welcome to . hello. hello. it's welcome to. hello. hello. it's me today. bev turner keeping you company for the next 3 hours on tv and dab radio. and what a packed afternoon we have ahead the latest political story is king charles in germany. a couple of feisty debates on the government ahead with government pushing ahead with net bills go net zero as your bills go through the roof. plus, teachers allowing your kids to change gender without letting you know. and april fools day but and yes, it april fools day but thatis and yes, it april fools day but that is all true tonnes more as well . but first, that is all true tonnes more as well. but first, your that is all true tonnes more as well . but first, your news well. but first, your news headunes well. but first, your news headlines with tatiana sanchez .

headlines with tatiana sanchez. thank you very much. and good afternoon, this is the latest from the gb news room, the port of dover declared a critical incident as the easter getaway has caused heavy traffic. it said the delays up to several hours are due to lengthy french border price esses and sheer volume . p&o ferries and dfds volume. p&o ferries and dfds seaways have reported delays of up 7 hours for ferry and coach services , citing bad weather . a services, citing bad weather. a man accused of murdering a father and son in cambridgeshire has been remanded in custody . 66 has been remanded in custody. 66 year old steven alderton has appeared at huntingdon magistrates, charged with two counts of murder and possession of a firearm . garry dunmore and of a firearm. garry dunmore and his son josh were shot dead in separate villages miles apart on wednesday . separate villages miles apart on wednesday. hearing will take place in cambridge court on monday . millions of the lowest monday. millions of the lowest paid workers will get a salary

boost from as the national minimum wage is increased. the hourly rate will go up from £9.50 to £10, $0.42 for adults. the government says the rise keepsit the government says the rise keeps it on track . achieve its keeps it on track. achieve its manifesto commitment . around manifesto commitment. around 5 million people will be able to get spring covid boost a jab from next week. care home residents in england will be the first to receive the vaccine from monday. all other eligible people, including those aged 75 and over, or with a weakened system, will be able to their job online from next. the offer for anyone to get a first covid jab will end at the end of june . the government is launching a bid to help businesses use less energy up until now, companies have had their energy capped. but from today they'll only get a discount, which will remain in place until march next year. pubuc place until march next year. public bodies will be told they save money by putting timers on light and heating and switching

more energy efficient bulbs . the more energy efficient bulbs. the government says smarter energy use will help lower operational costs as well as help deliver net zero. water companies could face unlimited fines under new government plans to tackle pollution. the environment secretary is expected to announce tougher enforcement next week. theresa kofi plans her plans include the ability to place sanctions on water companies without going through the courts as as lifting a cap on penalties , unlimited fines , on penalties, unlimited fines, environment agency figures show there were just over 300,000 sewage spills year for the shadow justice secretary, steve reid says the conservatives have lowered environmental standards. so everyone is going to feel as disgusted as i am to know that there are a hundred occasion every single day when raw sewage is being pumped into our rivers and our villages and our towns and our villages and our towns and our villages and our towns and our cities on our beaches. it's not just disgusting and

polluting and damaging the environment. it's actually damaging businesses. environment. it's actually damaging businesses . well, damaging businesses. well, because policymakers in these places, the hospitality industry will suffer as a result . social will suffer as a result. social media, influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan have been released from jail in romania . they're being romania. they're being investigated on allegations of sexual assault . people sexual assault. people trafficking and organised crime. the pair who's been in custody since december and are now under house arrest until the of april, deny any wrongdoing . speaking deny any wrongdoing. speaking from home in, mr. tate said freedom at last. i truly believe justice will be served in the end. there is 0% chance of me being found guilty of something ihave being found guilty of something i have not done. i maintain absolute innocence and i think most people understand this and i look forward to being home. in the us, at least two people have died , with dozens injured after died, with dozens injured after a tornado hit the capital of arkansas . local police say about arkansas. local police say about 2000 residents in little rock

city be affected with the mayor describing the damage as extensive . it's believed another extensive. it's believed another tornado hit northern illinois, ripping off the roof of an auditorium with 260 people inside . and the pope has inside. and the pope has hospital after being treated bronchitis. 86 year old pope francis was seen waving to well—wishers as he returned to the vatican after , being in the vatican after, being in hospital for three days. a vatican spokesperson says he's expected to take part in this weekend's service for palm sunday, kicking off a week of easter celebrations . this is gb easter celebrations. this is gb news will bring you more news as it happens now back to beth . it happens now back to beth. thank you, tatiana. welcome to gb news. today's this saturday afternoon with me bev turner get your opinions to me won't you.7

this your opinions to me won't you? this morning. this afternoon . this morning. this afternoon. vaiews@gbnews.uk the email address. let me know what your on everything we're discussing . on everything we're discussing. first of all, let's catch up on the big political stories of the day now with nigel nelson, starting with the fact, nigel, that the uk will join the comprehensive progressive agreement for the trans pacific partnership. also known as the cptpp gp. ever so snappy that they love an acronym these days. so and they how how great is the p going to be for the uk economy because the government will make quite a lot of noise about it. yesterday yeah, i think it's such a mouthful. we just call it the pacific trade because it makes it easier. the pacific trade because it makes it easier . yeah, mean, i makes it easier. yeah, i mean, i think we to put the whole thing into perspective, but the actual government figures for it government figures for what it will do for the nation's wealth is only increase by point nought. 8% over the next ten years. now obviously that could all change if things go really well . but all change if things go really well. but we're also

all change if things go really well . but we're also looking at well. but we're also looking at with brexit a loss of 4% long term and economic growth. so there's quite a way to go for there's quite a way to go for the pacific trade to make up for that. the pacific trade to make up for that . it's a really the pacific trade to make up for that. it's a really big prize will be if america joins the deal this was vetoed by trump but if they come in we kind and get our trade deal with america through the back door. i think there are some items which are going to be a benefit from this more than others, aren't they? i heard jen , i think is one whisky heard jen, i think is one whisky is another , but it's not a wide is another, but it's not a wide range of products that people are going to start seeing the benefit of whether you're selling them or buying them. i know that that probably accounts for the figures that we've just been talking about . so for the figures that we've just been talking about. so things like medicines like machinery and medicines will also be much easier to come by thanks to that to this deal. so, yes, i mean, the that however you look it is obviously a good thing we couldn't have done this done this while . we

done this done this while. we were still with the eu . but were still with the eu. but whether or not it'll make a huge difference to people's lives, we'll just have to see. absolutely right. let's talk about snp. nigel obviously humza, yousaf being cleared at the end of this week and then they take a massive dip in the polls . what is the latest what polls. what is the latest what are the latest news we're heanng are the latest news we're hearing from scotland ? well, i hearing from scotland? well, i mean, the policy that we've been all over the place that are certainly the one poll that's come out which shows that it's the worst seat projection for the worst seat projection for the snp since 2016. so they would end up, should there be an election tomorrow with with 18 fewer seats . now the big election tomorrow with with 18 fewer seats. now the big gain will be for labour if these polls are correct , which would polls are correct, which would end up with 20 more seats in the scottish parliament than they have at the moment . the scottish parliament than they have at the moment. the big scottish parliament than they have at the moment . the big news have at the moment. the big news for the snp is of course that should that happen, that would

mean there would be an overall independence majority party at holyrood . now again the polls holyrood. now again the polls are a bit odd because . it are a bit odd because. it doesn't actually show at the same time that support for scottish independence is actually . down at the moment and actually. down at the moment and that the, the, the votes said no to independent would be only two points above the vote for yes. so as i said, i think we need to see how the how these actually shake down over the next few months to get some really clear indication of what is going on and the other big story that everybody will be affected by today is the fact that bills are going up. it is the 1st of april that it does feel like we wish it was an full but it isn't. so council water bills , mobile council water bills, mobile phone bills , the winter energy phone bills, the winter energy discount ends this month as well. people are going to really start feeling it now in their

pockets as. if we weren't already, nigel this is such an easy for labour, isn't it? already, nigel this is such an easy for labour, isn't it ? yes. easy for labour, isn't it? yes. and what talking about at the moment is that labour is saying that they could keep council tax frozen even if only that the windfall tax on the energy jobs was raised . i windfall tax on the energy jobs was raised. i think windfall tax on the energy jobs was raised . i think you windfall tax on the energy jobs was raised. i think you had windfall tax on the energy jobs was raised . i think you had the was raised. i think you had the shadow justice secretary steve reid on gb news this morning talking about an extra £10 billion coming in from a decent windfall tax on challenge, a bp who are making sort of record profits at the moment. and now, of course , on to power to the of course, on to power to the promise doesn't actually mean a great deal until they're actually in government . and but actually in government. and but certainly you could do something about council tax if only you could . the money from elsewhere could. the money from elsewhere and give that to authorities. yeah, absolute . and i also just yeah, absolute. and i also just want to ask you, nigel, while i've got you about the political situation in america, we are

going to be talking about this in a bit more detail, a little later, but i'd love to know your thoughts on this. why does this place the republicans now with trump having been arrested and indicted some people are saying that this is actually good for the republican ends, of course, because it will galvanise the trump core base even the republican core base, whether it isn't trump in the end who runs as the nomination, what do you make of it all? well i think that the support for trump seem be flagging until this happened . and so in a sense that although that they the judicial process must take its course and as in any country it seem a bit old that america is pursuing this so much. and there are other countries like south korea , which is now jailing their formally does that they've put three prime ministers and two presidents behind bars in the last ten years. but doesn't tend to do this that richard got pardoned for watergate when he could have ended up in prison .

could have ended up in prison. and the dangerous thing for those who are trying to stop trump is that this will actually add fuel to his support and could actually increase his chances for the presidency . chances for the presidency. okay, nigel, done with you for this this afternoon . thank you this this afternoon. thank you very much. nigel nelson there gb news is senior political reporter to one day i will ask him what all of those lanyards are in the back of his show. i imagine that from past political conferences, the government has unveiled net plan unveiled a new net zero plan which has been met with intense criticism experts , criticism from experts, environmental groups . also, the environmental groups. also, the document was drawn after the high court ruled that the government's existing plans were not to meet its climate targets. the central plank of the strategy is to store carbon dioxide under the north sea . so dioxide under the north sea. so joining me now to help explain all of this is micro economist philip . hello, philip . hello philip. hello, philip. hello does this move on the debate in this country at all in terms of

the climate strategy? it feels like everybody's getting even more entrenched in their own position , whether you support position, whether you support net zero or whether you don't . net zero or whether you don't. it feels like with every announcement comes a greater division of those two sides. do you see it a bit like that. yeah it's definitely becoming a trend. i think it's become entrenched at a really bad time because i mean, in the last segment you alluded to the cost of living crisis, the fact that bills are going up from already pretty levels. i mean, the truth of the matter is the cost of living crisis is primarily an energy crisis . right. we know energy crisis. right. we know this energy bills are were twice as high . they increased by 100% as high. they increased by 100% last winter from the winter before . now they look set to before. now they look set to increase more . the increases in increase more. the increases in tax that we're seeing are to fund , in a large part, the fund, in a large part, the energy price guarantee that the government's being paid for. so really what the country needs is a viable strategy to get energy pnces. a viable strategy to get energy prices . and what do you think prices. and what do you think that should look like ? i it's

that should look like? i it's not clear what an ideal strategy would be, but having in to keep to a target, the gas basically before we encounter a serious energy crisis, before the war in ukraine and the cutting off of russian gas doesn't really make any sense. i think we need to be taking an approach here, which is very open minded, recognising the problem for what it is and maybe putting on the shelf other priorities , at least priorities, at least temporarily, until the energy crisis is solved . and also, of crisis is solved. and also, of course , there are countries course, there are countries around the world who are clearly not pursuing net zero. i'm thinking china in particular. i thinking china in particular. i think that building like two coal fired power stations a week whilst we pursue doggedly a green agenda of renewables agenda. green agenda of renewables agenda . what's that going to agenda. what's that going to mean for us financially on the global stage compared to the big hitters like china who are still pushing ahead with industry legislation ? well, this is

legislation? well, this is exactly the point. not only is china building these coal plants. i think it's to add something. but they've also just got the russian gas that's not going to europe. them and india have got. and what that does is it drives down the energy costs in china, which drives down the manufacturing costs in china . so manufacturing costs in china. so this makes china vastly more competitive than europe and the uk . and so this is a long term uk. and so this is a long term economic damage that the energy price crisis isn't just about household bills, it isn't just about raising taxes. it's also about raising taxes. it's also about domestic competitiveness . about domestic competitiveness. and it really feels like we're having a debate from 2021 when there was no energy crisis , when there was no energy crisis, when there was no energy crisis, when there is an energy crisis and, there is an energy crisis and, there doesn't seem to be a big end in sight just to give people some sense, because it's not like we talked about energy imports into europe at the moment. our record lows . so it moment. our record lows. so it looks the energy crisis , looks like the energy crisis, unless changes with unless something changes with those will get even those imports, will get even worse this next winter. i'm just looking at the statistics here.

actually, china , you say, builds actually, china, you say, builds two new coal fired plants every week. i mean, if we just pause to think what that must mean for that manufacturing, for that productive, say, i mean, some people would say, well, you need to stop and think about what it means for the planet. much more than that. and they they give out of global and the uk out 34% of global c02 and the uk emits 1% of global c02 . and emits 1% of global c02. and that's before we even had a conversation. whether reducing co2 conversation. whether reducing c02 actually desirable anyway c02 is actually desirable anyway . why do the british government so hell bent on pursuing this? it almost like at any financial whatsoever . yeah. i it almost like at any financial whatsoever. yeah. i mean, that is the question. i i suppose it could have made again before the war and before the energy crisis. but i think most people in government are actually aware. i hope they're aware of these problems in energy markets and of how much damage it's doing to british competitiveness . and i don't really understand why . they're not able to shelve

why. they're not able to shelve some things that may have made sense prior to the energy crisis maybe discuss them again in a couple years when we have the energy crisis under control. i don't know why they're doing that. i think it's inertia. i think there's an awful lot of inertia. this campaign inertia. i think this campaign has for years has been building for years basically . i has been building for years basically. i mean, it must be a decade or maybe more. and so it's very, very to turn the messaging around. i think there's a slight denial of there's also a slight denial of there's also a slight denial of the of the energy the severity of the energy crisis which fully crisis, which i don't fully understand , because it's understand, because it's wreaking havoc on budget and wreaking havoc on the budget and i'm just think so we basically kind of got the world dividing into two now, haven't we? we've got those countries who are pushing forward with using fossil fuels still maintaining their economic success, maintaining that productivity. and we've got those countries who are pursuing net zero agenda and we seem to see our productivity and our gdp going down. let me ask you, philip, this in the notes. i'm sure you well aware of it. can we talk about, therefore, the possibility break currency possibility of a break currency , the brazil, russia , india,

, the brazil, russia, india, china, the company, the countries that are pushing forward using fossil fuels, creating a new currency of their own that would threaten the dollar. that would challenge the dollar. that would challenge the dollar . how far are we towards dollar. how far are we towards that sort of state of affairs ? that sort of state of affairs? well, it's been talked about now since just after the war after the sanctions on russia and it seems to actually be moving this week , china and brazil announced week, china and brazil announced that they'd be doing their trade in yuan in the chinese currency. yeah. and chinese are clearing ice in brazil. yeah. and chinese are clearing ice in brazil . and then the ice in brazil. and then the other news of the week , other news of the week, totalenergies, which is the big company in france and one of the biggest energy companies in the world, accepted a yuan or gave a yuan payment to china for an lng shipment . so does seem to shipment. so there does seem to be some evidence of this of this reshuffle feeling of the world order. and to tie this order. and again, to tie this back in to the energy crisis , we back in to the energy crisis, we have to understand this has have to understand that this has immediate implications. this isn't thing where isn't some run thing where whether there's a recession or not, one quarter to quarter, is

that in uk. meanwhile, the chinese are full steam ahead. they're very open. they're economy and they're talking about what, four or 5% growth this i mean, we have to this year? i mean, we have to kind of get real about this. i really think it's quite scary. it is. thank you, philip. it really is. thank you, philip. really interesting macroeconomist and macro economist , macroeconomist and macro economist, philip pilkington. so joining me now is policy researcher laurie leybourne. hello, laurie . i think you were hello, laurie. i think you were probably on the other side of this debate on you. good to see you again. i'm it is quite scary, isn't it? that we're pursuing a net zero agenda at all costs while china, brazil, russia , india go from strength russia, india go from strength to strength to strength. so so that they could soon have their own currency which casts shade across the dollar . well, yeah, across the dollar. well, yeah, i mean, that goes a lot what you just said down. and i think of it isn't completely accurate. india, for example, has increased its renewable capacity by nearly 400, 396% since the middle of the 20 tens. china is of course aiming for net zero.

little bit later than we are, but it's doing little bit later. the analogy to coal powered coal fired power are weak. they're building new ones. so you can't defend china as being on green agenda. no i don't. i mean, i'm not china at all. and you should definitely get someone from the chinese government or chinese company on here to help you out . and i would really relish watching that. but china has been producing more renewable energy every year than any other country on earth. now not saying that because i think now the good guys, i'm saying that because that shows you china is absolutely the massive economic potential in these new technologies . the us government technologies. the us government right now are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on making investments in what they rightly consider to be the huge growth industries of the future . so industries of the future. so this is not about that, of course, is about climate change and so on. but really this is about the huge economic

opportunities that come from these new technologies and we are behind, getting are falling behind, getting ready to get the most out of those. so hang on, laurie. so it's about being profitable in the future . how long? well, how the future. how long? well, how long are we going to wait? because all our bills are going up today. how many years until we start to see a benefit from all our green and our new wind powered, solar powered wave powered? however, this is going to work. how long? well we would be feeling the benefit now if david cameron hadn't . okay, but david cameron hadn't. okay, but we're not. we're so we need to look. well, we're not feeling the benefit now. we're absolutely over our heads in energy crisis because nobody did anything. so come on. when how long have we got to wait ? what? long have we got to wait? what? we can insulate . we could be we can insulate. we could be rolling out a crash insulation program. we do have the benefits now. and let's be accurate on our language. it's not an energy crisis covering all energy. it is a fossil fuel crisis. the high gas price is a fossil fuel.

