. >> i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. >> are these wildfires awful? >> are these wildfires awful? >> are the pictures coming out of los angeles at the moment like something out of the apocalypse? really horrific. >> really, really bad. really bad. i'll tell you what it does irritate me, though, is that there's i think there's only as much focus on it as there is, because it's where a lot of stars live. >> yeah, it was a very wealthy area. loads of celebrities have been evacuated, and that seems to be what the papers are headlining on, aren't they? >> yeah. spielberg, ben affleck, steve guttenberg, you remember him, mark hamill, luke skywalker to you and me. and it's terrible. it's not to underplay it. i mean, it's terrible for them, but would it be getting as much attention if paul coyte house was burning down? no. >> exactly. correct. exactly correct. yeah, it's understandable, because the thing is, celebrity sells. everybody wants to know about celebrities. and then, of course, when it's together with that, i mean, i'd say the words the perfect sto

with novak djokovic unsure if he'll return to melbourne next yeah >> it's just gone. 6:00 i'm stephen dixon. >> and i'm anne diamond and this is gb news breakfast. >> the latest figures have come out. for what? >> slugs. slugs in the uk. would you believe? worst ever year last year. well, people losing almost half of their potato crops and things down to slugs. but of course, it follows on from the banned slug pellets. >> that's right. yeah, they've got to find a better way, haven't they? in rome, i read in one of the big papers today that the, you know, the beautiful trees that are particularly good in rome. they're, they they're tall and then they have an umbrella canopy and they have been attacked over the years, recently by some horrible beetle of some sort. and they are beginning to die off. and a lot of the people in rome are very worried that rome won't look like rome without these trees. and you know what? they've tried insecticides. they've tried injecting the trees with some sort of thing. none of it's working. but the one thing that probably will now and they're going to try that

. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond, and this is gb news breakfast.t what age did you sort of look in the mirror one morning and think, i'm. i've turned into either mum or dad. in other words, what age do you. >> about a decade ago. oh, yeah. >> about a decade ago. oh, yeah. >> really? >> really? >> yeah, i think so. >> yeah, i think so. >> how about you? or have you. not yet. >> no, i think i have, but only in the last couple of years. i think 43 is not bad. yeah. not a bad staging post, actually. >> apparently that is the age that we really start turning into our parents. and the telltale signs. i mean, there are a number of telltale signs. number one is you complain about the weather all the time. yeah. i think don't we do that from birth? almost. you fall asleep on the sofa in the evenings. >> oh, no, i don't do that. >> no, i don't, but that's because you live a weird timetable. >> well, that's true, but i fall asleep on the sofa. >> i've been doing that since i was 15, actually. >> yeah, okay. you've started dressing for comfort. oh, yes. >> def

. >> 6:00 i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. >> happy new year.should. >> happy new year. we should. >> new year. happy new year. >> new year. happy new year. >> may we all. is it? well, i know, i don't know. >> i don't know where we're going with that one. >> no. >> no. >> is that an abba song? >> is that an abba song? >> yeah, yeah. happy new year. yes, because it talks about 1979 going into an in ten years time in 89. and that's. oh i see. oh yeah. i've studied those lyrics. >> oh yes. very good, very good. >> oh yes. very good, very good. >> i know you might be thinking you're a day late, but we weren't here yesterday. >> no we weren't. no. do you have a nice new year, both of you? >> yes, i find it. it's all right, i find it. >> oh, nice. i find old lang zion a little bit sad. >> oh, it's very moving. this is what i was saying. no, i find it. i find it very moving, but in a good way. >> well, it's sort of like. it's. i always. it's probably because it sums me up more that i think. oh, it's sad that it's the end of the year. instead of looking

. >> 6:00 i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond and this is gb news breakfast. >> i'm filled with moralutrage this morning. oh, gosh. >> moral outrage. why.7 >> moral outrage. why? >> ladies and gents, is this is this that i've read? and it's in the observer this morning. so, you know, the gig economy. so it's like people who work in bars and restaurants and things and all that sort of thing anyway, and retail people. anyway, there's this new payment system being brought in for, for one company. and whereas if you want to be paid quickly, you have to give them 5% of your wages. what? yeah. so if you want to be paid within 24 hours or i want to be paid within 24 hours ori minute. i beg your pardon? it's one minute. you have to pay 4.8% of your earnings. you pay 2.9% to be paid in three days, or you have to wait 30 days. >> no pay. no, that's. that is appalling. >> i don't see how that can be legal. no, i really don't. previously within this company, you were paid within three days. no, i know i don't want to, because he's just. oh, just legal reasons, really. >> but but if this is the so

