. it's 930 on tuesday, away. it's 930 on tuesday, october the 31st. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. with britain's newsroom on gb news. with me, andrew pierce and pip tomson, who is in for bev turner mp sacked for backing a ceasefire. >> the prime minister has sacked mp paul bristow from a government position for defying the pm by calling for a truce . the pm by calling for a truce. >> no paul, very well and i think it was the right thing to happen. i think you have to have a collective government response ability. you have to have a collective position . and paul collective position. and paul didn't feel that he could maintain that. so you know, rightly has been moved because of that . and the labour mp andy of that. and the labour mp andy mcdonald, he's been suspended for using the phrase between the river and the sea as he made his speech urging peace between israelis and palestinians at a recent rally . recent rally. >> this is a time for war. that's the message from the

israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu , who has ruled out netanyahu, who has ruled out a ceasefire in gaza. we'll bring you the latest now and time to boast a flood defences after storm. >> babette battered parts of the uk earlier this month. mps are heading to one village in nottingham today in preparation for storm kieran king in kenya. >> the king and queen start their four day state visit to kenya. their four day state visit to kenya . it's where the late kenya. it's where the late queen's reign began back . in queen's reign began back. in february 1952 . february 1952. let us know your thoughts on all our talking points today. the address, as always, gbviews@gbnews.com. but first, let's get a roundup of all your latest headlines with sophia . latest headlines with sophia. >> good morning . it's 931. i'm

>> good morning. it's 931. i'm sophia wenzler in the newsroom. israel's prime minister has dismissed calls for a ceasefire in the war against hamas as the ground assault on gaza intense defies quoting the bible. benjamin netanyahu said this is a time for war and that calls for a ceasefire would mean surrendering to terrorism. health authorities in gaza say more than 8300 people have been killed by israeli attacks conserved . lviv mp richard conserved. lviv mp richard holden told gb news the government supports israel, but continues to call for a humanitarian pause in the fighting . the ceasefire fighting. the ceasefire basically involves israel having faced one of the worst terrorist attacks ever. >> then just laying down its arms that only benefits one side. that shows that terrorism wins and i do not think that that can be our position. i think israel has every right to defend itself. if this has happened to the uk, what we have seen would have been thousands

and thousands of uk nationals dragged off abroad and taken hostage. we would have seen tens of thousands of people . those of thousands of people. those are the population equivalents you on the you know, killed here on the streets the uk. we need to be streets of the uk. we need to be able to it that context . able to see it in that context. >> labour is expected to clarify its official stance on the israel—hamas war later amid reports of senior figures breaking ranks with the party's leadership . in a speech later, leadership. in a speech later, sir keir starmer will reinstate his support for a humanitare pause to allow aid into gaza. but he'll also argue that a permanent ceasefire could risk more violence in the region, giving hamas a chance to carry out more attacks . this two out more attacks. this two former top aides to boris johnson will face questions at the covid 19 inquiry later. dominic cummings, who was the former prime minister's chief adviser, was forced to quit in 2020 after travelling from his home in london to county durham dunng home in london to county durham during lockdown . families of during lockdown. families of covid 19 victims held a vigil outside barnard castle last night , where outside barnard castle last night, where mr cummings said

he'd driven to test his eyesight. lee kane, who was director of communications , will director of communications, will also appear at the inquiry and you can get more on all those stories by visiting our website, gb news.com stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com . well . the war is gbnews.com. well. the war is creating a divisive time in politics. >> the labour mp andy mcdonald has been suspended by his party leader, sir keir starmer, for using the emotive phrase between the river and the sea as he made his speech urging a ceasefire between israelis and hamas at a recent rally. >> meanwhile, the tory mp, paul bristow , has been sacked by the bristow, has been sacked by the prime minister from his government job after publicly urging rishi sunak to push for a permanent ceasefire in gaza. well, joining to us talk about the division in uk politics is the division in uk politics is the former labour mp simon danczuk. good to see you this morning. so the parties, they've all got their own problems with

this, haven't they? and you know , certainly seems labour's falling apart a little. >> absolutely. i'm very disappointed in keir starmer on this, actually. he's allowing a lot of his shadow ministers to come out talking about calling for ceasefire. sadiq khan is andy burnham anas sannar in scotland are calling for a ceasefire. that's not the line they should be taking. it's not even keir starmer's line, so he's struggling to hold the party together on this. and the reality of it is it's all about votes . this is why reality of it is it's all about votes. this is why i'm so disappointed about it. many of these people represent constituencies that have large muslim voters. that's that's the reality of it. and they're trying to appease those voters. and keir starmer is allowing that to happen . so he's that to happen. so he's effectively abandoning the jewish community, the israeli people, by allowing some of his spokespeople , people to be able spokespeople, people to be able to take this line in terms of ceasefire. >> they might be trying to appease their voters. it might also be their personal opinion ,

also be their personal opinion, because there are plenty of people in this country who are saying a ceasefire is needed because of the amount of innocent people that we are seeing getting killed. the atrocities that were committed on the 7th of october effective. >> he meant that hamas was going to war with israel and israel is quite within its rights to defend itself, to go into gaza and to find hamas. defend itself, to go into gaza and to find hamas . and that's and to find hamas. and that's exactly what they're doing. that's what keir starmer supports. that's what rishi sunak supports. but many people, andifs sunak supports. but many people, and it's not a coincidence, many people who have large muslim voter population lines are coming out calling for a ceasefire. >> so what should he say in his speech later today? because keir starmer is finally he's got he knows he can't keep silent any longer . the house of commons longer. the house of commons isn't sitting because it would be very uncomfortable him, be very uncomfortable for him, for it was. he's making for him, if it was. he's making a keynote speech he's going a keynote speech and he's going to this issue head on. what to take this issue head on. what do you want him to say? >> well, he to he has to >> well, he has to he has to take some action against these

people the people who are calling for the ceasefire. has to the ceasefire. he has to say the party's line is not for a ceasefire and that the people in the party need to get behind him. and support his is particular support particular line. and support the british line british government's line on this. do that. this. he's going to do that. >> he say as well in >> but does he say as well in that speech, and if people don't follow my line, i'm firing them from frontbench? yes, exactly. >> that's. >> that's. >> but he won't, though. it might be quite a few people. and it a if it really it would be a lot if it really saddens to say there are saddens me to say there are direct is direct parallels between what is happening labour party happening in the labour party now what happened in the now and what happened in the grooming that we've grooming scandals that we've seen past where a labour seen in the past where a labour politician lions are ignoring issues because it's muslim voters that they're worried about losing votes from. >> that's the reality of it. there are direct parallels and i'm very sorry to say that that is part of what's happening though. >> sir keir starmer's own making in a way, because of that radio interview he did where he said what we think was israel has a right to defend itself, even if it means water and electricity

being cut off. then he seemed to back—pedal he got himself in a right tangle. back—pedal he got himself in a right tangle . and that seems to right tangle. and that seems to be the starting point for all this. >> yes, that's right. and in he's walking a tightrope and he has many people saying to him, listen, we need to strengthen our vote in these particular communities. you've got to get this right. you've got to call for a ceasefire. and he's he's rebelling against that. it shows you how delicate his hold on the party is. >> in actual fact, that's an interesting point. as well. and of course, the labour party got into situation with into a terrible situation with the jewish community under jeremy you know, the jeremy corbyn as you know, the report by the equalities and human commission human rights commission talked about anti—semitism about endemic anti—semitism within the labour party. starmer has done his best to clear that up . is he now going the other up. is he now going the other way? in fact, he's in the fact that he's worrying more about the he's wearing too much about the he's wearing too much about the anti—semitism side and not enough about the muslim issue. >> well, i, i think this speech

that he makes today is going to try and satisfy everybody . you try and satisfy everybody. you can't, but you can't. and it really calls into question whether he has whether he suitable to be prime minister. i feel that strongly about it. do you? yeah, i do. because he should have taken a stronger line on this. he should have had his party behind him on this. and he's led it all unravel. that's the reality. >> you can see it and it's going to get worse. >> i don't think the speech today will help in any way at all. it'll create a bigger problem across the whole of the uk, though it's such a polarising issue across the whole of the world. polarising issue across the wh(so of the world. polarising issue across the wh(so is the world. polarising issue across the wh(so is it|e world. polarising issue across the wh(so is it really.d. polarising issue across the wh(so is it really any surprise >> so is it really any surprise that is happening within that this is happening within the party itself? the labour party itself? >> yeah, well no . >> but yeah, well no. >> but yeah, well no. >> i know the conversations i've had with family at the had with family at home, the conversations i've had with family it is family and friends. it is incendiary. yes. >> but i think the vast majority of the british people are behind israel on this. they've seen what on the 7th of what happened on the 7th of october and they think action should be taken. you should needs to be taken. you know , how far did they allow

know, how far did they allow hamas exist? he doing what hamas to exist? is he doing what do you think? >> he's in deep political trouble? >> i think it's going to get worse by the day. and i think this won't solve any this speech won't solve any problems for him. it'll it'll create problems . create more problems. >> he's he's going to lead labour into the next election. you're not suggesting in you're not suggesting he's in that trouble? you're not suggesting he's in tha no. trouble? you're not suggesting he's in tha no. well,wuble? you're not suggesting he's in tha no. well, no, a? you're not suggesting he's in tha no. well, no, i' you're not suggesting he's in tha no. well, no, i think he will >> no. well, no, i think he will lead labour. labour's very poor at changing their leaders. i call for miliband to go call for ed miliband to go before the 2015 general election and they should have listened. they should have listened? yeah. in austin same. and then in austin did the same. and then we jeremy corbyn. i mean, we we had jeremy corbyn. i mean, we never changed leaders, so that's highly but i think highly unlikely. but i think it will cost votes. um will cost him votes. um ultimately it will cost him votes. issue thing is votes. this issue thing is you've got the mayor of london calling for a ceasefire. >> andy burnham >> you've got andy burnham calling a ceasefire. calling for a ceasefire. scottish leader, scottish scottish labour leader, scottish labour leader calling for a ceasefire and the ceasefire to and yeah and the contrast out here is that rishi sunak has sacked one of his aides , ministerial aides , paul aides, ministerial aides, paul bristow, very good constituency mp in peterborough , for calling mp in peterborough, for calling for a ceasefire.

>> so there's a real contrast between what sunak is doing and what because he's suspended a backbench mp who frankly nobody's hardly matters because he's a backbencher , but he's he's a backbencher, but he's kept all these front 13 frontbenchers have so far broken ranks with the labour leader and he hasn't sacked any of them. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> and that shows a real weakness. and the people will see this. they know, they see this. they you know, they read papers, watch read the papers, they watch the news, will that starmer news, they will see that starmer is not providing strong leadership this issue and leadership on this issue and they'll that question. they'll call that into question. it him problems . it will cause him problems. >> maybe his speech today >> well, maybe his speech today might help provide clarity in might help or provide clarity in some way. so m e way. >> some way. >> always good to talk to you. some way. >> thank; good to talk to you. some way. >> thank you'd to talk to you. some way. >> thank you .i to talk to you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> now, as the country braces itself from storm for storm, kieran, a major incident has been declared across nottinghamshire due to ongoing flood issues. >> yeah, if storm babet wasn't bad enough, storm kieran is on the way this week. defra minister mark spencer is meeting with local residents this morning to listen to concerns and explain government commitments to help them. >> well, joining us from

nottingham is gb news very own jack carson and civil engineer simon crowther, who's better known as the flood guy. jack, let's go to you . first let's go to you. first >> yeah, good morning to you both . so as you mentioned, that both. so as you mentioned, that meeting here in woodborough this morning, just driving into the village this morning already it's the impact that it's evident the impact that that storm babet had on this area. i mean, it's a very different picture already. of course, because that, course, because of that, flooding cleared. but the flooding is now cleared. but the damage that flooding is damage that that flooding is left is what, of course, damage that that flooding is le a is what, of course, damage that that flooding is le a big is what, of course, damage that that flooding is le a big concern 1at, of course, damage that that flooding is le a big concern stilljf course, damage that that flooding is le a big concern still forourse, is a big concern still for residents as they meet. mark residents as they do meet. mark spencer this morning. of spencer here this morning. of course, and the course, depher and the government announced government have announced support households . support for those households. just a few days ago, they've announced that flooded households in these areas can apply “p households in these areas can apply up to a £500 cash to apply for up to a £500 cash to help with kind of immediate problems. but then going fonnard, of course, they can also be eligible for 100% council tax relief. and it's also, of course, in anything like this, particularly in smaller villages , those small to smaller villages, those small to medium sized businesses as well.

they've been given support by the government as well in these affected areas. they can have support up to 2500 pounds, it says, from a business recovery grant to help them return quickly in every owner of a property that's been hit by a flood, the government say can apply “p flood, the government say can apply up to £5,000 to make their home and business more resilient for future flooding . of course, for future flooding. of course, thatis for future flooding. of course, that is one of the big concerns here. of course, as you mentioned with storm kieran on the way, it's how going fonnard actually these villages, these towns around nottinghamshire, of course, were battered by course, were so battered by storm actually protect storm babet can actually protect protect themselves here in the future. all right, jack, thanks for that . for that. >> and we're now going to talk to the mr flood man himself. simon morning. >> morning. so you're in the village? i grew up in woodborough, has been hit woodborough, which has been hit by repeatedly . we, the by floods repeatedly. we, the village, have been looking since by floods repeatedly. we, the villethousand been looking since by floods repeatedly. we, the villethousand been seven 1g since by floods repeatedly. we, the villethousand been seven to since by floods repeatedly. we, the villethousand beenseven to try:e two thousand and seven to try and a wider catchment scheme and get a wider catchment scheme done to mitigate the risk. lot done to mitigate the risk. a lot of villagers have actually of the villagers have actually done their own defences already.

it's great to hear about the £5,000 grant, but that figure hasn't increased since 2015 and the cost of defences has risen significantly. that figure also includes vat, flood defences, have vat on, so instantly you've lost 20% of that. so this figure really doesn't go very far . it really doesn't go very far. it should look to be increased . but should look to be increased. but the advantage now we've got over previous floods is actually thanks to build back better, which is a flood initiative. so the scheme that partners the government with insurance companies as part of build back better homeowners can be eligible for £10,000 over and above their insurance claim to put the property back in a more resilient way . so that might be resilient way. so that might be putting down a tiled floor instead of a wood floor. but only 67% or around 67% of the insurance industry is where it's a postcode lottery. as to whether you might actually have build back better. so if you are looking at getting insurance to the future, be asking your

insurance company, are they signed good today signed up? but it's good today that we've got sort of mark spencer and tom randolph coming to meet the village because they've as much as they they've done as much as they possibly can. but the flooding is significant that is becoming so significant that it's really dangerous. and i worry that we're going to have more loss of life because of flooding and the government's backpedalling their backpedalling on their environment commitments. we're only going to end up with a worse and worse and we're worse and worse issue. and we're not doing enough about it. >> simon we were expecting storm kieran this week , aren't we? and kieran this week, aren't we? and we only got over storm babet. it feels like yesterday. how how concerned are you there in nottinghamshire that storm kieran is going to bring yet more yet more problems this week. i think because the ground is so saturated , we're really on is so saturated, we're really on a sort of knife edge of not going to take much rainfall to cause a significant impact. >> yesterday there was only about 15mm of rain and the village next to woodborough lambley actually flooded storm babet put into perspective, we

had four times the amount of rain as yesterday. it's just had four times the amount of rainfactresterday. it's just had four times the amount of rainfact thatrday. it's just had four times the amount of rainfact thatrday. it's now the fact that the ground now is so can't the fact that the ground now is so any can't the fact that the ground now is so any water. can't the fact that the ground now is so any water. cara. absorb any water. so even a small amount of rain is running straight off the land and actually causing flooding. so i think this storm, kieran, monitor this storm, kieran, that's in and be as that's coming in and be as careful as possible. and obviously, main obviously, the main consideration be consideration has to be protecting life. we lost lives in storm babet and the thing that concerns me most with flooding is we're talking about it now, but on a dry day in august, you wouldn't want to talk to me about it and nor would anyone else, because it's seen as though it might never happen. flooding is only going seen as though it might never ha happen.ooding is only going seen as though it might never ha happen moreg is only going seen as though it might never ha happen more and only going seen as though it might never ha happen more and more.oing seen as though it might never ha happen more and more. and we to happen more and more. and we need to be thinking about it all year round. not just in the run up to storm or the aftermath up to a storm or the aftermath of a storm. just very of a storm. and just very quickly, calls you quickly, simon, who calls you the guy? the flood guy? >> family call you the >> does your family call you the flood guy? >> does your family call you the fl0(do juy? >> does your family call you the fl0(do you know who actually >> do you know who actually started it? is sky news, one of your they call we your competitors they call we won't talk about that. >> i'm going to take dolan. >> i'm going to take mark dolan. >> i'm going to take mark dolan. >> they're not competitors.

>> so they're not competitors. >> so they're not competitors. >> simon crushed them. >> simon we crushed them. >> simon we crushed them. >> , yeah, i trademarked the >> so, yeah, i trademarked the flood guy, and that's now what i'm known as. >> okay. >> okay. >> well, thank you very much for talking to us on gb news shoes and wash your mouth out with those words that you just said. jack, thank you. as well . well, jack, thank you. as well. well, it's not just nottingham as flooding has been reported in parts of northern ireland, as police urge people against travelling due to an amber rain warning. >> so the met office warning for northern ireland is the second highest level and covers counties antrim down and armagh . counties antrim down and armagh. >> well, joining us now is our northern ireland reporter dougie beattie dougie. we about beattie dougie. we talk about the amber warnings. just just talk us through exactly what that means and how prepared people are around you today. >> well, this this started last at about 5:00. real heavy rain came in from kilkeel to direction and then up through newry into armagh, dungannon and onwards. and this this city,

newry. it's a beautiful city, but it sits right on the border. and it's between two valleys and it goes out to a main port outside warren point. so the water systems here are very tidal as well . and you can just tidal as well. and you can just see behind me if town hall had any worries or not receiving the nofion any worries or not receiving the notion that the flooding is there, you can just see behind me there, that is the town hall. and of course , the flood is and of course, the flood is coming right up to the front end of the city the left hand of it. the city to the left hand side of me, one of the main shopping areas here is also flooded, and that is causing problems, for people problems, of course, for people who have came back to the who have just came back to the city . after all that city centre. after all that working at home, etcetera. so that there is sewerage coming up out of the gratings here because this these floods that have come down in i mean as i was coming in here earlier on the roads were so badly flooded on the way through and everything is washing off the fields that are already sodden. it's washing into valley and washing into that valley and washing into that valley and washing into this main canal that is heading out toward the sea. and

the very bad news for the people of newry, is that of newry, of course, is that high tide is expected at 12:00, which will make matters here much, much worse , which sounds much, much worse, which sounds pretty bleak, doesn't it, dougie? >> thanks for that. that's dougie beattie in northern ireland. we'll keep you up to date on that. >> of course, we'll stay across it. >> waters right now, the king and queen have begun their four day state visit to kenya. >> this early this morning. >> this was early this morning. take look at this meeting. take a look at this meeting. delegates nairobi at the delegates in nairobi at the start of their visit . start of their visit. >> it there he is. there's the king. if you're listening on the radio, that's the king inspecting armed guard as inspecting an armed guard as they always do on these trips. this first state visit to this is his first state visit to a commonwealth country as king and charles, we're told he's going to acknowledge the painful aspects of his nation's shared history with kenya , which history with kenya, which celebrates its 60th year of independence in 2023. >> well, with us now in the studio is gb news royal correspondent cameron walker . correspondent cameron walker. this is a very , let's say,

this is a very, let's say, delicate visit, isn't it, for the king and queen? >> i think it certainly is. it's going to be the most challenging foreign visit of the king's reign so far. we saw those pictures there of the pomp and pageantry , as you said, andrew, pageantry, as you said, andrew, that comes along with that always comes along with these visits. these kind of state visits. but i think challenge is i think the real challenge is outside the state house gates outside of the state house gates and barriers where, let's say the are there are the real people are there are descendants of tribal leaders who were part of the mau mau uprising of the 1950s, who opposed the british rule of kenya back then. in response, the british rulers did commit its thought atrocities to those people. 90,000 estimated kenyans were either executed, tortured or maimed , according to the or maimed, according to the kenyan human rights commission. the british government did pay out nearly £20 million in 2013 because of that, but they are demanding that the king, during this visit apologises for those past wrongdoing . past wrongdoing. >> he can't and won't, will he, because of the precedent it will set? >> no, exactly. the british

government's stance is that why should a modern day government have to apologise for the wrongdoings of a colonial past 50, 60 years ago and the kenyan, to just interrupt you briefly, the kenyan government wanted to put down the mau mau uprising to has to be said. it's understood president brito, president president brito, the president of the moment, wants to of kenya at the moment, wants to really look fonnard the really look fonnard to the future british and kenyan future of the british and kenyan relationships, strengthening the relationships, strengthening the relations very increasingly relations in a very increasingly competitive world with the influence of russia, america and china in the region and the british government of course, is the people who send the king on this state visit really wants to use the king's power of soft diplomacy improvetrading diplomacy to improve trading relations, amongst other things. i was speaking to doctor chris imafidon, who was at the kenyan reception at buckingham palace last week. he does lots of work with young people and he was saying that britain has an ageing which a ageing population, which is a real problem of filling real problem in terms of filling the workforce in 20 years time in kenya , a very young in kenya, a very young population and the king is expected to spend lots of time with king kenyan youth studying

digital new innovative skills who perhaps could as a commonwealth nation help fill that workforce it's that workforce gap. it's impossible not to talk about this visit without being reminded of the prince and princess of wales's visit to jamaica last year , where it was jamaica last year, where it was a bit of a pr disaster, wasn't it? >> there was the pictures of catherine shaking children's hands through the fence. then they did that rooftop ride all in white in colonial white. >> well, that was at the request of the jamaican government that was british. >> still terrible lessons will have been learned from that , but have been learned from that, but i certainly would i think they certainly would have as you said, it did have been as you said, it did really overshadow that trip to the caribbean. really overshadow that trip to the cari king n. really overshadow that trip to the cari king is expected to nod >> the king is expected to nod and acknowledge of and acknowledge the wrongs of britain's colonial past. that's according his deputy private according to his deputy private secretary. i think we will see a nod to it in his speech tonight at the state banquet as for a formal apology, i don't think we'll get that. i think both palace government officials palace and government officials will want be trying to will really want to be trying to keep spotlight out on the keep the spotlight out on the engagements the king is carrying

out to strengthen relations . but out to strengthen relations. but of course, in the background, we still have very angry people in kenya want more than just a kenya who want more than just a nod, an acknowledgement from his majesty, a symbolic place for the royal family, because as we know was in kenya on know, the queen was in kenya on houday know, the queen was in kenya on holiday on a trip with prince philip when she discovered she'd become the queen. >> and kenya was also the first country. charles did a state visit on his own without the queen when he was 23 and where he was nearly run over by a rampaging elephant. oh, well, that's absolutely true . that's absolutely true. >> well, we are expecting to see the king >> was he hurt? no. >> was he hurt? no. >> the elephant, the elephant came out the bushes, came charging out of the bushes, saw the is saw charles, and the instinct is to run. >> if he sees charles and he sees way the elephant went sees the way the elephant went the other way. nothing personal. yeah, personal at all. yeah, nothing personal at all. so have been so so he could all have been so different . different. >> if elephant had kept >> if the elephant had kept running, certainly would have running, it certainly would have been. we are expecting to >> i'm sure we are expecting to see princess looming in see princess anne was looming in the background. >> that's probably put the >> that's probably what put the elephant off. i wouldn't cross princess lightly, but kenya elephant off. i wouldn't cross princeswhere lightly, but kenya elephant off. i wouldn't cross princeswhere prince(, but kenya elephant off. i wouldn't cross princeswhere prince william nya is also where prince william

engaged question. engaged the question. >> catherine well. yeah sorry. >> we've got to move we're >> we've got to move on. we're being much more still being shouted at much more still to with us. to come. stay with us. >> good morning. whilst there's some fine weather across parts of scotland, elsewhere, it's going to be a changeable day this i'm alex burkill . this tuesday. i'm alex burkill. here's your latest gb news weather forecast. heavy, showery rain overnight continuing for a time across eastern parts of northern could be some northern ireland. could be some difficulties roads this difficulties on the roads this morning take care morning. so do take care elsewhere. showery rain across many of england and wales many parts of england and wales through day, some drier, through the day, but some drier, brighter weather for a time before some wet windy before some wet and windy weather pushes from the weather pushes in from the southwest. and southwest. later, drier and brighter across parts of scotland. but chilly here, temperatures struggling, milder in south highs of in the south with highs of around 14 or 15 celsius. if you're going trick or treating this evening, there will be a band rain pushing its up band of rain pushing its way up from south—west, more from the south—west, but more northern staying drier for northern areas staying drier for longer that wet and windy longer. but that wet and windy weather will sweep its way northwards across the bulk of the uk. as we go through the early of wednesday. for early hours of wednesday. for many, will be relatively many, it will be a relatively

mild the wind mild night because of the wind and rain, but a touch of and the rain, but a touch of frost possible the far north frost possible in the far north of scotland. that wind and rain then continues many as we go then continues for many as we go through be through wednesday. it could be heavy times, heavy and persistent at times, particularly northern particularly across northern areas. spells areas. we then shower spells following behind across the following in behind across the rest of the country. and some of these showers could be heavy with rumbles of thunder with some rumbles of thunder mixed too. notice mixed in too. notice the beginnings storm beginnings of storm kieran starting way in from starting to push its way in from the later on. the southwest later on. temperatures, nothing really to write especially write home about, especially because blustery , because of the blustery, unsettled that many of unsettled weather that many of us looking ahead then, us will have looking ahead then, yes, storm kieran coming in, affecting parts to end affecting southern parts to end the week, bringing some exceptionally strong winds . exceptionally strong winds. >> and i can tell you shortly we'll be going live to the covid inquiry where expected some fireworks one former fireworks from one former adviser to the prime minister, bofis adviser to the prime minister, boris johnson called , remember boris johnson called, remember him, . him, dominic cummings. >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news, the people's channel. stay

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housed at scampton, home of the famous dambuster pilots . famous dambuster pilots. >> gb news. reporter ray addison is outside the high court at they are the raf's scampton and wethersfield sites face legal challenges today as two councils question the home office's use of class. >> q emergency powers to bypass planning laws. >> q emergency powers to bypass planning laws . and gb news planning laws. and gb news reporter will hollis is in scampton in the nights are getting colder and darker. >> but for people sleeping here outside of scampton , they say outside of scampton, they say they aren't going anywhere until they aren't going anywhere until the home office scraps its plan to house 2000 asylum seekers at the former dambusters airbase . the former dambusters airbase. >> support for veterans gb news is patrick christys is raising money for the royal british legion to show support for our veterans .

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the ceasefire basically involves israel having faced one of the worst terrorist attacks ever, then just laying down its arms that only benefits one side. >> that shows that terrorism wins. and i do not think that that can be our position . i that can be our position. i think israel has every right to defend itself. if this had happened to the uk , what we happened to the uk, what we would have seen would have been thousands and thousands of uk nationals dragged off abroad and taken hostage. we would have seen tens of thousands of people. those are the population equivalents, know, killed people. those are the population equiionents, know, killed people. those are the population equiion ants, streets ow, killed people. those are the population equiion ants, streets of, killed people. those are the population equiion ants, streets of the led people. those are the population equiionants, streets of the uk. here on the streets of the uk. we need to be able to see it in that context. >> labour is expected to clarify its official stance on the israel—hamas war later amid reports of senior figures breaking ranks with the party's leadership . in a speech later, leadership. in a speech later, sir keir starmer will reinstate his support for a humanitarian pause to allow aid into gaza. but he'll also argue that a permanent ceasefire could risk more violence in the region , more violence in the region, giving hamas a chance to carry out more attacks . two former top

out more attacks. two former top aides to boris johnson will face questions at the covid 19 inquiry later. >> how's your eyesight, mr cummings ? cummings? >> dominic cummings , who was a >> dominic cummings, who was a former prime minister's chief adviser , was forced to quit in adviser, was forced to quit in 2020 for breaking lockdown rules. families of covid 19 victims held a vigil outside barnard castle last night, where mr cummings said he'd driven to test his eyesight. lee cain , who test his eyesight. lee cain, who was the director of communications, will also appear at the inquiry. the rate at which prices are increasing has slowed for the fifth consecutive month shop price inflation was 5.2% higher in october than this time last year. the british retail consortium says that's down 1% from september . food down 1% from september. food inflation also slowed down to its lowest rate since last july. there's more relief on the way today for households feeling the pinch from the rising cost of living. those eligible will receive a payment of £300, with the second in a series of

support packages. the money will be deposited into the bank accounts of people on certain benefits and will have no impact on existing benefits. more than 8 million households will be helping by the cost of living payments . council budgets are payments. council budgets are tightening in the face of rising costs, as local authorities cut back on the government's levelling up plans. plans to revitalise high streets in several town centres have been revised as cost balloon in some cases by 50. it means that just 15% of money awarded by the levelling up fund has been spent since it was created in october 2021. around 400,000 patients who've on the waiting list for the longest nhs care will be asked if they're willing to go elsewhere . people who've been on elsewhere. people who've been on wait lists for more than ten months may receive a letter , months may receive a letter, text message or email to ask if they're consider travelling for treatment at. transferring patients other hospitals patients to other hospitals could help bring back down record backlogs in the health

service. currently standing at 7.75 million. flooding has hit parts of northern ireland, with people warned to avoid travel. the met office issued an amber warning in counties antrim down and armagh and people across northern ireland are under a yellow alert today and tomorrow. more than 25 flood warnings have been issued for the uk with storm kieran set to bring strong winds and heavy rain to parts of england and wales. and the king and queen arrived in kenya a short time ago beginning a five day state visit accompanied by queen camilla. his majesty was greeted by the kenyan president, william ruto. it's the king's first visit as monarch to the country where his mother became queenin country where his mother became queen in 1952. he's expected to address some of the more painful aspects of the country's shared colonial history. as kenya prepares to mark 60 years of independence . this is gb news independence. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on your digital radio, and on your smart speaker. by saying

play gb news now it's back to you . you. >> well, let's see what you've been saying at home. lots of news and views. mike says about the tory who's been lost his job as parliamentary private secretary, the lowest rung on the ministerial ladder. i'm glad she's got rid of that. tory mp that called for a ceasefire. israel has a right to defend itself, but sue, thanks for getting in touch . getting in touch. >> you say i think history will look well upon paul bristow. good for him for standing up for the palestinian people. pity more politicians don't have his backbone. >> and on floods because we fear there's going to be more with storm kieran on its way in. duncan says, i wonder when people will finally realise it's not good idea to on not a good idea to build on flood do they think flood plains? what do they think is going to happen? honestly? well, with you more. >> and paul says, i'm fed up of all these storms being called all these storms being called all these storms being called all these stupid names . makes no all these stupid names. makes no sense.

