children or not and sickness benefits. d0 children or not and sickness benefits. do you think it should benefits. do you think it should be harder for people to get access to these things .7 i mean, access to these things? i mean, ihave access to these things? i mean, i have to say, there's millions of people that do not work . the of people that do not work. the government are saying that many of they right of those could. are they right or wrong? should it be harder? and if so, in which ways? and i want to talk you about drugs. want to talk to you about drugs. it's been suggested now that we should have what they call kind of consumption rooms for of safe consumption rooms for people take illegal drugs in people to take illegal drugs in this country . people to take illegal drugs in this country. is that a good idea?is this country. is that a good idea? is it going to help get people off drugs, help keep people off drugs, help keep people safe, are we losing people safe, or are we losing our minds? is, fact, going our minds? it is, in fact, going to encourage people keep to encourage people to keep taking drugs . you tell me. and taking drugs. you tell me. and apparently i've got some great news for you at the end of the program. beer is apparently good for your health. do not say i do

not you all the positive not bring you all the positive news dewbs& co we've got news here on dewbs& co we've got it all to come. but before we get into it, let's bring ourselves with ourselves up to speed with tonight's headlines. tonight's latest headlines. >> i'm lisa hartle in the newsroom. more schools may be forced to close due to a particular kind of concrete that's prone to sudden collapse. abbey lane primary in sheffield is one of over 150in england at risk. others in scotland, wales and northern ireland are also being assessed. gb news yorkshire and humber reporter anna riley has more. >> i'm here at abbey lane primary school in sheffield. it was identified as having this problem rak concrete, back in july and works have been ongoing since then to fix the problem, which has been identified in the kitchen roofing area of the school. this work is due to be completed in december and the

council say that they have spent £620,000 from their capital budget in fixing the problem and they've also said that they have kept in close contact with parents to keep them updated as to what is happening at the school with the kitchen area being affected , that will mean being affected, that will mean alternative arrangements will have to be made for meal times and feeding the children , and feeding the children, whether that's packed lunches or other arrangements being made . other arrangements being made. but for now, the school should be opening for teaching. on monday , the schools minister, monday, the schools minister, nick gibb, told gb news the government is prioritising is prioritising safety. >> but there may be more buildings at risk. >> so we took this decision as swiftly as we could. we had to look at the evidence, we had to discuss that evidence with experts. we had to make sure we had plans in place for what schools would be doing when they were told that they probably needed to address this. this what was previously regarded as low risk rak in their schools.

but it's the right decision. it's the most cautious decision i >> -- >>a >> a tiktok influencer and her mother have been jailed for life for murdering two men. mahek and anserine bukhari ambushed the pair and killed them during a high speed car chase near leicester in february last year . saqib hussain, who was travelling with mohammad hashim aijazuddin , had threatened to aijazuddin, had threatened to reveal an affair he'd had with the social media star's mother. the women will serve a minimum term of more than 31 years and 26 years, respectively . the 26 years, respectively. the number of migrants per boat crossing the channel has hit a new monthly high. more than 5000 people made the journey in august in 102, two boats. that's an average of 53 people per vessel. the overall number of crossings is around 20% less than this time last year. another wave of rail strikes has hit services across the country.

members of the aslef union are staging a 24 hour walkout, leaving many trains without drivers. the rail delivery group describes the action as unnecessary, but the union says the government is refusing to make a reasonable pay offer. the dispute, which started over a year ago, remains at a deadlock with no talks planned and no sign of a breakthrough. general secretary of aslef mick whelan says they'll keep striking until a fair offer is made. the reality is that we have not seen the transport ministers since last december. >> we haven't seen the rail minister since act of bad minister since the act of bad faith january and haven't faith in january and we haven't seen erg since the deal they put to us with our red that to us with our red lines in that set up to fail in april. we've been here now for the best part of months. if it takes of 14 months. if it takes another months another 14 another 14 months or another 14 years, still be here. and years, we'll still be here. and at some point somebody's going years, we'll still be here. and at someto>int somebody's going years, we'll still be here. and at someto come�*mebody's going years, we'll still be here. and at someto come and ody's going years, we'll still be here. and at someto come and talk; going years, we'll still be here. and at someto come and talk to oing years, we'll still be here. and at someto come and talk to usg to have to come and talk to us and resolve this situation. >> two former leaders of far right proud boys, have right group proud boys, have been charges related been jailed on charges related to storming of us to the storming of the us capitol washington . capitol building in washington. joseph zachary rehl

joseph biggs and zachary rehl were convicted of seditious conspiracy for trying to overturn donald trump's 2020 election defeat. their prison terms of 15 and 17 years are below us sentencing guidelines and far, far lower than the 30 year term sought by federal prosecutors . direct line will prosecutors. direct line will pay prosecutors. direct line will pay £30 million in compensation to customers who have been overcharged when renewing their insurance. the company admitted to an error in implementing new pricing rules , which came into pricing rules, which came into effect at the start of last yeah effect at the start of last year. the financial conduct authority brought in the new rules to protect existing customers from being quoted higher prices than new customers . the uk's economy performed better during the pandemic than previously thought, and it bounced back to pre—covid levels almost two years ago. that's according to new figures released today by the office of national statistics. by the end of 2021, the economy is believed to have been 6.0. 6, rather

larger than it was in 2019. estimates previously suggested that it had shrunk. the figures paint a more optimistic picture of the economy, despite prices rising at the fastest rate for 40 years. first, gas jocelyn and debbie are just some of the storms we might expect next season. the met office says they're being named after the very people working to protect us from them. meteorologists named storms only when they're expected to have a medium or high impact on people. forecasters say it helps communicate the seriousness of a storm. it'll be the first time the traditional male and female ordering of names has been altered . this is gb news across altered. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio, and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to . michelle now it's back to. michelle >> thanks for that. well, i'm

michelle dewberry and i'm with you right through until 7:00. i say that i always say that every night i'm with you right through as doing like this strap. as i'm doing like this strap. you strap yourself sit you know, strap yourself in, sit down we're going to be sitting here for the next 24 hours. yeah, kind of, like, yeah, some kind of, like, i don't telephone don't know, telephone or whatever. with whatever. yeah, i'm with you till 7:00. to probably till 7:00. i need to probably pare that down a little bit because it only an hour after because it is only an hour after all. anyway, daniel moylan, a tory peer in the house of lords, alongside paul embry, tory peer in the house of lords, a|firefighter paul embry, tory peer in the house of lords, a|firefighter and paul embry, tory peer in the house of lords, a|firefighter and a paul embry, tory peer in the house of lords, a|firefighter and a trade embry, a firefighter and a trade unionist . a firefighter and a trade unionist. i'm going give you unionist. i'm going to give you a off talking about the a night off talking about the strikes makes strikes tonight. oh, that makes a change. i know. i sat a nice change. i know. i sat there and thought, you know there and i thought, you know what? still ongoing . and what? strikes still ongoing. and we've the rail again we've got the rail ones again this weekend. are going to this weekend. are you going to have senior ? have junior and senior? >> are you saying you're going to me a night off? now to give me a night off? now you're stirring. to give me a night off? now youi'm;tirring. give myself a >> i'm going to give myself a night but i might there night off. but i might there might be a bit of me squeeze on wages since napoleonic times directors through directors pay goes through the roof, paying roof, ordinary workers paying the there go. i've got >> there you go. i've got a little bit. >> got it. any squeezed it >> you got it. any squeezed it in, didn't he? what do you think to these strikes? are you kind