i leading to energy crisis at the moment. it's not crisis in all types of energy. it's a crisis in fossil fuel energy. so. right the government so. right now the government could to have a massive could choose to have a massive insulation rollout programme across the uk that's, high skilled labour. it's not labour. you can outsource to china. you have homes in britain which have to homes in britain which jobs and using jobs in britain and using british hopefully. so that's a huge economic opportunity for us and it would insulate us against volatile fossil fuel prices . so volatile fossil fuel prices. so the answer question is right now and the failures of this government to have done something that for the last something on that for the last ten means that we ten years means that we are suffering consequences. i actually you, laurie, on actually agree you, laurie, on the insulation. i do . we've had the insulation. i do. we've had this conversation, i think before, and i agree with you that all be our that we should all be our houses. you know, like houses. but, you know, i like the idea that because people the idea of that because people have lower into have pay lower bills into virtually, we give less money to, for instance, edf, my energy provider owned one entirely by the french government and i'm really annoyed that my the bills i'm paying are subsidised saying french people's bills were mine are astronomical whole the whole

situation is a complete mess but the solution is not necessarily pursuing a net zero agenda by 2030 at all cost, is it it. well, i think well not net by 2030, it's by the mid part of the century and the all cos i think is slightly misleading because the investor wants it should be and to just go back to what should be made i think by british energy company agree with you. i think it's ironic sceptical that we're in a situation where energy payments are payments for public transport and so on are going and subsidy in taxpayers in other countries because we sold off our energy companies in operating companies but you know that's a side we should have a british energy company that's in producing home—grown british energy and the cheapest forms of energy and the cheapest forms of energy these days are wind and then the investments in the batteries that will then smooth out supply the these are the huge growth opportunities the future you know the american government spending hundreds of billions on this not they've

been by some woke been captured by some woke agenda because they agenda but because they have a very robust geopolitical to continue to be the major economic force over the rest this century. and they've noficed this century. and they've noticed that over the last couple of decades china has been supplanting them in that and britain is in risk of being behind on that hugely profitable and beneficial race. okay. i appreciate your correct to me on that it's very easy to get the 2030 agenda in terms of cars as well confused with what's going with with the fuel industry . but with with the fuel industry. but you never my question if we still implement this now and suddenly we've got you know more green energy generated. i don't know how quickly how quickly kind of happen and how quickly would we see a benefit in our bills so things like solar are far easier to roll out and building say coal power plants or turning them back on or many of the other fossil fuel things. so if the government really was serious about making the vast investments that needed that, some the other parties are some of the other parties are talking about, we would

talking about, then we would see benefits quickly. a benefits quickly. if you had a mix insulate and solar roll mix of insulate and solar roll out more investments, batteries, we situation over we could be in a situation over the years where bills the coming years where bills would go and ultimately by would go down and ultimately by the decade, is the end of decade, which is rushing towards us, we would no longer really be to dictators invading countries , causing invading countries, causing haywire in fossil fuel markets , haywire in fossil fuel markets, also having to suffer the costs . okay. all right. by the end of the by end of a decade. laurie bond, thank you so much. you've got seven years. we just got we got seven years. we just just deal got a massive just deal it. we got a massive bills seven laurie always good to see right. lots more to come this morning. watching this morning. you're watching and listening news and listening to gb news saturday turner. saturday with me bev turner. you're watching gb views. hello welcome to the latest update from the met office. i'm in jonathan vautrey . i'll still be jonathan vautrey. i'll still be in a fair amount of cloud around throughout the first part of the weekend, but are that we'll see something a bit brighter and sunnier for sunday. that's thanks to an of high thanks to an area of high pressure is going to be pressure that is going to be pushing helping to pushing its way in helping to settle things down the rest of today, though, we do, though,

have pressure in charge. have low pressure in charge. and this occluded just this occluded front just bringing to bringing outbreaks of rain to northern parts northern ireland, parts south—west england, but gradually its way off gradually easing its way off will be further rain and drizzle pushing its way eastern coastal areas well as we move towards areas as well as we move towards the second half of the night, they the cloud will start to break up across parts of north east england into eastern scotland. that will allow some clear also clear spells, but also temperatures off a bit temperatures will drop off a bit more as to down of more here as well, to down of two across parts of two degrees across parts of aberdeen, edinburgh, further west scotland. start west in scotland. we'll start off with that included off the day with that included front still bringing some rain. the cloud persisting a bit more across western but further east that continue that cloud is going to continue to way up. someone's to break its way up. someone's gotland central eastern of gotland central eastern areas of england have a pretty england should have a pretty bright , another nice bright and sunny, another nice one to get out and about. still feeling a little chilly across eastern coastal areas around , eastern coastal areas around, eight degrees celsius. eight or nine degrees celsius. but a little further but move a little further inland, won't likely see inland, you won't likely to see temperatures the temperatures average for the time highs time of year. highs of 13 degrees the southwest as we degrees in the southwest as we head into sunday evening. the cloud continuing to break up more and many of us will see some intervals. that's allowing

temperatures to drop off even more widely though, during more widely, though, during the overnight more overnight period in a more widespread develop. widespread frost will develop. so quite should we start to mandate more . but it means mandate more. but it also means it be a sunny and bright it will be a sunny and bright one. and throughout the day, many of will see a good many of us will see a good number of sunny the number of sunny intervals. the sunshine hazy across sunshine a bit hazy across northern as cloud begins to build it's these build its way in. and it's these fronts are going to try and fronts that are going to try and push their and as we head push their way. and as we head towards part of next towards the middle part of next week, high pressure, though, looks it's staying looks like it's staying relatively charge, relatively in charge, particularly and particularly across southern and eastern but more eastern areas, but it is more towards the north and west. we'll just see a bit in the we'll just see a bit more in the way of wet weather as we head towards wednesday. enjoy the rest but .

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good afternoon, it's 1230. i'm tatiana sanchez in the gb newsroom labour leader sir keir starmer has urged the government to get a grip of the situation at the port of dover . the ports at the port of dover. the ports declared a critical incident with significant delays caused by coach traffic paying ferries and dfds seaways reported delays of up to 7 hours for ferry and coach services , citing bad coach services, citing bad weather and hold—ups at french border controls , a man accused border controls, a man accused murdering a father and son in cambrai has been remanded in custody . a 66 year old, steven custody. a 66 year old, steven alderton has appeared at huntingdon magistrates court charged with two counts of murder , possession of a firearm murder, possession of a firearm . garry dunmore and his son josh were shot dead in separate villages six miles apart on wednesday . villages six miles apart on wednesday. hearing will take place in cambridge crown court on monday . place in cambridge crown court on monday. millions of the lowest paid workers will get a salary boost from today as the minimum wage is increased. the

hourly rate will go up from £9.50 to £10, $0.42 for adults. the government says the rise keepsit the government says the rise keeps it on track to achieve its manifesto commitment and water companies could face unlimited under new government plans to tackle pollution. the environment secretary is expected to announce enforcement next week . trees kofi's plans next week. trees kofi's plans include the ability to place sanctions on water companies without going through the courts . as well as lifting a cap on allowing unlimited fines. environment agency show there were just over 300,000 sewage bills last year. were just over 300,000 sewage bills last year . tv online and bills last year. tv online and debate plus radio. this is a gb news now it's back to back . news now it's back to back. welcome back to gb news. saturday with me, bev turner.

great to be with you this saturday afternoon. loads more to get through today. so drop me your thoughts as always. vaiews@gbnews.uk or. tweet me at news. we've the latest at gb news. we've got the latest on being arrested and. on trump being arrested and. keir starmer in portsmouth . one keir starmer in portsmouth. one of those stories is more gripping than the other , but gripping than the other, but first it's designed to make trade between northern ireland and the rest of the uk easier post—brexit sunak's windsor framework has now been passed into law , but with the province into law, but with the province still without a government because unionist opposition, because of unionist opposition, how is the deal being greeted and do businesses they'll be better worse in the long run better or worse in the long run on northern ireland reporter dougie beattie to find out dougie beattie want to find out more. we'll work together to achieve need to get in achieve what we need to get in terms of change to deliver a stable , sustainable government stable, sustainable government in northern ireland. i will always talk to every single member of northern ireland political parties. but the time for negotiation on the windsor framework is over. we're in the implementation phase of the of the day. so the dup need to stop their boycott . politically,

their boycott. politically, northern ireland is no further forward and as polity argue over legal text interpretation, business must find a way forward . glen roberts of retail . business must find a way forward . glen roberts of retail. i thinks that business voice needs to be lighter . there's thinks that business voice needs to be lighter. there's a thinks that business voice needs to be lighter . there's a lot of to be lighter. there's a lot of politics in this as well, and sometimes that makes it difficult for the business voice to be heard because , you know, to be heard because, you know, we're not involved in politics. we have to look at this from a tree, from a business, from an economic perspective. so we've got to be very careful . we don't got to be very careful. we don't stray in to politics. but what we would say is that that this has the potential give us has the potential to give us stability, certainty , move us stability, certainty, move us on. while retail are ready to talk, manufacture we are at a loss. ashley piggott as a manufacturer that has no final destination for his products. so his components mostly coming the uk and supporting there will be decline in what is known as the green . well we bring for

green. well we bring for example, engines and computer of and from morecambe and rutland and from morecambe and rutland and i think we're actually the biggest customer that the alternator manufacturer oakham has those come in we have new knowledge of where they're going to go whenever we receive those goods. so therefore, in the eu terms are classified as being at risk . we export today to 90 risk. we export today to 90 countries and the raw material is only where it's going, is only known whenever it's been been a assembled in our plant and shipped. peter summerton is one of the man that has to operate this agreement and his reading of it is at odds with the government's version. so as it moves on, we're getting clarity from the government on actual border that will be at belfast. warren point in larne, what we're actually seeing is that there will be a phil say border for business. the business coming from the greater northern ireland with almost

expressly and for retail goods which are going point to point a final sale point to consumer in northern ireland. that's very much as a harder border than . we much as a harder border than. we had anticipated . it's a harder had anticipated. it's a harder border than we had under the protocol as it was implemented last. protocol as it was implemented last . so i'm not really sure last. so i'm not really sure what anybody thinks will cancel due to speedy gb news belfast . due to speedy gb news belfast. thank you. dig. okay been getting in touch on our big topic of the day. net zero. melvyn says so. one of the smallest islands in the world go for net zero while bigger countries carry on mining net zero and electric vehicles are not feasible for the uk . and not feasible for the uk. and glenn says if electricity was cheap people would use it more gas. unfortunately, much of our electricity is generated by power stations . gas. you power stations. gas. you couldn't make it up . you and i couldn't make it up. you and i think we all agree that we'd like a cleaner planet is cleaner water cleaner air probably and

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gb news. hello. welcome to joining me bev turner on gb news afternoon. it is saturday afternoon of course i'm here until 3:00 now. it's been reported that us president joe biden not attend the king's coronation next month, but is keen to counter the perception that it's a snub and to show support for the king by sending high profile represent stiffs instead. so joining me now is

the former royal correspondent the former royal correspondent the sun charles rea charles good afternoon. good to see you . and afternoon. good to see you. and were you surprised to hear that you surprised to hear that the president of america has got better things to do on coronation day . no, not coronation day. no, not surprised at all because not had ever a an american president at a coronation now i know that sounds daft when you think we've all actually had in modern times when coronation i.e. the queen elizabeth and was the governor of california at that time and the army chief of staff . so this the army chief of staff. so this time he's he's not coming it's not a snub . he's going to not a snub. he's going to probably send his wife, first lady joe or the vice president kamala harris. and i think either of them will more than welcome if it isn't kind of tradition . as you say, that's tradition. as you say, that's one instance is in this century is necessarily in the last century is it isn't a long

tradition as such but why did they invite him? would it just have been a very a non the not the political thing to do to not invite him it's protocol you always invite that you always invite the heads of state and they themselves whether they can attend for whatever reason or not, attend , then it's down to not, attend, then it's down to them . as i understand it, the them. as i understand it, the white house has talking with the british embassy in washington over the last week or so about who is likely to attend . that who is likely to attend. that announcement will be made in the next while. i was going to say two or three weeks because we've got the coronation next month. no. yeah it's hurtling upon us. it. but charles, do you know there be any other heads of other countries will be invited and will there be again this strange dance? it's bit we've all experienced it with our own families, haven't they. when you go probably them go we probably should them and we'll really they say. we'll just really hope they say. no. of the prime will no. how many of the prime will beianed. no. how many of the prime will be invited . i'm just trying to be invited. i'm just trying to make sure that they're sitting

next to me or whatever as i understand. no, no, no. i'm not sure exactly how many other nafions sure exactly how many other nations will be invited, but the heads of other nations will be ianed heads of other nations will be invited all their representatives who are already in the uk at the various embassies . in the uk at the various embassies. so we'll have to wait and see who's who takes up the offers of the. of course, we're still waiting. of course . but still waiting. of course. but one of the key invitations to be accepted and that is his own son harry and meghan . absolutely. harry and meghan. absolutely. well having a bit of a scaled down coronation celebration, aren't we, charles compared to what might have been where we not in the midst of an economic and cost of living sort of crisis at the moment. i think that's part and parcel of why wants a scaled down. i mean when the queen had her coronation it was a very very affair. there was a very very affair. there was more a road a bit more than 8000 people, you know, witness

the coronation is now being limited to 2000, which apparently has put some of the noses out of various of parliament because . they will be parliament because. they will be they will be there . so we've got they will be there. so we've got 2000 and it's going to be people say it's going to be don't it's a coronation and we're going to see a coronation for very many people. people about 75 to 80% of this country will have never seen coronation and are unlikely to see another coronation after . because if it goes on like his mother, it's going to be at least another 25 years. yes course. absolutely do you think that the weekend it's the weekend of the 5th of may, isn't it, charles is trying to get the 6th of may is a saturday. that's right. so that's when the coronation is on the sixth and we've got an extra bank holiday haven't we, that weekend as well . yes. we happy monday. the monday is the bank holiday. so there'll be all sorts of events up and down the country some councils, some have applied for a street party licences and road

closures . some councils haven't closures. some councils haven't bothered or people haven't bothered. it's really up to the people, you know , i think you people, you know, i think you just said within midst of an economic crisis . sure. cost of economic crisis. sure. cost of living and people are their pennies, but that is a celebration. people will do want to mark the celebration that we have got, you know, a new king and you're not going to have a party to blow up a balloon isn't going to cause anybody any great drama is there nobody's going to feel snubbed or anything. it's just going to a nice day, just going to be a nice day, a nice weekend, a happy well, given we've gone through, given what we've gone through, everything brexit and everything else with brexit and pandemics going pandemics and also, it's going to to celebrate to be nice to celebrate something good. absolutely. bread circuses. like a bit of bread circuses. we like a bit of that this country. now that in this country. now camilla tominey written camilla tominey is written a really brilliant piece in the telegraph news own telegraph gb news his own camilla tominey talking about the fact that harry and meghan have become the poster couple work shy britain because it was revealed via there are 12 foundation that they only i think it was like a couple of

hours a month for the charity . hours a month for the charity. they were like this harry and meghan they want to be seen to be working hard and toil ing for all of their philanthropic , all all of their philanthropic, all the street. how do you, meghan, are going to have to, you know, accept the criticism that and has been coming i mean camilla's piece is just the latest criticism of them. i mean they're not a couple anymore. they're certainly not a popular couple in this. they're certainly not a popular couple in this . and from what couple in this. and from what i'm hearing from america is america . the shine has gone off america. the shine has gone off their popularity in america and there is still this big worry that if harry and meghan do come orjust just hard it whether or just just hard it whether they may be booed you know it would be a pity because it's not their day but the problem is that the coronation and whether harry and meghan are there or not. that is the big story that will be the big story, why they're not coming. why are they

here? i mean, harry was over here? i mean, harry was over here at the high, you know, a few days ago. charles never saw him because he was going to germany. he was over in norfolk when he came. william when he first came. william never that's that shows never saw him. that's that shows you divided this family is. never saw him. that's that shows you divided this family is . yeah you divided this family is. yeah absolutely. did you make of absolutely. what did you make of king his visits to king charles his visits to germany i was on air on thursday he was doing his speech part german part english part german, part english. wasn't easy to broadcast. let tell you that broadcast. let me tell you that . looked like he was he . but he looked like he was he looked he was you know, he looked like he was you know, he was enjoying himself very relaxed, wasn't he, that looked like he was having a lovely time. the whole point of these visits is to foster good relations . the countries between relations. the countries between britain and the country to which the king is visiting. and i think he did that very, very, very well in particular given that, you know, we've gone through brexit part of his state visit france was cancelled by the french of the riots there and think the german people gave him and camilla a welcome a real

great welcome and it nice to see him paying homage to his mother and for you know bringing the two warring factions together at the end of the end of the war and you know , it was good to see and you know, it was good to see him he went he met the crowds. he laughed . and that shook shook he laughed. and that shook shook hands. but this is his job. this is what he's that it's a diplomatic job. he goes out there and it's all about, you know, fostering good relations . know, fostering good relations. i should imagine that back at buckingham palace . i know it's buckingham palace. i know it's downing street and, buckingham palace. they would be very, very happy with the way things went. absolutely thank you, charles. a former world one at the sun, charles rea good to speak to you. now, last month come this morning, i want to tell you, first that on gb news, first of all, that on gb news, the general secretary of units and a sits and christina mckinney, a sits down de piero for down with gloria de piero for exclusive interview. it as members of the union vote on the government's pay off. government's latest pay off. have a at people late set

