and this is britain's newsroom with ben leo and miriam cates.e devlin and claire muldoon in the studio to discuss today's news. and claire, an interesting story in the daily mail. would you charge guests to come round for christmas lunch? and of course, making the point that it's quite expensive to feed a lot of people. >> i don't care. you've invited people round to your house on the best day of the year, arguably. and what are you going to do? issue a bill at the end of it with service? i don't think so. >> what about families? so you might have many generations of one family, and you pick the family who've got the biggest house, but why should they? i mean, it can cost hundreds of pounds. >> yeah, but do you know what? if you've been brought up rightly, and if you actually like your family, you would say, shall i do the ham? well, that's a good way of you do the, you know, what do you want me to bnng? know, what do you want me to bring? yeah. that's what you do. >> that's a good way of if you don't like some family members or friends or in—la

ben leo 444. yep, rolls off the tongue. we'll spot those as well and get them into our producer. but before we do anything else, sam francis has all your news headlines. >> ben. ellie. thank you very much. good morning to you. well, this morning we are going to be covering the weather in detail. so let's start there . and so let's start there. and trains, planes, bridges, sports, festivals and festive events have been disrupted as storm daragh is bringing a risk to life weather alert across parts of the uk. that rare red warning is in place with gusts of more than 90 miles an hour recorded overnight in wales, leaving over 30,000 homes without power so far. the government sent a mobile phone alert to 3 million people, warning residents to stay indoors, but some claimed they didn't receive that message well. passengers have also been describing terrifying descents and harrowing landings in those strong winds as air traffic restrictions are currently in place at heathrow and gatwick airport, and heavy

this is britain's newsroom with me, ben leo and emma trimble. >> arise, sir sadiq khan , the >> arise, sir sadiq khan, the london mayor. labour mayor, looks set to receive a knighthood next year for his political and public service. or is it a reward for divisive politics.7 >> train travel turmoil trains delayed all across the country due to a nationwide fallout across four major lines, as passengers are to told get taxis, migrant hotel healthcare millions of pounds worth of taxpayer money is being spent to ensure migrants in hotels get the very best nhs check—ups more of that to come. the rise of reform uk nigel farage party overtakes labour in a national poll for the very first time. are they a force to be reckoned with at the next general election? they certainly think so . 50. >> so. >> meanwhile, farage clashed with labour minister jacqui smith, the presenter fiona bruce and alastair campbell on bbc last night. take a listen to him clashing with tory mp kevin hollinrake on immigration too. >> you haven't got a cat's chance in hell of winning the next general election. shame on yo

i'm ben leo. >> it's 9:00pm. i'm ben leo. >> tonight might have been fired. they might have their wife or partner has left them. >> are you sick of it yet.7 a wife or partner has left them. >> are you sick of it yet? a bbc guest says the german christmas christmas market attacker could have been stressed or lost his job. also tonight, rebuild trust by reforming the centre of government. >> cleaning up sleaze, nourishing the relationship between central government and the devolved authorities and replacing the unelected house of lords with a new, smaller, democratically elected second chamber. >> well, there he is. keir starmer said he'd abolish the house of lords once he got into power. now he stuffed it with labour colleagues. so will the pm ever stick to his guns? >> and with an american president who is little short of a white nationalist and racist. >> our new ambassador to the united states called donald trump a danger to the world now. trump's team have called lord mandelson a moron. so much for the special relationship. elsewhere, are we any closer to

i'm ben leo in for patrick christys just for tonight. >> who's to say that 100 million will be the end of it.7 well, to the rest of us that's like £0.10. it is small change to elon musk and the government needs to wake up to it. >> the establishment panic over elon musk's support for reform. so why weren't they so vocal about the likes of george soros pumping money into the remain campaign and offshore hedge funds supporting labour? also tonight, concerns about sharia law in the uk were dubbed anti—muslim conspiracy theories earlier this year. now it's revealed more than 80 sharia courts are operating in the uk and we're the western capital for them. praise be to multiculturalism. also, we can't deport one of britain's biggest drug dealers because it would breach his right to a family life in the uk. that's despite him having an affair with a woman in his native turkey. so is leaving the echr a matter of when and not if? >> also, the last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family life. as you know, it can change in an instant, and we've had to find a way to navigate the

no, ben, leo is a lot taller than me.on't think we would fit into the same suit, but it is that weird time of year. >> it's called xmas, isn't it? officially. is it? yeah. between. betwixt. yeah, yeah. yes. it's that posh talk. >> and to tell you what, rated the best on netflix, the streaming services are available. was the fire. the fake fire? yeah. the log fire that they have on that plays on a loop in an hour. because people, of course, many people don't have wood burning stoves or open. >> you're not allowed to you're not allowed. no no no no no not in london. no no no no. >> but what about i mean is there any advertising sold off there any advertising sold off the back of it? you think there would be, wouldn't you? >> well, i don't know. it's just a fire. >> literally. it is just like literally a tv in the corner of the room with a fire on it, on loop. >> that must have been the cheapest tv programme to make. i know netflix's ever made. >> i know, but i'll put it on probably in about april may just to make you feel w

i'm ben leo. tonight the secretive deal to give away the chagos islands to mauritius has been exposed. today in a shocking revelation, can you guess just how much british taxpayers could be forced to cough up every year forced to cough up every year for the privilege of giving away our overseas territory? the figure will rock you. also tonight, at least under blair, we were told things could only get better. now, a damning new poll reveals half of brits think next year will be worse than this year. so can sir keir starmer survive 2025? elsewhere, the boats keep coming and the deaths continue. three more fatalities in the english channel this morning. so when do we start calling labour's smash the gangs policy a failure? and after a huge poll of 11,000 brits shows labour would lose 200 seats in a general election under a hung parliament, is it time for reform and the tories to end the squabbling for the sake of the nation? tonight's panel are ready to go. i'm joined by editor at large at the mail o

i'm ben leo alongside miriam cates and this is saturday morning live. >> well it's great to have your company this morning and we've got a great show ahead of us. but first the headlines and last night's christmas market carnage has left four dead and over 80 injured after a car was driven into the crowd at a german christmas market. mark white has the latest. >> well, a child is among those who have been killed in this terrible atrocity that happened yesterday evening. german authorities are treating this as authorities are treating this as a deliberate ramming attack. >> not sure about you guys at home, but new research has shown that brits regularly feel guilty for putting ourselves first. tv personality and geordie shore star charlotte crosby will be here to share why we should prioritise self—care days. >> and, as sir keir starmer lines up, lord mandelson as britain's new ambassador to the us, we'll cross live to new york to get reaction from nelson, aspen and as the big day looms, have you wrapped all of your christmas presents? >> gift wrapping expert jane means will join us to

this is britain's newsroom with ben leo and nana akua. >> yes. good morning to you. now the trump tamer. labour peer lord mandelson, who was instrumental in new labour, will be the uk ambassador to the united states. now this is the man who called donald trump a bully back in 2018 fixing britain's roads. >> the government has pledged £1.6 billion for road maintenance and filling in those ghastly potholes. but is this a victory for drivers? transport secretary heidi alexander thinks so. 50. >> so. >> it's imperative that this new labour government takes action to fix this. that is why we are investing an additional £500 million into local council highways budgets next year. >> the great christmas getaway it's expected to be the busiest travel day of the year today, as 4 million people plan to spend christmas overseas. >> millions of drivers getting away today. but travel bosses fear there could be chaos on the rails and the roads. >> the countdown is on for pensioners to apply for pension credit, so you can receive this year's winter fuel payment. the deaduneis year's

i'm ben leo. >> i'm isabel webster and this is gb news breakfast. so here we are monday morning. we all made it through storm dara. it was no joke, was it.7 i was in a tent on saturday night at a party, and i thought, i'm going to be blown away. >> who decided to have a party in a tent on a saturday night in the middle of the storm? >> one of those semi—permanent marquees attached to a pub. so all the christmas parties that were being held more semi than permanent, i imagine. either way, i thought a tree was going to come through at any point. it was really frightening. you survived. we all survived. >> so what happened? did it collapse? did it come down? >> it carried on. but was it. yeah. every now and then there's a whoosh. and i thought, this is not funny. wow. this is how it's all going to end. >> i ate my words a bit at the weekend because on friday and saturday i was kind of questioning on air. on saturday morning, i was saying, is a red weather warning really necessary? is it nanny state? and then yesterday was really bad down south. >> even in the red warning area. >> ev