of all now or are you of over it all now or are you still irritated by them? are you on side of strikers or on the side of the strikers or the government? get in touch. on the side of the strikers or the me ernment? get in touch. on the side of the strikers or the me knowznt? get in touch. on the side of the strikers or the me know yourset in touch. on the side of the strikers or the me know your thoughtsch. let me know your thoughts tonight. i also want to to tonight. i also want to talk to you well safe drug you as well about safe drug consumption well. do consumption rooms as well. do you that that is good you think that that is a good idea in this country and in scotland, for example, as well? do encourages do you think it encourages people use drugs? will people just to use drugs? will it help people get off drugs or what? also want to talk to you it help people get off drugs or whwell also want to talk to you it help people get off drugs or whwell about/ant to talk to you it help people get off drugs or whwell about sickness. .k to you it help people get off drugs or whwell about sickness. do) you it help people get off drugs or whwell about sickness. do you as well about sickness. do you think too many people have it too easy in this country? we over 2 million people, apparently and apparently long term sick and don't work potential reforms coming down the down the pike at that do think should coming down the down the pike at théharderdo think should coming down the down the pike at théharder or think should coming down the down the pike at the harder or not?think should coming down the down the pike at théharder or not? did< should coming down the down the pike at théharder or not? did i should coming down the down the pike at théharder or not? did i say|ould be harder or not? did i say hello to you, by the way, daniel? >> well, not exactly. hello i mean, you made a glancing reference fact. did reference to the fact. did i did. i was in the studio. >> just give you, like, a dismissive look over the shoulder, your butler shoulder, like he's your butler or something. shoulder, like he's your butler or sometjusti. shoulder, like he's your butler or sometjust to. going just >> he'sjust to. going he'sjust going to you champagne. going to bring you champagne. >> yes. yes. bring my drink in. sorry, to you as sorry, daniel, welcome to you as well. you. that's very well. thank you. that's very nice. rainbow floral. >> i've got i've got i've >> no, i've got i've got i've got summery tie because

got a nice summery tie because i know, i have 1 or 2 know, i know i have 1 or 2 followers out there in the audience who do notice audience who actually do notice my and like them when my ties and like them when they're i think they're a bit more. i think i need a good for laid down. >> i've just described it as a floral that's floral. floral that's not floral. i meant like rainbow. i meant it meant like a rainbow. i meant it was like the colours. it was inspired in terms of its colour by a floral bouquet. shall i just and move to what just shut up and move on to what i'm supposed to be doing, which is actually discussing the main news the fact news today, which is the fact that england this that in england get this everyone, now, you everyone, the schools now, you know, all of these know, of course all of these kids, they've out school kids, they've been out of school for some time because of for quite some time because of covid. well, it turns out now that that was not the of the that that was not the end of the lockdown. distant learning, after because got after all, because you've got a situation you've got situation now where you've got more 100 schools more than 100 schools and colleges potentially going to have all have to shut. this is all because a type concrete. because of a type of concrete. daniel, i'll come to you. i shall ignore you no more, because people saying because many people are saying that your government has put children is all children at risk. this is all around fact that around the fact that this concrete can prone to what concrete can be prone to what they're collapse. they're calling sudden collapse. you've kent, a you've seen a school in kent, a primary school in 2018, primary school back in 2018, where the exact thing did happen

. why? why are we in this mess? well it's true that dangerous materials people didn't know they were dangerous at the time , were used in the 60s, 70s and 80s. >> and it's true, no doubt that action should have been taken earlier. let's remember that the primary responsibility for maintaining schools lies with the local authorities or the education authorities for those areas rather than directly with the government. and we're talking here about, i believe, 105 schools out of a total of 20,000. and i understand that in many of those cases , not the many of those cases, not the whole school will have to close. but just a part of it and face to face teaching can continue. but the response has been one where the government hasn't told us the new us exactly what the new information is , but they information is, but they feel it's safer to make this but that at the moment, no, we do it's safer to make this but that at the moment , no, we do know at the moment, no, we do know what's happened because what apparently has happened is because this has been investigated quite time investigated for quite some time and there's been surveys being conducted, a little conducted, it was all a little bit chilled out, it seems to me. >> and then what happened was apparently, has been apparently, see, there has been

apparently, see, there has been a beam that has collapsed over the summer that now made the summer and that has now made the summer and that has now made the rethink and go. the government rethink and go. actually, very serious. actually, this is very serious. we action right in we need to take action right in the here and now. we're going to close units . that close these units. that apparently changed. apparently is what's changed. but apparently but i'm saying apparently there's still a lot of it seems to opaqueness about to be almost opaqueness about what's going on. you're really having to prod and poke the government in terms of getting out the official number and which schools it is. why i don't know about that. >> i can understand why the government isn't going around saying it's particular saying it's these particular schools it's each schools because it's for each schools because it's for each school with the with school to deal with the with their own parents, because the circumstances seem to be circumstances seem to me to be different in different schools . different in different schools. some have close, different in different schools. sonothers have close, different in different schools. sonothers might have close, different in different schools. sonothers might justave close, different in different schools. sonothers might just be close, different in different schools. sonothers might just be closinge, but others might just be closing one of the school and can one part of the school and can carry on. rather than create carry on. and rather than create a sense of panic, a sort of sense of panic, i think important that the think it's important that the headteachers schools headteachers of those schools are communicate directly are able to communicate directly with about the with the parents about the particular circumstances that pertain. i mean, pertain. in that case, i mean, the government has spent billions been £15 billions there has been £15 billions there has been £15 billion spent, at least on maintaining and upgrading schools since 2015. and there is

a big schools maintenance program . i do agree with you program. i do agree with you that sometimes i feel that civil servants can there's a big churn in civil servants and sometimes balls get dropped. and that might be the case here. but we are talking about as i say, a very small number at the moment and it is motivated by the interests of the safety interests of the safety interests of the children. >> well, i had we're talking about 104 schools there or thereabouts. and i had the school minister, nick gibb , he school minister, nick gibb, he was being interviewed this morning and he was saying that all of these schools currently hadnt all of these schools currently hadn't that was hadn't been informed. that was back morning. and i'm back this morning. and i'm thinking, about 100 odd thinking, well, about 100 odd schools. long it take schools. how long does it take to calls into those to actually put calls into those schools me anyway? paul schools beyond me anyway? paul embry, look less than embry, you look less than impressed saying . impressed at what he's saying. >> think it's a >> well, i just think it's a sign we're bit of an sign that we're a bit of an undeveloped country, as i call it. we just seem to be broken in so many ways. things seem not to work. the police don't do their job. you can't get an operation on the nhs. you can't see your

gp. we can't protect our borders . and this seems to me without sort of being opportunistic about it politically, but it does seem to me to be part of a pattern of a country that is un developing. i think in quite a rapid way because i think with this concrete issue , as this concrete issue, as i understand it, it's not just schools, but it's the hospitals that are affected as well . and that are affected as well. and we've currently got a third of our school buildings which are beyond their lifespan . so we've beyond their lifespan. so we've got kids going into places that are clearly no longer fit for purpose. and i do think and daniel gives the figures in terms of the investment, but whatever they are, there has clearly been chronic underinvestment in education and in schools. and i don't think, by the way, that that's a charge you can level just at this current tory government. i think that that has probably been a problem that's been building up for many years. and unfortunately, as before, it's going to be kids who are going to pay the price because remote

learning is not the equivalent of in—class learning. i think we saw during the pandemic the shortcomings impact shortcomings of that, the impact it has children, and it looks it has on children, and it looks now that thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands of them, are going be consigned to it. are going to be consigned to it. and i think that's and for them, i think that's going a massive detriment. going to be a massive detriment. >> yeah, and just to be absolutely clear as well, because quite because i found this quite interesting , many people are interesting, many people are writing who's writing in saying, who's invented and approved stuff invented and approved this stuff . example, says it's . philip, for example, says it's like scandal all like the cladding scandal all over . many people are over again. many people are pointing out how dangerous this product is. i am not, i confess, a building expert. but i've listened to quite a few of them today. and actually this this kind of concrete people are describing it like an arab. it's basically a lot lighter than concrete. it's got a lot of kind of air spaces in it, which is why it seems to be used quite widely. and this is the point. this not, as i understand it, this is not, as i understand it, a dangerous material. it has no place in the construction industry. all over industry. this is used all over the it's been used for the world. it's been used for many, many years. to your many, many years. and to your point, is used in buildings point, it is used in buildings from prisons to hospitals. it's

all place. so i don't all over the place. so i don't think suggestion that think the suggestion is that this is unsafe material. this is an unsafe material. you've to get all out. you've got to get it all out. i think what it is, is like any kind material over kind of building material over a passage time, you know, passage of time, you know, things do kind start things do kind of start degrading over time and it needs maintenance of maintenance and all the rest of it. i'm all right. >> you are. you absolutely right. that concrete does degrade time. and this degrade over time. and this seems be degrading seems to be degrading faster. but i'm not but i actually think i'm not sure right in saying it's sure you're right in saying it's still in i think this still in use. i think this is something was used something that was used in buildings were up in a buildings that were put up in a certain period between the 50s and the 90s. >> thought it was used in >> i thought it was used in other countries. might be it other countries. it might be it might used. might be used. >> i don't know about other countries as far this 40 year countries as far as this 40 year penod countries as far as this 40 year period between the 50s as period between the 50s and as far country is far as this country is concerned. i don't think this is used anymore. been used anymore. it hasn't been used anymore. it hasn't been used some time. so the used for quite some time. so the question is, do you do with question is, what do you do with schools seem to or other schools that seem to be or other pubuc schools that seem to be or other public buildings that seem to have this material to have used this material seem to be okay. how quickly be perfectly okay. how quickly do act now? you do you act now? you know, you can that wrong. and it can get that wrong. and it appears this small appears for this very small number of schools, probably it has been got and something

number of schools, probably it has beehavet and something number of schools, probably it has beehave been and something number of schools, probably it has beehave been done, something should have been done, done earlier. but but as i say, it is quite a small number of schools. there a lot of there has been a lot of investment over the years. >> there has to be and you touched michel, touched on it, michel, a regulation i regulation issue, because i mean, mentioned mean, when you mentioned grenfell something that's grenfell and something that's close to my heart as a firefighter, can you have firefighter, how can you have in a advanced country a major advanced western country like situations like ours, these situations occur where grenfell for occur where at grenfell for example, the entire building was wrapped in flammable cladding and 72 people died as a result of it. how did we not, as an advanced western country, have in place a regulator system that prevented something like that occurring , you know, prevented occurring, you know, prevented effectively a high rise residential building being doused in petrol? that's that's the equivalent of what happened i >> -- >> but then is it i mean, you all know more about it than me. surely you know the right thinking individual would take a substance knowing that it's flammable or whatever else, and shoveit flammable or whatever else, and shove it all in buildings thinking, oh, i know , i know how thinking, oh, i know, i know how to sort out these people. i'll

make them deliberately unsafe. surely what happens is and correct me if wrong, things correct me if i'm wrong, things get , you know, constructed in get, you know, constructed in materials and all the rest of it. and then as time passes, you then start learning more about different new different things and then new information comes to light and all rest of surely it's all the rest of it surely it's like isn't it? like that, isn't it? >> no, i think if you look at the grenfell tower inquiry, which give its main which is still to give its main report, actually , i think there report, actually, i think there was clear evidence there of contractors. in fact i'm contractors. well, in fact i'm sure there was because i sat through parts inquiry of through parts of that inquiry of contractors cutting corners effectively and doing so because they wanted to increase their profits. so actually in some cases using substandard materials because they wanted to make a fast buck. so there's clear evidence of that. the other question, of course, is why wasn't there the oversight ? why wasn't there the oversight? why wasn't there the regulatory oversight that there ought to have been? and that speaks to the issue that we've got with these schools and i'll tell you what, people will often and the

tory government under david cameron thing about cameron had this big thing about cutting tape, you know, cutting red tape, you know, bureaucracy, tape, bureaucracy, red tape, regulation. there's too much of it. it's an thing to it. and it's an easy thing to say. an easy promise to say. it's an easy promise to make. is that make. but the truth is that regulation saves people's lives, whether things like whether it comes to things like health and safety. >> of people this is what >> a lot of people this is what my inbox is saying. a lot of people here are that people here are saying that they're blaming lot of this on they're blaming a lot of this on they're blaming a lot of this on the building and the the building standards and the regs rest of it. regs and all the rest of it. thatis regs and all the rest of it. that is the point that's coming through thick and fast. your party hole in party needs this like a hole in the head. i mean, you're rishi sunak look at sunak must sit there. look at himself the mirror and ask himself in the mirror and ask what on earth can what on earth, what on earth can what on earth, what on earth else can go wrong ? >> well, the 7 >> well, the most important consideration at the moment, michel, is not what it means for the prime minister or the conservative party. it's what it means for children, their safety and education and their education. and i think the government probably government has probably taken the stance here to on the right stance here to act on the right stance here to act on the cautious side , i think the cautious side, i don't think when talk about paul talks when we talk about paul talks about possibly hundreds of thousands of children learning

remotely. i have no reason to think at the moment from what i've read, that we're remote, we're in those figures at all. well, the national audit office in june issued a report and said that 700,000 pupils were learning in schools that required major rebuilding or refurbishment. >> that's a national audit. >> that's a national audit. >> they're learning remote only. well, no, but if you're in a school that basically needs to be refurbed and all the rest of it, then you're going to have to be taken out of that. yeah, the only way of doing any of these large programmes, as paul will know anybody is you know and anybody else is you have to a programme with so have to have a programme with so much money over each year, over a you spend a number of years and you spend it a certain list it according to a certain list of priorities and they'll always be or other be schools waiting or other buildings are buildings waiting that are further list because further down the list because you've the ones that you've prioritised the ones that need investment you're need the investment more. you're never any never going to solve any governmental problem, least governmental problem, at least by we're going magic by saying we're going to magic up bunch of money. throw up a whole bunch of money. throw it at the problem. now you don't have resources to do it. you have the resources to do it. you don't have the money. you don't

have the staff. you don't have the people. you need a properly planned programme. and that's what been doing what the government's been doing over 15 years or more. over the last 15 years or more. hey, are parent or hey, are you a parent or a grandparent that's got a child in one of these schools? >> because you will be aware by now lots of these schools have been contacted. me know how been contacted. let me know how you feel. you feel any you feel. do you feel any resentment government resentment at the government or are sitting there are you just sitting there thinking, well, you know, please, that been made please, that we've been made aware and now let's please, that we've been made awaihopefully and now let's please, that we've been made awaihopefully ion now let's please, that we've been made awaihopefully ion and' let's please, that we've been made awaihopefully ion and fixt's just hopefully get on and fix it. know your thoughts. it. let me know your thoughts. coming up next, want to talk coming up next, i want to talk to about sickness benefits. to you about sickness benefits. are them? are you someone are you on them? are you someone that so that that is apparently so ill that you work ever again? you cannot work ever again? apparently million people apparently over 2 million people are category of having are in the category of having long sick nurse. and now long term sick nurse. and now the government. you're in their kind line of aim because they kind of line of aim because they want make it harder to access want to make it harder to access benefits. that right or wrong benefits. is that right or wrong . earlier on gb news

news radio. >> hello there. i'm michelle dewberry with you till 7:00 alongside me, daniel moylan, the tory peer in the house of lords, and paul embry, a firefighter and paul embry, a firefighter and trade unionist. richard says all of this about the schools. it's just basically massive it's just basically a massive attack mainstream media attack by the mainstream media to destroy the tories. if this was happening under labour , it was happening under labour, it wouldn't get barely a wouldn't even get barely a mention . are you parent or mention. are you a parent or grandparent? do you have kids in school? agree with that school? do you agree with that sentiment? i've got to say i think this is pretty serious. you've situation where you've got a situation where you've schools you've got material in schools that potentially be that could potentially be suddenly collapse on kids. i've got to say, whether the government is i do think it would be quite a big story. some of you echoing the view of you echoing the next view from which saying , to from alex, which is saying, to be if students are being be honest, if students are being teached home, that be teached home, that might be a little bit better because then parents see what it parents at least can see what it is their kids being is that their kids are being taught. is that their kids are being taught . get is that their kids are being taught. get in is that their kids are being taught . get in touch is that their kids are being taught. get in touch and let me know your thoughts on that. michelle says this is just another example of broken britain. i want to be proud of my country, she but she

my country, she says. but she feels like nothing works anymore. she says she feels sorry that she has to even think and say that anyway . the and say that anyway. the government is planning to make it to claim benefits now it harder to claim benefits now because for those people that are apparently so they are apparently so ill, they cannot term sick cannot work long term sick ministers want to cut the 2.4 million people that fit into that category . i find million people that fit into that category. i find this really interesting . there's some really interesting. there's some really interesting. there's some really interesting. there's some really interesting reforms that have been proposed and it will go out to consultation . but the go out to consultation. but the sentiment that seems to be behind this is the concept that actually the world of work has evolved opportunities for people are very different now to what they used to be, especially when you've got the rise of working from home. so do you think the government is fair to start looking at this starting to looking at this and starting to shake up ? shake it up? >> i think there's some logic to what you just said, unquestionably , but i always get unquestionably, but i always get a bit twitchy about these sorts of announcements when the economy's nosediving and we're on the brink of a recession and the chances are we may end up in

a recession. and we know what happens with recessions . you happens with recessions. you know, businesses fold and unemployment goes up . and that unemployment goes up. and that means there will be more people chasing fewer jobs. so to announce this at this particular time and to essentially try to coerce people back into work, which i think as a principle is not a bad thing. i'm not saying it's a bad thing at all, but if you come, what you should do well, if actually if you can do, you don't have to as long as you've got the means to sustain yourself. >> but if you can work and you choose to, not then some would argue, including me, you shouldn't able make shouldn't be able to make a choice to live off the state. >> well, i think clearly there are some people who shouldn't be under to you under pressure to work. you know, for example, under pressure to work. you know, who for example, under pressure to work. you know, who want example, under pressure to work. you know, who want to .ample, under pressure to work. you know, who want to stayle, under pressure to work. you know, who want to stay at home people who want to stay at home and up their children and bring up their children or fathers matter, people fathers for that matter, people who people who are who are sick, people who are elderly. will always a elderly. you will always have a body in the country body of people in the country who would not expect to go who you would not expect to go out work and where necessary out to work and where necessary to pay them benefits. but i

