celebrity >> and elsewhere, celebrity hairstylist adam yeager will join us to share the latest styling trends for party season and how to best look after our hair. amongst all the chaos of the festive season. >> and you're going to ask for styling tips? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> and of course, we'll be heading stateside where our friend nelson aspen will join us to share the lowdown on donald trump being named time's person of the year for the second time. >> plus, we'll also have all of the day's top stories with journalist and writer suzan holder and the former labour party adviser matthew laza. >> welcome to saturday morning live only on gb news. >> teachers presents. ellie, do you get your teacher a present at school when you're at school? >> when i was at school. >> when i was at school. >> when i was at school. >> when you were at school, yes. did you get your teacher present? >> we did homemade gifts, which i probably think they didn't appreciate. >> no. >> no. >> what do your boys do?

>> what do your boys do? >> do you know i've not even. i've not thought about it. we should get them something, though. >> ryan. do? >> ryan. do? >> i don't know, i'm not sure i would. i would get them a vouchen would. i would get them a voucher, though, because i think. i think they'd probably appreciate more. something they could spend, you know, choose it themselves, spend their own money on it as opposed to cookies or cakes that they've imagine getting 30 bottles of wine or 30 sets of homemade cakes. well, you just had a good idea. a voucher for coffees. i've heard this. >> i've got lots of friends who are teachers and they say that will actually get used and you don't need to put a lot on it. i mean, even ten, £15 would get you a few cups of coffee, get you a few cups of coffee, get you about two coffees in london, the teachers, maybe more elsewhere. so let us know. gbnews.com/yoursay what do your children give their teachers? what are your grandchildren give their teachers? let us know the etiquette. >> yes, big show coming up. but first, your news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> ben ali, thank you very much. the top stories well, chinese money linked to prince andrew is now under investigation by m15 as more details emerge about the embattled duke's connection to

an alleged spy. it's believed prince andrew invited the man in question, described as a close confidant to buckingham palace, with their relationship reportedly dating back to 2012. the royal has now said he ceased all contact with the businessman in question and denied discussing anything of a sensitive nature. meanwhile, buckingham palace have claimed it has no power to scrutinise the duke's finances. gb news breakfast spoke this morning to former head of royal protection dai davies. >> clearly he has an extremely bad advisory group if indeed he relies on those, but i suspect he goes where he wants to go. and clearly the backdrop to this was that you and i were paying him for many, many years. and indeed, as a member of the royal family, we were paying for him anyway. but what i'm trying to say is he's used, i suspect, and

i probably would allege, that he's used his backdrop of being our ambassador to actually ensure that he has contacts. and clearly it shows bad judgement yet again. >> in response to the duke of york's links to the alleged chinese spy, prince andrew's office said the duke of york followed advice from hmg and ceased all contact with the individual. after concerns were raised, the duke met the individual through official channels, with nothing of a sensitive nature ever discussed, he is unable to comment further on matters relating to national security. meanwhile, uk's chinese embassy had this to say. some individuals in the uk are always eager to fabricate baseless spy stories targeting china. their purpose is to smear china. their purpose is to smear china and disrupt normal exchanges between chinese and british personnel. in other news, the home secretary will travel to italy for talks on illegal migration this weekend

as hundreds of people continue to cross the channel in small boats. yvette cooper is set to meet her italian counterparts, along with the un refugee agency's representative to the country. at the end of a week of diplomacy on migration. more channel crossings are expected this weekend. after a pause of a week. more than 34,000 migrants have arrived in the uk so far this year after crossing the engush this year after crossing the english channel, with more than 600 making the journey in the busiest december day on record. gb news can reveal that around 200 migrants arrived in small boats yesterday. elsewhere, construction workers are four times more likely to die by suicide than the national average. it makes it one of the deadliest professions for mental health problems in the uk, according to a new report. social media company on the tools. the uk's largest community of tradespeople, has found that 73% of the country's 2.1 million construction workers have been affected by mental illness in the last decade, 7000

have taken their own lives. the company is trying to raise £2.5 million to fund counselling for workers in the industry. overseas. now south korea's parliament has voted to impeach president yoon suk yeol over his short lived attempt to impose martial law. earlier this month. mr yoon's decision put the country into a constitutional crisis as soldiers clashed with protesters on the streets of the capital seoul. tens of thousands of demonstrators have descended onto the streets of the city every night for the past two weeks, calling for mr yoon's removal and arrest. the state of emergency only lasted about six hours as parliament voted to block the decree. yoon sukh jul has vowed today not to give up and said he would do his best until the last minute for the country. and a lawyer is seeking the dismissal of a so—called frivolous rape lawsuit against us rapper jay—z , after the us rapper jay—z, after the accuser apparently addressed

inconsistencies in her allegations. jay—z previously claimed he was at the centre of a blackmail attempt after a lawsuit was filed, accusing him and sean diddy combs of drugging and sean diddy combs of drugging and raping a 13 year old girl at and raping a 13 year old girl at a party. after the mtv video music awards in 2000. in one claim, the anonymous woman said her father picked her up after the alleged assault, but her father has since told nbc news that he cannot verify her claims. he said i've made some mistakes, the female accuser told the us outlet when asked about inconsistencies in her account. but she did say that overall, she stands by her allegations. jay—z and his lawyer, alex spiro, shared statements via the acas account of the us musician's and entertainment company roc nation regarding that lawsuit, saying true justice is coming. we fight from victory, not for victory. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in an houn

>>a houn >> a very good morning to you, ben and ellie with you on saturday morning live only on gb news. you are looking very sparkly. >> lots of i need to apologise because apparently it's not coming over very well on telly andifs coming over very well on telly and it's strobing and it wasn't very appropriate. >> no i think no no no, you look great. >> just trying to be festive. you look great. >> thanks guys. grumpy grandad has said ellie's dress isn't strobing on my tv. it's nice to see her making an effort for christmas. >> well, thank you, i am trying. i thought my last saturday. >> is that a dig at me with my bonng >> is that a dig at me with my boring jumper? jumper? i know you did. tell me. i did tell you. this is a christmassy style jumper. more cosy. i like to be cosy. >> cosy vibe? yes, exactly. >> cosy vibe? yes, exactly. >> catherine, said ellie. fabulous. like a christmas diamond. >> oh, thank you, thank you catherine. >> and yeah, lots of compliments. >> oh, tim says strictly 2025. i would love to see strictly, but i don't have any rhythm. i'm not really a dancer, not a mover. i love the outfits. would you glitter? >> you'd still do it though. >> you'd still do it though. >> but the outfits? yes. yeah, but i'd probably be out in the first day. and just on teachers and gifts. got you all talking on this one half. makes a point

that teachers are wrong to accept gifts, especially with the cost of living. they should send a letter out in january to say it's a lovely idea, but they will no longer be accepted because for children from poor families, this is a really hard thing to do. >> yeah. good point. and janey, just a quick one. my granddaughter has a teacher and a teaching assistant in her class. she got them a costa gift card. other coffee brands aren't available. >> i think it's a really good idea. good idea. keep them coming in. gbnews.com/yoursay. now to our top story this morning. and chinese money unked morning. and chinese money linked to prince andrew is now under investigation by m15. it says more details have emerged about the duke's connection to an alleged chinese spy. >> yeah, this story just 1538 00:08:36,408 --> 00: