i'm alastair stewart. and for the next 2 hours i'll be keeping you company here on tv and radio with the stories that matter across the country. we have plenty coming up, including the latest rise in interest rates . latest rise in interest rates. will it kerb inflation? does it risk worsening the recession ? risk worsening the recession? i'll be digging deep into that with old friends and new plus, hints of progress on the northern ireland protocol and the latest on the missing of two nicola foley . we are live at the nicola foley. we are live at the scene . but first, let's bring scene. but first, let's bring you right up to date with all of the day's news. here's tatyana . the day's news. here's tatyana. alistair, thank you . good alistair, thank you. good afternoon. is 12:01? this is alistair, thank you. good afternoon. is12:01? this is the latest from the gb newsroom. the family of missing mother of two, nicola billi have insisted there is no evidence whatsoever that she fell the river wyre nicholas i

channel hello and welcome i'm alastair stewart. and for the next 2 hours i'll be keeping you company here on tv and radio . company here on tv and radio. the stories that matter across country with plenty coming up. can new ministers in new departments focussed on business trade and innovation help kick start the economy .7 we'll also start the economy? we'll also have the latest from with an aid worker and the trouble outside a hostel on mersey side overnight. but first, let's bring you right up to date with of the day's news. here again is radisson . news. here again is radisson. thanks, alastair. rapidly approaching one minute past midday . approaching one minute past midday. here's the approaching one minute past midday . here's the latest. midday. here's the latest. turkey's president says hundreds of thousands of buildings are now uninhabitable following monday's earthquakes . mr. monday's earthquakes. mr. erdogan says steps will taken within weeks to start rebuilding. his comments come as the death toll in southern turkey an

so that's on youtube and you're watching listening to alastair stewart & listening to alastair stewart on gb news. whitney well, still to comments including and i'll second flash of the rural spotlight . we'll be of the rural spotlight. we'll be looking at the shortage of fruit and in supermarkets. just and veg in supermarkets. just what is causing this and what are these solutions? i'll be talking two very special guests next. but a quick. break welcome. and watching alastair stewart& friends helen gb news and radio and online and thank you very much indeed for so doing. our second flash. pardon my language of the rural spotlight will remind you as i'm sure many of you are keenly and perhaps even painfully , that perhaps even painfully, that there is currently a fruit and vegetable shortage at most of the major supermarkets. you may to find items such as tomato cheese, cucumbers, peppers, various types of lettuce. it is apparently due to bad weather in europe, particularly in spain and in north africa as well. morocco, where many of those vegetable items come from and, the idea of it

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sunday hello, i'm alastair stewart and welcome. if you've just joined us.amme keeping. you company here on tv and radio with plenty more still to come, including more of our main discussion. one year on from the start of the war in ukraine following the russian invasion. but first, let's bring you right up to date with more on that and the rest of the day's news is bethany elsey . alistair, thank bethany elsey. alistair, thank you. good afternoon. it's 1:01. you. good afternoon. it's1:01. i'm bethany elsey your top stories from the gb news room the prime minister is facing after proposing a meeting king charles and the european president ahead of potential deal over the northern ireland protocol. ursula der leyen was due to continue talks with rishi sunak over post—brexit trading arrangement before meeting the king, but her trip was cancelled . labour's shadow northern ireland secretary says the move would had constitutional implications. would had constitutional implications . as there are implications. as there are reports a new trade deal is nearly compl

channel hello, i'm alastair stewart. for the next 2 hours, i'll be keeping you company here on tv and radio with. the stories that matter across, the country so the tories need to resolve where they stand , economic policy on they stand, economic policy on growth, on taxation, on deregulation . we will be deregulation. we will be debating that prompted slightly by a remarkable essay that liz truss, the former prime minister written in the sunday telegraph . but as i was just saying to my michael portillo, i think in respects more importantly and i really recommend it if interested in economics and in politics that leader column today says liz truss has started a crucial tory debate. when we'll have some of that here with people the party all friends of mine and from various of the party across the country. but first, let's bring you right up to date with all of the day's news and here is tatiana . news and here is tatiana. alistair, thank you. good afternoon . this is the latest afternoon. this is the latest from the gb

break welcome with emily carver standing for in alastair stewart on gb news know how catherine forcegot breaking news on the nicola bulley case. sad news. i'm the police in the last minutes have put on their facebook that a body has been recovered from the river wyre . recovered from the river wyre. now it's important say the body has not been identified but nicola bulley family have been informed that a body has been found. now the police say that they a call at 1136 this morning from people saying that they had seen a body in the river. they sent specialist search teams, the was cordoned off very quickly . drones, helicopters, quickly. drones, helicopters, etc. divers . they found a body. etc. divers. they found a body. they recovered body identification is yet to take place . obviously the family have place. obviously the family have been hoping that she had left the area that she was safe. so this is a very significant development, very can we expect. of course, we've just learned this news, but can we expect some kind of statement more, some kind of statement more, some press co

