>> hello, it's 11:00 which means >> hello, it's11:00 which means it's >> hello, it's11:00 which means wsfime >> hello, it's11:00 which means it's time for tomorrow's newspapers tonight. join us over the next hour to find out. what does nigel farage think of his fellow politicians? why is lego homophobic and what is lucy letby. speed dating? i'm josh howie and tonight i'm joined by organ donors steve n allen and cressida wetton. together, we'll take you through friday's top newspaper stories. this is headliners. >> but before. >> but before. >> all of tomorrow's news, let's go to tonight's headlines with mark white. >> hello again. the latest headunes >> hello again. the latest headlines from the gb news centre. conservative leader kemi badenoch has attacked the prime

minister's leadership style over claims he broke covid lockdown rules. speaking to gb news, the tory leader questioned the excuse sir keir starmer gave for meeting with a voice coach dunng meeting with a voice coach during lockdown. miss badenoch branded sir keir a lawyer, not a leader. >> the interesting is just how hypocritical. keir starmer has been.i hypocritical. keir starmer has been. i don't know anyone who needs emergency voice coaching on christmas eve. i think that keir starmer is a lawyer, not a leader, and i think he knows exactly what he can and cannot say to get himself out of trouble. >> meanwhile, gb news can confirm that the prime minister has met in private with victims of the southport attack. it's the third time sir keir has been to the merseyside town since last july's stabbings. this latest visit was intended as an opportunity to meet the bereaved families and some of the victims. in the wake of the sentencing of the southport

killer, alex axel rudakubana. earlier, the prime minister visited lancashire and said nuclear power would be prioritised in the spending review at a laboratory alongside the energy secretary. sir keir said more nuclear power plants would be approved as red tape is slashed. ministers say the plans aim to make it easier to build small modular reactors to help deliver clean, secure and more affordable energy. two suspected people smugglers wanted by french authorities have been arrested in the uk by the national crime agency. a 47 year old albanian man and a 25 year old albanian man and a 25 year old iraqi national were tracked down and detained in london. prosecutors in france accused them of being involved in a number of small boat crossings in 2022. they are also suspected

of money laundering and other organised crime offences. police and tech companies have agreed to work more closely to tackle phone theft. the pledge was made at a summit chaired by the home secretary. it follows a week of action across london, in which 230 suspects were arrested. scotland yard said the trade in stolen mobiles is worth more than £50 million a year, as the devices are resold in the uk and abroad. and finally, the king and queen are to pay state visits to italy and the vatican in april. the major spring tour follows multiple trips last year by king charles and queen camilla, including visits to australia and samoa. the royal couple will meet pope francis at the vatican and celebrate the catholic church's pilgrims of hope jubilee year. and that's

it. you're right up to date. now it's it. you're right up to date. now wsfime it. you're right up to date. now it's time for headliners. >> 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. >> hello and welcome to headliners, your first look at tomorrow's top stories with three spiffy comedians. we're going to kick off with a look at some of the front pages. the daily mail, new era of stagflation thanks to reeve's ruinous budget, the telegraph bloated state is harming the economy, and the guardian fears over stagflation. as reeves growth plan suffers double blow. steve stagflation, stagflation. >> stagflation it's where you get the mail, dear, and you're in. >> an air pump. >> an air pump. >> and is that what it is?

>> and is that what it is? >> i really should have. >> i really should have. >> i really should have. >> i really. >> i really. >> should have read this beforehand. although the daily mail goes with a different take a new era of stagflation. thanks to reeves. ruinous budget, 100 days on from it, the bank of england's downgraded. >> their forecast. >> their forecast. >> of growth. >> of growth. >> to 0.75%. »- >> to 0.75%. >> that might look like a small. >> that might look like a small. >> number because. >> number because. >> it. >> it. >> is, isn't it? it's less. >> it's less than 1%. it's a really small. >> amount to grow 50% less than it was. >> 50% less than. >> 50% less than. >> 1.5%. >> 1.5%. >> which is what it was. >> which is what it was. >> we're on. >> we're on. >> maths again and i feel on. >> maths again and i feel on. >> safe ground. >> safe ground. >> it's like being in a room with. thomas sowell. >> isn't it? >> isn't it? >> these two economic. experts with me? >> well, i'm not an economist, but half. >> that's not half. thank you. that was the number i was looking for. is that a number? half? no, it's just not. >> looking good. >> looking good. >> i was reading rumours earlier. >> about starmer. >> about starmer. >> binning her altogether. >> binning her altogether. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> not confirmed. not confirmed. >> not confirmed. not confirmed. >> no. well, he said he wouldn't. >> he. yeah. >> he. yeah. >> he. yeah. >> he can't. isn't it. and now he's not so sure. >> surely you've got to tweak before you do that. because if you get rid of your chancellor. >> you're gone. >> you're gone. >> basically it's one of the things. as you loop round the plughole of a prime minister. so, look, i mean, do some tweaking.

