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i'm not andrew gwynne.ldn't use. >> language, but i'm asking for your opinion, minister, which is a perfectly fair question to ask on a sunday morning that this scandal has broken. >> but i don't think it is appropriate while there's an ongoing live investigation, to speculate on hypotheticals as to what might happen to andrew gwynne. >> how disturbed are you that this group also involved another labour mp and labour councillors, who don't seem to have called these messages out. >> i don't know, i mean, i don't think i don't know if you know camilla, i don't know who released the transcript of that whatsapp. i don't know the circumstances in which this information have come to light. again, i don't think it would be appropriate not personally knowing the full details for me to comment on hypotheticals, on speculation when there is this live investigation. i think your viewers, as i've said, draw comfort from the fact that both in terms of the labour party having that administrative suspension, the removal o

i think this is where the _ andrew gwynne. i think this is where the problem _ andrew gwynne.lies - where the problem lies now the keir starmer and his government. we heard from government. we have heard from labour ministers they labour ministers today, they said keir starmer acted the decisively and that the used has been language used that has been reported on was completely even yesterday, gna cce pta ble. even yesterday, had unacceptable. even yesterday, had a statement from downing we had a statement from downing street saying the prime is determined to standards of upl�*e’l�*u�*iqh standards of in public office. and ”isaying j visazying hes” z also saying he wouldn't to take action against hesitate to take action against any minister who fails to meet these standards. a kind these standards. almost a kind of to anybody else that of warning to anybody else that they need to act to a higher standard as labour party members. as say, were members. as you say, there were more people in whatsapp more people in the whatsapp who we understand where ggoup who we understand where

and it's bye bye health minister andrew gwynne! not hello. goodbye. oh, i see what you did now.. that's right. it's going to end up in the mail on sunday. yes. embarrassment. i mean, it's the end of his career, notjust mp in the north west, been an mp for 14 years or so, had what it sounds like is a sort of series of local colleagues, so local party members, local politicians of sorts as well, where they weren't he'd like her to die. is beyond tasteless. presented that message in a string of other very grim keir starmerand his team decided to ditch him before the story had even been published. so the statement from number 10 said that they wouldn't who fails to meet standards required of them. in the health department. there are ministers now out. someone else in, but also for the government. to lose three is careless. henry, what do you think? well, what's weird about it is that, you know, each of the three, you don't have a story like you had when, you know, boris johnson, for example, went through a string that, you know, they couldn't, that his government was falling apart o

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this goes beyond andrew gwynne. for keir starmer and his government. we have heard from labour ministers today, they said keir starmer acted decisively and that the language used that has been reported on was completely unacceptable. even yesterday, we had a statement from downing street saying the prime minister is determined to uphold high standards of conduct in public office. and also saying he wouldn't hesitate to take action against any minister who fails to meet these standards. almost a kind of warning to anybody else that they need to act to a higher standard as labour party members. and an acute energy crisis. these are live pictures from 0lon on the pacific coast, where the centre—right president daniel noboa is expected to vote. you can see people trickling into cast their ballots. popular with younger voters, he has given the security as he grapples with ecuador�*s numerous problems. that is his main the country's first female president. you can see the live pictures as the voting continues. on the trum

tlte andrew gwynne made, comments andrew gwynne made, let us be clear, are completely the prime unacceptablee minister has been very day one of this labour z= that he is government that he is determined to uphold standards at public highest standards of public office, and has acted to , n to dismiss to dismissandrew for that reason. , gwynne for that reason. he is accused i making _ gwynne for that reason. he is accused i making racist - accused of making racist comments his comments about his colleague, diane and diane abbott and sexist comments about angela rayner. diane abbott and sexist co| has nts about angela rayner. diane abbott and sexist co| has since tout angela rayner. diane abbott and sexist co| has since apologised. tayner. comments about angela rayner. he has since apologised. the want further conservatives want further action. there are concerns about anti—semitism in some of the about anti-semitism in some of the ., , ., , the messages. that was a big whatsapp _ the messages. that was a big whatsapp grow _ the messages. that was a big whatsapp group with - the messages. that

