laboun labour. well, it's not than labour. well, it's not exactly a bold claim, nigel. i mean, come on, you could put the brains of starmer, reeves and rayner and lammy into some birds and somehow they'd still fly backwards. now the bbc, they're all about tackling disinformation, they say this week, except they're busy spreading it. take this. they posted about a gun wielding leader at a ghana inauguration, sparking concern while elon musk's ex, the community, noted it and set the record straight. turns out the leader was cheered, not feared. maybe bbc verified should start by verifying their own content before going after anti—labour tech titans. it strikes me there's a little bit of an agenda at play there. and yes, my friends, over christmas i was very much on your screens more than the adverts, but it was an honour and a privilege. that said, though, it really is wonderful to be back with the

regular superb saturday five crew as a panel, we've all grown really rather fond of willie, so we've been out to the outback to find our willie in the bush and after some to and fro in oz, he's risen to the occasion and is standing firm to attention for us once more behind the gb news desk. now, as always, if little willie gets a little too excited, doctor renee is here with a cocktail of common sense in injectable form. be warmed , in injectable form. be warmed, and she's ready to sedate any woke warriors in our midst. meanwhile, charlie downs is fighting the good fight for making britain great again. and as for kai wiltshire, well, he's so woke. he's trying to make britain so woke. none of us will ever be able to sleep again. good luck with that. rumour has it he can only get off at night by rewatching shakira announce freezing pensioners and fat tax farmers. now each of our punchy panellists will outline their

argument on a chosen topic, and then it's game on. and things crash faster than the british economy after a rachel reeves budget. or we go off air after a net zero energy blackout. and of course we want to hear your views as well. send them through at gbnews.com/yoursay. and don't forget your questions for ask the five. no topic is off limits. but my friends, before we start tearing each other apart, it's time for your saturday night news with will hollis. >> thanks, darren. your top story at 6:00. nigel farage has repeated a pledge that reform uk will pay for an inquiry into the grooming scandal if the government continues to reject calls. speaking at the party's nonh calls. speaking at the party's north west conference in chester, reform's leader said the abuse of children in towns across britain, predominantly by men of pakistani heritage, was

the most unique evil in his lifetime. he used his speech to criticise both the prime minister and leader of the opposition, while renewing calls for a national inquiry into the scandal. he also praised gb news investigation into the abuse. >> what has become clear is we thought this was happening in 6 or 8 northern towns, charlie peters, who is really reignited this story, charlie peters doing, i think, great work for. gb news. has shown us that he has evidence that these barbarities have taken place in at least 50 towns. >> well, all that comes as ten reform councillors in derbyshire leave the party over the leadership of nigel farage. meanwhile, the health secretary has warned the use of

inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities. he also says he fears rhetoric could lead to atrocities similar to the christchurch mosque shootings in new zealand, which killed more than 50 people. wes streeting told the guardian newspaper there are people in my community who have either pakistani heritage or look different, who are now more fearful today than they were before. in other news, ukraine says its troops have taken two north korean soldiers prisoner in the kursk region. writing on social media platform x, president volodymyr zelenskyy said the wounded men who were fighting alongside russian forces are being treated and transported to kyiv, where journalists will be able to speak with them, he added. dufing speak with them, he added. during the troops was not easy as ukraine's enemies usually execute their wounded to erase any evidence of north korea's involvement in the war. some

10,000 north koreans are believed to be supporting putin's army in the defence of russia. after ukraine's surprise incursion into its territory earlier this year. back to the uk. now a migrant has died while trying to cross the channel from france to the uk. more than 30 people were rescued after a boat got into difficulty overnight. the migrant from syria was reportedly crushed by others on board the leaky dinghy. a government spokesperson who confirmed the deaths said the tragedy underlines the terrible dangers of small boat crossings. chancellor rachel reeves says there's no choice but to engage with china as she seeks to restart britain's formal economic relationship with the nation. the liberal democrats have urged the chancellor to return to the uk immediately and announce a serious plan for growth. but reeves says agreements reached with china

today are worth £600 million to the uk over the next five years. >> overall, this government's re—engagement with china already sets us on course to deliver up to £1 billion of value for the uk economy. this includes across our financial services, in which the uk is a global leader. financial services are the engine which power prosperity and growth through deep and liquid capital markets. our two countries share great pre—existing links in this area as the highlight of our bilateral economic relationship across the atlantic, authorities in los angeles have declared a local health emergency for the whole county due to poor air quality. >> as fire and smoke has blanketed the area, 11 people have now now died and over 10,000 homes and businesses have been destroyed. california's governor has called for an

independent investigation into how critical fire hydrants ran out of water and became appear impaired. your final story for now. temperatures dropped to —18.7 degrees in the uk's coldest january night for 15 years last night. the met office says the temperature was recorded in the most northern region of the highlands. much of the uk endured below freezing temperatures overnight, dropping to —11 in the shap and cumbria, with heathrow recording minus five degrees. football matches have been postponed today due to the cold snap as it plays havoc with fixtures. meanwhile, in derbyshire, gritters were stopped from working by 200 parked cars in the near in the scenic route near edale. the county council turned to social media , asking visitors to the media, asking visitors to the peak district to please move your car. those are your latest headlines. i'll have more in just 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. >> cheers very much will. it's saturday night my friends, and you're with the saturday five. i'm darren grimes, and i can promise that you're in for a very lively show, but. well, actually, before i get to this, i do want to say that i don't know if you heard, but someone's phone went off during that. my perfect intro there. i must say, i thought that was a very good one, and it was ruined by the leftist on the panel, who i think was being called by sir keir starmer to ask him and tell him that his membership was in question if he appears on this show with that grimes fella, i think that must be what it was. anyway, that's tenner docked from his fee, i'll tell you. >> that really stuffs up everything to the left.

>> honestly, they can't organise a you know what in a brewery. all right. we've got, as you can see on your screens, if you're watching us on television, alex armstrong, that traitor joining us live in the studio. alex, you're not on the saturday five. you've gone on to cover ben. leo. and you'll be on at 9:00. what have you got coming up in your show? >> well, i thought we could just make this the saturday six, seeing as i'm already here. darren. well, you know, besides that, because we can't do it tonight. we're going to have an explosive show this evening. of course, we're coming off the back of that groundbreaking grooming gang documentary headed up grooming gang documentary headed ”p by grooming gang documentary headed up by charlie peters. we're going to have all the analysis coming up at 9 pm, so please do tune in to hear more. we've got ben habib going up against gwen towers as well. that's going to be a massive head to head. you're not going to want to miss that. they're going to be talking about whether nigel farage, his leadership is under threat. we're 1502 00:09: