very good afternoon, everybody is patrick here on gb news with you? is patrick here on gb news with you.7 three is patrick here on gb news with you? three until six and we join each other on an absolutely

historic day because for the first time in history, a us president will attend court, face criminal charges. we will be live with you throughout the day as trump. we're looking at the courthouse as trump is the courthouse as the trump is going leave trump tower going to leave trump tower and attend courthouse. we attend that courthouse. we understand is being understand security is being ramped tower . what ramped up at the tower. what does will he on does that mean? will he be on his that very, very his way in that very, very shortly. in other news, though, a little bit closer to home. cowardly criminals. that's right a little bit closer to home. cthere.y criminals. that's right a little bit closer to home. cthere.y crcalls ls. that's right a little bit closer to home. cthere.y crcalls forthat's right a little bit closer to home. cthere.y crcalls for no it's right . there are calls for no criminals like thomas cashman to be to the dock to look the judge , their victims the eye as , their victims in the eye as are centres . in other news as are centres. in other news as well, thousands of tonnes of raw sewage are being into our rivers, into beauty spot beaches. every single year. it's disgusting. it stinks , needs to disgusting. it stinks, needs to stop. and finally as well, i think this will come as a shock to lot of people. the budget for the work force adult social care is going to be halved. does this leave the most vulnerable people . society that hung out high dry in the final years of their lives. i think that is deeply wrong . all of that coming your

wrong. all of that coming your way. much, much more with me, patrick now on gb patrick christys right now on gb news . yes, historic day. news news. yes, historic day. so, ladies and gentlemen , we'll so, ladies and gentlemen, we'll bnng so, ladies and gentlemen, we'll bring you all of the trump. what gbviews@gbnews.uk ? get your gbviews@gbnews.uk? get your emails coming in on that email address. i want to know whether or not you think that criminals should be forced to attend their sentencing in—person . they can sentencing in—person. they can face justice. looking the judge in the eye gb views gbnews.uk. i get all of that coming in, but right now is your headlines with tatiana tatiana. good afternoon. it's 3:02. this is the latest from the gb newsroom donald is due in court to face charges becoming the first sitting or former president in us history to do . these are live pictures to do. these are live pictures from new york where he'll be formally charged, fingerprinted and could possibly have his mug shot taken. he was indicted over

an alleged hush money payment to the adult film star stormy daniels before the 2016 election. his lawyer says , he'll election. his lawyer says, he'll plead not guilty . former plead not guilty. former republican congressional jake hunsaker says republicans are tired of the trump circus and. that's exactly what as republicans are trying to avoid. donald trump ran in 2016 on a platform draining the swamp of getting rid of the drama washington and getting back to business. he did some of that when we had a republican in the house and the senate, as was to be expected. but since then it's been circus after circus show and this is more of the same. and a republican lifelong , a and a republican lifelong, a former former congressional candidate, i've talked to voters every single day who just say, we want this to end ? finland is we want this to end? finland is officially now a member of nato delegation . an accession was

delegation. an accession was handed to the us of state formally cementing the country as the 31st member of the military . the expansion military. the expansion triggered by the invasion of ukraine roughly doubles the length of the border that nato shares with russia. the kremlin has warned the which encroaches on its security raises the risk of conflict. instead would be forced to take countermeasures . forced to take countermeasures. nato's secretary—general jens stoltenberg celebrated what, he said, was the fastest access and process in the organisation's . process in the organisation's. this a clear message that . every this a clear message that. every nafion this a clear message that. every nation has the right to choose its own path that need to store remains open and no one can close it with force or nato is a community united by our values. freedom democracy and the rule of . we stand together . we of. we stand together. we protect and, defend it, shoulder all for one. and for. all

foreign secretary james cleverly also welcomed the move. posting an image of himself shaking hands with finland's president on social media. the government says the accession has made the alliance stronger and the world safer . a mother and stepfather safer. a mother and stepfather have been convicted over the death . their toddler, two year death. their toddler, two year old lola james, was attacked her home in haverfordwest pembrokeshire. she died in hospital four days after suffering catastrophic brain injuries in july 2020. kaleb even was found guilty of murder and shani james guilty of allowing death. they'll be sentenced this month . police are sentenced this month. police are investigating the death of a man was shot in south london . the was shot in south london. the victim said to be in his twenties was found injured on croydon road in mitcham in the early hours of this. he was taken to hospital but died a short time later. police are appealing to anyone who in the

area who may have seen something suspicious to get in contact with them . tiktok has . fined with them. tiktok has. fined £12.7 million by the information commissioner's office for misusing children's data . the misusing children's data. the ico says up to 1.4 million children under the age of 13 were using the app in 2020, which contravenes the company's own terms of use uk data protection law also the platform to seek consent from parents of young users . the home secretary young users. the home secretary could face a legal challenge over plans to house migrants on a barge. the government is expected to announce a leasing agreement has been reached to use the baby stock home in dorset which can accommodate more than 500 people. the move designed to free up hotels were reported cost taxpayers more than £20,000 a day , halving than £20,000 a day, halving social care in england have been described as a betrayal with the labour leader accusing the

government of breaking . in government of breaking. in december 2021, at least £500 million was pledged to help transform support for the social care workforce . that's being cut care workforce. that's being cut because of rising costs and trouble recruiting staff . trouble recruiting staff. environment secretary theresa coffey says there is money available to be used where social care needs funding is investment of about 7.6 billion is my understanding going into social care. we're working so we're a lot more opportunities for, not only jobs, but of course the necessary care that people need . so this there's people need. so this there's quite a lot of money that hasn't already been spent that going to be used to make sure that we target interventions on target our interventions on social care is needs that most this is gb news we're bringing more news as it happens now though it is back to .

though it is back to. patrick yes. welcome along, everybody. now, we, of course, start with donald trump and even by his , donald trump and even by his, this is an extraordinary he will become the first former us president to appear in court facing criminal charges in just over 4 hours time. it might be last. trump has been investigated over a payment of £105,000 to adult film star stormy daniels 2016 and trump claimed yesterday that is the victim of a witch hunt. and his lawyers say that will, quote loudly , plead not guilty. it is loudly, plead not guilty. it is an absolutely historic day. this action . gentlemen, we've got action. gentlemen, we've got cameras outside the courthouse outside trump tower and as well, one right now in new york with our political editor at darren mccaffrey who is right in the thick of it, dara. there you go. what's going on? why you are down tension builds ? yeah, down as tension builds? yeah, very good afternoon to you , very good afternoon to you, patrick. chaos a circus. i would almost it as i'm first of all surrounded by literally hundreds and hundreds , hundreds of and hundreds, hundreds of journalists who outside you say,

wait it . all right. okay, all wait it. all right. okay, all right. look we're just going to lay down there because he's is a bit of a signal, unfortunately, mainly because there's so many media people that are desperately get their desperately trying to get their signals but i'm just going signals out. but i'm just going to you in it is, of course, the day donald will attend day donald trump will attend court. important to note court. it's important to note the has arrived. the prosecutor has arrived. alvin in alvin bragg has arrived in court. trump leave trump court. trump will leave trump tower and go over to the courthouse . do have footage of courthouse. do have footage of both of those scenes. so we'll be bringing you the movements as and when that we get to is and as we understand of course trump is going to face roughly around four the latest four charges. that's the latest leak out. we'll leak that's come out. we'll wait. confirmation on. but his legal team said that he legal team have said that he will plead not guilty. so will loudly plead not guilty. so it will fascinating watch. it will be a fascinating watch. we also expecting protests we are also expecting protests from both sides as well . and the from both sides as well. and the white house said yesterday that were braced violence. i'm were braced for violence. i'm not quite sure we'll see that, although i suppose never although i suppose you never quite do you? quite know in america. do you? but certainly be very, quite know in america. do you? but vocal certainly be very, quite know in america. do you? but vocal and:ainly be very, quite know in america. do you? but vocal and very, be very, quite know in america. do you? but vocal and very, veryery,

quite know in america. do you? but vocal and very, very strong very vocal and very, very strong protests on both . and yeah, as protests on both. and yeah, as far as we can tell, as well as actually doing trump. the actually doing trump. no at the minute, mainly because his campaign gone the campaign funds have gone the roof to the tune of about five or $6 million. but let's go to speak now. it's a us political journalist lorillard who joins me laurie great have you me live? laurie great have you on the show. thank you very, very much. so, yes. okay. and obviously day, this obviously the historic day, this isn't which is the first isn't a day, which is the first president, former president of the going to actually the united is going to actually attend criminal oh, attend a criminal trial. oh, i believe we've got the wrong person now. so write down what i'm going to go into the inbox very, very shortly. anyone who does not attend court for sentencing should have six months sentence. months added to each sentence. and from paul. and that and this is from paul. and that is in relation to story that we're going to be covering a little on, which is little bit later on, which is what know is going get all what i know is going to get all going lot. yesterday we live going a lot. yesterday we live here, didn't the sentence here, didn't we? the sentence thing cashman, who was thing of thomas cashman, who was sentenced years, minimum sentenced to 42 years, a minimum of 42 years in prison for the murder a nine murder of olivia corbell, a nine year in own home shot year old girl in own home shot in liverpool and it prompted a

huge, huge, huge public backlash not really to the sentencing. he wasn't able to get a whole life order just wasn't able to get a whole life orderjust because wasn't able to get a whole life order just because the wasn't able to get a whole life orderjust because the nature of order just because the nature of the crime but fact that he the crime but the fact that he didn't attend he stayed in a cell in courthouse and cell in the courthouse and didn't come up to present himself look judge in the eye himself to look judge in the eye and listen to the victim impact statements not only statements. he's not the only one well. there have been one as well. there have been numerous cases people numerous of the cases of people who've not to do that. who've decided not to do that. and there are for them and now there are for them either dragged the either to be dragged to the doc ock or to have a camera live streamed from their cells or that they have to be present in that they have to be present in that way, shape or form and also as well whether or not maybe they should be denied any chance of parole at all if they don't attend just to try to make it for them. i'm going to be returning to that a little bit later on. so i want make sure later on. so i want to make sure that get your views early that you get your views in early doors. christys on doors. patrick christys here on gb views gb news dogs gb news gb views gb news dogs uk. they should dragged to uk. they should be dragged to the sentence and then the court sentence and then well ernie, won't the rest of ernie, i won't read the rest of that because you want to do some very nasty things to them, although i wouldn't morally be opposed let's get

opposed to it myself. let's get more our top story is more now on our top story is this historic day in america as donald court the donald trump is due in court the first former us president to face criminal charges. and i believe can now bring believe we can now bring lorillard the fray. there lorillard into the fray. there go. that looks lot like go. that looks a lot more like lorillard. thank you much. lorillard. thank you very much. yes anyway. so yes so a historic day anyway. so what are you expecting from this? because trump going to plead guilty. that's plead loudly, not guilty. that's what lawyers say. i think there are a couple of questions because, look, we have set the stage here and seems it stage here and it seems like it is historic day, but it seems is a historic day, but it seems like waiting for this like we've been waiting for this day long, so day for so long, so investigations of donald trump. this is the first one where he is going to see the is actually going to see the inside of courtroom. but inside of a courtroom. but i think two very big questions. one is, will he to the cameras in the corridor or when he when he passes being fingerprint id and goes through that procedural for the arrest? he will then proceed to the courtroom, which is in the same building. there are some cameras set up in the corridor, although there won't any cameras in the courtroom. will he say anything to those

cameras either entering or exiting the courtroom? the other question, and this is has begun to take on a life of its own over the past couple of hours. will the judge put some kind of 939 will the judge put some kind of gag order on donald trump to prevent him from talking about this case, prevent his lawyers from talking about this case, which certainly it would take away donald trump's ability to use this as a campaign tool. but this is what we're wondering about. will there be a gag order? well question there is, as understand it, also as i understand it, also contravene the first amendment. would i mean, it seems would it not? i mean, it seems to of a free speech to be a bit of a free speech issue. it doesn't if trump issue. it doesn't say if trump issue. it doesn't say if trump is banned from actually about issue. it doesn't say if trump is ibearzd from actually about issue. it doesn't say if trump is ibear infrom actually about issue. it doesn't say if trump is ibear in mind, ctually about issue. it doesn't say if trump is ibear in mind, weally about issue. it doesn't say if trump is ibear in mind, we doi'i'lioul issue. it doesn't say if trump is ibear in mind, we don't have it. bear in mind, we don't have cameras in courthouse. so we are again relying on people who are in to tell us, in that courtroom to tell us, what i know trump what they saw. and i know trump very concerned bias, very concerned about bias, absolute the and certainly the his lawyers have had brought up that potential first amendment violation . but we have seen gag violation. but we have seen gag orders issued in criminal cases . and in theory , gag orders are . and in theory, gag orders are

sometimes imposed to protect to protect the that the accused is because the thought is that if people are talking about the case, it poison a jury for. people are talking about the case, it poison a jury for . so case, it poison a jury for. so that's why these gag orders are are sometimes imposed . dealing are sometimes imposed. dealing with this would be that this would be to prevent donald trump saying anything could be regarded as incitement. but certainly that is a big question we at hour. absolutely we at this hour. absolutely laurie, thank you very, very much. it's great to have you on the show always, and great to the show as always, and great to have your input on what's going on we donald on as far as we know, donald trump is currently in trump tower. bring more tower. we'll bring you more on it as it. it will be it as we get it. it will be escorted by secret service agents. to manhattan's agents. he'll go to manhattan's criminal for the arraignment and it's supposedly around 30 it's supposedly around a 30 minute the second that minute drive. so the second that we see, of course, any movement outside we'll bring outside trump tower, we'll bring that and we'll you the that to and we'll give you the very, darren very, very latest darren mccaffrey, will be on mccaffrey, of course, will be on scene. look, we've got scene. well. look, we've got loads huge loads more on that huge throughout show. but now throughout the show. but now ward's face ward's two companies face unlimited and penalties as part of efforts . stop raw sewage of efforts. stop raw sewage being dumped into the country's

waterways. and i've got to be honest, i find this i think we all do, don't we? absolutely disgusting and deplorable. the of sewage that is being of raw sewage that is being pumped our beauty spots , pumped into our beauty spots, our rivers, as sacha said, raw sewage in the uk waterways . i sewage in the uk waterways. i mean, there was 301,091 sewage spills in 2022 discharges fell by 19% as well. companies fined over £141 million in 2015 and 2022. i mean, it is absolutely staggering, isn't it? absolutely it is staggering when you look at that amount of money, presumably these water companies don't really care because they're happy to pay it and just ditch sewage. well. environment secretary coffey has revealed a of new measures as they try to get through with companies on this issue. we've got to a comprehensive plan for water that's designed tackle pollution at source . also how it's treated at source. also how it's treated and increase the penalties on people do the polluting. well there's been a call for evidence in the past. why would the

government has considered and we've already seen some retailers like and tesco's retailers like boots and tesco's already stop selling those west what why have plastic in them. now we're just going to complete it and just ban plastic from websites good. a lot of websites for good. a lot of things that we have to go things that we do have to go through formal consultation first has when we bring forward legislation therefore legislation. and therefore we will it gets will be making sure it gets delivered the year. well, delivered within the year. well, there we go. i'm going to go over now to our reporter theo chikomba, who joins us from henley on thames, which is absolutely beautiful, picturesque part of world. picturesque part of the world. it's lovely spot. but it's a lovely spot. but unfortunately, , one of unfortunately, you know, one of a number of rivers there that is being blighted by sewage being blighted by raw sewage being blighted by raw sewage being pumped into it, left right in santa fe. i don't . what do in santa fe. i don't. what do you got for us? yes good afternoon. so we are next to the thames in henley on thames in oxfordshire . and i wonder if we oxfordshire. and i wonder if we could just quickly have a look at the water. so here. campaigners for some have been campaigning saying a simply is too much river discharge going

into here it's used by swimmers rowing clubs and, more children going here particularly this time of the year when it's east the holidays with summer coming as well. it's a particularly a concern for companies and what the government are saying is that there's going be tougher that there's going to be tougher regulation more fines for regulation and more fines for water companies. of course , water companies. and of course, that this problem solved. whether or not that's going to happenis whether or not that's going to happen is another question. we haven't heard from the water regulator yet off. what i imagine they're still through some of those plans which have been given by the government today. but today we've been speaking to people in this area about what they think and what they have seen. some of those who swim in this water. and this is what they had to say. i don't think i swim anywhere or ask my grandchildren to swim , that grandchildren to swim, that i didn't have a fun people come down here to do recreation and you see them everyday, even in the through the winter that come. and they would and the

kids coming and paddling on the water so it's good to have clean. my kids will, let them swim in the river just because swim in the riverjust because we all spend a lot of time on there. and i see lot of stuff in there. and i see lot of stuff in the river and i really don't want them in it. so it's the river and i really don't want them in it . so it's not want them in it. so it's not just this area figures in wales water welsh company . over 600000 water welsh company. over 600000 hours of river has gone into the waters there says not just here in england and wales and parts of scotland as well. with summer around the corner is a concern as people will getting into the water during the hot days . and water during the hot days. and of course we've had some response from the opposition labour party saying this is just more a policy which is rehashed from previous years . and also from previous years. and also we've heard from tim farron , we've heard from tim farron, from liberal democrat environment spokes person who say that simply rehash old ideas, particularly when it to wet wipes, which are found in rivers across the country. so

it's tough one to look at whether or not. we'll see change is something we'll have to see in the coming years and some of the money that had been ringfenced over billion pounds particularly the infrastructure has been brought forward . so has been brought forward. so potentially could see that potentially we could see that maybe less river going into here, which has an impact on river diversity . of course, river diversity. of course, those who want to use the water in area say, look , i thank you in area say, look, i thank you very much. they actually come with our national in henley on thames. it's important well to say this is in june. so now we have lot view as well. maybe have lot of view as well. maybe in lake district, for in the lake district, for example. and it isn't just rivers and it isn't just coastlines as well. windermere, rivers and it isn't just coaexample, well. windermere, rivers and it isn't just coaexample, could windermere, rivers and it isn't just coaexample, could be1dermere, rivers and it isn't just coaexample, could be dead,are, for example, could be dead, apparently any life in apparently of any kind life in years time. it's got loads of sewage pumped into untreated chemicals that saturates all of our beauty spots, really. and i am very about all of this stuff because it's unsafe is and sanitary until the idea that water companies are able to get away with it. just some other figures that i think you might find astonishing here. so find quite astonishing here. so

for point 75000000 for more than point 75000000 hours last year, water companies released raw sewage into our rivers and seas . that's released raw sewage into our rivers and seas. that's in england. so it's just in england . so the rest of the uk goodness only knows there was an average of 825 sewage spills into waterways per day and believe it or not, that's 19% lower waterways per day and believe it or not, that's19% lower than or not, that's 19% lower than the previous year. so we're only just getting to grips. it doesn't really look like much of a getting to grips with it to me. but there we go. earlier today, liberal democrats today, the liberal democrats leader, davey, visited leader, sir ed davey, visited a beach eastbourne.that's beach in eastbourne. that's nice, isn't it, to highlight the issue sewage coastlines issue of sewage coastlines there. he struck a deal on there. he has struck a deal on there. he has struck a deal on the beach. and yeah, there we are outside davey at a beach there with the cockapoo. it's a joke, right themselves. sometimes i'm joined now sometimes they. i'm joined now though the though by caroline is the conservative eastbourne . conservative mp for eastbourne. caroline have you on caroline great to have you on the is absolute the show. this is an absolute shocker . and i've got to say shocker. and i've got to say it's happening on your watch . it's happening on your watch. well, what's happening on my watch ? huge amounts of work to watch? huge amounts of work to plan for reform the plan to

change the plan to our water quality rise . and in fact, quality rise. and in fact, a local called blue heart has been for some time now because the key issue in eastbourne is how we manage off surface water and surface water and to not put additional pressure on the so the sewage system. i met on saturday at one of our fabulous seafront with the local swimmers and with some water to look at the road and how we're going to see water quality return to excellent . so that's what's excellent. so that's what's happening on my watch . why can't happening on my watch. why can't we just nationalised our waterways? i never thought i'd be saying , but waterways? i never thought i'd be saying, but i'm looking at the amount of sewage and guff that's being pumped into them and the amount of that we're finding. these companies are obviously don't care about that. do they so why don't we just nationalism coming need to look to scotland as an example why we might not tread that particular path. but there is significant

and serious investment coming down the line. we recognise that this is a really important and of course for like eastbourne we and fall on our hospitality and the sea is most important and natural asset even today on such a day as this sun is shining, there is nowhere more beautiful andifs there is nowhere more beautiful and it's everything that people enjoy about living here and people enjoy about visiting . you people enjoy about visiting. you know, water quality is critical. and i'm really today actually even as recently as just this morning , had even as recently as just this morning, had a very even as recently as just this morning , had a very constructive morning, had a very constructive meeting with the owner of the pier . and meeting with the owner of the pier. and we're looking to host the new use of the property at this the data is king and this new pilot is going to inform all the investment to come and to broker the very change but one of the reasons why in eastbourne we've seen some decline in the water quality and we less around

the sewage outflows and more missed connections in the town. so this comes back to local planning building control so all of those okay we need to chase those down when it i know a lot of people will be at this now and thinking, you know if they drop a bit of litter that's a offence if they do some misdemeanour they get fine and they find themselves in court for unpaid parking ticket. but i could pump thousands of tonnes of raw sewage into a river in england and. well i guess a fine. why can't we criminally prosecute . the people who were prosecute. the people who were the chief executives of these country, these companies. sorry you know, at the very least maybe make them swim in something bit rough justice. something a bit rough justice. what that about justice? what was that about justice? because i mean so the to the came from some water he went out into the water on saturday without swim as he said was cold but really the experience like it will change culture and it

will change priorities and how resources are used for these companies . they are now time to companies. they are now time to their environmental performance. so i anticipate that we will only now, year on year improvement, but i don't think we can underestimate how complicated and complex this situation is when you're talking about half a million in terms of kilometres of pipes, we're talking about something serious. so to an ambition to really wrestle with this victorian sewage situation and take us to a new place . all right caroline a new place. all right caroline thank you very much. carry on the conservative mp for eastbourne. look close been on i'm to say i agree with clive on this he says dear patrick finding water companies isn't the they will the answer because they will just that to the consumer. just pass that to the consumer. so we pay for it twice, don't we? for it in. the fact we? we pay for it in. the fact that we've got a river that stinks of goodness knows what, and animals dying

and all the animals are dying and all the animals are dying and find the company and and then we find the company and then bills up. i mean, then water bills go up. i mean, it's absolutely shocking. water bills gone mine bills have gone up. mine certainly are we certainly have. and what are we paying certainly have. and what are we paying to ditch a load paying for them to ditch a load of sewage into your local river or coastline? it's absolutely shocking. he the company shocking. he says the company director and director should face jail and stripped money stripped of their money and you'll a difference. clive, stripped of their money and ylike a difference. clive, stripped of their money and ylike the a difference. clive, stripped of their money and ylike the wayifference. clive, stripped of their money and ylike the way thinkice. clive, i like the way think gbviews@gbnews.uk moving gbviews@gbnews.uk. moving on. those talking about people who wish more thomas wish had faced more thomas cashman been criticised for cashman has been criticised for refusing to appear in court when he was sentenced for murdering olivia pratt—korbel. it got me thinking should killers be forced to face the music? i'm patrick christie is on gb news, britain's news channel

channel as well as patrick here on gb news. and if you're watching on television or online, you are looking at the outside of the courthouse there in new york, we're trump is going to be

attendance. there's an absolutely historic day this people because it's the first time that a us president is actually going to face criminal charges. his legal team is saying he's guilty, he's going to plead not guilty loudly. they say we're expecting around 34 charges to be brought against him. so we'll bring you the very latest on that as and when we get it. we've got cameras there and outside trump tower, he's expected to very, very expected to leave very, very shortly we've got our shortly and we've got our political editor mccaffrey on scene as well potentially scene talks as well potentially of there being violent protest . of there being violent protest. is true? we'll bring all of is that true? we'll bring all of that and when we get that to you as and when we get it. but look i want to return to a topic that i'm going to be talking a lot over the course of this and it's about this show. and it's about whether or not violent criminals, murderers be criminals, murderers should be made attend sentencing. made to attend their sentencing. so thomas , who was so yesterday, thomas, who was found sentenced to a found guilty, sentenced to a minimum of 42 years for the and killing of year old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool , he pratt—korbel in liverpool, he refused to come up from his cell to listen to the impact statements. first and foremost, and also the judge in the eye as

she gave me sentence. he refused to do that. and he's one of a number of people who've that we're going to be putting together a bit of a rose of these people later on. no show crims that cold now victims of their crimes, relatives of victims of their crimes and i think the public as well find it absolutely, utterly distasteful . these people have got the that those the bravery, as it were, in bravado to go and commit some unseen , unspeakable crimes. they unseen, unspeakable crimes. they can take a life away and take a family member away, take your daughter away. but they haven't got the bottle to go and standing or be sentenced or even some actually in the case, some cases actually in the case, it's actually it's almost cashman actually admits they've to begin admits to what they've to begin with. was you with. and i was asking you whether there should be whether or not there should be stricter in that. what can stricter laws in that. what can you do can you drag him to the dock? terry thinks that he is she doesn't the criminals she doesn't think the criminals should for should be dragged to court for sentencing for not sentencing or, punish for not wanting turn and even wanting to turn up and even punish for wanting to turn punish them for wanting to turn up. it just shows the coward that are, especially when that they are, especially when they're they're innocent. they're saying they're innocent. that's terry but there's a different view comes

different view. this view comes in says, anyone in from and paul says, anyone who not attend court for sentencing should have six months added to each time they refuse to leave their cell. there are calls to put cameras in that cell. so they haven't a choice. they just have sit choice. they just have to sit there and they know that they are beamed out to. the are being beamed out to. the court room there is talk as of them being denied form of them being denied any form of parole if they don't attend. i think something think that this is something that change, not just that needs to change, not just this despicable people, that needs to change, not just this this despicable people, that needs to change, not just this this guydespicable people, that needs to change, not just this this guy kociicable people, that needs to change, not just this this guy koci selamaj ople, that needs to change, not just this this guy koci selamaj ,ple, that needs to change, not just this this guy koci selamaj , who like this guy koci selamaj, who murdered school teachers murdered primary school teachers have in jordan sweeney , have, been in jordan sweeney, sexually assaulted and killed zara . they didn't attend court zara. they didn't attend court either when it came to that sentencing. these thugs and monsters to actually know monsters need to actually know what our justice system feels like and be dragged in. my be dragged that courtroom . dragged to that courtroom. vaiews@gbnews.uk we're to go into a lot more detail on that over the course of this show, but there's loads more to come between now and 4:00. we're all being with prices . being hit with energy prices. okay. will ask whether okay. i will ask whether business up and down the country are in danger of now closing as they these huge increases they face these huge increases

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will buy you $1.2503 and 1.1 ,43. the of gold. is £1,617.23 per ounce, and the footsie 100 is currently at 7665 points directly sponsors the financial report on gb news is for gold and silver investment . welcome and silver investment. welcome back. now there are growing calls for criminals to be forced to attend court ahead of their sentencing , as well as the sentencing, as well as the judge's comments and crucially i think the victim impact statements , it comes after statements, it comes after thomas cashman refused appear in the dock when he was sentenced yesterday to a minimum of 43 years in jail. the drug dealer was convicted for the fatal shooting of nine year old olivia pratt—korbel in her own home in liverpool last august. and it happened when cashman opened fire rival gang member in fire on a rival gang member in the street and chased him into olivia's family in dovecot . olivia's family in dovecot. well, look, thomas cashman isn't

first criminal to refuse to appearin first criminal to refuse to appear in court. not by a long chalk, actually. last year, koci selamaj jailed for a minimum of 36 years for murdering primary school teachers in south—east london . the judge, when london. the judge, when sentencing, said it cowardly of salamat to refuse to appear in court and in order face you can see in our rogues gallery that we've put together that is no show. jordan mcsweeney sexually assaulted and killed zara alena in essex in june the law graduate is family have now called on justice secretary dominic raab to ensure such offenders should have their sentences increased when they refuse to go into the dock. look, i it's absolutely disgraceful if these people to feel the full force the british justice system them to justice system we want them to anyway they should attend justice system we want them to any sentencing.hey should attend justice system we want them to any sentencing. surely)uld attend justice system we want them to any sentencing. surely they attend the sentencing. surely they should be made to listen to the impact their crimes have on impact that their crimes have on relatives of the victims on the victims themselves in some cases. look, that's just my view it kicks off in the inbox about this. get your views coming in

gbviews@gbnews.uk. i don't mind taking draconian view on taking quite draconian view on this. think they should be this. i think they should be dragged but i'm joined dragged up there, but i'm joined now simon harding is a former now by simon harding is a former senior investigating officer at met simon, met police. look, simon, thank you much. do you think they met police. look, simon, thank you be1uch. do you think they met police. look, simon, thank you be dragged you think they met police. look, simon, thank you be dragged up| think they met police. look, simon, thank you be dragged up t01ink they met police. look, simon, thank you be dragged up to court,ey should be dragged up to court, face think i think face the music? i think i think drugs physically would be very difficult , very awkward. and difficult, very awkward. and they would continue to perform in a if they listening to in a box if they listening to victim statement. i think the thing around this is it's not uncommon. i mean, i could add many names to that list of many many names to that list of rogue's in. rogue's gallery you've put in. there's all eunice . 38 years there's all had eunice. 38 years for killing two women. keep them a freezer for a couple of years. you know he failed to on his last day when he was to face sentencing you know and the family had been there for the many weeks and it is disrespectful is very very sad to see and you all want them to be there to hear the impacts and hear the real impact it's had on that family . the police want that family. the police want them there. you know, the judge

wants them there. everybody wants them there. everybody wants to see face the result of what they did . can we not add what they did. can we not add time to that ? they cannot do time to that? they cannot do something like that . we not say something like that. we not say to you, all right, fine. but if you don't attend for the sentencing, well, i'm under mandatory six months on or a year on. i suppose it depends. in case cashman, 42 in the case of cashman, 42 years, he might not mind about 96 months. that so him 96 months. what was that so him the removal possibility the removal any possibility of parole ever there something we can add to that sentence you can add to that sentence do you think? well, i yeah. like you say there, i mean, not in six months to his sentence is nothing really taken away parole takes you a different sentencing , doesn't it? it takes you into a whole lifetime. if you know you're going to be forever behind bars. so that's not what was passed here. you know, maybe maybe against the sort of feelings that most of us would have had this particular case that he could have he could have had whole tariff. so had a whole life tariff. so i think there's many sort of thoughts that will be around what dominic raab might suggest i sort of a, you i mean, pumping sort of a, you

know, sentencing through microphones, their cells or whatever might be. but, you whatever it might be. but, you know, if i don't want to hear it, they they have and it, they they don't have and unfortunately they won't to unfortunately and they won't to it if they're there , i'm being it if they're there, i'm being forced to. what about cameras in the cells in the courthouse? so could they not be live streamed from there? and obviously the sound would be off so there wouldn't be any disruption, but they could hear you know, they could hear it, you know, i mean, can hear it already. and thankfully, i've never in the cell in courthouse. that cell in a courthouse. so that probably only a matter of time. but can they hear it. no, probably only a matter of time. but can they hear it . no, they but can they hear it. no, they don't. once they don't come out, that's it there isn't that speaker system or anything inside cells like that for them to be forced to hear. i mean, you know, our law doesn't cater that that part , bringing that that part, bringing somebody up to listen to the final result of their sentence . final result of their sentence. okay. well maybe i'll just ask you one one last one. it's also right. you're a senior investigating the met police as you were. and you see someone

you were. and you see someone you have come across people that you have come across people that you just think are utterly evil and how does that feel for you to just be there with them and watching , get prosecuted and watching, get prosecuted and sent down and stuff? do you struggle to contain your emotions ? i don't struggle to emotions? i don't struggle to contain them. i think you're there. you know, the reason you're there is for the family. that's what it's all about. and not about whether, as the senior investigating officer or the team works around. you you team that works around. you you know, are delighted on know, we are we are delighted on behalf of a family that they get justice, and quite justice, obviously, and quite and especially in sort of homicide investigations, you are looking the eyes of the most evil people that are alive and, you know, many times you think you know, many times you think you think sometimes you've you've met the most evil person until the next job, you know, so kind a bit like that. and kind of a bit like that. and then yes, of course, your emotions are there that you want to see them convicted more than else them convicted . then else to see them convicted. then the sentencing is a very situation quite often with with

their previous convictions and you know, this guy, the cashman was was full of previous convictions and you know you want to see them get the most well and most that they can possibly get so like based on our laws told of remorse doesn't appear to a stuff about anything i mean it stops. harry thank you very much. tom and simon, now a former senior investigating officer at the met police. yeah, and they'll be returning this throughout the course of the show, because want show, i suggest, because i want hear this. do you hear from you on this. do you think these absolute vile, think that these absolute vile, cowardly thugs and they are cowards be cowards actually should be dragged actually dragged to court to actually hear sentencing victim dragged to court to actually hear statements,| victim dragged to court to actually hear statements, but victim dragged to court to actually hear statements, but well tim dragged to court to actually hear statements, but well from impact statements, but well from called them different called them for very different reasons. another, we're going over to america because over to america now because we are a lot of are going to show you a lot of images from new there we images from new york. there we go. donald trump is go. yes. so donald trump is historic this people. is historic day. this people. it is a historic day. former us president facing criminal charges the first former president to ever face criminal charges that manhattan courthouse he's going to be moved from trump to the presumably very shortly and we'll bring that all you live as

well. so there we go. which one to mark that now building the government been criticised government has been criticised after funding that was after the funding that was promised for the care promised for the social care workforce in england was halved and i find this absolutely well very hard to believe actually in 2021, the government pledged to invest at least £500 million over a three year period. but that figure is £250 million, according to the department for health . with me now is gb news health. with me now is gb news is political reporter. olivia utley. olivia does this mean because you've got an ageing population and we've got a growing population, we've got an absolutely knackered nhs and now apparently what the social care system so elderly people who need carers to come round. well they're not going to get them. well on face of it that is well on the face of it that is what looks like when you take a little deeper. looks like little bit deeper. it looks like the strategy might the government strategy might not the sort of not be quite the sort of headune not be quite the sort of headline grabbing bad as is first suggested. but at the end of the government has of day the government has allowed be the allowed this these to be the headunes allowed this these to be the headlines and it seems like at the least a massive the very least it's a massive failure of optics. so what

happened was in 2021, there was a white paper on social care, 500 million was pledged. it was called the people social for people or something like . that people or something like. that and it was all about putting on the ground, hiring more people money to be paid for unpaid care workers. so people who are looking after family members at home, etc. now the government , home, etc. now the government, it seems to have scrapped that policy idea and instead is talking about £250 million. so half of that to be invested in is streamlining digital ization of the services . it's clear of the services. it's clear exactly what that means by actual that. people are discharged from hospital quicker, all good things . but it quicker, all good things. but it sounds like the budget is being halved. the government has that. all the money that was pledged for social care originally will still be used in social care. it's just being re joined . it's just being re joined. astonishing right because we had going on strike we had nurses on strike. we've got junior doctors going on strike. there's even talk of consultants going

strike. and throughout it all, aduu strike. and throughout it all, adult social care workers did not strike and they were the ones who i think a lot of the pubuc ones who i think a lot of the public had arguably, arguably most sympathy for. they didn't strike. and now it looks as though there's going to be a massive budget cut or potentially fewer of potentially anyway, fewer of them well, absolutely. even them. well, absolutely. and even them. well, absolutely. and even the government is sticking with same budget as it was originally planning. just of redirect planning. just sort of redirect where those funds go. what it does look like is though is the money will be used for the services rather than people. and as you say there was a lot of pubuc as you say there was a lot of public sympathy for adult social care workers who some of the lowest paid and certainly satisfied poll poll of satisfied poll after poll of aduu satisfied poll after poll of adult social care workers shows that they're a really very low paid have very, very low life satisfaction and on questions like do you come home exhausted from work? i mean they rank higher than than anyone. so this seems a very strange decision from the government. it seems like a sort of technocratic decision. it looks like someone

has looked at the figures and thought, right, we can speed up discharge from hospital we do discharge from hospital if we do x, z, so let's do that. we'll x, y z, so let's do that. we'll be talk to the people. it be about talk to the people. it will fascinating it to see will be fascinating it to see whether of whether other elements of the now to on strike in now decide to go on strike in with the care workers because you know when we're talking about paramedics and all of this stuff, are too in our own stuff, people are too in our own duty. doctors getting up in duty. doctors are getting up in arms, getting arms, consultants we're getting up arms. consultants up in arms. everyone consultants , on an absolute , by the way, on an absolute wage, absolute wage. they're wage, an absolute wage. they're all the plight all very angry about the plight of and meanwhile, you've of nurses. and meanwhile, you've got workers that got social care workers that bless them it was all the way through a pandemic. you were told they going to lose told they were going to lose their if they didn't get their job if they didn't get a vaccine. have got on less vaccine. who have got on less money. the aspects money. think any of the aspects of nhs i've just rattled off of the nhs i've just rattled off there. know percentage you get there. i know percentage you get out but olivia thank out budget cuts but olivia thank you in our you very very much in our political. know what that political. you know what that means for you the ladies and gentlemen my words you've gentlemen not my words if you've got relatives are if got elderly relatives you are if you already are going you don't already are going to have after them have to start looking after them more because there is going to be carry the community be less carry in the community a lot of coaches do that i do think that is area british

think that is an area of british culture that like behind culture that maybe like behind but think you can to get used but i think you can to get used to it you better about mocking up spare ladies and up that spare room ladies and gents you can have an gents because you can have an elderly in before elderly relative in there before you know. but yes, we're moving on because with me on from that now because with me is stein, who is chief is tony stein, who is the chief executive of health care management solutions. sorry, same do you same story, tony. yes do you think now that this is absolutely almost criminal really. is going to really. i mean, what is going to happen elderly population happen to elderly population who are need care are desperately in need of care andindeed are desperately in need of care and indeed workers are and indeed the workers are supposed after i. supposed to look after i. patrick yeah, it's well, the whole is a mess. it's been whole thing is a mess. it's been a for pretty much all the a mess for pretty much all the time. i've been in the sector, which is over 20 years now and despite promises by the despite repeated promises by the government to deal with it , government to deal with it, this, this, i have to say i think this will a big problem. the issue here of the investment of 500 million being cuts, 250 million is a bit of a red herring if i'm perfectly honest with you. i think the funding issue for social care is much, much bigger than we have a crazy

system in this country where if you break your arm you rack up a&e and these days wait long time. but generally speaking turn up and you just hope that the queue isn't too long and somebody will fix it. but if you end up with dementia, you end up in a horrendous where you don't know how you're going to be for and who's going to pay for it. and you're quite right that we've got a situation now where we've got a situation now where we've got a huge problem with recruitment and retention in the sector and there's no surprise it's a very difficult job we've got some amazing people doing amazing work and being paid way less than the average pay. four people in this country , which is people in this country, which is around about £15 an hour. and at the moment, the real living wage is about 1090. come april but want to see what the issue is? what is it in what is the actual effect of this to be? because i don't know how this adds up. we've got an ageing population and we've got a growing

population and that for me would mean that stating the bleeding obvious is that the adult social care sector needs to be well—funded and people need to be looked after or we need to have a national conversation. the fact that are going to the fact that you are going to have to change british culture, it's live your it's actually and live your in—laws and liberty parents in their dotage. and i don't think we're doing either of those things. i just what is coming around the corner here patrick you've the nail on the head. we can't if wanted to go back to the situation , families looked the situation, families looked after our elderly which is great lovely . we have to recognise lovely. we have to recognise that productivity in this country is going drop dramatically at a time . we need dramatically at a time. we need to be working harder and, increasing productivity if we're going to get out the financial mess that we're in, post—covid you know, so you can't have everything have people everything you can't have people giving and look after giving work to go and look after elderly relatives and still have the products and services and an economy we want as a first world country, you know, we've got to try encourage a conversation

try and encourage a conversation around what we're prepared to pay around what we're prepared to pay for people and not leave local authorities who have no money whatsoever to try and fund social care . the big issue for social care. the big issue for me has always been funding. funding needs to be central and it needs to be set across the country nationally. if you are elderly person and require residential care and you are in, for example , knowsley or or for example, knowsley or or manchester or someone like that , you're going to be funded to the tune of £500 a week and, you know, if you're if, however live in west sussex, you'll get nine, it will get £950 a week to look after you. it's a real postcode lottery, depending on where you live and remember, i mean, 500, if you think about it, £500 a week. how can we pay a decent rate to workers if we're getting £500 a week to deliver 24 seven care? well, it's not it's not going up and it's not it's just so and they've got them over a barrel. i am dedicated strike action. i've made my views very

very clear and i even took a lot of flak for the quite controversial stance on so—called it came to nurses etc. but look this lot bless but i look this lot now, bless them. they didn't. but i look this lot now, bless them. they didn't . they're them. they didn't. they're on less than nurses they're less money than nurses they're on money than lot of on less money than a lot of people. they've got an incredibly difficult job. and now appear to me now it would appear to me anyway, would that may anyway, it would to me. that may well being shafted a little well up being shafted a little bit very, very bit. tony, thank you very, very much look good. good luck to you and care. it's only stone, and take care. it's only stone, who's chief executive of health management right who's chief executive of health manags01ent right who's chief executive of health managso thousands right who's chief executive of health managso thousands of right who's chief executive of health managso thousands of businesses okay. so thousands of businesses at risk of going bust after the government's energy support scheme ended. we'll have to have a look at that. what we and we are going to be to new are going to be going to new york shortly . york, new york very shortly. york, new york. yes. that is live of new york. yes. that is live of new york now for you , because is york now for you, because it is an absolutely monumental in us history. think , for the world, history. i think, for the world, because it's the first former us president who is ever going to face whoever has faced criminal charges. going to charges. donald is going to leave tower and jettison leave trump tower and jettison himself to a manhattan courthouse where he will face those criminal charges. what going to see is him plead not

guilty and loudly plead not guilty. we get shots trump guilty. we get shots of trump talking to the and we might very unfortunate at some pictures of violent the white house is prepared for it. we'll have wait and see. i'm patrick christys this is

gb news gang. this is new york live and thatis gang. this is new york live and that is the courthouse where president trump is going to attend former president trump, i should say is going to attend. he's going present himself there and plead , as i understand it, and plead, as i understand it, not guilty to . around 34 not guilty to. around 34 criminal charges. the first former us president to have face criminal charges and that's where he's going to leave from because that is trump tower. that so trump spent last night in trump tower. he will be accompanied services in trump tower. he will be accorthere ad services in trump tower. he will be accorthere for services in trump tower. he will be accorthere for a services in trump tower. he will be accorthere for a 30 services in trump tower. he will be accorthere for a 30 minutervices in trump tower. he will be accorthere for a 30 minute drive from there for a 30 minute drive to that manhattan courthouse. the prosecutors have already arrived at the courthouse. there is a massive press scrum outside

the courthouse and darren mccaffrey of political advisers. one of those people will go to him in a little bit. but closer to home business is up and down. the country seen their the country have seen their bills sharply week bills rise sharply this week after a government support scheme energy bill scheme and. it's the energy bill relief brought in relief scheme was brought in after cost of gas and after the cost of gas and electricity shot up last year . electricity shot up last year. but there are now fears that many businesses could close as they . huge increases in they cope. huge increases in bills get our economics and business the case liam business editor on the case liam halligan the money . halligan with on the money. could this be the final nail in the coffin for some businesses? well, patrick, as of the beginning of this tax year, businesses don't get any support with the energy they have been given support by the government for months and months as energy bills have been very very expensive but now only the most energy intensive firms still and so on don't. i actually thought we were to play my film from the midlands, but i guess we're not

because in the midlands i spoke to business leaders i also to business leaders and i also spoke to the tory mayor from the west midlands , andy streets and west midlands, andy streets and business leaders and indeed andy street, a concern that companies have been locked to high energy pnces have been locked to high energy prices in the contracts that negotiated last and also when energy prices were very high . energy prices were very high. and now energy prices are much lower there's concern that company is a trapped these contracts. so andy street pretty controversially is calling on ministers . to force energy ministers. to force energy companies to release the manufacturers and the pubs and the clubs that are locked into these higher energy bills is a pretty thing for lots and lots green news viewers and listeners because those jobs and a lot of these firms are in red wall seats that will be very, very important in the next general election. yeah, absolutely. and

it absolute shocker as well as in and you they put up with a lot of it they did business without the we had all without the covid. we had all sorts also corporations tax going up. you know, you look at it you just do fear. it now and you just do fear. i think when we look at trying to grow economy, it actually grow our economy, is it actually a place to looking to a bad place to be looking to start grow start a business, grow a business the moment in? business at the moment in? britain? no, i don't think it is. a fantastic is. we have a fantastic workforce. have lots of workforce. we have lots of entrepreneurial, people entrepreneurial, dynamic people . but point i'm trying to . but the point i'm trying to make my film, which i we're make in my film, which i we're not going to show, is that corporation has just up and corporation has just gone up and on of that, lot firms on top of that, lot of firms have lost support they had have lost the support they had for their energy bills and that many people feel that is a double whammy, particularly, again in the midlands and the nonh again in the midlands and the north east in the northwest where we have lots of matter factoring firms who have now lost that energy support and there are fears there could be job losses and on. i mean, job losses and so on. i mean, i spoke to head of the confederation of british metal formers. guy formers. this is a guy who represent hundreds businesses represent hundreds of businesses employing , tens of thousands of employing, tens of thousands of people , and he's just written to people, and he's just written to

the business kemi badenoch and said that many of his members were, quote, coerced by energy providers signing last summer and autumn, when wholesale energy prices were sky high . and energy prices were sky high. and he's calling it the of british middle formers is calling the worst mis selling scandal since the ppe scandal of the nineties . you remember that because weren't born but that was when of banks were to pay consumers billions of pounds. for insurance policies that they didn't actually need. so i predict in the months to come this could become a major, major, which is why a very canny tory politician like andy street exclusively said to me that he wants the treasury to fully energy companies to release manufacturers from these contracts because of liam. thank you very much. the imaginary economics i'm business editor with on the money. right look i'm patrick christie's and i

will be bringing you loads more throughout the course of this show. is trump's day in court show. it is trump's day in court , ladies gentlemen. yes, , ladies and gentlemen. yes, that's former is , ladies and gentlemen. yes, thatin former is , ladies and gentlemen. yes, that in court former is , ladies and gentlemen. yes, thatin court to former is , ladies and gentlemen. yes, that in court to face �*ner is , ladies and gentlemen. yes, that in court to face criminal; due in court to face criminal charges. we will bring live movement from that the courthouse to look out now that trump where he will be leaving. we will bring you that very, very shortly as and when we get it. i'm patrick christys on gb news. don't go anywhere.

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i will a very good afternoon everybody is patrick christys here with you on gb news. it's a pleasure to join you who will be and absolutely historic day because former president trump is going to attend court. he will be the first ever former president of the united states to criminal charges. we're to face criminal charges. we're going to bring live now from going to bring you live now from new york. that's courthouse that trump wander into at trump is going to wander into at some very, very he's some point very, very soon. he's

going leaving trump tower, going to be leaving trump tower, of understand he might of course we understand he might be facing around 34 charges and he's going plead loud, not he's going to plead loud, not guilty . we go but closer to guilty. we go but closer to home, back court but for very different reasons . no show different reasons. no show criminals think this is criminals i think this is disgusting. violent , disgusting. these violent, murderous thugs and rapists that they are refusing present themselves in court their sentencing to face the music judges and crucially to listen to victim impact statements should . they be dragged up to should. they be dragged up to sit in the. that's what i want to know your views on in other news as well, thousands of tonnes raw sewage is being pumped into our waterways every single year. our rivers are spots. our lakes has to stop. these water companies don't care . they just take the fine and they continue to do it anyway. when and how. and yes, got a load of this done by this migrant that was being spoken about. so no detention camps for them. we can't really deport anyone. they're all going be put on a barge off the coast of dorset. shock horror the dorset. well shock horror the tory mp for dorset, the local

council for dorset the local council for dorset and the local residents dorset don't want a residents in dorset don't want a barge of illegal immigrants on their doorstep if it is slightly offshore. so cape fear, i will bnng offshore. so cape fear, i will bring you the very latest on as we get it patrick christys right on . gb news yeah. welcome back . on. gb news yeah. welcome back. your views coming in thick and fast. gb views a gbnews.uk show criminals dragged to court to face the music for their sentencing. that's what i want to know from you and also was. yeah do you think that the people dorset should their people of dorset should do their bit country's migrant bit for the country's migrant and barge full illegal and have a barge full illegal immigrants just off that coastline ? let me know what you coastline? let me know what you think. gbviews@gbnews.uk okay, but it's your but right now it's your headunes. but right now it's your headlines . patrick thank you. headlines. patrick thank you. good afternoon. it's 4:04. i'm bethany elsey your top stories from the gb newsroom. donald trump is due in court to face criminal charges becoming the

first sitting of former president in us history to do so . you're watching live pictures new york where he'll be formally charged, fingerprinted , could charged, fingerprinted, could possibly have his mugshot taken. he was indicted over alleged hush money payments to . the hush money payments to. the aduu hush money payments to. the adult film star stormy daniels , adult film star stormy daniels, the 2016 election. his lawyer says he'll plead not guilty . says he'll plead not guilty. former republican congressional candidate jacob zucker says republicans are tired . the trump republicans are tired. the trump circus . that's exactly what as circus. that's exactly what as republicans we are trying to avoid . donald trump ran in 2016 avoid. donald trump ran in 2016 on a platform of draining the swamp, of getting rid of the drama in washington and getting back to business. he did some of that we had a republican that when we had a republican majority house and the majority the house and the senate to be expected. but senate as to be expected. but since then it's been circus show after circus show and this is more the same. and as a republic and lifelong republican former former congressional candidate i've to voters every single day who say we want this to end .