in exchange, israel has freed 183 palestinian prisoners, junior health minister andrew gwynne has apologised for "badly misjudged" whatsapp messages after he was sacked by sir keir starmer. after the fatal stabbing of 15—year—old harvey willgoose at a school in sheffield. whalesong. find out later in the programme find out later in the programme. hello. both sides have expressed concerns for the health of those involved in the fifth exchange of the gaza ceasefire deal. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has expressed shock at what he described released by hamas. suffered severe weight loss. today in ramallah were in need of medical care and seven were wyre davies reports from tel aviv. in gaza, this date was the one they'd been waiting for. amid a show of force from hamas fighters, but as the three emerged looking gaunt and weak, shadows of their former selves, celebration turned to shock. translation: it's mixed feelings. i at tel aviv�*s hostages square, the reality of the men's condition hit home, as it did for eli's brother in law, watching from south wales. and the light go

re—elected last year, andrew gwynne has been a labour mp representing greater manchester since 2005.our officials, councillors and, reportedly, another mp. in reaction to one elderly constituent raising concerns is determined to uphold high standards of conduct in public office and lead a government in the service the comments that andrew gwynne made, let's be clear, are completely unacceptable, and the prime minister has been very clear from day one of this labour government colleague diane abbott and sexist comments about the deputy prime minister, angela rayner. he's since apologised, saying, "i deeply regret my offence i've caused." that was a big whatsapp group with a lot of other labour members on. doesn't take action against everyone in that group and messages sent. rajdeep sandhu, bbc news. some news. i can you that plymouth have can tell you that plymouth have beaten liverpool 1—0, and a bit of background to this, plymouth are doing great when it are not doing great when it comes to the league they are but 77 j but 77 only won ilii, in championship ih ichampiahfzzhip ih in c

junior health minister andrew gwynne has apologised hello i geeta in gaza in exchange for 183 palestinian prisoners, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, as the distressing images of the latest three men over to the red cross. today in ramallah were in need of medical care and seven were taken straight to hospital. the icrc now says it's increasingly concerned are dignified and private. 16 hostages and 566 prisoners have been freed for the families of the three hostages held for 490 days in gaza, this date was the one they'd been waiting for. as the minibus carrying eli sharabi, ohad ben watching from their tel aviv home, eli sharabi's family couldn't contain their excitement. shadows of their former selves, celebration turned to shock. translation: it's mixed feelings. i i'm happy to see him standing on two feet, but he looks sad, he looks thin, he looks bad. at tel aviv�*s hostages square, the reality of the men's watching from south wales. he's gaunt, the darkness under his eyes, the pale skin, and the light gone from his eyes, the light that was always there with eli. after

the british mp andrew gwynne has apologised for what he calls "badly misjudged comments" after his whatsapp councillors were leaked to the mail on sunday. as a health minister and suspended by the labour party. as �*nasty�* and �*sinister�*. he was a junior minister for health, but after comments deemed unacceptable, he's been sacked. about bin collections, he used an expletive and then vote, screw you." "ps, hopefully you'll have croaked it by the all—outs." that's when all the seats on a council voted for. but he's also been suspended from the labour party. a government spokesperson said, "the prime minister very clear from day one of this labour government standards of public office, and he's acted decisively to dismiss andrew gwynne for that reason. colleague diane abbott and sexist comments but the conservatives want further action, with concerns in the labour party. and messages sent. war on his country. it's winning. his first promise was to fix it within 24 hours. and the whole trump administration to achieve but speaking today i do not see that happening. this will be a much more d

the labour mp andrew gwynne has been sacked tonight as a health fellow mps and councillors.he greater manchester mp said on x he deeply for any offence caused. our political correspondent leila nathoo has been he's been a member of parliament since 2005. he's currently a... a health minister under keir starmer�*s government going to be coming out it says, the paper says it's had access to thousands of messages, between him and various councillors and it highlights a few of them that have incredibly offensive minister, angela rayner. and that he has been sacked. so the paper had approached the labour party and downing street before publishing this, and they have made it clear that they acted as soon as they heard about this, and also suspended him from the labour party pending an investigation. he will not hesitate to take action against any minister who fails to meet these standards as he has in this case. these comments made in this whatsapp group, are found to have breached the high standards expected of them. keen to draw a line under this very quickly and take this actio

