facing backlash greg wallace is facing backlash tonight after dismissing allegations of historical misconduct, claiming it's been dnven misconduct, claiming it's been driven by middle class women of a certain age. he said. driven by middle class women of a certain age. he said . one a certain age. he said. one accuser says it shows he clearly hasn't learnt his lesson, while another says he's trying to portray himself as the victim of classism. the claims against him include inappropriate jokes and requests for female staff's phone numbers. the 60 year old stepped aside from masterchef after an investigation revealed 13 complaints of inappropriate behaviour, spanning some 17 years. wallace's lawyers, though, say he has nothing to hide after working with thousands of contestants, while the bbc says it takes all complaints seriously . the 34 complaints seriously. the 34 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape at the groucho club in london's soho. the arrest took place on saturday night at an address in hertfordshire. according to the metropolitan police. at this stage, the force says there is no suggestion that any employees of the club were involved. the groucho club, a private members venue, popular with celebrities, had its licence suspended

earlier this week following a request by the met police. we understand the woman who reported the incident is being supported by specialist officers. russia's new defence budget, described as the most secretive since the soviet era, has sparked fresh warnings, with a third of it being kept under wraps. vladimir putin has just signed a huge 25% increase, pushing military spending to now nearly a third of the entire russian budget. that's £995 russian budget. that's £99.5 billion being funnelled into defence. as the war in ukraine continues to drain russian resources. it also comes as sanctions on gazprom bank. that's russia's oil and gas payment hub, have sent the rouble plunging to record lows against the dollar in wales. dozens of homes have been evacuated today after a sinkhole up to 60ft deep appeared at the bottom of a resident's driveway in merthyr tydfil . residents in merthyr tydfil. residents there say they heard rumbling and collapsing overnight, fearing their homes could be swallowed. the sinkhole is believed to have been triggered by a collapsed culvert just days

after heavy rain from storm bert brought severe flooding . south brought severe flooding. south wales police and fire and rescue crews are on site, with authorities warning people to stay away as more rain threatens to make the situation much worse . the qr code, or go to gbnews.

make a&e waits worse. the mirror has disaster chef i wonder who that's about. and the daily star has. when you're in a, when you're in a really, really, really deep hole, stop digging. great idea . plenty of news great idea. plenty of news there. paul. let's start with monday's express. >> let's absolutely start with the daily express on monday in honour of lewis schaffer, £1.60 labour budget will cost economy £10 billion. labour's budget raid on family firms will risk more than 125,000 jobs and cost the economy £10 billion. a report claims. and this budget is becoming like one of those hidden picture stereograms. the more you look. do you remember those from the 90s.7 yes, yes. i just kept staring at enough to go cross—eyed. >> dolphin. >> dolphin. >> the more you look at it, the more you see. and in this case, with the budget, the worst it gets. so we're in a situation here where. and it's not just it's not just the right wing media, it's the left wing media as well. continually look at this budget and thinking, hang

on a minute. just pinging out one side and going, whoa, that looks rubbish. and we're, we're finding we're finding ourselves in a situation where rachel reeves seems to have brought about this budget that's going to cause havoc for our economy, believe it or not. and it's a real worry. it's a real worry, i think, because we've got worried. >> we've had all these major supermarkets saying we're letting people go and it's all going to get worse. and i know it's like everyone's going to the people at the bottom are going to lose work. >> they are. but what i mean, what i love seeing is what you just said about like the left wing media is just try and labour supporters are trying their best to. oh no, labour are quite good. they're quite good. and they're just every single day it just comes out. no , no. day it just comes out. no, no. >> it's like a beloved family member for them, isn't it.7 it's sold themselves at christmas dinner and we're all trying our best to pretend it didn't happen. but this budget is one great big pile of soiled pants. >> you can taste it in the air. >> you can taste it in the air. >> whether my nan was worth 10 billion. i don't know if that even works. okay, let's have a look at the eye, please, ben. >> no worries. so the eye have put british public backs closer.

us eu trade deal over trump deal us eu trade deal over trump deal. this is apparently 47% of the british public would rather see us go more involved with the eu than ever. acknowledge a trade deal with america. i don't really understand 47% don't know where that's come from. were you asked? were you asked? no, wasn't. >> i was just thinking it's the worst. would you rather i've ever heard. really boring. >> i don't know, i'm thinking, i mean, obviously with the coronated chicken. is it? yes. chlorinated. chlorinated . not chlorinated. chlorinated. not coronate. that's coronation chicken. >> that's much more delicious. >> that's much more delicious. >> which i don't like. to be fair, i'd rather have claw. claw? claw. chlorinated. chlorinated. but i'm thinking with rfk jr in maybe america's food will get a little bit better . you know, the standards better. you know, the standards will increase. so the trade deal might be quite good. might be i'm a big supporter of brexit. so anything that supports that is i'm good for. and i don't know why they're suddenly they're always saying this. oh everyone's against it. everyone's against it. let's go back on brexit. let's just

cuddle up to the eu. no let's not do that . not do that. >> yeah. and i think i think the point here is that this is not half of all voters. this is half of all people and not even half of all people and not even half of all people and not even half of all the people that the i newspaper, which isn't actually a real newspaper, again, in honour of louis schaefer , have questioned. >> so he said he's not a real pundit. >> no. well, he's not even a real person, to be fair. what we needis real person, to be fair. what we need is a good deal with both europe and the us, but we especially need a good deal with our biggest trading partner , our biggest trading partner, which is the us, which doesn't get brought into this story whatsoever. just to give you the statistics that we do, 22% of our trade with the us and nearest to that in second place is 7% with germany. so we need we can do what we like with the eu and the idea that we have better trading partnership with the eu after brexit, even brexiteers wouldn't argue with that. but on terms that we all agree with, on terms that support britain's sovereignty, on terms that support britain.

however , trump coming in as however, trump coming in as president is a big deal and i think he could produce big deals for the uk. >> it's what we've wanted since his first term was, was these trade deals we need. we need to get in before the democrats get 1