morning, we have two expert chefs who will be here with all the tips and tricks you need to make a mean feast, and our toys and presents. >> not enough. or maybe you're after some fun for all the family. we'll share the best christmas crafts that you can do at home, and more than 100 migrants have crossed the engush migrants have crossed the english channel today, as more migrant boats are attempting to make a christmas crossing. >> hello, hello, merry christmas. >> merry christmas everyone a merry christmas, charlie. >> how was your morning? >> how was your morning? >> very nice. i was driving up from down. sorry. >> from the north—west. driving down, driving down for christmas. >> although straight after the show, i will be driving home for christmas. i will be getting that moment. >> you didn't come down last night because christmas eve is a big thing for your family. >> yes, i know they'll be watching. we always watch the polar express with hot chocolates in my family, so i'll

be seeing them later. mum, dad, elena and the cats. i'll be seeing you in a few hours. time for our for our christmas. christmas dinner. christmas dinner? first time. dad will be cooking it for a very long time. so, dad, i'm expecting big things you mentioned there your cats. >> we very much want to see your pets today. any christmas pets who are joining you at home, please make sure you send your photos of your pets to gbviews@gbnews.uk, and you can send all your views and your comments to all of us throughout the show at gbnews.com/yoursay. but before we get cracking with a wonderful christmas show, let's have your news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> charlie, thank you very much and good morning at the top stories. the king has attended the royal family's traditional christmas day church service. after a brutal year in which he and the princess of wales were both diagnosed with cancer, the king and queen camilla walked the short distance from

sandringham house to saint mary's magdalene church past a crowd of well—wishers, and they were joined by the prince and princess of wales and their children. also in the walking party was the princess royal and the duke of duchess. the duke and duchess of edinburgh. absent, though, was the duke of york, who's been accused of having links to an alleged chinese spy. meanwhile, king charles is set to break with tradition later on today, delivering his annual christmas message from a former hospital chapel. well, the princess of wales, meanwhile, delivered her christmas message yesterday evening during her annual together at christmas carol service at westminster abbey. >> welcome to our together at christmas carol service here at westminster abbey. the christmas story encourages us to consider the experiences and feelings of others. it also reflects our own vulnerabilities and reminds us of the importance of giving and receiving empathy. it encourages

us to turn to love, not fear. the love that we show ourselves and the love that we show others. love that listens with empathy. love that is kind and understanding. love that is forgiving, and love that brings joy forgiving, and love that brings joy and hope. it is love which is the greatest gift we can receive, not just at christmas, but every day of our lives. because in times of joy and sadness, we are all each other's light. i wish you and your loved ones a very merry christmas. >> the archbishop of york, who will effectively take over as leader of the church of england next month, is expected to call for change. in his christmas sermon today, stephen cottrell will deliver his remarks as the church faces criticism over failures in its handling of various abuse scandals. archbishop of canterbury justin

welby resigned last month after he was criticised for not doing enough to stop a prolific abusen he enough to stop a prolific abuser. he will not preside over the christmas service at canterbury cathedral. earlier this week, mr cottrell acknowledged things could have been handled differently after revelations that a priest at the centre of a sexual abuse case was twice reappointed under him while he was serving as bishop of chelmsford. in other news today, hundreds of migrants have been crossing the english channelin been crossing the english channel in small boats on christmas day. more than 100 have already arrived in dover harbour in the early hours of today. several boats were seen making that dangerous journey from france this morning, with more expected to follow over the course of the day. those who arrived in dover following early hours crossings broke a period of more than a week when no boats had been spotted. it comes after gb news exclusively revealed yesterday that thousands of migrants were massing along the northern coast of france, preparing to cross to the uk over this christmas period. elsewhere, a man has

been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car was dnven attempted murder after a car was driven onto the pavement in central london in the early hours of christmas day. four people were taken to hospital after the incident on shaftesbury avenue, with one said to be in of life threatening condition. metropolitan police officers were called to reports of a crash and a car driving on the wrong side of the road at 12:45 am. in a statement, police said the incident was isolated and not terror related. or that as the 39 year old man was shot dead by armed police on christmas eve. west mercia police said officers were called by west midlands ambulance service to an address in worcestershire at around 2:00 yesterday afternoon, after concerns were raised for the safety of a man with a knife. the force said attempts were made over several hours to deal with the incident, but the man was shot at around 740 yesterday evening. and overseas now. dozens of people have died after