>> i think it's the met office, isn't it, that names them? >> do you think they draw them out of a hat? >> i have no idea. maybe they go to the pub after work and then have a bit of a chit chat about who knows, maybe it's named after meteorologists . after one of the meteorologists. >> you read the last. okay. >> yeah. this. this one. this one's a classic andrew's haircut. michael, thank you for getting in touch. say getting in touch. you say andrew's new haircut makes him look about to join look like he's about to join peaky blinders . peaky blinders. >> as i. tommy shelby . >> as am i. tommy shelby. >> as am i. tommy shelby. >> are you tommy shelby? >> are you tommy shelby? >> a very dark character. >> he's a very dark character. >> he's a very dark character. >> is very dark. you just >> oh, he is very dark. you just need the have you got the cap? >>i cap? >> i have got a cap. maybe i'll bnng >> i have got a cap. maybe i'll bring it in tomorrow. >> right. brilliant. thank you for that. hadn't thought about for that. i hadn't thought about tommy but a fan of tommy shelby, but as a fan of peaky blinders, it's fabulous . peaky blinders, it's fabulous. it's series. fabulous it's a great series. fabulous series. now high will series. now the high court will hear injunction today to try hear an injunction today to try to stop migrants. 2000 of them, from at the former from being housed at the former raf site. and dambusters dambusters scampton . dambusters home in scampton. >> the home office plans to convert the site into a migrant camp for up to 2000 asylum

seekers as well. joining us live is ray addison from the high court in london. and will hollis is in scampton. so ray, bring us up to date with exactly what this court hearing is going to determine . well this all kicks determine. well this all kicks off in about half an hour here in the planning court at the royal courts of justice . royal courts of justice. >> we've got these two hearings getting undennay. misses justice thornton will be the judge presiding over these cases. as you were saying , we've got that you were saying, we've got that injunction application from west lindsey district council , all lindsey district council, all those plans by the home office to house 2000 migrants at raf scampton in lincolnshire. also we have the case brought by braintree district council as well. they're fighting plans to house 1700 asylum seekers . house 1700 asylum seekers. wethersfield airfield in essex. so they're being heard at the same time. these cases, both council is arguing the same thing. they say the home office doesn't have the necessary

planning permission. well the home office is actually using these wartime powers, these class q emerged powers to bypass those planning laws . of course, those planning laws. of course, these class q powers are designed to be used either in an emergency or to prevent an emergency. so lawyers for the home office will be arguing that thatis home office will be arguing that that is the situation that they find themselves in. we know that braintree council earlier had issued an enforcement notice actually barring the home office from carrying out any further work at scampton . there's no work at scampton. there's no migrants currently there. the spokesperson for the council said they toured the site where the home office was doing this work and had seen that in their opinion, it was clear that the site was being designed to be used for longer than 12 months, which is what they'd initially be.the which is what they'd initially be. the home office had initially said, and in that case, the council is arguing they haven't done the necessary environmental impact assessment and various other bits of

papennork over in wethersfield . papennork over in wethersfield. we know that the council and even our foreign secretary, james cleverly, have argued that that site is just simply too remote to house refugees or refugee charity care for calais, saying that the buildings are in a state of disrepair and that also the use, they argue, of a of a former military base is likely to actually thematize refugees who may have had unpleasant experiences and obviously, part of the reason why they've been seeking refuge there aren't we at least 94 asylum seekers currently on that site? and we do know that at least one had previously gone on a hunger strike in protest at what they were describing as the pnson what they were describing as the prison like conditions. home office , of course, arguing office, of course, arguing against that. today's injunctions . they're saying that injunctions. they're saying that these surplus military sites or former military sites provide good, cheap accommodation for refugees and are better than using hotels cells because it's

less on the public purse . less on the public purse. >> okay, ray addison, thank you very much for that. well, let's talk to will hollis, who is at scampton . lots of interest then scampton. lots of interest then will, into what is going to happen with this court case. what have people been saying to you? that lots of people are still camping out, aren't they . still camping out, aren't they. >> yes. well, one thing you won't find here at scampton right now is asylum seekers . but right now is asylum seekers. but the government wants to move at right now is asylum seekers. but least 2000 of them in when they've finished preparations here at the former air base. but what you will find is a steady stream of protesters coming and going. some of them often staying overnight, sleeping for days on end. there was one campaigner who's down in london for the high court, sarah carter, who's from the seb gorka scampton campaign. she spent a month sleeping outdoors, monitoring the number of trucks that were coming in, particularly relating to an

enforcement notice as ray just mentioned, to count the number of trucks and what they might be bringing in. because judging by west lindsey district council standards , they were doing so west lindsey district council illegally. there are sort of two groups here at raf scampton, one is the groups of people that have been protesting here every single day for the last seven months. now. those are people that live on raf scampton camp. the former married living quarters, the people that live on the other side of the wire, you might describe it as now those are the people that will ultimately be impacted by asylum seekers moving in here. but as the news around this has grown and the tension has grown more people have been coming from outside of the outside of the county of lincolnshire, people from nearby yorkshire places like doncaster, hull and sheffield . but now more than sheffield. but now more than ever so people in the south, we've heard that one person came up from devon to show their support in the midlands as well.

people from places like birmingham, that's how strongly people feel , particularly about people feel, particularly about the fact that this is the former home of the dambusters, the raf squadron that blew up those dams in germany in 1943, changing the course of the public perception of the war. but there is also a £300 million regional action thatis £300 million regional action that is planned here and people want that regeneration to happen instead . red of asylum seekers instead. red of asylum seekers moving in west lindsey it really, it really is. >> thank you so much, gentlemen. will hollis in scampton and ray addison talking to us from the high courts in london. >> the government's down if it does and if it doesn't. they've got more than 50,000 asylum seekers illegal migrants in hotels at a cost of £8 million a day. they've got to find somewhere to put them. >> exactly. but every time they find they say, we agree, find them, they say, we agree, but here. but then the but not here. but then the ultimate, then they don't come up with a really great idea as to where do they i know.

>> mean, barges opposed >> i mean, the barges opposed down portland , well, down in portland, well, the barges fraction of the barges take a fraction of the people that are needed. >> you need a lot of barges. you do anyway. >> but so anyway, it's an >> but so anyway, so it's an issue that will run and run. now we course, expecting we are, of course, expecting dominic cummings and lee cain to appear at the covid inquiry today . they probably any time today. they probably any time soon very senior former downing street . and we're street employers. and we're expecting fireworks , frankly. expecting fireworks, frankly. lee cain currently is speaking tom hannood with us. our deputy pilot. tom, just to remind people who lee cain is, lee cain was the director of communications for boris johnson in downing street through the start of his period as prime minister. >> he left around the same time that dominic cummings left government. he was seen as being part leave fraction part of that vote leave fraction . he worked with dominic cummings and boris johnson in the vote leave campaign during brexit brought into downing brexit was brought into downing street to run similar sort of street to run a similar sort of line of communications, although of a lot of of course there was a lot of infighting in that downing street, different factions formed he left, but was formed and he left, but he was in charge the overall

in charge of the overall communications of government, particularly early particularly for that early penod particularly for that early period in covid that we're talking about now, and that the inquiry looking at. lee cain inquiry is looking at. lee cain has just been speaking in the inquiry and in his opening sort of questions . he's been saying of questions. he's been saying that at the start of the inquiry, at the start of the pandemic, covid was seen as something that was manageable, should be looked at at departmental rather than number 10 level. and there were all of these global surveys that said these global surveys that said the united kingdom was one of the united kingdom was one of the best, if not the best country in the world in terms of pandemic preparedness. and we've seen those sort of surveys that were being passed around at the time. so the government sort of thought that this was all manageable so wasn't manageable and so it wasn't a high priority 10. high priority in number 10. >> then it all started to >> but then it all started to unravel and unravel rather quickly. going to be quickly. it is going to be a very difficult week, isn't it, for the families , those for the families, those relatives who a number of whom are gathering outside there again today. and it will be the

first time that we've seen dominic cummings since he gave evidence . was it last year , do evidence. was it last year, do you remember, in front of the government, in front of the parliamentary inquiry, there was a parliamentary inquiry this is going be slightly different, going to be slightly different, isn't going to be slightly different, isn'yes. this is a statutory >> yes. so this is a statutory inquiry with many more teeth than it will, of course, go on for much longer sort of period for a much longer sort of period of time and produce much more authoritative outcomes, although there criticisms there are some criticisms in terms being run, who terms of how it's being run, who is questioned, who gets is being questioned, who gets the forensic questioning the more forensic questioning and rest of it . the more forensic questioning and rest of it. but and all the rest of it. but clearly today we're going to see some pretty harsh criticism of some pretty harsh criticism of some of the political players from dominic cummings. i think perhaps the bigger question is, will dominic cummings turn his guns on some of the scientists as well? after all, at the start of the pandemic, there was this agreed strategy from the government and from sage to sort of have this more moderate approach to the virus suppress it rather than crush it and sort of have more moderate interventions. that, of course,

then changed in mid—march when we went into full lockdown. and i do wonder if dominic cummings will have as much vitriol for the scientists early views as he clearly does for boris johnson. >> can he do inflict much more damage on the reputation of bofis damage on the reputation of boris johnson, bearing in mind he's put the boot in spectacularly at that parliamentary inquiry last year? all the tweets that he's all the all the tweets that he's been about boris been unleashing about boris johnson , can he do much more johnson, can he do much more damage, you think? damage, do you think? >> there's a big question in terms of or not there terms of whether or not there are that boris are messages that boris johnson sent cummings sent or that dominic cummings sent or that dominic cummings sent that have been withheld up until point? dominic until this point? dominic cummings published cummings has already published a lot stuff own substack lot of stuff on his own substack blog, he has spoken, of blog, and he has spoken, of course, in that parliamentary inquiry. we have been seeing inquiry. but we have been seeing new whatsapp messages appear throughout this inquiry because they've got so many more statutory powers to look at those sorts of messages . has those sorts of messages. has dominic cummings kept something back that we're going to see today? that's a big question mark and we'll seeing mark and we'll be seeing that throughout mark and we'll be seeing that thr(his10ut for him to have >> his style, for him to have done we should remind

done that and we should remind he theatre that he likes the theatre that dominic cummings broke lockdown rules. he denies it. but rules. he did. he denies it. but of course, he staged they staged that ludicrous press conference in the downing street garden, which went for hours and which went on for hours and hours. might have been hours. you might have been there, where said it there, tom, and where he said it was a completely improper it was proper for him to drive his family up durham, even though family up to durham, even though he of covid. and he had symptoms of covid. and then, he his then, of course, he drove his family 230 miles to barnard castle. said castle. beauty spot. he said to check his eyesight to see whether he could drive his car back london, where most of us back to london, where most of us would go to specsavers. >> yes, he has changed his story on one in the parliamentary on this one in the parliamentary inquiry. was one inquiry. of course, it was one of the first questions that was asked now, initially at asked of him. now, initially at that in the that press conference in the rose garden, he said that this was do with isolate was all to do with isolate himself family because himself and his family because he suspected they had covid. he stayed within his family unit. he drove in a way that didn't he drove up in a way that didn't encourage, didn't involve any pubuc encourage, didn't involve any public transport or mixing with individuals. he later said at the parliamentary inquiry last year that it was more to do with

the safety of his family and threats that had been received. and some advice he had been given well . yeah, i wonder if given as well. yeah, i wonder if he will advance on that at all or if he just will not sort of touch upon after all, this touch upon that after all, this is about decision making with regard the pandemic. this regard to the pandemic. this this today, this inquiry today, the questions dominic cummings questions of dominic cummings will be about those decisions that in government. that were made in government. i wonder, though, whether the inquiry lawyers will touch upon his own personal conduct, although not strictly speaking, to do with the decision making. there was some suggestion we saw in the whatsapps released yesterday that boris johnson considered relaxing rules in the summer of 2020 in order to almost be a distraction from the dominic cummings story. now, he might well be questioned about that because of course, that is relevant to decisions that were made at the time of the pandemic. >> well, i mean, it's alleged, isn't it, that boris johnson diverged from from one decision to another, one strategy to another, hence what was it, another, hence the what was it, the emoji that

the shopping trolley emoji that keeps quite a lot? keeps cropping up quite a lot? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> whatsapp messages. >> whatsapp messages. >> this was invention of >> this was an invention of dominic to replace the dominic cummings to replace the words johnson with a words boris johnson with a single of shopping single emoji of a shopping trolley describe the way in trolley to describe the way in which boris johnson would, in one meeting, yes , we've got one meeting, say yes, we've got to lock down, we've to to lock down, we've got to suppress the virus, and then in the say, the next moment we'd say, actually, know what? we actually, you know what? we should it the chin. we should take it on the chin. we should take it on the chin. we should open all up, we should let it rip. dominic cummings found frustrating found it incredibly frustrating that sort of that boris johnson sort of wasn't mind on this wasn't a single mind on this issue and went from one position to the other. of course, what bofis to the other. of course, what boris johnson would that boris johnson would say is that this a rapidly evolving this was a rapidly evolving situation. facts were situation. the facts were changing. virus changing. the speed of the virus was the advice was changing. and the advice that was receiving from that he was receiving from different corners was different. >> but we know consistency >> but we all know consistency was johnson's was never boris johnson's strongest point. >> it's interesting . it's interesting. >> in his private life as well. quite. >> and yet most people would agree at the end of the pandemic , or at least when the united kingdom was bringing the pandemic to the end , when boris pandemic to the end, when boris johnson had a sort of singular

