>> good morning. it's 10 am. on wednesday, the 1st of january 2025. happy new year live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with me, adam cherry and emily carver. >> yes it is. and energy prices, water bills, bus fares and private school fees will all rise in 2025. sorry to say sorry to ruin your new year's day, as sir keir starmer marks a year of change and pledges more cash in your pocket, apparently, until your pocket, apparently, until you can look forward and believe in the promise and the prosperity of britain again, then this government will fight for you. >> on. >> on. >> and overnight, britain brought in the new year in style with a huge fireworks display in

london. despite many other celebrations being cancelled due to poor weather. >> yes, indeed. and cutting back on the biscuits, the burgers drinking a little less booze. watching a bit more gb news in 2025. yes, we want to hear your new year's eve new year's resolutions. get them in. >> there we go. and energy bills rise for millions today, as you are being encouraged to send metre readings to your energy suppuen metre readings to your energy supplier. yes. >> will you.7 and supplier. yes. >> will you? and from today, anyone who takes the bus. well, you face a price hike of up to 50%. is that fair? during a cost of living crisis? or perhaps you're happy to pay £1 extra for your local service? let us no doubt it. >> as always, we'd love to hear what you think. so please send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. >> yes, i haven't seen too many

new year's resolutions coming into that inbox this morning, so do do get in touch. we want to know what are your, you know, your challenges for yourself. perhaps they're just nice ones. you know, like spending more time with your loved ones or reading a new book every now and again. what are they? there you go. well, we'll find out. i haven't come up with mine yet, though. >> no, you've got until the end of the show. got to do a little bit of time. but first, before all that, here is the news with sophia wenzler. >> adam. emily. thank you. good morning. it'sjust >> adam. emily. thank you. good morning. it's just gone . 10:00. morning. it's just gone. 10:00. these are your headlines. sir keir starmer has hailed 2024 as a year of change, as he shared his first new year message as prime minister. sir keir declared that the uk will embark on a year of rebuilding and rediscovering the great nation we are in. 2025. >> 2024 was a year of change. not, sadly, in the football. another agonisingly close shave for england, but changing

politics with the election of this labour government in july and, more importantly, with the work of change that we've begun, the minimum wage raised by a record amount, wages up more broadly, returns of foreign national criminals up 20%, billions of pounds worth of new projects in clean british energy, making our country more secure, and £25 billion invested in our nhs. starting to cut waiting lists in your local hospital. now i know there's still so much more to do and that for many people it's hard to think about the future when you spend all of your time fighting to get through the week. so i want to be clear until you can look forward and believe in the promise and the prosperity of britain again, then this government will fight for you. >> but the conservatives have

accused labour of offering change for the worse, as kemi badenoch used her own new year message to warn that efforts to turn around tory fortunes would be bumpy. >> happy new year! like all of you, i am looking forward to a 2025 that is full of hope, security and prosperity. the conservative party is also going through a period of change. this process of renewal will be a long term project. things may be bumpy along the way, but the party i now lead is going to do things differently. watch this space. >> meanwhile, britain rang in the new year with a spectacular fireworks display on the banks of the river thames as london defied of the river thames as london defied weather warnings, which led to the cancellation of other events around the country. 0321. strong winds, rain and blizzards meant many fireworks events were

cancelled last night in parts of the uk, including hogmanay in edinburgh. fortunately, the bad weather did not put a dampener on london sold out new year's eve display. domestic energy pnces eve display. domestic energy prices have risen with more pain for bill payers set to come. the second increase in ofgems price cap this winter takes effect today and means someone paying by direct debit and using a typical amount of gas and electricity will pay £1,738 a yeah electricity will pay £1,738 a year. that's a £21 a year more increase under the previous price cap. so bill payers are being urged to submit a metre reading to avoid overpaying on estimated usage. bills are about 50% higher than pre—covid levels, and analysts predict they will rise by a further 3% in april. and if you fancy seeing in the new year by jumping in some freezing cold water, scarborough is the place today. the 2025 new year's day dip has over 150 dippers,

helping raise thousands of pounds to help those most in needin pounds to help those most in need in scarborough's community. thousands turn out on the south shore to see scarborough's mayor welcome the dippers before the town crier sends them on their way into the cold north sea. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in half an hour. >> right? hello. happy new year. what a day. new year, start of 2025. another year. 25 years since the turn of the millennium. can you believe it? >> i simply cannot. can you? >> i simply cannot. can you? >> well, if you put it like that. yes. we are live across the united kingdom. of course, on gb news. adam, cherry and me. emily carver. lots of you getting in touch. lots of you are saying that, actually. amy says credit where credit is due. the fireworks were fantastic. although if you turn your attention to the mail online this morning, it does say that apparently sadiq khan had hidden

messages attacking rishi sunak and the tories with his fireworks . anger at london mayor fireworks. anger at london mayor for politicising the london display. apparently the choice of the song why does it always rain on me was a little cheeky dig at rishi sunak and also the 1993 hit. things can only get better was a pro—labour anthem. >> apparently it's the anthem of the blairite era, isn't it? >> so was that a cheeky political spin there? >> i don't know. well, what do you reckon? i mean, from primrose hill, all i could see was a load of fireworks. really? so i don't feel like i'm in a position to say you didn't hear them. >> you didn't hear what was being said and things. >> yes, i didn't, i was, i was sheltered from it, but it looked good to me. i thought london always has great fireworks, i think. i think as usual we, we put the rest of the world to shame. >> i do feel a bit sorry for, you know, a lot of our towns and cities where they just got axed. i mean, was that maybe a premature decision? although i must say last night, i live in quite an old building, so it might just be that last night the wind was so gusty that the

windows were rattling. you know, it was actually very gusty out there last night, so i don't know what it was like in scotland, for example. >> i mean, it can't be the first time that there's been a bit of wind in scotland over new year. it seems a bit strange to me, but there we are. >> people are saying that it's a bit depressing keeping on playing this. these political messages, particularly keir starmer. dougal says please, please, no more starmer. that's the start of the new year. you're depressing us. day one sorry, sorry but it is the news. it is the news. these are our politicians. these are our great leaders. >> they are, they are. that's exactly the same as last year. nothing's changing. and on that note, in his first new year's message. >> here we go, here we go. >> here we go, here we go. >> you knew it was coming. prime minister sir keir starmer has declared that the uk will embark on a year of rebuilding and rediscovering the great nation we are in 2025. >> here's a snippet until you can look forward and believe in the promise and the prosperity of britain again, then this government will fight for you.

>> we kept it short and sir ed davey. the leader of the liberal democrats, also looked back on the past year. >> devastating effects of climate change, from floods to wildfires. so much instability and insecurity all made worse by donald trump's victory in november. but despite all that, i think we can all look forward to 2025