don't disagree with the principle know, people principle that, you know, people can't generous benefits can't expect generous benefits if themselves if they themselves are not prepared, fit and prepared, if they're fit and able to work and there's no cause to. and they cause for them not to. and they choose not to, then obviously they would have to a price they would have to pay a price for i don't have a problem for that. i don't have a problem with that, but i just the timing for me is probably wrong. simply because of the economic situation we're likely to find ourselves in. i think there are other things we can do. by the way, to encourage people back other things we can do. by the way,work. courage people back other things we can do. by the way,work. theyge people back other things we can do. by the way,work. they shouldn't back other things we can do. by the way,work. they shouldn't just< into work. they shouldn't just be stick. we should be the big stick. we should have.i be the big stick. we should have. i firmly believe we should have. i firmly believe we should have scheme in have a job guarantee scheme in this which basically this country, which basically allows government to be the allows the government to be the employer last resort . so you employer of last resort. so you don't unemployment and hang don't have unemployment and hang on because that in itself, i need need to focus on that need to i need to focus on that in separately. in itself separately. >> bring you this >> but just bring you in on this sickness issue and about the potential reforms for long term sick. where are you on that one? >> well, michelle, it isn't very often i get angry with your other guest on your show, but i really cannot believe paul really cannot believe what paul has which, of has just said, which, first of all, not all, the economy is not nosediving. and indeed, the figures economy have

figures for the economy have been upwards . we been revised upwards. we are doing great better not doing a great deal better not going. on the brink going. we are not on the brink of recession. main problem of recession. our main problem in employment terms is even look him. >> i've never seen daniel moylan like this. really when i was like this. i'm really when i was young, we had mass unemployment in this country. >> unemployment of >> we had unemployment of 3 million and big million people. and the big thing was there weren't enough jobs people. our problem jobs for people. our problem today exactly the reverse. we today is exactly the reverse. we have completely full employment. anybody wants a job, who anybody who wants a job, who wants a in this country can wants a job in this country can get it. we are so short of laboun get it. we are so short of labour. we imported 600,000 people year , which is people last year, which is a scandal, frankly, and we've got. and you're telling me that somehow we're on the brink of a recession. we have people , 2.4 recession. we have people, 2.4 million people who are on long term sick. now, any in terms of substance, what to do about it? i mildly agree with you, daniel . no, no, i'm going to finish. i didn't interrupt you. >> he's going to tell you, embry, like it or embry, whether you like it or not, a civilised in not, in a civilised society, in a civilised people who a civilised society, people who genuinely can't work should be supported they need that support. >> course that's the case. >> of course that's the case.

but seen these numbers but we've seen these numbers double claims is double the number of claims is doubung double the number of claims is doubling it's absolutely doubling and it's absolutely right for the government to say, especially with the new opportunities michelle opportunities that michelle mentioned from and mentioned, working from home and things should say, things like that should say, is it the case that you it really the case that you cannot work long term? is it not the case that there is that you are capable of some form of employment because there are plenty of jobs out there? it is. we are not living in a world of unemployment. >> we have got sluggish growth. we have got interest rates going. we are full employment in this country in a desperate shortage labour. this country in a desperate showe|e labour. this country in a desperate showe|e lwhat. this country in a desperate showe|e lwhat it means when >> we know what it means when interest up in terms of interest rates go up in terms of the on investment, the the impact on investment, the impact productivity people impact on productivity, people invest when interest rates impact on productivity, people invup. when interest rates go up. >> there are still economists out think it's out there who do think it's likely we may tip into likely that we may tip into recession. you may not. you've got a dog in the fight. i accept that. nonetheless, are that. but nonetheless, there are people it stark people who think it is a stark possibility. we could go into a recession and we know what happensin recession and we know what happens in recession. we get into cycle. into that vicious cycle. >> not in recession. >> we're not in recession. >> we're not in recession. >> are. we are. that's not >> we are. we are. that's not what said. what i said. >> you address my main point,

which have massive which is we have a massive labour shortage. which is we have a massive lab there ortage. which is we have a massive lab there is:age. which is we have a massive lab there is aje. which is we have a massive lab there is a danger you're >> there is a danger you're talking about the threat of great unemployment addresses point in the here and now with the economic situation that we are potentially confronting with higher interest rates leading to unemployment, leading to businesses folding, leaving to a lack of investment, that that could tip us into recession. yeah, but hang on, because you're not just saying, hang on, you're not just saying, hang on, you're projecting. >> now he's asking you if we tipped into when you make the call and when you make the effect on employment is that first could say, first of all, you could say, well won't have another well we won't have another 600,000 be 600,000 immigrants, but still be plenty for people in plenty of jobs for people in this country. >> we can have that debate. but look, the truth is the truth is the truth is there no the truth is there is no shortage work people who shortage of work for people who want it comes to many want it. when it comes to many people we have got people in work, we have got hundreds thousands people, hundreds of thousands of people, possibly now possibly millions of people now working gig economy, working in the gig economy, working in the gig economy, working precarioustransient working in precarious transient employment, which has got no security people on zero security for people on zero hours contracts like hours contracts and things like that. when you talk about that. so when you talk about full , we need to have full employment, we need to have some perspective terms of

some perspective in terms of what means in terms of what what that means in terms of what millions people are doing millions of our people are doing and terms jobs that and in terms of the jobs that they're working in. >> lot of people want to >> but a lot of people want to do those jobs, by the way, those flexible working jobs, because it around lifestyle. it fits around their lifestyle. some of them. anyway, just before before i go the before i before i go on the downward tangent, what you on about scheme? >> think m- >> i think we need a job guarantee scheme which a number of economists for. of economists have called for. it's other it's been trialled in other countries where essentially countries where you essentially have as the have the government as the employer last resort. we know employer of last resort. we know the of unemployment. we the evils of unemployment. we know can do in terms of know what it can do in terms of the impact the economy. we the impact on the economy. we know what it can do in of know what it can do in terms of the private the impact on people's private lives, family lives, etcetera, and there is an enormous amount of out there done. of work out there to be done. you know, is enormous you know, there is enormous amount in of amount of work in terms of productive you know, productive work, you know, mending the roads and building hospitals after kids hospitals and looking after kids in and socially in schools and socially productive labour, which people could be could be put to on a wage . and if they can't find a wage. and if they can't find a private employer or a local authority employer to do it, then the government acts as the employer as a last resort.