have a look at people late set and advice just and give them advice saying just keep on taking the strike action and everything will fine, and everything will be fine, which is to easy when you're kind spectator on the set. kind of a spectator on the set. but if you're actually ones that came out on strike or you're in, you're the ones who are campaigning even for strike action and making all the noise within your hospital trust or health trust . i think it's for health trust. i think it's for them to decide , quite frankly, them to decide, quite frankly, rather than you know, some of the other people who want to give them advice . the lovely give them advice. the lovely those interviews that gloria does, they're really nice , has does, they're really nice, has time with these people. if missed them, sure you catch missed them, make sure you catch up them website as up on them on the website as well. that will be on gb well. but that will be on gb news evening at 6:00. news tomorrow evening at 6:00. and mentioned camilla tominey and i mentioned camilla tominey just this article, just before about this article, which about harry which you've written about harry and will be, of course, and meghan will be, of course, on gb tomorrow at 930. now on gb news tomorrow at 930. now from today, around 1.7 million workers will get a significant pay workers will get a significant pay boost with an increase to the national minimum wage. the resolution foundation says it's the biggest annual cash in the 24 year history of the minimum and one of the largest annual

percentage rises. the scale of increase means that the lowest paid will enjoy a rare real terms pay boost. so joining me now is head of money advice and welfare and benefits adviser , welfare and benefits adviser, gary vo. gary, hello. how you doing? i'm fine, thank you. i describe it then as a significant increase . is it? it significant increase. is it? it is. it's 9.7. further with 23 and over. and it's about the same for those under 23. so yeah, it's in in cash terms it's , probably one of the largest is resolution says and then in cash terms as well, it's an extra 90 p an hour before tax and national insurance and other things take some of it back we'll take all of it back the moment the before tax figure is very significant it also helps a lot of people who are just above the living wage figure . right. the living wage figure. right. because many employers obviously want to keep some kind of differential between the minimum

wage and somebody who's on maybe sort of £11 an hour. so it could mean that people on the £11 an hour will see a pay rise as well. good as employers think. well, i've got to do something. yeah. not to put them on to the minimum wage of course because then the who's on then the person who's on a better way says, well, hang on a minute, i'm almost on minimum wage. yeah yeah. let's look at the a national living the figures of a national living wage the 23 and above has wage for the 23 and above has increased from £9.50, 42 increased from £9.50, £10, 42 houn increased from £9.50, £10, 42 hour, 21 to 22 from 918 to 1018. and the national minimum for eight is 20 year olds from £6, 3 to £7, 49. obviously the younger you get, this is the one, gary, that i find really quite amazing actually is. the under eight teens are still only paid £5, 28 an hour, but it has up from £4.81. yeah at mcdonald's, slightly , yeah. how about i mean slightly, yeah. how about i mean that's you know, that's where the young people are working and. that doesn't sound like a

lot you the young people are the onesi lot you the young people are the ones i feel quite sorry for at the moment because they're the ones who are to get by in ones who are trying to get by in a way. the jobs , it's a way. the saturday jobs, it's eating the eating up eating out of the eating up their pocket money very quickly at moment with inflation it at the moment with inflation it does advantage you does i the only advantage you could say is that their wages are so low not going to be paying are so low not going to be paying and national paying tax and national insurance in fact the is the insurance and in fact the is the ones at the top end the ones you say are getting £10, 42 an hour if you're doing 35 hours a week on that minimum wage , you get on that minimum wage, you get about £4 a week extra. but after tax. that comes down to about 22.and tax. that comes down to about 22. and if you're on universal credit, which a lot low paid workers are , it actually brings workers are, it actually brings it to down £8 a week gain. so it's a big cost to the employer but the gain for the individual if they've got tax national insurance and they're on universal credit and council tax benefit is really down to about 7 to £8 an hour. how how do

people finding the weight and we've just just said today you know 1st of april, they would announce on april fools day that the you know, the fuel supplement is going to council tax . the government allowed tax. the government have allowed people raise to raise council people to raise to raise council tax by as much as% yeah, mobile phone bills go up this phone bills going to go up this month. it's catching on us month. it's catching up on us now. are people now. how tough are people finding do you think? i finding it, do you think? i think very when you think think it's very when you think the wage is going up and the minimum wage is going up and we celebrating it and it's up by 9.7. the month's inflation 9.7. the last month's inflation figure was 10.4. so you could even say even the living wage increase isn't keeping pace with inflation. we look at something called low income inflation where if you're on low income, far greater proportion of your income is spent on the essentials food and fuel , and essentials food and fuel, and they've gone up more than the cost of , you know, sky tv. also, cost of, you know, sky tv. also, i should say that has yeah. with those things food and fuel have gone up by a lot more. yes

probably low low income inflation probably nearer 15, 16. so there's a yeah. people are really feeling the pinch. okay, gary , thank you so much. okay, gary, thank you so much. it's a pleasure , gary. both it's a pleasure, gary. both right . okay. now that moving on, right. okay. now that moving on, you're watching listing gb news saturday with me bev turner last more this afternoon including i'll be if humza yousaf is man to turn the snp fortunes around . i probably can give you the answer to that in one word no. and also is showing some pretty shocking for that party the next election. but first of all, let's have a look at the weather. hello there. welcome to the latest update from . the met the latest update from. the met office. i'm in jonathan vautrey . i'll still be in a fair amount of cloud around first part of cloud around the first part of cloud around the first part of weekend, are that of the weekend, but are that we'll something bit and we'll see something a bit and sunnier for sunday that's thanks to an area of high pressure that is going to be pushing way to an area of high pressure that is andg to be pushing way to an area of high pressure that is and helping3ushing way to an area of high pressure that is and helping to ;hing way to an area of high pressure that is and helping to settle way to an area of high pressure that is and helping to settle things in and helping to settle things down rest of today. down for the rest of today. though we do, though, have low

pressure in charge. and this training front just training occluded front just bringing outbreaks to bringing outbreaks of rain to northern ireland. parts of south—west northern ireland. parts of south—we easing its way off gradually easing its way off will be some further rain and drizzle pushing its way into eastern coastal areas well as eastern coastal areas as well as we move towards the second half of the they will the of the night, they will the cloud will start to break up across parts of north east england, eastern scotland. england, into eastern scotland. that some clearer that will allow some clearer spells, also temperatures spells, but also temperatures will here as will drop off a bit more here as well, to down lows two well, to down lows of two degrees across parts of aberdeen and west and edinburgh, further west in scotland, start off the scotland, we'll start off the day with that front still bringing rain the cloud bringing some rain the cloud persisting bit more across persisting a bit more across western that western but further east that cloud continue to cloud is going to continue to break way of some scotland, break its way of some scotland, central england central eastern areas of england should bright and should have a pretty bright and sunny and overnight once it sunny day and overnight once it gets still feeling gets out and about still feeling a little chilly across eastern coastal areas around eight or nine degrees celsius but move a little further inland you won't likely temperatures likely to see temperatures around the of around average. the time of year highs degrees in the highs of 13 degrees in the southwest we head into southwest as we head into sunday. the cloud continuing to break up more and many of us will see intervals. that's will see some intervals. that's allowing temperatures to drop

off even more widely during the overnight more overnight period in a more widespread frost develop so widespread frost will develop so quite should we start to monday morning but also means it morning but it also means it will be a never sunny and bright one and throughout the day many of will see good number of of us will see a good number of sunny intervals. sunshine sunny intervals. the sunshine a bit ireland bit hazy across northern ireland as to build its as cloud begins to build its way. it's these fronts that way. and it's these fronts that are going try and push their way in as we head towards the middle part next week. part of next week. high pressure, though, like pressure, though, looks like it's in charge, it's staying in charge, particularly across southern and eastern . it is more eastern areas. it is more towards the north west . towards the north and west. we'll a bit more in the we'll just see a bit more in the way weather as we head way of wet weather as we head towards wednesday. enjoy the rest day by you've rest of your day by you've probably seen politics as interviewed a thousand times but we do it differently we find out who they really we don't who they really are. we don't shout and hopefully we shout we chaps and hopefully we bnng shout we chaps and hopefully we bring a bit of light not heat. did you know kate moss was apparently . do you have a did you know kate moss was apparently. do you have a pair ofjeans apparently. do you have a pair of jeans or a pickles? i did what. would i do with them friends? what? oh, my god. what's she doing now? join me every sunday at six for gloria

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all the news headlines. tatiana sanchez . bev, thank you very sanchez. bev, thank you very much and good afternoon this the latest from the gb newsroom the port of dover has apologised to passengers for delays of up to several caused by high volumes coaches. the port which is declared a critical incident says it's deeply frustrated at travellers being held up for easter getaway. it said the significant hold—ups are due lengthy french border processes and sheer volume. the labour leader, sir keir starmer says families to get on holiday will be frustrated again. think the nature of frustration will be not again . this is not the first not again. this is not the first time that problems at dover the government needs to get a grip of and plan ahead. we can't have every holiday, every easter holiday, the same old problem. and so the government needs to get a grip of this and actually help people out who are just trying away for a few trying to get away for a few days holiday a accused of murdering a father and son in cambridgeshire has been remanded

custody. 66 year old stephen alderton has at huntingdon magistrates court charged with two counts of murder and possession of a firearm . garry possession of a firearm. garry dunmore and his son were shot six miles apart on wednesday . a six miles apart on wednesday. a heanng six miles apart on wednesday. a hearing will take place in cambridge crown court on monday . millions of the lowest workers are getting a salary boost from today as the minimum wage is increased. the hourly rate will go increased. the hourly rate will 9° up increased. the hourly rate will go up from £9.50 to £10, $0.42 for adults. the government says the rise keeps it on track to achieve manifesto commitment . achieve manifesto commitment. around 5 million people will be able to get a spring boosterjab from next week . care home from next week. care home residents in england will the first to receive the vaccine from monday. all other eligible people, including those aged 75 and over, or with a weakened immune system, will be able to book that job online from next wednesday. the offer for anyone get a first covid jab will end

at the end of june , the at the end of june, the government is launching a bid to help businesses less energy. up until companies have had their energy bills capped. but from today , they'll only get today, they'll only get a discount, which will remain in place until march next year. pubuc place until march next year. public bodies will be told they can save money by timers on light and heating and switching to more energy efficient bulbs. the government says . the move the government says. the move will help lower operational costs and help deliver on net zero water companies could face fines under new government plans to tackle pollution . the to tackle pollution. the environment secretary is expected to announce tougher enforcement next. trees kofi's plans include the ability to place sanctions on water companies without going through courts as well as lifting a cap penalties allowing unlimited . penalties allowing unlimited. environment agency figures show there were just over 300,000 sewage spills last year. shadow justice secretary steve reid

says the conservatives have lowered environmental standards . everyone is going to feel as disgusted as i am to that. there are 800 occasions every single day when raw sewage is being pumped into , our rivers in our pumped into, our rivers in our villages, and that's how our cities in the mile beaches. it's not just disgust around polluting and damaging the environment, it's actually damaging business as well, because policy makers like those places, the hospitality will suffer as result . social media suffer as result. social media influence . sir andrew tate and influence. sir andrew tate and his brother trystan have been released from jail in romania. they're being investigated . hit they're being investigated. hit on allegations of sexual people trafficking and organised crime. pair who've been in custody since december and are now under house arrest until the end of april. deny any wrongdoing? speaking from home in romania, mr. tate said freedom at last truly believe that justice will be served in the end. there is 0% chance of me being found guilty, something i have not

done.i guilty, something i have not done. i maintain absolute innocence and i think most understand this and i look forward to being home in the united states, at least two people have died with injured after a tornado the capital of arkansas . local police say about arkansas. local police say about 2000 residents in little rock city could be affected with the mayor describing the damage as extensive. it's believed another tornado hit northern illinois , tornado hit northern illinois, ripping off the roof of an auditorium with 260 people inside . the pope has left inside. the pope has left hospital after being treated for bronchitis . 86 year old pope bronchitis. 86 year old pope francis was seen wave waving to well—wishers as he returned to the vatican after being in hospital for three days. a vatican spokesperson says he's expected to take part in this weekend's service. palm sunday kicking off a week of easter celebrations . this kicking off a week of easter celebrations. this is gb news will bring you more as it happens. now it's back to. beth

welcome back to thank you for joining me. it's 1:00 welcome back to thank you for joining me. it's1:00 on saturday afternoon. i'm here until 3:00. let's get to a political now with gb news. this political now with gb news. this political . now i know you're not political. now i know you're not the political editor, nigel nelson. i'm just promoted you nigel. i think you are senior political correspondent of . political correspondent of. commentator. i'm not sure how you feel about the senior bit. i think you're very youthful, nigel. well thank you very much. are you going to promote your only type? no, it's. no, we've got we've got a brilliant new political editor coming to gb news in this form of christopher hope from the telegraph. so you you're safe for now in your your current right. nigel current position. right. nigel keir starmer was talking in plymouth this morning, so in a newsroom here, we're waiting when you've got the leader of the opposition, you're to see what exciting things going to

say, what new news lines are going come that you and going to come out that you and i can here and pick apart. and can sit here and pick apart. and he to produce absolutely he manages to produce absolutely nothing. just doesn't cut nothing. he's just doesn't cut through these occasions. through on these occasions. still his news lines. i still see with his news lines. i think something think there's something about the are the fact that the party are unhed the fact that the party are united even though jeremy corbyn stand next election. stand in the next election. everyone's happy that. is everyone's happy about that. is that best do. well that the best he can do. well have to say, i'm a little bit uncomfortable about that. jeremy corbyn not being allowed to stand. i mean, keir starmer, i can understand why keir starmer is doing what he's trying to show is that is a different party. the one that went to a historic defeat in 2019. and the way to do that , to keep someone way to do that, to keep someone like jeremy corbyn out of the fray . but you're talking about fray. but you're talking about a constituent , i guess, north constituent, i guess, north where he's been the mp there for 26 for since 1986. he's a 26,000 majority there . i've been out majority there. i've been out and about in islington north

with jeremy corbyn and he's absolutely loved by his constituents and to suddenly say he can't be a labour, i find it a little difficult to cope with . i think the other the other point there is one that john mcdonnell made , which was that mcdonnell made, which was that if keir starmer hasn't got the message across that labour is a change party, then he's not he's not doing the communicate very well. so therefore keeping jeremy corbyn out shouldn't really be necessary . absolutely. really be necessary. absolutely. i mean where does this leave the of the labour party and not now nigel. how does he manage to. i mean this is why this statement i guess is saying that we all unite it and we're positive doesn't. there must be a part of the labour party that are very disappointed, incredibly disappointed, incredibly disappointed to see jeremy corbyn not being allowed to stand. i is that a significant or big of the party. probably isn't is it now.