mission, you know, we had the vaccine, it was proved to be safe and effective. and he had that mission of rolling it out. the united kingdom was the fastest major country in the world roll that vaccine . world to roll out that vaccine. that a singular sort that was almost a singular sort of mission he of churchillian mission that he had. clear that when had. and it was clear that when he knew what to do, he could roll that out quickly. and however, when he didn't know what then that was chaos. what to do, then that was chaos. >> so much damage had been done before you finally got to that vaccine rollout. >> but the vaccine rollout was a remarkable success that was and that remarkable and the that is the remarkable and the eu a disaster. eu was a disaster. >> the united kingdom was undoubtedly sloppy in the first half of the pandemic, but very precise the second half of precise in the second half of the pandemic. now, all together, that we're pretty that means that we're pretty much middle of the pack when it comes death stats compared to comes to death stats compared to eu the like. but eu countries and the like. but of course the early stats were much . latest stats much worse. the latest stats were better . i wonder if were much better. i wonder if the inquiry will touch on that very of by very much because of course by the time we had the sort of the time that we had the sort of success towards the end of the pandemic , well, dominic cummings pandemic, well, dominic cummings

and cain were on their way out. >> they were they should concentrate on that because that's what people to know that's what people want to know about. the about. you know, the government's response. >> well, course, they should >> well, of course, they should do should both. do both. they should do both. and i think ultimately we and i think that ultimately we what measured appraisal of what is a measured appraisal of what is a measured appraisal of what the two years what is a measured appraisal of withe the two years what is a measured appraisal of withe pandemic the two years what is a measured appraisal of withe pandemic is the two years what is a measured appraisal of withe pandemic is athe two years what is a measured appraisal of withe pandemic is a mixed) years what is a measured appraisal of withe pandemic is a mixed setars of the pandemic is a mixed set of the pandemic is a mixed set of scenarios. there were some things the country did very, very well. there were other things. the country did very, very . i any very poorly. and i think any inquiry that doesn't focus on both of those different strands will doing a disservice. will be doing a disservice. >> great. tom, you're going to be the inquiry later. will be at the inquiry later. i will be. we'll be reporting to be. tom, we'll be reporting to us your updates. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we shouldn't forget either that nearly died of covid. that boris nearly died of covid. >> people might >> he did. and some people might say that affect say did that affect his judgement because sick judgement because he was sick for while before he went for quite a while before he went into hospital? it not off into hospital? it was not off work that long. work for that long. >> he came back. >> no, he. he came back. >> no, he. he came back. >> i think he was back after about a 4 or 5 days and he was probably still i'm not probably still sick. i'm not excusing but i think it excusing him, but i think it should be taken into account what government before had had to a pandemic. to deal with a pandemic. >> mean, tony blair

>> no, never. i mean, tony blair actually said to me, i bumped into him in westminster. >> he said, this is the biggest challenge to any government since the world war. since the second world war. that's said about covid. that's what he said about covid. >> he? he was. >> did he? yeah, he was. >> did he? yeah, he was. >> he cut boris johnson a lot more slack. >> underlines how difficult it how was. how difficult it was. >> challenge any >> the biggest challenge for any government is facing the second world he was prime world war. and he was a prime minister for a very long time. >> i i boris >> i mean, i think boris johnson's strength was he was good telly communicating good on the telly communicating to people, wasn't he telling us to people, wasn't he telling us to lock down and not to do any parties? you felt you connected with what he was saying and you in some ways you, you did. >> you didn't want to you didn't want to break rules at that time. >> i know, unlike some people. >> i know, unlike some people. >> well, and unlike what we found out, what going on in found out, what was going on in number 10? >> well, okay, we need to move on for that. >> but thank you, tom. now, patrick christie's poppy appeal has more than 800, 800. has raised more than 800, 800. >> no, i think that's supposed to say £80,000. really? yeah >> okay. well, it's still

amazing. whatever it is, it's amazing. >> he thought he was going to raise 10,000 and we now almost up to £90,000. >> okay. >> okay. >> well, we are going to go live to him in brighton next. so do stay with us. this is britain's newsroom .

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britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson, pip tomson, who's in for bev now? >> gb news is own patrick christys has raised almost £90,000 so far in his royal british legion's poppy appeal. just incredible. it really is. >> it's only been doing it for about five minutes in some areas of the country like brighton. and apparently not so easy and apparently it's not so easy to find volunteers to sell poppies. patrick went to poppies. so patrick went to brighton out patrick. brighton to help out patrick. >> good morning to you . what's >> good morning to you. what's it been like the reaction you've been getting in brighton? and my goodness me, what a fantastic job you have done . job you have done. >> oh, thank you very much. now the reaction has been all right. we've not been here too long because we've had just a few people coming up and saying hello saying they're hello and saying that they're relatives names this war relatives names are on this war memorial, which you'll see behind here. a couple of the behind me here. a couple of the bus drivers tooting their horns. it's so look, it's great stuff. so look, basically, i read an article about which said about a week ago, which said that was struggling to

that brighton was struggling to replace a long standing british legion volunteer . legion poppy selling volunteer. and that a problem because and that was a problem because they'd grand last they'd raised ten grand last yean they'd raised ten grand last yeah i they'd raised ten grand last year. i thought, well, that year. so i thought, well, that can't in britain at can't really stand in britain at the britain, i do the moment. britain, i do think, feels little under the feels a little bit under the cosh. we're all seeing what's going the moment, going on at the moment, especially the especially in london. the cenotaph barricaded cenotaph is being barricaded off, i think a visible off, which is i think a visible sign it, of maybe where sign isn't it, of maybe where britain is at at the moment. so i thought, look, let's come and do it. there is do something about it. there is a patriotic in this a patriotic majority in this country. and raise country. let's try and raise a little bit of money for the poppy i little bit of money for the poppy i set up a poppy appeal. and i set up a justgiving it's just justgiving page. it's just giving.com for slash page fonnard slash gb news poppy. and in less than 24 hours, we've basically hit £90,000, nine zero thousand pounds, which is a testament to the great spirit of our viewers and our listeners. so thank you very, very much, everybody. we haven't even really started yet. i'm going to be doing my show from the british legion club around the corner from here. we've got a few guest lined up and yeah, we're just going to see how much money we can raise and just show

people that really do money we can raise and just show peopaboutt really do money we can raise and just show peopabout britain really do money we can raise and just show peopabout britain and lly do money we can raise and just show peopabout britain and about care about britain and about our veterans and everything that that for , hope. that stands for, i hope. >> that is a 100% >> patrick that is a 100% plastic free poppy that you're wearing . oh, no , it's not. wearing. oh, no, it's not. >> but i'm i have managed i have managed to live my life pip untroubled by the concerns about plastic. so i'm just going to continue in that vein . continue in that vein. >> quite right, too. no, that's that's fair enough, man . that's fair enough, man. >> after my own heart, i do wonder with with the whole poppy campaign this year, because we're moving to a cashless society, does that make it more of a challenge? >> think that's >> i think that's that's probably a very good point, actually. >> patrick, thanks very much. i think that's a very good point. but i don't i carry cash always. >> do you? yeah, always . >> do you? yeah, always. >> do you? yeah, always. >> so i can put my pound or a couple of pounds in my in the in the british legion tin. the laurel british legion tin. they're to to now they're going to have to now have these things like you have these card things like you see with buskers and the tube. amazing isn't it. >> yeah. yeah. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. yeah. >> they suggest £3 which >> and they suggest £3 which i think, mean i have to say

think, i mean i have to say i moved from it and you'll moved away from it and you'll all go, oh god, that's ridiculous. >> but i moved from it >> but i moved away from it dunng >> but i moved away from it during pandemic because during the pandemic because of the hygiene and, the whole hygiene and coins and, and i know, i know. but and i know, i know, i know. but at the time, we were so. so we were so careful, weren't we? >> well, people are now rallying to actually last to cash because actually last year of cash went for year the use of cash went up for the first for many years the first time for many years because i think people think it's because these it's under threat because these wretched closing down wretched banks are closing down branches and closing wretched banks are closing down brancicash, and closing wretched banks are closing down brancicash, dispensing nd closing wretched banks are closing down brancicash, dispensing machines. down cash, dispensing machines. don't i've also, by the don't do it. i've also, by the way, very proudly have a cheque book, and i'm not giving it up. >> no way. >> no way. >> i have a cheque book and i like using it. >> i found cheque book at home >> i found a cheque book at home and i just that. no part of and i just did that. no part of history. >> get notes from the bank >> and i get notes from the bank saying, do still want to saying, do you still want to carry with your cheque? but carry on with your cheque? but mr piers, do. thank you. do you? >> how many cheques do you write? a month? many. it's write? a month? not many. it's the principle. >> it's the principle . the principle. >> it's the principle. i'll still to come. >> how old are you? older than you. >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> still to come. >> still to come.

>> i'm a 60s, baby is the word. >> i'm a 60s, baby is the word. >> mother of offensive. a council was accused . council was accused. >> i knew this would get you. >> i knew this would get you. >> oh, a council. he's off. a council was accused of writing out women today for purging the word mother from its pregnancy. and maternity leave policy to be more inclusive. >> a lib dem council, of more inclusive. >> a lib dem council , of course. >> a lib dem council, of course. in case you hadn't guessed, we will find out later. >> plus, is fast food died mice and terrified customers ? and terrified customers? >> is this protest or just criminal behaviour that are much more after your morning news with sophia . it's 1032. with sophia. it's 1032. >> i'm sophia wenzler in the newsroom. israel's prime minister has dismissed calls for a ceasefire in the war against hamas as the ground assault on gaza intensifies. quoting the bible, benjamin netanyahu said this is a time for war and that calls for a ceasefire would mean surrendering to terrorism. health authorities in gaza say

more than 8300 people have been killed by israeli attacks. conservative mp richard holden told gb news that the government supports israel, but continues to call for a humanitarian pause in the fighting. >> cease ceasefire basically involves israel having faced one of the worst terrorist attacks even of the worst terrorist attacks ever, then just laying down its arms. that only benefits one side. that shows that terrorism wins. and i do not think that that can be our position . i that can be our position. i think israel has every right to defend itself. if this had happened to the uk, what we would have seen would have been thousands and thousands of uk nationals off abroad and nationals dragged off abroad and taken hostage. we would have seen tens of thousands of people, those are the population equivalents, know, killed equivalents, you know, killed here on the streets of the uk. we able to see it in we need to be able to see it in that context . that context. >> labour is expected to clarify its official stance on the israel—hamas war later amid reports of senior figures breaking ranks with the party's leadership. in a speech later, sir keir starmer will reaffirm

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from three on. gb news. it's 1039 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and pip tomson, who's for in bev turner the old bailey has decided that the metropolitan police firearms officer charged with murdering chris kaba will be named for now. >> a judge dismissed concerns about the, quote, real and immediate risk to the officer if his identity was made public. the metropolitan police says the decision is hugely concerning for police officers. >> joining us now is former detective superintendent at the metropolitan police, shabnam chaudhry. good after good morning . rather good to see you morning. rather good to see you on britain's newsroom today . on britain's newsroom today. tell us then your reaction to this ruling . this ruling. >> yeah, i think having spoken to many officers in the last day or so, it's been very, very disappointing for them . this has disappointing for them. this has created mixed views from the pubuc created mixed views from the public and within policing. and

it will have huge implications for the policing of firearms officers and also generally for the public, particularly when you look at what's going on globally , the current war that's globally, the current war that's ongoing, the fact that there's a review under been taken in respect of potential increase in extremism and the counter terrorism threat and it's those firearms officers who are highly skilled, highly trained officers that will be patrolling , that that will be patrolling, that will keep london safe, and the uk in general. will keep london safe, and the uk in general . and if this now uk in general. and if this now that this officer will be named andifs that this officer will be named and it's a partial thing because he's basically his name and his date of birth will be made public, which will have an implication for officers who have already said in recent weeks that they will stop carrying their firearms if the officer is named . officer is named. >> and, sharon, what i think is cunous >> and, sharon, what i think is curious about this ruling by the judge, the judge has said that there is to be no image of the

officer, so no photographs. but the moment the name is out there, it the picture will be plastered all over social media. so it's a it's a pretty i think it's almost pointless what he's doing here because that's what's going to surely happen . going to surely happen. >> well, there is a potential for that to happen, but that actually his image will be protected by law , as will his protected by law, as will his home address . and i think what home address. and i think what will also happen is the metropolitan police are proper for risk assessment and ensure that there are special measures in place , protect him and family in place, protect him and family in place, protect him and family in respect of where and the fact that he then can't be subjected to any visit abuse or any kind of threat by the general public or anybody else for that matter . or anybody else for that matter. but the implications are big policing, because if those firearms do remember these officers are volunteers . these officers are volunteers. these officers are volunteers. these officers volunteered to do that job. most officers who actually

apply to become fire officers are firearms officers don't actually get through the training because it is that rigorous and that difficult a training . police officers that training. police officers that are carry firearms, they do around 4000 operations are firearms operation about 800, which are pre—planned, and they are the ones that generally will recover firearms off the streets. so their role is crucial to policing and this will have implications. now, no , will have implications. now, no, that the home secretary has agreed to undertake an accountability review which she plans to have completed by the end of the year. and i wonder if that will have any change in respect of a further major appeal to the or to the courts in respect of the identity of that officer. do you think this ruling is going to make it even less likely that your former colleagues, police officers are going to want to become a firearms officer? >> arade dam i do . >> arade dam i do. >> arade dam i do. >> unfortunately. i mean, my

nephews , a firearms officer, and nephews, a firearms officer, and i worry about the role that he plays. i do absolutely agree that every police officer must be held to account. they know that they're subject to scrutiny, but i think that this will deter a lot of officers from wanting to carry firearms because of the risk that it involved. because the involved. and because of the fact if are charged fact that if they are charged with kind of offences, then with any kind of offences, then their identity is known to the general public and they fear that they're risk that. that they're at risk of that. equally, public feel that equally, the public feel that there should be no preferential treatment for police officers. so i can understand the concerns of the public, but equally i understand the concerns of policing. >> think part of the problem >> i think part of the problem is, is that within law law, there's very few exceptions about not naming a defendant. you know, if they if they're a child. yes. but there's not many, is there? andrew, this is part of the problem. would it set some sort of precedent? >> often if it's national security, the identity would be kept confidential ? kept confidential? >> yeah, absolutely . and the