as you say, andrew gwynne has apologised in a statement on x, saying that he regrets those comments andsignations already in his government. he's lost a transport secretary. stand down from herjob. so definitely unwelcome news for the prime minister this evening. four british families who are suing tiktok, for the wrongful death of their children have accused the social media platform of having " no compassion'. in an interview for the upcoming sunday with laura kuennsberg programme — they say they're taking the company to court, to their children. they believe they died after taking part in a viral challenge on tiktok in 2022. here's frances read. four children who lost their lives and whose families say should still be here. isaac kenevan, archie battersbee, jools sweeney and maia walsh all died, their parents believe, after participating in dangerous viral challenges circulating on tiktok in 2022. with the data never released. now they want one thing. accountability. they need to have... ..to look at notjust us — parents around the world. it's notjust in england, it's the us, it's ev

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the militarised zone of the netzarim corridor, which cuts the gaza strip the health minister, andrew gwynne whatsapp. the first president of independent namibia, sam nujoma, has died at the age of 95. chiefs in the us super bowl. iama we start this hour in the middle east, as israeli forces say they've completed their withdrawal from the netzarim corridor in central gaza. the road which split north and south gaza, had been controlled by israeli troops since november 2023. these are live pictures from gaza city where we have seen vehicles moving along the salah al—din road. people walking on foot and on donkeys.

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the comments that andrew gwynne made, let's be clear, are completely unacceptable, and the prime ministers also accused of making racist comments about his he's since apologised, saying, "i deeply regret my badly misjudged comments and apologise for any offence i've caused." but the conservatives want further action, with concerns about anti—semitism in some of the messages. that was a big whatsapp group with a lot of other labour members on. did any of them call it out? doesn't take action against everyone in that group in the labour party. rajdeep sandhu, bbc news. announced that he spoke with russian president vladimir a kremlin spokesman says he can "neither confirm nor deny" it. ukraine's formerforeign minister has cast doubts war on his country. wouldn't want a peace deal because it believed it's winning. our reporter olga malchevska told me to a different angle. they are discussing what is to happen if those peace negotiations to start. anticipate that that process is going to move. about the call which has happened or not, the spokesperson for the russian president they said the c

junior health minister andrew gwynne has apologised for "badly misjudged" whatsapp messages after he was sacked by sir keir starmer. hundreds take part in an anti—knife crime march after the fatal stabbing of 15—year—old harvey willgoose at a school in sheffield. a reminder of our top story this hour, hamas has freed three israeli hostages in gaza, while israel released 183 palestinian prisoners in the latest exchange as part of an internationally brokered ceasefire deal. of those involved in the fifth exchange of the gaza ceasefire deal. fawaz gerges is a professor of international relations at the london school of economics. he gave his assessement of these latest israeli let's really focus on the positives for now, forjust a minute. five exchanges of hostages and prisoners, think of the families and the beloved ones of the hostages, israeli hostages, and palestinian prisoners and captives. the cease fire still holds. two million palestinians now can breathe a bit. they're not being killed and maimed. the challenge facing the international community is that for the second phase of

separately and the labour health minister andrew gwynne has been sacked after it emerged he sent rajdeeptarting with the sacking of �* nguyen from the health andrew nguyen from the health ministry, what has he said and the messages as reported by the on sunday are 5 on sunday are pretty mail on sunday are pretty the be] the m of the messages said that mr gwynne said he hoped a gwynne said he hopeda ., fl. woman would soon be 75,2”,au "ee— "“ "a" has: 7" because she “lee—le" "ee— "“ "a" l:::: l” because she went to the dead because she went to the council about bin collections he also talked about and he also talked about another constituent being mown racist comments down under racist comments about his fellow colleague diane abbott and sexist comments about angela rayner so those the kind of comments those are the kind of comments he apologised yesterday. he he apologised for yesterday. he said he deeply his said he deeply regrets his misjudged comments, badly misjudged comments, apologised for any offence he constantly said he had served the labour party all his life and it was a huge h