or big of the party. probably isn't is it now . well i mean it isn't is it now. well i mean it isn't is it now. well i mean it is significant. i mean , is significant. i mean, obviously it is a signal the left wing of the party and it that they no longer a role in the future of the labour party . the future of the labour party. and this is all about keir starmer preparing for government if you like. it's a draft of the tony blair playbook where the only way of actually getting into government is to appeal to as many people as possible . and as many people as possible. and the feeling both from keir starmer and tony blair was that the that going left woods was not the answer. what jeremy corbyn was trying to promise when he was leader was a kind of british revolution, which was roundly rejected by the electorate . my view is that electorate. my view is that should be the end of it and that jeremy corbyn may choose to stand as independent in islington, north may even win, but i do think that it would have been peter helpful of keir starmer to show a broad church of the labour party to have let jeremy corbyn stand as a labour

candidate . i'm looking at keir candidate. i'm looking at keir starmer did say this morning . he starmer did say this morning. he said, i can feel the energy . said, i can feel the energy. apparently he told the crowd this morning. he talked about rising council tax crime waiting . he said that labour members would understand if voters felt disillusioned on. the doorsteps after 13 years of miserable tory failure . said set starmer. we to failure. said set starmer. we to understand that sentiment and that his party needed to show that his party needed to show that it was hungry for change. i'm not getting a clear vision of what that change would look like though are . well i think like though are. well i think i think that what we're actually talking about about the age of kind of good management far as government goes the goals a sort of populist period when someone like boris johnson , who was, if like boris johnson, who was, if you like , a bit like sort of you like, a bit like sort of britain donald trump, and now we're moving over to who is the most competent to run the government, i suppose where would you put, you know, the

difference ? keir starmer and difference? keir starmer and sunak's it's like choosing a bank manager which do you think of best? your money. i'm now at the moment the way polls are going, it looks light to me that we will have a labour government next time . not so , but certainly next time. not so, but certainly likely . mm. well absolutely. so likely. mm. well absolutely. so is this reason i'm whether this is this reason i'm whether this is why he doesn't try and grab the headlines really nigel. because all the labour party have to do now is just stay quiet style of trouble don't cause any major ructions don't you know feel like you can ask what a woman is. might be quite a good place to start so i'll get you messaging right on all of the gender politics stuff and then they can probably ride the wave of dissatisfaction into the next election. can't is next election. can't that is that the that the that the strategy that the labour have to act labour party will have to act now, you think is a bit now, do you think there is a bit of bit of that? you're absolutely right that they feel the thing they mustn't do is the one thing they mustn't do is put a foot wrong rather than

take steps forward . so you go take steps forward. so you go again and look at somebody like keir starmer , the personality of keir starmer, the personality of the man. he is actually terribly he doesn't do anything without thinking about it. he doesn't do anything without thinking about it . and that's thinking about it. and that's why it's been a fairly kind of burn to actually get policies out of him and the and the labour party . but then again, i labour party. but then again, i mean, do you isn't that sort of the kind person we sort of want in government . does the kind person we sort of want in government. does think about it . somebody who is careful, who it. somebody who is careful, who is not impulsive mean i think we've enough of that with the tories. i've the previous two prime ministers before where she said i took over. we can't but i also i also quite some values i'd quite like some values and so some ideology and that's what i think. i think if you're playing a very, very straight battle time in order to not to upset anyone, you can end up representing . and that's the representing. and that's the that's legacy the alastair that's the legacy the alastair campbell tony blair days isn't reactive policy . what what are reactive policy. what what are the public going to say how is

this going to appear and therefore will just do therefore we will just do nothing. and i think do you think they have to be worried about parties reform in the next election? because from looking at what keir starmer said today , know, the idea that , you know, the idea is that there a lot of people who there might a lot of people who are at conservative, are looking at the conservative, he's saying, never felt he's saying, i've never felt so poor my life. don't agree poor in my life. i don't agree with of the policies. with a lot of the policies. i don't agree the don't agree with the distribution of that distribution of wealth that we've seen in the last 13 years from the have have nots to the haves. also looking at haves. and also i'm looking at keir starmer. he me keir starmer. he leaves me a little bit cold. i don't really know he stands for. i can't know what he stands for. i can't really how he's different to really say how he's different to the to the conservatives i'm going to vote completely new light vote for a completely new light reform. yeah i think that if reformed , do actually make any reformed, do actually make any inroads , it's likely to be with inroads, it's likely to be with the conservative vote rather than the labour party and if anything, reform actually help keir starmer than to have i'm going to sing the voters are in a bit of a binder moment you're facing the worst cost of living

crisis since the 1950s and that really is the top issue on the agenda. really is the top issue on the agenda . what you've got is the agenda. what you've got is the tories sort of wellspring of policies that they hope will be voter friendly . one example voter friendly. one example would be would be the idea of stopping cross—channel migrants, whether or not. that works or not. we'll have to see what really will down to the management of the economy and thatis management of the economy and that is what keir starmer is hoping his way his strength lies . nigel you know what? it's just struck me as i'm talking about this when, i'm talking about if you're not voting for labour or the conservatives, you might go to and the reform to richard tice and the reform party. liberal party. what to the liberal democrats? if say to democrats? i think if say to people now who is the leader of the democrats, a lot of people won't know he said. won't even know that, he said. david, of moves me to the david, which of moves me to the north the because of course north of the because of course this first poll post yousef being elected as first minister of scotland, has shown that the snp are on course to lose power to a labour lib dem coalition .

to a labour lib dem coalition. that's he's not remotely , is he? that's he's not remotely, is he? of course we've got somebody number 10 that wasn't voted in by the electorate we've got the first mr. scotland. he wasn't in by the electorate in these strange democratic times we live in. it doesn't look like he's going to well . well, i mean going to very well. well, i mean he is he is very much the continuity candidate and just to fair to him, he hasn't been in the job very long anyway . but the job very long anyway. but where i that i have to use have really does have a problem is he hasn't got the charisma of nicola sturgeon i mean whether you agree with her or not she was a very very skilful politician and he doesn't have that. politician and he doesn't have that . he politician and he doesn't have that. he hasn't politician and he doesn't have that . he hasn't got the politician and he doesn't have that. he hasn't got the kind of icon feel in scotland that she had. but it is early days yet. i mean, the question really i think now is how he actually tackles independence , he has tackles independence, he has said is that he's in favour of as nicola sturgeon was. i was

saying that the next election will be a referendum on scottish independence , but we'll have to independence, but we'll have to see how he goes there because the snp is nothing if it's not for an independent scotland. absolutely all right, nigel, nice to talk to you again. nigel nelson there right now. do you remember the government said they were going to raise the state pension age to 68? it caused a bit of a furore here that's now been halted of course under those original plans anyone born or after the 5th of april 1977 would be the first cohort to work the age of 68. but the work and pensions secretary said that the pension age would not now be changed until a further was carried out. i guess what, until after the next election. so the communications officer from the institute of economic affairs, harrison griffiths , is with harrison griffiths, is with me now to this a little now to unpick this a little hello harrison. this feels like one of those things that they slightly bottled out of because they to it into the they want to kick it into the long until after the next long grass until after the next election. what's election. is that what's happened ? yeah, think it's happened? yeah, i think it's kicking the can down road and

unfortunately we've had a little bit too much of that in recent years when it comes to pensions. there a problem that someone is going have to deal with at some point? we have an ageing population . we're going to have population. we're going to have a situation in 37 where more than a quarter of brits are going to be over the age of 65. and this is a good thing. course, we want people living longer . many the pension longer. in many ways the pension system a victim of our system is a victim of our country's own success. but dunng country's own success. but during the time where life expectancy has increased, we have also seen birth rates decline quite so. we've got a smaller group of taxpayers having to prop up the system of ever increasing number of pensioners . do we have any idea pensioners. do we have any idea what this will cost to the economy? harrison . well, yeah. economy? harrison. well, yeah. i mean , in terms of in, of today's mean, in terms of in, of today's budget, a £4 in every ten of welfare spending is spent on pensions, it's by far the uk's

single biggest welfare expenditure. every £92 billion. it's it's quite significant to keep propping up the pension system under the existing system, which is why it's so important to as soon as possible really not kick the can down the road, why so to make that we add to it an extra year, ideally, perhaps more in the long term when people start claiming the state pension age , do you think state pension age, do you think that the states pension as a prince paul is going to stop being not saying it's living borrowed time, but it we're looking at a future in which people be expected to make much of their own private savings for pensions . yeah, i think you pensions. yeah, i think you would be right to say that it probably is living on borrowed time. we're having difficulty at the moment raising the pension age by one year. we're going to have even more difficulties, much down the road when , for much down the road when, for example, currently there are 28 pensioners for every 100 working age people in uk . by 2050

age people in the uk. by 2050 that's going to be 48. pensioners is fundamental an unsustainable system. it is always been predicated on to some extent allowing people on giving the government money to save up for retirement. they are paying save up for retirement. they are paying tax to pay for the current existing of pensioners and hoping that somebody will still be there to pay for them later down the line. unfortunately, that just isn't true and can't force true anymore. and we can't force it. wouldn't be only it. we wouldn't be the only country , the to have country, by the way, to have realised in germany. they realised this in germany. they realised this in germany. they realised years ago that the realised some years ago that the state continue to fund state could not continue to fund such pensions started bring such pensions and started bring in more private provision and encourage people to privately save for their schemes later in life . just just let me ask you life. just just let me ask you one more question about the situation in france, because, of course, over there, macron suggested raising the pension age, was it from 64 to age, i think was it from 64 to 65, us yes. i think that they took to the streets . i mean took to the streets. i mean paris is a light at the outrage of the french people with that response we saw when . okay 68

response we saw when. okay 68 will tell you that. why why is that that sort of difference when it comes to how maybe they said something about how we value all of twilight years, let's say ? well, i think there let's say? well, i think there say what you want about france that they do know how to take to the streets they do know how to protest properly. there is a little bit more of a culture of taking to the streets when you're france than you're outraged in france than there uk. but there is there is in the uk. but there is also something to be said for the fact that if people want to get annoyed about pension age increases changes the pension increases or changes the pension system, really need system, they don't really need to start setting fire to go out and start setting fire to go out and start setting fire to baby boomers who the to cars. baby boomers who the people would be losing out people who would be losing out in this theoretical system change are the biggest cohort of voters in the uk. they they they in droves they vote in their own interests and they vote as a bloc and that makes very difficult to make some of these very important changes to and improve britain's overall productivity and that quite significant intergenerational

inequality that we have whether that's liberalising the planning system to stop existing property owners from vetoing new developments. so that we can expand the supply of housing or whether it's reducing the burden on people to pay taxes on younger people to pay taxes for the unsustainable pension system that we currently have . i system that we currently have. i don't i don't really need to really need to write. i can just vote . yeah. okay. thanks, vote. yeah. okay. thanks, harrison. really interesting. harrison. really interesting. harrison griffiths there from the institute economic . well, the institute of economic. well, joining me now is a charity at uk, caroline abrahams. joining me now is a charity at uk, caroline abrahams . caroline, uk, caroline abrahams. caroline, you just heard then baby boomers don't have to go out setting cars alight . you just don't turn cars alight. you just don't turn up to vote and the government will listen because . there's a will listen because. there's a more senior electorate, let's say, that take part in our elections . do you say, that take part in our elections. do you think say, that take part in our elections . do you think that's elections. do you think that's partly why they've kicked this into the long grass, kicked the can the road is as we heard there, they don't want this to reflect badly on them in the next election. i think you're going to have to a government minister about that, not me building works which are but i think it's important to

recognise that actually this this debate about whether the age should have been accelerated for people it's actually not about the baby boomers at all. it's about people in their forties right now. that's what we've been talking about. the age is set to go up 68 and that will impact on baby boomers right at the end of that boom. but actually, this debate is about people are currently in midlife and so , you know, the midlife and so, you know, the thought being older person thought of being an older person is out of the thinking at is way out of the thinking at the because they've got the moment because they've got lots things to worry lots of other things to worry about, somebody's about, like somebody's got children, middle children, they're in the middle of so this is of their careers. so this is quite enough so that we're really thinking about the future at stage. i mean, look, at this stage. i mean, look, caroline 68 is no age. it's whole, is it? that's now? do we really want to live in a society where people are retiring at 68 and having another maybe 20 years to live off a pension ? i years to live off a pension? i think it depends on who you are and what your life's been like. so but people who've got a good

have got a good job maybe they work in an office or they can work in an office or they can work partly from home. absolutely no reason why those people can't go on working for longer. but the pinch is about those people who remain lot occupations. all those people who've had to leave the labour market in their fifties and sixties to care for loved one. because all social care system is working people who are chronically basically those all group of people in our society who at the moment can't work up their state pension age with it as currently is at 66, let alone going to 67 and 68. and so really the common ground i think between lots us on this debate is i think of us accept that the age probably does to go up but it needs go up in line with longevity and one of the things that made the government think twice this time is that life expectancy actually gone down for men and for women. so therefore , for that's the therefore, for that's the evidence that they've been looking the evidence looking at and that the evidence wasn't to justify them

wasn't there to justify them accelerating rise . what we accelerating this rise. what we really need to do is to think about how we support that group of their run up to of people in their run up to into retirement. and it into their retirement. and it may be i think this was may well be i think this was floated by the independent review time. i haven't review this time. i haven't had the to a long report yet, the chance to a long report yet, but think according to media but i think according to media reports, also been saying, reports, she's also been saying, well, thing for someone well, it's one thing for someone who's graduate who has a nice, who's a graduate who has a nice, comfortable job. maybe those people we should be thinking about those people working for longer. but people who genuinely can't working to retire. can't keep working to retire. but need to do something for but we need to do something for them. think that's them. and i think that's something broadly agree something i would broadly agree with . let me ask you, caroline with. let me ask you, caroline is the director age uk . with. let me ask you, caroline is the director age uk. did is the director at age uk. did you ever think you'd see a time when life expectancy would go down in this country as opposed to the trajectory of the last few hundred years where it's been going up? well, it very disappointing and it is a bit of a surprise and it may be partly because of the pandemic, but i think it's not only because of the pandemic. and unfortunately, you know, just as i've said, really, we're very unequal in

society. we do have who are looking after themselves who have good lives. good, good qualifications . they live in qualifications. they live in nice housing. their health is not bad at all. and then we have quite a lot of people too, people who are ageing, quite a lot of people too, people who are ageing , they're people who are ageing, they're living longer, but they're living longer, but they're living longer, but they're living longer , really quite living longer, really quite unwell . and that's particularly unwell. and that's particularly for parts of the country. so there may be a ten or 15 year difference in how many years. you will have as an older person, good health as opposed to bad health. and that's where we need to be. we need to do more to help people to age. well as healthily so that goes as we age healthily so that goes to our . so as we age healthily so that goes to our. so it's funny, all as we age healthily so that goes to our . so it's funny, all these to our. so it's funny, all these joined up in the end, but getting it right in the health service and supporting to live they're in their forties and fifties would pay dividends with get older yeah yeah i couldn't agree more wisdom that tara set out so as uk caroline abrahams thank you so much for joining me. have my own experience of me. i have my own experience of the on thursday night 19 the nhs on thursday night my 19 year off his bicycle year old came off his bicycle last about. we'll go into a

quick probably a little quick probably downhill a little bit and went over broke his collarbone went away an a and collarbone we went away an a and i'm joking the queue the i'm not joking the queue the room absolutely full and the woman on reception stood up and she said i'm off now i should have gone half an hour. this was at 7:00 on a thursday night. have gone half an hour. this was at 7:00 on a thursday night . and at 7:00 on a thursday night. and she there's nobody here she said and there's nobody here until midnight, so you might as well so i went to the front well go. so i went to the front of and i said, what do you of queue and i said, what do you want do with 19 year old want me to do with a 19 year old with a broken collarbone? are you go home and you telling me to go home and come back in the morning. and she just looked at me and she just she looked at me and i looked at this room. absolutely packed. thing, somebody looked at this room. absolutely packed. genuine|, somebody looked at this room. absolutely packed. genuine a&enebody looked at this room. absolutely packed. genuine a&e department from, the genuine a&e department came, son come came, spotted. my son said, come with out that the with me. turns out that the urgent care centre at this hospital is a private consideration . and even though consideration. and even though you go and you think you mean the nhs, the nhs, which was the a&e behind the doors, was working beautifully. and the private's at private's concern concession at the hospital was in the front of the hospital was in a mess. anyway i had to a complete mess. anyway i had to get that off my chest, you know. it's a stress awareness month . i

it's a stress awareness month. i can't believe it's . you've got can't believe it's. you've got a 19 year old. you know exactly how i feel. but we're going to be talking about that in just a moment. first, the weather. hello there. welcome the latest update the met. i'm in update from the met. i'm in jonathan vautrey . i'll still be jonathan vautrey. i'll still be a fair amount of cloud around the first part of the weekend, but we'll see but signs are that we'll see something a bit brighter and sunnier for sunday. that's thanks an area high thanks to an area of high pressure going to be pressure that is going to be pushing way in, helping to pushing its way in, helping to settle things down the rest of today, though, though today, though, we do, though have pressure charge and have low pressure in charge and this front this training occluded front just of to just bringing of rain to northern ireland. parts south—west england but gradually easing its way it will be easing its way off. it will be some rain and drizzle pushing its way into coastal areas as well as we move towards the second half of the night, they the will start to break up the cloud will start to break up across of northeast across parts of northeast england scotland. england into eastern scotland. that will allow some clear spells, temperatures spells, but also temperatures will as will drop off a bit more here as well, to down of two degrees across parts of aberdeen, edinburgh, further in edinburgh, further west in scotland. off scotland. we'll start off the day occluded front, day with that occluded front, still rain . the

still bringing some rain. the cloud a bit more cloud persisting a bit more across western but across western areas. but further cloud going further east, that cloud going to to break its way up. to continue to break its way up. someone's central areas someone's central eastern areas of should a pretty of england should a pretty bright sunny another nice bright and sunny another nice one to get out and about. still feeling a little chilly across eastern coastal areas around , eastern coastal areas around, eight or nine degrees celsius. but move a little further inland, you more likely to see temperatures around average for the highs the time of year. highs of 13 degrees in southwest. but as degrees in the southwest. but as we into sunday evening, we head into sunday evening, the cloud to break up cloud continuing to break up more many of us will see more and many of us will see some intervals. that's some clear intervals. that's allowing temperatures to drop off widely during the off even more widely during the overnight in more overnight period in more widespread frost will develop. so start mandate but so actually start to mandate but it also means it will be a sunny and bright one. and throughout the day, many of us will see a good number of sunny intervals. the sunshine a bit hazy across northern ireland begins northern ireland as cloud begins to way in and as these to build its way in and as these fronts going try and push fronts are going to try and push their way in as we head towards their way in as we head towards the middle part of next week. high pressure, looks high pressure, though, looks it's staying relatively in charge, particularly across southern and eastern areas, but it more towards the north and

it is more towards the north and west. see a bit more west. we'll just see a bit more the way of weather as we the way of wet weather as we head towards enjoy the rest of your day. but.

by good. i'm tatiana sanchez. this is the latest from the gb newsroom the labour leader, sir keir starmer has urged the government to get a grip of the situation at the port of dover, the ports declared a critical incident with significant delays caused by coach traffic paying ferries and dfds seaways reported delays of up to 7 hours for ferry and coach , citing bad for ferry and coach, citing bad weather . for ferry and coach, citing bad weather. hold—ups of french border controls controls . a man border controls controls. a man accused of murdering a father and son in cambridgeshire has been remanded in custody . 66 been remanded in custody. 66

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starts today on north—west of england. reporter sophie reaper went to discover what it aims to achieve achieve . stress is a achieve achieve. stress is a part of life , whether it's part of life, whether it's facing a hectic commute into work , revising for big exam or work, revising for big exam or perhaps more recently worrying the cost of living crisis . the cost of living crisis. stress is everywhere, and if you're looking for support help could be at hand. april stress awareness month . but what's it awareness month. but what's it all about? well it's 30 days dedicated to opening up a dialogue about the impacts of stress. it also reminds people that every and again, they need to take a deep breath and put their own wellbeing first. most of us, when we get stressed, there is no physiological outlet. so we stay stuck in that state into 1003. neil attempted to take his own life. it was

then he decided to take matters into his own hands , launching into his own hands, launching the stress management society. what can people be doing in april in order to take agency over their own stress? the key thing here, particularly for stress awareness month is what can we proactively, regularly , can we proactively, regularly, what can you change your daily routine? little things that are done regularly time bring significant benefit. more so the one big thing like i'm going to go on holiday or go on a retreat for three days and then do nothing else the rest of the yeah nothing else the rest of the year. i would much prefer people do or 10 minutes every day do five or 10 minutes every day of something that is building the relaxation muscle which when they stressed, they do get stressed, they already tools and already have the tools and they've already started to train themselves counterbalance themselves to counterbalance that is something that we that stress is something that we all deal with on a regular basis. but i wanted find out exactly what people the most stressful in your life. what makes you the most stressed. well as a pensioner probably not

having enough money to pay the bills , i'd say the moment work bills, i'd say the moment work is the most stressful . after is the most stressful. after that, children being working. mom just balancing work life and family life. when switch to torfaen and the news is on i just get stressed out so i just turn onto some music, something else. driving a car. do you mind me asking why that is? i think it's because i've moved here. i've been here five years, but i still got used to the roads and. well, i actually enjoy driving a car , but i don't like the volume car, but i don't like the volume of traffic around these . she may of traffic around these. she may have a point . of traffic around these. she may have a point. in of traffic around these. she may have a point . in fact, they all have a point. in fact, they all do . but no matter what's causing do. but no matter what's causing it, this month is all about taking distress and turning it into distress . so if you're into distress. so if you're hyper. into distress. so if you're hyper . gb into distress. so if you're hyper. gb news. into distress. so if you're hyper . gb news. oh that into distress. so if you're hyper. gb news. oh that makes me want to be by to say thank you. so if you're ready for the on off wes streeting, of course.

now you've been getting in touch. let me know what you think this morning. afternoon ross. ross says i am. the state pension i don't think pension is being. i don't think . to rise it at this . it's right to rise it at this time. well, i think will be inevitable at some point, but it will be after election. so it's probably going to be somebody else's with. and else's problem to deal with. and caroline labour stays caroline says if labour stays quiet hopes keep of quiet and hopes to keep of trouble next election trouble until the next election , then how on earth is anyone to know they stand for? what know what they stand for? what their be on their policies will be on taxation and crime. exactly. caroline but they probably concluding that it might be easy just to stay quiet and not cause any sort of trouble. mary says were right to ban corbyn. now they might actually stand a chance in the election. i think they probably don't stand a good chance. they probably don't stand a good chance . keep your views coming chance. keep your views coming and do subscribe to our youtube channel. well. we are at gb news. plenty to discuss this afternoon, including three sites, including two military bases that going to be used as migrant housing in a bid to cut

down on hotel use . if you down on hotel use. if you remember, this story broke in the week as a solution to hotels filled. philip ful at a cost of £7 million a day to the british taxpayer. so has the government abandoned stopping them crossing the channel as a bit more to this story than you might imagine? see you .

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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. in two. welcome back to maybe bev turner on gb news. now three sites including two x military bases , including two x military bases, will be used as migrant housing in a bid cut down on hotel use sites in lincolnshire, sc six and east sussex could house several thousand migrants. the government is also exploring the possibility , they say, of using possibility, they say, of using ferries . but no firm decision ferries. but no firm decision has been taken. joining me now to have a look at this is the director of the centre for migration and economic prosperity, stephen. hello

stephen. now, this story got all the headlines this week, didn't there? did it. it looked at as though all of these migrants are going to be taken out of the hotels and put on these alternative residential sites, be that floating ferries or raaf bases, etc. but now it looks like it's about expanding capacity as opposed to moving people out hotels. do we know any detail on that? well, i was part of a group, people who received a briefing about a month ago that related to the new legislation that suella braverman sunak could braverman and rishi sunak could push and they did push forward. and they did mention at that they mention at the time that they would providing information would be providing information in future about the in the future about the accommodation that's going to come line. what we come down the line. and what we seem to see them is that point a is that all those who are living in hotels at the moment would stay there until there stay there right until there asylum applications were reached and pushed into local authorities . totally different authorities. totally different issue. but the camps that we're looking at and also potential boats offer those that are

coming over now, those will be subject to the new legislation. the 28 days detention and the ability for them to be moved off to rwanda. and i suspect other countries , british dominions, so countries, british dominions, so do welcome this because it sounds they've given up. it sounds they've given up. it sounds like they've given up on stopping people crossing the channel. well, i think a lot of people do see, but there's three key areas that rishi sunak is believing that he can actually stopping the boats. one is the massive deal that he's done with france. i mean, come on, half a billion in three years. that's a huge sum of money. putting our people that. secondly the government legal department. i praise him as a barrister who specialises in immigration in managing to find legislation that remove people in 28 days and remain within the echr and the un convention. so that's the second key point. and the third is the fact that they're doing deals like albania to be able to remove them. their belief is three together will put pressure

. the people smugglers who opt on now let's be frank has said you can give us 12,000 from afghanistan and iran we'll get you into britain you'll never leave. now there is a real potential will not be able to stay. so half a billion then that we've given to macron and the french authorities . i mean, the french authorities. i mean, i realise it's not personally going his pocket, but you know what i mean . i just can't work what i mean. i just can't work out what they're going to be if they're not if. that's not going to if that is going to work to stop people coming over. do stop people coming over. why do we extra capacity ? we need this extra capacity? well, capacity is well, the extra capacity is because at the moment we've got the legislation going through parliament there's to parliament and there's going to be is there and how be a challenge. is there and how long until until macron long is it until until macron can people getting on boats can stop people getting on boats across . what did he say? you can across. what did he say? you can give half a half a billion give me half a half a billion quid, but it's going take me quid, but it's going to take me a enact any difference. a year to enact any difference. how long is it before he takes over? mean, essentially with over? i mean, essentially with macron, he's a smart game, hasn't the past five hasn't he, over the past five years, he's received already 250 million. in the past ten years from us or over the french have

this deal effectively as a joke goesis this deal effectively as a joke goes is we're now for the goes is we're now paying for the french force as well french border force as well as our plus giving some our own plus giving them some extra he's no real extra lovely toys. he's no real massive incentive to do so , massive incentive to do so, really, because he does feel as he's got russians under his thumb in some ways. but let's be also fair to the kind of french. they are very good at playing kind of diametric politics. and i think they will try and do something. but the real key point is whether it really threatens the business model of people smugglers and says, look, you can't get into the uk because leave because you're going to leave and. depends on ability and. that depends on the ability to rwanda. secondly to use rwanda. yeah. secondly that ramp up the numbers of that we ramp up the numbers of that go and i think that's that can go and i think that's going to down the line. and thirdly, that they can get this through parliament the through parliament and the courts. think message is courts. do you think message is going to get back , though, to going to get back, though, to the people smugglers or how quickly this is , how quickly quickly this is, how quickly that message gets back to thwart their sales pitch ? because their sales pitch? because that's what we're looking at, really, isn't it. it is. but that, again, the web i'm sorry.

i know it's april fool's day, but whenever we talk about the flight, they only signpost it in the room. sometimes you are eminently very sensible. well, sir. great, great, great i love you, green, but i keep thinking . feel like they're just kicking sandin . feel like they're just kicking sand in our eyes with these projects. look we're taking an ex—military base. look how many people are going to put in here. and i think they know that it looks bit like a camp. and looks a bit like a camp. and i think a sense in which think there's a sense in which they think the british people might like that, even though it necessarily reflect well to people are immigration. people who are pro immigration. but real time frame but there's no real time frame to i if we to these things. i mean, if we just given half a billion quid to france and said, work out in your own time, does it come your own time, does it not come with conditions kind of with conditions that kind of money. are money. well, there are conditions agreement that money. well, there are corplace,; agreement that money. well, there are corplace, and agreement that money. well, there are corplace, and theygreement that money. well, there are corplace, and they don'tent that be place, and they don't obviously get that all upfront. it a period three it comes over a period of three years. but there's no conditions that you stop them. there's in those there those documents that say there must mean, personally must be zero. i mean, personally speaking, having worked in private if business private industry, if a business is given money with targets and they don't it, there they don't deliver it, there penalty which you

penalty clauses in which you don't . we've got no penalty don't pay. we've got no penalty clauses. the and of clauses. the french and of course, british public, and course, the british public, and particularly the seats particularly those in the seats that demanded real over immigration, watching this immigration, are watching this with wide open eyes, because they have been telling their mps in the northern seats the red wall seats and other seats that the conservative majority is a very to being defeated. if you don't manage this and that's why there is some serious. i think what we'll really see now is all are there going to be more conditions applied in parliament from the government into clauses to take on the challenges of those who are trying to stop it and make sure happens by the and make sure it happens by the end of summer if it doesn't , end of summer if it doesn't, then whole project falls then this whole project falls apart the of the year. apart for the whole of the year. remember estimates of the remember the estimates of the government year. government is 80,000 this year. thatis government is 80,000 this year. that is roughly around another three and a half billion to the exchequer. so if they can you say if they can get the messaging to the people traffickers that this isn't necessarily a good product that they're selling anymore. if we can stay within the echr , if we can stay within the echr, if we can stay within the echr, if we can those people processed

can get those people processed within 28 days for you, that is tick, tick, tick, job done . it's tick, tick, tick, job done. it's getting there. the only job done is when you cease see them coming over on the boats and i think what will happen is the people traffickers had a really good model in 2014 1516 i went good model in 20141516 i went to the camps in france then i saw it and 14 saw it in 15 when they were getting on the backs of lorries and they're still coming in and salaries. but if the boats stop then this fixing clause that the government has said going to bring said that we're going to bring in routes and a in safe routes and 20,000 a yeah in safe routes and 20,000 a year. technically could year. i technically we could probably around thousand probably manage around thousand a year the large that a year despite the large that we've because of people we've had because of people moving our death rates, etc. and so that's a reasonable figure. and then people will start asking the question, do i need to pay the people smugglers if i can get, to these safe areas? but will only work. can get, to these safe areas? but will only work . suspect, but i will only work. suspect, though, people though, that the people smugglers are smart. they've worked closely the lines worked very closely the lines with the drug traffickers . with the drug traffickers. they're completely aligned . they're not completely aligned. they've got really smooth systems place. they've got great

technology . they've got people technology. they've got people have working now for have been working this now for years. not going to give years. they're not going to give up i need to up that easily. and i need to see from the government extra vigilance , use of law vigilance, use of law enforcement to tackle in this country are profiting from and those in europe. it's a very profitable business. oh, hugely so about million this year. so about 200 million this year. 200 million, yeah. for the people absolutely. people smugglers. absolutely. but for other sectors but it's very for other sectors as well . oh, we idiot oh, we as well. oh, we idiot oh, we just i mean, we just absolute mugs in this country that we can't get a handle on this situation . i think the sad thing situation. i think the sad thing aboutis situation. i think the sad thing about is that we are genuinely a decent, warm and open nation. thatis decent, warm and open nation. that is abided by masses of international legisla lation and regulation and agreements . we've regulation and agreements. we've worked very clearly with ukrainians. we're doing tremendous work with those within hong . in the past we within hong. in the past we brought afghans over here. you know, they they cost huge of money. we've had syrians and we've opened the doors to a asylum applications which the

world bank and the eu say about 60% of them are economic migrants. and that's people get really frustrated. yeah, that's where they feel that we're being mugged off. yeah a phrase that you might hear on eastenders. oh i think find some i think i could find some language little stronger that language a little stronger that describe situation. to be describe this situation. to be honest. but i mukhtar, i'll honest. but i like mukhtar, i'll tell lovely honest. but i like mukhtar, i'll te|talk lovely honest. but i like mukhtar, i'll te|talk to lovely honest. but i like mukhtar, i'll te|talk to you. lovely honest. but i like mukhtar, i'll te|talk to you. my lovely honest. but i like mukhtar, i'll te|talk to you. my pleasure, .y to talk to you. my pleasure, fellow. mancunian nice safe. thank you right. on now thank you. right. moving on now . residents in a cheshire village i love this story will not be into taking part in a hydrogen and pilot scheme after a local backlash . this is a local backlash. this is british gas and energy firm kate . they plan to cut off gas suppues . they plan to cut off gas supplies to nearly 2000 homes in whitby as part of proposals to create the uk's first hydrogen fuel village. but it isn't happening . let's find out why. happening. let's find out why. labour mp for ellesmere port and neston justin madders joins me now . hi neston justin madders joins me now. hi justin. i heard about this story earlier in the week. it's so nice to talk to you. i'm so glad we're doing this story. so if wouldn't mind just going

back for us, what happened for the people? this area in whitby , they basically got a letter through door telling them through the door telling them what going happen and they what was going happen and they had choice. give us the had no choice. give us the background. what yeah, i think . background. what yeah, i think. that's one of the unfortunate things happened during this process that people have had the impression that there was no choice. and certainly my understanding at the start of this was that it was a trial that the local residents were going to be asked about whether they wanted to proceed with it. and if it went ahead, there would the genuinely free would be the genuinely free choice about whether people took part . now, as choice about whether people took part. now, as time went on, it became clear actually that there wasn't going to be that choice of hydrogen trials in the country, have to enable people to remain on natural gas. i think that eventually the penny has dropped cadent that forcing people into into this trial without their agreement wasn't going to work. without their agreement wasn't going to work . people weren't going to work. people weren't

happy going to work. people weren't happy with the element of compulsion and. therefore, they have now lost and frankly giving people the option to remain on natural gas. i think it's regret regrettable to say the least, that it's took an awful long time to get to this point and a lot of the stress and anxiety could have been avoided if they'd put this forward as a proposal in the first place. how long has it been, justin ? how long has it been, justin? how long has it been, justin? how long is it this this particular been running . and did the sort been running. and did the sort of official propose rules were submitted ? well, this week, but submitted? well, this week, but the consultation with the local has been going on for about a year now. it sort of ramped up in the summer last year and it was in the autumn people really began to understand and get more information on what what this actually meant for them. and i think , i think it's fair to say think, i think it's fair to say that whilst there are a lot of people keen to play that in

reducing carbon emissions, they weren't happy at all. the idea of having someone come in home and forcibly change the gas supply. so it's news that that is not going to be on the agenda now and that people will have a genuinely free choice about whether they participate or not. and just tell me a little bit about what the locals did. how did they get voices heard? well, they've they've been lobbying myself. they've been writing to government . they've been government. they've been attending consultation sessions with cadent. they've been talking to the local council . it talking to the local council. it was it was a whole range of issues that came up during the penod issues that came up during the period over the last oh, i think we've lost him. so basically what happened with this story? so i is just in was pointing out then said these these residents

of this cheshire village were told that , you know, you've got told that, you know, you've got your british gas supply. we're going to cut that off and you're going to cut that off and you're going to cut that off and you're going to use hydrogen going to have to use hydrogen and you're going to be a project. you're going to be the guinea this new source of guinea for this new source of energy. of course, cadent energy. and of course, cadent said going to cut off said they were going to cut off the supplies, 2000 the gas supplies, nearly 2000 homes won't be. and homes in this area won't be. and a of very and very a lot of very sensible and very northerners. i hang on a northerners. when i hang on a minute, i'm not having that . and minute, i'm not having that. and they really organised and they got really organised and now they have fears i guess that hydrogen is a very flammable material . there's no suggestion material. there's no suggestion necessarily that the house would have blown up, but they might have blown up, but they might have been within their rights to ask particular question and. they've pushed back and they pushed on cadent. in pushed back on cadent. and in the end, a year later, the organisation has had to say, okay, well we'll make it optional as opposed to obligatory, which i think is just. in response to this mark clarke kadence, head of hydrogen consumer . clarke kadence, head of hydrogen consumer. it's because we've heard and listened to what people in whitby have to say that we're making some changes to that we're going to

to the way that we're going to operate project the operate this project should the government deliver government choose us to deliver for them. our new proposal that you will have choice that you will have a choice that word. like the word choice word. i do like the word choice to or not. and there to participate or not. and there will be options to choose will be two options to choose from. can either choose to from. you can either choose to get involved the hydrogen get involved with the hydrogen village and help pave village programme and help pave the a greener future . or the way to a greener future. or you can choose to stay on natural gas. if you do not wish to participate . i bet they had to participate. i bet they had to participate. i bet they had to stop themselves adding a few more lines off of that paragraph anyway. it's a brilliant story. look it up online as well because is a real demonstration of people power. right. you are watching and listening. gb news tough. stay with me. turner tough. stay with me. bev turner lots coming on the show, lots more coming up on the show, including a bombshell report that letting that many schools are letting children. switch so that's a different name at school, different name at school, different uniform without telling the parents. yep, you're right. it's not april fools. it is true. first, though, time for the weather. hello there . the weather. hello there. welcome to the latest update from . the met office. i'm in from. the met office. i'm in jonathan vautrey now. still

being a fair amount of cloud around the first part of the weekend, are that weekend, but signs are that we'll a bit and we'll see something a bit and sunnier sunday thanks to an sunnier for sunday thanks to an area of high pressure that is going to be pushing its way in and helping to settle things down for the rest today. down for the rest of today. though though have low though we do, though have low pressure this pressure in charge and this training front training occluded front just bringing of rain to northern ireland. parts southwest england but easing off but gradually easing its way off it will be some further rain and drizzle its way into drizzle pushing its way into eastern coastal areas as well as we towards the second half we move towards the second half of the they will the of the night, they will the cloud start to up cloud will start to break up across of north england across parts of north england into scotland . that will into eastern scotland. that will allow some clearer spells, but also will off also temperatures will drop off also temperatures will drop off a as well, to down a bit more here as well, to down lows of two degrees across parts of aberdeen, further of aberdeen, edinburgh, further west we'll off west scotland. we'll start off the occluded front the day with that occluded front still cloud still bringing some rain cloud persisting across persisting a bit more across western areas. but further east that cloud going continue to that cloud going to continue to break up. someone's break its way up. someone's central areas of england central eastern areas of england should and sunny should a pretty bright and sunny day and overnight once it gets out about still feeling little chilly across eastern coastal

areas around eight or nine degrees celsius but move a little further inland, you are likely to see temperatures around average for the time of yeah around average for the time of year. highs degrees in the year. highs of 13 degrees in the southwest we head into sunday southwest as we head into sunday evening. continuing to evening. the cloud continuing to break up even more and many of us clear us will see some clear intervals. that's allowing to drop even more widely during drop off even more widely during the overnight period in a more widespread frost will develop. so we start to so quite should we start to mandate more but it also means it will be a sunny and bright one. throughout the day many one. and throughout the day many of us a good number of of us will see a good number of sunny intervals, sunshine sunny intervals, the sunshine a bit across northern ireland bit hazy across northern ireland as begins build way as cloud begins to build its way in. it's these fronts that in. and it's these fronts that are try push their are going to try and push their way in as we head towards the middle part of next week. high pressure, though, looks like it's staying relatively in charge, across charge, particularly across southern areas, but southern and eastern areas, but it towards the north and it is more towards the north and west. we'll see a bit more west. we'll just see a bit more in of weather as we head in way of wet weather as we head towards wednesday. enjoy the rest your day. but goodbye. rest of your day. but goodbye. you've probably politicians interviewed a thousand times, but differently. we but we do it differently. we find out who they really are. we

