well, on that positive note, sir richard branson, the founder of the virgin group, my friend, i reallys forjoining me. merry christmas, richard, to you and your family. and i'll check in with you soon. yes. thanks a lot. well, that's it for this week's show. i hope you enjoyed it. don't forget, you can keep up with the latest on our global economy on the bbc website or the smartphone app. of course, you can also follow me on twitter, tweet me, i'll tweet you back. thanks for watching. and a very merry christmas to you all. i'll see you in the new year. bye bye. hello. mild and returning on tuesday. some snow in the north of the uk. ice across northern england and scotland first thing. some snow over the highest ground of northern england, southern scotland. here likely to stick around longer. very wet for wales and the south—west of england. windy in southern parts. i moulded a for many. tuesday night. rain southwards and eastwards. —— a milder day for many. it's days mild as we had through wednesday. — — it stays mild. welcome to bbc news, i'm lucy grey. our top stories: the severe wi

well, on that positive note, sir richard branson, the founder of the virgin group, my friend, i reallyate your time. thanks forjoining me. merry christmas, richard, to you and your family. and i'll check in with you soon. yes. thanks a lot. well, that's it for this week's show. i hope you enjoyed it. don't forget, you can keep up with the latest on our global economy on the bbc website or the smartphone app. of course, you can also follow me on twitter, tweet me, i'll tweet you back. thanks for watching. and a very merry christmas to you all. i'll see you in the new year. hello. doait do a it will stay pretty cloudy earlier this morning, it plays what it's these wave clouds over the skies in cumbria, satellite pictures picks up the extent of cloud that we have across the country and biggest which is cross north—west is have across the country and biggest which is cross north-west— which is cross north-west is where we are seeing _ which is cross north-west is where we are seeing heavy _ which is cross north-west is where we are seeing heavy bursts - which is cross north-west is where w

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so i wouldn't consider richard branson in the same league. we take a look at at newman, out of newman at we work. it's basically a guy who's taking least space and sub leasing it chopping it up with distressed wood floors and nas press on machines and, and, and foosball games and some bean bag furniture and trying to have it recast as a technological revolution, which it wasn't, it was just a lot of hype, and that's what happens in the course. elizabeth holmes with their nos were back. and i have written about this and in several places, just about how people got drawn in by her charm, ants and showmanship. so the pathologies there are, are with some fakers out there, some pretenders, but you take a look at high profile, large ego. people say, such as a thinking of bill gates of microsoft or jeff bezos, of, of amazon, or michael dell who's, who's a pretty quiet guy, but has a strong ego of dell technologies. they managed to overcome these pathologies. they're every bit as much a genius as the, as the authentic ones we talked about earlier in

ah, you know, i'm thinking right now richard branson. right. everybody loves kind writer of reviews by sort of think richard branson. so kind of warmer cuddly or version of, of some of what we're talking about. elizabeth holmes, of fair nos. that comes to mind though, adam newman, of we work, you know, where to some degree i'm interested in the ecosystem of even fake genius coming on in the culpability of media and press and civil society. are we creating these people because of our desire to create gods in the tech space? there's a great book called the frenzy of renown that just takes a look at our quest for celebrity. and we shouldn't confuse was celebrity with genius. and yes, we have seen virgin records in virgin air and virgin co can virgin everything else come and go along the way, not sustained business, not a revolution of the way things are being done, but a lot of me too heavily hyped new entrance and businesses. so i wouldn't consider richard brands them in the same league. we take a look at, at newman, out of newman at we work. it'

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>> no, no, no, no, sir richard branson. >> i'm asking a question. >> it has to be 600. >> i think the -- [ laughter ] >> let me tell you what i think. [ laughter ] >> oh my god. i'm out of here. >> that was a moment. >> you look genuinely ticked off there. were you? >> i was. >> you supposedly said after that that you never want to be in the same room with sir richard again, is that true? >> not quite. not something i look forward to. >> have you been until the same room -- >> i have not. i haven't talked to them since. >> what's your relationship like with the other sharks? >> we're family. we get-togethers and go to each other's birthdays and hang out, dinner. kevin is a self-described wonderful. >> you were being an entrepreneur and i don't mean on somebody else's back. you're famous for getting cold emails and g mail address is pretty well-known. >> yeah. >> and you get cold email pitches and one of them a couple years ago got you going into something called cost plus drugs. what is that? >> there is dr. alex a radiologist by trade who wanted to create a compounding pharmacy that

some of the big name supporting this group include danny glover, john legend, answer richard branson.te, celebrities can do whatever they want with their money, but i think when these groups start to feel lawsuits coming their way, for incidents like this, stuff might -- this actually shut down a chapter. >> dr. nesheiwat: it makes them think twice. when you are a celebrity bailing out criminals, you are condoning criminal activity. even if you are not a celebrity. take a look at this guy's rap sheet. he pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny, felony burglary, convicted of auto theft, arrested for pandering and carrying a concealed weapon. he was let out on $3,000 bail, and he shot this waiter 11 times. he could have killed him. that is why we see such a high rate of recidivism, because there is no accountability, no repercussions, just a vicious cycle. they go to jail, they don't get the help they need, whether it is from drug addiction or mental illness, and we see it over and over. we need to reform our bail programs, we need d.a.s who are not soft on crime, and we need more hel

