the figures are stable. >> and the figures are stable. the markets are functioning in a normal way. so absolutely i have confidence of course, in the chancellor, as does the prime minister. >> recovery and uplifting update. as the princess of wales reveals she's in remission and the new patron of the hospital, royal marsden, which treated her and a gerry adams pay out the man once described as the godfather of terrorism, gerry adams, could be compensated by the british taxpayer. >> we'll explain what that's all about. >> so i just think the whole concept of work life balance was invented by people who hate the work that they do. >> so that's the brewdog founder, james watt, who's caused a stir by labelling labelling britain one of the least work. i think he said, basically said we're the least work orientated countries in the world. we're asking you are we to work shy and is it possible to work shy and is it possible to be fat and fit.7

>> obesity experts are throwing aside their bmi charts, as it's revealed that more than 15 million brits are being wrongly labelled overweight. >> sure, of course they are. and taking the spirit out of flying. ryanair calls for the limit of two drinks at airports in a bid to kerb badly behaved passengers. >> and speaking of mayhem on flights, what do you make of this? if i hear one more remark from anybody, i will be ringing the pilots. >> they will be getting the police and you'll not be having a christmas. >> i think she is brilliant. i will be ringing the police and you will not have a christmas eve. that's the kind of teachers we need across the country. the kind of parents we need in houses. she is fantastic, i love that. we're going to show you that. we're going to show you that clip as again this morning. >> brilliant stuff.

>> brilliant stuff. >> yeah it's brilliant right. gbnews.com/yoursay for all of your thoughts. thoughts this morning. first, the very latest news with sophia wenzler. >> bev and andrew. thank you. good morning. these are your headunes good morning. these are your headlines from the gb newsroom. uk inflation has unexpectedly dropped to 2.5% in december, easing pressure on the chancellor. economists had expected it to remain unchanged at 2.6%. it's after rising energy bills and wages have contributed to inflation ticking up again in recent months. rachel reeves, who has faced criticism following recent market turmoil, responded to the 2.5% figure, saying there is still more to be done and pledged to fight every day to deliver growth and improve living standards in every part of the uk. but shadow chancellor mel stride told gb news rachel reeves must get a grip on the economy. >> i don't know about the future of rachel reeves. that's in the

hands of the prime minister, but what i do know is that she's got to get a grip of this economy. you know, we've seen growth, killed, stone dead. we've seen a government that's taxed the living daylights out of businesses. we have seen, even though inflation has come off a little bit this morning, high inflation above target. and you put all those things together with the moves that there have beenin with the moves that there have been in the bond market. and you've got an economy that's in a very precarious situation. and she really needs to get a grip, particularly on how she's going to start generating growth. >> meanwhile, the chief secretary to the treasury, darren jones, says he and the prime minister have complete faith in the chancellor. >> i have confidence, of course, in the chancellor, as does the prime minister. she returned from china this week doing trade deals for uk businesses and gave a statement to the house of commons yesterday. and we're getting on with the work that we were elected to do by bringing change to this country, starting with economic and political stability and yes, having to

take the tough decisions in order to clear up the mess that we inherited from the conservative party. >> in other news, now south korean president yoon suk yeol has been arrested after attempting to impose martial law. he is the first ever incumbent south korean president to be arrested. more than 3000 police officers arrived to detain him, as yoon submitted himself to questioning in a bid to avoid any violence. however, he claims his arrest is illegal and is now refusing to talk, according to the investigation office. he is still technically the president, as a constitutional court has to decide whether his impeachment is valid and the government is expected to revive laws protecting free speech at universities following a backlash, according to reports, the higher education freedom of speech act, which could have seen universities fined for failing to uphold freedom of speech, was passed under the previous conservative government in 2023. but the education secretary shelved the free speech laws last july, just days

before they were due to come into force in one of her first moves in government. however, it's now understood bridget phillipson is poised to bring back the act in a watered down version in the coming weeks, following widespread fury from academics. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in half 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. >> very good morning. this is britain's newsroom with andrew and bev with you until midday. right. obesity is in the press a lot again this morning. now, a big issue around this is the idea of your body mass index. do you know what your body mass index is? well we can probably say looking at you, you're relatively healthy, at least physically. can't talk about

your mental state or my health. but we know obviously that if you are a bigger person, you are much more likely to have cancer, to have heart attacks, diabetes, strokes, to have diabetes is the big one, of course, and we are failing to deal with it as a country, are we not? and in the papers this morning are some shocking statistics that 1 in 10 children are obese when they go to school, and that rises to 22% when they leave and they leave school. >> so that is the parents are directly responsible for that. if the child, by the time they get to primary school or infant school is already obese, what are mum and dad shoving in that child? >> 10% of parents. this is also clearly there's an education issue here, because 10% of parents are giving children who are aged 5 to 11 the same portion size as them, as adults. would you have ever had the same portion size at five years old as your mum and dad? did you think i did when i was ten? but

the problem is a massive issue for me is this idea of body positivity. so we've we've all been told, haven't we, in the last sort of 10 to 15 years, i would say that you can be big and beautiful, fat and fit, fat and beautiful, fat and fit, fat and fit, which you can be big and fit, which you can be big and beautiful. there's always someone for everyone, isn't there? but i can tell you, you might be beautiful on the outside, but on the inside you've still got a fatty liver. you've still got fat around your heart, you're not well. >> and an enormous pressure on the heart and heart disease is a big problem now in this country. it really is. >> and i don't know how to talk to my teenage daughters about that, because parents were so indoctrinated about the idea that anorexia and bulimia and they were big issues and they are big issues, but it's so much more complicated than the way that a girl might look at herself in the mirror and think, she's too fat. you know, i see a lot of teenagers in my life, and i would say that most of them would be considered now overweight. >> yeah, it's because they eat between meals, they eat between meals, and they're having these, like massive drinks like this. >> they'll get these big sugary

dnnks >> they'll get these big sugary drinks and, you know, the frappe latte and everything. >> and you see them at lunchtime pounng >> and you see them at lunchtime pouring out the school's into the takeaway shops. >> yeah. and i don't know as a parent how to tell my daughters it's as important to be thin for your health, not just the way your health, not just the way you look. it's a really difficult conversation. >> it's because the pandemic has swung the other way completely, hasn't it? >> completely. and that's exactly it. we had this overcorrection. there probably was a very narrow stereotype of what women should look like. and so we quite rightly said, you don't have to be a size eight to be beautiful. you can be beautiful and be bigger than that. you can, but your insides are going to suffer and therefore you might die young. so what do you think? how do we solve this? >> gbnews.com/yoursay do you agree? can you be fat and >> gbnews.com/yoursay d