you through tomorrow's top stories. this is headliners. but before tomorrow's top stories let's get tonight's headlines with will hollis. >> thank you. your top stories at 11:00. nothing of a sensitive nature was discussed between the duke of york and a suspected chinese spy. that's according to the duke's office. a statement says the duke of york followed advice from his majesty's government and ceased all contact with the individual after concerns were raised. the man, known only as h6, was said to be a close confidant of the prince and reportedly invited to the duke's birthday. the prime

minister has said the world should be cautious about what comes next in syria. speaking dunng comes next in syria. speaking during a virtual meeting of the g7, sir keir starmer told allies while welcoming the syrian regime's collapse a new government should be credible and inclusive for all syrians, fearing sectarian violence. if not tonight, syrians in the capital damascus and across the country are celebrating the first friday prayers after the collapse of the regime. here in the uk, the government has unveiled a clean power action plan to decarbonise the electricity grid by 2030. number 10 claims the move will protect households from any future energy spikes, boost growth and tackle the climate crisis. meanwhile, some government backed researchers have warned secretary of state for energy and climate change ed miliband's

plans could actually increase energy bills well earlier. gb news spoke to the energy minister, michael shanks. >> s reforming the planning system to make sure we build things faster than we are at the moment is important, but we're not removing the right of communities to have a voice in that process. what we're saying is at the moment, the planning process is often just drown in paperwork for years and years, which doesn't help communities, but also doesn't get really essential infrastructure built. >> a predator described as wicked, who was caught on cctv raping and killing an nhs worker, has been jailed for life. mohammed lord alli attacked mother of three natalie chater while she was passed out in southall park, west london. ledoux was found guilty of her rape and manslaughter. richard marx kc sentenced him to life with a minimum term of ten years and eight months. the widow of former england rugby player tom

voice says she's overwhelmed by the support received since he went missing. his wife anna said absolutely devastated and heartbroken, doesn't even describe how i feel. the 43 three year old's body was discovered yesterday and his identity confirmed after a five day search of the river, and the player's car was swept away while he was trying to cross a ford in northumberland during storm daren. and finally, tonight, police are asking for the public's help after vandals targeted christmas decorations in east anglia, captured on cctv. at least five incidents of people cutting wires on christmas lights have been reported. police say the mindless vandalism by the so—called suffolk scrooge has brought hurt and financial costs to young and old in the area.

those are the latest headlines, but now it's time for headliners. >> 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. >> hello and welcome to headliners, your first look at tomorrow's top stories with three comedians. before we dive in, let's have a look at what leo and bruce will have to work with on saturday's front pages. the telegraph has m15 and m15 probes dukes cash from china. the times has .uk spy went to times has .uk spy went to palace. daily express has the times has .uk spy went to palace. daily express has stopped crashing britain's stopped crashing britain's economy and the daily mirror has economy and the daily mirror has china crisis. the iweekend leads china crisis. the iweekend leads with smart gadgets, spying on us with smart gadgets, spying on us more than ever, with air fryers more than ever, with air fryers now recording conversations and now recording conversations and the daily star has butty the daily star has butty

botherer give sarnies a chance. botherer give sarnies a chance. those were your front pages. those were your front pages. okay, so let's have a closer okay, so let's have a closer look at these. leo. let's start look at these. leo. let's start with the daily mail. with the daily mail. >> so the daily mail has andrew. >> so the daily mail has andrew. they're talking about prince they're talking about prince andrew one day possibly king andrew one day possibly king andrew. andrew is known china andrew. andrew is known china spy andrew. andrew is known china spy for ten years. the duke met spy andrew. andrew is known china spy for ten years. the duke met this china spy in 2012 and only this china spy in 2012 and only dropped him as a friend after he dropped him as a friend after he was rumbled. this. i sort of was rumbled. this. i sort of feel like we've been here feel like we've been here before, but with paedophilia before, but with paedophilia instead of spying for china. so, instead of spying for china. so, you know, prince andrew was you know, prince andrew was friends with jeffrey epstein and friends with jeffrey epstein and then, you know, dropped him when then, you know, dropped him when he, you know, discovered that he, you know, discovered that the girls he'd been partying the girls he'd been partying with at the island were, in with at the island were, in fact. >> well, i think at this stage, fact. >> well, i think at this stage, don't we have to.7 the guy is don't we have to? the guy is accused of spying, isn't he.7 i accused of spying, isn't he? i don't accused of spying, isn't he? i don't think that part is don't think that part is certain. is it? certain. is it? >> oh, yeah. they've got it. >> oh, yeah. they've got it. they've got it in quotation they've got it in quotation marks. so, you know, when they marks. so, you know, when they say china spy, it might not be a say china spy, it might not be a china spy, but he's being he's china spy, but he's being he's being investigated by m15. so being investigated by m15. so they're going to get to the get to the bottom of it. they're going to get to the get to the bottom of it. >> and also to be fair to >> and also to be fair to andrew, he dropped him as soon andrew, he dropped him as soon

as he found out. >> and how do you not realise sooner that this, like, chinese guy who keeps going into a little room in the in the house and like putting up this radio antenna and sending messages in morse code? how do you not realise what that guy is up to? >> i don't know if m15 know all those facts. you should. you should call them. >> i'm just. i'm just assuming that's how spying happens. >> do you think they went to pizza express? >> well, this this will unfold, won't it? i mean, we'll find out. but, you know, if you found out. but, you know, if you found out that one of your friends had done something awful and you drop them the next day, that's all you can do. >> but hang on a minute. why does he have. so he's got famously bad taste in women because she was mental. and the fact of the mounted is he's not he's not really known for keeping decent company at all. he's always involved with alleged shysters. >> yeah. and this is one of these one of these areas where, you know, i think there's some, some good points you can make from the monarchy, you know, because the, the, the family inherits the country, they've got more of an incentive to, to

keep it in good condition than a democracy does. but then you also get some idiots. so, you know, you can either at least with, with a democratic system, you can vote out your idiots. whereas with with prince andrew, we're sort of stuck with him as a, as a prince. i mean, it would be much better if the royals just stuck to organising it's a knockout instead of, you know, getting involved in high level because he was an he was a trade envoy to he was going to saudi arabia dealing with arms. >> isn't it that they let him do that? he doesn't strike me as somebody that should be a trade envoy. >> and this was stuff to do with defence. you know, this was big contracts for military stuff. i know, you know, saudi arabia and other countries are going to be impressed that there's a royal because obviously they're royals as well. so it shows, you know, status and prestige and stuff. but you know really prince andrew he's not he's not the best royal. it's like send me a better one bruce. >> anything else you'd like to cover on the daily mail? >> yes, 1525 00:07:5