with donald trump perhaps with donald trump entering the white house again, a bevy of celebs and stars are actually leaving the us and landing in wait for it. the cotswolds. one of those people being ellen degeneres and wicked joins gladiator two at the box office. but will they be breaking any records? stephanie takyi will be joining us to find out . it's a takyi will be joining us to find out. it's a good question. i find the cotswolds thing really interesting. so all of these us celebrities, they don't like the result of the us election . they result of the us election. they don't want to see another trump presidency thinking we're going to up sticks and head to the cotswolds. the thing is, by moving , doesn't change the fact moving, doesn't change the fact that donald trump is still the president. it doesn't. it's not resolving anything . they just resolving anything. they just feel like they're they're escaping. they don't have to experience it themselves. so america ferrera, who's the ugly betty actress ellen degeneres. james corden has come home. i thought he was already here. he

was already here. yeah . where was already here. yeah. where would you go if you could go anywhere? well, my parents are down in bournemouth, in dorset, south coast, which is beautiful, massive, long beaches. so that's potential. it's potential. and i've never i've never lived there myself. i moved out so. but you like it a lot. i think cornwall has got to be up there too far away. it's a long way away, but once you're there in the sunshine, i think that's the thing with the uk, you'd have to move around depending on the time of year. yeah, i do get the cotswolds though. it's absolutely beautiful. it's kind of in the middle. you can get everywhere. yeah. have you done the lake district pubs ? no, not the lake district pubs? no, not really. i've been there once. i remember i went to went to the lake district on a school trip. yeah. driving in on the coach and i think i just, i just couldn't believe you see these mountains up here. and you're like, this is the uk. yeah. this is crazy amazing. yeah, well worth doing. stephen's from up near that neck of the woods. so anyway, we've actually run out of musical bed because. which means a lot. it's time for the news with sophie reaper . news with sophie reaper. >> sam. ellie. thank you very

much. the time is just after 10:00. and these are your latest headlines. a storm continues to batter much of the uk. the met office has issued amber and yellow weather warnings, as well as 16 flood alerts coming into force. heavy snow has closed roads and rail companies have urged passengers to avoid travelling to certain areas in ireland. the electricity supply board has said that high winds have caused power outages for around 60,000 customers. our northern ireland reporter , northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie is in county down for us today and has been urging people to take care. >> late last night we about 3:00 in the morning, we had snow. now we've been battered by wind and really, really ice cold rain. it's not sleet. the rain is just so freezing cold. and what's happenedis so freezing cold. and what's happened is the roads are now flooded, trees are down. and underneath that line, water is ice. so anybody that is out and about this morning, please, please be very, very careful.

>> the king attended the annual royal variety performance last night, although he was forced to go alone after the queen had to miss it due to her health. king charles accepted flowers on the queen's behalf as following a recent chest infection. queen camilla had to pull out last minute. a royal source has said that the queen was naturally disappointed at having to miss the event , following a high the event, following a high court ruling yesterday. nikita haaland was awarded almost a quarter of ,1 million in damages. that's after she accused mma fighter conor mcgregor of raping her back in 2018. however, in response to the ruling , mcgregor took to the ruling, mcgregor took to social media platform x to say the following i will be appealing today's decision. i am with my family now, focused on my future. thank you to all my support worldwide. meanwhile , support worldwide. meanwhile, outside the court yesterday, nikita spoke emotionally about wanting to be a story of hope for victims of sexual assault. >> i want to show freya and every other girl and boy that

you can for stand up yourself if something happens to you, no matter who the person is, and justice will be served to all the victims of sexual assault. i hope my story is a reminder that no matter how afraid you might be to speak up, you have a voice and keep on fighting for justice. >> jeremy corbyn will join the latest demonstration, calling for the uk to ban the sale of arms to israel later this morning. the protest will gather at glasgow green and will then march through the city centre. the independent mp and veteran anti—war campaigner has been announced as one of the speakers at the rally . although the at the rally. although the government has introduced proposals for stricter measures for anti—social behaviour because of their devolved powers, scotland would not be included. the respect orders would clamp down on anti—social behaviour across the board, but one element people have expressed their particularly pleased about is the new power to clamp down on e—bikes and e—scooters. in glasgow, people have been asking if scotland

should now follow suit to tighten policing around the issue. >> england rob burrow tie that in with their new asbo type order. respect orders. think scotland needs to have a look at how we are handling them? >> very much so, yeah, because as a city you know , especially as a city you know, especially electric ones, because they can have that speed and just almost get bumped into just walking up there. and now i'm an elderly person and i'm always scared. >> you know, they could knock me down. exactly. they don't care. they just stop at traffic lights because any other cyclist has given them a bad name. and i've had a couple of near misses with them as well. >> so remember the old asbos? well, do you think scotland should do a wee rework as well? yes, yes . yes, yes. >> zayn malik will begin his nationwide tour today , with this nationwide tour today, with this being his first performance since the funeral of one direction bandmate liam payne earlier this week, held in buckinghamshire. zayn attended the funeral on wednesday alongside other former band

members harry styles, niall horan and louis tomlinson. zayn's tour was scheduled to kick off in edinburgh on the day of liam's funeral, but the date was moved as a result. of liam's funeral, but the date was moved as a result . and the was moved as a result. and the first grey seal pup of the season has been born at a former weapons testing site along the suffolk coastline. the birth marks the fourth year in a row of seals breeding there. it began there following reduced visitor access during the pandemic. the national trust has said that more than 130 seal pups said that more than 130 seal pups were born there last year, with the breeding sites now with the breeding sites now being described as a brilliant being described as a brilliant wildlife success story. those wildlife success story. those are the latest gb news headlines are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophie reaper more for now. i'm sophie reaper more from me in the next hour. from me in 14 >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com . forward slash alerts .

.com. forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophie reaper and hello sir. thank you. very good to have you. very good morning. what an amazing story to finish on that little seal pup. i know, i think we need to name him. all of us who have sat here going, oh my goodness, it's good when you did, sophie did it. did the pup you did, sophie did it. did the pup have a name? not yet. not yet. sophie's saying not yet, but maybe we should put this out to the viewers. i think so, viewers, if you have a name for. was it a grey seal pup, grey seal, grey seal pup? let us know. gbnews.com/yoursay. yeah , know. gbnews.com/yoursay. yeah, i think that's how we do it all here on gb news. it's almost like you look after seals on a fisherman. moving on. right. no. very serious. we've had a bit of a debate in the dressing room about what to wear today, so we landed with this. i think it's a good pairing. it looks good. it blends very nicely. lovely. now let's start with our top story today, because storm babet is on the way. in fact, it's already hit parts of the uk, bringing with it heavy rain, strong winds and disruptive snow across areas of the uk. well, joining us now live from a very wet and windy

county down is sites now