then the government acts as the employer as a last resort . and employer as a last resort. and you deal with the problem of unemployed and ultimately brilliant, distract ation because we do not have an unemployment problem in this country . country. >> we are. problem is our are. well, there you are . our problem well, there you are. our problem is we don't have enough workers for the jobs . for the jobs. >> well, do you concur with that? because i need to go to the weather in a second. do you agree with this point that you've got a surplus of jobs and not people that want to not enough people that want to do you've massive do it? you've got this massive rise people that sit rise now in people that sit there and go, hang on, just a nanosecond. i've realised now i can get money sitting on my can get money for sitting on my backside. not detracting backside. i am not detracting from people that are genuinely ill or ill and cannot work or disability or whatever, but there definitely a of there are definitely a group of people society don't people in society that don't want and want to work, work, work and actually like their life want to work, work, work and actitally like their life want to work, work, work and actit is( like their life want to work, work, work and actit is living like their life want to work, work, work and actit is living offe their life want to work, work, work and actit is living off benefitsfe want to work, work, work and actit is living off benefits and as it is living off benefits and i'm lest i be misinterpreted i'm not lest i be misinterpreted here, i'm not for a second defending i would not defending that i would not defending that i would not defend a bit soft to me paul no i would not somebody who i would not defend somebody who was capable of working. >> no good reason to >> had no good reason not to work, but demanded, work, but still demanded, generous benefits they generous benefits because they chose i'm chose not to work. no, i'm not defending person

defending that person and i wouldn't support that person. but it needs to be carrot and stick. need give people stick. you need to give people good well paid jobs, and good jobs, well paid jobs, and coerce them back to work that way. rather than taking a big stick. >> so much to on picking, i'm going use big stick on you going to use a big stick on you in a minute. if you don't shut up, i've got to go to the weather. >> that warm feeling inside . >> that warm feeling inside. aside from boxt boilers is proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. showers clearing overnight, some low cloud remaining, even some fog by dawn . but the trend is for it to turn increasingly sunny and increasingly warm over the next few days as high pressure replaces low pressure, low pressure already filling and disappearing overnight. pressure already filling and disappearing overnight . and as disappearing overnight. and as a result, the showers and any outbreaks of rain tending to become very isolated through the hours of darkness . a lot of low hours of darkness. a lot of low cloud, i think especially for england and wales and some fog

patches forming by dawn . but the patches forming by dawn. but the clearest skies will be across northern scotland here. temperatures dipping close to freezing the most freezing in some of the most sheltered single figures sheltered spots. single figures widely further south. it's a mild night and again, there'll be some low clouds and mist as we start things off. but that will through the morning lift and it will break up eventually . we'll see some sunny spells break through. i think still some cloud remaining, still some showers across england and wales, but not as many as recent days. there'll be plenty of fine weather it will weather on offer and it will feel 26 celsius there. feel warmer. 26 celsius there. the high in the south—east, low 20s widely elsewhere into 20s widely elsewhere and into sunday. again, a bit of a slow start, some mist and fog first thing, especially for southern parts of the uk breezier further north with some outbreaks of rain the and northwest rain for the north and northwest of scotland. that tends to ease later as sunshine later in the day as sunshine develops widely across the country in time for the start of next week. and as that happens, temperatures rise . temperatures rise. >> that warm feeling inside from

boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news, michelle weather on. gb news, michelle called security. >> he is insane , says victor. we >> he is insane, says victor. we don't tell me which one it is. i don't tell me which one it is. i don't know which one it is that i should be calling security. get hold of very quickly that jobs guarantee scheme that paul wants the government to launch. would you support that or not? >> it's not >> well, i mean, it's not actually new. it used to happen in the 19th century in times of great think great distress. i think it happened the in the happened in the great in the recession in the 1932, where the government jobs for government creates jobs for people build roads people to go out and build roads and do things like that and employs do it. and it's employs them to do it. and it's a fine old traditional victorian workhouse solution. i don't actually see that it has anything modern actually see that it has anything modem to appeal to it at all. but my main point is it is the solution to a problem. we literally do not have. we have the opposite problem. >> i don't don't think >> well, i don't i don't think you've landed that point. i'm not sure we might come back to that we've time. that if we've got time. just before the programme. before the end of the programme. and as for who the

and as for who employs the people on the road, people at works on the road, quite frankly, i just love to see anyone working the road. see anyone working on the road. i sick and of speed i get sick and tired of speed restrictions cones and all restrictions and cones and all the of it and a workman the rest of it and not a workman in sight. where are you all? what time are you doing your work? why are waiting for the concrete dry? they're concrete to dry? they're waiting for news on for the concrete. gb news is on repeat over and over and over again. that's nice. and that's our of audience, it? our sort of audience, isn't it? >> china to curry favour with me isn't he? >> trying to like get on my >> is trying to like get on my good again. anyway, look,

>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> hello there. i'm michelle dewberry alongside daniel moylan, who is the tory peer in the house of lords, and paul embery, a firefighter and a trade unionist. if you've just tuned in, you've just missed our conversation about whether or not should be easier not it should be easier or harder to long term harder to claim long term sickness this sickness benefit in this country. one of my viewers has just written in and said moylan one mbappe nil the challenge is one mbappe nil the challenge is on the challenge is on everybody. >> unexpected goal .

>> unexpected goal. >> unexpected goal. >> well, what can i say? you managed to get daniel riled. i don't think i've ever really seen that. >> normally quite a mild. >> normally quite a mild. >> i like i like to think of myself as mild and composed, but that got me very upset. >> oh, i'm hot under the collar, everybody right. let ask you everybody right. let me ask you this. think the state this. do you think the state should safe spaces should be funding safe spaces for drug users ? people call them for drug users? people call them different drug different things, but like drug consumers basically consumers rooms, basically because committee of has because the committee of mps has recommended that scotland should introduce the use of these rooms . now, one of the things here is because scotland can't basically do this without some funding and support from westminster and now what people are suggesting is if that support and funding doesn't come from westminster, perhaps scotland could do whatever it is that would be required to allow it to basically do this for itself . before i get on to the itself. before i get on to the kind of nuances of funding and westminster versus holyrood, whatever the concept of the drug consumption units , would you consumption units, would you support that or not? >> look, this is a really complicated issue, michel, and i

don't claim to be a great expert. there was a report done for the government a couple of years ago by somebody i know quite well called dame carol black , who's president black, who's a former president of royal college of of the royal college of physicians, she made it very physicians, and she made it very clear that there are two parts to dealing with the drugs problem in this country. one of them is cracking down on the criminal side and the other is treatment. and i, i agree with her that the focus needs to be on helping people out of dependency on drugs . and more dependency on drugs. and more money needs to be invested in that. now how do drug consumption rooms fit in with that or are you better funding spaces in which people can come in, which they can actually wean themselves off their addiction on? i don't know the answer to that very easily. i don't claim to be an expert . to be an expert. >> you have detox clinics, but i think the detox, the detox approach and getting people off drugs is what we should be focusing on. >> and this could well be a

distraction from that. >> well, look, there was some figures that was released last week. right. and it showed that in scotland. if i can just get this up on screen, this up on the screen, scotland's death rate is scotland's drug death rate is one highest in the uk. one of the highest in the uk. and the rest of europe. look at it. scotland up there it. scotland is right up there at top. so are these kind of at the top. so are these kind of consumption then way consumption rooms then a way to help drug deaths ? help stop these drug deaths? >> my fear is it's just another step on the path to legalising an essentially and i am i am a real reactionary on this. i have to say, and i say unapologetically , i think drugs unapologetically, i think drugs are a scourge on our society. i think that the well, even alcohol know we're talking about recreational drugs . and, you recreational drugs. and, you know , there's an argument to say know, there's an argument to say if we if we knew what the consequences of alcohol would be all of that time ago, would we have would we have introduced it into our society? as widespread as it is? certainly with tobacco? think if you said to tobacco? i think if you said to people now , you know, if you people now, you know, if you knew , then booze and got

knew, then booze and got invented today, would they be legalised? >> well, exactly. >> well, exactly. >> and i think with tobacco, certainly most people would say, well, no, of course not, because we've seen the damage that it can do, but bring it back to these rooms. >> then what do we think to them? >> well, i kind of am. and if we if don't take the same sort if we don't take the same sort of on this, there's a big of view on this, there's a big lobby legalisation lobby pushing for legalisation and legalisation. and i think initially it's like like this are very much part of that. overall strategy. and if we don't take the view that we do now with tobacco, i.e. we know the damage that drugs can do, particularly with cannabis, i mean, people talk about cannabis as a harmless drug. it really isn't. and there's now a wealth of evidence from medical researchers showing that there is a clear link between between using cannabis and serious mental illness. so why aren't we doing what we say we would do with tobacco if we knew then what we know now, we wouldn't legalise it. we're doing the very when comes to

very opposite when it comes to this sort of stuff. and i just think that we need to perhaps enforce law. we've this enforce the law. we've got this myth war on drugs myth that there's a war on drugs in this country, and there really isn't. think we need to really isn't. i think we need to take an approach perhaps take an approach like perhaps japan, have very, japan, who do have a very, very stern anti—drug it is no stern anti—drug laws. it is no less a civilised or free society as a result of that , but doesn't as a result of that, but doesn't have any sort of serious drug problem. we shy away from that in this country and i'm never sure why. >> massive tangent, but i've travelled japan and travelled around japan and i've never got over the fact that adults , grown adults don't cross adults, grown adults don't cross the until the lights say the road until the lights say that you can. so even if there's no coming, honestly, anyone no cars coming, honestly, anyone that's you're that's travelled japan, you're probably agree with me ordered society. >> actually there are lots of countries called countries that's called jaywalking are of jaywalking and there are lots of countries where jaywalking is illegal. find we're illegal. i just find we're unusual in making it unusual in in not making it illegal to cross the road with the red man. >> oh, it's very annoying, though. i have to wait right now for the green man because i'm trying to my child that trying to teach my child that you have to wait for the green man and i'm fine. it's so frustrating an empty frustrating when it's an empty road. on, hurry

up. >> you don't stop at red lights anymore when your chauffeur is driving you around. you? driving you around. do you? you're minister. you're like the prime minister. >> like when the butler is bringing the champagne. >> chance be fine bringing the champagne. >> chanceice be fine bringing the champagne. >> chance would be fine bringing the champagne. >> chance would be be fine bringing the champagne. >> chance would be as fine bringing the champagne. >> chance would be a lovely, thing. chance would be a lovely, actually. get actually. i'm going to get a glass of bubbles in a minute. you save me you want. you you can save me if you want. you can do a bit of practise for that role should it that potential role should it become i do become available anyway. i do wonder, people want wonder, would people want one of these the these consumption units at the top of their street? because the premise would be basically that these with these people could go in with whatever you whatever drugs they've got. you could get tested, could potentially get it tested, see or it's safe, see whether or not it's a safe, clean then able clean drug, then you'd be able to things to potentially access things like needles and all the like clean needles and all the rest my thought like clean needles and all the rest this my thought like clean needles and all the rest this is, my thought like clean needles and all the rest this is, well, thought like clean needles and all the rest this is, well, it'sught like clean needles and all the rest this is, well, it's allt about this is, well, it's all well and making sure that well and good making sure that these they have clean these addicts, they have clean needles and safe drugs and all the it. but where do the rest of it. but where do these then go? so you've these people then go? so you've got this mass congregation now of into this of these people going into this unit of your road. unit at the end of your road. they're not going to there, they're not going to sit there, are and experience the are they? and experience the high in room high and sit in this room for god many they're god knows how many hours they're going would you going to go off. well, would you want that at end your road? >> w- @ think, would put >> nobody, i think, would put them residential area. them in a residential area. >> not going >> no, you're not going to have it the of nowhere,

it in the middle of nowhere, because access because how would people access it then? because how would people access it tiwell, might be in centre >> well, it might be in a centre of town something like that. of town or something like that. i mean, i'm not proposing this, so it's not for me to come up with have with with solutions. i have serious whether it serious doubts about whether it is actually not a distraction from be main from what needs to be the main focus, from what needs to be the main focidrugs rather than the main focus. >> if you ask me, should be helping people. take >> if you ask me, should be helpfirst people. take >> if you ask me, should be helpfirst hit people. take >> if you ask me, should be helpfirst hit because .e. take that first hit because unfortunately, have unfortunately, when you have that hit, you know the that first hit, you know the addiction is on you then isn't it? it's to me the key is how do you stop people having that first potential hit? tell first potential hit? you tell me, didn't just me, because drugs didn't just destroy lives person destroy the lives of the person using it , the devastation that using it, the devastation that it causes to the wider friend, friends family beyond is friends and family and beyond is absolutely . don't go absolutely immense. don't go anywhere. anywhere. we've got lots more coming up . on mark lots more coming up. on mark dolan tonight. >> i'm back for two hours of big debate and big entertainment featuring tv legend sue cook, radio star mike parry , and my radio star mike parry, and my mark meets guest the horse racing icon who survived cancer and went on to win the grand national. bob champion. in my