>> yeah, absolutely. and the fact is that as soon as somebody is charged, then their details and their name is known in the pubuc and their name is known in the public domain, unless, of course, they're of a certain age and therefore, the public feel that police officers shouldn't be above law. again, they be above the law. again, they are these officers are supported by the met police senior leadership. they feel very, very strongly this. so we have strongly about this. so we have to see how this plays out. but it will have implications for the carrying of firearms, for the carrying of firearms, for the of the public and for the safety of the public and for those that any those officers that do not any longer wish to carry firearms or apply become firearms officers. >> really interesting . all >> really interesting. all right. that's the former detective superintend at the met. shabnam chaudhry, thanks so much for joining met. shabnam chaudhry, thanks so much forjoining us. shabnam, really interesting, isn't it? >> yeah. that police officer will named publicly on the will be named publicly on the 30th january. 30th of january. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> give some three months contingency contingency contingency to make contingency plans, but say the image will be protected. but i still think once they're named, the image will end up well, it's for social media. >> well, it's easy to find >> well, it's very easy to find out. course, the image, isn't it? >> yeah. yeah

>> yeah. yeah >> need somebody lean >> i only need somebody to lean it. out more on this it. well, carry out more on this story. we are pleased be story. we are pleased to be joined political commentator joined by political commentator and author buxton and and author tanya buxton and author commentator nicky author and commentator nicky hodgson. to both. hodgson. welcome to you both. >> morning. hodgson. welcome to you both. >> morning , tanya. what do you >> morning, tanya. what do you make of i'm still dumbfounded that he got charged with murder and not manslaughter to start with as a police officer, as an acting police officer, i'm still dumbfounded by that. >> i don't think that his name should be released. and we know all this thing about his image not released is complete not being released is complete rubbish. just get on rubbish. i mean, you just get on the internet, modern age, it'll be everywhere. i just i worry about our policing system . i about our policing system. i think that maybe we've gone too far from getting the right calibre of person to be a police officer. that's what we should be concentrating on. but i do think we need to protect our police better. and mean, i've police better. and i mean, i've got sons. i wouldn't want got two sons. i wouldn't want them go the police for them to go into the police for anything. you know, it used to be great job to go and be a stoic, great job to go and do. i wouldn't want them to do that. especially would not that. and i especially would not want them to be able to carry

firearms. >> it's a good point, isn't it, about the manslaughter? because we go into the detail we can't go into the detail because he's been because because he's been charged, officer. charged, this unnamed officer. but there was one bullet discharged through discharged by the gun through the screen of the car which the screen of the car in which chris kaba sitting. and he chris kaba was sitting. and he died. you can't assume there died. but you can't assume there was intent kill. he was was any intent to kill. he was doing job his split doing his job and his split second judgement. >> what i found >> no, and that's what i found peculiar about that peculiar about about that charge, i suppose , is charge, actually. i suppose, is when i think about this, you know, there's this argument that we open justice so people we need open justice so people shouldn't treated shouldn't be treated in a different way, even if they're in police, if there's in the police, even if there's a good reason them to be good reason for them to be treated a different way. treated in a different way. >> suppose the problem at >> but i suppose the problem at the is that the met has the minute is that the met has there's low trust the there's very low trust in the met. there's little and met. there's very little and i suspect this is kind of a suspect that this is kind of a political act on their part to increase trust with the public. you very driven at you know, they're very driven at the to or to do that. so the minute to or to do that. so again they are seen to be again if they are seen to be hiding identity, especially hiding an identity, especially when the when especially with the black community, there's community, where there's a lot of people who feel very strongly that do not serve that the police do not serve them they're young them well because they're young and was

and mistreat them, killed was exactly. exactly. we have to be steps to taken to protect his safety. yeah because he will undoubtedly be at risk. >> and his family that's also the other point he's my understanding he's he's a family man . yeah. so he's being made man. yeah. so he's being made a scapegoat a little bit of this. >> and that's and that's that's wrong. i understand that the met's trying to step up and show the public that they're not having preferential treatment, but it is all just very muddy andifs but it is all just very muddy and it's not clear. and i think it's wrong. >> well, there will still be preferential treatment because because his image isn't being released . released. >> yeah, we're about ten minutes for about ten. >> yeah. yeah >> yeah. yeah >> because that's what's going to happen. i mean, when i read it, i thought this is does the judge the judge not heard judge not is the judge not heard of internet era? yeah. does of the internet era? yeah. does the judge not living real the judge not living in the real world? you want. yeah we're >> have you want. yeah we're going to cross now to the covid inquiry the former inquiry because the former downing director downing street director of communications, is speaking. >> we're going to have a little listen. >> i've had to sit here for two hours just to stop him saying

stupid. and you i'm stupid. and you say i'm exhausted him . there's then exhausted with him. there's then a gap for an hour. it may be that there was then a press conference because you then fonnard a tweet out about someone who perhaps was watching that press conference saying that press conference saying that they they were confused by what boris johnson had said at it . and you say as your message, it. and you say as your message, no words. and then mr cummings says, what did i say ? says, what did i say? >> it's only a matter of time before his babbling exposes fact. >> he doesn't know what to say . >> he doesn't know what to say. now, the first thing to ask you, mr cain, i mean , i think it's mr cain, i mean, i think it's apparent from what you've already said that dominic cummings was someone you'd worked with for some time. you clearly had a close relationship with him. was this just about chatter? was this just bannau tour, if you like? were you just agreeing with him? because he was your friend or did you actually mean that you were

exhausted with the prime minister and that you were despairing , minister and that you were despairing, if you minister and that you were despairing , if you like, of what despairing, if you like, of what he was doing and saying? >> i think anyone that's worked with the prime minister for a penod with the prime minister for a period of time will become exhausted with him. sometimes he can be quite a challenging character to work with just because he will oscillate . he because he will oscillate. he will take a decision from the last person in the room. i think that's pretty well documented in terms of his style of operating and it is rather exhausting from time to time . time to time. >> you made the point in your statement and you've made it again today. mr cain, that if one is in the position of the prime minister and considering such a profound decision as ordering a lockdown , it's ordering a lockdown, it's perfectly appropriate to weigh that decision carefully and to think about all of the negative consequences that will follow . consequences that will follow. but that's not what you're describing here. what we're

seeing here in that critical penod seeing here in that critical period is someone who simply can't make up their mind and with whom two of his closest advisers are exhausted . i mean , advisers are exhausted. i mean, so i think there's a that's correct. >> i think there is there is a difference between weighing up the evidence and, you know, looking for challenge on policy issues and being sure that we are making the right decision. i think issues like the if i remember correctly, the tweet there from steve swinford was is regarding the press conference where i think he announced that we were going to turn the tide within 12 weeks, which we were frustrated by, because i think the whole point of the suppression strategy , chris and suppression strategy, chris and patrick would be very clear that the suppression strategy would be a long term endeavour . we be a long term endeavour. we were looking at, you know, probably a year where we were going to have to do pretty hard

measures, alleviate them a little bit, go back into hard measures again to keep control of the virus until , you know, we of the virus until, you know, we were in a situation where a vaccine or another method came onune vaccine or another method came online testing that would allow us out . but we online testing that would allow us out. but we all online testing that would allow us out . but we all knew us a route out. but we all knew it long term challenge. it was a long term challenge. and i think from a communications point of view , communications point of view, the prime minister indicating that we basically could be finished with covid in 12 weeks was unhelpful because it set a very unrealistic , took a very very unrealistic, took a very realistic sort of expectation of where the nation needed to be because it's all about compliance at this point and being honest and transparent with public about what to with the public about what to expect expect it . expect and how to expect it. >> mr can you say it was unhelpful ? well, one might >> mr can you say it was unhelpful? well, one might think that was quite a well—chosen word from the communications world. >> so that is lee cain giving evidence to the covid inquiry. he was one of boris johnson's communications. >> he was he worked with him on

vote leave during the referendum. and they got together when he was foreign secretary and he went into number 10 with him. have to remind people, of course, though, that lee cain was fired by boris johnson, as was dominic cummings. lee cain went out the back a little bit back door a little bit of humility. dominic cummings went out door with box out the front door with a box holding a box, which i wrote at the time, will have all sorts of smoking gun emails, tweets , smoking gun emails, tweets, whatsapp messages, which he will unleash against boris johnson. so are you suggesting that bitterness will influence what they say at this covid inquiry? i'm not suggesting they are bitter and twisted in any shape or form, but it does seem, particularly with dominic cummings, he has been on a one man destroy boris man campaign to destroy boris johnson's ever since johnson's reputation ever since he left number 10. but i also concede and accept that boris johnson, i've known him for 25, 30 years, is a shambles. >> well, lee cain said there, bofis >> well, lee cain said there, boris johnson was quite a challenging character to work with. yes. which could be a bit

of an understatement. he isolates, he said. >> i worked with him when he was when he was a columnist on the daily telegraph. trust me, his copy was always late and it was never what he said he was going copy was always late and it was newritehat he said he was going copy was always late and it was newrite about.said he was going copy was always late and it was newrite about. always was going to write about. always beautifully written , but never beautifully written, but never what you expected. he was. you despaired with the call came despaired with the call came despair greatly, though, when he's got the whole nation in his hands and he's oscillating to whatever in the whatever the last person in the room whatever the last person in the romsure. mean, i'm disgusted >> sure. i mean, i'm disgusted by covm >> sure. i mean, i'm disgusted by covid inquiry. i'm by this. covid inquiry. i'm sickened fact that we sickened by it. the fact that we had to push to get children included damage done included in it, the damage done to , which as a mother, to children, which as a mother, i'm seeing constantly daily their mental health, the way they fell behind everything. this covid inquiry is a joke and this kind of that this kind of conversations that they're having dealing backwards and just get to the and fonnards just get to the grip of it and let's get some proper answers out of it is a waste of our taxpayers money. and going do a proper job. >> and it's to going take nicky years and years and years to probably 2027. we're now in 2023. >> this is the problem with these kinds of inquiries. >> they happen so far after the

fact that actually public the pubuc fact that actually public the public moved with what's public has moved on with what's concerning news. concerning them in the news. they still be frustrated they might still be frustrated and hurt. i'm sure and upset and hurt. i'm not sure they've moved on, particularly not if you've been affected as thousands. no, no, of course. i actually think it's incredibly important, isn't and is part of the grieving process, if you like , and still coming to terms like, and still coming to terms with everything that happened because is still raw for so because it is still raw for so many people. so yeah, of course. i mean, it is i can i say that that one of the things that they're not taking on enough for me because i didn't lose anyone from virus covid lost from the virus covid i lost three people from lockdown . three people from lockdown. >> so that for me is not being identified here in this inquiry at all. you know, they're just looking at some people and that's for me is it's not enough. you know, they look at them flippantly deciding , shall them flippantly deciding, shall we lock down, shall we not lock down or shall we? i don't know. one day we will. one day we will not taking on all the tsunami of damage that be done. damage that will be done. >> i they've heard this

>> i think they've heard this morning they realise the morning that they realise the inquiry heard that was inquiry has heard that it was realised lockdown necessary realised lockdown was necessary ten happened. >> yeah , but actually there's >> yeah, but actually there's still argument be had still an argument to be had which i hope inquiry which i hope the inquiry is going nicky, as to going to show up. nicky, as to whether was necessary to lock whether it was necessary to lock us down and was it necessary for people to wear or was it people to wear masks or was it just lip service to, to just paying lip service to, to make like they were make it look like they were doing positive? well doing something positive? well what actually really valuable what is actually really valuable about of the inquiry about this stage of the inquiry is the is shedding light on the character and character of boris johnson and his on because he his vacillation on because he wasn't up to the job. >> he hasn't been up to the job being prime minister for a long time. he wasn't in the first place. know, a serial place. you know, he's a serial liar. lied us. he's lied liar. he's lied to us. he's lied to the queen he's prorogued parliament. and people that have worked him that a worked with him know that he's a chancellor. you know, it's just his character. it doesn't mean that not likeable in a way, that he's not likeable in a way, because, he has got because, you know, he has got qualities people. qualities that speak to people. well. point is, he was well. but the point is, he was so out of his depth and the fact that he had so much pre—information which he disregarded, he didn't disregarded, you know, he didn't he pay attention what disregarded, you know, he didn't he comingy attention what disregarded, you know, he didn't he coming outtention what disregarded, you know, he didn't he coming outtentiochina,hat disregarded, you know, he didn't he coming outtentiochina, what was coming out from china, what was coming out from china, what was from asia. so and

was coming out from asia. so and he was weak in that regard because thought it coming back to have to go to a to you. we have got to go to a break shortly. we're going break very shortly. we're going to aviv. do stay with. to be in tel aviv. do stay with.

break b reak away. break away. it's 11 am. on tuesday, the 31st of october. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. with me, andrew pierce, pip tomson, who's in for bev turner.