calls "badly misjudged comments" after his whatsapp messages criticising constituents, fellow mps andrew gwynned the 200,000 mark and that its next goal is to overtake the membership at the end of 202a. when we overtake them, we will be the biggest political party in this country. that's our goal, that's our aim, that's our target. now, if you read your sunday newspapers, you'll see there's much talk of me doing deals with the conservative party. many years ago, sir, they were a very, very and they are now going to become a party of history, networks of russia and belarus on saturday. let's have a listen. today, history is made. we connect the baltic states to our continental european electricity grid. this is freedom. from belarus. it's truly a big, big deal. dependent on russia. and also russia has a history of using electrical grids for cyber attacks in many countries and in many regions. europe, not russia. thousands of people in spain have been marching in madrid housing crisis. voters are also casting ballots in an election legislative chamber. the vote takes place against a backdrop of a

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determined to uphold the highest standards of public office, and he's acted decisively to dismiss andrew gwynne that was a big whatsapp group with a lot of other did any of them call it out? very quickly, we know that there is still a problem in the labour party. and messages sent. rajdeep sandhu, bbc news. american media report that president donald trump announced that he spoke with russian president vladimir putin in his interview to the new york post. war on his country. wouldn't want a peace deal because it believed it's winning. the donald trump deadline has already— the donald trump deadline has already been extended once. his first- was _ already been extended once. his first was to fix first promise was to fix within 24 hours _ first promise was to fix within 24 hours i_ first promise was to fix within 24 hours. i wish every success in 24 hours. iwish every success in this— 24 hours. i wish every success in this endeavour to the - and _ in this endeavour to the and whole trump to achieve 7 if to aieve their and meet the deadiine in goal and meet the deadline in - moaths— goal and meet

andrew gwynne, . dalton and denton.rew you. all—outs are council elections where all seats are contested. to uphold the highest standards of public office. the deputy prime minister angela rayner too. he has now apologised on social media, posting, "i deeply regret my badly misjudged comments have already offended some. i always found him arrogant, condescending, that was a big whatsapp group with a lot of other labour members on a did any of them step in at the time? did any of them call it out? doesn't take action against anybody in the group face action too. let's ta ke let's take you to new orleans now, in the last �*moments now, in the last few moments plane, air force donald trump's plane, air force one, has landed in err-�*aa5 lanasa in ads... 5555-15 if err-�*aa5 larder! in we... q's-555 if mr trump and if mr trump cosmic attendance at the �* bowl attendance at the super bowl later on today. game kicks 55iat , . 5 5�*at 5:30pm 5 5�* at 5:30pm local time. off at 5:30pm local time. president trump will be the sitt

did they call andrew gwynne out when he said that?f not, what sanctions are going to be taken against them? you know this. we need all of this out in the open as quickly as possible, because otherwise it's the same old laboun otherwise it's the same old labour, same old antisemitism within the left in in this country. and, you know, it shows that labour hasn't changed at all. >> in other news today, the parents of two girls killed in the southport knife attack say they're looking for light in the darkness. speaking to the sunday times, seven year old elsie dot stancombe and six year old bebe kings families remembered their daughters as confident, happy and intelligent. they also opened up about their children's funerals and the support of their communities. in the months since the horrendous attack. alice da silva aguiar has also lost her life. meanwhile, it's been reported that donald trump has talked to vladimir putin on the phone to discuss ending the war in ukraine, according to the telegraph newspaper. the us president said he be

did they call andrew gwynne out when he said that?f not, what sanctions are going to be taken against them? you know this. we need all of this out in the open as quickly as possible, because otherwise it's the same old laboun otherwise it's the same old labour, same old antisemitism within the left in in this country. and, you know, it shows that labour hasn't changed at all. >> in other news, the parents of two girls killed in the southport knife attack say they're looking for light in the darkness. speaking to the sunday times, seven year old elsie dot stancombe and six year old b.b. king's families remembered their daughters as confident, happy and intelligent. they opened up about their children's funerals and the support from their communities. in the months since that horrendous attack. alice da silva aguiar also lost her life on that day. prince harry and meghan cheered and clapped as the united kingdom's team walked onto the stage for the opening ceremony of the invictus games. the couple arrived in canada yesterday for the se