a passenger plane crashed, with 67 people on board in kazakhstan, according to local officials. the country's emergency ministry said there were 25 survivors. the plane was en route from azerbaijani capital baku to grozny in russia. reports say it was diverted because of fog. there were 62 passengers and five crew members on board that aircraft, according to the transport ministry. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in an hour. >> hello. welcome back. thank you very much, tatiana. merry christmas to you all. we usually have a saying. there it went. so you've got an exciting shot of us instead looking a bit confused. but that's a free christmas gift on us, if you like. welcome back. we're going to talk to you about the royals because they've been at sandringham today for their annual christmas day service at saint mary magdalene church in norfolk. the royal family have

attended those celebrations alongside that service, and we've got some lovely panellists with us today to talk through it. our christmas panel commentator paula london, and sorry former labour advisor matthew torbitt. >> very good morning to you both. sorry. good morning. i'm used to doing the morning programme. good afternoon, i should say. and merry christmas to you both. thank you to matthew will come to yourself first. we've seen these pictures of the royal family. how important is it, do you think, to the to the nation to see this? traditional scenes of the royal family attending the christmas service? >> i suppose it gives a feeling of business as usual. all things are well in the country and whatever else. the thing that i always find confusing, though, as someone that isn't very good at getting up in the morning, i put the news on at seven. 8:00 this morning, people queuing up just to see a glimpse of them. i suppose it shows i can't get my head round it, but i suppose it shows the whether it be the star power or the importance still placed on the royal family for lots of people up and down the country. so yeah, no, it doesn't necessarily bother me, but it's nice to see them looking well and whatever else after their

health battles this year. >> well, you mentioned that paula will come to yourself. now, obviously we've seen quite a difficult year for the royal family with charles conditions with with the duchess of wales. what do you make of i say duchess of wales, princess of wales, of course. let's give her a proper title. is it nice to see them as as matthew says, looking? well, yes, it really is. >> especially the king that's been very ill, and kate was very ill. and also, i don't think the king speaks about being the titular head of the church of england enough. so obviously we are legally a christian country because of his title. so i'd love to see him in the church. and i think a lot of christians in this country really appreciate it as well. so yes. very good. >> yeah. and paula, we saw her laden with flowers as she arrived, clearly being essentially mobbed by supporters, which is a lovely thing to happen. yeah, i think it's beautiful. >> i'm happy we have a royal family. so many people around the world visit this country because we have a royal family, and they'd love to have it in their country. so yeah, we've got a i mean, they're not brilliant. obviously andrew's not wonderful, but some of the other family are great.

>> yeah. noted absence at the moment that we didn't have the duke of york attending today obviously with the current allegations of links with a chinese spy, an alleged chinese spy chinese spy, an alleged chinese spy causing a new round of consternation for him, actually, and a new round of anger towards the duke of york, frankly. yeah. >> no, i mean, the king hasn't got loads of hair, but i'm surprised he's not pulled the rest of it out the way that his brother acts. sometimes i think it's a wise move, certainly from a pr or communications point of view. if i was advising the royal family, i'd have him as far away as possible in a public setting. i think families are always dysfunctional and there are no dysfunctional from the rest of us all. but, you know, you put on a united front and sort of hope he stays in the background and not distract from the nice scenes at sandringham today. >> paula, we'll come to you on on another topic then, if that's okay, this story about nigel farage offering to work with peter mandelson. what can you tell us about that? >> i think it would be a great idea. mandelson himself has actually acknowledged how good it would be, because obviously trump is very close to farage and has been for quite a long

time. and also it could set a precedent if they do work together. and it's successful. cross—party cooperation could be a really good thing because at the end of the day, we all live in this country, obviously america's leader of the free world. and if we can get free trade deals and also talk about extremism through different countries as well and have the intelligence, it's only going to benefit us all. but i think here's a very stubborn man, and i don't think he'll really want nigel's involvement. but he did say that the grown ups are in charge, so he needs to act grown up and, you know, let people help each other. >> so, yes, you're a labour man when you see these sort of proposed links between farage, obviously the leader of a surging political party challenging labour and a lot of these seats. do you find this believable of links between farage and lord mandelson and labourin farage and lord mandelson and labour in general, to secure a greater relationship with washington? >> i think it's important to have the good relationship with washington. i think it will always be that way anyway. i struggle at times to believe nigel's got quite the influence he lets on. i think he certainly

