andrew pierce, if you're watching, this is a fabulous way to start a programme.ot sure 10 am. would quite work. >> oh, i could make it work. >> oh, i could make it work. >> let's have a go at number. right. are you getting jealous out there in the audience? good. >> okay, a little more minerally, perhaps. i'm thinking on the nose. you have to come up with all sorts of words. >> a little bit sharper. probably be very nice. extremely cold on a very hot day. yes, it's slightly warm, which is nobody's complaints to the production. >> it's slightly warm. >> it's slightly warm. >> it's slightly warm. >> i wouldn't say it's warm, but it's just not. >> it's not as cold. >> it's not as cold. >> it's not as cold. >> it's not super chilled. >> it's not super chilled. >> yeah, but it's a little bit more metallic. metallic? i don't mean that in a, in a in a bad way, but it's a little bit more. yeah i preferred number one if i'm honest. number one felt like sunnier climate. >> okay, fine fine. we'll we'll drag those back from you and. come on beth, this is. >> you can take the

pierce. looking for a point of yes looking at to you should goals in if he weres of what you set out to do that is good. but being the engagement at work that andrew noted the successes and the resolutions move forward i think you see through a lot of the w that the team has been doing to work with the individual teams and to assess different investments to -- to make questions robust and capturing the risk and capitolizing opportunity that it is, that those best practices are being done by the team. and it is a small team. yet accomplish a lot. so, it -- again difficult to say that one certain item you want to say whether you are -- below pierce is -- really meeting that mark and doing things on the multipronged approach to which look toward the net zero goals and to make progress. >> thank you. >> thank you. and thank you andrew again for your reporting on esg. i think spurs is ahead when it come to footprint and on this space. i want to you go back to the -- i know you are involved with this and they november? new york and -- begin that is going on around the country as kirt mentioned in his res retreating and not putting as much on esg, what d

this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and miriam cates, who's standing in for bev turner. >> well, prince andrew is urged to go into hiding this christmas over his connections to the alleged chinese spy. the identity of the accused man is currently being kept secret, but reform mps are threatening to name him in parliament and the prime minister. >> sir keir starmer's international diplomatic tour continues as he looks to form closer ties with norway and estonia to build partnerships on green energy and defence. >> yes, the prime minister on a two day trip talking about security, energy security and defence. i will bring you more from a very windy norway shortly. >> and the foreign secretary, david lammy, has announced a £50 million aid package for vulnerable syrians after the fall of president assad. meanwhile, lammy says diplomatic talks are open with the syrian rebels who toppled the assad regime. >> hts remains a proscribed organisation, but we can have diplomatic contact and so we do have diplomatic contact . have diplomatic contact. >> and are we seeing a seismic shift i

this is britain's newsroom with me, bev turner and matt goodwin in for andrew pierce. >> the prime minister will set out his ambitions for the next phase of government, but immigration will not be on the list of top priorities . list of top priorities. >> we're going to be talking to olivia about that in just a moment. fat jabs rollout. the nhs denies millions access to the weight loss drug mounjaro , the weight loss drug mounjaro, over fears that they're going to be overwhelmed by the demand, with some people then having to wait 12 years for it. >> as crystal palace captain mark gay, he faces no action from the fa for writing a religious message on his rainbow armband. do we need to keep inclusivity drives like taking the knee? rainbows and armbands out of football any moment now. >> the mother of 28 year old emily de—man. she's the only remaining british hostage being held captive in hamas. she's going to speak. her mother is going to speak. her mother is going to speak to a press conference for the first time. >> au revoir, michel barnier. france descends into political chaos, where prim

this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and miriam cates who's in for bev turner. >> well, it's the church of england in crisis. the archbishop of york is refusing calls to resign, as he's criticised over his handling of a sex abuse case. more on that to come. >> i'm going to random new pressure to take concerns about china more seriously as the government is warned. the alleged spy yang tingbao, great mates of prince andrew, is not a lone wolf . lone wolf. >> and has prince andrew been exiled? the duke of york will miss sandringham christmas celebrations with the royal family following embarrassment over his links to the chinese spy over his links to the chinese spy scandal. >> the father and stepmother of ten year old sara sharif will be sentenced today for her brutal murder as the government steps up, protection for the most vulnerable children. while parents lose the automatic right to home education and national insurance rises in chancellor rachel reeves budget is putting charities at risk as children's hospices reveal they'll be taking a £5 million annual hit. >> as fundi

this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and miriam cates is in for bev turner. >> well, there's a rebellion brewing within the labour ranks over the decision not to compensate the waspi women. take a listen to the veteran mp, diane abbott. >> we did promise them that we would give them justice. i understand the issue about the cost, but does the prime minister really understand how let down waspi women feel today? >> up to 100 labour mps could rebel against the decision to rule out spending up to £10 billion to compensate the waafs begum prime minister says it's unaffordable. >> i'm afraid to say the taxpayer simply can't afford the tens of billions of pounds in compensation when the evidence does show that 90% of those impacted did know about it, that's because of the state of our economy, and the cost of living just got more expensive. >> as water bills will rise by 36% over the next five years, while 60,000 homes are without water in southern england. is britain's water supply broken? >> and more than 50 members from the extended royal family will have their traditional pre—c

britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. so the government refuses to compensate women born in the 1950s who were not aware of state pension changes. this is the waspi women they are vowing to fight on. here is the work and pensions secretary, liz kendall. >> the government does not believe paying a flat rate to all women, at a cost of up to £10.5 billion, would be a fair or proportionate use of taxpayers money. >> so that's another betrayal of pensioners. a new report says police must be better prepared for violence on our streets, as it's revealed they missed warning signs before the riots this summer. after the southport killings, more on that to come. >> nigel farage has met elon musk at donald trump's mar—a—lago residence as the world's richest man looks set to bankroll reform uk. are we going to witness a political revolution? >> i'm breaking this morning. inflation has risen to 2.6%, up from 2.3%. don't worry though, the chancellor says it's in line with other developed nations. >> and with a new year comes a new set

while andrew pierce takes a well—earned holiday. >> yes, indeed.tiny is mounting now at the bbc after it's emerged that bosses knew of allegations of misconduct against gregg wallace dating back as far as 2012. it's a great talking point. this. >> it is a great talking point. >> it is a great talking point. >> it is a great talking point. >> i speak as a woman who's worked in all sorts of industries in tv , which weren't industries in tv, which weren't always particularly sympathetic, let's say, to women, and sometimes it did get a bit racy, especially in the world of sports. but i think there's a massive difference between the odd off coloured joke and actually being discriminatory against women or committing some sort of sexual offence. let's see what emma kennedy said. she was the actress who won celebrity masterchef in 2012. she said that she thought she saw a camera assistant , a female saw a camera assistant, a female camera assistant bend over, and gregg wallace , she said, went gregg wallace, she said, went for and put his hands near her bo

welcome to britain's newsroom live across the uk and the world on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierceod to have you back in the studio. it was a pretty remarkable demonstration yesterday. >> it was incredible yesterday. i was so pleased that i could be there because there were hundreds of furious farmers, actually thousands of farmers, but hundreds of tractors, let's say, descended on westminster to continue their protest against the government's changes to inheritance tax. it was honestly, genuinely an honour to be there. i couldn't not be there. and as long as these guys are protesting, i will be there. one person who stuck in my mind was this person. i was walking through central london. i just caught his eye. he wasn't a farmer, but he felt like he had to do something. here's what he said. just people going to work. they're not they're not part of the protest, but they just want to have their show, their appreciation for these people who work so hard. good morning. are you here with the protest? >> i am i don't even i don't i'm not even a farmer. >> amazing. so why are you here? >

the first day after you'd done that show and there was a certain acidity between yourself and andrew pierceiced and it wasn't a natural pairing. i think my exact phrase to the boss was, you could have put me with anyone and you put me with him. but, you know, i think we've developed a mutual respect. we both work really hard. he has a knowledge set that i don't have. i know things that he doesn't know. so between us, we rub along quite nicely. we? yeah, we. somebody described us as a couple that have stayed together for the kids, and it's like we've stayed together for the program and for the children. and you have those moments when you do want to kill each other, but you also have moments of great affection. no. >> and it's been a it's been a terrific success. yeah. what are your highlights of the year? >> but i think politically, watching all the key protagonists who instigated lockdowns and all of the nonsense of that year leaving number 10, and that was wonderful for me. but obviously they've been replaced by a shower of shame, who are worse, it seems. >> i wondered what you were going

britain's newsroom with me , bev britain's newsroom with me, bev turner and miriam cates in for andrew pierce. well, furious farmers conservative leader kemi badenoch forces a vote to save family farms as farmers plan to protest again next week against labour's inheritance tax raid . labour's inheritance tax raid. >> well, more than half of the public, they say they would support the farmers if they decided to strike, as parliament sees that opposition day debate today. >> there's a prison capacity crisis. whitehall has ruled that prison spending plans are insufficient by at least £4 billion to meet demand, as the watchdog highlights the failings of the previous conservative government. and the qatari state visit the royal family welcomes the emir of qatar as he pledges to invest £1 billion in climate technology, but should we be rolling out the red carpet for the qataris at all.7 and rolling out the red carpet for the qataris at all? and is it a career ender? the president of south korea faces impeachment after an attempt to impose martial law in a chaotic 24 hours military rule, impeachment

the first day after you'd done that show and there was a certain acidity between yourself and andrew pierceiced and it wasn't a natural pairing. >> i think my exact phrase to the boss was, you could have put me with anyone and you put me with him. but, you know, i think we've developed a mutual respect. we both work really hard. he has a knowledge set that i don't have. i know things that i don't have. i know things that he doesn't know. so between us, we rub along quite nicely. we? yeah, we. somebody described us as a couple that have stayed together for the kids, and it's like we've stayed together for the programme and for the children. and you have those moments when you do want to kill each other, but you also have moments of great affection and no, and it's been it's been a terrific success. >> yeah. what are your highlights of the year? >> but i think politically, watching all the key protagonists who instigated lockdowns and all of the nonsense of that year leaving number 10, and that was wonderful for me. but obviously they've been replaced by a shower of shame, who are worse, it s

i'm actually andrew pierce, who's normally with you here on britain's newsroom monday to thursday.ppy to be here and even more happy to have with me in the studio are the political commentator alice grant, former adviser to jeremy corbyn. remember him, james snyder and the journalist hilary freeman. let's talk first of all about keir starmer, because, according to the mail on sunday, he badly needs a holiday. he's beenin he badly needs a holiday. he's been in power 169 days. james schneider i thought he'd had quite a few holidays. he's been on 17 trips abroad since he got into number 10. >> i think those are all work trips. i mean, everybody deserves a holiday at christmas time, and i imagine being prime minister is probably quite a lot of work. it is. yeah, it's a lot of work. it is. yeah, it's a lot of work. it is. yeah, it's a lot of work. and i think whether you're doing a good job or a bad job, you should still have a holiday. and he's doing a bad job. but yeah, it's fine. i mean, why wouldn't he have holiday? >> he did cancel one , which was due. >> oh, yes. >> oh, yes. >> du

morning and welcome to britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce >> so the home secretary, yvette coopen >> so the home secretary, yvette cooper, has paused in common with all countries in europe actually all syrian asylum cases as fears grow that many jihadists in syrian jails could come back to britain. >> that's right after the collapse of bashar al assad's regime, there are concerns over who will be freed from these prisons in syria. think shemima bacon. prisons in syria. think shemima bacon . shamima. shamima is in is bacon. shamima. shamima is in is in a camp over there. isn't she? >> she's in the refugee camp. camp could be turned out. yeah she could. courts have twice rebuffed her attempts to come back here. and i certainly don't want her back. >> yeah, well, the prime minister said that britain and its allies must be intensely focused on the transition to a new regime in syria, amid fears of a resurgent islamic state. >> let's talk to the former head of counter—terrorism at the mod major—general chip chapman chip. morning to you. of course

this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so good morning dai. another day. britain's intelligence services have launched a summer internship, but white british students are banned from applying. one mp says it is state sponsored racism . state sponsored racism. >> the american rappers jay—z and sean diddy combs have been accused of raping a 13 year old girl after the mtv video music awards two decades ago. jay—z has vigorously denied allegations and said his heart was broken for his wife, beyonce and their family. >> well guess what.7 prime ministers off on his jollies again. this time he's heading to saudi arabia for trade talks and to secure closer ties with the gulf state. well, that's marvellous, isn't it.7 >> and the chancellor, chancellor of the exchequer, rachel reeves, is pushing for a business like relationship with the eu today as she heads to off brussels, she declares there will be no chaos with the current government, unlike the previous one. >> and in the middle east, syrian dictator bashar al assad has fled to moscow after rebels seized power