres perhaps as much as 10% for scotland. then it does turn milder on thursday and. friday, with temperatures up in the mid—teens .

hello it's 11:00 hello it's11:00 on tuesday, 14th of march. welcome to the point me andrew pierce and bev turner. how are you this morning? chris at the bbc. let a cover returns. but shrouded in controversy . and today producers controversy. and today producers are accused hanging fiona bruce out to dry with a thousand people a week being for not paying people a week being for not paying the licence fee is it time to finally defund the state broadcaster ? i think it might

broadcaster? i think it might be. and splashing out we may be gnpped be. and splashing out we may be gripped by an energy cost of living crisis, but not so the prime minister, who has found some spare cash to upgrade the electricity grid to heat his private swimming pool out of touch?! private swimming pool out of touch? i think so . yes, you did touch? i think so. yes, you did hear that correctly. now heading down a dangerous road , china's down a dangerous road, china's stark warnings for britain as the uk announces a tax to build nuclear submarines with the us and australia . and home sexy up and australia. and home sexy up when she blast microbial , she when she blast microbial, she says in characteristic brahmin language they're out of touch trying to derail her asylum plan . so all of government's proposals to get a grip of migration back on track track . migration back on track track. and we're also going to have the sentencing, aren't we? elena williams that should be happening in the next half an houn happening in the next half an hour. amazing story. she's a woman who made up rape claims against three central man, three attempted to take their own

lives. wicked. i hope she gets a very sentence keeps coming as well. gb views. gb news dot uk. but first of all, news with tamsin roberts . bear you and tamsin roberts. bear you and good morning from the gb newsroom 11:03. the chancellor looking at increasing the lifetime pension allowance and attempt to reverse the trend of early retirement. it's understood jeremy hunt is considering allowing individual to put more money into pension pot before being taxed at the current lifetime allowance at just over £1,000,000. with savers incurring tax after that pension pot threshold has been exceeded. the measures expected to be unveiled at tomorrow's budget as the chancellor looks to increase britain's workforce to increase britain's workforce to help stimulate the economy . to help stimulate the economy. the prime minister and us president have discussed assertiveness from . china with

assertiveness from. china with an agreed approach , engage and an agreed approach, engage and maintain talks . the country. maintain talks. the country. rishi sunak joe biden met in san diego alongside the australian prime minister to announce a new submarine program between the three countries. mr. sunak security steps in the uk . the security steps in the uk. the leaders discussing the importance of working together for global stability. the president's . he for global stability. the president's. he intends to for global stability. the president's . he intends to visit president's. he intends to visit northern ireland april while the prime minister has been invited to go to washington in. security minister tom tugendhat told gb news it requires a multi—agency government effort to tackle the threat from . the orcas . the threat from. the orcas. the defence element that the prime minister was in san diego. saying is only one aspect of it. and there's much more about this to come. so this is a whole of government approach. it involves education, it involves the police, it involves so many different aspects of our intelligence services that this is a huge i'm, afraid challenge.

it's true because are some areas where we've got to engage, you know, we've got to engage with our eyes wide open . and this is our eyes wide open. and this is something i've always said we mustn't be naive . there was mustn't be naive. there was certainly some people who may have been in recent decades the latest show vacancies have fallen for the eighth month in a row as firms hold off from recruiting due to uncertainty , recruiting due to uncertainty, economic pressures, the office for national statistics has found the rate of uk unemployment has remained unchanged at 3.7% in the three months to january eight. it said real pay continues to fall, despite a drop in the inflation rate . tens thousands of rate. tens thousands of appointments and operate ins are expected to be cancelled. a strikes by junior doctors enters its second day. nhs leaders say the 72 hour action is also putting care under significant . putting care under significant. the british medical association says junior doctors in have suffered a 26% real terms cut to their pay last the health secretary invited the to talks

but the union them due to unacceptable preconditions imposed by the government new figures show a fraction of police officers facing complaints over treatment of women were sacked national police chiefs data shows of the 1500 officers and staff who were accused of violence against and girls , just 1% left the force. girls, just 1% left the force. it also found than a thousand complaints were made against police conduct in a six month period. complaints to various allegations against police in england and wales between 2021st march 2022, including allegations of sexual harassment harassment , the government's harassment, the government's illegal migration has passed its second reading in the house of commons with a majority of 62, despite from conservative backbenchers . several tory mps backbenchers. several tory mps had called for amendments to the bill, but meps voted 312 to 250

in favour. the legislation would allow for the remove of migrants who arrive in the uk illegally. it will now proceed to the committee stage. immigration lawyer skylar mackay told us the current system is unsustainable, but it's likely this new bill will face more backlash . bill will face more backlash. bill creates a large number of people potentially having to live in limbo at public for an unknown amount of time which could become very costly for the uk taxpayer. so the home office needs to put in place agreements for removal with safe third countries, turn to ensure that they're not in breach of own legislation . former pop star legislation. former pop star gary glitter has been back to jail for breaking bail less than six weeks after being released . six weeks after being released. the 78 year old had been freed last month after being jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirl as he served eight years behind bars after , serving years behind bars after, serving half of his 16 year sentence .

half of his 16 year sentence. musician brian may will be awarded with a knighthood later today. the lead guitarist for the band queen is known for some of the most iconic riffs in popular music, including the famous solo on don't stop me now, he'll be warned that the honours at buckingham palace after being recognised for his to music and charity. the after being recognised for his to music and charity . the first to music and charity. the first stamps featuring king's silhouette also go on sale. charlie is uncrowned profile on a collection of ten special stamps celebrating the nation's favourite flowers in a nod to the king's love of gardening, royal mail said the debut is a significant milestone. the late queen silhouette has been featured on special stamps . featured on special stamps. since 1966. this a gb news move for me shortly though. back to beth and andrew .

