will. >> will. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on tuesday the 7th of january. >> i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver. >> it's time to get justice for victims, says kemi badenoch. as the conservatives prepare to force a vote on a grooming gang inquiry. but labour are whipping their mps against it. >> plus, in the next few minutes, we're going to bring you a shocking exclusive in which a victim of rape gangs in oldham claims she was forced to take emergency contraception by a male police officer after she reported her abuse. >> shocking. well live large swathes of the uk have been brought to a standstill. in other news, with more than 300 flood alerts in place across the uk. flights paused, trains

ground to a halt and schools closed as a danger to life warning is issued. our reporters are live on the ground. >> sounds a bit much, doesn't it? >> sounds a bit much, doesn't it.7 really? and >> sounds a bit much, doesn't it? really? and should smokers and obese people be sent to the back of the queue when it comes to nhs surgery? we're going to be hosting a rather fiery debate later in the show. and if you're very lucky, tom here might tell you all about the history of the pricing of biros. >> okay. i was i full disclosure, i, i, before we came on air was talking. i just delivered a little fun anecdote about about biro pen could have been short at all that it could have been a shorter. but in the 19405 it have been a shorter. but in the 1940s it was over £100 per pen, as complained about by by. oh,

i've completely forgotten it's gone. >> anyway, i'll leave you alone. i'll stop being mean. >> i'll stop being mean because we're going to be talking about the grooming gangs today. we're going to be talking particularly about this amendment that will be brought forward on the children's wellbeing bill tomorrow in parliament. now, if it's selected by the speaker, this could be a huge moment in terms of which mp votes for or against this inquiry. >> yeah, and quite extraordinarily, labour have decided, it seems, to whip their mps. so essentially force all of their labour mps to vote against this even if they want to. and what does that really say? surely they could have given them a free vote. they've already said they don't want a pubuc already said they don't want a public inquiry. why would you have it there in black and white? >> it's very interesting. i would wonder, will there be any mps, any labour mps if this amendment is selected who break ranks with their leadership, who say, actually, no, this is too important. we need this inquiry. it'll be interesting to see not

just who votes for that, le. breaking the labour whip, but also who stays at home, who doesn't vote, who are the abstentions in this vote? that might tell us more. >> well, we know that the blue labour group have said that they want a public inquiry, so they've broken away. and we also have heard from nigel farage in his party that they're going to pay his party that they're going to pay for their own inquiry if one doesn't go ahead. so there you go. lots of people with lots of different opinions on on this one. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to get in touch. but if labour completely messed this up, it's your headlines with katie. and. >> tom. emily thank you and good afternoon. it's 12:03. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. a brief bit of breaking news now. 25 year old imran chowdhury has pleaded not guilty at westminster magistrates court this morning to assisting former soldier daniel khalife after he escaped from prison in 2023. chowdhury

has now been bailed. daniel khalife escaped from hmp wandsworth in september 2023. we'll bring you more on that story as we get it. professor alexis jay, who chaired the independent inquiry into child sex abuse, has said this morning that people should just get on with implementing the recommendations made in previous inquiries rather than holding another one. professor jay's comments come as the prime minister dismissed calls for a national inquiry yesterday, accusing the conservatives of jumping on a bandwagon and amplifying what the far right is saying on child sexual abuse after failing to act for 14 long years. the home secretary, yvette cooper, told the commons yesterday the government will make it an offence with professional and criminal sanctions to fail to report or cover up child sexual abuse. she added that the government will establish a victims and survivors panel to advise on wider work around the issue. that came as the prime minister said he had tackled child sexual exploitation head on during his time as director of public

prosecutions, and a short while ago, shadow home secretary chris philp said that the labour party's announcement that they will whip their mps to vote against the national inquiry into the scandal is total moral cowardice. shadow justice secretary robert jenrick mp called once again for that inquiry earlier on gb news. >> i have long advocated whole life sentences for these grooming gang perpetrators and i've said that if they're foreign national offenders, get them out of our country, deport them. no ifs, no buts. so they never step foot on this soil of our country again. and the cowardly public officials who did turn a blind eye, they should be prosecuted as well. not a single one has been prosecuted so far. and that is completely wrong. we need to take action, and we need now to have a full national public inquiry. >> well, a home office spokesman issued the following statement. we are working at pace across government to drive forward real

action to implement the recommendations of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. severe snow and flooding is causing major disruption across the country today, with delays at airports, trains cancelled and roads closed. flights at liverpool john lennon airport should resume imminently after the runway was closed for snow clearing. bristol airport reopened earlier on after closures to runways overnight. yesterday a man's body was recovered from an area of flooding in north yorkshire. major incidents have also been declared in leicestershire and lincolnshire, and east midlands ambulance service has declared a critical incident. a severe flood warning is in place near barrow upon soar, meaning there is danger to life and large scale evacuation is required. river levels there are expected to remain high until tomorrow. the environment agency has 190 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected and 292 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible in place. and a short

time ago, the met office issued new snow and ice warnings for scotland and northern ireland that are now in place until midday tomorrow. well, the bad weather isn't just here at home. a storm blair has killed five people in the us. more than 60 million americans are facing weather warnings, and seven states have declared emergencies, including kansas and missouri. washington dc is bracing itself for heavy snowfall. forecasters believe the extreme weather is being caused by the polar vortex. canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau announced his resignation yesterday after nine years in power. the 53 year old said at a press conference in ottawa that he would stay on as both prime minister and leader of the liberals until the party chooses a new chief. he also announced that parliament will be prorogued until the 24th of march. trudeau said that he was fighting internal battles in his party after he faced plummeting popularity at the polls. today

is the 10th anniversary of the charlie hebdo attack in paris, where 12 people were killed and 11 were injured in its newsroom. the french satirical magazine has marked the anniversary with a special edition, with the word indestructible appearing on the coven indestructible appearing on the cover. brothers cherif and said kouachi stormed the offices of the magazine on the 7th of january 2015, in retaliation to the magazine printing cartoons of the prophet muhammad. the shootings marked the start of three days of terrorist attacks in paris, and a short while ago, president macron attended an event to mark the anniversary. retail giant next has said it is facing a £67 million surge in wage costs this year, adding it will be forced to raise prices by 1%. the retailer blamed labour's budget after the government announced plans to increase employer national insurance contributions and the minimum wage from april next. also warned of slowing sales growth in 2025. the warning comes after the crucial golden

quarter for retailers in 20 2024 failed to give them the send off they hoped for, with sales just 0.4% higher over the three months to december than in the same period in 2023. those are the latest gb news headlines. now let's go back to tom and emily. >> good afternoon britain. at 12:09 we can bring you this breaking news. jean—marie le pen, the founder of the french far right national front party, has died aged 96. yes. >> so he 1517 00:09:46,408