and what i do want to mention in this, though, with the obr saying negative things, the bank of england previously on talking about the news. people have cast these organisations, all these left wingers saying nasty things about the tories. no, it turns out they're also willing to say nasty things about numbers that don't add up. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and we. >> and we. >> it's interesting that they're sort of going stag. it's just going to be like the 70s. but i suspect a lot of people now don't remember the 70s. yeah. maybe our audience. is different. every time i read that wise audience think of. >> the good life. >> the good life. >> yeah, but yeah, but i don't think they're going to remember exactly what it was like in the 70s. and they're talking about here like figures like inflation, like 20%. that's not what they're talking about in reality here. yeah. but the idea that this bit goes up and this bit goes down leads to a flat line. is that the gist of it? that's i. >> was with you. >> was with you. >> up until the. >> up until the. >> graph theory of this bit. >> graph theory of this bit. >> plus that bit i did. >> plus that bit i did. >> you don't remember the 70s. look, you're like three months older than me or something. >> i don't remember the 70s, but i remember. people talking about the 70s. my point is that the

males going on about the 70s, and i don't think that a good part of the country now are even going to remember people talking. >> about people who read the daily mail do. >> well, that's it. all those young people. >> yeah, you're probably right. >> yeah, you're probably right. >> yeah. well, look, let's go on now. the telegraph has just a whole chunk of news there, doesn't it, cressida? >> they certainly do. >> they certainly do. >> bloated state is harming economy. >> so similar. similar situation there. there's a note at the top. >> could trump deport harry. yes. that's the story that keeps keeps. >> going on. >> going on. >> because he. well i suppose he did he lie on his visa application. >> or lie in the book. he must have lied in one of them. the visa application. >> or the book. he lied in his book just to sound cool. hey everybody. i did drugs because i'm a dude. i wouldn't put it. >> past him, actually. and now he's. going to. >> look really silly. he's going to. >> look. >> look. >> like. >> like. >> a silly boy. he's going to have to go to trump and say, i was just looking. i'm just trying to look cool. donald. mr donald, mr trump exactly. >> there's loads. >> there's loads. >> of little things on here. what else. >> have we got? >> have we got? >> miliband plan could cost families £800. >> more bad news. >> more bad news. >> about net.

>> about net. >> zero and such. >> zero and such. >> no one likes it, do they? >> no one likes it, do they? >> i'm willing to pay any amount of money to get. >> your your. your carbon down. >> your your. your carbon down. >> to, to zero zero to be a net zero family. i will pay. no, not at all, but another £800 to add to the however many thousands so far. and also there's this pmqs bid to reform sicknote culture, which was an initiative brought in, was going to be brought in by the tories to sort of bring in somebody to kind of go, no, yeah, you're you're fibbing. you're not really sick. yeah. >> it required instead of your gp's doing it. >> experts were you specialists. >> experts were you specialists. >> where are you going to. >> where are you going to. >> find them. we don't even have enough. you can't see a gp, let alone some. fictional higher. >> up level. it'll be like some sort of lie detector thing and you'd sort of call. oh, i've. and then they check your social media, see if you were out in the pub the night before. >> fair enough. >> fair enough. >> i think it's alan sugar. is that what it is? yeah. he knows. he pulls it out like. >> this, and he just gives. >> this, and he just gives. >> you the. once over and says, no, back. >> to work. no, no. not fired. quite an interesting story. navy