i'm nicola sturgeon standing for in alastair stewart today.on the show this afternoon . next up, show this afternoon. next up, we'll be discussing the state of the union again following the resignation of scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon . but minister, nicola sturgeon. but first, take an all first, let's take an all important look at the weather . important look at the weather. hello there will continue a met office forecast . i'm craig office forecast. i'm craig snell. so it's a situation for this weekend . still some rain this weekend. still some rain around especially across the north of the country but for the south certainly going to remain very mild. so here's the situation at the moment. we've had a couple of areas of low pressure through overnight. this one still continue to track one will still continue to track its eastwards as we go its way eastwards as we go through saturday or so into this afternoon . still got afternoon. we still got riverfront lingering across riverfront just lingering across the south of the uk and t

but next is alastair stewart and friends don't go anywhere.rning and welcome to your latest weather update . with me, latest weather update. with me, annie shuttleworth from the met office. now, the rest of this weekend is going to stay quite mild and, dry across the uk and that's because we've got this mild atlantic air being brought up mild atlantic air being brought ”p by mild atlantic air being brought up by this large area of high pressure from the near continent that's going to push any weather fronts to across the north of the uk as well. so plenty of dry weather come has been a rather start to the day though and that's because we've got a blanket cloud that will be that will dominate through much of the weekend . there will be some the weekend. there will be some sunshine breaking out here and there by the afternoon this is most likely across parts of northern ireland as well as eastern areas of england and, scotland and in any of that sunshine it will feel quite warm for the time of year highs of 12 or possibly 13 degrees by saturday

up next is the wonderful alastair stewart and friends. we'll be back next week .. so don't go anywhere. good morning, alex deakin here with your weekend weather update. most of us will be dry across england and wales today. most of us will be dry across england and wales today . rain england and wales today. rain crossing scotland and northern it's miles today will be colder tomorrow, but an awful lot brighter. here's the at the moment, high pressure in control and we're between two weather fronts in here . some pretty mild fronts in here. some pretty mild air. but this weather front is mixing things up a little bit, introducing cloud and rain to the western isles at the moment, that rain will push steadily across and northern ireland dunng across and northern ireland during morning for most of england, wales it's dry, a bit of drizzle here and there on western coasts and hills and some breaks in the cloud here and there to reveal a bit of sunshine. the midlands, eastern england at times that is the rain working its way through the central belts and towards the ea

i'm alastair stewart. and for the next 2 hours, i'll be keeping you company on tv and radio with .y coming up, including a closer look at the starmer's five missions that were announced this week . also after kate this week. also after kate forbes comments during the race to replace nicholas turgeon as leader of the snp first minister of scotland . i'll be asking of scotland. i'll be asking should politics be more personal or perhaps less personal?

channel hello, i'm alastair stewart.mpany here on tv and radio with. the stories that matter across, the country so the tories need to resolve where they stand , economic policy on they stand, economic policy on growth, on taxation, on deregulation . we will be deregulation. we will be debating that prompted slightly by a remarkable essay that liz truss, the former prime minister written in the sunday telegraph . but as i was just saying to my

next is alastair stewart and friends, which this week is being hosted by nicholas owen.. i'm craig snell . so it's a situation craig snell. so it's a situation for this weekend . still some for this weekend. still some rain around, especially across the north of the country, but for the south, it's certainly going to remain very mild. so here's the situation at the moment. we've had a couple of areas low pressure move areas of low pressure move through one will through overnight. this one will still track its way still continue to track its way eastwards through . so eastwards as we go through. so into afternoon , we still into this afternoon, we still got riverfront just lingering across the very far south of the uk . and then this next area uk. and then this next area right , just moving into southern right, just moving into southern scotland the afternoon goes scotland as the afternoon goes on between and also across on in between and also across the very far north of scotland, we will see some bright spells and a calmer day for and certainly a calmer day for north—ea

i'm alastair stewart and for the next 2 hours i'll be keeping you company here on tv and radio with the up today, we've plenty coming up today, including a special programme noting one year since the start of the war in ukraine, the russian invasion of ukraine. we have a fantastic line up top guests from the worlds of politics and

our them obviously on behalf of our viewers, alison stewart is viewers, i'm alison stewart is up next. hello alastairs to day. good morning, michael i was listening today in parliament dunng listening today in parliament during the week which is a terrible habit i have which you may share with me, i don't know. but anyway, was reviewing the process in the house of lords of trying to clear hundreds of pieces of european union and post brexit legisla from the uk statute book and our mutual friend the brilliant michael dobbs was complaining about those who were still sticking their ploughs and anchors in and holding up the whole process. so we thought we might try and mull over what's happening on brexit with a couple of old chums , with a couple of old chums, including denis macshane , a including denis macshane, a labour man, been there, done it . norman baker for the liberal democrats who was in the coalition government . i also coalition government. i also interesting in the papers today interesting in the papers today in the observer , a big gathering in the observer, a big gathering of the great a