beth and andrew. or guardian because back as presenter of match of the day, after his bust up with the bbc removed him last weekend. and guess what? 500,000 more people watched the programme. he'd faced criticism course after he spoke out against the government's stop the boats bill. so bbc director tim davie denied the bbc had backed down, but with claims that the licence fee is criminally saying poverty as a thousand people a week are prosecuted for failing to pay. is it time to defund the bbc? well, let's talk to newcastle equestrian. you'll know him. former bbc and itv presenter nicholas moaning to you . good nicholas moaning to you. good morning. there's no other way to characterise what tim davie has done other than backing down. yeah, i think he had no alternative . did he really in alternative. did he really in a very nasty corner there. but very hard to see what else could have happened. there are those a lot of conservative mp is it has

to be said said he should have said to gary lineker. well sorry mate, you broke the rules . and mate, you broke the rules. and we're going to we're going to see this through when you're running a broadcasting, you're deaung running a broadcasting, you're dealing with very high profile figures. you have to make some rather awkward. they've done rather awkward. and they've done the can down the road into the long grass. call it what you will they're going to have a big review of rules having review of their rules having worked for the bbc a lot over the years loving the institution. i have to say i think it's an extremely important but this is all very reminisce and of so many managerial snafus over those many years that i've been involved with them. nick, is it that you look sort of back with relief that when were on tv every day you didn't have this pressure of media, that didn't have to think about whether you would go out publicly and tell the world you thought . the world you thought. absolutely i didn't about going out and telling the world. what you think. this is a tricky area, isn't it? let's be clear

about this. journalists generally speaking, when they work for the bbc, a walk, the doors of the bbc and indeed where else. i worked for a long. impartiality is a tricky word , impartiality is a tricky word, isn't it? but not telling people . not making clear your own opinions . absolutely. part of opinions. absolutely. part of the job that didn't seem to be any difficulty. i never found that a problem in my own . much that a problem in my own. much easier not to your opinions at the door . but easier not to your opinions at the door. but you're right. social media wasn't there. but was in my latter years at the bbc see people beginning to respond to everything you did all the time calling a lot and much, much worse , i have to say. much, much worse, i have to say. a lot of it had to be censored sort of things that people say. yeah it is a very, very tricky world now. but listen, the thing gary lineker, i mean , man is gary lineker, i mean, man is paid is the best paid person on. the bbc paid more than almost everybody else. i think he's paid more than richard attenborough for goodness sake. 35 million, 1.35 . absolutely. an

35 million, 1.35. absolutely. an enormous amount . money. and enormous amount. money. and somehow , somehow, mr. lineker somehow, somehow, mr. lineker thinks he can then sort of blast off any direction about any of opinions . off any direction about any of opinions. not not at all happy with that know others have done it. others have done it. and if you stray over into the acting world, there's a actors a lot of actors are quite politically opinionated and we don't seem to mind about that. but i think when someone profile when it's someone high profile as lineker , i'm afraid on might as lineker, i'm afraid on might my sympathies are with tim davie , the director general of the bbc. this is a knotty problem. he thought the rules are pretty clear, but they are not. and gary lineker exploited . and you gary lineker exploited. and you don't the argument . gary lineker exploited. and you don't the argument. gary don't buy the argument. gary lineker a sports presenter . lineker is a sports presenter. different rules apply to those who work in news and current affairs affairs . no i who work in news and current affairs affairs. no i don't. i don't. i don't buy that really. i really don't . i can't see why i really don't. i can't see why you know i'll get very puzzled about this on. a football is sort of tremendously important in this country. the general

himself has said that he spends always watch his match of the day, absolutely besotted with and so on. and he's bizarre , and so on. and he's bizarre, isn't it? why suddenly just a sports person would get the right do the same thing? i've it very puzzling. and i'll tell you something else. we're living at a time when other parts of the bbc suffering a great deal. i know a lot of my old colleagues have either on or their jobs are under threat and so on the economy constantly being made. the bbc's singers have been. yes. the only professionals full time or you know that cost. i think they cost £1,000,000 a year or something not even as much as gary lineker sorry , much as gary lineker sorry, they're going to be chopped. i mean , did they set priorities? mean, did they set priorities? priorities chest, for goodness sake? can't we get this in perspective? gary wants to go somewhere else, as i'm sure he could. well okay. i think the bbc might to swallow that, but to swallow that, the allegation nick, of course, is that the bbc

is institutionally wing, despite the fact that tim davie stood as a conservative councillor, despite the fact that the chairman sharpe is a conservative active. do you agree that analysis and having worked there was that very much a left bias amongst production ? a left bias amongst production? no i don't think there was. i'll tell you a story that i don't think i've ever told on air before, but this did happen to me once or i was in the newsroom when this occurred. there a piece in one of the newspapers, i can't which one? in one of the right wing newspapers. telegraph, let's somebody telegraph, let's say somebody like and they they like that. they and they they accuse basically the bbc news people of being obsessed with the guardian , which of course is the guardian, which of course is famously wing in general terms . famously wing in general terms. and i can always remember the head of bbc coming into the newsroom in a great sort of stolen rage about that. and he come out to it and he said, you know, everybody says to me, oh, you know, you're so biased you only read guardian, you only only read the guardian, you only take wing take notice of the left wing press. he when i? go on

press. he said, when i? go on the newsroom. the only newspaper i everybody's desks i see out on everybody's desks is. the daily mail. right quite right. to not because of politics, but because it was always a good news paper. and that's that that was the point . that's that that was the point. no, i didn't reject some of the younger people. perhaps, you know, that their views, like so many young people , but none of many young people, but none of the commitment to , impartiality the commitment to, impartiality was absolute real. and there was a sort of brake on it, if you like people like old so—and—so's like people like old so—and—so's like me would sometimes say, no, i bet i'm a minute. let's be careful here. let's remember what we're all why people pay their licence , they don't pay their licence, they don't pay their licence, they don't pay their licence, they don't pay their licence fee to hear that argument and that argument put other argument . argument and that argument put other argument. i'm not suggesting i did more than more than a little bit to keep the balance there. and there'll always be people good people keeping the balance . okay, thank keeping the balance. okay, thank you so much, nicola. so lovely to see you. joining now on this is a former liverpool footballer and match of the day pundit