embraces saris. am i pronouncing it saris in the name of diversity. some people trying to make this into a big hoo ha. >> finally. >> finally. >> yeah. all those people who want to combine. their sari. >> and their naval. >> and their naval. >> career, we'll be able to do that. well, as it's been pointed out in the article, they already have people bringing their more specific cultural dress, i.e. in terms of scottish people can wear kilts with their navy uniform. so this is just an just another part of people's culture. what's the problem? i mean, it's such a non—story. >> to use that theory because it is the slippery slope. a uniform is the slippery slope. a uniform is meant to. >> be uniform. >> be uniform. >> the uni bit. >> the uni bit. >> at the. >> at the. >> start tells you what it should be. so as. >> soon as you last stood for university, the as soon as you let one bit go, then. >> of course you can have, you have your scottish thing and you can have your. irish thing and then you can have your. >> welsh thing. >> welsh thing. >> well then. >> well then. >> yeah, why not? >> yeah, why not? >> but it. >> but it. >> is for the. >> is for the. >> formal dress. >> formal dress. >> not like. >> not like. >> when you're. >> when you're. >> actually in the middle of a war dress. how did you feel about worf in star trek next generation? do you think he should have worn the sash on?

yeah. ridiculous. ridiculous. no one else had a that. >> well, any of the bajorans did get to wear the ear thing, but. >> yeah, but then they weren't part of the federation initially, so maybe that was part of the deal. >> by the time. >> by the time. >> deep space nine comes around, imagine we've managed to keep a lot of you guys us. bye. see you next time. yeah. the bloated state is harming the economy. this is from andrew bailey. he's basically giving reasons why this stagnation or part of the reason is and we've just we've hired too many people in the private in the public sector. and they're not giving value for money. surprise. yeah. i mean. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> exactly . >> exactly. >> exactly. >> what a surprise. >> what a surprise. >> so we're spending more than ever on the public sector. what i'm interested in is they talk about not having a measurable. there's not an increased output. >> what would that look like. how how are they measuring this? >> i just think that's fascinating. >> well it includes. >> well it includes. >> teachers doesn't it? >> teachers doesn't it? >> so more kids. >> so more kids. >> i think you need to. >> i think you need to. >> count how. >> count how. >> many kids. >> many kids. >> are, but they've said it's mostly within the nhs or health related activities. that seems to be well, okay. >> so that's my. >> so that's my. >> yeah. so the. >> yeah. so the. >> output going up means. >> output going up means. >> more people. >> more people. >> are sick and. getting treated. i don't.

>> know, it doesn't sound good to me. >> it's the problem with the nhs. >> the number of. >> the number of. >> people leaving the. hospitals can never exceed the number of people. >> going in. >> going in. >> well i suppose. >> well i suppose. >> maternity units. >> maternity units. >> so actually that's the way. >> so actually that's the way. >> to do it. »- >> to do it. >> if you want to get productivity. >> up, you've got to get the birth rate up. fair enough. there is another story here. we're going to cover that though in the in a coming up section, because i need time to fully allow my head to explode. about. london's first palestinian demo was planned as the october 7th horror was actually going on, but like i said, i need time to sort of gear up and just are into that one. spoiler alert don't give away which stance you're going to take on it. oh you're going to take on it. oh you're right okay. yes, it could be any any way. who knows. let's go on to the guardian then, please, steve. stagflation. no one's. >> talked about this. fears over stagflation. as reeves growth plans suffer. >> double, double blow. >> double, double blow. >> the two that we've just mentioned. and they've also got cairo. >> in warning on. trump gaza plan. >> this is his plan. i don't know if you've heard about it. >> no, no, you might. >> no, no, you might. >> not pay any attention. >> not pay any attention. >> it's a two state. >> it's a two state. >> solution where none. >> solution where none. >> of the. >> of the. >> states are for the

