significantly rotherham, an area significantly impacted by grooming gangs rape gangs, has announced her support for a national inquiry into those grooming gangs. could the backing from miss champion tilt the prime minister into announcing that full blown national inquiry will have full reaction throughout the show to this astonishing breaking news line.7 and earlier today, sir keir starmer refused to say if rachel reeves will still be the chancellor at the next general election, adding he had complete confidence in my team. that normally follows your losing yourjob in normally follows your losing your job in football at normally follows your losing yourjob in football at any your job in football at any rate. well. kemi badenoch claims that reeves is clinging on by her fingernails, and reform claimed the prime minister is distancing himself from reeves. is the writing on the wall for the reportedly depressed chancellor .7 and an exclusive gb chancellor? and an exclusive gb news report has exposed outrageous plans to dig up war graves in british cemeteries, including those of world war i veterans, to make way for new dead bodies. i'll speak to the

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british, pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls. 100 cross—party mps forced her to resign on wednesday. she voted against a national inquiry. today. she wants an inquiry at least once locally. what forced her dramatic change of position? is this scandal simply too big now to contain? it's an incredible story. we'll have the latest, including. i'm joined by sue read from the daily mail, who reported on this story throughout all of those years. and she has some fascinating insights into the scandal that is now simply too big to contain against its usual ways. gbnews.com/yoursay. but now, as your headlines and it's katie bowen. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon. >> it's just gone. 3:00 these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom, as you've been heanng the gb newsroom, as you've been hearing some breaking news in the last half an hour, the labour mp for rotherham, sarah champion, has called for a national inquiry into grooming

gangs. in a statement posted to x, the mp said that local inquiries do not have the power to compel witnesses or evidence and would not satisfy the public concern of cover ups. it comes as over the weekend, another labour mp, dan carden, also broke ranks with sir keir starmer to call for an inquiry. he's urging the prime minister to use the full power of the state to deliver justice. to use the full power of the state to deliverjustice. we'll state to deliver justice. we'll bnng state to deliver justice. we'll bring you more on that as we get it. >> the prime minister says ai is a force for change that will transform the lives of working people for the better. >> sir keir starmer promised investment, jobs, investment, jobs and economic growth due to a boom in the sector, he said in a boom in the sector, he said in a speech this afternoon. it comes as his government battles against allegations that they're mismanaging the economy. the government's announcement claims that if ai is fully embraced, it could bring £47 billion to the economy every year. and it says that £14 billion is set to be invested by the private sector,

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ruthless approach to public spending, although he declined to say whether she would remain in her job for the duration of in herjob for the duration of parliament. in the past week, there's been a drop in the pound and an increase in borrowing costs. mr reeves has been in china bolstering ties with the nation, which senior cabinet minister pat mcfadden has said today was in the national interest. shadow business secretary andrew griffith told gb news earlier that the chancellor failed to make some vital decisions in her budget. >> we're in this mess and it really is a mess and there's more economic data out from businesses today showing that they're cutting back on hiring. confidence, as we know, is in the floor and the cost of borrowing that the gilt markets are at a near 30 year high. so the difficult decisions should have been made when the chancellor originally did her budget. and there's nothing that this government has done that has actually reformed the cost of government, which many of your viewers all know is not really delivering for british people. it's costing a lot of

pubuc people. it's costing a lot of public sector employees. those are the difficult decisions she should have made. and frankly, i don't think she's got any credibility. >> at least 24 people have been killed and thousands evacuated as fires rage on in california. the la county medical examiner also said at least another 16 people remain missing. fierce winds are forecast to continue for the coming days, further fuelling the fires. the largest inferno is currently just 13% contained. more than 100,000 people are under evacuation orders. meanwhile, us president elect donald trump has called politicians in california incompetent over their handling of the fires. the boyfriend of a young mother who took her own life has been found guilty of assault and prolonged domestic violence, but was cleared of her manslaughter. a warning that the following contains content which some viewers may find distressing. ryan wellings, who's from lancashire, became the first defendant to be tried

before a jury accused of the unlawful killing of his partner after 23 year old sienna dawes took her own life following domestic violence. the 30 year old was found not guilty of manslaughter, but guilty of assault and coercive and controlling behaviour between january 2020 and july 2022 following a trial. wellings, who denied all charges, made no reaction as the verdicts were read out. scotland's former first minister nicola sturgeon has announced she has split from her husband, peter murrell. ms sturgeon and mr murrell met via the snp and first became a couple in 2003. they later married in july 2010, in glasgow. in a statement posted to instagram stories, she wrote with a heavy heart, i am confirming that peter and i have decided to end our marriage. miss sturgeon unexpectedly announced she was stepping down as scotland's first minister and snp leader in february 2023, after taking over from alex salmond following the

independence referendum in 2014. and former heavyweight world champion tyson fury has announced he is retiring from boxing. in a video posted on social media this afternoon. the 36 year old lost his second fight with current titleholder oleksandr usyk last month in saudi arabia. fury had previously said he had no intention of retiring after his defeat to usage in december. those are the latest news headunes those are the latest news headlines for now. more from me in half an hour. >> now. huge breaking story this past 30 minutes and sarah champion, the labour mp for rotherham, an area significantly impacted by grooming gangs, has announced her support for a national inquiry into those rape gangs. and she announced the move on x, formerly twitter, as part of her five point plan to tackle child abuse in the uk.

and let's cross straight now to gb. news, national reporter and investigations editor, charlie peters. charlie an incredible development. a significant development. a significant development. let's not forget back in 2017, it was sarah champion who wrote that article for the sun newspaper. quote britain has a problem with british pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls. for her sins, she was forced to resign as a minister. she was the secretary of state for women and equalities 100 cross—party mps led by the labour mp naz shah, wrote to the sun demanding her head and they got it. last wednesday she voted against this vote. now she's had a 1507 00:09:39,696 -->