mark, who i imagine . mark, good mark, who i imagine. mark, good morning. you must know gary lineker pretty well. yes it would be fair to say that i do spend too many years would say together . absolutely. so his together. absolutely. so his behaviour throughout all of this is how would you it typical of praiseworthy . what do you make praiseworthy. what do you make of what's happened the last few days. of what's happened the last few days . well it could it could be days. well it could it could be both to be fair he certainly stuck to his guns. he's not backed down. and it would appear that the bbc have certainly gone down on monday to him. i didn't. he greeted , he originally said, he greeted, he originally said, but all the rest of this stuff i can't believe the force . you can't believe the force. you know, if you really really think about this the actual topic that gary was talking about it doesn't even get a mention anymore . you know, flying back anymore. you know, flying back from usa, the boss man to come sort out the problems and everything on it. i can't believe . there's been such a

believe. there's been such a force and i'm pretty sure i'll text him a couple of times and in the interim and i'm sure is. he's just like everybody else thinking, what earth is happening? mhm. so why, why it so interesting to people do you think mark. what what can you conclude. what does this story teach us. i think it teaches us that we've all got a view and we've all got an opinion . and i we've all got an opinion. and i think we wouldn't have this one way if there's no twitter, instagram and all those kind of things. but what's that's done is it's given everybody a voice and quite rightly so. and as we know, i mean, it genuinely it's come down on the side of gary and even though he's contracted in terms of i think with his company is still allowed to say what he and the thing with the bbc that they're frightened of their own shadow that's the problem and i think they've suddenly saw one problem only when it really broke and it was headunes when it really broke and it was headlines on all the news networks, including your own

newspapers, the daily mail stopped in vogue in poland for a couple of days, and they were all on it as well and it's just like, wow, just this thing where he had he had the audacity to actually say and say what he was thinking and he was quite right in saying what he was saying. but not just the original the line about obviously germany in the thirties . what do you think? the thirties. what do you think? a lot of it's to do with the fact when people think gary lineker, they think the bbc, he's almost the embodiment of the bbc. he's been there 30. he's highest paid member the bbc. he's been there 30. hethe highest paid member the bbc. he's been there 30. hethe bbc highest paid member the bbc. he's been there 30. hethe bbc andiest paid member the bbc. he's been there 30. hethe bbc and he paid member the bbc. he's been there 30. hethe bbc and he isaid member the bbc. he's been there 30. hethe bbc and he is in member the bbc. he's been there 30. hethe bbc and he is in probably of the bbc and he is in probably one of the most famous people in britain. isn't that why the stories had such a such an impact that . yeah, most impact that. yeah, most definitely you're missing something. don't forget the cnsps something. don't forget the crisps because millions of people of probably in the world. yes christians in particular think that this and that's a really funny thing with them because we go to games outside broke and we been walking towards a game one night and all

the fans mill around and everything most of the kids everything and most of the kids kind of under at that time they say do know this guy is i mean you didn't know me and handsome ever said, you know this guy? ever said, do you know this guy? and they go, yeah, is the world because yeah. so because chris bloke. yeah. so it's and parcel of it it's all part and parcel of it hasn't it. yeah mark, i forgive me for not knowing the detail of this but i don't know when you were last a pundit on match of the day and whether you had a twitter account . but were you twitter account. but were you given clear guidance as to what you could couldn't say online ? you could couldn't say online? no. no you were just you were just left to get on it. and you would i think the idea was you you're intelligent enough not step over the line . i mean, you step over the line. i mean, you made one or two comments myself , but nothing, nothing like this . so, no, there was there was never any guidance, but i think there was that there was a massive, massive trust. and you know, you just realise you work for the bbc always very, very aware that you sort of uncle all the time with them. can i ask

you just finally, mark, we know that the match of the day audience rose by half a million on saturday, which is rather amusing. i don't know you amusing. i don't know if you watched. you cope watched. how did you cope without expert commentary? without any expert commentary? was fun though ? i was it rather fun though? i thought brilliant , thought it was brilliant, excellently, but i think they said a lot of them quite right. they say licence plate of fortune , absolutely. the highest fortune, absolutely. the highest paid person at the bbc. you get rid of it. can we take you on that. rid of it. can we take you on that . too late. we will really . that. too late. we will really. mark, lovely to see you . thanks mark, lovely to see you. thanks so much, mark. that he's adrian . well, he looks good to say. but you know, the number of people who tell me they watched of the day with the volume down because can't stand all the prattling on commentary. prattling on a commentary. yes. and be talking to and we're going to be talking to the conservative mp brendan mess as we're talking that stop as we're talking about that stop the . it's gone the boats legislation. it's gone through the first stage in the house commons.