palestinians. >> so technically. >> so technically. >> still a one state solution. so that's what that's what the pro palestinians want is a one state solution. i mean, well, the trump state. >> is the two state. he'll he'll have he'll. >> still. >> still. >> own it. there is no way. >> it's going to be anything other than trumplandia. >> yeah. but the so you've got cairo. >> saying that they. >> saying that they. >> would resist. they would resist. >> any of. yeah. >> any of. yeah. >> because it's. >> because it's. >> going to it would. >> going to it would. >> destabilise the area. >> destabilise the area. >> you wouldn't. >> you wouldn't. >> like all of the other states nearby. >> you know why it would destabilise the area? >> because then you'd have. other people who are more likely to. >> like, kick off in these countries that have managed to not have it, which is exactly what the palestinians have done in every single country that they've gone to lebanon, jordan and whatnot. and the first thing that egypt did after october 7th was just build a massive wall to stop people coming in for exactly that reason. but yeah, i don't think do you think it crested? do you think it's actually going to go ahead? it seems it's just extraordinary. >> isn't it? i really i've been. >> isn't it? i really i've been. >> struggling to. >> struggling to. >> picture it. we were talking about. >> it earlier. >> it earlier. >> and thinking, does he really. >> and thinking, does he really. >> mean it? is it. >> mean it? is it. >> a bluff? i mean, at first i thought, oh. >> it's like a sort of somebody in. >> the north. hundreds of years

ago. it's philanthropy. they're building. >> something for the community, you know, needs to build the big cotton mills. but i don't think that's what it is. >> it's how you saw it. i saw it like 60 minute makeover, where they're. >> out for a while and they. >> out for a while and they. >> get back. >> get back. >> look what. >> look what. >> we've done to the place. oh, they got so obsessed. you know, a lot of people say is this. they say, this is trump speaking arabic in terms of speaking the language of the strongman. this is what they understand. it's sort of bluff, strong rhetoric. and that is the sort of arabic mentality. that's what people say anyway. and so it doesn't matter necessarily whether it happens. it's more just the fact he's saying it pushes. do you think everyone will behave bit. >> better than in the region? >> better than in the region? >> well, they already have. we've already they've had hostages coming out before he even got in. so yeah. anyway, let's move on and have a look at a couple more pages. we have the metro hostels in crisis over winter, vomiting bug, the sun millom dreamed of 1d id 1d one 1d one direction. you're only three months older than me and a reunion and star boffins lazy

gits live longer. cresta the metro here with this bed locked. yeah. >> bed locked. >> bed locked. >> wards filled. >> wards filled. >> to the brim as norovirus surges. >> apparently 13,000. >> apparently 13,000. >> spaces are taken up by people fit enough to be discharged. >> well, that's. yeah. >> well, that's. yeah. >> have you ever had it? >> have you ever had it? >> it's no virus. >> fantastic for weight loss. >> fantastic for weight loss. >> i know the country has an obesity problem, guys. was that why you were out? just sort of getting people to cough into your face? >> well. >> well. >> it's you know, it's. yeah, exactly. >> that's what i was up to. >> that's what i was up to. >> so it's not good, is it? >> it'sjanuary >> so it's not good, is it? >> it's january and our nhs is at breaking point. what. no it's not, it's february. yeah. >> which newspaper are you reading? >> it says. >> it says. >> the date right at the top. don't start a thing of reading out the date from. >> the top. >> the top. >> of a newspaper. >> of a newspaper. >> steve, this is the same old story. basically, the real problem is that there are too many people in beds, and they will not be taken out of the beds. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's the not. >> it's the not. >> having the care to go home. yeah. and i mean, that. would improve. your productivity. >> in the public. >> in the public. >> sector, getting the people. >> sector, getting the people. >> who are bed blocked, who

were. >> blocking because they've got nowhere else to go. so maybe reform the social care, i guess there's, there's a review. >> on that that doesn't. report back until late 2029 or something. well these people will still be in there then, right? what about the sun? this is the story that you were just skipped over blake lively i didn't oh, you're right. let's do the blake lively. >> i mean. >> i mean. >> i mean. >> i don't i don't. >> really know the details. >> really know the details. >> but the more. >> but the more. >> i'm. >> i'm. >> learning about. >> learning about. >> it. i'm loving this story. ignored. >> this for ages. >> this for ages. >> and then it. turns out there's some naughty text involved. oh, i've been enjoying reading those. >> they are really good. no, because he. did you read it? have you read any of the. i've seen a couple of. youtube shorts. no. they released. sounds difficult. oh, she sounds difficult, but there's all these texts and she's like, they're like talking about rehearsing. and she's like, oh, yeah, maybe we can meet in the flesh. it's very flirty. we ca