who say we want this to end. finland is a member of nato innovation innovation . an innovation innovation. an accession document was to the us secretary of state formally cementing the country as the sist cementing the country as the 31st member of the military alliance . the expansion alliance. the expansion triggered by the invasion of ukraine roughly the length of the border that nato's shares with russia. the kremlin has warned the move , which warned the move, which encroaches on its security raises the risk of conflict and said it would be forced to take countermeasures. nato's general jens stoltenberg celebrated what he said was the fast this accession process and the history . this sends a clear history. this sends a clear message that every nation has the right to choose its own path that need store remains open and no one can close it with force , no one can close it with force, coercion, nato is a community

unhed coercion, nato is a community united by our values. freedom democracy and the rule of law. we stand together , we protect we stand together, we protect and it shoulder all for one. and one for all. the foreign secretary . james cleverly also secretary. james cleverly also welcomed move. posting an image of himself shaking hands with finland's president on social media. the government says the accession has made the alliance stronger and the safer. a mother and stepfather have been convicted over the death of their toddler. two year old lola james was attacked in her home in haverfordwest pembrokeshire back in july 2020. she died in hospital four days later after suffering brain injuries. hospital four days later after suffering brain injuries . kyle suffering brain injuries. kyle bevan was found guilty . murder bevan was found guilty. murder and shani james of allowing her death. they'll be sentenced later this month . tiktok has later this month. tiktok has been fined . £12.7 million by the

been fined. £12.7 million by the information commissioner's office for misusing children's. the data regulator up to 1.4 million children under the age of 13 were using the app 2020, which goes against the company's own terms of use. uk data protection also requires the platform to seek consent from parents, young users . the home parents, young users. the home secretary could face a legal challenge over plans to house on a barge. the government is expected to announce that a leasing agreement has been reached to use the baby stock home in dorset, which can accommodate more than 500 people. the move designed to free up hotels will cost taxpayers more than thousand pounds every halving social care funds in england has been described as a betrayal , with described as a betrayal, with the labour leader accusing the government of breaking promises . in december 2021, at least

£500 million was pledged to help transform support for social care . that's been cut because of care. that's been cut because of rising costs and trouble recruiting staff. but the social care minister helen whately denied funds and says the reforms are necessary. we're not taking any money away from social care. all the money that was allocated it for social care is into social care. made a historic commitment to social care. the autumn statement up. went up to £75 billion going into social care . and today what into social care. and today what we're doing is announcing the next steps on our social reform. so taking forward important reforms to adult social care. at the heart of which is the workforce and making sure that care workforce has the recognition status that deserves . the government is setting out a new to ensure a clean and supply of water for the future. the government wants to see investment from water companies as well as tougher enforcement for those who pollute. it could

also plastic in wet wipes and introduce restrictions on substances in textiles. cleaning products and paints this is gb news original needs. as it happens now it's back to check . happens now it's back to check. okay. welcome back, everybody. now we start with donald trump and even his standards. this is and even his standards. this is an extraordinary he will become the first former us president to appearin the first former us president to appear in court facing criminal charges in just over 3 hours time. and in a recent message that trump issued on the platform truth social, he's criticised location of the trial and called the whole a kangaroo court a reminder that trump is being investigated over a payment of £105,000. i don't star stormy daniels in 2016 and as well as we understand that anyway. numerous other charges . anyway. numerous other charges. so i'm joined now by the actor

antonio sabato junior, who says supporting trump in the 2016 presidential election ended his career . well, i hope presidential election ended his career. well, i hope he's no entity mean you're here today for a start but by the and then my career has actually started my career has actually started my career has actually started my career in a different way i'm doing pretty good. i'm doing very well. so nothing in my life. i'm good. i'm blessed . oh, life. i'm good. i'm blessed. oh, well, there you go. well, good. there you go. i shouldn't have read the autocue, so. right. okay do you think that people never, ever trust anyone? no look, do you think do you that donald trump you think that donald trump is facing hunt here? what facing a witch hunt here? what is view ? absolutely. is your view? absolutely. anybody that can function their brains and knows common sense knows what's going on this is a political attack on the american people and the american people have waking up the next election actually guarantees us patriots, americans. it's not about about americans. it's not about about americans who love this country. this guarantees us that will be our next president. he will nominated three times because the last time they stole the election. this time is not going

to be so easy to steal it. the american people are fed up with this nonsense. we're dealing a lot of things in. country, lot of things in. our country, open fentanyl , our open border, fentanyl, our education is completely education system is completely gone our politicians all the gone our politicians in all the inner are destroying this woke agenda. that makes no sense that we have aliens in the sky. there's just a lot of lies in the world and have a man who speaks the truth, who loves the american people more than his own much who loves own life. pretty much who loves god and who's fighting for us. so we're fighting with him. he's going to this is a joke. you'll be back home this afternoon in florida, where he belongs. i obviously that's what donald trump be hoping for and his trump will be hoping for and his supporters will supporters like yourself will absolutely be for. i just want to know look, you think it's to know, look, do you think it's a bit premature review to a little bit premature review to say this just purely because we're not actually aware of all of charges, you always know. of the charges, you always know. now, one plus one is two, doesn't make three. there's males and females don't males and females i don't i don't deal with anything that makes no sense. i make a make sense with things that i see that make that, know, we're

that make that, you know, we're created that actually created brains that actually work. pay work. if we actually pay attention homework . attention and do your homework. a people are very naive a lot of people are very naive nowadays. ignorance is bliss and that's very dangerous because media is controlled by people with a lot money and any time they attack people like this and they attack people like this and they actually them to the court or they actually get them behind bars , if that even is going to bars, if that even is going to go that way is because they in the way of freedom , trump stands the way of freedom, trump stands in the way of freedom. these people are controlled. the politicians make millions of dollars the pelosi the obamas the bidens right now look what he's done in two years he's destroyed our nation and ultimately the rest of the world. so that makes sense to me. and so i understand what's going on. but like i said, the american people are fed up. they took election away from us took an election away from us last time, but won't again . last time, but it won't again. do you think that there will be violent protests? white house has warned of violence says they're ready. they're ready for violent protests and. clashes not trump, not the not for the

americans, the patriots don't don't cause violence . people don't cause violence. people that are paid, they show up there and cause violence. but new york, listen, protect them. the president is everybody will be protected nobody's going to open anything or do silly because they can't . we have because they can't. we have state police. we have local police have everybody in between. so they can't do anything this time . okay. right. anything this time. okay. right. as far as concerned, clearly, trump is completely innocent of all charges . we'll have to go all charges. we'll have to go and wait and see exactly what happens there but but you think that this be the thing that absolutely catapults him to the white house again i mean the donations have gone through the roof five or $6 million roof around five or $6 million from people already because some people be thinking the controversy around it all even if they're trump supporters that just a little bit sick the constant noise and sometimes maybe in something a bit like we have we boris johnson had the end maybe people some people just could just move on from this now you know you don't think there's going be any of that in america course now

that in america of course now look at what's on our dollar , look at what's on our dollar, our gasoline, our country's a nafion our gasoline, our country's a nation we don't even pray god anymore. we don't even mention god, family values, all that stuff. this is not about it's not about him. the individuals , not about him. the individuals, about the american people, the dignity of country, loving our police officers, loving our military protecting our border, making sure that nobody comes here illegally. i came to this country illegally and paid the price so i know how it is. and i also lived as a young boy through what's through communism, i know what's going so if you know your going on so if you know your history , you're on my side history, you're on my side leading to you care if did pay hush money to a star seven years ago before he even joined stand that these politicians and democratic parties dealing with children the sting island the list goes on a people that was the bidens what he's his son is a drug dealer a drug abuser an addict all the lab stuff all the laptop situation dealing with china . and you're dealing with china. and you're dealing with a man who suppose easily pay to

have sex somebody which it was legally legal. you know, she even signed this paper that's going everywhere . so and this going everywhere. so and this was before he even announced anything. so he wasn't running president again. this one would be happening if you didn't announced the last year. nobody would even care about this. okay right. look. well, thank you very much for your views. it's about the genie goes out to political obviously political commentators obviously squarely court well. squarely trump's court as well. and look just to make it clear, there were clearly a few allegations thrown about. there was people who were was a fair few people who were not his defend themselves and no doubt deny all. so doubt will deny them all. so there go. worthwhile saying, doubt will deny them all. so therecross o. worthwhile saying, doubt will deny them all. so therecross down �*thwhile saying, doubt will deny them all. so therecross down to nhile saying, doubt will deny them all. so there cross down to nhile york. ig, let's cross down to new york. i speak our political editor, speak to our political editor, darren mccaffrey. there darren mccaffrey. hey, there he is, darren. stuff. okay so is, darren. good stuff. okay so we waiting for trump we are waiting for trump to leave trump tower, iowa, and then it's of the manhattan courthouse. what are we to ? courthouse. what are we up to? yeah, indeed. patrick, just to pick on what your was pick up on what your last was saying, that this has saying, that clearly this has been investigated for quite a long time, way before. president trump to trump announced he's going to run in fact, run office again. in fact, michael trump's former michael cohen, trump's former lawyer, over lawyer, went to prison over some of the payments that were made

so i'm not entirely sure where your previous guest was was that up from. but you're right in saying we are outside trump tower now. we're expecting president trump to leave here, probably invites 2 hours time, little over hours time. i'm going to travel that essentially pretty much all the way down. fifth avenue to lower manhattan, where going to appear at that courthouse a little bit later on.and courthouse a little bit later on. and it's a bit of circus outside the courthouse, it must be said at, the moment lots of trump's were outside, lots, a couple of hundred trump supporters have turned up. there are some kind of protests as well . and we've had a few well. and we've had a few congresspeople up in support of donald trump who are trying to rally the there and again. unsurprisingly, there are lots and lots of police officers, lots and lots of journalists . lots and lots of journalists. but the key moment will come . we but the key moment will come. we record them on 215 local time here in new york. record them on 215 local time here in new york . 715 your time here in new york. 715 your time with donald trump appear in that court , charged for the first

court, charged for the first time as the us president for a criminal . we'll find out what criminal. we'll find out what the actual charges at that stage but they are donald trump has lawyer has made it clear that he is going to please not guilty. he has sent email out today , he has sent email out today, patrick saying that this is a tragic day for our republic. this is donald. donald saying that essentially it was his last email before his arrest in which he is asking people to chip in and save america, expressing that the us is becoming what he branded a marxist third world country, branding the process a kangaroo court so as i say we're all waiting and for donald trump to leave here, you can't really get anywhere close to trump tower in terms of the amount of security that is here. and there's a lot of people, unsurprisingly, gathered just to watch the spectacle of trump leaving . this part of manhattan leaving. this part of manhattan going the islands , as i say, in going the islands, as i say, in the next couple hours or so. darren, thank you very much . darren, thank you very much. that our political editor in new

york on trump tower . we're york on trump tower. we're awaiting, of course , as the awaiting, of course, as the former president trump will make his way to bring all that. i suppose when we get it as well, we've got shots from trump tower and the courthouse as well. so hopefully fingers crossed you will a beat on is will not a beat on what is a very historic day. right moving on home, water on there. closer to home, water companies face unlimited fines and penalties as part of efforts to raw sewage being dumped to stop raw sewage being dumped into country's waterways . into the country's waterways. sewage in rivers sewage is discharged in rivers in cities across the uk on a regular basis now water firms are to dump untreated sewage at of exceptional rainfall and all. fair enough but let's just about how serious this problem is because the figures are stark environments agency show there were more than 300,000 sewage spills in 2020 2000 average of 824 a day and that was improvement on last year, 90% improvement on last year, 90% improvement on last year. but the agency said that was due to dry weather rather than any action being taken by these companies on a of firms have been fined for sewage into waterways 2015 and 2022. the

environment agency completed 56 prosecute gins against water and sewage companies to of more than £141 million. but clearly they don't really care, do they? so environment secretary coffey has revealed a number new measures that the government is going to be putting forward to try to get tough on companies. we've got to comprehensive plan for water that's designed tackle that's designed to tackle pollution source . also how pollution at source. also how it's and to increase the it's treated and to increase the penalties on people who do the polluting. well, there's been a call the past. why call evidence in the past. why would government has would the government has considered we've already considered it? and we've already seen boots and seen some retailers, boots and tesco's stop selling tesco's already stop selling those. well, why have plastic in them now just going to complete it and just ban plastic from websites for good . a lot of the websites for good. a lot of the things that we do have to go through consultation first has when forward when we bring forward legislation therefore we legislation and therefore we will be making it gets will be making sure it gets delivered within the year that we go. well, some of you will remember sharkey for his days as the lead singer of punk band the

undertow, but he's now a leading figure in campaign clean figure in the campaign to clean up britain's rivers and seas. figure in the campaign to clean up brearliereivers and seas. figure in the campaign to clean up brearlier ,vers and seas. figure in the campaign to clean up br earlier , andrewi seas. figure in the campaign to clean up br earlier , andrew andis. figure in the campaign to clean up brearlier , andrew and bev well, earlier, andrew and bev spoke to him about his concerns . is the third plan in the last six months when it comes to wet wipes? i think that's now the third time they've said they're going to ban wet in the last five years. but that does include the time in 2021 when they said went on a ban wet they said they went on a ban wet wipes. the £1.6 billion investment. well, does that now override the £31 billion investment was announced last august was a £27 billion announcement before that. but £12 billion announcement before that. and the unlimited fines you may remember it was announced before that was going to be £250 million. yeah in january, the chairman of the environment agency said that was crazy . and he the government's crazy. and he the government's completely their mind kind of await the of state in february said that was disproportionate and we are now a matter of days later there's clearly both a massive conveyor and division on

the road to sewage treatment works and 250 million there's no be an unlimited fines. well we go. joining me now is tessa wardley. she's the director of communication and advocacy at the rivers trust. thank you very much. it's great to have you on the show. i am absolutely raging at idea companies can at the idea that companies can just filter sewage into just pump filter sewage into rivers into lakes into the seas and basically get away with it because they don't seem to care about the money to that . well about the money to that. well there are not completely able to pump sewage out willy nilly, but there's definitely an unacceptable amount of sewage going into rivers and seas. the water companies performance is completely unacceptable in this area . and yeah, it's causing area. and yeah, it's causing a big problem there. there are chronic and acute effects a wildlife sewage litter is unsightly we don't no one likes to see why pipes and the remains

of sanitary items in their rivers . it's putting river users rivers. it's putting river users and water users at risk of the health it's putting chemicals into our water it's putting nutrients into our which cause big impact on biodiversity and it's it can contaminate fish supply a fish so if we're eating shellfish and fish from a river some waters then that could be a big problem as well as of those very, very things you've raised. it's also fundamentally absolutely, completely and utterly disgusting. and i think i i'm sorry, but if i can get dump for flytipping driving it 33 miles an hour to 30 zone one of the essex of this company, probably an absolute wedge just content to pump raw poo into a near where i live. i'm sorry, but while clean coal . well the but while clean coal. well the environment agency is taking them to court on occasions it's not okay and there you know

there is opportunities now i think the water plan and through other routes that the environment agency hopefully picking on some enforcement but yeahi picking on some enforcement but yeah i been allowed to get away from it for way long and you know frankly the dividends they're taking is shocking. and in the in the in the light on, they don't want to bring into rivers. they weren't told. tell us. we've reached out to numerous different water here we haven't heard not a sausage from any of them and nothing out of it. so they can't they they feel if i was that now i would be feeling like getting away feeling like i'm getting away with it i'm just carrying on. we're paying a fine. not we're paying a fine. i'm not losing my job. i'm not serving time i'm even time in prison. i'm not even responding to the media. all of this. that is not anyone this. i mean, that is not anyone being to account. what the being held to account. what the solution that . well, i mean solution that. well, i mean there are a number of solutions you know and government has come up with some remains to be seen

whether they really actually knuckle down and do enforce some of the solutions. so there are storm overflow reduction ponds. so at the moment than half of the storm are discharging over ten times a year. that's limit that the government has put on the water companies as you know, there has to be some overflows. you know, when we have high rainfall, it's very hard to control everything . but more control everything. but more than half of the overflows are, yeah, exceeding the limit that the government has put on. but need to speed up the level that with the speed that we're achieving that because at the moment the current plan is that that could on for another 25 years. so that's something that to speed up the water companies need to know where these outflows are sometimes they don't know where they're don't even know where they're occurring need to get occurring so they need to get a handle on whether it's just just smacks to me. absolutely totally have people just not caring to do anything about it and yeah i think i'm not saying what should

be done somewhat of a golf course that the chief these companies are probably on right now. but that's just my view. so thank you very much has the water that is to direct water that is the to direct communications and advocacy at the that would the rivers trust. that would be something, it, just something, wouldn't it, just sort of funnel up through the front the chief front room of the chief executive water executive whatever water companies doing because companies doing it because they. how like it. years how do you like it. three years later, after johnson later, after boris johnson promised adult social promised to fix adult social care, government has cut care, the government has cut investment sector in investment in the sector in half. yeah i'm patrick christys. this is gb news i'm just going to take you live. that's new york quietly, believe, because york quietly, i believe, because we you footage. oh, we are bringing you footage. oh, wow. tell what that was wow. that tell you what that was definitely not trump but trump due in court. well, go to america battle. trump is due in court. and we're going to be taking live that's the courthouse. and before that with a very angry lady i'm patrick christys this is gb news they

hey so this is new york now, ladies and gentlemen , is patrick ladies and gentlemen, is patrick christys, by the way, on gb news and. we are awaiting the arrival of formal president donald trump to courthouse . he is to that courthouse. he is currently holed up in trump tower. he's going to escorted tower. he's going to be escorted from trump tower to that courthouse by security service is where he's going to face, we think anyway , 34 charges he think anyway, 34 charges he denies of them and denies them very loudly his legal team is saying he has also come out swinging saying it's a kangaroo court where it has to be processed as well. we will bring you all of the live footage as get it. so, yes, make sure you stay tuned. and i'm also going to just throw my head to something i've got coming something that i've got coming up last hour. but up we spoke about last hour. but if you're joining us, this is about criminals who vile murderous thugs and rapists, etc. who found guilty. and etc. who were found guilty. and then they refuse to present themselves at for sentencing. okay so we had thomas castleman yesterday had loads more as well of this and we are now calling really a change in the law which

would either see dragged to the courtroom, to the dock to be able to look the judge, the eye and here, crucially, the and say here, crucially, the victim statements victim impact statements and also top that as well, also on top of that as well, they have in they should have cameras in their the needs to their cells. the law needs to change that these vile thugs change so that these vile thugs have to face justice or face the music in person. gbviews@gbnews.uk get your views in on that. a lot of you are. but first, as i said last week, bethany elsey elsey . patrick, bethany elsey elsey. patrick, thank you. good afternoon. it's 31. i'm bethany elsey with your stories. donald trump calling for his trial to be moved to a different location due to potential bias claiming he faces a kangaroo court. potential bias claiming he faces a kangaroo court . these are live a kangaroo court. these are live pictures . new york where he'll pictures. new york where he'll become the first sitting all former president to be formally . he was indicted alleged hush money payments to the adult film star stormy daniels during his 2016 election campaign . his

2016 election campaign. his lawyer says trump will loudly and proudly plead not guilty . and proudly plead not guilty. in finland, has officially the 31st member of nato an obsession document was handed . the us document was handed. the us secretary of state formally cementing their membership the military alliance. the expansion triggered by the invasion of ukraine roughly doubles the length of the border that nato's shares with russia. the kremlin has the move which encroaches its security raises . the risk of its security raises. the risk of conflict and said it would be forced to take countermeasures . forced to take countermeasures. some breaking in the last few minutes. the immigration minister robert jenrick has been discuss fired from driving for six months. the mp for newark was caught travelling nearly 30 miles an hour faster. was caught travelling nearly 30 miles an hour faster . the miles an hour faster. the temporary speed limit on the in august last year. he was also

fined more than £600. a mother and a stepfather have been convict over the death of two year old lola james. she was attacked in her home and in pembrokeshire in 2020. she died in hospital four days after suffering cat a stroke. brain injuries . carol bevan was found injuries. carol bevan was found guilty of murder. anthony james, guilty of murder. anthony james, guilty of murder. anthony james, guilty of allowing her death . guilty of allowing her death. they'll be sentenced later this month . and tiktok has been fined month. and tiktok has been fined £12.7 million by the information commission s office for misusing data. the ico says up to 1.4 million children under the age 13 were using the app in 20, which contravenes company's own terms of use . uk data protection terms of use. uk data protection law requires the platform to seek consent from parents of young users. you're up to date on tv online , dab plus radio and

on tv online, dab plus radio and tune in now. it's back to . patrick och. now there are growing for convicts to attend court . hear convicts to attend court. hear their sentencing in. as well as their sentencing in. as well as the judge's comments and crucially, the victim impact statements . it comes after statements. it comes after thomas cashman refused to appear in the dock yesterday when was sentenced to a minimum of 42 years in jail. the drug dealer was convicted for the fatal of nine year old olivia pratt—korbel in her home in liverpool , august. and it liverpool, august. and it happened when opened fire on a rival member in the street and chased into olivia's family home in dovecot. now thomas , cashman in dovecot. now thomas, cashman isn't the first criminal by any means, refused appear in court. we just picked out a couple of for you here as well. so last year koci selamaj was jailed for a minimum of 36 years for murdering primary school teacher in south—east london . the judge,

in south—east london. the judge, when sentencing, said was cowardly of marsh to refuse to appearin cowardly of marsh to refuse to appear in court. cowardly of marsh to refuse to appear in court . another no appear in court. another no show. it was jordan mcsweeney. he sexually assaulted and killed sara eleanor horrifically in essex in june . a little essex in june. a little graduate's family have now called on justice secretary dominic rowe to ensure that such offenders should have their sentences increase when they refuse to go into . the dock for refuse to go into. the dock for centre saying. and i am joined by zara elina auntie farrow. now sara thank you very, very much. we really you making time for us here this is a story that i care about. i know a lot of our viewers and listeners, all of our viewers and listeners will care about. how do you feel about the moment that somebody like mcsweeney or cashman , like mcsweeney or cashman, anyone can sit in a cell underneath the courtroom while victim's impact statements are read out and the judge delivers a sentence and they don't have to actually sit there and face

the music themselves themselves . well it doesn't feel good. and i and i felt very for olivia's family that , they didn't get the family that, they didn't get the opportunity to face the murderer of the beloved child and to look at him while he gets to face judgement and not just the sentencing but also the judgement that the judge so thoughtfully puts together . it thoughtfully puts together. it is important that they made to confront what they've done , confront what they've done, details of what they've done, and to have to face the sentencing, because this is part attending a courtroom is part of attending a courtroom is part of a crime deterrent, isn't it ? a crime deterrent, isn't it? people have wanted people don't want to go to court, have to face a judge. so those part of

the deterrent it is stops people from committing crime. but if criminals know that they don't have to , that which now have to, that which now increasingly they will know, because this is almost this this is in danger of becoming a trend isn't it? once once criminals do one thing or anybody does one thing, you know, it becomes a culture. it becomes a trend. and prisoners talk to one another because they are each other's educators. they teach each other how to manoeuvre the justice how to manoeuvre the probation system, how to work the system . system, how to work the system. so this will become a trend . so this will become a trend. it's not already becoming a trend and then it becomes one of the one of the aspects of the deterrence that's out of the way. you don't have to attempt that. then there's another aspect, and that is going to prison or prison is becoming

less frightening and more comfortable. so if we get these deterring arms out of the way , deterring arms out of the way, then what happens? it means that as a society, we're more unsafe. so this just isn't just about the family, not getting to see the family, not getting to see the person that destroyed their lives and, you know, our our lives and, you know, our our lives are destroyed. other people's lives are destroyed . people's lives are destroyed. and it's just us. this is about of us. this is about society not seeing justice complete . i don't seeing justice complete. i don't agree that convicted felons should be dragged in by their feet, because i think we need to be better than that. we all to be better than that. we all to be better than that. we can't we can't go down to that level. what do you want? what do you to see done that far? because as well i mean, it's always one thing, even if there were drug there, that could then cause scene in the box and i mean, it's not going to be a pleasant

thing for and that's probably even the families and even worse for the families and it there all. so i do it and not there at all. so i do get that. what do you want done about this then? what can happen . well the you know, dominic raab has agreed and he has also tweeted today he is moving forward with change in law. he's looking at this how to implement it is the complicated aspect . it is the complicated aspect. this dissent and saying get increased . earlier you were increased. earlier you were talking about you know six months and of course you know that's not a lot when you get a 42 year tariff. but five years is an incentive. it's enough for some for some murderers say yes , some for some murderers say yes i , some for some murderers say yes , i did commit that crime when . , i did commit that crime when. they know that they're guilty. they know that they're guilty. the it there's enough proof against them and they they told well you'll get five years off if you plead guilty. so that's of an incentive. so can have some kind of incentive . and, and

some kind of incentive. and, and l, some kind of incentive. and, and i, i think all privileges are removed. i'm not sure how that can be implemented, but i think the people who are looking at this sitting around the table , this sitting around the table, the people in the legal system , the people in the legal system, hopefully that will come up with something that works . because something that works. because what's important here is that the judicial, the that isn't as it stands in a courtroom when there's this huge box there and there's this huge box there and the box is directly facing the judge. and if that box is empty, it seems like farcical process . it seems like farcical process. who's it for whose it was the sentencing for something. so it can be easier, perhaps ? yeah. can be easier, perhaps? yeah. no, no, it's hard to. i think you were leading me on. so anyway, actually. which is, do you think that victims and their

families are fundamentally let down by the perpetrator of whatever hideous crime has been committed . not being there on committed. not being there on the day of judgement on the day of sentence saying is this like another a devastating blow for the families . the thing is we the families. the thing is we actually couldn't get worse than than we are already it couldn't be worse. this is not the important factor for us the most important factor for us the most important factor for us the most important factor is that there's a conviction, there's sentencing that's appropriate and there are conditions in prison that are appropriate. and the tariff remains and that's what's important . and of course , you important. and of course, you know, this is important seeing seeing the man that's destroyed your life, your life. these sentences and maybe looking human in that moment , it's

human in that moment, it's important. and also , you know, important. and also, you know, it's moment for that person as well to be human. so it's important the family it's important the family it's important for the phelan and it's important for the justices system and it's important for society to see justice being undertaken . so i think it is undertaken. so i think it is very important . it needs to be very important. it needs to be done thoughtfully, not in a rushed way , in a thoughtful rushed way, in a thoughtful manner, but also we need to address culture in prison . we. address culture in prison. we. well, massively , massively. so i well, massively, massively. so i absolutely . can i just ask well, massively, massively. so i absolutely. can i just ask you finally, if you don't mind yesterday we covered the sentencing of thomas cashman live here in the murder amongst charges as well of thomas cashman . i just wondered whether cashman. i just wondered whether or not you might if you if you feel lucky and maybe have a little message 12 years family who will be feeling and have said that they felt in frustrated and let down really by fact that that that monster

wasn't in the dock to face the music and what what would your message maybe to be them . how message maybe to be them. how it's a difficult one i'm really sorry that they didn't have that moment , but they know as we know moment, but they know as we know that actually that moment of seeing him facing a sentence , seeing him facing a sentence, wouldn't it ultimately , it wouldn't it ultimately, it doesn't help us. it it doesn't save us from any it doesn't save us from any trauma. he's got his sentence and hold onto that. hold to the fact that he got a 42 year tariff he got a life sentence and he probably would have been quite horrible from the sounds of this man probably wouldn't have shown a second of remorse. he wasn't going do that. he probably wouldn't look to fight. so maybe they've been saved from something horrible and really , you know, my

and really, you know, my thoughts go out to don't focus on him . he's gone now. his life on him. he's gone now. his life is he's he's he's thrown away his life. and that's gone. focus on yourselves. focus on your loss. take the support that you need. and i'm really sorry. it obviously it's a long journey this kind of grief is a long journey . it never ends. okay no, journey. it never ends. okay no, father, thank you very much . i'm father, thank you very much. i'm just incredibly grateful that you've come on and spoke to me about this. it's such a powerful, powerful message that you put across there and all the best to you and your family as as the who is, of course, zara allen is anti. right. okay mean good grief emotional stuff but we're going to move on from that now and talk about social care or lack actually because the government has come under fire after it slashed promised care funding by 50. in england, only £250 million were promised £500 million back in 2021. will now be allocated for social care training . jackie o'sullivan from

training. jackie o'sullivan from learning disability charity mencap said that the plan is an insult. but with me now is olivia ali gb news is political reporter . olivia, just fill me reporter. olivia, just fill me in on something. this isn't as bad as it sounds . well the bad as it sounds. well the headunes bad as it sounds. well the headlines are terrible, and it might not actually be quite as bad as it sounds. so what seems to have happened is in 2021, the government released white paper promising a new plan for social care, a people's plan , social care, a people's plan, social care, a people's plan, social care where £500 million is promised, most of which was put troops on the ground to fund more carers and to pay unpaid social carers, i.e. people are caring for their relatives at home. now the headline that £250 million of money has been promised for social care. when you look the final details, it sounds as though the government has basically ditched eight or kitchens. the long grass the white paper that they released in 2021 and now have a new plan which involves more digitalised action more focus on getting

people out of hospitals and into the social care sectors, which is very important because we know during the other winter know during all the other winter nhs that it happens nhs crises that it happens basically every year just. winter releases when it's not always when it's cold. there's a huge problem with over christmas , for example, one in eight people in beds over. christmas didn't need to be there. they were simply there there were simply there because there wasn't for them in wasn't room for them in the social sector. so the social care sector. so the government's seems to government's new plan seems to be focussed this rather than be focussed on this rather than getting boots on the ground. obviously that's very bad for people working in social care and the figure the budget halving really doesn't sound good all. again, that might be slightly more complicated than it because . the government it looks because. the government has that all the money has said that all the money pledged to social care will stay in care. it'sjust pledged to social care will stay in care. it's just going in social care. it's just going to be the first 250 million allocated. now and the rest of it allocated a little bit later. basically, what they seem to have up the have done is ripped up the strategy 2021 and a strategy from 2021 and planned a whole new one. whether that new strategy will any better? well, it's anyone's guess. yeah. all

right, look, olivia, thank you very much obviously our very much obviously that our political. is adam . political. with me now is adam. he's the director of social care at institute of health and social care . so now know is social care. so now we know is this going to actually be catastrophic? because from where i'm sitting i mean, it looks bad for elderly people need this and also it looks bad for people who want to care for elderly people i think. i want to care for elderly people ithink. i mean want to care for elderly people i think. i mean not to correct you but i think need to move away from the idea that social care just about elderly people out of working adults in out of working age adults in social care and there's a lot of people require funding coming into the sector. yes it is going to be part of this money has been halved. i mean, if we look at the report, all they've done is like your correspondent said the repackage they all fund the repackage they are all fund come with a new one and he's come up with a new one and he's trying pass off as new you trying to pass off as new you know in 16 months have gone by and has changed and we and nothing has changed and we really focus the reform of really to focus on the reform of social care in that same period have published two white papers at the i assume that the institute i work on social care

for the people for the people who matter . i for the people for the people who matter. i mean, for the people for the people who matter . i mean, what's not who matter. i mean, what's not been mentioned is, we've not got any sort of science on the 25 million suggested for unpaid carers at any 1.5 million people over the age of five have covid responsive villages in wales and england. so that's a lot of money that isn't in the system. access to care is huge. discharged from hospitals to places of chosen chiro preferred kind is but with kind of is huge, but with a workforce deficit of 9.5% no matter how much we throw it . matter how much we throw it. discharge charge you. can i ask, do you think we need to do more as a society to look after our own relatives? i don't think the answer is that simple i think society is itself at the moment is doing as much as it can for their loved ones within the financial that they've got you know is cost effective to be a family . some people are only family. some people are only getting 50, £60 a week to look after their loved ones. and it's after their loved ones. and it's a full time job and they want to

be able to be to support them. but when we've got the cost living crisis, which is just exponentially getting worse and worse the that is just worse by the day, that is just not always option people. not always an option for people. so i we need to be looking at our social care system as system that is, is the brink of collapse. we need to fix . six collapse. we need to fix. six months ago. sarah is terrified to think what i don't thank you very much on the panel that is director of social care at the institute of health and social care management. for me is the injustice it all you've got co—workers are nurses co—workers there are less nurses didn't really didn't strike can't really strike i can tell and strike as far as i can tell and you know, they're the ones who maybe got shafted in of this thing. and i think it's thing. and i just think it's astonishing. i wonder whether or not the one the medical community, the consultants, junior over junior doctors will pop up over this, their foot this, actually put their foot down although i suspect down as well, although i suspect not certainly comes to not certainly when it comes to consultants, i imagine they might yacht or might be too busy a yacht or playing anyway. we're going playing golf anyway. we're going to government's to discuss the government's controversial use controversial plans to use a barge the dorset to house barge off the dorset to house migrants very shortly. yes, that's but that's kate right off. but as well go to york

well we'll go to new york because donald trump is going to present going present himself is going to leave tower you can see leave tower which you can see there present himself at a there and present himself at a manhattan courthouse. well, presumably or presumably in the next hour or so to make history for the wrong reasons, though, as first us reasons, though, as the first us president, us. president president, former us. president face he pleads face criminal charges, he pleads absolutely, categorically not guilty. i'm patrick christys on this is

gb news. welcome patrick christys here on gb news that the courthouse that you're seeing if you're watching on tv or online where donald trump will present himself to face, as we understand it, around 34 charges he categorically it he's interim tomorrow which you'll be able to see now on your screens and will be a massive security presence there as what he lays and we'll bnng there as what he lays and we'll bring that to live here on gb news historic day. no former president has ever faced criminal . and yet again i want criminal. and yet again i want to emphasise trump denies them all. but now the government is

expected to announce that a leasing agreement has been this is the this is the migrant barge ship people. okay. so this was big and it kind of lost in big and it got kind of lost in the aether because of everything else going on, but it's called the bibi stockholm, which i think like jazz singer think sounds like a jazz singer from seventies . there we go from the seventies. there we go in accommodate in dorset, which can accommodate more and mp more than 500 people and mp richard drax has spoken out against the plans and basically locals have said no. so you've got the local, the local mp residents associations , all residents associations, all chris board, pretty much anyone in the area said look we do not want if you don't mind a ship of illegal immigrants just off our coastline which poses a massive problem for the government doesn't it? because it's a little bit of tory and tory action because that is a conservative seat and they are saying, it's to saying, well, no, it's going to damage coastline, going damage our coastline, it's going to tourism industry to damage our tourism industry on.the to damage our tourism industry on. the thursday legal action, it also that emphasis. why on it is also that emphasis. why on earth do put these people if earth do you put these people if you're not just them should some more joined more light on this i'm joined now immigration lawyer now by uk immigration lawyer

it's saying hard job it's hard job saying hard job thank you very much always a pleasure. right so the locals are up in arms. they're saying no , my back yard. thank you very no, my back yard. thank you very much. we're to launch legal action against. what can they do 7 action against. what can they do ? oh, there definitely can launch legal action. and along their mp, along with the council and if they do it as a joint action then they can say that this decision of the is wrong request a review of it requests the courts to put an injunction on it or a stay on it and. see where that gets. so i mean, ultimate ali, they're the ones who live there and have been living there for certain amount of time, you know, so they should have a right to say what it is. and the government should be listening. it should be just saying, alright, not going to, we're going to push on regardless as it should be listening selection time next year. listening selection time next year . if listening selection time next year. if you're not listening to your who for you last your people who for you last time , it's not a great strategy time, it's not a great strategy to win an election. well, it's not what they do. what they do.

i've on the the illegal i've on the on the illegal migrants fair, they've got migrants to be fair, they've got a bit gouge our free car a bit of a gouge our free car because it doesn't look because it doesn't really look like was going to do much like was going to do too much the really it be argued the stronger really it be argued so i get what you say an absolutely but it's like there's no big kind of policy no there's big kind of policy that for that is doing the damage for them yeah , mr. drax, who's them but yeah, mr. drax, who's of said that these of south dorset, said that these this barge is going to be dumped on without any concerns on our door without any concerns by home office. i mean . by the home office. i mean. yeah, it is astonishing. yeah, it is, it is astonishing. so think a chance so do you think there's a chance that would actually win a that they would actually win a legal they might do if they legal that they might do if they can it's unsafe , that it's can prove it's unsafe, that it's not good for the area ? i mean, not good for the area? i mean, we know the safety on we don't know the safety on these we know they're these barges. we know they're going house children going to house children on, these windows , the these barges, then windows, the barges looked like children could children could climb of them. so children did climb out and say the accident did happen and a tragedy did happen. who would be, you know, responsible for that ? it just doesn't look safe that? it just doesn't look safe and secure to me as such and even the army barracks that they're talking about and these barges that are talking about

this , if they were if they were this, if they were if they were enough to house army there, then only people would be living there. but they're not the right. it raises all sorts safety concerns. it does. how look after there a bit of time but thank you very much andre singh bong go is uk immigration lawyer. i mean part of the problem with is that we currently have people in our military living in substandard housing. don't tell what housing. don't we tell what else? it's just anything. if you've got a barge you going you've got a barge and you going to illegal immigrants to house illegal immigrants on it you put it further it, why don't you put it further offshore? what? why does it have to be like rowing on the dorset coastline? i mean, isn't wouldn't that maybe solve the problem drain problem anyway? we drain the rights got loads rights okay so we've got loads more coming your way. i'm going to you back for live shots to take you back for live shots of i believe so. of new york, i believe so. donald trump. here we about donald trump. here we go. about courthouse. bet you go to that courthouse. i bet you go to that very well. only it's going to be trump's in court just trump's day in court in just a matter of hours . we're going to matter of hours. we're going to hear he pleads hear donald trump as he pleads not trump the areas not guilty. trump the areas where come here. so here where we come in here. so here we, final legal we, preparing his final legal defence before he goes and faces

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yes. good afternoon, everybody . yes. good afternoon, everybody. is patrick christys here on jib news. and i'm with you for the next hour. and it promises to be a pretty big hour, actually, because donald trump is going to make history, although arguably for wrong reasons, because for the wrong reasons, because he's to attending he's going to be attending a court to face the music. he's going be trump's day in court going to be trump's day in court around are going to around 34 charges are going to be way. that's trump be levied. his way. that's trump tower. you can see on your screen that trump is going to leave that business about leave that business sheet about half time. and head half an hour's time. and head over to manhattan is, over to manhattan court. he is, in not guilty and he's in his view, not guilty and he's going to plead guilty to going to plead not guilty to them other news, though, them all. in other news, though, ladies closer ladies and gentlemen, but closer to have got a load of this, a

child rapist was spared jail . child rapist was spared jail. okay. because apparently , okay. because apparently, despite being 21 years old, too young , too young, sent to young, too young, sent to prison. what is going on now is absolutely bonkers. if you ask me. in other news as well . do me. in other news as well. do you know that the thousands and thousands and thousands of tonnes of raw sewage being pumped into our rivers and our waterways is not beauty spots. every single year it has to stop not enough is being done about it. and yes, that we go. let's just been all out coming your way and much, much more right here. i'm patrick christys and this is gb news. stay tuned . all this is gb news. stay tuned. all right. okay got those emails coming in thick and fast. people gbviews@gbnews.uk on any of the topics that you just had that keep your eyes and ears pale? because we are on trump watch, ladies and gents. but right now, as us with bethany . as you had us with bethany. patrick, thank you. good

afternoon . it's 5:10. i'm afternoon. it's 5:10. i'm bethany elsey with your top stories from the gb newsroom. donald trump is calling for his case to be moved to a different venue just hours before it's due to start. that's over. potential bias claiming he faces a kangaroo court. bias claiming he faces a kangaroo court . you're seeing kangaroo court. you're seeing live pictures here from new york where he'll become the first sitting all former us president to be formally charged. he was indicted over alleged hush money payments to the adult film star stormy daniels during his 2006 election campaign. his lawyer says trump will loudly and proudly plead not guilty . actor proudly plead not guilty. actor and trump activist antonio sabato jr told gb news. this is a political attack on the american people . there's just american people. there's just a lot of lies in the world and we have a man who speaks the truth, who loves the american people more than his own life. pretty much who loves god and who's fighting for us. so we're fighting for us. so we're fighting with him. he's going to. this is a joke. you'll be

back home. this afternoon in florida, where he belongs. the immigration minister, robert jenrick, has been disqualified from driving for six months. the mp for newark was caught travelling nearly 30 miles per hour faster than a temporary speed limit on the m1 in august last year . he speed limit on the m1 in august last year. he was also fined more than six £500. finland has officially become the 31st member of nato immigration . and member of nato immigration. and accession document was handed to the us secretary of state, formerly cementing the country's membership in the military alliance. the expansion triggered by the invasion of ukraine roughly doubles the length of the border that nato shares with russia. the kremlin has warned the move, which encroaches on its security, raises the risk of conflict and said it would be forced to take countermeasures . as the nato's countermeasures. as the nato's secretary—general jens stoltenberg stoltenberg ,

stoltenberg stoltenberg, celebrated what he said was the fastest accession in the organisation's history. this sends a clear message that every nafion sends a clear message that every nation has the right to choose its own path, that need to store remains open , and no one can remains open, and no one can close it with force or coercion. nato is a community united by our values? freedom democracy and the rule of law? we stand together and we protect and defend it. shoulder all for one. and one for all. a mother and stepfather have been convicted over the death of their toddler , two year old lola james was attacked in her home in haverfordwest east in pembrokeshire in july 2020. she died in hospital four days later after suffering catastrophic brain injuries. kyle bevan was found guilty of murder and changed. james guilty of allowing her death . they'll be

allowing her death. they'll be sentenced later this month . sentenced later this month. tiktok has been fined £12.7 million by the infamous commissioner's office for misusing children's data. the data regulator says up to 1.4 million children under the age of 13 were using the app in 2020, which goes against the company's own terms of use . uk company's own terms of use. uk data protection law also requires the platform to seek consent from parents of young users. the home secretary could face a legal challenge over plans to house migrants on a barge . the government is barge. the government is expected to announce that a leasing agreement has been reached to use the baby stock home in dorset, which can accommodate more than 500 people. the move designed to free up hotels will reportedly cost taxpayers more than £20,000 a day. halving social care funds in england has been described as a betrayal , with the labour a betrayal, with the labour leader accusing the government

of breaking promises. in december 2021, at least £500 million was pledged to help transform support for the social care workforce that's been cut because of rising costs and trouble recruiting staff. but the social care minister, helen whately, denies reducing funds and says the reforms are necessary . we're not taking any necessary. we're not taking any money away from social care. all the money that was allocated for social care is going into social care. we made a historic commitment . social care. the commitment. social care. the autumn statement up went up to £75 billion going into social £7.5 billion going into social care. and today what we're doing is announcing the next steps on our social care reform . so our social care reform. so taking forward really important reforms to adult social care . at reforms to adult social care. at the heart of which is the workforce and making sure that the care workforce has the recognition status that deserves it . and the government is it. and the government is setting out a new plan to ensure a clean and plentiful supply of water for the future . the

water for the future. the government wants to see more investment from water companies as well as tougher enforcement for those who pollute. it could also ban plastic in wet wipes and introduce restrictions on subs agencies in textiles, cleaning products and paints. you're up to date on gb news. we'll bring you more news as it happens. now, though, it's we'll bring you more news as it happens . now, though, it's back happens. now, though, it's back to . to. patrick wow. ladies and gents, we start with donald trump down way even by his standards. it is a rather large day. people watching on gb news can see live pictures of trump tower. so that is where we believe he currently is. on trump will become the first former us president to appear in court facing criminal charges later today. a reminder that trump has been investigated over repayments of £105,000 to adult film star stormy daniels in

2016. and can you believe it? the latest polling conducted by ipsis in the us. following news of trump's criminal indictment shows that republicans continue to support the 45th president as their favourite candidate for their favourite candidate for the 2024 presidential primary . the 2024 presidential primary. is anyone surprised by that? i'm certainly not surprised by it. i think it's pretty much common sense. doesn't say this guy feels as though he's going through witch his through a witch hunt. his supporters feel like it's a witch and you know what? witch hunt. and you know what? when what some when you look at what some former of the united former president of the united states up and not states have got up to and not necessarily a coming necessarily facing a coming prosecution, they go anyway, prosecution, if they go anyway, we're going to be bringing you live as trump leaves live footage as trump leaves trump makes way trump tower and makes his way over courthouse where he over to the courthouse where he will plead not guilty loudly to any charges against him, will go to new york, though. now, i'll speak to our political editor, darren mccaffrey daren, good stuff. not long now, stuff. okay. so not long now, darren. as you see, some darren. as you can see, some american flags are in the foreground. fantastic. foreground. they're fantastic. what's you are ? what's going on where you are? yeah, very good afternoon to you , patrick. i am in the midst of

somewhat of a media circus, it must be said, outside trump towers here in manhattan, we are awaiting donald trump is expected leave probably expected to leave probably within next hour or so to within the next hour or so to travel the formalities down the centre of manhattan to manhattan's criminal court, where he's going to be the first former current us president ever to indicted on a criminal to be indicted on a criminal charge. charges it must be said he vehemently denies . but yes, he vehemently denies. but yes, there's some donald trump supporters who are here, not least of all susan server, who is from new jersey and joins me live trump tower . so live outside trump tower. so you've turned up today in support of donald trump. why is that? yes, i did. well, today is my 55th birthday and i was actually born on the actual day that martin luther king died. so, you know, there peace in so, you know, there was peace in the world and, you know, he was taken out. and now i really feel like it's april 4th again. and now indicting trump like it's april 4th again. and noamerica ndicting trump like it's april 4th again. and noamerica .dicting trump like it's april 4th again. and noamerica . it'sing trump like it's april 4th again. and noamerica . it's not trump like it's april 4th again. and noamerica . it's not you trump like it's april 4th again. and noamerica . it's not you know,mp in america. it's not you know, we're here for peace, but we're also here for prosperity. and we're also here for the rule of law. and what i think they're

doing is they're just taking a nda , which in america is nda, which in america is a business instrument used commonly just to get rid of stuff. so you can move on. it doesn't admit guilt. it's very commonplace and then you're going to turn it into what somehow turn it into a misdemeanour , which the statute misdemeanour, which the statute of limitations has run on for both of these. if he's broken the law, if he has broken the law, you know, shouldn't he face justice? i mean, this is about trying to work out whether he has broken. he has. but they are both. but okay. so first, we do statute limitations. if statute of limitations. so if you have statute of limitations andifs you have statute of limitations and it's two years for a misdemeanour, trying misdemeanour, now we're trying to felony , which is to make it a felony, which is five it's still the five years. it's still the statute limitations is gone . statute of limitations is gone. so now what they're trying to do, so that just precludes anybody, whether you're a presidential candidate or an ordinary person, you can't you missed the vote. they could have been they could have indicted him for this seven years ago. but now you have a political politicalization of the

department of justice . and now department of justice. and now you have, you know , you have you have, you know, you have allen back here in new york, who is literally campaigned on getting trump is trying to take this misdemeanour , you know, this misdemeanour, you know, turn it into a felony and now tied in with the federal election crimes. and it's just that's not what america is about. you don't make up new laws to target someone . you laws to target someone. you literally if someone broke the law, then you prosecute them. what is it about donald trump that you like? why? why are you in impact? his support a lot of people in you know across the pond feel like this guy is a powerful guy . he pond feel like this guy is a powerful guy. he is he's literally built manhattan, which we're standing here and watch everybody turn on him because we have from like the age of have gone from like the age of juuus have gone from like the age of julius chaney now we are just julius chaney to now we are just a liberal hold where nine out of ten people are a democrat and one republican. he's never going to get a fair trial trial here. and that's why they brought it here. but why do i like i mean, you see, he was a world power. i

don't think we would have ever gone into ukraine if donald trump was president putin would have never. and now we're watching align with russia watching china align with russia . and then you throw in, you know, he's even using american money anymore, like they're trying change it. it'sjust money anymore, like they're tryirthat.change it. it's just money anymore, like they're tryirthat. it's1ge it. it'sjust money anymore, like they're tryirthat. it's so it. it'sjust money anymore, like they're tryirthat. it's so importantt money anymore, like they're tryirthat. it's so important to like that. it's so important to have a president that is powerful and does the right thing and does the right thing powerful and does the right thi|the nd does the right thing powerful and does the right thi|the people. the right thing powerful and does the right thi|the people. and right thing powerful and does the right thi|the people. and he's thing powerful and does the right thi|the people. and he's not|g for the people. and he's not a global. that's the problem. and just very, very finally, susan, if he is convicted, mean, if he is convicted, i mean, are you continue to support you going to continue to support trump? do you recognise that trump? but do you recognise that if he's committed a crime, he's not to president again? not fit to be president again? okay first of all, like what crime that crime is he committing? that would question . so you would be the question. so if you can because i'm just can him just because i'm just surmising if he is convicted of a crime, would you then accept he's fit president if he's not fit to be president if he. honestly, he. no, because honestly, i think i heard he still can be. i'm not. but if you're making up a crime to target someone, they could do that to you. and may not you guys over in england. but the problem is, is that there is no crime. if you find a

crime that he's convicted with. and let me tell you this, over there the pond, in there across the pond, that in america, is because of america, if it is because of a violation of the federal election laws, it is a penalty . election laws, it is a penalty. you do not spend jail time and you do not get indicted. susan, thank you so much indeed for your time this afternoon. thank your time this afternoon. thank you so much. appreciate it. little shout my daughters little shout out to my daughters , mimi and to in the parkinson , , mimi and to in the parkinson, which is in new york right now. my life they go lots of people who support donald trump here in new york. i think i'd say there were a lot of people who don't. there's a lot of people passing by in calls and shouting, i had to lock him up and they want to see him convicted. america's of a divided country and he's got strong political though, strong political views, though, as we're all waiting. as i say, we're all waiting. everyone's here everyone's getting where here in anticipation donald trump anticipation of donald trump leaving as say, leaving from trial is, as i say, probably next hour or so probably in the next hour or so to on a very short to travel on a very short journey and appear in court later before he then later on today before he then goes on florida to address goes on to florida to address his supporters. well, this is a gun of god bless

gun and just of god bless america. this is great stuff. darren, thank you very much. darren, thank you very much. darren there darren mccaffrey there our political editor and i think susan as well for a while, he's magnificent, right? okay. i'm joined pedro al gonzales joined now by pedro al gonzales as he was a conservative commentator on the associate editor chronicle's magazine editor of chronicle's a magazine of american culture. thank you very much for joining of american culture. thank you very much forjoining me now. and so we are probably less than an hour away from an absolute seismic moments in history here, which former president of which is a former president of the united states leaving trump tower and going to present himself in court to face, as we understand it, around 34 charges. what do you make of all of this ? it's difficult because of this? it's difficult because you're right, it's unprecedented. we've never been here before . a president has here before. a president has ever undergone this. and i can think of a litany of other crimes that a variety of different american presidents should probably be charged and go to prison but on the go to prison for. but on the other hand, donald trump is in the position of the unfortunate position of being keenly disliked being extra keenly disliked by the majority of americans. the vast majority of americans. and you look at every single and if you look at every single pubuc and if you look at every single public opinion poll, including

the ones that the trump campaign is that show that he is using, that show that he leads his main opponent, the santos , and the 2024 primary, or santos, and the 2024 primary, or those same surveys all show that the majority of americans, including independents who will be critical to victory in 2024, all think that trump is either guilty of everything he's accused of, that he should be convicted on criminal charges, or that those charges are disqualifying for 2024. and so this is interesting situation , this is interesting situation, but this is this is interesting because this could massively work in trump's favour. so right is absolutely riled at the base. and i thought that was already happening. so there's that. but if he is not guilty of all of this and if he is found to have no case to answer to in all of this, then all of those people you've just mentioned, they're the people who are on the fence, the people who are on the fence, the people who are on the fence, the people in swing states, the independents will go, oh, great. voters are all about this guy. all he's okay all right, maybe he's okay because we do have to bear in mind on this, it wasn't an absolute disaster when donald

trump was president, the first time people time round, people were predicting and predicting the apocalypse and far it wasn't at all, far from it. it wasn't at all, was it , far from it. it wasn't at all, was it, right? no that's a good point. but again, democrats are basing the strategy based on what they saw in 2018, during the midterms, in 2018, during the midterms, in 2018, during the presidential election in 2024, and then again in 2022. there just seems to be a kind of revulsion among moderates and independents. and you're right, and this was the kind of soul searching moment for a lot of republicans. the trump administration that bad, administration wasn't that bad, right? didn't have any wars , right? we didn't have any wars, for example. yet he still for example. and yet he still lost these people. and same thing with midterms, right? biden's job approval polling was underwater and republicans were assured of a victory in 2022. right. of a red wave. well, it didn't come in and it's broke the other way. and there's almost a kind of you could say, irrational revolt in to trump and his movement. that's not fair . you know, that's probably fair. you know, that's probably not right or even politically intelligent. but that's what democrats are looking at going

into next year. i mean , some of into next year. i mean, some of them are openly saying this like you've got democrats that are saying , we hope the indictment saying, we hope the indictment gets trump the nomination because we believe that he's the most beatable person in 2024. bill barr , who served under bill barr, who served under trump, said the same thing, that he thinks that this is a of he thinks that this is a kind of machiavellian strategy . why not? machiavellian strategy. why not? that , album brag is part that album, album brag is part of it. you know, he's doing this for his own but the for his own reasons. but the democrats at large look at this as kind of a good thing, because they just think that the indictment out of indictment seals the deal out of sympathy, he's facing sympathy, that he's facing all of other legal in of these other legal cases in other and that it's other places. and that it's basically drown basically going to drown him in 2024. think absolutely 2024. i think you're absolutely spot i spoke to the head of spot on. i spoke to the head of republican overseas uk, greg swenson, the other way. this was weeks ago. he weeks ago, weeks ago. and he said exact same thing to said the exact same thing to me. he said, know what? he he said, you know what? he didn't to put his tinfoil didn't want to put his tinfoil hat all conspiracy hat on and get all conspiracy theories about but theories out about it, but actually could bit of actually this could be a bit of actually this could be a bit of a plot because if trump does get this, i think that the democrats will think that they've got more chance. trump chance. maybe impeaching trump than they might have off

desantis, pedro, desantis, for example. pedro, just one quickly for just one last one quickly for you, if that's all right. but it was selfish question. this from a patriotic brit at a very patriotic brit here at the your current the moment. and your current president decided not to president has decided not to attend the coronation of our king, which is not that long away. and we know that donald trump would have come now with bells on that . he loves the bells on that. he loves the special relationship . do we have special relationship. do we have anything to worry about? do you think? because president biden , think? because president biden, does hate britain . well, does he hate britain. well, i don't i can't answer that. i think that you're in the same boat as most americans who feel like biden hates america . you like biden hates america. you wonder to biden hates great britain. a lot of americans think that biden hates me. i mean, look at the shooting that happened recently, right, where the perpetrator was someone who identified transgender. the perpetrator was someone who identified transgender . all identified as transgender. all the sympathy was not with the victims. you thought the white house was more sympathetic with the killer. so, you know, welcome the party. yeah, welcome to the party. yeah, absolutely shocking. that got me as well. that video doing the

rounds of seven lives lost. seven. excuse me anyway , pedro. seven. excuse me anyway, pedro. thank very much, pedro. al thank you very much, pedro. al gonzalez. is the gonzalez. that is the conservative commentator and the associate chronicles associate editor of chronicles magazine of american culture . magazine of american culture. great stuff. okay. right well, we will be taking you live , of we will be taking you live, of course, to new york. new york , course, to new york. new york, where we are as and when we get more info on that and any movements out of donald trump and we'll bring to you live and we'll bring that to you live here gb news. now news here on gb news. but now news back this country not before back in this country not before time really we are time people as it really we are britain's channel after all britain's news channel after all water companies face unlimited fines part of fines and penalties as part of efforts stop raw sewage efforts to stop raw sewage being pumped rivers, sewage pumped into your rivers, sewage is discharged in rivers and seas across the uk on a regular basis. water firms are allowed to dump untreated sewage at times exceptional rainfall. times of exceptional rainfall. but though it rains a lot but even though it rains a lot in this country, it doesn't rain as much as pumping in the as much as that pumping in the water so there were water sewage. so there were 301000 to 91 sewage spills in 2022 discharges that fell by 19, largely due to dry weather, believe it or not. and companies were fined more than 141 million

quid between 2015 and 2022. but they patently do not seem to care. well, earlier today, environment secretary therese coffey has revealed a number of new measures as they tried to get tough on companies on this issue . we've got a comprehensive issue. we've got a comprehensive plan for water that's designed to tackle pollution at source. also how it's treated and to increase the penalties on people who do the polluting . well, who do the polluting. well, there's been a call for evidence in why would the in the past. why would the government considered it? in the past. why would the govewe'velt considered it? in the past. why would the govewe've alreadyynsidered it? in the past. why would the govewe've already seen�*red it? in the past. why would the govewe've already seen some? and we've already seen some retailers boots and tesco's retailers like boots and tesco's already those . we already stop selling those. we want wipes that have plastic want wet wipes that have plastic in now we're just going to in them now we're just going to complete ban plastic complete it and just ban plastic from wet wipes. triggered a lot of things that we do have to go through formal consultation first forward first when we bring forward legislation therefore we legislation and therefore we will making sure gets will be making sure it gets delivered the year . delivered within the year. right. so therese coffey right. okay. so therese coffey has stood next to some water. joining me now is lead campaigner . joining me now is lead campaigner. we own john campaigner. we own it, john bosco and won't bo and you very much for coming on brown i, i don't know what's happening to me, but i'm looking at all of

these footage of raw sewage being into it . these footage of raw sewage being into it. i'm also being pumped into it. i'm also looking at the fact that they chose men of chief executives of these water companies clearly don't give a toss about the amount money that they find. amount of money that they find. and once in my life, i think and for once in my life, i think it right to nationalise it might be right to nationalise something . do think we something. do you think we should should nationalise the should we should nationalise the waterways? me it waterways? explain to me why it would because this would be better. because this can't go on. absolutely thank you so much for having us on again. and i just wanted to draw the attention of your viewers to the attention of your viewers to the graphic that you kind of had on there when you were explaining what's been happening . so the private water companies were fined £141 million between 2015 and 2022. and that sounds like a huge amount of money. but keep in mind that the private water companies made . £2.8 water companies made. £2.8 billion in profits in 2021 alone. that is what this is. which essentially means that it

pays them more. they stand to make more money to from pouring sewage into our rivers. then they stand to make from actually invest in the infrastructure to make sure that they don't do so right. in essence , the system, right. in essence, the system, the incentive structure within the incentive structure within the system is so messed up that the system is so messed up that the only way to deal with it is to take it out of the hands of companies that care more about profit than care about the wellbeing of our rivers or seas. i'll communities, people go to swim in these places. something i wanted to bring to our attention is the fact that they put sewage into our rivers and seas fewer times, 90% less. last year than they did the year before . the reason for that, before. the reason for that, according to data from an environment agency , was not that environment agency, was not that they had invested more in the infrastructure and fixed in the reason it was dry air. the wet and dry air this last year.

reason it was dry air. the wet and dry air this last year . we and dry air this last year. we are close to getting back into summer. we remember how hard the last summer was and we know that there was drought declared in about six regions of england last year . we're getting close last year. we're getting close to it . these water companies last year. we're getting close to it. these water companies are wasting about 4 billion litres of water every single day because they are facing our infrastructure . the problem is infrastructure. the problem is huge and we cannot solve it under this private system. we need public ownership of our water. okay just just very quickly. sorry do we have the money to actually buy these companies? because that is a big issue, is it? no, we can't just steal them. it's not it's not, you know, communist russia. and these . yes. so i think it's a these it. yes. so i think it's a real question whether or not we do have the money. the question is this companies mean i mean, it's a really important question. but if we took into consideration so i saw some research that found that if we spent money buying these companies to companies by taking it to consider the fact that this

companies have actually taken out about £72 billion in profits from the water system over the last 30 years, since privatisation, we actually privatisation, we could actually pay privatisation, we could actually pay back what we spend buying it in just ten years, right? in essence, over the longer term it actually pays us better to have the system back into public ownership . joe bosco, thank you ownership. joe bosco, thank you very much. as i've done bosco my by the who is the lead campaigner we only look i'm kind of morally opposed to nationalising things but then i also just look at like rural run, filtered sewage being pumped rivers and lakes pumped out into rivers and lakes and the sea. i think for me, what gets to the people who own these companies clearly don't give toss. when we give a toss. today, when we tried to contact a lot of them, none of them have got in touch with and they care with us and they don't care about so, you know, about the fine. so, you know, i think it's a disgrace. i think we're to discuss the we're going to discuss the government's plans we're going to discuss the governa ent's plans we're going to discuss the governa barge plans we're going to discuss the governa barge off plans we're going to discuss the governa barge off the plans we're going to discuss the governa barge off the dorset ans to use a barge off the dorset coast to migrants. so the coast to house migrants. so the people of dorset don't want it that. so again, they're trying to somebody else's to make it somebody else's problem, which i completely problem, which i can completely understand by the way, if the

people please, i think people of dorset please, i think i'm having a go at you, but it's an obvious solution to this barge it further barge just put it further offshore, just offshore, somewhere, onto the somewhere, maybe like onto the irish anyway, patrick irish sea. anyway, i'm patrick christys. gb news, christys. this is gb news, britain's national

welcome back. and that is trump tower , ladies and gentlemen, tower, ladies and gentlemen, where we're going to be seeing former president donald trump leaving shortly and heading to the courthouse as he makes history as the first former president face criminal president to face criminal charges. bring that you charges. we'll bring that to you live. back in live. hey, a buzz back in britain as they close britain's news channel, kemi badenoch. this is just by the way. this is just drop, by the way. kemi badenoch is said be kemi badenoch is said to be considering plans to change the equality introduce equality act to introduce explicit protections explicit legal protections for bail . explicit legal protections for bail. logical women same sex bail. logical women in same sex spaces and sports. for the first time, the equalities minister has said the government wants to look at creating legal look at creating a legal distinction between people who were and those who were born female and those who are transitioned become

are transitioned to become women. so give us more information . like i said, this information. like i said, this is just come three. so is this gb news political reporter gb news is political reporter olivia utley olivia, what's going this is pretty going on? well, this is pretty big it something that big news. it was something that rishi promise in the rishi sunak did promise in the leadership over the leadership election over the summer, basically the summer, basically to cement the women's only spaces in law, biological, women's only spaces. so the idea is the kemi badenoch has commissioned this review and it's come back and said, yes , it's come back and said, yes, there would be merit in changing there would be merit in changing the law so that sex means biological sex as opposed to sex that you identify as . and that you identify as. and they've talked about a number of areas, eight different areas in the law where there are where there is a lack of clarity. and they think that changing changing the law. so just so that biologically so that sex equals biological sex would iron out those polarities and some of the places all, for example, hospital wards could accept only biological women and not trans women onto their wards under the under a newly defined act . but

under a newly defined act. but yes, it's basically rishi sunak weighting in on this issue. he might have seen the polling over the weekend. he might have seen the weekend. he might have seen the focus groups from from labour's jesting that the stevenage woman knows what a woman is and doesn't like keir starmer's lack of belief in the vox pops a week on stevenage woman didn't like politics but they. yeah yes so keir starmer is obviously not showing a huge amount of leadership on the issue of what is a woman and how should a biological woman be defined looks like rishi defined. and it looks like rishi sunakis defined. and it looks like rishi sunak is pledging to be the sort of stronger party this and of of stronger party on this and of course be beat is passionate course can be beat is passionate about this issue she's talked about this issue she's talked about before brave on this about before she's brave on this issue commissioned issue she commissioned this review. come review. the reviews now come back said, yes, there would review. the reviews now come ba

we go. crazy times we live in, nice john. anyway there's nice in john. but anyway there's loads more still to come and see. now on 6:00, we're going to talk this, by talk about the man. get this, by the way, who raped a year old the way, who raped a 13 year old schoolgirl when he was 17. but he sent to jail. why he hasn't been sent to jail. why because the judge still is 21 now, so that he was too now, just so that he was too young. what on earth is going on that? what on earth is going on there? and of course, will there? and of course, we will be keeping updated new keeping you updated from new york await for donald york as we await for donald trump to leave trump tower and present himself manhattan present himself at manhattan court. right now your court. but right now is your headunes court. but right now is your headlines bethany elsey . headlines at bethany elsey. patrick thank you. here's your top stories from the gb newsroom. at 532, donald trump is calling for his case to be moved to a different venue, claiming potential bias, saying he faces a kangaroo court. you're watching live pictures from new york where he'll become the first sitting all former us president to be charged with a criminal offence. he was indicted over alleged hush money

payments to the adult film star stormy daniels during his 2006 election campaign. his lawyer says he'll plead not guilty . says he'll plead not guilty. finland has officially become the 31st member of the nato military alliance. the expansion triggered by the invasion of ukraine and roughly doubles the length of the border that nato's shares with russia. the kremlin is warning that raises the risk of conflict and threaten to take counter measures . a mother and counter measures. a mother and stepfather have been convicted over the death of two year old lola james. she was attacked in her home in haverfordwest in pembrokeshire in july 2020. she died in hospital four days later after suffering catastrophic brain injuries. carol bevan was found guilty of murder and shani james guilty of allowing her death. they'll be sentenced

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,1.1409. the price of gold. is £1,621.05 ounce, and ftse £1,621.05 per ounce, and ftse 100 closed at 7634 points. direct bullion sponsors the financial report on gbp us investments that matter . okay, investments that matter. okay, so let's get some more on donald trump heading to court today lower, i suppose, potentially any minute he's going to leave trump tower. and we have got some live pictures of it from trump tower . go. so some live pictures of it from trump tower. go. so this is one of those live shot of the courthouse and one of those is the shot. the one on the right is the shots of trump tower. so trump is going to leave that tower and go to the shot on the left, which is the courthouse. it takes around half an hour, apparently, drive so apparently, to drive there. so we'll bringing all of we'll be bringing you all of that. very vocal, that. he's been very vocal, though. trump the though. has donald trump on the media platform social, one media platform truth social, one of this afternoon of its messages this afternoon read, quoting the read, i'm quoting now, the radical democrats have radical left democrats have

criminalised the justice system. this america was this is not what america was supposed that is for us supposed to be. that is for us to say. i think one of his tamer messages as well. i'm joined now by tarkanian, who's a by amy tarkanian, who's a republican strategist the republican strategist and the former republican former of the nevada republican party . to you on the party. great to have you on the show. thank you very much, show. thank you very, very much, amy. massive day, this amy. look, massive day, this massive day and potentially well, not today , but one of the well, not today, but one of the days where donald trump wants to prove his innocence innocence. right. | prove his innocence innocence. right. i mean, it's going be right. i mean, it's going to be very interesting. know, very interesting. you know, today going to go through today he's going to go through the arraignment process and we're find out what the we're going to find out what the four actually , what are four counts actually, what are the details . and, you know, you the details. and, you know, you have people now on both sides. you have one side who is devoted and will follow him to the ends of the earth, no matter what chaos surrounds him and those are his maga base supporters . are his maga base supporters. and then, of course, you have the other side that are cheering on the possibility of a former president of being behind bars or at least just being found guilty . so, or at least just being found guilty. so, you or at least just being found guilty . so, you know, it's guilty. so, you know, it's a very sad day, actually. i

believe , for the united states believe, for the united states of america. and it puts into question as well into a number of citizens minds is our justice system fair ? is it really the system fair? is it really the area that we should be pursuing? because there's possible set situations that i personally feel are much more dire, such as, you know, the question of election interference with georgia, with president trump or even with jan sixth in inciting violence . this one right here violence. this one right here with a hush payment to a star is , something that's unfortunate and quite honestly, it's a little shocking that in a republican primary normally in the past would actually have ended someone's career. but this time it's not. well, let me help him. yeah. on that we obviously are a bit hamstrung in what we can say by virtue of the fact that we don't really know yet what these charges are. really. it's 34 of them. we don't even know how many. that's just the