did they call andrew gwynne out when he said that?f not, what sanctions are going to be taken against them? you know this. we need all of this out in the open as quickly as possible, because otherwise it's the same old laboun otherwise it's the same old labour, same old antisemitism within the left in in this country. and, you know, it shows that labour hasn't changed at all. >> in other news, the parents of two girls killed in the southport knife attack say they're looking for light in the darkness. speaking to the sunday times, seven year old elsie dot stancombe and six year old bebe kings families remembered their daughters as confident, happy and intelligent. they opened up about their children's funerals and the support from their communities. in the months since the horrendous attack. alice da silva aguiar also lost her life that day. prince harry and meghan cheered and clapped as the united kingdom's team walked on the stage for the opening ceremony of the invictus games in canada. the couple arrived in vancouver yesterday for

so we've taken decisive action to dismiss andrew gwynne as a minister.is the case, there's a live investigation going on in terms of the labour party. he's been andrew gwynne has been administratively suspended. he's lost the labour whip. i don't know what was said in those whatsapp groups. it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment. >> in other news, tonight, the parents of two girls killed in the southport knife attack say they are looking for light in they are looking for light in the darkness. speaking to the sunday times, seven year old elsie dot stancombe and six year old b.b. king's families remembered their daughters as confident, happy and intelligent. they also opened up about their children's funerals though. plenty in an hour now though. plenty more with free speech nation. >> 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! welcome to free speech nafion >> hello! welcome to free speech nation with me josh howie. this is the show where we take a look a

. >> a newbie labour mp is under investigation after andrew gwynne, the minister, was sacked and suspendedy the party. but where will this end.7 more where will this end? more investigations look likely. >> an illegal working crackdown 4000 illegal workers in establishments such as nail bars, delivery drivers and car washes have been arrested since labour came to power. but why are they here in the first place? >> and a former royal marine has been cleared of racial hatred. jamie michael was taken to court for a 12 minute video for expressing his concern about illegal immigration. he'll join us. us. >> us. >> the time has come to tell the truth, to stand up for our principles, to plan for our future, to reset our principles, to plan for our future, tmp set our principles, to plan for our future, tmp oliver' principles, to plan for our future, tmp oliver ryan admits to burnley mp oliver ryan admits to making unacceptable messages in this whatsapp group where racist, sexist, homophobic and anti—semitic messages were exchanged. >> a newbie labour mp is under investigation after andrew gwynne,

so we've taken decisive action to dismiss andrew gwynne as a minister.s is the case, there's a live investigation going on in terms of the labour party. he's been andrew gwynne has been administratively suspended. he's lost the labour whip. i don't know what was said in those whatsapp groups. it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment. >> in other news, tonight, the parents of two girls killed in the southport knife attack say they are looking for light in they are looking for light in the darkness. speaking to the sunday times, seven year old elsie dot stancombe and six year old b.b. king's families remembered their daughters as confident, happy and intelligent. they also opened up about their children's funerals and the support they've received from their communities in the months since the horrendous attack. alice da silva aguiar was also among those who lost their lives. and excuse me, it's because i'm so excited. plymouth have stunned premier league leaders liverpool, knocking them out of the fa cup in a famous one nil victory at home park. ryan h

labour mp andrew gwynne has been sacked as a health minister whatsapp messages. good morning. late elliot daly try helps them secure a dramatic victory over france at twickenham. good morning. the weather this weekend is stuck in repeat. we've pretty much got the same we had pretty much got the same as we had yesterday, se—fi a lot pretty much got the same as we had yesterday, 9911—11 a lot of pretty much got the same as we had yesterday, 99 11—11 a lot of cloud yesterday, so quite a lot of cloud around. it is a drab, dreary, murky start for many across england and wales. best of the sunshine after a hard frost further north and west. i will have all the details coming up shortly. it's sunday 9th february. our main story: the families of two of the three girls who were murdered in the southport knife attack last summer, have said the sentencing of their killer should not have been televised. parents of 7—year—old elsie dot, and the parents of 6—year—old remembered for their personalities not what happened to them. six months after the southport attack, the flowers may have wilt

now, health minister andrew gwynne, he's been sacked over comments posted on a whatsapp group. as you'll know, if you've been watching over the last hour. and if you haven't, where have you been? mr gwynne reportedly made anti—semitic comments and joked about a pensioner constituent saying he hoped she died before the next election. that's according to the daily mail. now, a government spokesperson said this the prime minister is determined to uphold high standards of conduct in public office and lead a government in the service of working people. he will not hesitate to take action against any minister who fails to meet these standards, as he has in this case. andrew gwynne said this i deeply regret my badly misjudged comments and apologise for any offence i've caused. well, to discuss this, i'm pleased to welcome the former labour adviser, matthew lazan former labour adviser, matthew lazar. matthew, thank you very much for your company in this scenario. in this situation, what would your advice be to sir keir starmer? because right now a lot of our viewers are quite upset by t

meanwhile, shadow chancellor alex burghart said that andrew gwynne comments show sir keir starmer hasn'tot a hold of antisemitism within the labour party. >> the worst thing that i've seen mr gwynne say on that group was that one gentleman was too jewish. now keir starmer claims that he's gotten on top of this problem in the labour party, but he clearly hasn't. we need to know who else was on that group. did they call andrew gwynne out when he said that? if not, what sanctions are going to be taken against them? you know this. we need all of this out in the open as quickly as possible, because otherwise it's the same old laboun otherwise it's the same old labour, same old antisemitism within the left in in this country. and, you know, it shows that labour hasn't changed at all. >> and in sport tonight plymouth have stunned premier league leaders liverpool, knocking them out of the fa cup in a famous one nil victory at home park. ryan hardy's 53rd minute penalty sealed their first win over liverpool since 1956, leaving fans well in disbelief and the visitors hopes of a quadruple in ruins.

gwynne him about the andrew gwynne scandal, let's call it that, because it certainly is. i'm also going to be joined by alex burghart. he's the shadow chancellor, chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, basically kemi badenoch sort of de facto deputy. i'm going to be asking him about her plans for limiting legal migration and what he makes of reports of a megadeal between nigel farage and wait for it. boris johnson. reform archewell, former tory mp. now she's a reform greater lincolnshire mayoral candidate andrea jenkyns joins me. i also want to ask her about the mega pact, because she knows nigel farage and boris johnson very well. is there anything in that mail on sunday's story? i'm going to be speaking to britain's strictest headmistress, katharine , head of headmistress, katharine, head of michaela academy in wembley. she's going to join me to discuss this ongoing row with the education secretary, bridget phillipson. expect some fireworks with that. and as the bank of england downgrades its growth projections for the british economy, i'm going to be speaking to the bus

did they call andrew gwynne out when he said that?f not, what sanctions are going to be taken against them? you know this. we need all of this out in the open as quickly as possible, because otherwise it's the same old laboun otherwise it's the same old labour, same antisemitism within the left in in this country. and, you know, it shows that labour hasn't changed at all. >> a man has been arrested after three people were injured in a suspected knife attack in the north of dublin. two men are in hospital with serious but non—life threatening injuries, while the third has less severe wounds. justice minister jim o'callaghan has called it a random attack, while local sinn fein leader mary lou mcdonald has expressed her shock and sent thoughts to the victims and their families. a large police presence has been in place in the area today, and officers continue to investigate the circumstances, though there is no ongoing risk to the public, they say, but are appealing for witnesses to come forward. the boss of marks and spencer has accused

while health minister andrew gwynne has apologised after being sacked by sir keir starmer over what heescribed as badly misjudged whatsapp messages, the labour mp for gorton and denton is accused of insulting constituents and colleagues in a group chat, reportedly saying he hoped a 72 year old woman would soon be dead. gwynne says he understands the decision and will support labour despite being suspended. the party says it's investigating and will take swift action if it finds rules were breached. the parents of two girls killed in the southport knife attack say they are trying to find light in the dark. speaking publicly for the first time since the tragedy, they've described their daughters bebe and elsie, as confident, happy and affectionate, and said the killer's sentencing should not have been televised. axel rudakubana was handed a life sentence with a 52 year minimum term, one of the highest ever recorded. the families say they want the girls to be remembered for their personalities, not the details of the crime. they've also welcomed a public inquiry into the attack. in other