>> this is a time for war. that is the message from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, who has ruled out a ceasefire . ceasefire. >> the and labour's leader, sir keir starmer, is set to is going to outline his own position on the israel—gaza war amid growing tensions within his party over his refusal to agree to a cease to call for a ceasefire >> patrick's poppy appeal gb news is patrick christie's is raising money for the royal british legion to show support for our veterans. that's not him. he's raised almost £90,000. >> good on him . >> good on him. >> good on him. >> and of course, we'd love to know what you think about all our stories this morning. do get in touch, gbviews@gbnews.com. now let's get a roundup of all your headlines with sophia .

your headlines with sophia. >> good morning. it's 11:00. your headlines with sophia. >> good morning. it's11:00. i'm sophia wenzler in the newsroom. israel prime minister has dismissed calls for a ceasefire in the war against hamas as the ground assault on gaza intensify . he's quoting the bible. benjamin netanyahu said this is a time for war and that calls for a ceasefire would mean surrendering to terrorism more than 8300 people in gaza have been killed by israeli attacks . been killed by israeli attacks. conservative mp richard holden told gb news that the government supports israel but urges for a humanitarian pause in the fighting . fighting. >> the ceasefire basically involves israel having faced one of the worst terrorist attacks even of the worst terrorist attacks ever, then just laying down its arms. that only benefits the one side that shows that terrorism wins. and i don't think that that can be our position . i that can be our position. i think israel has every right to defend itself. if this had happened to the uk, what we would have seen would have been thousands and thousands of uk

nationals dragged off abroad and taken hostage. we would have seen tens of thousands of people, those are the population equivalents, you killed equivalents, you know, killed here on streets of the uk. here on the streets of the uk. we need to be able to see it in that labour is that context that labour is expected to clarify its official stance on the israel—hamas war later amid reports of senior figures breaking ranks with the party's leadership . party's leadership. >> in a speech later, sir keir starmer will reaffirm his support for a humanitarian pause to allow aid into gaza. but he'll also argue that a permanent ceasefire could risk more violence in the region, giving hamas a chance to carry out more attacks . s dominic out more attacks. s dominic cummings has told the covid 19 inquiry that he warned boris johnson of big problems due to insufficient sources in the cabinet office , the inquiry cabinet office, the inquiry site. >> mr cummings the inquiry heard that mr cummings told the former prime minister in a whatsapp message that the cabinet office was totally behind pace and had no plan. >> he served as boris johnson's chief adviser until he was

forced to quit in 2020 for breaking lockdown rules . lee breaking lockdown rules. lee cain, who was director of communications , spoke of a lack communications, spoke of a lack of leadership and said mr johnson should have done more dunng johnson should have done more during the pandemic's early phase and some breaking news the government has called off plans to close train ticket offices as the transport secretary asked train operators a short time ago to withdraw the controversial proposal to shut offices in england . a public consultation england. a public consultation launched to gauge public opinion on the closures received the largest ever response , with the largest ever response, with the rmt union, saying most people oppose the closures . mark harper oppose the closures. mark harper says the proposals didn't meet the high threshold of serving rail passengers . the rate at rail passengers. the rate at which prices are increasing has slowed for the fifth consecutive month, she price inflation was 5.2% higher in october than this time last year. the british retail consortium says that's down 1% from september. the food inflation also slowed down to its lowest rate since last july .

its lowest rate since last july. there's more relief on the way today for households feeling the pinch from the rising cost of living. those eligible will receive a payment of £300. the second in a series of support packages. the money will be deposited into the bank accounts of people on certain benefits and will have no impact on existing benefits . more than existing benefits. more than 8 million households will be helped by the cost of living payments . flooding has hit parts payments. flooding has hit parts of northern ireland, with people warned to avoid travel. storm kieran is set to bring strong winds and heavy rain in many parts of the uk. the met office issued an amber warning in counties antrim down and armagh and people across northern ireland are under a yellow alert today and tomorrow. newry and armagh mp mickey brady says the government is doing everything it can to protect homes and businesses . businesses. >> we're dealing with nature here. i mean, it's unprecedented i >> -- >> the amount of rain has fallen over the past day or two and as i said in my lifetime and i've

been around a long, long time, i have never seen it this bad. we're trying to do our best to ensure that the least damage is done. and i know the lack of bid and other agencies locally are trying to ensure that trying their best to ensure that sandbags are provided and the businesses are made secure as businesses are made as secure as it be possible. and the king it can be possible. and the king and queen arrived in kenya a short time ago, beginning a five day state visit accompanied by queen camilla. >> his majesty has greeted the kenyan president, william ruto . kenyan president, william ruto. it's the king's first visit as monarch to the country where his mother became queen in 1952. he's expected to address some of the more painful aspects of the country's shared colonial history as kenya prepares to mark 60 years of independence . mark 60 years of independence. this 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 andrew and . pip

now it's back to andrew and. pip sophia . sophia. >> thank you. plenty of you getting in touch today, which is lovely to see. got reims, reims and people are very exercised about cashless britain because they're not all sharing your view. no i'm losing i'm losing the battle on this one. maureen, hello to you . so glad to hear hello to you. so glad to hear andrew's still uses his chequebook. so do i. and i still do the football pools by cheque . do the football pools by cheque. >> yeah. and armistice. i still use a chequebook. i send cheques to charities when donating and when hold christmas and when they hold christmas and summer raffles. me too. and david lloyds has david says my bank lloyds has recently a high recently told me in a very high handed way won't send me handed way it won't send me paper statements anymore. >> says continue to >> susan says i will continue to use as they are use it as long as they are available. i carry cash, too. i'm a middle 50s baby, very precise . s. see, i'm a i'm a middle 50s baby, very precise. s. see, i'm a mid 70s baby. this may be why we have a little bit of a difference of opinion on this. >> i'm an 60s baby, but >> i'm an early 60s baby, but i keep my cash and i keep my chequebook. i've got to say, i was very thrilled to hear in the news that the government had

intervened that mad idea intervened to stop that mad idea of closing those of closing down those rail ticket offices. >> was it mad, mad, mad, mad? >> because if those >> because if you. those machines complicated and >> because if you. those macialways complicated and >> because if you. those macialways give nplicated and >> because if you. those macialways give you:ated and >> because if you. those macialways give you and and they always give you an expensive ticket. you queue up at the ticket office. they're really to and really helpful to staff and you get a cheaper ticket. >> you just want to have a conversation with somebody. >> if the time >> exactly. and if all the time a foreign tourist at victoria station or one of our major railway stations baffling those machines, you do machines, if you if you do english. yeah yes. so well done government for once they've done something sensible. now the high court, as you've heard earlier , court, as you've heard earlier, is hearing an injunction today from district from west lindsey district council to stop up to council to try to stop up to 2000 migrants being housed at the former raf site in scampton . the former raf site in scampton. >> the office plans to >> the home office plans to convert the site into a migrant camp for up to 2000 asylum seekers . seekers. >> well, joining us in the studio is the council of scampton ward, a member of west lindsey district council, roger patterson. now roger patterson . patterson. now roger patterson. councillor patterson, you're no fan secretary whose fan of the home secretary whose plan you think she's an plan this is. you think she's an idiot? rid of her. idiot? get rid of her. >> well , yeah, i have said

idiot? get rid of her. >> well, yeah, i have said that. >> well, yeah, i have said that. >> i didn't say she was an idiot. >> but you just say fire her. >> but you just say fire her. >> yeah, well, the home office, the home. >> home office. >> home office. >> they've been lying for the start. >> they keep saying they're going to meet residents. they don't to talk to residents. don't want to talk to residents. they just these meetings they just have these meetings when box exercise , when it's a tick box exercise, as we're to do this, we're as we're going to do this, we're to going do that. we're doing this. i mean, the last one was a pubuc this. i mean, the last one was a public meeting in where i was online. and it was all online. and questions and they and i asked questions and they blocked me. >> they put up a thing where i couldn't actually speak and i wasn't the only they were wasn't the only one. they were letting questions about letting through questions about why what are you going to do why you what are you going to do about residents racism? >> well, there no racism >> well, there is no racism where and they was where we live. and they was going through. but residents questions blocked. so questions were blocked. so they've got to go. >> if the home office had consulted you more and there'd been a lot more notice about this if you hadn't already got plans for the site with the heritage centre, etcetera , would heritage centre, etcetera, would your opinion about this have been different ultimately, or would you still say, no, we do

not want this here? >> my opinion is this i've worked zahawi i've scampton if the site was in good order, it's not. it's derelict, it's not in a good condition at all. and we didn't have the £300 million investment that we've got coming to us. i couldn't sit here now and argue that we can't. to us. i couldn't sit here now and argue that we can't . that and argue that we can't. that wouldn't be the perfect place for migrants because you could or you couldn't. i couldn't because would be, you know, because it would be, you know, it open place, you got buildings there. so you would be you would be open it. be open to it. >> i would do. >> i would do. >> yeah. i mean, to me, this is all about residents as all about and the residents as well. is all about our £300 well. this is all about our £300 million investment. >> tell us why that's so >> just tell us why that's so important. what was going to happen on that site? councillor we've space college, we've got a space college, hopefully two hotel halls . hopefully two hotel halls. >> i think there was a drone port, a space, a satellite launch thing , perhaps flats, and launch thing, perhaps flats, and hopefully for veterans. >> so that's going to create a lot of jobs, jobs and tourism boost.

>> i mean the whole area is rich in tourism. yeah, just up the road is the only polish bomber base in world war ii. effingham and now you're the home of dambusters. >> you've got all that, all that historic significance, the vulcan bomber from the falklands that bombed port stanley flew from scampton , the red from raf scampton, the red arrows until recent we were there. >> we've seen what the ministry of defence have done to other sites just only up the road, a couple of minutes up the road hemswell cliff closed. they took everything from the residents and they sold bits off piecemeal and they sold bits off piecemeal and they sold bits off piecemeal and the council now is the landlord. the council were actually the residents, management company owners and they will be for the next couple of years. it's costing them money. taxpayer a lot of money because they were that badly left behind. and that's the future we're facing. it's scampton if we lose this and we don't get this deal, then we're going to be in the pockets of the council for years. >> so even if this was for a

finite amount of time, um, you couldn't see this project getting off the ground again in the future. >> i mean. no, i they've said the class action is for 12 months. well, it runs out in march, so they're planning for years a couple of years. they've said it'll be longer than that. >> it's to going be. >> it's to going be. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it'll be years and years. >> it'll be years and years. >> well especially with the backlog. >> yeah. yeah. i mean there's 50,000 asylum seekers in hotels and they've got to get them out somewhere. so there's going to be a constant procession of them in scampton and the home office have said that their work with scampton holdings, but they can't they've can't because where they've plonked right plonked the port cabins is right where scampton holdings want to be building. >> investor is going to >> well, no investor is going to wait for years. no, wait around for years. no, they're going to look elsewhere. i is the best i mean, this is the best levelling tale, want levelling up tale, if you want to that way. that to put it that way. that lincolnshire's and the lincolnshire's ever had. and the transformation of the whole area will be phenomenal. i mean, it just can't overemphasise how big this is. >> what do you say to those

people who say, well, the real reason people don't want it is because they think it will have an adverse effect on people's house prices and people just don't migrants their doorstep. >> absolute nonsense. come >> it's absolute nonsense. come and the residents. this and talk to the residents. this is not about this deal. you know, people said to i've know, people said to us, i've been this for 14 been working on this for 14 years with the council and we've finally got to the point. i met scampton holdings a couple of years ago and i said to people, i've met some people and it's so exciting. the future is so exciting. the future is so exciting. but because nobody believes because don't believes you, because you don't know . know. >> we are to going have >> roger, we are to going have to interrupt. i'm so sorry, but sir keir starmer, the labour leader, is speaking now . leader, is speaking now. >> yeah, he's addressing this issue of the ceasefire in israel . in israel and gaza. >> much mothers and fathers shattered by the ultimate grief . shattered by the ultimate grief. the innocent dead and israeli

palestinian muslim jew . palestinian muslim jew. >> it's a tragedy where the facts on the ground are changing by the minute , but where the by the minute, but where the consequences will last for decades. consequences will last for decades . and the trauma might decades. and the trauma might never fade . a crisis where the never fade. a crisis where the search for solutions is shrouded, not just by the fog of war, but by an ever darkening cloud of misinformation , but cloud of misinformation, but nonetheless , yes, we must do nonetheless, yes, we must do what we can in and we must explain what we do . democratic explain what we do. democratic accountability matters pertaining clearly in light of the rising temperatures for on british streets . our efforts british streets. our efforts must respond to the two immediate tragedies to the 7th of october for the biggest slaughter of jews , and that is

slaughter of jews, and that is why they were killed . do not why they were killed. do not doubt that since the holocaust, men, women and children , babies men, women and children, babies murdered, muted , hated and murdered, muted, hated and tortured by the terrorists of hamas , over 200 hostages, hamas, over 200 hostages, including british citizens, taken back into gaza . make no taken back into gaza. make no mistake , this is terrorism . um, mistake, this is terrorism. um, on a scale and brutality that few countries have ever experienced . most certainly not experienced. most certainly not this one. and that is an immutable fact that that must drive our response to these events , as must the humanity events, as must the humanity catastrophe in gaza , which catastrophe in gaza, which again, please plays out on a previously unimaginable scale . previously unimaginable scale. thousands of innocent palestinians dead did placed

desperate for food and water, reduced to drinking, contaminate , filth, hiding out in hospitals for shelter whilst in those same buildings, babies lie in incubators that could turn off at any moment, at every stage dunng at any moment, at every stage during this crisis , my approach during this crisis, my approach has been driven by the need to respond to both these tragedies is to stand by the right to self defence of any nation which suffers terrorism. on this scale alongside the basic human rights of innocent palestinians caught up once again in the crossfire to focus at every stage on the practical steps that might make a material difference on the ground. in the short term. on the human conditions in gaza and

the human conditions in gaza and the efforts by israel to rescue her hostages . but in the future , her hostages. but in the future, also to the hope that i know still burns brightly for those who want peace, as the two state solution and israel, where every citizen enjoys the security they need and a viable palestinian state where the palestinian people and their children enjoy the freedoms and opportunities that we all take for granted . that we all take for granted. and that is why , while i and that is why, while i understand the calls for a ceasefire at this stage, i do not believe that it is the correct position. now . for two correct position. now. for two reasons. one, because a ceasefire always freezes any conflict in the state where it currently lies . and as we speak, currently lies. and as we speak, that would leave hamas with the

infrastructure and the capability to carry out the sort of attack we saw on october the 7th attacks that are still ongoing. hostage those who should be released but still held hamas would be emboldened and start preparing for future violence. immediate early and it is this context that which explains my second reason, which is that our current calls for pauses in the fighting for clear and specific humanitarian purposes and which must start immediately . he is right purposes and which must start immediately. he is right in practise this as well as principle . and in fact it is at principle. and in fact it is at this moment the only credible approach that has any chance of achieving what we all want to see in gaza . the urgent see in gaza. the urgent alleviation of palestinian suffering aid distributed

quickly , space to get hostages quickly, space to get hostages out . that is quickly, space to get hostages out. that is why is also the position shared by our major allies in the us and the eu. and i urge all parties to heed its call over time. the facts on the ground will inevitably change in relation to both hostages being rescued and hamas's capability to carry out attacks like we saw on october the 7th. and we must move to cessation of fighting as quickly as possible , because the quickly as possible, because the reality is , is that neither the reality is, is that neither the long term security of israel nor long term security of israel nor long term security of israel nor long term justice for palestine can be delivered by bombs and bullets , open ended military bullets, open ended military action, action without a clear and desired political outcome , and desired political outcome, um is ultimately futile . this

um is ultimately futile. this needs to begin now because a political agreement, however unlikely that seems today. how ever painful the first steps are to take is the only way to resolve this conflict. once and for all. that is why our position and our council has always been that israel must submit to the rules of international law the right to self—defence is fundamental , but self—defence is fundamental, but it's not a blank check like the supply of basic utilities like water, medicines, electricity and yes , fuel to civilians in and yes, fuel to civilians in gaza cannot be blocked by israel. every every life matters . so every step must be taken to protect civilians from bombardment . palestinians should bombardment. palestinians should not be forced to leave their