rumour. it's 34 of them. so look, absolutely massive. could drop in the next couple of hours and we'll all sitting here and we'll all be sitting here talking something talking about something radically whatever talking about something radisally whatever talking about something radis pleading whatever talking about something radis pleading not whatever talking about something radis pleading not guilty|atever talking about something radis pleading not guilty to ever he is pleading not guilty to absolutely every single thing . absolutely every single thing. do you think there's anything that really happen that could really happen that would move trump's base? do you think there's any chance whatsoever we are about to whatsoever that we are about to find something out that just completely changes the world's view of donald trump ? you know view of donald trump? you know i'm actually i at a loss for words with a way that i have actually witnessed people who i thought were pretty reasonable and rational republicans for a number of years watched them actually become brainwashed. and i'm being dead serious when i say this , and it hurts for me to say this, and it hurts for me to say this, and it hurts for me to say this, and it hurts for me to say this because some of these people i actually thought were pretty intelligent at one point, but it really they believe that this is a witch hunt and he has manipulated a number of those who still support him to this day. and believing that it's not

just him, that they're after, but it's also the base. and so they believe without the shadow of a doubt that he is being targeted and that he can do no wrong . you're going to find who wrong. you're going to find who also were maybe second guessing trump as well. and we're looking at, say, governor nikki haley or governor ron desantis. but now that the da. in new york has moved forward with this indictment , moved forward with this indictment, right now, people are crying foul and saying this is politically motivated. so now we're going to go back to president trump because he still leading in the polls for the primary or. amy, look, thank you very much . always appreciate very much. always appreciate your chat . amy your time. great to chat. amy tarkanian is a republican strategist and the former chair of nevada republican party. of the nevada republican party. right okay. so that we do await with bated breath, delaware's donald trump will emerge . but donald trump will emerge. but there's shocking story coming. there's a shocking story coming. your scotland. okay your way out of scotland. okay so a man who raped a 13 year old schoolgirl when he was 17, he's 21 now, has not been sent to jail because the judge still

that he was too young to go to prison. what of patrick christys? and this is gb news, britain's news

channel coming up this week, a very special gb news easter program . special gb news easter program. we are invited during the short time to enter into the passion, death and resurrection of jesus christ . it's an invitation to christ. it's an invitation to take part in the most important part of the christian life and explore the meanings of charity and faith . happy easter. and faith. happy easter. hallelujah the meaning of easter . with me, the reverend calvin robinson this week on gb news the people's struggle , britain's the people's struggle, britain's news . channel oh, there we go. news. channel oh, there we go. make sure you tune into that. right. well, welcome back, though. now the government is expected to announce that the leasing agreement has been reached use a barge called reached to use a barge called the bp stock home in dorset ,

the bp stock home in dorset, which can accommodate more than 500 it's look, we all 500 people. it's look, we all know the a big migrant know the story. a big migrant barge coast of dorset mp barge off the coast of dorset mp richard the tory has richard drax, the tory has spoken out against the plans and consigned to the dustbin. this particular flat hotel was housing. migrants were already costing the government's 6 million quid. this apparently is going to cost about two and a half million quid a week or something like that. joining me now is the former ukip leader and border security expert henry bolton. you very bolton. henry, thank you very much. not exactly much. look it's not exactly a shock fab people of shock that the fab people of dorset want say literally dorset don't want say literally a boatload of immigrants on that tourist hotspot. but that said, should people of dorset do should the people of dorset do that bit to act as a deterrent , that bit to act as a deterrent, to stop the thing kicking off even more ? yes but i don't think even more? yes but i don't think this is down to the people of dorset , patrick. i think it's dorset, patrick. i think it's just down to the government and i don't think this is going to work. first of all, the bibi stockholm is 200 beds. that's it. that's that's a drop in the ocean compared to what's needed.

that's point number one. point number two, this can only work if it is a screening and assessment facility to sort of, if you like, everybody's familiar with the concepts of at an airport of airside and landside. you're not actually deemed to have entered the uk, although you're in the uk territory until it transited immigration controls . we don't immigration controls. we don't have that facility in law or physically or on our maritime borders. we need it to be used as a waterside as opposed to landside facility for initial screening , welfare and the screening, welfare and the credibility of any potential asylum claim before they were allowed to transit uk controls. so that screening would take 1 to 4 days if they were if they were used for that purpose, then were used for that purpose, then we could. people for example, like albania is from a safe third country with whom we've got an agreement directly from that facility . back to that facility. back to

transportation to take them back to albania before they've transited. immigration controls. and they answer all the sort of judicial. yeah. so in that would work but this is too small. it's in the wrong place . and it's not in the wrong place. and it's not doesn't seem to be part of a process. it'sjust doesn't seem to be part of a process. it's just another sort of a hotel. we're putting them on a boat. yeah, it's just a thing, isn't it? it's just literally it's just saying. yes, it is. how long? but that's it. yeah. migrant. but i mean the other thing is, well i mean the fact is the average, the residents association, the local council, the conservative campaign, a couple of itv, we've managed to unite right mps managed to unite right wing mps and human rights groups here against this thing. both have a couple of very different, but it would seem to me is a one way around. it would be to at least put this boat somewhere else if it's it's on water. once it's a boat, it's on water. once they be slap bang the they have to be slap bang in the middle of tourist bar, can't middle of a tourist bar, can't you just someone irish you just love someone near irish sea? actually , they're all sea? well, actually, they're all coming dover . dover, coming in to dover. dover, western docks. it's got space. why not put them there? we need

to. we need them bigger. there is a facility at new york. it's such a prison barge, but it's got the all the welfare facilities , exercise facilities, facilities, exercise facilities, medical facilities , processing medical facilities, processing facilities, judicial processing facilities, judicial processing facilities and everything else . facilities and everything else. on board this thing we. need a couple of those parked off dover rather because again, we're adding to the logistical burden . people come in to dover and then we've got to transport them all the way down to portland. so this thing, i mean, it's just bonkers the space at dover western docks put them there. mm no , i, western docks put them there. mm n0 , i, it western docks put them there. mm no , i, it just, i think somebody no, i, it just, i think somebody has heard the idea of putting them on boats and has heard the complaints of putting them in hotels and it's thought, you know, this is a solution . know, this is a solution. there's this, there's this boat, the baby. so can we can lease that we can stick them in there. that'll appease everybody. it will it will change the will not it will change the square root of nothing. patrick you know, i'm all for this, so. i mean, i've the concept to a

way that i've explained , but way that i've explained, but this doesn't seem to fit within that concept, that process . it's that concept, that process. it's too small. wrong and doesn't have the facility to do any processing or. i mean, look, thank you. i will leave you to enjoy the absolutely beautiful location and your video again from that. this is my patrick very quickly but of course the whole country needs to get behind this government needs to come with credible plan. come up with a credible plan. and got to have and we've got to have conservative mp getting behind that plan . well, they do. and that plan. well, they do. and there's always to be nimby there's always going to be nimby ism. in this case, look, ism. but in this case, look, i personally not want to personally would not want to find a beautiful the find a beautiful view of the dorset coastline. wouldn't dorset coastline. i wouldn't want of illegal want a boatload of illegal immigrants living that immigrants just living that would bit henry would be a bit weird. henry thank henry both thank you very much. henry both now, international security and border control expert. right now to shocking rapist to a shocking story. a rapist who 13 year old girl who attends a 13 year old girl in parking back in in a parking scotland back in 2018 walked free from court. 2018 has walked free from court. sean hogg is 21 years old, was found guilty of raping a vulnerable teenager at a park in midlothian . but yesterday, midlothian. but yesterday, a judge states that the age of the

rapist, he was 17, 18 at the time had to be taken into account when passing his sentence. hogg was sentenced . to sentence. hogg was sentenced. to 270 hours of community service. yeah yeah, exactly. alan collins is a partner at hugh james and he joins me now. alan i cannot believe that i'm reading out that a chap has got 270 hours of community service for raping an underage girl. community service for raping an underage girl . the case underage girl. the case certainly does raise eyebrows, doesn't it? put it mildly, because the expectation is extremely serious. offence would result in a very tough sentence and traditionally . you know, the and traditionally. you know, the whole idea of sentencing is to deter punish and reform . but i deter punish and reform. but i think we i was i'm not an expert on scottish law. my understanding is that the scottish government changed the law so that there is some greater emphasis , i believe, on greater emphasis, i believe, on repeal litigation and the judge, rightly or wrongly , was i think,

rightly or wrongly, was i think, trying to apply the new sentencing regime that had been landed on his desk, courtesy of the scottish government . i just. the scottish government. i just. just just more just from a moral perspective , really, i get that perspective, really, i get that sometimes the law is an, as they say. and i do understand that. but do you think realistically, 21 years old is surely too not young to be sent to have an aduu young to be sent to have an adult prison for rape charge ? adult prison for rape charge? generally speaking, what one expects is for the offender to be sent into custody and for a very long time . so this case, as very long time. so this case, as i said right at the beginning, certainly raises eyebrows . and, certainly raises eyebrows. and, you know , it is concerning you know, it is concerning because all the publicity that is being generated by the case, you know , victims, survivors , you know, victims, survivors, those who've been the victims of crime who, you know, with the justifiable temerity be concerned about do i go exactly

do i get prosecution ? the one do i get prosecution? the one saving grace is that this guy's name is out there now. and his pictures there were. alan, thank you very much. sorry, it was short and sweet, but we a bit pressed for time. alan collins that hugh that part right? hugh james solicitors right. okay. i've got time to squeeze in one more shortly. out one more shortly. squeeze out one more because it's get this because now it's the get this the the most recent attempt the most the most recent attempt to which is the to save the planet, which is the key for britain its net key for britain to meet its net zero will be essentially zero targets will be essentially cows farts that about 9.4 cows farts that are about 9.4 million cows and calves in the uk. cows are responsible for 7% of carbon emissions. uk. cows are responsible for 7% of carbon emissions . also 14% of uk carbon emissions. also 14% of uk carbon emissions. also 14% of global human induced emissions . feeding them seaweed emissions. feeding them seaweed could cut by 82% and the uk has pledged to reduce methane emissions by 30% by 2030. and what they're going to try and do is stop cow start . and i'm is stop cow start. and i'm joined now by andrew ward . he's joined now by andrew ward. he's the arable farmer of the year. good lad. fantastic stuff. okay co, what do you make of the chances of a stopping cows farting ? hello patrick and good farting? hello patrick and good to see you. we got a fairly

non—existent to be honest. i think you know as well as i do that won't happen . and i think that won't happen. and i think we just need to point out here that the uk cow or the uk british beef cow is actually the global footprint is two and a half times lower than the average cow across the world. and that's the first thing we need to mention. and when you start to look at greenhouse gas emissions and everything like that, there's of different that, there's lots of different greenhouse emissions and greenhouse gas emissions and carbon transport greenhouse gas emissions and cathe1 transport greenhouse gas emissions and cathe biggest transport greenhouse gas emissions and cathe biggest . transport greenhouse gas emissions and cathe biggest . and transport greenhouse gas emissions and cathe biggest . and i transport greenhouse gas emissions and cathe biggest . and i think sport greenhouse gas emissions and cathe biggest . and i think when is the biggest. and i think when you start to look at food because this is what we're on with, patrick, we're looking because this is what we're on wi'food patrick, we're looking because this is what we're on wi'food anditrick, we're looking because this is what we're on wi'food and seen we're looking because this is what we're on wi'food and seen emptylooking at food and seen empty supermarket shelves and we've seen well—known activists very prominently on tv and on radio and all over social media saying we need to ban livestock , we we need to ban livestock, we need to ban cows and sheep because the damaging the planet. but feed ourselves. but we need to feed ourselves. and we don't ourselves from and if we don't ourselves from our shores , we're going to our own shores, we're going to import more from abroad, which then damages other countries environment. even more and environment. so even more and surely we have to think about other parts of the world instead of instead of just our own

though completely with though i completely agree with you. andrea, you. absolutely. andrea, thank you. absolutely. andrea, thank you it's great you very, very much. it's great to on show. i'm to have you on the show. i'm sorry. never believe in you. sorry. i never believe in you. hungry rise above. hungry for a laugh? rise above. we've got breaking news out of our backsides. it's not just about afraid. we've about cows, i'm afraid. we've got trump. you got donald trump. there you go. very potent, andrew. thank you very much, andrew. all those the arable farmer of the year talking, not, talking, believe it or not, about farts. up next is about cows, farts. up next is michelle with dewbs& michelle dewberry with dewbs& co. are you right? i am all co. are you all right? i am all right. i'm cringing a little bit. you saying the f word so far? far from basics. i've far? far from the basics. i've got one, but i'm like, got little one, but i'm like, oh, patrick, a little oh, patrick, hang out a little bit. all you got. okay bit. getting all you got. okay what do you got coming up? that was actually what felt. no, was actually what we felt. no, it will not be pocket nourishment. i'll nourishment. sorry, i'll tell you i want talk about. you what i want to talk about. actually, other things, actually, among other things, i am yet again today as am disgusted. yet again today as am disgusted. yet again today as a of a two year old a mother of a two year old little year boy, yet little two year old boy, yet another story about a two year old child being viciously assault and ultimately murdered by a person that was supposed to be protecting them. i'm actually sick of it. and i'm asking tonight, is it time to bring back the death penalty? yeah.

for child murderers, it divides people. and get it. well, you people. and i get it. well, you know what? of these know what? i'm sick of these people. absolutely sick of people. i'm absolutely sick of them. and when i see what they've done and i hear what they've done and i hear what they've and i picture those they've done and i picture those children, i think, you know what? you don't deserve actually to and fed and to be kept alive and fed and safe well in a prison. the safe and well in a prison. the figures death penalty are figures on the death penalty are really interesting, actually, because split because it's quite split on the polling and are some polling data. and there are some crimes that where the polling data show that people would data does show that people would approve safety, approve of bringing safety, the death then death penalty. but then we've got that's going be an got well, that's going to be an absolute of a show, absolute cracker of a show, no doubt. thank very much, doubt. and thank you very much, michelle. well, i wasn't trying to up false getting to bring up false or getting your indeed do or your company or indeed do or indeed doing, although you've lost of lost your sense of smell of news. so actually, i could have crack one off right and how crack one off right now. and how would idea. you would would have no idea. you would have idea. oh, this is good have no idea. oh, this is good for presence of your for me in the presence of your trump. i would let me tell trump. and i would let me tell you let me tell you your are in for an absolute treat. all right. look, thank you very much, everybody. i'm patrick christys and this is goodies. i'll again tomorrow at i'll be back again tomorrow at three. for dewbs& co

three. stay tuned for dewbs& co hello again. aidan mcgivern hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here the met mostly here from the met office. mostly dry today for of uk dry today for much of the uk bright sunny spells, but bright or sunny spells, but there arriving into there is some rain arriving into there is some rain arriving into the scotland. and as we the west of scotland. and as we go to the evening, northern ireland will see that rainfall. the the the clouds thickening, the breeze west breeze picking up in the west and as the night wears and the north as the night wears on. but towards central and southeastern parts of the uk, we keep clear skies and the keep the clear skies and the light winds. so for the likes of kent, east sussex as, kent, east sussex as well as, essex and suffolk temperatures to or minus two to minus one or minus two celsius by dawn . that's where celsius by dawn. that's where the brightest skies will be, with high pressure clinging on. for now . elsewhere, we've got for now. elsewhere, we've got a number of weather moving in from the atlantic and they're bringing the cloud. they're bringing the cloud. they're bringing rain bringing those outbreaks of rain as the fronts move in and push against the high pressure that's going to be particularly active fronts . the rainfall mostly fronts. the rainfall mostly light and on and off as it moves through northern ireland. western england and wales during the morning . and there'll be a the morning. and there'll be a lot of cloud with them, with a lot of cloud with them, with a lot of cloud with them, with a lot of low cloud covering the hills in the west and the south, but for east anglia in the

southeast, bright southeast, we keep the bright skies temperatures of 13 or skies and temperatures of 13 or 14 celsius. northern ireland, west and scotland also brighten up west and scotland also brighten ”p by west and scotland also brighten up by the end of the afternoon with again to celsius in with again 12 to 13 celsius in between lot of cloud cover, between a lot of cloud cover, outbreaks rain and, 11 or 12 outbreaks of rain and, 11 or 12 degrees will make it feel the degrees will make it feel on the cool those outbreaks rain cool side. those outbreaks rain slowly trundle eastwards through the reaching east the evening, reaching east anglia the southeast by anglia and the southeast by midnight and then they clear into the north sea overnight. but to linger for the far north—east scotland into , the north—east of scotland into, the start of thursday, otherwise we keep the cloud cover. and so actually it's going to be a frost free night for the vast majority. but it's going to be a great the once on great start to the day once on thursday, rain clearing north sea persist across sea coasts persist across aberdeenshire, caithness , orkney aberdeenshire, caithness, orkney and shetland. but brightest guys emerge elsewhere. all bit with some heavy showers developing though, showers will be thundery in places . though, showers will be thundery in places. heaviest though, showers will be thundery in places . heaviest downpours in places. heaviest downpours expected towards the southeast before it dries up for these two weekend .

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to protecting our own health and keeping us as well as we can be. apparently, we're taking it for granted. is it is it time then to stop charging for aids and overin to stop charging for aids and over in manchester and debenham, he's saying that more needs to be done to basically tell a story in manchester of how slavery has helped shape the city. is it do we need to do more? or actually, what we need to do is start looking forwards rather than backwards. your thoughts on that? and as a mother to a two year old boy, i am upset, lutely sickened again today when i see yet another two

year old murdered by the very