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get on holiday will be frustrated yet again . think the frustrated yet again. think the nature of the frustration will be not again. this is not first time the problems at dover the government needs to get a grip of this and plan ahead. we can't have every summer holiday every easter holiday the same problem and so the government needs to get a grip of this and actually help people out who are just trying to get away for a few days holiday. a man accused of murdering a father and son in has been remanded in custody. 66 year old steven alderton hurn has appeared at huntingdon magistrate court charged with two counts of murder and possession of a firearm . garry possession of a firearm. garry dunmore and his son josh were shot six miles apart on wednesday . a hearing will take wednesday. a hearing will take place in cambridge court on monday . millions of the lowest monday. millions of the lowest paid workers are getting a salary boost from today as . the salary boost from today as. the minimum wage is increased. salary boost from today as. the minimum wage is increased . the minimum wage is increased. the hourly rate will go up from

£9.50 to £10.42 for adults. the government says the rise keeps it on track to achieve its manifesto . around 5 million manifesto. around 5 million people will be able to get a spnng people will be able to get a spring covid boosterjab next week. care home residents in england will be the first to receive the vaccine from monday. all other eligible people, including those 75 and over or with weakened immune system, will be able to book that jab onune will be able to book that jab online from next wednesday. the offer for anyone to get a first covid offer for anyone to get a first covm jab offer for anyone to get a first covid jab will end the end of june. covid jab will end the end of june . the government launching june. the government launching a bid to help businesses less energy . up bid to help businesses less energy. up until bid to help businesses less energy . up until now, bid to help businesses less energy. up until now, companies have had their energy bills capped, but from they'll only get a discount will remain in place until march next. public bodies will be told can save money by putting timers on light and heating and, switching to more energy efficient . the more energy efficient. the government says move will help lower operational and help deliver on zero. water companies

could face unlimited fines under new government plans tackle pollution. the secretary is expected to announce enforcement next week . tyrese kofi's plans next week. tyrese kofi's plans include ability to place sanctions on, water companies without going through the courts , as well as lifting a cap on penalties, allowing unlimited fines . environment agency fines. environment agency figures show there were just over 300,000 sewage spills last year. over 300,000 sewage spills last year . shadow justice secretary year. shadow justice secretary steve says the conservatives have lowered environmental standards so everyone is going to feel as disgusted as i am to know that there 800 occasions every single day raw sewage is being pumped into rivers in our villages and our towns and our cities in the beaches. it's not just disgusting , polluting and just disgusting, polluting and damaging the environment it's actually damaging business as well . policy makers are these well. policy makers are these places. the hospitality industry will suffer as . a social media will suffer as. a social media

influencer andrew tate and his brother have been released from jail romania. they're being on allegations sexual assault, people trafficking and organised crime. the pair, who's been in custody since and are now under house arrest until the end of april, deny any . speaking from april, deny any. speaking from in romania, mr. tate said freedom at last . i truly believe freedom at last. i truly believe that justice be served in the end. there is 0% chance of me being found guilty of something ihave being found guilty of something i have done. i maintain my absolute innocence and i think most understand this and most people understand this and i look forward to being . home i look forward to being. home finally, the pope has left hospital after being treated for bronchitis . 86 year old pope bronchitis. 86 year old pope francis was seen waving to welsh as he returned to the vatican in rome after being hospital for three days. in a vatican spokesperson says he is expected take part in this weekend's for

palm sunday kicking off a week of easter celebrations . this is of easter celebrations. this is gb news. we'll bring you more news as . it gb news. we'll bring you more news as. it happens gb news. we'll bring you more news as . it happens now, though news as. it happens now, though . it is. back to beth . . it is. back to beth. good afternoon. welcome back to tv news. me bev turner say republicans in the us congress have respond to donald trump's looming court appearance by branding the american criminal justice system corrupt . the justice system corrupt. the former us president faces charges revolve around hush money paid to. stormy daniels dunng money paid to. stormy daniels during his 16 presidential campaign . he's now days away campaign. he's now days away from being fingerprinted , given from being fingerprinted, given a mugshot photo brought before a judge and all of this is happening. he campaigns to become president again in the 2024 election. so joining me now is nigel nelson. nigel, i'm not

sure there's a you can add to that. i mean, there's the story in a nutshell, isn't it? but it's actually doing no harm to the republicans married some and what what it actually is doing is putting donald trump firmly back in the spotlight and obviously giving giving the oxygen of publicity to trump supporters . i mean, we'll have supporters. i mean, we'll have to see what happens on afternoon when he comes it comes before the court . but anyone when he comes it comes before the court. but anyone hoping to see him in handcuffs is going to be disappointed because apparently he won't even be coughed up . and do you think we coughed up. and do you think we heard we heard a statement from ram , didn't we obviously derive ram, didn't we obviously derive to be the nomination for the republican presidency at the next election . and he was quite next election. and he was quite careful . nice. i don't know careful. nice. i don't know whether you saw his statement say it was not very american, but he didn't actually make much of comment about donald trump himself . no, of comment about donald trump himself. no, he didn't and what he was talking about that is that he described it as the

weaponization of the legal system. but in a sense , that system. but in a sense, that republicans have kind of kind of rallied around donald trump on. they're not happy about the way the way he's been brought forward. that is , supporters forward. that is, supporters think it's a bit of a witch hunt and a show trial. so i think ron desantis is playing it very carefully at the moment and that he may well go trump once all this is over , but he won't do this is over, but he won't do it. do it yet . you know who it. do it yet. you know who comes badly out of this? nigel nelson america. america itself, i think, comes out of this incredibly badly, given that there have all sorts of shenanigans that politicians or presidents in have conducted . presidents in have conducted. you do wonder why this one and why now ? well, i mean that's why now? well, i mean that's certainly what trump would say. you and it is true that richard nixon despite the watergate scandal he got pardoned for that

i think one of the problems with this process is we tend to exactly know what charges trump is to face on tuesday that we know it involves £605,000 payment to daniels . we know that payment to daniels. we know that the reason the reason is coming forward is he put it down as legal costs rather actually as a payoff . but the actual charges payoff. but the actual charges are still a of a bit of a mystery . and i think probably mystery. and i think probably what i would have to make a decision come tuesday on the bafis decision come tuesday on the basis of whether a proper judicial process has been followed and whether not we think this is actually fair. do we could seeing, nigel, a situation whereby somebody standing for president of the unhedis standing for president of the united is embroiled in a court case at the same time what what will that mean ? well, i think will that mean? well, i think that probably actually makes donald trump a bit of a and again , those who actually back

again, those who actually back it let me quite pleased about this. it is a weird system. i mean, donald trump could technically be president from a prison cell . technically be president from a prison cell. it's unlikely he would get a custodial sentence for something like this. but that's the way the american system , obviously, if this was system, obviously, if this was britain, you couldn't have a prime minister who was who was trying to operate from wandsworth wandsworth . right. wandsworth wandsworth. right. moving closer to now than nigel trending on twitter. right is. the number 0.08% right now. this is because people starting to digest what this new asia trade dealis digest what this new asia trade deal is going to mean for the uk and as much as can be made, not made quite a big announcement of this deal , made quite a big announcement of this deal, 0.08% of gdp within the next 10 to 15 years is not that much. no, it's not. and i think that's why you have got to put the whole deal into perspective. i mean, what kemi badenoch is , is that we actually

badenoch is, is that we actually don't know that eventually with more people joining, especially as if america actually joins in this deal , that figure could this deal, that figure could well go up. but certainly that's the figure. the government projects for the benefit to britain . and you've got to put britain. and you've got to put that against, say, the office of budget responsible , which is budget responsible, which is prediction post—brexit. it will actually lose 4% on economic growth , a result of that. so growth, a result of that. so point nought nought 8, but is some way to go before we can recover from what we've lost . recover from what we've lost. europe i see one positive though, maybe from this. nigel i'm trying to see how benefited financially always maintain that it's very difficult with post pandemic to know where we sit financially in terms of our productivity of the pandemic. and because of brexit it is incredibly difficult. i think , incredibly difficult. i think, to work out which which disaster does that we're currently facing are attributable to, which

political policies . but the one political policies. but the one thing i can maybe think about c t c pttep deal is that it was done quite quickly when you were in the eu. these sorts of trade deals. well, we wouldn't have been able to this trade deal in the eu, but anything with the two in committee and it two years in committee and it does look like kemi badenoch is to happen relatively to make this happen relatively quickly. was started by liz quickly. it was started by liz truss. let's give us some credit. guess was credit. i guess was i'm certainly a plus . so certainly that's a plus. so let's not not care, but any kind of trade deal is actually good good for and so this will certainly be i'm not quite sure it's as good as both kemi badenoch and rishi sunak pretended to be. and you're upset. you're right. we couldn't have done done this within europe . and it does have certain europe. and it does have certain advantages over european deals and that we do not have to follow common through that through this deal we can impose our earnings our mental standards health standard animal welfare standards on this kind

of trade. so there's a lot of positives here. it's just that the overall impact may not be that great. no, absolutely. i mean, i'm looking at some of the detail of it, nigel, and the product that will help to boost exports by cutting tariff on goods, cheese chocolates, gin . i goods, cheese chocolates, gin. i mean they will match on those three particular items i can tell you now . and also whisky tell you now. and also whisky i can take it or leave it. my dad will be happy and machinery that seems like one that could be worth a lot of money. wow. i wonder what they mean by machine neri. do we know ? no, we don't. neri. do we know? no, we don't. i don't say. you can add medicines to that list. sure. that kind of whisky will be that that kind of whisky will be pleased about. that that kind of whisky will be pleased about . about that use . pleased about. about that use. but no, i mean the actual details of we're going to get , details of we're going to get, we don't know . but certainly for we don't know. but certainly for british companies are operating in the far it will be a good thing they will end up operating

on the same on the same basis as a local company. on the same on the same basis as a local company . so that means a local company. so that means they'll be able to compete much better , will have fewer will better, will have fewer will fewer tariffs on goods which is obviously a plus as well so there are some positives be taken from this is just quite as many positives as the government would like to pretend . yeah, would like to pretend. yeah, well it is the biggest trade deal since brexit, so maybe it's the first of many. nigel i'll let you get on with your saturday afternoon now. thank you so much forjoining me. right. moving on. let me know what you think about all that, won't you? gb views. that's gbnews.uk email. so gbnews.uk is the email. so bombshell this found that bombshell report this found that many schools and many secondary schools and primary actually are primary schools actually are letting gender without letting children gender without telling think tank policy telling their think tank policy exchange found that schools often uncover particularly accept beliefs , gender identity, accept beliefs, gender identity, that are not that are contested or not contested. schools may be in breach . safeguarding rules in breach. safeguarding rules report suggested 8% of schools who responded to researchers

with informing parents when a child said they had feelings of gender distress so only 28. so let's debate this with benjamin lochner, research fellow at the conservative think tank. the group and political commentator matthew stotland. good afternoon, gentlemen. good to see you both. benjamin, let me, come to you first. what else for the findings in this report ? the findings in this report? what was the most shocking to you? well, to me, this isn't so much a matter about gender. obviously gender aspect is very important . we know that there's important. we know that there's a wave of this stuff going on certainly among young people years. some cases years. it's in some cases a trendy thing to not be, you know, cis gendered. and they have a very unique identity. and i do think is tearing through schools and i don't think it's entirely state of identity. i think a lot of it is to do with fashion. but i think the most worrying about this is , worrying thing about this is, the idea that it places the school or the state above the parents in terms of guardianship for that child, ultimately the parents , the people who are

parents are, the people who are responsible their own responsible for their own children and the school is not in a position turn around and say, and know that say, and we know that information about the has information about the child has come and if they want come to us. and so if they want to their gender or they to change their gender or they want by a want to, you know, by a different or different when different name or different when that happens, school has a responsibility tell parents responsibility to tell parents and the state above and putting the state above the parents. really the parents. and this is really the most thing. thank you, most worrying thing. thank you, matt. bring you in. matt. let me bring you in. i find very little to argue with there. if a child is express , there. if a child is express, something as significant as saying want to be a different gender changed my name changed my uniform. the have my uniform. the parents have a right to know surely . now right to know surely. now benjamin , i'm not sure what his benjamin, i'm not sure what his expertise on what's going on schools but certainly he's saying there that it could be fashionable changing that gendeh fashionable changing that gender, identifying this or identifying this. i'm not an expert on what's going on in schools. so i can't easily comments that. what i will say is instinctively and i may a young dad but i'm not that young but my son is he's 86 months old is folks my mind instinctively i

saw me as a parent would expect to be would like be and actually would demand to be kept informed as to any changes in the gender of my son. it seems to me absolutely fundamental . now absolutely fundamental. now there may be in this report acknowledges this i think may be such an elusive rare circumstances which a parent is not informed. i imagine that might be something like you know some, sort of condition at home thatis some, sort of condition at home that is not conducive to the welfare of the child that be pulling them. there may be just domination, there may be transphobia, whatever it whatever is. but broadly whatever it is. but broadly speaking i to say, i think speaking, i have to say, i think the gender. of your own child. absolutely your business as a parent. so would be utterly parent. so it would be utterly absurd damaging , absurd and quite damaging, dangerous if parents are kept in the by schools. well, given the loop by schools. well, given that only 28% of schools all telling parents, benjamin, why ? telling parents, benjamin, why? i don't know. i think personally it might be this factor of trust with the student . they want to

with the student. they want to maintain an element trust. it maintain an element of trust. it shouldn't come to and shouldn't come to them and says this is the way i feel and i don't want my now. so please don't want my now. so please don't the. then the don't tell the. then the teachers might be a rock musician where they want musician where they don't want to trust of the to lose the trust of the confidence those children. to lose the trust of the coniultimately,iose children. to lose the trust of the coniultimately, it's children. to lose the trust of the coniultimately, it's notldren. to lose the trust of the coniultimately, it's not their but ultimately, it's not their place that the place. make that decision. the parents, the primary guardians of primary care of the children . and they have a right to know. so, you know, whilst it's a tncky so, you know, whilst it's a tricky situation some parts to some teachers , i do think some teachers, i do think ultimately they have to tell the parents, even if . it's a very parents, even if. it's a very difficult decision. the absolute foundation of safeguarding in schools is that a teacher should never have a secrets with a pupil because lies all sorts difficult and potentially abusive situations. so the fact that a teacher might be saying to a child, we can't and we won't tell mummy and daddy about this is ship. that's why the alarm bells should go. and i think all credit to the policy to the think tank, the policy exchange for raising awareness of bring you on to of this. let me bring you on to benjamin's matt, about benjamin's point, matt, about this trend , this kind of

this whole trend, this kind of social contagion amongst teenagers to be genderfluid or non—binary . teenagers to be genderfluid or non—binary. is that what is happening ? do you think, in your happening? do you think, in your opinion that it's a trendy thing to do and it gets kids attention 7 to do and it gets kids attention ? i think of the most important things in the culture wars that we're experiencing at the moment, and there are those who would say conservative is perhaps a moment that the only chance, the concerts by chance of winning the next election to allow these or provoke these encourage these culture wars to rage. but it is absolute essential if that is going on in the background. that child welfare is affected negatively, thatis welfare is affected negatively, that is treated sensitively. rishi rishi sunak, the prime minister himself said this week in responding to this report and he expressed concern about that we must treat this sensitively. we have to help parents understand what's on with their children, keep in the loop. that's that's my view . but that's that's my view. but children cannot be the victims

of an ever widening toxic culture war. you just look on twitter, you look on social, and it's not clear how representative what goes on on twitter, elsewhere, perhaps on facebook is of the country at large. but if you you would only to live in a social media world god forfend you would see terrible toxicity , huge amounts terrible toxicity, huge amounts of hate on different of this particular war. if you look at people replying to tweets by peo ple jlk. replying tot weets b y people replying to tweets by j.k. rowling, the harry potter author, you'll find a new hatred on both sides. people standing up for trans people are people attacking trans people. people are attacking ideology as they see that we cannot allow our children have children. i have children have children. i have children . we cannot allow our children. we cannot allow our children. we cannot allow our children to be the victims of that. we have a policy on what goes here and gender. something is sensitive and then is gender has be done sensibly, responsibly so that they don't become the victims of this . it become the victims of this. it is a confusing time and i imagine it is confusing actually

