>> good afternoon. congratulations. you've made to it friday. it's 3:00 and this is the martin daubney show on gb news. obviously it is gb news, but i'm not martin daubney. i'm dawn neesom. instead we are broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. martin's off probably doing something weird with the turkey today because it is national turkey day or something or other who knows what he gets up to when he's off, but it's not here, right.7 okay . top story not here, right.7 okay. top story the rise of reform uk. nigel farage's party overtakes labour in a national opinion poll for the first time, pushing sir keir starmer's party into third place. i'll be joined by a reforms party chairman, zia yousef, who says they'll win the next general election . and we'll next general election. and we'll not just keir that's in trouble.

red weather warning the met office warns brits to stay indoors for fear of a danger of life. warning as storm dara barrels towards britain . and barrels towards britain. and arise sir sir sadiq khan, the labour london mayor, looks set to receive a knighthood next year for his political and pubuc year for his political and public service. or is it reward for divisive politics.7 and if you have not already been bogged down with a bug, you probably will be. oh great. thanks. according to nhs chiefs who warn of four more nasty viruses this winter. but just how worried should we be.7 doctor winter. but just how worried should we be? doctor ken aswani will be joining me to put that record straight . yes, that's the record straight. yes, that's the storm doesn't get you. the luck is going to get you, so you may as well just sit where you are

nice and safe and keep me company for the next couple of hours. it's a good idea. you can put the kettle on in between the ad breaks if you want. and yeah, it is actually 3:00 and it is a friday afternoon. congratulations. you've made it. it is nearly christmas. are you ready ? because i want to hear ready? because i want to hear your christmas stories. because i can tell you i am not a lovely christmas trees behind me. i haven't done a thing yet . not a haven't done a thing yet. not a single present brought. okay, you can see them. they're lovely, isn't it? see? very coordinating. okay, but this show isn't about me waffling on. it's not even about what martin's doing on his very suspicious day off involving turkeys and baubles. probably. it's all about you. so i want to hear your views on what we're talking about today. or just talking about today. orjust have a chit chat about christmas if you want to. up to you. very, very simple. to get involved, you visit gbnews.com/yoursay . you visit gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, before we get stuck into all the amazing stuff we've got for you, we have the amazing sophia hill with your news headunes. headlines. >> dawn. thank you. >> dawn. thank you. >> very good afternoon. it's just gone 3:00. i'm fair hill

with your latest headlines from the newsroom. our top story , the newsroom. our top story, storm dara, has sparked a rare red warning for wind , with gusts red warning for wind, with gusts of up to 90 miles an hour expected to batter parts of wales and the south—west of england, including cardiff , england, including cardiff, bristol and devon. the warning, in place from 3 am. on saturday, calls for people to take care as flying debris and falling trees could pose a danger to life. an amber warning is also in place for the west coast of the uk , from scotland coast of the uk, from scotland to cornwall and northern ireland, with large waves and potential damage to homes and buildings. heavy rain and over 100 flood warnings are also in effect adding to the weekend's challenges. meteorologist john hammond spoke to us earlier and warned people not to underestimate how fast the weather will change. >> don't be fooled because the weather is set to turn nasty just about everywhere across the country, particularly as you say across western areas, all courtesy of storm dara, which is winding itself up now just to the west of the uk. it's already bringing heavy rain across northern ireland and despite a

fine day across many other areas, that will change later on this afternoon into tonight. rain will sweep across all of us in scotland. >> a farm has been placed under lockdown after a cow tested positive for atypical mad cow disease. the scottish government has imposed strict movement restrictions on unaffected animals , although it says there animals, although it says there is no risk to public health and the cow didn't enter the food chain. the case in dumfries and galloway was detected through routine surveillance, and investigations are now underway to determine its origin. authorities have assured the pubuc authorities have assured the public that stringent control measures are in place to prevent any wider impact . now the king any wider impact. now the king has cancelled several honours, removing six names from the official register. their appointments, awarded between 1996 and 2020, have been revoked. in a separate case, the honours committee discussed john martin scully, who was investigated for serious sexual crimes, including the rape of a child . although scully died in child. although scully died in 2021, the committee confirmed that his honour would have been taken away if he had been

convicted . train chaos is convicted. train chaos is continuing to grip the uk , with continuing to grip the uk, with passengers hit by yet another warning after this morning's system fault caused widespread disruption. national rail has apologised, admitting a hardware upgrade to its radio system brought services to a standstill across london, southern england and wales and beyond. while the fault has now been fixed. travellers face fresh challenges as storm dara threatens severe weather and more delays this weekend. flooding is already affecting routes in stockport and chester, with passengers urged to check live updates and expect longer waits . now, more expect longer waits. now, more than 1600 people have been arrested across england and wales in a major week long crackdown on county line drug dealing. more than £3,000,000 million in drugs, £2 million in cash and 550 weapons were seized alongside four xl bully dogs. police also shut down 260 county lines and safeguarded over 1400 people. nearly half of them were

children . now the met's children. now the met's counter—terrorism unit is urging people to trust their instincts and stay vigilant. this festive season, with major events like christmas markets, football matches and carol services. drawing large crowds. officers in london are urging the to pubuc in london are urging the to public report anything suspicious. each year, over 10,000 reports are made to the counter—terrorism police, with a fifth providing crucial intelligence to disrupt potential threats. chief superintendent chris wright says the public's role is vital, with over 40 terrorist plots disrupted since 2017, and the princess of wales is hosting her annual carol service at westminster abbey this evening as part of her gradual return to royal duties after cancer treatment. this year's together at christmas event celebrates love and empathy with 1600 guests invited who have supported others . in a letter to supported others. in a letter to attendees ahead of tonight's service. kate said love is the light that shines bright even in our darkest times. performances from gregory porter and paloma

faith will feature alongside readings from stars like richard e grant and adam peaty. readings from stars like richard e grant and adam peaty . those e grant and adam peaty. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm several more in half an hour, but now it's back to dawn. >> thank you very much, sophia and welcome back, you lot. okay, ihope and welcome back, you lot. okay, i hope you're ready, because we've got a real christmas cracker of a show for you. come on.the cracker of a show for you. come on. the christmas puns are going to come fast and furious i love christmas. what's not to like? okay. reform has overtaken labourin okay. reform has overtaken labour in a national opinion poll for the first time, pushing sir keir starmer's party into third place. a jubilant nigel farage took to x to respond to the news, declaring we are just getting started. this one undoubtedly come as a bitter blow for the prime minister, who yesterday sought to reset. is that the right word? reset his government with six new milestones? or, as nigel said , milestones? or, as nigel said, milestones. see what he did there. very clever to react to this news. i'm joined in the studio. yayi i love him by a gb

news political editor. >> christopher hope good to be here, dawn. >> dashing new haircut. i know we're not meant to say that sort of thing any more in the light of thing any more in the light of greg wallace, but i think you look rather handsome. >> thank you for that. >> thank you for that. >> say that. so. okay, well, this was a bit of a shock, isn't it? i mean, despite the word sukh. bingo. we had from keir starmer yesterday, i have no idea what he said. reform are actually overtaking labour in the polls. do tell us more. >> well, this is interesting and very interesting indeed. so a new poll has put of 2607 adults conducted on wednesday, before the relaunch of this part of the government, if that's what it was, gave labour 23 points, but ahead of them, reform 24 points, conservatives 26 points. that would