it's 1123 with andrew pierce and bev turner here on gb news. so brendan smith, mp for bassetlaw joins now to discuss rishi sunak talks with president on this nuclear deal. good morning, brendan. we can't start off this conversation without talking about the debate in the house of commons night about the immigration bill. your assessment, please . well, i'm assessment, please. well, i'm really pleased with the bill. obviously, it's something we've been calling for a long time. small boats, the biggest issue on the doorstep has been for quite some time now. and about fairness, more than anything , fairness, more than anything, think people are saying large numbers of young men coming what are effectively safe countries . are effectively safe countries. i've all the money was spending on hotel or the pressure it's putting on our public and so on and want to see us redress and they want to see us redress the balance of course the balance there but of course it's also the humane thing to do. we've had a lot of criticism over this, but about over this, but it's about stopping channel stopping deaths in the channel and sure really we track and making sure really we track the smugglers people the people smugglers and people of a genuine asylum seekers

cockpit the background cockpit off in the background because unrepentant because of it. she's unrepentant isn't she the home secretary? she will not turn down her language and she said she's not going put off her stride going to be put off her stride by basically lefties . yeah. i by basically lefties. yeah. i mean , the incredible thing i'm mean, the incredible thing i'm sure we're sat there in the chamber and people are talking about rhetoric toning down about rhetoric and toning down language . then i'm, i'm sat language. then i'm, i'm sat there commons chamber there in the commons chamber having call in as far having people call in as far right all sorts right and fascist and all sorts of things. and these are just very basic . our constituents are very basic. our constituents are asking for and if you look at the number of people we took into country in 2022, we've into the country in 2022, we've had nearly 90,000 people coming from ukraine. we've had 18,900 people coming from afghanistan , people coming from afghanistan, had refugees from syria, people from hong kong. we're very, very welcoming country, but we just cannot keep up with this situation. you know, there are probably million probably 100 million displaced people the world, various people in the world, various parts want move around . parts who want to move around. you everybody. you've you can't take everybody. you've got have fair system. you got to have a fair system. you can't people jump the queue. can't let people jump the queue. the as it stands doesn't the system as it stands doesn't work. hope the opposition at work. we hope the opposition at least with us, with . but

least agree with us, with. but again, they've tried to scupper the same as when we tried to deport foreign criminals. we have the problem there with have the same problem there with human lawyers, human rights lawyers, legal challenges and really we just need a bit of common sense restoring them. it's absolutely critical that rishi sunak and the conservatives get a handle on this situation before the next election. if you've got any chance whatsoever of winning . chance whatsoever of winning. i agree. i've i've said exactly the same thing. now i'm in one of those red wall seats that came to us in 2019 that placed a lot of trust in us. there and people have said, you know, our values are their values. they those values. but they expect us to deliver. now with rishi sunak as prime minister, you know, he's he's listen he's acting on what we're asking for and he's he's trying to deliver that now. so i think you're exactly i think we need to show that we're actually getting with this doesn't help the people are blocking us all the way but on top of tackling the cost of living, certainly much a living, certainly as much as a fairness and taking back control

issue with anything it's right up there on the top of people's priorities. now he's in the united states he's with biden met prime met the australian prime minister he's done big deal. minister he's done a big deal. britain's got a big say in the construction of. these nuclear powered submarines. and that's going be lot of jobs for going to be a lot of jobs for britain, quite a lot of them in the of england. also the north of england. and also it's cement our it's going to cement our relationship . australia and the relationship. australia and the united states against china's growing . yeah, this is growing influence. yeah, this is fantastic and it's something we've been working on for quite some time now in the course. these are these are our allies trying to don't like it and we don't sets our defence and so on based on what china wants to see in the world we use our soft power a lot but the united states and australia many states and australia for many many worked together many years we've worked together and as you said, this creates lots of jobs for us. we're very proud our defence industry. proud of our defence industry. we're a lot of we're going to have a lot of british contractors doing work there is also there and of course it is also going keep us so going to keep us safe. so i think this is a win. and of course, while we're there ,

course, while we're over there, plenty of other things to discuss as so the prime minister has in june. has been invited back in june. we're interested in trade we're very interested in trade with states and what with the united states and what we do there look forward we can do there and look forward to on that relationship to build on that relationship really. and we've obviously we're talking this gary lineker thing, moved on to a thing, it's moved on to a general assessment of the role the bbc in this country. we cannot you here as cannot have you here as a sitting get your sitting mp to get your assessment of lots of our assessment of this. lots of our viewers getting in touch saying that nobody is bigger than the bbc. bbc defund bbc. bbc. please the bbc defund bbc. defund bbc . it's very defund the bbc. it's very popular. this idea isn't it that it's outdated and it's anachronistic . it probably it's outdated and it's anachronistic. it probably has to go in current form form . to go in its current form form. yeah.i to go in its current form form. yeah. i mean i've i've spoke on this topic few times in the past, but i know the government column as well and i'm not one of these who believes in council culture people are entitled culture and people are entitled free of it. it does have free speech of it. it does have consequences. think he consequences. i did think he overstepped mark with this comments . again, he is entitled comments. again, he is entitled to have opinion, but when you're presenting a flagship show on an organisation like bbc, which of course is taxpayer licence fee pay '

course is taxpayer licence fee pay , you fund it, they don't pay, you fund it, they don't have a choice that i for a long time have believed this subscription now, gary subscription model. now, gary lineker went work for or bt lineker went to work for or bt sports or whatever . what's his sports or whatever. what's his opinion there then? that's perfectly fine that private companies, no issue with that at all, but i think when you with the bbc there's a added responsibility and as say responsibility there. and as say there's a wider discussion play there's a wider discussion play there to what the role of the there as to what the role of the bbc so if the bbc is going bbc is. so if the bbc is going to have the important role. it's going to have that role . going to have that unique role. then there's also a lot of response for people go with response for people that go with that i think this is right. that. i think this is right. some really interesting questions . certainly with questions. certainly with freelancers, they're looking into reviewing their relationship with those as well. but i'd like us to have that wider discussion and something nadine dorries touched on. so a lot of money people now. lot of money for people now. people netflix, they watch people watch netflix, they watch the get their the services, they get their news from other sources such as gb news course and people are ready for a bit of a change. think so? let's have a discussion about the bbc, how it's funded , and then of course,