a lot of teachers as well because there is we do talk the transgender issue so much and it is so divisive as matt said we have the shooting in america earlier this week and it was identified quite quickly that the girl who identifies as a boy who carried that out was transgender and that was seized to entrench people further into their particular positions on this , i wrote an article for gb this, i wrote an article for gb news website actually, which is up there at the moment. so i did quite investigate and it's what's going on and what occurred to me benjamin but i didn't know about this didn't really know about this how much money is being made the gender changing industry the trans complex as it's trans industrial complex as it's called particularly in america . called particularly in america. and seizing vulnerable and they are seizing vulnerable youngsters who might be maybe gay or they just having confusing issues about where they sit on that sort of sexual spectrum. and it feels as a whole industry now happy to leap onto that child and to encourage

them down a path which might make a lot of money for some people. but it's not necessarily in best interest. i don't feel like we talk about side of it enough. like we talk about side of it enough . absolutely. i think enough. absolutely. i do think there's a lot of money to be made and places like the tavistock for example, tavistock clinic, for example, i they will incur the of future generations when they look back and realise that certain people who may have just had certain issues psychological, issues which were psychological, rough , physical were given rough, physical were being given these life altering, irreversible treatments to make money. and it's much like the plastic surgery industry. there's a lot of controversy now about things that went on over the past century where people who had certain insecurities were being given things like modifications which actually ended up giving them serious long term health problems , and long term health problems, and that seriously damaged their lives . they looked back years lives. they looked back years later, realised it was huge mistake. so there is certainly profit thing. but then i think when it comes to children specifically , so much worse. specifically, so much worse. i mean plastic surgery , those are

mean plastic surgery, those are consenting making bad consenting adults making bad decisions they may be decisions and yes, they may be preyed , but it's children preyed, but when it's children i think it's more sensitive issue. and i they really will be judged by history . yeah as you said, by history. yeah as you said, you're a relatively dad and it's sort of one of those issues is there. but for the of god go i you know we never know how children are a curve balls they're going to throw us as they're going to throw us as they get older but if child came to you one day and said i'm not sure that i am the gender that i was born, how would you handle it? think so? i be it? do you think so? i be sensitive to son and if it turns and i've got no experience of what it might feel like to be in the wrong. so i've got no experience . what if i've experience. what if i've encountered very few people who are trans in my life and i'm 43 years old so i'm and the thing about the next step. so i think humility on the part of all of us, particularly political commentators as we discuss this, is really important. if my son turned to be trans and of turned out to be trans and of the proper conversations, medical consultation , all the

medical consultation, all the rest of it therapy, it turned out that that's what he was, that he really that he was a girl i would i would support that i would i would celebrate what i don't want as a dad, as you say, i'm only a new dad, only six months into being a dad.so only six months into being a dad. so my mind is being focussed on i don't think is as a dad is for my son to be encouraged to explore his gendeh encouraged to explore his gender, to question gender. i don't want other adults, teachers or whoever imposing that on my child . i feel that that on my child. i feel that quite strongly. i may change my mind because i think we have to be open minded. that's where i am at the moment. i think when we at this conversation we look at this conversation more widely, i talked about the toxicity hate. there is a toxicity of the hate. there is a lot of transphobia about, the source of what you would have found not found in the 1980s, not dissimilar to homophobe , bio dissimilar to homophobe, bio racism, misogyny . a lot racism, sexism, misogyny. a lot of people are jumping on the feminist elements in this just to vent that bigotry . now, to vent that bigotry. now, that's not to say that there aren't real issues one real issue, and we just touched on it, is whether a child should be

able to make irreversible changes that to their body before the of eight. i'm not before the age of eight. i'm not an expert instinctively an expert but instinctively i would say raise questions about that even though if you're not allowed to do that, you might suffer as a genuine anti trans child. another big issue, of course, is safe spaces for women. and i'm a man privileged in so many ways and it's very difficult for me to comment on that because i have an extreme sex with 317, so i'm not used to being in a changing room where i feel vulnerable. so we have to listen to women do feel vulnerable to our concerns about that. and i think there is a genuine to this isn't genuine strand to this isn't transphobic that is these concerns protect heart won rights for women. this nuanced it's difficult let's talk about it's difficult let's talk about it with kindness and not bigotry . benjamin, let me just last word to you then. do you see a time when we can talk about this calmly? well, the three of us have just done it. let's be honest and i think i would like to move a time when, rather than looking at the individuals we

are looking at the forces at play are looking at the forces at play be that ideological, be that undermining the that undermining sanctity of the biology reason, biology for whatever reason, that the pharmaceutical that suits the pharmaceutical industry. to you, ben industry. last word to you, ben . yeah, i think it's certainly such a controversial and politicised and weaponized . i politicised and weaponized. i don't think there really is a way of talking about it civilly. and you can try. but at the moment you say something totally reasonable, totally civil. a lot of jump on you and pay of people jump on you and pay a lot. i mean, we see this on places twitter, you make places like twitter, you make it very on the very innocuous tweet on the issue there's a massive pile issue and there's a massive pile on certain groups people on from certain groups of people who in getting outraged about who do in getting outraged about this stuff. so even if you this sort stuff. so even if you in good faith and attempt to talk most positive talk about in the most positive civil open welcoming way , you civil open welcoming way, you will get absolutely lambasted and bombarded by people on the internet wherever else. yeah. well people are perpetually offended. ami must adalind benjamin locke , thank you very benjamin locke, thank you very much for giving me a saturday afternoon to chat to me here on gb news. i mean, what you think you are watching and listening to stay with me, bev

to gb news? stay with me, bev turner. lots more coming up on today's show whilst the kings state's to a state's visit to germany a success, reporter will success, our royal reporter will reflecting on the royal visit . reflecting on the royal visit. but first is the weather . hello but first is the weather. hello there. welcome to the latest update from the met office in jonathan vautrey . still being a jonathan vautrey. still being a fair amount of cloud around throughout the first part of the weekend, but are that we'll see something a brighter and sunnier for sunday that's to an for sunday that's thanks to an area high pressure is going area of high pressure is going to be pushing its way in and helping to settle things down for rest today. we for the rest of today. though we do, have pressure in do, though, have low pressure in charge training charge and this training occluded bringing occluded front just bringing outbreaks of rain to northern ireland. south—west ireland. parts of south—west england, gradually england, but gradually easing way will be some further way off. it will be some further rain and drizzle pushing way rain and drizzle pushing its way into coastal areas as into eastern coastal areas as well as move towards the well as we move towards the second half of the night, they will will start to will the cloud will start to break of break up across parts of northeast england into eastern scotland . that allow some scotland. that will allow some clear also clear spells, but also temperatures off a bit temperatures will drop off a bit more down to lows more here as well down to lows of degrees across of of two degrees across parts of aberdeen further west in. aberdeen and further west in. we'll the day with we'll start off the day with that included still bringing

some the persisting some rain the cloud persisting a bit across western but bit more across western but further that cloud is going further east that cloud is going to continue to break way of to continue to break its way of some central eastern some scotland central eastern areas should have areas of england should have a pretty and sunny and pretty bright and sunny and overnight once it gets out and about still feeling a little chilly across eastern coastal areas around eight or nine degrees celsius. but move a little further inland, you won't likely temperatures likely to see temperatures around time around average for the time of yeah around average for the time of year. highs 13 degrees in the southwest as we head into sunday evening . cloud continuing evening. cloud continuing to break more and many of break up even more and many of us will see some clear intervals as allowing temperatures us will see some clear intervals as drop allowing temperatures us will see some clear intervals as drop off.lowing temperatures us will see some clear intervals as drop off evenig temperatures us will see some clear intervals as drop off even more|peratures us will see some clear intervals as drop off even more widely,as to drop off even more widely, though, during overnight though, during the overnight penod though, during the overnight period more widespread period and a more widespread frost will quite actually frost will so quite actually start to monday morning. but it also means it will be a sunny and bright one. and throughout the many us will a good the day, many us will see a good number sunny intervals. the number of sunny intervals. the sunshine across sunshine a bit hazy across northern ireland cloud begins northern ireland as cloud begins to way in. and it's to build its way in. and it's these fronts that are going to try push their way in as we head towards middle of week towards middle part of next week high pressure looks like high pressure though, looks like it's charge, it's staying in charge, particularly southern particularly across southern eastern but is more

eastern areas. but is more towards the north and west. we'll just see bit more in the way wet weather head way of wet weather as head towards wednesday. the towards wednesday. enjoy the rest .

by good afternoon. this is the latest from the gb newsroom. some breaking in the last half an hour. a man has died after he was left seriously injured in a charity boxing in nottingham last saturday he was taking part in the ultra white collar boxing event at harvey harden sports village and investigations are now underway . labour leader sir now underway. labour leader sir keir starmer has the government to get a grip of the situation at the port of the ports declared a critical incident with significant caused by coach

p&o ferries and dfds seaways reported delays of up to 7 hours for ferry and coach services, citing bad weather and hold ups. the french border controls millions of the lowest paid workers will get a salary boost today as the national minimum wage is increased. the hourly rate is going up from £9.50 to £10. $0.42 for adults. the government the rise keeps it on track to achieve its manifesto commitment and water companies could face fines under new government plan to tackle pollution . the environment pollution. the environment secretary is expected to announce tougher enforced next week. theresa kofi's include the ability to place sanctions on water companies without going through the courts as as lifting a cap on penalties , unlimited a cap on penalties, unlimited fines . environment agency fines. environment agency figures show that with just over 300,000 sewage spills last year

, two online daily plus radio and on a tune in is gb news, known as back to . known as back to. welcome back your watching listening gb news saturday with me bev turner. now king charles returned his state visit to germany . the goal was to reset germany. the goal was to reset anglo german relations. following our departure , the eu. following our departure, the eu. was he successful ? our royal was he successful? our royal reporter, karen reflects on the trip . buckingham palace wanted , trip. buckingham palace wanted, the king's first state visits of the king's first state visits of the new reign, celebrates britain and germany's shared history , culture and values . britain and germany's shared history , culture and values. in history, culture and values. in hamburg yesterday, the king and queen consort visited , saint queen consort visited, saint nicholas church, which was heavily bombed by the allies dunng heavily bombed by the allies during world war ii, and the british king and the german presidents collectively wreaths in a memorial service. yesterday in a memorial service. yesterday in hamburg , the queen consort

in hamburg, the queen consort wore a bright swiss blonde to queen victoria, given her by prince albert. her husband, who of course was also . i talked of course was also. i talked about celebrate seeing values. there were a lot of engagements involving ukraine and ukrainian refugees. now, here where i am at the city hall in hamburg, just outside the king queen consort greece, it's the crowds here. thousands people turned up to greet them, including a few of those ukrainian refugees . and of those ukrainian refugees. and ispoke of those ukrainian refugees. and i spoke to them a little earlier . i want to say thank you for supporting us. we want to say thank you for giving. thank you for england . because it's really for england. because it's really important for us. it's historical days, historical for all world and for ukrainians and england. indeed. so we're feeling that your country with us. so today we thank you. well, the three day state visit to germany also on sustainability, one of king charles's passions , one of king charles's passions, the queen consort, also visited a school and read to

schoolchildren . literacy, of schoolchildren. literacy, of course, being one of her passions , the whole state visit passions, the whole state visit was rounded off by a magnificent reception . the super 52 area, or reception. the super 52 area, or building in hamburg, 1000 guests turned up. there were musical performances celebrating the shared culture of and the united kingdom . if you were to ask me, kingdom. if you were to ask me, has three day tour been a success. well, if you look at the crowds here, if look at the press reports newspaper reports in both britain and, germany, i would say it much has been there has been no major as we have seen on recent foreign royal visits in the last year or so. the king and queen consort have carried out a number of engagements. the crowds seem to adore them. so it's not. there was there was a sense that when queen elizabeth second passed away , that's the global appeal away, that's the global appeal of . the monarchy would perhaps of. the monarchy would perhaps die with her. i think the tour here in germany has strongly suggests that is not the case. thatis suggests that is not the case. that is very much welcome news for palace and the king as look

towards his coronation happening in literally five weeks time . in literally five weeks time. thank you, cameron . you're thank you, cameron. you're watching and listening to bev turner on gb news saturday. plenty more still to come this afternoon , a new poll that shows afternoon, a new poll that shows the snp are on track to lose at least 11 seats at holyrood can humza yousaf turn the party's fortunes around ? don't go fortunes around? don't go anywhere . oh apparently i'm anywhere. oh apparently i'm still talking to your auntie when it comes to water pollution. a penalties aren't the answer . now pollution. a penalties aren't the answer. now this is one of the answer. now this is one of the messages which is coming in from wen on twitter . the from wen on twitter. the customer will be the one that pays better would be to get the directors and managers to do community service clean the river banks. thank you for getting in touch on that topic. win and alex says when will people wake up to the population explosion that has taken place with open border policy and now the legal the illegal aspect

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welcome back. hot off the press. the governor said they were wrong about lockdowns and indiscriminately vaccinating covid. indiscriminately vaccinating covm. only indiscriminately vaccinating covid. only joking. it's april . covid. only joking. it's april. a fun day for all of us, except journalists who are struggling to go through the go through social media, try to work out who telling the truth and who who is telling the truth and who isn't. but why do celebrate april fools day . jonathan kogan april fools day. jonathan kogan joins me now . hello that is your joins me now. hello that is your real name, isn't it? yeah, jonathan. okay, good. i'm just checking. it wasn't on april

4th. n0, checking. it wasn't on april 4th. no, no, i would call something much more horrendous, like, oh, i won't be. my drag name. don't what was name. i don't know what was name. i don't know what was name. first part and the name. the first part and the first you grew up on first street you grew up on apparently is your you'll drag name out of smith. no i don't know what you didn't know what the no. you didn't have i wouldn't fly in my have a i wouldn't fly in my family okay this the with family okay this the thing with a today you never know a day like today you never know you don't who's telling you the truth? we looking at stories today media. i today on social media. i was like, that really like, no. is that really happened? is happened? does happened? is that happened? does that i realise that happen? and then i realise that happen? and then i realise that winding me up. that people were winding me up. i'm but what is the origin of it? not completely sure, it? so i'm not completely sure, but i many moons but i think i heard many moons ago someone told me this apparently was a different calendar few different calendar that a few different like substrate to society had and if you stayed on the old count calendar , this was like count calendar, this was like the first day of the year and then you were the april fool because you hadn't realised that times change, that's times of change, that's about the knowledge too. the extent of my knowledge too. yeah, mean think yeah, but mean i think that's true. also don't trust me. true. but also don't trust me. i have no idea. well, that's not very good, because that's why you were here? oh, i thought

this before april this is the year before april fools. i've booked fools. i've been booked mistakenly, i was mistakenly, and i thought i was to here talk about the best april fool's i've seen april fool's i've ever seen done. perfect. i'll drink my water. about the best water. tell me about the best april you ever seen. what april fool's you ever seen. what i see in all that i've done. which was either. i don't know. we okay. my favourite we go on. okay. my favourite they did was this actually they ever did was this actually they ever did was this actually the first i ever got end the first time i ever got an end of year detention at school? so it was in. yes it was april 1st i was in. yes was about ten or 11. and me and my friend greg, it'd be a lot of fun to make a fake letter to my mom school saying i'd been mom from school saying i'd been expelled did was we got expelled and what did was we got the refer this is like the header refer to this is like early of knowing how to use early days of knowing how to use computers. so i got the header and footer from official and footer from the official school letter got onto a computer a letter computer and wrote a letter saying to fire mr. saying i'd set to fire mr. gotti. the caretaker's cat, jess and i'd expelled, and not only i'd been expelled, but excluded from the but i've been excluded from the entire school teaching system in bar, is one school. bar, which is my one school. yeah. printed one. i was yeah. now we printed one. i was gonna give it my mom. we gonna give it to my mom. we didn't realise we accidentally printed then the printed two copies and then the it guys in charge of it guy, the guys in charge of computer very computer club, we were very cool. he then it to the cool. yeah. he then it to the head and then i got

head of. yeah and then i got called and then i got an end of year detention, i got my mom there, she believed it because april fools don't april fools i don't know what i think that's something almost quite i did. it quite psychotic that i did. it ruined mom's day on april ruined my mom's day on april fool's day, but it's a huge amount of effort as well. yeah, fool's day, but it's a huge alike nt of effort as well. yeah, fool's day, but it's a huge alike nt putffort as well. yeah, fool's day, but it's a huge alike nt put the as well. yeah, fool's day, but it's a huge alike nt put the workell. yeah, fool's day, but it's a huge alike nt put the workellforeah, i like to put the work in for a prank call. and you know what i was thinking about pranks because of it's not just because of course, it's not just one day of the year anymore that prank hole industry prank there is a hole industry around . oh massively. and around prank. oh massively. and tok instagram even the tv tok and instagram even the tv shows i, i do like a good prank. i do think, i think they can't have malice in them, but they can be very creative and even, like a little bit destructive , like a little bit destructive, chaotic. think you chaotic. but i don't think you want actually someone's want to actually ruin someone's life little. no, because life for little. no, because i mean, you know, it's not really a serious topic, but i mean, there is a there is genuinely a serious side to this because i've two teenagers and one i've got two teenagers and one almost teen and they think is absolutely anything at absolutely to prank anything at any time, at any time. and mischief of youth, though, isn't they will probably but is a sort of meanness about okay playing