homes en masse , but where they homes en masse, but where they have no choice but to flee within gaza, we need crystal clear guarantees that they will be able to return quickly . you be able to return quickly. you cannot overstate the importance of this last point in conflicts like this. the most painful blows are those that land on the bruises of history . and for bruises of history. and for palestinians, the threat of displacement sends a shiver down the spine . it must be disavowed the spine. it must be disavowed urgently. clearly and by all. because we while it may feel like a truism , so often the like a truism, so often the trauma of the present leads directly to the tragedy of the future . hamas know this . they future. hamas know this. they knew israel would have to respond . their aim on october respond. their aim on october the seventh was not just to kill

jews. it was to bring death upon their fellow muslims in gaza , a their fellow muslims in gaza, a plan written in blood to isolate israel from the west. did boy its improving relations with other arab nations and would ultimately provoke wider regional conflicts across the middle east. that threat ? middle east. that threat? >> well, we're going to go immediately now. that's labour leader keir starmer speaking at chatham house. we're to going go to mark white, who is our home security editor, who's in tel aviv for some reaction. mark, you've heard the labour leader. he's his position. he's not changing his position. one a ceasefire one dot no to a ceasefire >> no , indeed. and really >> no, indeed. and really reiterate why a humanitarian pauseis reiterate why a humanitarian pause is absolutely what is needed and needed as a matter of urgency . as for a ceasefire, he urgency. as for a ceasefire, he said , clearly a ceasefire would said, clearly a ceasefire would leave the for both parties at

the current state, it would freeze with effectively hamas still left with the capability to launch those attacks that we are seeing still on a daily basis with more rockets coming across this today, it would leave hamas with that capability, not just that, according to keir starmer, it would embolden hamas to go on and to carry out other attacks in the future. so there has to be the ability of israel to defend itself , to go fonnard. defend itself, to go fonnard. and clearly achieve its stated goal of destroying hamas. but in doing that, he says that the people of palestine, the civilians who are suffering, must be a top priority for the israeli government there. and one issue is, of course , the one issue is, of course, the humanitarian pauses to allow aid trucks in to help the people. and we're hearing today that as

many as 80 aid trucks may be heading into gaza itself. 40, i think, have already been checked by border officials before moving across the border. that's their hoping to do more frequently and in greater numbers that would certainly help alleviate the situation as well . but another interesting well. but another interesting point, i think he made there was theissue point, i think he made there was the issue about the forced movement of people. and of course , this whole issue , he course, this whole issue, he said, sends a shiver down the spine of palestinians and there needs to be, as a matter of urgency , a guarantee from the urgency, a guarantee from the israelis that there would be a moves to get people back in to their communities again , even their communities again, even after the cessation of hostilities, wherever that might be, that there should not be the

permanent forced removal of the palestine indian people from the gaza strip. so very interesting . gaza strip. so very interesting. sting from keir starmer. it really echoes the line and the stance that is being taken by the british government. and as he said in his speech there, andrew, also the allies of israel, such as the us and france . france. >> all right. that's mark white, who's our correspondent in tel aviv. but a big moment for labour because keir starmer has not backed down a job. no, he's already had 13 frontbenchers criticising his position on. i think we could. well now see possibly resignations that would be my prediction. >> yeah. i mean it's threatening this to tear the labour party apart at the moment. it could. the worst timing possible. i mean, look at the successful labour party conference they had . sir keir starmer finally seeming like many would say , a seeming like many would say, a prime minister in waiting. you

might disagree , but. might disagree, but. >> and it fell at the conference for the first time in years for me, labour felt like a government in waiting. yeah they really did. >> sir keir starmer almost, you know, stroll stroll know, ready to stroll stroll into downing street. >> measuring up. >> yeah. measuring up. >> yeah. measuring up. >> and now it does not look that simple because this simple whatsoever because this conflict will for a long conflict will go on for a long time, almost certainly. >> of course lots of people >> and of course lots of people are resigning locally. i think we could see frontbenchers resigning. so how long will he stick to his guns? we will stay. they resist all that. >> well, that that is true. now, a little bit before sir keir starmer was speaking, we were chatting about scampton and that high court case that's taking place to hear challenges to a plan to use the former raf base to house asylum seekers. well we do have a comment from the home office that has released the following statement . we are following statement. we are confident our project, which will house asylum seekers in basic safe and secure accommodation , meets the accommodation, meets the planning requirements for the

home office has made it clear from the outset of this project that it recognises its responsibility to take appropriate steps to ensure that the heritage assets are scampton are protected and preserved , and are protected and preserved, and security operational management plans will be put in place to support this . support this. >> that will be a reference, of course , to guy gibson's dog . course, to guy gibson's dog. yes, the commander of the yes, his little dog, his labrador, which was killed to move the. yeah, because he's buried there. memorial dogs buried there. yeah and of course, it is the home of the dambusters. it was the home of the red arrows. so that is all important part of our all very important part of our heritage. it's heritage. i think it's fascinating but really was fascinating, but i really was rather persuaded by the council's they've council's point. they've been working on a heritage plan for 40 years. >> all that will be in flames. >> yes, development, not public, not public money. private sector money. ready to be pumped into an area . and interestingly , he an area. and interestingly, he did say if it wasn't for all that, he would be open to having

people people live at the base. >> it's just that so much work has gone into this heritage centre and redevelopment. so you can see why he's going to be a bit cheesed off. yeah yeah. >> and the locals and the locals too, very much now , still to too, very much now, still to come, king is kenya and come, the king is in kenya and he's going to meet the president of at of kenya, william nato, at a state banquet . of kenya, william nato, at a state banquet. gb news royal editor walker be editor cameron walker will be joining tell us more. joining us to tell us more. >> you're with britain's newsroom

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gb news radio. 1130 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and pip tomson in for bev turner our king charles iii and queen camilla have begun their state visit to kenya . visit to kenya. >> well, cameron, our own very own royal correspondent, cameron walker , is with us. what are walker, is with us. what are they doing right now? well it's been a very busy morning. >> they had a ceremonial welcome, then went to a library. they've walkabout with they've had a walkabout with local kenya. right local people in kenya. right now, is looking pretty now, the king is looking pretty coolin now, the king is looking pretty cool in sunglasses. we've got cool in sunglasses. if we've got pictures. at an urban pictures. he's at an urban farm, projects nairobi. are projects in nairobi. they are nice sunglasses. yeah. yeah. are they ray—bans? i'm not sure . they ray—bans? i'm not sure. they're. these are live pictures from nairobi. he's an urban farming projects, which demonstrates how food production can maximise can be maximised in densely populated urban spaces through what's been described as regenerative re—gen negative agricultural practise by buckingham palace. using king charles's favourite recycled materials. so it's all about sustainability . see this sustainability. see this morning. and yet another red

carpet. >> even at a farm, they find a red carpet for it. >> i know incredibly extraordinary, but it has to be said, the kenyan people who i've seen on the live pictures we're getting all seem incredibly excited to meet his majesty. and these aren't just the people who've been put in the line up along the red carpet. these are ordinary members the public ordinary members of the public who excited to see who are genuinely excited to see king charles appears king charles and he appears pretty, excited to see pretty, pretty excited to see them as well. strengthening relations, power relations, using that power of soft diplomacy as strengthened relations and relations between britain and kenya, whereas the queen can't see her. well, she's been at a library, of course, literacy, a huge, big, huge passion of hers. yeah, very good dressing up. >> thank you, cameron . still to >> thank you, cameron. still to come , well, what we've been come, well, what we've been talking about, king charles in kenya for his first visit as monarch. but should he apologise for abuse is committed during colonial rule and the protests gone too far, fast food died. >> mice and terrified customers. is this protest or just criminal behaviour or animal cruelty? yeah, quite that and much more

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had dup zinko weeknights from . six >> what were you doing? >> what were you doing? >> caught in the act of fiddling with a plug ? >> caught in the act of fiddling with a plug? not >> caught in the act of fiddling with a plug ? not the best look. with a plug? not the best look. >> not that you were fiddling with. definitely the plug. >> here it is . >> here it is. >> here it is. >> are you going to carry on or should i? >> i think you should carry on.

>> i think you should carry on. >> you just carry on fiddling with your plug. right? you with britain's newsroom on gb news with and pip with andrew pierce and pip tomson turner and it tomson in for bev turner and it is all falling apart. gb news his own patrick christys has raised over £9,000, so far. just been told 93,500 pounds in his royal british legion's poppy appeal, royal british legion's poppy appeal , all royal british legion's poppy appeal, all in some of the countries like britain , like countries like britain, like brighton. >> it isn't easy to find volunteers to sell poppies. so that's where patrick is right now, to try and stimulate some interest. and you're doing pretty well. patrick how how are they reacting to you in brighton ? >> oh, they're absolutely loving it. i'm having a great time in brighton. it was at the war memorial for the last two hits i've i thought i'd mix i've done, so i thought i'd mix it up see the world famous it up and see the world famous brighton pier. am slightly brighton pier. i am slightly worried going to worried my poppy is going to blow in a minute, but look, blow away in a minute, but look, we here because they we are here because they couldn't replace for a while anyway, long standing poppy anyway, a long standing poppy volunteer. grand volunteer. they raised ten grand here last year and here in brighton last year and it of course , not the it is, of course, not the traditional place where you

might see a lot of support for britain's military heroes. it is regarded as one of the regarded by many as one of the wokeist areas country , wokeist areas in the country, which half the reason why i which is half the reason why i decided to tip up here and try and do our bit to show a bit of support and so support for our veterans. and so far we have raised remarkable far we have raised a remarkable 93,500 pounds. you very 93,500 pounds. so thank you very much, which much, everyone, which considering even considering we haven't even started actual show started doing my actual show from yet, not bad from brighton yet, is not bad going. be live through till going. i'll be live through till 6 from the british legion 6 pm. from the british legion in bar here in brighton . we're in bar here in brighton. we're going to have a whole host of guests, including the local mp, a few veterans as well, of course, as you would expect. and we're trying to raise as much money can and it's just money as we can and it's just giving.com/page slash gb giving.com/page fonnard slash gb news that's news poppy that's justgiving.com/page fonnard slash gb news poppy and i just thought with everything going on at the moment we see the cenotaph barricaded up in london, serious concerns about the ongoing protest taking place there some the there and some of the desecration monuments and desecration of our monuments and statues . i thought was about statues. i thought it was about time we showed a bit of time that we showed a bit of love and bit of patriotism in love and a bit of patriotism in this country showed a few

this country and showed a few other well, that other people as well, that people actually really care people do actually really care about britain britain's about britain and britain's military history that's military history and that's what's military history and that's thpatrick, precisely three >> patrick, with precisely three hours and 18 minutes to go until your show could easily now hit that £100,000. yeah i mean, this is amazing , that £100,000. yeah i mean, this is amazing, right? >> and can i just say thank you? thank you, thank you to all of the gb news viewers, all of the gb news listeners, everyone who's content in who's taking our content in online, whether it's on our youtube tiktok twitter youtube or tiktok or twitter or facebook , however you're facebook, however you're accessing this, are coming accessing this, you are coming out and coming out to out in force and coming out to bat our brave military bat for our brave military heroes. the british legion does bat for our brave military hnheck the british legion does bat for our brave military hnheck 0er british legion does bat for our brave military hnheck of a british legion does bat for our brave military hnheck of a lottish legion does bat for our brave military hnheck of a lottish the ion does bat for our brave military hnheck of a lottish the families a heck of a lot for the families of armed forces , veterans, of armed forces, veterans, people to get housing, people trying to get housing, people trying to get housing, people to get mental people trying to get mental health etcetera. so it health care, etcetera. so it really, really a massive really, really is a massive cause that's close to a lot of people's and i think people's hearts. and i think we're going to hit £100,000 by the go on air at 3 pm. the time we go on air at 3 pm. it's just giving.com/page, fonnard slash gb news news, poppy. and what a message that is going to send to people ahead of remembrance day that people

really love our our war really do love our our war heroes, the that the heroes, the people that make the ultimate sacrifice so that frankly, people have the frankly, other people have the freedom and some freedom to go and do some demonstrations the country. >> quite right. >> quite right. >> patrick, he's a star. brilliant, brilliant effort. >> well done, patrick. >> well done, patrick. >> enjoy brighton. >> enjoy brighton. >> yeah. enjoy brighton, guys. >> yeah. enjoy brighton, guys. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> great place. >> great place. >> well, we're pleased to be joined again by political commentator and author tonia buxton and author and commentator nicky hodgson to discuss , well, this and lots discuss, well, this and lots more . more. >> why do you think people aren't so keen to be collectors , aren't so keen to be collectors, do you think? >> nicky i think it's just the distance from the wars, actually. >> i mean , there aren't any >> i mean, there aren't any first world war veterans alive, are there now in this country. and i think there's 300,000 world war ii veterans, some of whom are in commonwealth. so whom are in the commonwealth. so they're physically present whom are in the commonwealth. so thnbritain. physically present in britain. >> but had the falklands >> but we've had the falklands war, had our boys were and war, we've had our boys were and women, of course, in afghanistan and iraq. >> yeah. mean , i do think part >> yeah. i mean, i do think part of it is not learning about it. >> i mean, i studied world war one and two at school and then

did war poetry for a—level. so i feel i understand the era quite well and was a very big part well and it was a very big part of our education to understand that, especially in that, you know, especially in regards it happening again. >> yeah, quite. >> yeah, quite. >> also, tonya, some of our >> but also, tonya, some of our greatest movies are about the first and second world wars, aren't ? so it's surprising aren't they? so it's surprising that would a lot of that you would think a lot of people know it. people would know about it. >> remake of dunkirk. it was fantastic. brilliant. >> remake of dunkirk. it was fantasti(| brilliant. >> remake of dunkirk. it was fantasti(| think brilliant. >> remake of dunkirk. it was fantasti(| think you'verilliant. >> remake of dunkirk. it was fantasti(| think you've hit ant. >> remake of dunkirk. it was fantasti(| think you've hit the >> and i think you've hit the nail the head in the sense nail on the head in the sense it's the first and second world wars you're talking about. wars that you're talking about. we've we as a nation have lost our appetite for the other wars . our appetite for the other wars. but but our soldiers have still had to go and fight in them . you had to go and fight in them. you know, these people that are you know, these people that are you know, part of our military, our taken go and fight in certain taken to go and fight in certain wars that we don't feel are maybe as honourable or we need them or we want them, but that's not the point. the point is that they are fighting for us in those wars, whether to those wars, whether we agree to them not. it's a whole them going or not. it's a whole other thing. and i think that's what's missing. that kind of like, send my i think,