knows trump. he's friends with trump, but is he that involved other than being on friendly terms and sort of knowing him a little bit? i think i'm always someone that likes to get things done regardless of who's in the room. i don't think there's an issue with telling nigel, nigel. just give me a ring and let him know that we're all right and we'll get the best deal. i don't think he needs to be in the room, but they have to be careful politically. if you. if you show the public that nigel has got so much sway over things, they might question, well, why is he not prime minister anyway? and obviously reform came second in 98 seats at the last general election, many of which labour hold. and you've got to handle this a little bit with kid gloves and make sure peter mandelson is not freewheeling a little bit on this. >> so a bit of a balancing act, correct? matthew, paula, thank you very much for joining us. we'll obviously be coming back to you throughout the program. but now here's the vocal zone voice studio choir from south derbyshire. >> and they're going to be playing and singing the good king wenceslas good looking. >> wenceslas last looked out on

the feast of stephen when the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even brightly shone the moon. that night, though the frost was cruel. >> when a poor man came in sight. >> gathering winter. fuel. >> gathering winter. fuel. >> in a cage, as planned by me. if thou know'st it's telling. >> yonder. >> yonder. >> peasant, who is he? where and what is dwelling? >> site is a goodly part underneath the mountains rise against the forest fence by saint agnes. fountain. bring me flesh and bring me wine. bring.

me, my lord. >> sit. thou, thou and i will see him dine. >> when we get there. peter. returned. by , for they let over. returned. by, for they let over. they went together through the group in parliament. under his. a weather. silent night is darker now, and the wind blows stronger fills my heart. >> i know not how i can go no longer, mark my. >> footsteps with my rage . tread >> footsteps with my rage. tread thou in them boldly . thou in them boldly. >> thou shalt find the. >> thou shalt find the. >> winter's rage. reflect this . >> winter's rage. reflect this. >> winter's rage. reflect this. >> hold me. in his master's.

steps. he trod where the snow lay. >> dinted he was in the very soft. >> which the saint had printed. >> which the saint had printed. >> faithful. christian men, be sure while the rank. possessing. you now to bless the poor shall. yourself. i'm. blessings. >> wasn't that lovely? i'm getting quite used to this choir. >> i really enjoyed that. about a dozen. nice. very festive. extremely appropriate. >> appropriate and festive. yes, on christmas day. well, hundreds of migrants are currently attempting to cross the english channel by small boats on christmas day morning. and they're going into this afternoon as well. more than 100 have already arrived in dover harbour in the early hours today. >> at least four more migrant boats are currently attempting to cross, with others expected

over the coming hours. this comes after gb news exclusively revealed yesterday that thousands of migrants were missing along the northern coast of france, preparing to cross to the uk over the christmas period. now joining us is our home and security editor, mark white. mark, what can you tell us about this? >> well, actually, it's turning out to be an extremely busy day in the english channel. as we reported yesterday, we were seeing thousands of migrants massing along the northern coast of france with a view over the coming days to try to get to the uk. and the first of those days, red days. they're described as by border force, is extremely busy indeed, we're told ten, maybe 11 boats that are out there in the channel that have either now crossed to the uk waters and being taken to dover, or are still in the process of doing that. so that's going to be 5 or 600 at least by the end of the day. and what we were

told by sources is that we could expect over the next 5 or 6 days, which is the run of really good weather, that we could see 2 or 3000 cross the channel, which is incredible given the time of year we don't normally see more than, you know, 50 odd historically is about what we get if weather allows during this sort of time of year over christmas. but to get such an influx of small boats coming in today is certainly very shocking. >> and mark, we've seen some reporting over the last week or so that some of the smuggling gangs are putting on special offers for christmas to try and enfice offers for christmas to try and entice more people to get to northern france and attempt that crossing. how successful at the moment, looking at these crossings today, has labour's plan to smash the gangs been at the moment? >> well, i think to be fair to labour it will be more of a long

term endeavour. it's going to take time to try to infiltrate and dismantle these very organised criminal networks, who have had more than six years now to build up the way in which they do this, their supply lines, the sophistication with which they operate. so trying to dismantle them is not going to be a quick process. but you're right. the more time that passes, the more pressure there will be on sir keir starmer and the labour government to do something. and this year already, we're 20% ahead of where we were last year, we're 20% less than the record year in 2022. but still it's, you know, a busier year than last year. and still they keep coming. >> obviously weather is a big factor. but what do you think it is that makes this year so much higher than last year. >> well it's what they call as i say, red days. and sources >> well it's what they call as i say, red days. a