it's funded, and then of course, if people want like organisations they can say they like them . one more thing i've like them. one more thing i've got to ask you. you're a bassett lord just down the road from sheffield one of the few sheffield got one of the few olympic pools. olympic swimming pools. the country in country at ponds forge in sheffield. in the meantime, 300 lecture centres, public swimming pools are set to close after the pandemic . and because of the pandemic. and because of the heat cost bills. in the meantime , rishi sunak is changing the electricity to his own private house to. he is now swimming pool house to. he is now swimming pool. how you defend that ? i pool. how you defend that? i think if people are paying for things of their own money, i suppose that's their own business. i've never really had a problem with my neighbour buys a problem with my neighbour buys a call than they a bigger a bigger call than they a bigger house, or , whatever. house, the mail or, whatever. but look recently put but if you look recently put about £600 million into schools and other things. we take sport really , really seriously. i take really, really seriously. i take little boy swimming and you can probably hear the balance of the cap. that's the division bell. you've got to go and vote. brendon go and vote. obviously in sheffield, you know, i do events occasionally venture

events you occasionally venture into over the border and into south over the border and then a proud nottinghamshire, east midlands lot. we do have some excellent local facilities. so it's about support in that energy is down poppy, with the cost living and inflation and it's all relate to drilling but we're certainly committed to the sport and swimming, you we're certainly committed to the sport and swimming , you know, sport and swimming, you know, it's a great way of keeping fit as well. chess brendan clubs my thanks to joyce, he's got to go back to play though. there are certain pubs and restaurants westminster within close westminster within a very close three houses of three of the houses of parliament where division parliament where the division pal they're having pal goes. so if they're having their got 15 their dinner, they've got 15 minutes get the oh so you're minutes to get the oh so you're there sat there with your dinner. the amps cleared off and they warn it's a three they do warn you it's a three line whip tonight sometimes line whip tonight and sometimes division times division bell goes five times dunng division bell goes five times during you did a very during the dinner you did a very good job of swerving that rishi sunak swimming good job of swerving that rishi sunaidid swimming good job of swerving that rishi sunaidid you swimming good job of swerving that rishi sunaidid you think swimming good job of swerving that rishi sunaidid you think he vimming good job of swerving that rishi sunaidid you think he might|g pool. did you think he might have been it before? it's a very good question, you were good question, bob. and you were right it. now, in just right to answer it. now, in just a moment, queen a moment, her, the queen consort, busy at the consort, very busy at the moment, they, what you moment, aren't they, what you call them, gladys, fred and gladys, gladys gladys, freddie, gladys well, they're visiting elmhurst ballet

school, celebrate school, apparently celebrate the school's centenary with current students, alumni are students, staff and alumni are going to bring you the latest from first of all, from that visit. first of all, your headlines with times . your news headlines with times. in there. thanks very . it's in there. thanks very. it's 1131. here are the headlines . 1131. here are the headlines. the gb newsroom, the chancellor looking at increasing the lifetime allowance in an attempt reverse the trend of early retirements . it's understood. retirements. it's understood. jeremy hunt considering allowing individuals to put more money into their pension before being taxed . the current lifetime taxed. the current lifetime allowance stands just over £1,000,000, with savers incurring tax. after that personal pension pot threshold has been exceeded . the measures has been exceeded. the measures are expected to be unveiled at tomorrow's budget as the chancellor looks increase britain's workforce to help stimulate the economy . the prime stimulate the economy. the prime minister and us president discussed increased assertiveness from china with an agreed approach to engage maintain talks with the country. and joe biden met in san diego

alongside the australia and prime minister to announce a new submarine program between the three countries. sunak outlined security in the uk with the leaders . the importance of leaders. the importance of working together for global stability . security minister tom stability. security minister tom tugendhat gb news. it requires a multi agency government effort to tackle threat from china. the orcus element, the defence element . the prime minister was element. the prime minister was in san diego saying is only one aspect of it and there's much more about this to come. so this is a whole of government approach. it involves that uk and it involves the police, it involves so many different aspects of our intelligence services. this is a huge , i'm services. this is a huge, i'm afraid, challenge. it's true . afraid, challenge. it's true. there are some areas where got to engage, you know , we've got to engage, you know, we've got to engage, you know, we've got to engage, you know, we've got to engage with our eyes wide open. and this is something i've always we mustn't be naive. there were certainly some people always we mustn't be naive. who may have been in recent decades decades . job vacancies

decades decades. job vacancies in the uk have fallen for the eighth month in a row as firms hold off from recruiting due to economic. the office for national statistics has found the rate of uk unemployment has remained unchanged at 3.7% in the three months to january. it said real continues to fall, despite a drop in the inflation rate rate . tv online plus and rate rate. tv online plus and on. tune in. this is gb news. now it's back to 100 . well, now it's back to 100. well, still to come, her majesty , the still to come, her majesty, the queen consort, will visit elmhurst ballet school in birmingham to celebrate their centenary . and cameron walker's centenary. and cameron walker's that we're going to check in with him shortly. he's not going to be in his to go with to the point on

gb news. welcome back to gb news. we have told you all morning that eleanor williams due to be sentenced. we're going to go now to the courtroom. we messages to hear genuinely see or from anyone present that night. i am

not that these messages were fabricated by the defendant. it remains, in my judgement, a possibility that these messages were created by ill intentioned third parties. it follows that in to count one, she will be sentenced on the basis that she is guilty under paragraph a, but not under paragraph b. as a result of this allegation , c was result of this allegation, c was arrested and interviewed . on the arrested and interviewed. on the 27th of november two thousand and seven time, he wasn't remanded into custody. but have the matter hanging over him until the march 2018. the defendant had her support for the prosecution in the january 2018 in relation to count two, three and four. the defendant made three separate allegations of against one jordan trengove , of against one jordan trengove, who was content to be named in these remarks. she went on a night out on the 8th of march