tncks of meanness about okay playing tricks on people isn't that. i think so probably lies the humour right. yeah a lot of humour right. yeah a lot of humour really is kind of i think it's almost it's like a status game by tricking someone you are essentially saying, oh i've lowered your status in relation to mine. and yeah, it, it is almost a psychological it almost a psychological isn't it . yeah. and . a little bit. yeah. and i think that can be done especially friends especially between friends because like because there's almost like a social contract that you are friends and you're the same friends and you're in the same group playing a on group by playing a prank on someone you just was playing with boundaries of that. with the boundaries of that. yeah if like a yeah yeah. but if it's like a complete stranger, was this complete stranger, i was this one channel. i don't spend one prank channel. i don't spend a on tiktok. i think a lot of time on tiktok. i think it might be the worst thing eveh it might be the worst thing ever, but i was scrolling through in a desperate there through in a desperate and there was prank channel where. was this prank channel where. these would go up quite these guys would go up to quite sketchy like bad sketchy characters like bad channels. these channels. oh yeah. these guys know millions of know they've got millions of followers up followers and they would go up to looking dudes and to the scary looking dudes and these kind of really rough areas and stare them out and be like all you want get, like sliced and stare them out and be like all ygive/ant get, like sliced and stare them out and be like all give them get, like sliced and stare them out and be like all give them like , like sliced and stare them out and be like all give them like a.ike sliced and stare them out and be like all give them like a slice liced and stare them out and be like all give them like a slice ofad and give them like a slice of pizza a prank. but it's so pizza as a prank. but it's so intense because think it's intense because you think it's going off, but it is

going to kick off, but it is captivating. it kind of triggered something in our lives. doesn't it lives. it brings, doesn't it know? be something know? it must be something in our brains, because you our lizard brains, because you think about it. i mean, the presumably the prank channel is an onune an internet. is it online channel? yeah. these are channel? oh, yeah. these are like know tiktok so like know tiktok channels. so you have individuals who that maybe feed. maybe is like someone's feed. yeah yeah, exactly. i mean, even even like i'm thinking like even in the kind of in mainstream media, the kind of i mean, you're probably too young for a laugh. young to like game for a laugh. it like sailor like jeremy it was like sailor like jeremy beadle. he's exactly. yeah, that's it. and that's kind of where it sort of seeped into mainstream. and it was kind of a subversive. so, yes, it wasn't. and anarchic and it was kind of considered to be acceptable mainstream saturday night tv. but we knew that if you didn't push the limits off it was still ofcom regulated stuff on tiktok. yeah. and not the thing now i feel like it's the volume on thatis feel like it's the volume on that is so highly up now it's true and because people are doing it, they say for the cloud you're just doing it for the, for the viewers and stuff. and i can see if that's how you want to kind of express yourself

creatively then kind of fine. just, know, don't do just, you know, don't like do horrendous, things. horrendous, horrendous things. but thing that made me but one funny thing that made me laugh i because i'm laugh was i think because i'm a japanese show and i japanese game show and i think this was a lift. this was real, it was a lift. these people, just members of pubuc these people, just members of public lift, press public going to lift, press a button and then the floor would go and it just take them on a massive slide and they'd be soaking they'd be soaking wet and they'd be screaming. had idea screaming. and i had no idea what going and it is funny, what going on. and it is funny, but it's i felt guilty for laughing, but it is funny. yeah. no, i guilty. funny you no, i feel guilty. it funny you mentioning. of course. so any pranks you have planned for pranks that you have planned for today? think look, i've today? well, i think look, i've missed off because 12 but missed some off because 12 but i think i'm going have to get my girlfriend at point. she's girlfriend at some point. she's in a play at moment and she in a play at the moment and she saw show on instagram , saw on that show on instagram, her girl was her and another girl was swapping roles and she came in. so don't know what's popping so i don't know what's popping off didn't realise it off today. she didn't realise it was a prank she's very gullible but she's, sweet well but she's, she's sweet well that's the we gullible that's the thing we gullible people i have ever been people and i have you ever been praying. was praying praying. well i was praying morning i on twitter morning when i saw on twitter that from that fergal sharkey singer from eighties who's been a real campaigner clean water announced

that he'd been made the head of awful oats this morning with a brilliantly up newspaper headune. brilliantly up newspaper headline . and i was like, wow, headline. and i was like, wow, good news. along with retweeting , this is finally in the position that they be in. and then i realised it was april and i'm an idiot. i was about to book fergal sharkey to come on the show and interview him again, which have instead you got which is . but that's, got me, which is. but that's, that's also , that's also good that's also, that's also good and i'm trying to think of any other kind of particular big pranks . well they were ones in pranks. well they were ones in history. well have you covered the ones that bbc used to do. well i think this is maybe in the eighties. the spaghetti in the eighties. the spaghetti in the tree? yeah, there's plenty in and the with in the trees. and the one with big they said it was big ben where they said it was going digital like going digital and there's like a massive outcry, which is i love to i love people getting wound up to i love people getting wound up by to i love people getting wound up by things that. maybe up by things like that. maybe that's you, that's like the impish you, know, of character. know, puckish kind of character. i there's that i think there's definitely that nature comedians nature within. most comedians i like the kind of the trickery and yeah, but there's you know what jonathan, what this year though, jonathan, it feels like never before has real appeared to be satire.

real life appeared to be satire. i mean , world the last three i mean, world the last three years is clown world and particularly during the pandemic. is somebody really some of the party get interview with boris johnson he was being grilled committee grilled by select committee saying did walk saying you know did you walk into somebody orbit and at the moment it's like satire is straight it's great. you know, it's the gaslighting of the nation, completely insane. but that was a pretty good prank april about three years ago and they have to stay they said, we have to stay for eveh they said, we have to stay for ever. another quite one. ever. another quite good one. they us all. yeah, yeah, they call us all. yeah, yeah, yeah. you do. you look back yeah. but you do. you look back and you think i can't believe what subjected to what we've been subjected to here able yet. do you here is comedy able yet. do you think to joke about the pandemic? just started think to joke about the pa see nic? just started think to joke about the pa see a c? just started think to joke about the pa see a few just started think to joke about the pa see a few things. just started think to joke about the pa see a few things. ijst started think to joke about the pa see a few things. i thinkarted think to joke about the pa see a few things. i think so.d to see a few things. i think so. like i've got a couple of bits about it. i see a lot of people joke. i mean even when we were in between two in that break between two pandemics couple of gigs pandemics and a couple of gigs were people discussing were on, people were discussing it because in some people didn't want discuss because want to discuss it because it's what but at the what we'd heard of. but at the same time everyone's had their own you can own experience. and if you can connect humour by relaying own experience. and if you can conn experience our by relaying own experience. and if you can conn experience to by relaying own experience. and if you can conn experience to the relaying own experience. and if you can conn experience to the audience your experience to the audience

and, definitely a thing to and, it is definitely a thing to do. a rich yeah to be mined do. it's a rich yeah to be mined with the ludicrousness really is just i'm all inconsistencies just how i'm all inconsistencies and how everything and how wacky everything was. yeah, was, it was yeah, yeah, it was, it was ridiculous kay ridiculous i think. peter kay i think his recent. has he been he's been parents love he's he's been parents love that's i mean who doesn't that's how do i mean who doesn't love always make love peter but they always make me i'm like, oh yeah, me watch. i'm like, oh yeah, that's good. i mean, he's obviously amazing. it just doesn't with me. but, doesn't resonate with me. but, you the person will you know, you, the person will just find no i think just find bits funny. no i think i think he's really good. it doesn't necessarily me doesn't necessarily make me laugh. i. i laugh. but then again, i. i might horribly inside. might be horribly dead inside. what's like what's all funny? who? like comedians, i would like there's a lot american i like a lot of american comics i like like ryan long. like bill barr or ryan long. yeah jim jeff hit jim jefferies australian yeah always a great comic spot yeah yeah i like he's he amazing i'm not knocking him it's just not necessarily my thing he did a bit on covid what's the he did and he's like so what what's the comedy scene like now? because that was one of the areas that was hurt, wasn't it. yeah. well at the beginning after they had all

these like sheets in these plastic like sheets in between of audiences between the rows of audiences and like plastic sheet between and like a plastic sheet between the audience. the performer and the audience. i that would been good if i mean, that would been good if like maybe louis ck. dropped ten or something. but at the same it's just same time, it's just it's impossible to comedy through impossible to do comedy through a windows but it's a series of windows but now it's back it's booming and it's back and it's booming and it's great the air. there's great in the air. there's something everyone. there's something for everyone. there's all now and all kinds of nights on now and that, yeah, there's seems be that, yeah, there's seems to be a only three or four a real i mean only three or four years the but there years into the game. but there seems to a real renaissance within comedy and there is that like within comedy and there is that uke you within comedy and there is that like you know, like tricky to it, you know, just as these kind of like podcast they'll podcast where they'll play tncks podcast where they'll play tricks on other and that tricks on each other and that kind of thing, what we'd before comedy. am so i'm also comedy. so am so i'm also a musician. i do have half comedy so was in a well, i'm in a so i was in a well, i'm in a rock band and touring europe in the releasing music and the uk, releasing music and stuff and working on couple of tv bits yeah, i do i do tv bits and yeah, i do i do headunes tv bits and yeah, i do i do headlines here as well. yeah yeah, yeah. it's a comedy yeah, yeah, yeah. it's a comedy in music and just love making in music and i just love making stuff yeah, under the stuff and yeah, living under the spirit creation brilliance. spirit of creation brilliance. jonathan, you so much. jonathan, thank you so much. thank having see you on thank for having me. see you on headune thank for having me. see you on headline coming later

headline write coming up later on. conservative mp alicia kearns , the first female chair kearns, the first female chair of the foreign affairs committee and the latest real mate interview with gloria de piero alicia hits out of the way china . other hostile states have been using social media to spy on brits cannot stand up to china if you are relying on them for technologies , if they have your technologies, if they have your data and if they weaponise resources around the world. and so tech talk a good example so tech talk is a good example women. started raising the women. i started raising the flag months ago flag were 18 months ago i refused to ever go the platform people like what is this woman on about. it's just because of cats and elephants dancing. but the reality is a this is a hope that the chinese government doesn't want its own people on. that give you pause for that should give you a pause for thought . okay. rights of two thought. okay. rights of two saying goodbye to my guest as he walks out the studio you have been getting in touch with. we had a problems technical had a few problems technical issues with these issues earlier with these emails. have at emails. so let's have a look at what you said when said when it comes pollution, comes to water pollution, i thought about faecal shark penalties aren't the answer. the customer will be the one that pays to get

pays better would be to get the directors, managers directors, the managers to do commodities clean commodities service and clean the river banks. i'll tell fergal sharkey, alex says when will to will people wake up to the population explosion has population explosion that has taken border taken place with open border policy and now the illegal aspect that was brought. i was talking earlier to steve and wolf who was brilliant i've not had in the studio before i will get onto the points get him back onto the points with and andrew pearce every with me and andrew pearce every morning weekday morning to morning every weekday morning to thursday 930. has also thursday from 930. alan has also said what evidence than a forecast by the chief who is a bluff but ramona there the gdp is will fall by 4. this seems more than spin of that was because we were talking about this asia trade deal the benefits of which supposed to be 0.08% of gdp over 15 years. and of course, a of remainers are saying, well, we our gdp has gone down by 4% since brexit. so there's not a lot to shout about the right keep your views coming in to me this afternoon won't

shape a of all it's designed to make between northern ireland and the rest of the uk easier post—brexit sunak's windsor framework has now been passed into law with the province still without a government because of unions. opposition showed. how is the deal being greeted and do businesses think they'll be better in long run? a better off in long run? a northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie went to find out will work together to achieve what need to get in terms change to deliver stable sustainable government in northern ireland. i will always talk to every single member northern ireland political parties . but the time political parties. but the time for negotiation on the windsor framework is over. we're in the implementation phase of the of the day. so the dup need to stop their boycott . politically, their boycott. politically, northern ireland is no forward and as politics begins argue over legal text and interpretation, business must find a way forward . glyn roberts find a way forward. glyn roberts of retail i thinks that business voice needs to be louder. there's a lot of politics in

this as well, and sometimes that makes it difficult for business voice to be heard because , you voice to be heard because, you know, we're not involved in politics. we look at this from a tree and, from a business, from an economic perspective . so an economic perspective. so we've got to be very careful . we we've got to be very careful. we don't stray in to politics. but what we would say is that the disdain has the potential to give us stability, certainty, move on while retail are ready to talk manufacturing are at a loss. ashley is a manufacturer that has final destination for his products, so his components mostly coming the uk and supporting jobs there will be decline in what is known as the green lyons well we bring for example engines from peterborough of henderson from and rutland and i think we're actually the biggest customer that they all the manufacturer oakham has those come in. we have no knowledge of where they're going to go whenever we receive those goods. so therefore in eu terms they're

classified as being at risk . we classified as being at risk. we export today to approximately 90 countries and the raw material is only it's going is only known whenever it's been being assembled in our plant and shipped . peter summerton is one shipped. peter summerton is one of the man that has to operate agreement and his reading it is at odds with the government's version. so as it moves on, we're getting more from the government on the border control as well. about belfast, warrenpoint larne. what we're actually seeing is that there will be a say border for business to business goods coming from gb to northern ireland with almost and for retail goods which are going point to point to a final sale point to point to a final sale point to point to a final sale point to a consumer in northern ireland. that's very much is a harder border than we had anticipated . it's a harder anticipated. it's a harder border than we had under the

protocol . it was implemented protocol. it was implemented last. protocol. it was implemented last . so i'm not really sure last. so i'm not really sure what anybody thinks about the answer to the speedy gb news belfast . right. thank you . belfast. right. thank you. staying with me this afternoon. but don't go anywhere. coming up on tv news next is, nana akua, what if you got on the show? oh, wow we've got quite a lot to talk about. then obviously talk about. and then obviously we're going talk about humza yousaf. yeah arms are useless. i mean, what they? mean, seriously, what are they? i going to on i mean, he's going to carry on with which seems with agenda reforms, which seems like gonna look like madness. who's gonna look at net zero? is it about climate? about and just climate? is about money and just discuss mean what discuss i mean because what exactly why they so exactly is i why are they so afraid and you know there's afraid it and you know there's obviously something that we need to of but what is it i to be aware of but what is it i don't know. but you know what? i went the supermarket went into the supermarket yesterday, all my shopping, yesterday, did all my shopping, not single person on a table, not a single person on a table, none we're now our own none of we're now doing our own work. i'm actually work. i'm there. i'm actually doing the shopping in the back and thinking i'm getting and i'm thinking i'm not getting paid i'm doing paid for this. i'm doing someone's good. and someone's job. well good. and then wrong, isn't it? then it goes wrong, isn't it? exactly i is the is

exactly and i think is the is such an important to be discussing we're discussing where we're going with right miss? not us. with it. right miss? not us. stay with us. won't you. i will be back on gb news on morning at 930. will leave you with the 930. i will leave you with the weather welcome our weather hello. welcome to our latest from met office. latest updates from met office. i'm jonathan vautrey . latest updates from met office. i'm jonathan vautrey. i'll i'm in jonathan vautrey. i'll still in a fair amount of still be in a fair amount of cloud around the first part cloud around for the first part of the weekend, signs are of the weekend, but signs are that something bit that we'll see something a bit brighter sunnier for sunday, brighter and sunnier for sunday, thanks area of high thanks to an area of high pressure be pushing pressure is going to be pushing its way in and helping to settle things down for the rest of today. though though, low today. though we do, though, low pressure and this pressure in charge and this training front training occluded front just bringing outbreaks to bringing outbreaks of rain to northern ireland parts of south—west england, but gradually off will be gradually easing way off will be some rain and drizzle pushing its into eastern coastal its way into eastern coastal areas well as we move towards areas as well as we move towards the second half of the night, they the cloud start to they the cloud will start to break across parts of break up across parts of northeast into eastern northeast england into eastern scotland. will allow some scotland. that will allow some clear spells, but also temperatures will drop off a bit more well, to down lows more here as well, to down lows of two degrees across parts of aberdeen and edinburgh, further west we'll start west in scotland, we'll start off included off the day with that included

front bringing some rain off the day with that included froncloud bringing some rain off the day with that included froncloud persisting ome rain off the day with that included froncloud persisting ane rain off the day with that included froncloud persisting a bit'ain off the day with that included froncloud persisting a bit more the cloud persisting a bit more across western further east across western but further east that going to to that cloud going to continue to break up someone's break its way up someone's scotland central eastern areas of pretty of england should a pretty bright sunny another nice bright and sunny another nice one to get out and about. still feeling a little chilly across coastal areas around , eight or coastal areas around, eight or nine degrees celsius. but move a little inland. you more likely to see temperatures around average for the time of year of 13 in the southwest. but 13 degrees in the southwest. but as head into sunday evening, as we head into sunday evening, the cloud continuing to break up more many of will see more and many of us will see some that's allowing some intervals. that's allowing temperatures to drop off even more widely during the overnight penod more widely during the overnight period a widespread frost period in a widespread frost will develop. so quite actually start monday morning but it start to monday morning but it also means it will a sunny and bright one. and throughout the day, many of us will see a good number of. sunny intervals, the sunshine a bit hazy. northern ireland begins build ireland as cloud begins to build its and it's these its way in. and it's these fronts going to and push fronts are going to try and push their way in as we head towards their way in as we head towards the middle part next week. high pressure, looks like pressure, though, looks like it's in it's staying relatively in charge, across charge, particularly across southern it is

southern and eastern, but it is more towards north and west. we'll a bit more in way we'll just see a bit more in way of wet weather as we head towards wednesday into the rest of day. but.

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