. >> i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast.ow, you love nipping to the pub, don't you? >> yes. do you like going to the pub? yeah. >> coyte. you do as well, don't you? >> sometimes. >> sometimes. >> yeah. down the local boozer. >> yeah. down the local boozer. >> always down the local boozer. >> always down the local boozer. >> now, something you wouldn't expect to see or someone you wouldn't expect to see. is the future king. >> oh, really? yeah. >> oh, really? yeah. >> prince william, the prince of wales. he nipped to a wetherspoons, would you believe, in birmingham yesterday and sat at a table with eight very lucky people and bought the round. >> did he? oh, well, good on him for buying the round. >> yeah. apparently he was there for the aston villa game. coyte you'll know more about that. played against everton last night, apparently. yeah. so he popped night, apparently. yeah. so he poppedin night, apparently. yeah. so he popped in for a pint at birmingham new street station and popped in. >> yeah, yeah. he bought the round

. >> 6:00 i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. >> it is cold this morning >> it is cold this morning. >> freezing cold. >> freezing cold. >> and it's going to get worse. apparently. it'sjust >> and it's going to get worse. apparently. it's just it's horrid today. if you're going out any time soon, you've got to defrost the car. it's get the defroster out. get the old. yes and windscreen. >> you need to dig out your hats, your gloves and your scarf. because this morning i couldn't find any. >> and it's. >> and it's. >> no, it's had a bit of a panic. delve through the cupboard. couldn't find anything. so be prepared if you're going out. it's freezing. >> so what's the law when it comes to when i say the law, there is a the unwritten law when it comes to actually de—icing, the front of the car. is warm water allowed so people know not to put hot water can crack the whole thing. >> will it will it will so much quicker though isn't it. >> oh yeah. but no, it's not worth it. >> it's not good windscreen. right. >> so that will so just the spray but not the well i

. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond, and this is gb news breakfast. >> although i didn't stayp for it last night, i was very. it's the first thing i checked when i got up this morning. me too, was to see how luke littler had got on. >> and i've never been that interested in darts in my life before, and i've met so many people who are suddenly really interested. yes. >> brilliant. extraordinary performance. i mean, you have to consider it wasn't a shock in terms of the actual result. he was the 11 to 4 odds on favourite, but michael van gerwen has won three world titles. he didn't actually perform last night that badly. he averaged over 100 throughout. >> he's had a bad year. >> he's had a bad year. >> he's had a bad year. >> he has. he has. but he was he was the holder of the record for the youngest player to win it in 2014, aged 2025. luke littler beats it by well over six years. >> i mean, he's a sensation, isn't he? i know, and he's going to be more and more of a sensation, because you can see that he's got a long career ahead of him. >> well, you can also. that was the big

. >> 6:00 i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. >> why are you smiling about cameron walker's bonnet? so it was a hat, then? >> it's not a bonnet. >> it's not a bonnet. >> it's not a bonnet. >> it's a beanie. it's like a cool snowboarder thing. >> see, from where i was looking. and maybe it's because the screen is a bit far. i thought he had, like, this beatle hairstyle. i couldn't see that that was what was going on. >> yeah, i know, i thought that growing his hair out charlie rowley thought it was a tea cosy. >> yes, yes, yes. >> so where is he? in canada? >> so where is he? in canada? >> no, he's at tamworth indoor ski centre, next to where the ground was, where spurs play tamworth. >> and there's a big ski, so the ski dome right next door. yeah. >> it's a full circle moment. isn't it wonderful. gb news. >> it's actually 20 degrees inside there. but for the for the effect of being inside a snow dome gone to canada. yeah. >> well we could always pretend it's early. notice. >> anyway, it's made us laugh. >> anyway, it's made us laugh. >> i'm so confused

. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond, and this is gb news breakfast. >> morning to you. we're going to kick straight off with the breaking news this morning. of course, that ceasefire between israel and hamas was due to come into force in 630 o'clock, 6:30 am. this morning. our time. but in the last few minutes, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said it won't go ahead unless hamas releases a list, the names of those 33 hostages that it plans to release in the first six week phase of the ceasefire. >> well, it was hoped that the last british hostage, emily dephen last british hostage, emily depher, would be on that list, and now her family can only imagine what they're going through at the moment, grappling with this morning's developments. >> well, there was chaos yesterday on the streets of london, leading to the arrests of 77 pro—palestine protesters who breached a public order act. >> so it's all up in the air and we don't really know what's going on, i guess. and you almost could have predicted that. we're joined in the studio by defence editor at t

. >> it's just gone. 6:00 i'm stephen dixon. >> and i'm anne diamond and this is gb news breakfast.re's some some. it's rather charming news about kirstie allsopp, the tv presenter, you know. >> oh, right. yes. >> oh, right. yes. >> who does properties? basically, she invited a load of her very best friends to the birthday party for her boyfriend. like property tycoon boyfriend. like property tycoon boyfriend. and when they got there, it was their wedding. they were decided to get married, but they didn't want to tell anyone. so it was all a very big surprise and i just thought that was absolutely charming. i mean, you can't help but be happy for her. she's found somebody she never thought she ever would again. and she's found somebody that she's fallen in love with and wanted to get married. and so they planned the wedding as a total surprise to all their friends and relatives. >> oh, well, that's. >> oh, well, that's. >> quite nice. >> quite nice. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i sort of quite like that. >> i sort of quite like that. >> yeah, it must have been a shock because you must have

. >> it's just gone. 6:00 i'm stephen dixon. >> i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. >> well, we start with breaking news this morning and plane crash horror in washington, dc. >> yes, a passenger jet with 64 people on board has crashed into the potomac river after colliding with a us army helicopter. >> well, 19 bodies have so far been recovered. the coastguard, police, divers, rescue and ambulance units are still at the scene. >> us president donald trump has been posting on his social media platform, truth social. he's condemned air traffic control at reagan national airport, saying that this is a bad situation that this is a bad situation that looks like it could have been prevented. it's absolutely horrific situation. as you can imagine, an extensive search and rescue operation is taking place, but it is below zero in washington. the potomac is freezing over and it is pitch black. it's 2:00 in the morning in washington, dc. >> all right, well, let's get the very latest. we've been holding a news conference in arlington, virginia, and this is what officials have had

. >> it's just gone. 6:00 i'm stephen dixon. >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast. >>ll right. ellie's just dropped a bombshell. she has in the last three seconds. yeah. sting was on. she said i mouth taped last night. >> i know. what's mouth your mouth take. >> i have seen and heard this everywhere. everywhere in the last few days, so apparently it's very beneficial for you. it's just muscle tape, you know, when you've got muscles. >> oh. >> oh. >> no sticky tape that you just stick on a. >> oh, well when you get. yeah. when there's an injury and yeah, yeah, yeah. >> that kind of thing. >> that kind of thing. >> you did it over your mouth. >> you did it over your mouth. >> did it over your mouth. >> did it over your mouth. >> apparently if you put. >> apparently if you put. >> that sounds like a great idea. >> yeah, i know too much of this. that's what it is. >> so when you go to bed, if you tape your mouth and it does feel a little bit weird, you have to be quite relaxed. >> oh, ellie. >> oh, ellie. >> come on. it makes you fall into the deepest sleep and it has bene

. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond and this is gb news breakfast. >> morning, morning. i was just thinking we should all have ambition. does ambition keep you going? yeah. do you know what's different? >> sorts of ambition. >> sorts of ambition. >> do you know what's prompted me, brian blessed? you must have met him. you must have interviewed brian. i said, dude, ihave. interviewed brian. i said, dude, i have. i've interviewed him a couple of times, and it's just the scariest thing because he's just scary, you know? he's like a mountaineer and everything has been. >> he goes up everest without oxygen, doesn't he? >> anyway, he's 88 now. >> anyway, he's 88 now. >> oh, wow. >> oh, wow. >> and he's said he wants to climb olympus mons, which is a mountain on mars. twice as high as everest. so he says he wants to go to mars and climb olympus mons. and he did training in russia. >> if anyone can do it, he can do it. but he'll have to talk to elon musk about being on board the first flight. but he's the sort of guy who could. >> i sort of think he might be pushing your luck a

it's just gone. 6:00 i'm stephen dixon. >> i'm ellie costello and this is gb news breakfast.o what do you like on your toast in the morning, you two? if you had to choose a spread, would it be your your jam, your marmalade? >> boring. just have butter. >> boring. just have butter. >> the butter. >> the butter. >> but lashings of it. >> but lashings of it. >> i do like butter or marmite. >> i do like butter or marmite. >> you like marmite? i like peanut butter. crunchy. >> nice. yeah. good. >> nice. yeah. good. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's good for you though, isn't it? peanut butter. especially good for you. apparently. >> fat. >> fat. >> oh, so is it not? >> you shouldn't have a lot of it. >> oh, okay, fine. >> oh, okay, fine. >> but i can't help myself anyway. forget marmalade on toast. the new thing is coffee spread on toast. >> coffee? >> coffee? >> yes, yes, it's a swiss invention. and it's called the coffee paste. and it's a dark roast paste. >> nice name. and. yeah. where'd you get that name from? >> i don't. >> i don't. >> know, let's call it the coffee paste. >> extorti

. >> it's just gone. 6:00 i'm stephen dixon. >> i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. >> do you commute? are you a commuter? i am actually, these days. >> you're a commuter. as am i, aidan. >> yes, absolutely. >> yes, absolutely. >> so this is in the daily mail this morning. the top 20 tunes to commute to. coming in at number one. >> yes. >> yes. >> eye of the tiger. >> eye of the tiger. >> i've got the eye of the tiger. >> no, it's not that song. no. no it is. no survivor. >> it'll be survivor. >> it'll be survivor. >> how's that one? >> how's that one? >> let's say you're. >> trying to sing it, tiger. >> trying to sing it, tiger. >> it's the thrill of. >> it's the thrill of. >> the fight. rising up to the. >> the fight. rising up to the. >> challenge of our rival. >> challenge of our rival. >> well, then, coming in. >> well, then, coming in. >> at number one, the rocky film. >> yes. from the rocky film. i'm doing the glee version. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> 9 to 5 by dolly parton comes in at number two, and happy by pharrell williams comes in at number three. >> happy now i g

. >> i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. oh, it's frosty out there this morning. >> oh. it is. »- >> oh. it is. >> it's very, very cold. you have spent a lot of time defrosting your car. >> well, i let it run. >> well, i let it run. >> oh, that's a good idea. >> oh, that's a good idea. >> i let it run, i don't scrape. >> i let it run, i don't scrape. >> i did the cow trick again. >> i did the cow trick again. >> did you put the towel on two towels? >> one on the front, one on the back. peel them away. little icy. and then the screen is perfectly fine. >> and are they like rocks? they rock solid. the towels when you take them. >> and they make, like, a crunchy noise as typekit. that's quite fun. yeah, it is fun. >> it was the only fun i had this morning, whereas i hadn't planned for frost. >> i'm not a planner, nor am i a planner. no. right. ijust take lukewarm water from from. >> no no no no no. >> pour it over. and that seems to do the do the trick. >> no, it can crack your windscreen. you shouldn't ever do that. >> what if

>> i'm stephen allen and tonight's comedians are louis shaffer and nick dixon. >> this is headliners. >> this is headliners. >> but before tomorrow's news, let's get tonight's headlines with will hollis. >> thank you. your top stories at 11:00. a labour mp is the first to break ranks and call for a national inquiry into the grooming scandal. dan carden, the mp for liverpool walton, urged sir keir starmer to use the full power of the state to deliver justice. speaking to the liverpool echo newspaper, he called it shocking that crimes may have been covered up to avoid confronting racial or cultural issues, adding calls for an inquiry were not an obsession of the far right. urging others in the party to speak out. meanwhile, nigel farage has repeated a pledge that reform uk will pay for an inquiry into the grooming scandal if the government continues to reject calls. speaking at the party's north west conference in chester, reform's leader renewed calls for a national inquiry while criticising division in the uk of living in two tier britain. >> had enough of two tier policing, had enoug

i'm stephen allen, and tonight i've got comedians kerry marx and nick dixon taking you through friday's top stories. this is headliners. but before tomorrow's news, let's get tonight's headlines with sam francis. >> very good evening to you. the top story tonight. well, the street in new orleans where a deadly new year's day attack took place and left 14 dead, has now reopened tonight. among the victims were an aspiring nurse and a father of two, remembered today in a minute's silence at the sugar bowl football game. the fbi says the attacker, shamsuddin jabar, acted alone, killed by police after driving into crowds and planting explosives. he also reportedly posted videos pledging allegiance to isis before the attack, though no links to so—called islamic state has been found relating to a tesla explosion near a las vegas hotel just hours after the incident in new orleans, the fbi says it's now reviewing hundreds of hours of surveillance footage and over 400 public tip offs here. meanwhile, kemi badenoch is calling for a national inquiry into the uk's rape gang scandal, saying justice f