2019 into the 9th of march 20, 19, with mr. chen gove and others. she drank or took drugs such she became intoxicated and had to be taken home over the next few days, she began to hear of the talking on social media about what had happened on that night on satisfied that there was no basis for her believing that she had been sexually that night. however, she chose to assert that she had been taken to an address by mr. trengove, raped and then taken back into barrow in furness in order to support the allegation . she support the allegation. she created a number of false messages of which she screenshots purporting to be from mr. chen gove , in which he from mr. chen gove, in which he spoke made supposed that missions in the most derogatory terms. she sent those messages to herself and then took screenshots of them so that they could be handed the police. she

made the first of a number of errors. in one of the attempts she used to send messages was created her family home using the ip address of the wife on network that after creating these messages, she then on the 6th of may 20, 19 called the police from her flat, alleging that she had been attacked that day . at first she feigned day. at first she feigned relooked to give an account, but eventually made a false allegation about the eighth and the 9th of march 2019. on the 6th of may 2019, in relation to the 6th of may. she alleged mr. trengove had come to her. she had let him and he wouldn't leave. she said he tried. she tried to push him out and they started to fight . tried to push him out and they started to fight. he had a lock knife , which he threatened her. knife, which he threatened her. she said that he stripped naked in the living room and pulled her into the bathroom by her hair. how old is she? she alleged that he then beater a

shower head. she that he raped her and didn't use a condom. at one point when they were on the floor, he threatened to kill her. and said he would enjoy raping her. she said she had to her legs . she was indeed injured her legs. she was indeed injured . but this account was a complete fabrication . mr. chen complete fabrication. mr. chen gave was not even there. she knew it was false . she did knew it was false. she did indeed have injuries. but she caused him to herself to support her allegation . and as we will her allegation. and as we will see. this to become a feature of her conduct . mr. was arrested her conduct. mr. was arrested and interviewed about both incidents and was at that time bailed . then on the 18th of may bailed. then on the 18th of may 2019, she gained called police, claiming that mr. had again come to her flat and violently raped her. she alleged that she come home from a night out . mr. home from a night out. mr. trengove arrived at her house and came in through the door, which was not locked as she was

expecting. a friend . she tried expecting. a friend. she tried to push him out and they fought. she said that he struck her on her face and her body as she was on the floor. alleged that he raped her. he wore a condom . the raped her. he wore a condom. the police, as phoned the police who appear to have found her and unco conscious and naked on the floor . again, she was injured . floor. again, she was injured. again, these were self inflicted. again, this was a false allegation which knew to be false. again, mr. trengove was never even there . this time was never even there. this time mr. trengove was arrested, but not bailed. he remained custody until the 1st of august 20, 19. he was that matters would not be pursued on the 20th of august 20, 19. in in pursued on the 20th of august 20,19. in in relation to count to three and four, which concern trengove on saturday fights so that i am sure that the messages

which she provided the police apparently for mr. trengove, were created by the defendant, in order to her false allegations . it follows that in allegations. it follows that in respect of these comments , she respect of these comments, she will be sentenced on the basis of paragraphs a and b. i will now summarise the evidence on count five on the 18th of june 2019. the defendant made an allegation to detective inspector that she had been the victim of sex traffickers who had since she was 12 or 13, sold for her sex at so—called sex parties . her for her sex at so—called sex parties. her account mainly centred around a local businessman, mohammed ramzan , businessman, mohammed ramzan, who was also content to be named these remarks. she said that he had befriend her when she was 12 and shortly thereafter had sex with her and then so regularly. she said that mr. ramzan then persuaded her to have sex with another . persuaded her to have sex with another. this turned into her

being taken across the region to have sex with men . she described have sex with men. she described the abuse some detail. she and other girls were abused . she other girls were abused. she claimed that the sexual acts would be filmed and films sold . would be filmed and films sold. she spoke about individual of abuse. a girl had a knife inserted into her vagina and was then forced have sex before it was healed . she spoke of was healed. she spoke of punishment meted out to girls , punishment meted out to girls, didn't do as they were told. she said she had been shown videos of a girl being only in vaginal raped. she spoke of a girl nearly dying as a result of a beating. another had been thrown down the stairs and then beaten. another had had a dog set on her. that is briefest of summaries . this was a detailed summaries. this was a detailed account of the most serious sort sexual trafficking. this was, she said, first orchestrated by mr. ramzan . but then others

mr. ramzan. but then others became . it had been going on, became. it had been going on, she said, for years . she she said, for years. she provided lists of girls who had been trafficked . none of them been trafficked. none of them had been trafficked . she had been trafficked. she suppued had been trafficked. she supplied a long list men who were traffickers. they were not. she said she'd been taken to amsterdam by mr. ramzan and forced to work in a brothel . she forced to work in a brothel. she also said that on that same trip she'd been sold by mr. ramzan for ,25,000. but the buyer did not go through with the deal . not go through with the deal. she said that on another occasion an attempt had been to take her to pakistan on another that she been housed in a caravan for two weeks in the united. there she had been subdued by being forced , subdued by being forced, injected with heroin so that a procession of men could have with her for money. she said that there were constant parties which she and other young females were forced to attend, often given instructions as to

to what where she was made to take a young girl for an illegal abortion . all of this was abortion. all of this was complete fabrication and she created extensive cast of traffickers , many with detailed traffickers, many with detailed biographies. some were invented altogether . others existed, but altogether. others existed, but were not at all. she also made about being taken for sexual exploitation to a beef there for two weeks where, men paid mr. ramzan to have with her. this allegation was also shown to be false. in police interview when with the possibility of travel records being checked, she admitted that this account was false only to seek to replace with another lie. subsequently trial detective inspector was understandably troubled by what she heard. she spent a good deal of time with , the defendant of time with, the defendant believing that she , the victim believing that she, the victim

