brexit gives us is the >> what brexit gives us is the tools to solve those problems, and unfortunately, we haven't used them as well as we could have and it seems like the labour party is going to use them even less well. >> a new yougov poll reveals 55% of brits now say brexit was the wrong choice, as labour ministers tried to reset their relationship with the european union. here is shadow foreign secretary dame priti patel. >> i'll tell you now what i will do and what my party will do is that we'll stand up for brexit. we'll stand up for the british people that voted to leave the european union. >> elsewhere, more than 10% of farmland in england is at risk of being replaced by, you guessed it, solar farms and tree planting. that's to help reach the government's net zero target. and elsewhere, president donald trump blames diversity hiring for the washington plane crash that killed 67 people. >> it's very important to understand that for some jobs and not only this, but air

traffic controllers, they have to be at the highest level of genius. >> and hollywood a—lister sir anthony hopkins pops into his local chippy in port talbot. that's after losing his home in the la wildfires. what celebs have you seen in your hometown? get in touch. >> so the question is has brexit been a plus or a benefit? five years on, i'm here all day at nonh years on, i'm here all day at north shields fishing quay. i'm going to be asking that question whether it's thumbs up or thumbs down. send us your thoughts, post your comments. what do you think? gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, let's get your latest news headlines with aaron armstrong. >> good morning to you. our top stories. investigators in the

us. have recovered the black u.s. have recovered the black boxes from the passenger plane, which collided with a us. army helicopter yesterday, killing 67 people. a warning some flashing images are to come. officials are hoping the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder and the cockpit voice recorder can offer clues as to why the american airlines jet collided with the black hawk helicopter on its way in to land in washington, dc. 40 bodies have now been recovered from the river, which means 27 people are still unaccounted for. and it has since emerged that just 24 hours before yesterday's crash, another jet hours before yesterday's crash, anotherjet had hours before yesterday's crash, another jet had to hours before yesterday's crash, anotherjet had to abort its another jet had to abort its landing at reagan national airport because of a helicopter coming close to its flight path. authorities say the investigation will take time. they've promised to issue a preliminary report within 30 days. however, president trump offered his assessment within hours, blaming diversity policies introduced under the biden and obama presidencies as a factor in the disaster without providing evidence.

>> the faa's website states they include hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability, and dwarfism all qualify. the initiative is part of the faa's diversity and inclusion hiring plan, which says diversity is integral to achieving faa's mission of ensuring safe and efficient travel. i don't think so. 50. >> so. >> the government's pledge to invest an extra £100 million of funding for neighbourhood policing in england and wales, as it seeks to boost the number of officers on the ground. it's in addition to £100 million announced in december, in an effort to put 13,000 more police on the streets by 2029, one of the government's central pledges. the investment is scheduled for the next financial yeah scheduled for the next financial year. each police force will set out its plans to use those increased patrols by early spring. the princess of wales

has followed the king and princess diana, becoming patron of ty hafan children's hospice near cardiff, where she spent time with children, families and staff. it was catherine's second engagement this week as she continues to gradually return to royal duties at ty hafan or haven house, a hospice that helps around 400 families. princess kate confirmed earlier this month she is now in remission from cancer , and some remission from cancer, and some of the world's biggest music stars have been performing in los angeles for a benefit concert to help the area recover from the devastating wildfires earlier this month. >> i'm high, but i'm grounded. i'm sane, but i'm overwhelmed. i'm sane, but i'm overwhelmed. i'm lost. but i'm hopeful. >> alanis morissette joined rod stewart, green day, sting and stevie nicks, among others. parts of la, the second largest city in the us and home to many

of those musicians, were devastated last week by those fast moving wildfires. 25 people died. the line—up also included acts born in the area like billie eilish, the red hot chilli peppers and no doubt. proceeds will go towards rebuilding communities and preventing future fires. that's the latest from the gb news room. i'll be back with more in less than half an hour. >> and good morning to you, ben leo here in the newsroom in london, nana akua, my co—host normally on friday is in the nonh normally on friday is in the north east. it's five years today since we officially left the eu. i know there's been a lot of concern and some doom and gloom from some quarters about how things have gone. i'd argue it's not brexit that it's not politicians who haven't delivered brexit. and i think personally, one of the main brexit was perhaps was about immigration. we wanted to secure our borders, take back control, of course. however, that's what

happened.l2 of course. however, that's what happened. 1.2 million people since 2021. let's hear from nana akua who's in the north east. good morning to you, nana. >> good morning ben. well, i'm here at north shields fishing quay now. it's arguably the busiest shipping quay across the east of this country, and it handles pretty much everything from, you know, even even fishing boats from netherlands and across europe. but they have seen changes here. and so far , seen changes here. and so far, everyone i've spoken to has really not had a positive word to say about brexit. well, joining me now is nick hanlon. now he is the manager for the fishing quay. nick hanlon, thank you very much for joining me. now i have spoken to quite a few of the fisher people, fishermen, fisher them. i'm not really sure. what are you fishermen? you are. you're okay with fishermen. and they have all said that brexit has been an utter disaster. how do you see it? >> i would say that really, nothing's changed in terms of

the act of going to sea. so for the act of going to sea. so for the fishermen themselves, there hasn't been any, any changes, certainly no positive ones anyway. and they're effectively still operating under the same rules as the eu's common fisheries policy. and nothing's nothing's changed at all really. >> so there's been no difference. do you think that the way some have described this as a bit of a decline in our fishing industries would have happened anyway without brexit? >> again, i wouldn't even say there's been much more of a decline because not an awful lot has changed. you get boats coming and going and new boats enter the fleet and other boats get sold. so we're pretty much exactly where we were in terms of in terms of numbers as we were before brexit. >> well, what about the fact that things are digitised now? so that's supposed to save you money. does that work? is that working out. >> well for the fishermen? i think everything's gone a bit more digital, and i wouldn't say it's saving them the money as such, because that they're just having to do a little bit more when they're at sea and they're not they're not always capable of doing that. >> so what do you what is your take on a lot of them saying

that if they had the chance again, they'd actually vote to remain. and what did you vote? >> i voted to remain. and i think a lot of the fishermen were sold of how it was going to be when we left the eu, and when in actual fact, the north east were not particularly affected by eu vessels entering our waters and our fishing grounds here. we do have a couple of dutch boats who come now and again, but generally speaking, we weren't facing the same access problems as as boats in the channel and boats on the west coast of scotland. so i can kind of understand why they voted. however, up here i think we're we're kind of just went with the status quo of, well, this is what's going to be best for fisheries because that's what was sold. and in the reality nothing's changed. >> so there's been no real changes at all. and you haven't seen any difference about brexit. but now even though you voted to remain, would you vote the same way if you had the vote ' 7 m. again? >> yeah, i would still vote to remain. >> yeah. you would still vote again. so in terms of this particular fishing quay, we were here earlier this morning and we were listening to the market and that it wasn't that busy. 1521

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