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>> political commentator. >> jonathan lyth. >> jonathan lyth. >> on today's . >> on today's. >> on today's. >> show. reform uk civil war continues as rupert lowe has the whip removed following. threats of bullying accusations. lee anderson. says reform. >> uk. >> uk. >> cannot function with rupert lowe as one of its mps. >> we'll have the latest on that developing story. >> for the. >> for the. >> great. british debate. >> great. british debate. >> i'm asking have you lost. faith in reform? >> the poll is. >> the poll is. >> up on gb news. >> up on gb news. >> com let. >> com let. >> me. >> me. >> know what your thoughts are. >> know what your thoughts are. >> as rupert lowe. the row with rupert may made you lose faith over nigel farage's party. and in my. >> girl meghan markle. >> girl meghan markle. >> she's back. >> she's back. >> let's go. >> let's go. >> yes, her netflix. >> yes, her netflix. >> show with love. >> show with love. >> meghan has been savaged by variety magazine. >> as a forced march. i'll be laying out my thoughts on this at. >> four in the niggle. you won't want to miss. >> that difficult conversations. >> that difficult conversations. >> also joining me, disability campaigner andy maloney, who says the national insurance

increases from the government's budget could. >> harm the disabled community. >> harm the disabled community. >> and of course. it's international women's day. so i'll be speaking to a journalist in cancer survivor daphne barak, who survived the nightmare thanks to her friend the. >> duchess of york. all of that. >> duchess of york. all of that. >> on the way. >> on the way. >> but first, let's get your latest news. headlines with louise. >> louise mackenzie. >> louise mackenzie. >> thank you very much, nana. good afternoon. it's just after 3:00. i'm louise mackenzie in the gb newsroom. a body has been recovered by police from the river thames, which is being unked river thames, which is being linked to a manhunt for the suspect in the valentine's day pub shooting in kent on february the 14th. yeah, on february the 14th, a 43 year old lisa smith was killed after she was shot outside a pub on main road in kent. the suspect was known to lisa and later that evening officers found his car abandoned

on the queen elizabeth ii bridge to repeat. a body has been recovered by police in the manhunt for lisa smith's murderer. a man has climbed big ben draped in a palestinian flag. at least nine emergency service vehicles are at bridge street at parliament, with crowds looking on from beyond a police cordon. westminster bridge has been closed and tours of the parliamentary estate have been cancelled for the rest of the day. a metropolitan police spokesperson says officers are at the scene working to bring the incident to a safe conclusion. they are being assisted by london fire brigade and london ambulance services. it's reported that the incident started at around 8 am. this morning. we'll bring you the very latest as it happens on gb news. meanwhile, pro—palestine activists have vandalised president trump's golf course in scotland. red paint was sprayed over the clubhouse while the

message gaza is not for sale was painted on the lawns of the us president's turnberry estate. this action is reportedly in response to his administration's plans to, quote, take over gaza and ethnically cleanse the region. the reform mp rupert lowe has been suspended from the party amid allegations he made physical threats against the party chairman, zia yousaf. mr yousaf confirmed the party had also received complaints from two female employees about serious bullying in low's parliamentary and constituency offices. in a statement, mr low said he was disappointed but not surprised to learn of what he had of what he says were false allegations. he also says that the allegations of bullying at his offices are not about him. he's taking legal advice. a migrant has died and more than 180 others attempted to get to the uk. today, it marks the

eighth consecutive day of small boat crossings. it takes the total number who have crossed since last saturday to around 1900, and has shattered all previous records for the number of migrants arrived at this point in any year since the crisis began in 2016, at least 12 people have been injured dunng 12 people have been injured during a shooting at a pub in toronto. four victims have non life threatening injuries but the other conditions are not yet known. toronto police say that the suspect was wearing a black balaclava and was seen fleeing in a silver car, and is still at large. today marks international women's day. the annual celebration aims to champion women's achievements across all aspects of life. speaking at a visit to raf northolt, chancellor rachel reeves met with women personnel in the armed forces. >> well, it's fantastic at raf northolt to be able to meet with women personnel in our armed

forces on our front line. international women's day is an opportunity to celebrate how far we've come, but also as a government and for me personally, as the first ever female chancellor of the exchequer to redouble our efforts to ensure that we have opportunities for women, which is why we are going further and faster on childcare and breakfast clubs to help parents, but particularly women, balance work and family life. >> and finally, for european brown bears at whipsnade zoo have woken up from hibernation. the bears manor, mini inaya and of course cinderella have finally gotten out of bed after three months of deep slumber, signalling the start of spring at the uk's largest zoo. well, those have been your latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm lewis mckenzie. now it's back to nana. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning

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biographer angela levin. she's back and on the menu. >> the duchess of sussex. that's on the way, as ever. send me your thoughts, post your comments. gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, let's. >> start with this. >> start with this. >> ongoing war with reform uk. now, the party's chief whip, lee anderson, said that he cannot function. it cannot function. with rupert lowe as one of its mps. the mp for great yarmouth has been accused of twice making threats against the party chairman, zia yusuf, and bullying two female members of staff. that's rupert lowe. mr lowe also denies all these allegations. now he has been targeted for criticism of nigel farage. he said that. he called him a messiah who does not want to delegate. interesting. >> well, joining me. >> well, joining me. >> now. >> now. >> is dup news. >> is dup news. >> reporter, adam cherry. adam, what more can you tell us? >> it's all being litigated out in the open on social media, isn't it? it's back and forth, back and forth. and today you

have rupert lowe saying he'd like to go for dinner with nigel farage and saying he's been rebuffed previously trying to settle this. it seems like rupert lowe suggestion is that he tried to do this privately, had frustrations with the party infrastructure and access, and was getting nowhere, so then tookit was getting nowhere, so then took it public. and now here we are. i don't i don't quite see what's next for him because there's only five of them in the comments. and if he is now an independent and we've only just had this election, if you can believe it, i know it seems like a lifetime ago, but it's only been, what, six, 7 or 8 months or whatever it is. so now he has to sit there as an independent whilst his former colleagues are calling the police on him. well. >> that's what i was going to ask yusuf. >> now, what's his role in all of this? >> yeah. well, he's there were complaints made in december which were only taken my understanding, to the police on thursday evening after all this started to kick 1