awoke bail fund backed by celebrities like richard branson david glover and john legend is now closedeing sued for free ago serial criminal who tried to kill someone days after being released. that nonprofit the bail project helped free this man unsee right here last december and now being sued by the man he is accused of shooting 11 times just six days after being released. san that cruise police issuing a warning about fake parking tickets after a man was arrested for handing out faux citations to beach goers. admitted to making and issuing fake tickets which included a qr code to receive payment. the suspect is facing charges of fraud and unlawful use of a computer system. and "avatar" the way of water cruises to second week at the top of the box office bringing in $56 million. >> humans are returning. they are hunting us. >> what's our plan? >> this is our home. this is our family. this is our fortress. griff grift sequel joins other 2022 hit like top gun maverick and lifting theater audience about 68% from 2021 when theaters struggled during the pandemic; however, box office numb

a liberal bail reform group backed by woke celebrity like danny glover, sir richard branson coming tole reason you can imagine, this career criminal was released just after the bell project paid three grand to bail him out on charges. six days later, police say this guy tried to kill a man opening fire in a las vegas restaurant. shooting 11 times. that winter survived and is now facing prosecution. the rap sheet is a mile long, grand larceny, auto theft, felony burglary, three short years. so, kennedy, is this how we get this stupid bail project to stop? by having people who are injured by those who are released from the bail project suit and actually held accountable, is that how this ends? >> kennedy: yeah, that is how all of these things end. when someone realizes that someone else is accountable for their suffering and they go after them legally. that is the only thing that will make people sit up and pay attention. some bail practices in this country have been horrific and have taken good people and put them in the system, and eventually put them in prison for minor infractions.

who are like a lot you know a lot of respect for richard branson has got a lot of money and thatituation where i'd say well why isn't he providing that he could provid e £1,000,000 and not could provide £1,000,000 and not even think about exactly . yes, even think about exactly. yes, i thought that myself as i was reading it out. yeah. at moment. is it really the right thing for the government to be giving him a million quid do that, even a million quid to do that, even though? it is very important research. i mean, it's not groundbreaking. say, he groundbreaking. as you say, he could it up he could cough it up and he could just for himself . so just for that himself. so i don't know. i'm torn . i'm don't know. i'm torn. i'm talking about a million quid goes nowhere. it's pocket change far the government's far as the government's concerned all it's not concerned and all but it's not a good look . but if you add them good look. but if you add them all up, look after the pennies, however, if it's fuel that however, if it's a fuel that could reduce carbon emissions by 70, that sudde

and can you if we had to vote for shall we say three people and they were richard branson, tony blairry. well lot of people would have gone out, hang themselves from the nearest lamp post. three jokers. yeah. now live the monarchy. thank you so much , hugo vickers. and also so much, hugo vickers. and also cole. lovely to talk to you both . this is a gb news. stay with me. i'm nana akua. well, live tv onune me. i'm nana akua. well, live tv online and on digital radio for the great british debate hour. i'll be asking so much more because more than hundred thousand. but first of all, more than one ukrainian refugees have come to the uk since the war began and many will be celebrating christmas abroad away from friends and family. moscow said that there was no of a christmas ceasefire . after a christmas ceasefire. after nearly ten months of fighting for the ukrainian who suddenly had to call uk home. many are desperate , trying to hold on to desperate, trying to hold on to their culture traditions over their culture traditions over the festive period . as alex the festive period. as alex

a taste of her medicine last but least all of your books whether on jeremy corbyn, tony blair richard branson always a page turner. always, always a page turner. and a must read, as is the latest on meghan markle, which is called revenge highly recommended your on boris johnson is called the gambler. and we understand that boris johnson will fight the next and seek to in parliament an . seek to in parliament an. interesting turn of events there . is he leaving a foot in the door to back into number ten? oh, absolutely . absolutely. i oh, absolutely. absolutely. i thought he made a mistake trying run for leadership so soon after he was turfed out when liz truss was out. but i do that if the tories lose in 24 and find it hard to find a leader to rebuild the party and if he plays his cards properly and does to try to reassert some sort of decent seat at one of the elements must be i think that he cannot continue his relationship with who i think is the worst thing that's happened to him ever and really undermined his premiership . i do think he has premiership. i do think he has a chance. premie

a taste of her medicine last but least all of your books whether on jeremy corbyn, tony blair richard branson always a page turner. always, always a page turner. and a must read, as is the latest on meghan markle, which is called revenge highly recommended your on boris johnson is called the gambler. and we understand that boris johnson will fight the next and seek to in parliament an . seek to in parliament an. interesting turn of events there . is he leaving a foot in the door to back into number ten? oh, absolutely . absolutely. i oh, absolutely. absolutely. i thought he made a mistake trying run for leadership so soon after he was turfed out when liz truss was out. but i do that if the tories lose in 24 and find it hard to find a leader to rebuild the party and if he plays his cards properly and does to try to reassert some sort of decent seat at one of the elements must be i think that he cannot continue his relationship with who i think is the worst thing that's happened to him ever and really undermined his premiership . i do think he has premiership. i do think he has a chance. premie

i mean, look, some a lot richard branson, who's actually sort of very liberal leaning, isn't it? employment fortune. but because he's an entrepreneur and he's one of a kind and. yeah, but he's not running companies and electricity companies . it's he electricity companies. it's he was running train companies. it he was i mean not not anymore i don't think ever very profitably actually. well, no, maybe not always had problems didn't they. but well don't know. do you but well don't know. how do you feel it. i i don't , ijust feel about it. i i don't, ijust think there are some that are making too much money and just getting away with it . and getting away with it. and i think at the moment when you say times are tough and we should all compromise, maybe they should do a bit more compromise. oh undoubtedly, undoubtedly they should. but you know, whether they will. but does it seem like they will. but does it seem like the unions are completely trying to get . well, i know inflation to get. well, i know inflation is like because he goes on about inflation and yet, you know , inflatio