like, would i send my i think, you know, in the first and second world war, send second world war, we send our sons to battle to sons off, you know, to battle to save our countries for freedom or whatever. i some might or whatever. would i some might send to son the middle east, send my to son the middle east, to would why? to palestine. would i know why? no, i'd holding him the no, no. i'd be holding him the last. no, there's honour. last. no, there's no honour. >> conflict where there >> the last conflict where there was public support. nicky was great public support. nicky would falklands in would be the falklands war in 1982, was the last 1982, because that was the last one. force to liberate one. task force to liberate british soil from argentine invaders. >> yeah, we don't about >> yeah, but we don't talk about that do we? that much anymore, do we? >> mean, there's lots of >> i mean, there's lots of people that don't know that ever happened, younger happened, especially younger people. and that something people. and that isn't something i talked about i think is actually talked about much school. schools, much at school. in schools, for example. think do example. and i do think i do think that education in part is very, very important for people's older people's awareness. once older people's awareness. once older people fought in those people who have fought in those wars away. yeah, wars start to pass away. yeah, i'm going to make real point i'm going to make a real point today looking around and today of just looking around and seeing who is wearing poppies. when about. when i'm out and about. >> got i've got another >> i've got i've got another poppy, i >> i've got i've got another poppy, i wear too. poppy, which i often wear too. it's in the shape for london black cab with a poppy on it because black it's because these black cabs, it's a charity black cab drivers charity run by black cab drivers who take veterans war who take veterans to war memorials around country memorials all around the country on armistice which is

on armistice sunday, which is really special, really lovely. and they're giving their own time, own petrol. time, their own petrol. it's really really really important. really important. what else important. cause what else should we talk about? what about this council getting rid this silly council getting rid of the word mother? silly lib—dem council called somerset council. tanya, are you happy about this council? >> you know, i'm just. >> you know, i'm just. >> i just. >> i just. >> just explain to viewers and listeners what this story is about. tanya. >> basically , somerset council >> basically, somerset council have decided that they're going to replace the word mother with parent, but this particular thing that they've changed within the their prospects for what you need to do when you're a parent is all about breastfeeding . so why have they breastfeeding. so why have they changed it from parent to mother to parent when it's about breastfeeding, when it's only mothers that breastfeed this ridiculous , constant, all ridiculous, constant, all inclusive rubbish, inclusive of what? inclusive of bonkers ness. i'm you know, i'm sick of it. so this is to take on someone who

maybe is a trans person, but i, i feel that as a mother , i mean, i feel that as a mother, i mean, it's funny because i say this with my kids all the time. you know, they took my waist out, they took my boobs, they took all the stuff off me. and the man just just stood there, didn't he? kind of took didn't he? and just kind of took all glory that you get for all the glory that you get for having well—behaved or lovely children. came from children. it all came from me. i paid for so i want to be paid for it. so i want to be called a mother, not a parent. >> quite right. >> quite right. >> said, somerset council >> well said, somerset council must be to be, you must want to be seen to be, you know, woke. yeah. well woke, woke, keeping keeping woke, woke. keeping up, keeping up this. up with all this. >> what you think of it, >> what do you think of it, nicky? >> it's interesting because i'm nicky? >1new; interesting because i'm nicky? >1new mum.asting because i'm nicky? >1new mum. well, because i'm nicky? >1new mum. well, bnhavee i'm nicky? >1new mum. well, bnhave an m nicky? >1new mum. well, bnhave an eight a new mum. well, i have an eight month daughter, right? month old daughter, right? and i don't feel as strongly as tanya does because actually, does about it because actually, i mean, science i don't. i mean, science typically, this is typically, and maybe this is where going to differ where we're going to differ a trans man can breastfeed, right? it's it's not it's not it's not it's not it's not common, but it can happen. so you do have some people you still do have some people that breastfeed in those circumstances. now , i circumstances. well, now, i don't point dot dot what decimal point of the population. they're still served by maternity services. i mean the point is i

don't like the of getting don't like the idea of getting rid mother at all. but why rid of mother at all. but why don't we say mothers and don't we just say mothers and parents? like that's just really simple. just add simple. just add the just add the mean, the mothers back in. i mean, i just said councils are all going bankrupt. >> doing their jobs >> they're not doing their jobs properly. anybody trying properly. if anybody is trying to work any form of to work with any form of council, you'll know that they are all asleep at home working from nothing. from home, doing nothing. but they've time do this they've got the time to do this rubbish. just stop doing the rubbish. just stop doing the rubbish with the jobs rubbish and get on with the jobs that need to do that you're that you need to do that you're running so badly behind. >> about what about nikki's >> what about what about nikki's point, though, about the tiny, tiny infants, infinitesimal minority, apparently trans men who breastfeed ? who can breastfeed? >> well, you accept that ? no, >> well, do you accept that? no, i don't. i think it's i just don't. i think it's unnecessary. i really do. i think once once is a trans person that's having a trans man who's breastfeeding. then when people are dealing directly with them, then they can use the language that they need for them. right >> i just think itjust them. right >> i just think it just include mothers and parents. i mean, it's really simple solution. and this is interesting to me because this is a problem all

over the country now in lots of documents that are being changed this i do this way. and i do as a feminist, feel very strongly that we keep the word mother exactly what said, exactly for what you said, because through so much because we do go through so much kind physical ardour to have kind of physical ardour to have our children and being a mum, you it word i was you know, it was a word i was very afraid of before actually very afraid of before i actually had daughter. and now i'm had my daughter. and now i'm very proud be mum and be very proud to be a mum and be able to use it and feel comfortable that that's part of my i think so i my identity. so i think so i agree with that getting rid agree with you that getting rid of offensive, of mother is offensive, but i just think put mother on parents. >> but my point is, is we are we are running in debt as councils, as well. >> so you've got this issue. okay, fine. don't go there. okay, fine. don't even go there. go the other stuff that go and do the other stuff that you need to do. this is a waste of time money. of time and money. >> potholes, fixed potholes. >> potholes, fixed potholes. >> the relatively >> well, the relatively speaking, doesn't >> well, the relatively speathat, doesn't >> well, the relatively speathat much doesn't >> well, the relatively speathat much to doesn't >> well, the relatively speathat much to fix doesn't >> well, the relatively speathat much to fix it.esn't cost that much to fix it. no, i bet it does. >> but it's been gone to somebody to it, to decide it. >> it would have gone through endless committees and endless time it. time wasted on it. >> fix the potholes, the >> fix the potholes, get the paint, painted paint, get the fences painted and leave mums alone. and just leave mums alone. >> want to show some >> want to show you some pictures. mice in

pictures. is of mice in mcdonald's . perfect mcdonald's. perfect >> i mean, how many for people listening on the radio? there are? how many mice are we seeing here? >> so these are pro—palestinian protesters or who took these mice into the restaurant , mice into the restaurant, sprayed them disgusting . and sprayed them disgusting. and it's because macdonald has been supporting israeli soldiers. right. good males. >> good for them. and i see there have been protesters outside marks and spencer's, too, because marks and spencer was was founded by jewish was was founded by a jewish family. the matter with family. what is the matter with these people? >> know it's vicious and >> well, i know it's vicious and horrible >> well, i know it's vicious and hor it'sa >> well, i know it's vicious and hor it's gone and >> well, i know it's vicious and horit's gone and it's counterproductive. >> it's cruel towards the mice as well. >> yeah. yeah it is. that's the other point. >> mean, i protect >> yeah. i mean, i protect people's right to protest, but that just too far in my opinion. >> and yeah, the cruelty to the mice. you dyed them? mice. why have you dyed them? that's awful. that's what awful. >> yeah. because they all died.

different colours. >> it's wrong different colours. >> every it's wrong different colours. >> every level, it's wrong different colours. >> every level, isn't it's wrong different colours. >> every level, isn't it? s wrong on every level, isn't it? >> it's like you said, we should. we all have right to should. we all have the right to protest that peacefully and non aggressively. doing aggressively. but doing something is something like this is completely wrong. completely and utterly wrong. and whatever political and whatever your political stance is on stance is, this is wrong on every level. every single level. >> i hope israeli >> yeah. i hope the israeli troops getting meals troops are getting better meals from mcdonald's from just from mcdonald's because for them. because they do much for them. you want to go to go to war on a mcdonald's burger burger? >> yes, agree. >> no. yes, i agree. >> no. yes, i agree. >> much. >> not much. >> not much. >> mcdonald's. >> sorry about mcdonald's. there's of protein there's not a lot of protein choice mcdonald's . choice at mcdonald's. >> yeah, not a of nutrition >> yeah, not a lot of nutrition there i no, but there in the food. i no, but they need the carbs. yeah, well, they need the carbs. yeah, well, they need the carbs. yeah, well, they need that instant energy. >> can do. >> mcdonald's cure they can do. >> mcdonald's cure they can do. >> also talk about >> shall we also talk about tonya? this got me going. parents charge urged by a restaurant for. well, because of their naughty children mean i totally get it done right i am a mother of four so i. >> i know what it's like to have kids in a restaurant now, you know, as a parent, what your child's like, you know what they're like. so you you decide

you have to take that parental decision whether you're going to take your child to a restaurant or not. it's not fair on all the other people in the restaurant. when i had my daughters, they were little angels. i'd give them colouring sit them colouring and they'd sit and they'd sons were and they'd draw. my sons were not same. they'd be running not the same. they'd be running around like lunatics. around screaming like lunatics. so go a so i would not go to a restaurant they were or restaurant when they were 3 or 4, when knew that they 4, when i knew that they wouldn't sit still, it is down to the parent and down to the parent and it's down to the parent bringing their the parent bringing up their children the children properly. and the problem with parents now is problem with most parents now is they're concerned about their they're so concerned about their children's feelings that actually it actually all it does is it doesn't. read this wonderful doesn't. i read this wonderful thing if you if you thing that said if you if you are if you are a strict parent, you'll be able to spoil your grandchildren. but if you're not a strict you will be a strict parent, you will be bringing your grandchildren . bringing up your grandchildren. and that was a great and i thought that was a great little saying. >> i was little cafe >> i was in a little cafe yesterday worcestershire does yesterday in worcestershire does not allow dogs who i find are generally much better behaved than . yes, but than children. yes, but it allowed children and they were running and this running up and down this restaurant. and kept giving restaurant. and i kept giving them like glare, thinking them like the glare, thinking it would course, it

would work, which of course, it didn't. and all the staff said was, oh, it's a bit noisy in here today. >> what the parents doing? >> what were the parents doing? where the parents? where were the parents? >> sat there >> oh, they were just sat there having good old chinwag. having a good old chinwag. totally oblivious. >> pub go to in >> there's a pub that i go to in highgate says highgate that says well—mannered, well—behaved children . children and dogs are welcome. yeah, that should be. >> that. exactly. >> i agree with that. exactly. we've time, guys. we've ran out of time, guys. >> up next, it's gb news live with martin daubney and emily carver. coming up, guys? carver. what's coming up, guys? >> all about the >> well, it's all about the covid inquiry party. >> marty and lee kane were merely the support acts. the headune merely the support acts. the headline act, of course, is dominic cummings. it's going to be a halloween horror show for number 10. >> we can't wait. and that's live on the live desk . live on the live desk. >> it is indeed. and we'll be going live to scampton as the legal battle heats up over the use of the raf base there for up to 2000 asylum seekers, we'll be getting the very latest from the protesters who are still there. >> and of course, there's a royal visit in kenya. >> we'll be discussing is it time to pay money or even apologise, guys? i think no,

it's not. >> thank you very much . we >> thank you very much. we should all go and find a child free dog friendly restaurant for lunch. should we try that ? lunch. should we try that? >> are you are you paying? >> are you are you paying? >> no. feel fine. >> no. feel fine. >> are you paying? >> are you paying? >> i will pay if we find one. i don't know that we will though. thank you for your company. >> and we'll be back with britain's newsroom tomorrow at 930. and will be back, 930. and i will be back, reunited my old sparring reunited with my old sparring partner, beverley who partner, beverley turner, who good nice. been good to be very nice. it's been very you, tomson. very nice with you, pip tomson. >> thank you. >> oh, thank you. >> oh, thank you. >> very nice. and always with you, tanya and nikki. joy see you, tanya and nikki. joy see you tomorrow . you tomorrow. >> good morning. whilst there's some fine weather across parts of scotland, elsewhere it's going to be a changeable day this tuesday. i'm alex burkill. here's your latest. gb news weather forecast. heavy shower rain overnight continuing for a time across eastern parts of northern ireland. could be some difficulties the roads this difficulties on the roads this morning. so do take care elsewhere. rain across elsewhere. showery rain across many parts of england wales many parts of england and wales through the but drier, through the day, but some drier, brighter weather for a time before and windy

before some wet and windy weather pushes in from the southwest. later, drier and brighter across parts of scotland. but chilly here, temperatures , milder temperatures struggling, milder in south with highs of in the south with highs of around 14 or 15 celsius. if you're going trick or treating this evening, there will be a band of rain pushing its way up from the south—west but more northern drier for northern areas staying drier for longer. wet and windy longer. but that wet and windy weather sweep its way weather will sweep its way northwards across the of northwards across the bulk of the we go through the the uk as we go through the early hours of wednesday. for many be a relatively many it will be a relatively mild night because of wind mild night because of the wind and the rain, but a touch of frost possible in far north frost possible in the far north of scotland. that wind and rain then for as we go then continues for many as we go through wednesday. it could be heavy persistent times, heavy and persistent at times, particularly northern particularly across northern areas. we then showery spells following across following in behind across the rest of country. and some of rest of the country. and some of these could be heavy these showers could be heavy with some rumbles of thunder mixed too. notice the mixed in too. notice the beginnings kieran beginnings of storm kieran starting its way from starting to push its way in from the southwest later on. temperatures, to temperatures, nothing really to write especially write home about, especially because blustery unset because of the blustery unset cold weather that many of us will looking then, will have looking ahead then, yes, kieran coming in,

yes, storm kieran coming in, affecting parts to end affecting southern parts to end the week, bringing some exceptionally strong winds

well . good afternoon. well. good afternoon. >> you're watching gb news live with myself, martin daubney and emily carver coming up for you this tuesday . say lunchtime. this tuesday. say lunchtime. >> yes, all eyes are on the covid inquiry this afternoon as dominic cummings prepares to give evidence. the picture painted far is one painted so far is one of

disorganisation and chaos. the inquiry was told this morning by former downing street director of communications lee that of communications lee cain that covid was the wrong crisis for bofis covid was the wrong crisis for boris johnson's skill set. >> and we'll be live in scampton as the high court hears an injunction application from west lindsey district council to stop up to 2000 migrants being housed on the former site of the dambusters home. the council argues the home office does not have planning permission for such a site . such a site. >> and we'll also . be live in >> and we'll also. be live in tel aviv as israel continues their ground offensive in gaza, their ground offensive in gaza, the idf reports a large exchange of fire overnight. we'll have the very latest on the ground. and here, labour leader sir keir starmer says the right to self defence is fundamental . all but defence is fundamental. all but it is not a blank check . it is not a blank check. >> and we'll have the latest from kenya as the king and queen embark on their first state

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