well, the top story tonight, health minister andrew gwynne has become now the fourth high profile figure to leave sir keir starmer's labour government since their election win. do bear with me while i just make sure that you can definitely hean sure that you can definitely hear. me with a badly misjudged whatsapp messages, reportedly insulting constituents and colleagues, including allegedly hoping a 72 year old woman would soon be dead. the labour mp for gorton and denton has apologised, saying that he will continue to support the party. labour says it's investigating and will take swift action if rules were breached. in other news, the parents of two girls killed in the southport knife attack say they're trying to find light in the dark. speaking publicly for the first time since the tragedy, they've described their daughters bebe and elsie, as confident, happy and elsie, as confident, happy and affectionate, and said the killer's sentencing should not have been televised. axel rudakubana was handed a life sentence with a 52 year minimum term, one of the highest ever recorded. the fami

andrew gwynne guy. >> who's gone. >> who's gone. >> to be fair. >> to be fair. >> pretty quick. this wasn't one of those like, we'll. >> think about it. >> think about it. >> over. >> over. >> the weekend. >> the weekend. >> it's like, no, i'm sorry, you can't whatsapp. >> i hope. >> i hope. >> you die. there were some other things, apparently some anti—semitism. >> he also. >> he also. >> in a message group, said some nasty things. about diane abbott. so i'm sure you think he's. >> not all bad, however. >> not all bad, however. >> well, i've got the jokes right here, steve, and i've got to say, this is the tamest stuff. i mean, he would be thrown out of any normal whatsapp group for not being like for being too straight laced. this is this is really weird. i mean, you got to understand whatsapp groups aren't you're not declaiming on aren't you're not declaiming on a public platform. this is this is where we have our private jokes and our in—jokes between friends. >> some of them. >> some of them. >> are so toxic. i mean, one where i've had to leave it and rejoin with my burner

should andrew gwynne have expected a level of privacy here, or is everything you write as a member ofament, a politician in the pubuc parliament, a politician in the public domain, and he's sort of got what was coming to him. >> morning, adam. morning, everyone. hi. categorically, andrew gwynne should not have expected a scintilla, a hint of privacy when you put something on whatsapp to a group, even if it's private with one friend, you have to assume that that might be disseminated in some way, often without ill intent. but once it gets 2 or 3 people beyond your initial correspondence, it can go anywhere. i mean, these things he said, were genuinely horrible, weren't they? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i think in his if i was trying to defend him, i think i would say that it was years ago. literally some of them, i think, go back to 2019 and i would say that actually he was joking, which i suspect he probably was, but it's a wake up call to all of us that he said some horrible things. it's cost him his job. things. it's cost him hisjob. i can't see how he comes back, but he's really damaged t

sir keir starmer sacks health minister andrew gwynne and one of the world's biggest sporting events returns in the super bowl. welcome to the programme. we start this hour in thailand where there have been emotional five thai farmworkers who were abducted during the october 7 attacks by hamas on israel have returned home, ten days after they were released. the five men were greeted by relatives at bangkok airport. they spent nearly 500 days in captivity. the attack were thais. making them one of the largest migrant groups in the country. in securing their release, saying thailand had never given up hope. the long ordeal of these farmworkers is now over after they arrived back this morning at the bangkok main international airport, giving a traditional greeting to the waiting reporters. it was then an emotional reunion with their families. they have been held for the past ten days in an israeli hospital while their health has been checked but it appears to be remarkably good, being held by hamas under the israeli bombardment gaza. until the agreement between israel and hamas were still alive

more on the government's the mail on sunday were the ones with the now ex—government minister andrew gwynneoffensive comments and the sunday express says leading tories are calling for a pact with reform. lots of different stories around this morning. let's start with a minister having to quit. it is never moment for government. why a good moment for a government. why keep on getting do politicians keep on getting themselves into trouble like this m essa 9 es “messages pinging messages pinging backwards and with messages pinging backwards and forwards? i with messages pinging backwards and forwards? ., ., ., ., , ., forwards? i have no idea, it has to be more male _ forwards? i have no idea, it has to be more male politicians - forwards? i have no idea, it has to be more male politicians than - be more male politicians than female, i have to say but i've no idea. when you look at all those messages, what goes through your mm i don't even idon't even think 77 idont zjseeeisk ge? 1 idont zjseeeisk 61:55? head? i don't even think like that so why would say those things so why would you say tho