my panel made of the king's speech. who diane abbott isn't impressed by. and we get a new interpretation of the bible for christmas. i'm cressida wetton, and tonight's comedians are paul cox and lewis schaffer. this is headliners. but before tomorrow's news, let's go to tonight's headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> good evening. the top stories from the gb newsroom this christmas day. his majesty the king has delivered his christmas message, emphasising the importance of community, compassion and service amid a turbulent year for both he and the princess of wales, who had their own health battles. in a break from tradition, king charles delivered this year's christmas speech from the fitzrovia chapel, a former

hospital in central london. it's the first time in over a decade it hasn't been recorded at a royal residence, with the king choosing to praise the community response to the anger and lawlessness of this summer's riots in towns and cities around the uk, and also to the selfless doctors and nurses who provided strength, care and comfort to both him and the princess of wales during their cancer treatments. >> from a personal point of view, i offer special, heartfelt thanks to the selfless doctors and nurses who this year have supported me and other members of my family through the uncertainties and anxieties of illness , and have helped provide illness, and have helped provide the strength, care and comfort we have needed. i am deeply grateful to all those who have offered us their own kind words offered us their own kind words of sympathy and encouragement. >> this morning, the king attended the royal family's traditional christmas day church

service. the king and queen camilla walked the short distance from sandringham house to saint mary magdalene church, past a crowd of well—wishers. they were joined by the prince and princess of wales and their children, the princess royal and the duke and duchess of edinburgh. also part of that walking party, absent, though, was the duke of york, who's been accused of having links to an alleged chinese spy. the archbishop of york emerged smiling from his christmas day service in the north yorkshire city to greet well—wishers and tourists outside the minster. the archbishop of york, who will effectively take over as leader of the church of england next month, has called for change. in his christmas sermon, stephen cottrell delivered 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 enough to stop a prolific abuser. earlier this week, mr cottrell acknowledged that 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. gb news can confirm that at least 350 migrants have crossed the english channel in small boats so far this christmas day. several boats were seen making the dangerous journey from france this morning, with more expected to follow over the course of today. those who arrived in dover following early hours crossings broke a period of more than a week when no small boats had been spotted. and this 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 the christmas period. swimmers across the nafion period. swimmers across the nation have braved the chilly waters as they celebrated christmas day with a festive plunge. many of those swimmers turned out in support of various charity causes, with others simply enjoying a festive tradition. sea surface temperatures across the country were between 8 and ii c, according to the met office, but

plucky bathers, including many dressed as father christmas snowmen and elves, woke up extra early to take the plunge in bournemouth. if you're watching these pictures on television, these pictures on television, the enduring peter pan cup was also strongly attended in london's hyde park, with swimmers taking part in the world's oldest annual swimming event. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in an hour 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 merry christmas everybody. merry. isn't it merry? how are you? >> very merry. >> very merry. >> paul and lewis, how are you? >> paul and lewis, how are you? >> i'm good. >> i'm good. >> it's good. we're going to catch up with your happiness. you've been happy all day and i've been here all day.

>> lewis. excellent. before we start the show, let's have a quick look at tomorrow's front pages. the daily express leads with. stop relying on sales to beat the budget blues. the times has action plan as private schools face bankruptcy. the independent putin's inhumane blitz leaves ukraine in the cold, and the daily mirror has with love and hugs. finally, the i paper has labour facing growing threat as voters shift to reform uk. and it's not. finally, there's another one. finally, there's another one. finally the daily mail. moving on. we're moving on. okay. let's have let's have . let's have. have let's have. let's have. shall we have a shall we have a detailed look at the daily mail. >> let's go. >> let's go. >> the let's have a look at the daily mail. yeah. >> why not the daily mail. >> why not the daily mail. >> merry christmas to everybody out there. >> charles, my heartfelt gratitude to the selfless doctors and nurses. in a deeply personal message, the king pays tribute to staff who supported him and his family. i mean, i'm hoping he also did that at the

time and didn't just wait till christmas because, you know, they've been working on him all yeah they've been working on him all year. i'm sure he did. i watched the speech today. did you watch the speech today. did you watch the speech? >> no, no and triple no. >> no, no and triple no. >> yes, i did watch this. yeah, i did watch it. i mean, i work on a news channel. >> yeah. well, exactly. i did watch it, and it was. it was tamer than i was led to believe in the press earlier in the week. so i did headliners on monday. i have no idea what day of the week it is now, but i know it's not monday. and it seemed like they were sort of geanng seemed like they were sort of gearing us up for this. kind of the king is going to say that the king is going to say that the whole country came together after southport, and those of us that are on the headliners on monday definitely questioned that, but it was a kind of pretty mild speech. it was done in a chapel, actually, in the fitzrovia chapel in central london, which i think diana, the people's princess, the people's gammon, the people's princess, opened sometime in the 80s, lived poorly. if only she lived. hopefully i won't die. i think i

will, i think i will at some point, but it's christmas. let's not think about that. one thing i did notice is how the king and i'm a big fan of the monarchy. it's kind of grown the side out of his hair so you can't see his ears anymore. and i admire this. i admire the illusion of this. >> you've got lovely ears. >> you've got lovely ears. >> no, he, our king, has got bigger ears. and he's. >> how do you admire that? well, he wants to hide it in the same way i wear a baggier top to hide some of the jelly. >> you know, i can see what he's doing with the ears. >> it's funny you mention the ears because he did say listening a lot, didn't he? he said listening. well, he can listen very well. well, he talked about it a lot. he talked about it so much i thought even louis might think about listening. >> do you know what i don't want? i can listen, i can listen to someone who's saying something. i don't want to talk about the king. this is not my country. i wasn't born here. i'm not english. i'm sorry. my kids are english. i want what's best for them. but we have. you know what it is? this, this. this station likes the royal family. but the truth is, is that this

king does not care about this country. i'm sorry. he cares about the global world. he's like into the commonwealth. he's completely. he's. he's in the world economic forum's pocket. he's in davos right now. and number two, if you've got cancer and you you want to have chemotherapy you want to have radiology radiation whatever it is. >> radio received. >> radio received. >> radio received. >> radio gaga is that you. you go ahead i'm not going there at all or surgery i'm not going there. >> i hope you never have to, mate. >> no, don't tell me i have to. i'm not, i'm not. >> i'm saying i hope you never have to, i mean, because some doctor says, you know, i mean, i mean, i hope louis, listen. that's it. listen, i hope i hope you never get unwell and have to make the choice. >> that's why i've made the choice beforehand. is that no radiologist below 1528 00:08:52,