of serious exploitation and that there was a highly dangerous ring of traffickers operating in the barrow in furness area. arranged a meeting of regional police forces to begin major multi force investigate section. she offered the defender to safe house or even in a witness protection scheme . the crown protection scheme. the crown were able to and i am sure that the allegations a complete fiction . certain parts were fiction. certain parts were readily provable. she had to amsterdam but with her and her sister's part to save money. they had all three shared a hotel room at night and were in each other's company all day . at each other's company all day. at trial, the defendant tried to claim that the attempt to sell her, mr. ramzan, happened this trip. but her sister and her sister's partner gave evidence the effect that she was never out their sight. the females she

named as co victims of trafficking were spoken to . many trafficking were spoken to. many were profoundly upset by the suggestion. some gave evidence at court, but of the statements denying ever been trafficked were agreed and read at trial . were agreed and read at trial. none of them had been trafficked dunng. none of them had been trafficked during . the investigation, mr. during. the investigation, mr. ramzan was arrested. he had never really met the defendant had nothing whatsoever to do with trafficking . he had never with trafficking. he had never been alone in a room with her, let alone had sex with her. he described in court his utter consternation at being publicly arrested on the promenade in morna island and questioned by the police . i'll set out more of the police. i'll set out more of the police. i'll set out more of the impact of this offending upon and his family later in these . the defendant set about these. the defendant set about seeking to back up her allegations against mr. ramzan and the fictitious traffickers . and the fictitious traffickers. she did so in a number ways. i will here only some of them. she

manipulated people with whom she was in contact via snapchat to contact her. she would rename these people in her phone with these people in her phone with the names of sopo traffickers. she would induce sexual messages them and take a screenshot of those messages. thus would appear that she had a message with a sexual overtone from someone with the name of one of the supposed trafficked when she was in the police station. she would such messages to ensure that there was live evidence of the supposed traffickers pestering her. a number of these people came to court to give evidence . one young man from evidence. one young man from essex had rebadged by the defendant her phone as shaggy. the name of one of the supposed people traffickers from barrow . people traffickers from barrow. he was, in fact, a young man from essex, would have little with the defendant. she told him she was from portsmouth and cultivated a friendship him to create messages . she could later

create messages. she could later use . another was a vague school use. another was a vague school who wanted a relationship her. he was renamed haram or ramey . he was renamed haram or ramey. she then took screenshots . these she then took screenshots. these messages falsely to come from harry haram ramey so that she could say they were evidence of her being trafficked . the her being trafficked. the defendant manipulated friends and, work, colleagues to involve them unwittingly in her deceptions . she invented people deceptions. she invented people in her phone who simply didn't exist. she sometimes used two phones, one to send and want to receive messages from supposed traffickers or trafficked women . she would then take screenshots . those messages , screenshots. those messages, there were other types of message she created. she would inflict unpleasant injuries herself, which she later attributed to fictitious traffickers . she wrote letters traffickers. she wrote letters to herself supposedly from remi . she made false diary . based

. she made false diary. based upon the evidence i heard . i am upon the evidence i heard. i am sure of all of the matters i've set out above. it follows that in relation to count five, she is be sentenced on the basis of all of the particulars under paragraph a and paragraph b. i turn to count six whilst the defendant had refused to participate in a witness protection program , she did protection program, she did agree to be temporary orally housed by the police in a hotel close to kendal police station. the police arranged for her to have a job there. these events happened during the timeframe of count five. however the issue was completely different to the remainder of camp five. it was reflected in a separate count . reflected in a separate count. it's convenient to deal with it at this stage . on the 30th of at this stage. on the 30th of june 2019. the defendant left, the hotel provided by the police

and travelled to blackpool by train. she'd already booked herself a hotel room there . the herself a hotel room there. the undisputed was that she checked into her room and spent most of her time there. when she did go out she was alone on foot. she was seen on video to make a note of her on her phone of the vehicle , number of a car and the vehicle, number of a car and the details of a takeaway . having details of a takeaway. having done so. she went to a shop , done so. she went to a shop, bought some food, sat in her hotel room and watched videos. the next day she got up late and made her way to preston . the made her way to preston. the police , her family were worried police, her family were worried about her. she had ignored their messages. eventually police officers traced it to preston and met her there . she was and met her there. she was dnven and met her there. she was driven home to barrow in furness and in the early of the morning, detective came to meet her, worried as to what had happened , the defendant was later to

tell the police in great detail that the traffic the traffic had foundering. kendal and instructed her to go to blackpool . then she said she , blackpool. then she said she, was met by mr. ramzan and, threatened with a violent death . she was made to visit four premises and at each she was brutally raped by multiple men. the car , whose registration the car, whose registration number she had noted was, she said, used to transport her between properties to a flat above. the takeaway . details she above. the takeaway. details she had noted , was the venue for one had noted, was the venue for one of these attacks. officers took her to blackpool twice to try and identify the locations of these places . this account was these places. this account was all false. eventually confronted by in controversial evidence, she was forced to accept that none of this true. she was later to claim at trial that she was forced to give this false account by the traffickers . but account by the traffickers. but i ruled that duress not

available to her. indeed, i am sure that one pressured her to go to blackpool at all. she did so of her own volition in order to make up false allegations against mr. ramzan and others , i against mr. ramzan and others, i turn to count seven on the 18th of july 2019, the defendant caught a train to leeds. the clear evidence is that she a good part of the day the park. she had two phones with her. she then travelled back to preston where she walked into the town centre. a young man walking home from a family party happened upon her. he asked her for a light and they started to talk . light and they started to talk. they had a brief and entirely consensual sexual encounter. they had a brief and entirely consensual sexual encounter . the consensual sexual encounter. the defendant then caught the train to barrow in furness , exchanging to barrow in furness, exchanging details with . the young man and details with. the young man and tentatively agreeing to meet him at a later date. once in power in furness, she walked to her

