to queen former chaplain to queen elizabeth the second. also tonight, the chaos of sickness benefits which are trapping people they're supposed to help and they're bankrupting the country. fraser nelson, one of the country's finest journalists, tells tells me about his latest channel 4 film, all about this growing national scandal . and in an hour's time, scandal. and in an hour's time, in my take at ten, as the bbc is engulfed in yet another scandal, this time surrounding masterchef star gregg wallace, we get news that the licence fee is to rise to an eye—watering £174.50 from april. is it still worth the money? i'll be giving my verdict at ten. with me tonight for ringside action. we have author and

academic doctor lisa mckenzie, journalist and communications advisor linda jubilee, and writer and broadcaster peter lloyd. so two hours of big opinion, big debate and big mark dolan tonight is your perfect saturday night in. i'll be deaung saturday night in. i'll be dealing with the bbc in no uncertain terms at 10:00. but first the news headlines and joe casper . caspen >> thanks, mark. good evening. it's a minute past nine. i'm joe caspen it's a minute past nine. i'm joe casper. here are your top stories from the gb newsroom. some breaking news for you this evening. the sunday times is reporting that bbc executives warned gregg wallace about his alleged behaviour in 2017, saying it was unacceptable and cannot continue. meanwhile, the sunday telegraph quotes a former producer saying she raised concerns about the masterchef presenter but was dismissed and the observer says a letter sent by a number of women to the bbc

in 2022 reported multiple allegations of inappropriate behaviour by the host, but did not prompt further investigation. it comes after the masterchef producer, bannau uk, announced city law firm lewis silkin will investigate alleged misconduct by mr wallace. the bbc said if issues were raised with us, we have robust processes in place to deal with them swiftly and appropriately. mr wallace's lawyers insist the claims are entirely false, saying the suggestion that wallace, who has presented the popular bbc one cooking show alongside john torode since 2005, engages in behaviour of sexually harassing nature, was entirely false . a nature, was entirely false. a memorial service has been held today for first minister of scotland alex salmond. his wife of more than 40 years and supporters arranged a remembrance service for him on saint andrew's day. mr salmond died last month in north macedonia at the age of 69. he

was at a conference when he suffered a heart attack and was buned suffered a heart attack and was buried in a private family ceremony near his home in aberdeenshire at the end of october. a murder a murder investigation has been launched after the death of a woman in her 60s in south london. officers were called to an address in surrey quays at about 3 pm. on friday, after reports that a woman had been stabbed. the metropolitan police said the london ambulance service and london's air ambulance also attended, and the woman was taken to hospital, where she later died. a 61 year old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody . murder and remains in custody. football action now and there were wins for brentford, nottingham forest and bournemouth in the premier league today. meanwhile, crystal palace scored a last minute equaliser to draw one all at home to newcastle in the evening. kick off. arsenal thumped west ham five goals to two and england ladies ended usa's nine game winning streak with a goalless draw in a friendly at wembley . now to friendly at wembley. now to a story that a story that will

sweeten your day. a woman has been awarded £2. a man has been awarded £2 in compensation after he complained about a smooth mars bar. harry seager, from buckinghamshire, picked up the chocolate treat at a service station in oxfordshire but contacted manufactures mars wrigley when he discovered it didn't have its signature ripple. in a letter, the firm apologised for his experience and closed a £2 voucher, but offered no explanation. mr seager said i think £2 is great. it will be two free. mars bars maybe. maybe they could have sent me more. but i'm not ungrateful . totally worth the ungrateful. totally worth the time and effort. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm joe casper. now back to mark dolan. and that pink shirt for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts .

gbnews.com/alerts. >> nice to have joe casper with us this evening. he returns in an hour's time. we'll look at a really busy show. you might want to pour yourself a stiff one tonight, because we've got lots of stories to get through, including the absolute disaster of the sickness benefits regime, which is bankrupting the country. we'll hear from the brilliant journalist frazer nelson on that one. and in my take at ten, the bbc, greg wallace crisis deepens. all of that to come. but first, my big opinion . well, who'd have thunk opinion. well, who'd have thunk it? the bad orange man strikes again. donald trump isn't even in the white house . and talk of in the white house. and talk of a swift end to the conflict in ukraine has gathered momentum. volodymyr zelenskyy said last night that he was willing to cede territory to russia to end the war, adding that after a ceasefire was agreed , kyiv could

ceasefire was agreed, kyiv could negotiate the return of the territory in the east that is currently under russian control. wow. this follows comments zelenskyy made after the us election results on the 5th of november, saying that a diplomatic solution to this awful conflict, which has claimed the lives of 100,000 ukrainian soldiers , will now ukrainian soldiers, will now happen sooner. but i'm so confused. i thought donald trump was this terrible monster that was this terrible monster that was going to destroy america and the world. well , it seems not the world. well, it seems not since that seismic landslide on november the 5th, mexico have verbally agreed to block migrants from crossing the us southern border. major companies have given up their woke policies, and the us stock market has gone through the roof. meanwhile, israel lays down arms with hezbollah and hamas want a peace deal in gaza. imagine the trump effect has also been felt here as well, with a sense that we in britain can now reject hated political

correctness. the idea of 100 genders, people announcing their pronouns, race, grifters and the demonisation of western values and history. it can all go in the big fat dustbin of history. even keir starmer spoke out against the madness of open borders this week . better late borders this week. better late than never, sir keir talking common sense feels safer since the return of the orange one. a man tangoed at birth. i'll be honest, we all had a very lucky escape that the woke vice president, kamala harris, didn't win, especially following her extraordinary thanksgiving video this week in which she looks to have overindulged in the cooking sherry. talk about a stuffed turkey. gobble , gobble. turkey. gobble, gobble. >> i just have to remind you, don't you ever let anybody take your power from you? you have the same power that you did before november 5th. >> heck, did i ever tell you

that i love you? you're like a brother to me. >> blimey. it's like your dad's new girlfriend. after a long afternoon in wetherspoons . and afternoon in wetherspoons. and thank god the decrepit joe biden is about to leave office. given that he was responsible for the disastrous afghanistan surrender and has sought to ramp up the rhetoric in ukraine with talk of further missile strikes. in a move that can only provoke the russian bear. did the democratic party want to have a forever war? did they have a financial interest in that happening? you tell me. but arch capitalist donald trump has only ever spoken of peace. tell me one thing he says here that isn't good, that isn't moral. that you don't agree with. >> we have never been closer to world war three than we are today under joe biden, a global today underjoe biden, a global conflict between nuclear armed powers would mean death and destruction on a scale unmatched

in human history. it would be nuclear armageddon. nothing is more important than avoiding that nightmare. we will avoid it. but we need new leadership. every day this proxy battle in ukraine continues . we risk ukraine continues. we risk global war. we must be absolutely clear that our objective is to immediately have a total cessation of hostilities. all shooting has to stop. this is the central issue. we need peace without delay . we need peace without delay. >> now, i ought to add that donald clearly fell under the asleep under the sun bed for that particular video. but here's the point. the narrative of donald trump being hitler 2.0 doesn't really cut the mustard, given that he's the only post—war president that didn't start a single conflict whilst in office. look , he's not in office. look, he's not perfect. donald trump is a narcissist , a convicted

narcissist, a convicted criminal, and an election denier. but unlike joe biden, at least his brain works correctly. but unlike joe biden, at least his brain works correctly