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nine >> hello there , michelle >> hello there, michelle dewberry seven. daniel moylan , dewberry seven. daniel moylan, the tory peer in the house of lords, alongside me, as is paul embry, a firefighter and a trade unionist. i saw a good news story today, i was desperate story today, so i was desperate to with you because to share it with you because apparently drinking could apparently drinking beer could be good and be good for your good health and your that's what your immune system. that's what some scientists suggest apparent drinking pints could be better for your health than abstaining altogether . and it for your health than abstaining altogether. and it might even be more beneficial to your gut then probiotics in yoghurts and cheese, sure someone might cheese, i'm sure someone might disagree with that. but you know what? i'm taking it. it's my positive so cheers to positive story. so cheers to that. to your gut health. that. cheers to your gut health. cheers gut health. cheers to your gut health. i don't they mentioned don't think they mentioned

prosecco, details prosecco, but, you know, details . details. it's all the same, isn't daniel did isn't it? cheers, daniel did not serve drink very serve me my drink very disappointed. and then not only did he not serve me my drink, he's got the absolute audacity to complain that didn't like to complain that he didn't like his this is the worst beer i've >> this is the worst beer i've ever drunk. >> mean, only >> actually. i mean, you only have it. look right have to look at it. look right through it. >> what's wrong with it? >> what's wrong with it? >> dreadful. tastes of >> dreadful. and it tastes of nothing it does nothing at all. well, it does taste of something. >> to mention. >> i wouldn't want to mention. these. this of these. these laws this time of day. these. these laws this time of day it is pretty pathetic. can >> it is pretty pathetic. can i just something about one? just say something about one? >> what? i want to say about beer said earlier that beer is paul said earlier that we allowed alcohol beer is paul said earlier that w

other is you distil it into, into one form spirit alcohol . into one form spirit alcohol. another again is you ferment it and you get something like beer and you get something like beer and all of this was intended to protect you originally from all the bugs living in the water and the bugs living in the water and the bits of excrement and the dead bits of animals and fish and whatever else it might be, and whatever else it might be, and things like bill or and so on. you get in africa . on. you get in africa. >> so he's not having any of your nonsense tonight , is he? is your nonsense tonight, is he? is not having any of it that is meant to be healthy for you right from the outset. >> anybody tried to >> anybody who who tried to suppress alcohol at the outset of its history needs to give their head a wobble on health grounds, needs to give their head like listening to a >> this is like listening to a kindly old uncle giving a kindly old uncle giving you a bit laugh . bit of a laugh. >> it's different now , but it >> it's different now, but it wasn't the case that you wasn't always the case that you turned the tap and you got turned on the tap and you got safe water. >> every day's a school at gb news. >> yeah, you learn something new every single day. lots of you guys. to say, you're guys. i've got to say, you're very harsh when comes that very harsh when it comes to that drug. know that safe drug. you know that safe space for users . if you just for drug users. if you just tuned in, you don't know what

i'm about. you'll have i'm talking about. you'll have to someone to just rewind it. someone saying, you saying, here, yes, michel, you can put all of the what you call drugs into a room, a safe space, and then lock the door for a week. and that sort week. and that would sort out any you should lock the any says you should lock the fools up , feed them water and fools up, feed them water and only let them out when it's clean. this is not an illness addiction is self—inflicted. stupid 80. oh goodness gracious me. do you agree with that ? me. do you agree with that? really, really . got you guys really, really. got you guys divided tonight . bernard said divided tonight. bernard said all it will do these rooms is promote people taking drugs by making it safer. it will not stop them . there's not a lot of stop them. there's not a lot of sympathy for people that use drugs at the moment. sympathy for people that use drugs at the moment . and i guess drugs at the moment. and i guess there's a part of me because i can sides to this. i can see both sides to this. i can see both sides to this. i can see both sides to this. i can see the menace to society. that drug users but i can that drug users are, but i can also part of feels a little also part of me feels a little bit sorry for people because as a teenager i used to live a very different life to the one i live now, and i was around a lot of people use drugs and know people that use drugs and i know people that use drugs and i know people lives people that lost their lives because . maybe i'm just

because of it. maybe i'm just going in old age , but i going soft in my old age, but i don't we have drug don't know. should we have drug consumption or not? i consumption rooms or not? i don't know. one of my viewers, you've david. you've made me chuckle, david. he , david, the post has he says, david, the post has been about my outfit. been in touch about my outfit. he says, have you borrowed your outfit from star trek? he sent me picture . yeah, well, i've me a picture. yeah, well, i've got to say, i think you need to give your eyes wipe . don't give your eyes a wipe. i don't look him . or look anything like him. or maybe, i don't know, maybe maybe, like. i don't know, maybe there a little bit there is a little bit of similarity after all. is they. i don't know. you tell me . at don't know. you tell me. at birth, separated at birth . there birth, separated at birth. there you yeah. someone else said birth, separated at birth. there you i yeah. someone else said birth, separated at birth. there you i lookah. someone else said birth, separated at birth. there you i look a. someone else said birth, separated at birth. there you i look a little eone else said that i look a little bit overinflated . overinflated tonight. >> your eyebrows are a bit more bushy than his, i think. >> well, surprising fact. >> well, surprising fact. >> i actually with >> i was actually born with one eyebrow. thing eyebrow. it was the first thing that mum. she'll be watching that my mum. she'll be watching tonight. was tonight. she'll tell you it was the first thing that she actually me . i actually explains about me. i can't thing, though. can't do that thing, though. whatever it is, the fingers, the weird thing . so that's weird star trek thing. so that's where the similarities end. the dress. that's all dress. anyway, look, that's all i've time paul. daniel. i've got time for, paul. daniel. thank you . loved it. it's thank you. loved it. it's feisty. annie, have yourself a fantastic everyone . fantastic weekend, everyone. don't go anywhere, though. lee anderson cheers

anderson is up next. cheers >> rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello again . it's aidan >> hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast . showers clearing overnight, some low cloud remaining, even some low cloud remaining, even some fog by dawn. but the trend is for it to turn increasingly sunny and increasingly warm over the next few days as high pressure replaces low pressure. low pressure already filling and disappearing overnight. and as a result , the showers and any result, the showers and any outbreaks of rain tending to become very isolated through the hours of darkness. lots of low cloud, i think especially for england and wales and some fog patches forming by dawn. but the clearest skies will be across northern scotland here. temperatures dipping close to freezing in some of the most sheltered spots . single figures sheltered spots. single figures widely south. it's widely further south. it's a mild night. and again , there'll mild night. and again, there'll be some low cloud and mist as we start things off. but it's that will through the morning lift

and it will break up eventually . we'll see some sunny spells break through . i think still break through. i think still some cloud remaining, still some showers across england and wales , as recent days , but not as many as recent days . there'll be plenty fine . there'll be plenty of fine weather and it will weather on offer and it will feel warmer. 26 celsius there. the in the south—east, low the high in the south—east, low 20s and into 20s widely elsewhere and into sunday. again a bit of a slow start, some mist and fog. first thing especially for southern parts of the uk. brazier further north some outbreaks north with some outbreaks of rain north northwest north with some outbreaks of raiscotland north northwest north with some outbreaks of raiscotland .orth northwest north with some outbreaks of raiscotland . and northwest north with some outbreaks of raiscotland . and that northwest north with some outbreaks of raiscotland . and that tends/est north with some outbreaks of raiscotland . and that tends tot of scotland. and that tends to ease in the day as ease later in the day as sunshine wider across sunshine develops wider across the country in time for the start of next week . and as that start of next week. and as that happens, temperatures rise . the happens, temperatures rise. the temperatures rising by next. >> solar proud sponsors of weather on .