flat . her brother's girlfriend flat. her brother's girlfriend happened to see her as she walked her home, picked her up and took her home. much of this, including much of what happened including much of what happened in preston was caught on closed circuit television by now. it was the early of the 19th of july. once her brother learned from his girlfriend that the defendant was at home. he called the police. everyone had been frantically worried about her day. and she had been ignoring their messages. when police arrived at her house, the defendant pretended to be. the jury defendant pretended to be. the jury and i saw body worn footage captured by the officers . it's captured by the officers. it's clear that the defendant playacting, pretending to be semi—conscious. she was injured, but the clear evidence was that she had inflicted injuries upon herself . she then created herself. she then created a false account of what had happenedin false account of what had happened in leeds. pressed and barrow that day . all of this barrow that day. all of this account was in with cctv

telephone and other evidence , telephone and other evidence, she told the police that on wednesday, the 17th of july, a man called salazar , an inventive man called salazar, an inventive trafficker, came to her door , trafficker, came to her door, each slapped her in the face, pinned it to the wall by the neck. he told her to follow orders she would get on snapchat. he said that she had lost the money and she needed to earn them £10,000 as a result . earn them £10,000 as a result. she said that she was then to told go to leeds that she was taken to a house where she had sex with two men. she a girl called molly, then walked to another premises . there were another premises. there were other girls there that she said she had with three men. she was then driven to a chicken shop in headingley where she had sex with another . she then said she with another. she then said she was driven to bramley and then to bradford, where she sex with three men. she then saw her passport on the table with a

ring on it and flight details to bangladesh. so she ran when the traffickers were able to contact her by phone . she was told to go her by phone. she was told to go to preston . she said that the to preston. she said that the young man she had met in preston was a trafficker. and he had sent her a message. telling her that he had lined up some on a bench and had no choice but to take it . she said that he took take it. she said that he took her to two asian men who paid him to have sex with her. she then said that the young man himself then took her down back alley and raped her. eventually, she said she was allowed to return to barrow furness, selzer matter at the train station and. he drove her home. we have seen the video footage of her walking home. she said that when she opened her door, he and another man forced their way in and she was forced to have sex with them both . salazar struck her in the both. salazar struck her in the face and told her to sort

herself out and that they would be back her at 2 am. 10 minutes later, the police and she could not recall anything further until she woke hospital . this until she woke hospital. this was a complete fabrication . much was a complete fabrication. much of it could be disproved from cctv in preston and barrow in furness . what happened in leeds furness. what happened in leeds was shown to be false by the location of her phone she had dunng location of her phone she had during the course of the created other evidence to support the false account. she knew she would give most notably , she would give most notably, she would give most notably, she would use one of the two phones she had with her that day to send messages from a person she described as nicole herself. then taken screenshots of those messages. nicole bell was supposed to be a fellow trafficked woman who was being at the parties . nicole was at the parties. nicole was supposedly angry , the defendant, supposedly angry, the defendant, for leaving her and the other victims in leeds. for leaving her and the other victims in leeds . however, the victims in leeds. however, the agreed evidence that when nicole

was apparently complaining about being in leeds by the defendant , the phone from which the messages being sent was with the defendant on the train back to preston . she was sending nicole preston. she was sending nicole messages from one phone in her possession to the other in her possession to the other in her possession . i turn now to camp possession. i turn now to camp dates . in may 2020, the dates. in may 2020, the defendant on bail for perverting course of justice. it's clear that she was still on trying to invent to support her previous accounts. in the earlier, part of 2020, the instances her apparently going missing and turning up intoxicated and injured had increased on the 18th of may 2020. she set out from home on foot. it's from the evidence that she never left war on the island and never entered a vehicle . at 2249. she was

a vehicle. at 2249. she was found by police in fields close to her home. she had multiple injuries. one eye was swollen shut. injuries. one eye was swollen shut . she had injuries. one eye was swollen shut. she had a hammer. injuries her legs and abdomen, which were too numerous to count part of her little finger was partly severed . these injuries were all severed. these injuries were all self—inflicted. her account was that she intended to catch a bus to travel to barrow . but one of to travel to barrow. but one of the males associated those who'd exploited her, offered her a lift, which she accepted. she then said that she was taken to a house in barrow in furness. there were ten males there. she said that a number of named men raped her at that property . one raped her at that property. one of them assaulted her and tried to cut her finger. of them assaulted her and tried to cut her finger . one of them to cut her finger. one of them drove her back toward the island. she walked off to where the police found her. a few days later, the police found a hammer, which she had purchased some days before . it was hidden

some days before. it was hidden against the fence close to where the police had found her. it brought traces of her blood and dna to a home. home office pathologist gave evidence to the effect that the serious injuries she sustained were completely inconsistent . her account and inconsistent. her account and complete consistent with being selfish , afflicted with the selfish, afflicted with the hammer, which she had bought, which was found close to her and which was found close to her and which bore her dna . on the 20th which bore her dna. on the 20th of may 20, 19, the defendant made facebook post in, which she posted shocking photographs of the injuries she had inflict it upon herself . these photographs upon herself. these photographs were very graphic and, bound to produce a significant response . produce a significant response. in that post she referred to these having been inflicted by three. as she put it, asian men as . they took her to various sex as. they took her to various sex parties . in as. they took her to various sex parties. in that same post she referred to, having been similarly abused by asian men

and men of pakistani origin in various locations. across the north of england, for a number of years, she that she would continue to tell the everything she knew . she encouraged parents she knew. she encouraged parents to be vigilant and children speak out if they were concerned . she did not mention that she was already on bail for the course of justice. i turn to count nine to which the defendant pleaded . this defendant pleaded. this admission represents her writing admission represents her writing a letter from custody to her sister , asking her sister to sister, asking her sister to tell her. that is the defendant's solicit . was that defendant's solicit. was that a hammer had been found in her bedroom. this was an attempt to create a false defence that can date . when she entered her plea date. when she entered her plea , it was on the basis only of what she wrote to her sister and not what was said to her mother in the context of this case. it is not necessary to decide that issue and i will sentence her on her basis . the