this is gb news live across the united kingdom with me, ben. leo. are we witnessing a political earthquake? a war of words breaks out between nigel farage and kemi badenoch as reform overtakes the conservatives in the number of members. >> you know, i don't mind all sorts of comments being made about me, but to be accused by her of being a fraudster, i'm sorry. i am not going to let this rest elsewhere. >> should more convicts be moved to open air prisons? that's the suggestion of one former justice secretary, who warns we've simply run out of space. and northern ireland secrets revealed unsealed documents show former prime minister tony blair attempted to amend a gerry adams statement on ira disarmament. we'll be live from stormont with all the details. and after what's been a difficult year health wise for the royal family, we'll look back at king charles cancer diagnosis. and does this include you? new year, new job? new research suggests nearly i in 3 people are looking for a new career in 2025. very good morning to you. hope you're well and you

i'm ben leo. >> i'm isabel webster, and this is gb news breakfast. oh, tipping. it's awkward. i just find it's not very british. i find it's not very british. i find it's not very british. i find it really uncomfortable. i don't really like doing things when i don't really know exactly what the rules are. >> it depends how the service has been and also the tip. the tip, the recipient needs to have it for themselves. i don't like it for themselves. i don't like it when it's shared. >> no, but i feel like you're very american. like you love american concepts. yeah, like you just totally embrace the tipping thing. >> i got a friend i can't handle. i got a friend in america, and he's a he's a lovely fella. and we went over. the thing is, he's used to tipping for everything. and he lost his wallet. we went to a we were at a restaurant and he'd forgotten he'd he'd left his wallet there. so if this had happened to you and then you drive back to the restaurant, you'd go, oh, thank you very much, but no, he's taken the wallet. $10. thank you very much. because he'd forgotten everything

it's just gone. 6:00 i'm ben leo. >> i'm isabel webster, and you're tuned in to gb news breakfast.so we're talking about being on your phone when you're driving there. but what about being on your phone during something like your phone during something like your child's nativity? so we're both off to our children's nativity. >> oh, you're so lucky. i so miss it. >> yeah. do you have fond memories? >> i do, ijust loved memories? >> i do, i just loved it. and it wasn't just. i've still got old christmas card of my son joe when he was a shepherd. and it's just the sweetest. honestly, i can't think specifically about different things in it, but when you mention it, all of my heart melts immediately. >> joe had a good role as a shepherd. yes. oh, i see, my boy judeis shepherd. yes. oh, i see, my boy jude is one of about 40 angels. >> yeah, but he's only little. i think as they go further up. hold on. they get given the. >> you didn't take him aside and say this is not good enough. you need to act better next time. >> you must be joseph. >> you must be joseph. >> yes. >> yes. >> if you'r

. >> 601 i'm isabel webster and i'm ben leo and this is gb news breakfast. >> there we go. look at the new christmas set, folks. >> you know what? isn't it? it's pretty nice, isn't it? >> it's lovely. >> it's lovely. >> you know what? it's classy. it's classy. >> classy. i walked in, i thought ben has really pushed the boat out and got me lots of christmas presents. but all these boxes that are strewn around the set are empty, is it not? >> hold on, hold on. >> hold on, hold on. >> you mean you've looked inside the boxes? >> i had a look. you did, didn't you?i >> i had a look. you did, didn't you? i had a cheeky look just in case someone had got present, but. >> yeah, well, i'm on for two weeks, so hold your. hold your horses. >> that's my present in itself. well, it was touch and go whether or not it was going to be here myself today after the gb news christmas party last night, i was wedged in between camilla tominey and patrick christys and we had to get security because i was deep in mud. my car had to be pulled out. >> hold on. i thought you said you were going to get

i'm ben leo. tonight named and pictured the nine year old boy killed in the german christmas market attack. his broken mother begs andre didn't do anything to anybody. why him.7 just didn't do anything to anybody. why him? just why. it comes as german authorities face serious allegations. they were warned of the attacker's history by saudi intelligence. so why didn't they act? also tonight, did you say to people who say, yeah, happy holidays and winter market, we need to be more inclusive. >> people are entitled to their opinion, but we also should respect tradition. and that is of course, everywhere. >> is christmas being erased from so—called winter wonder lights to winter markets? why is there no mention of the word christmas or even jesus in the engush christmas or even jesus in the english capital and in the gb news exclusive, one of the country's most dangerous female terrorists who bought her husband a knife in an is terror plot and practised stabbing attacks on a dummy, has been freed from

it'sjust gone 6:00 i'm ben leo. >> i'm isabel webster, and you're tuned into gb news breakfast. so still adapting to those christmas titles that we have there with snowflakes and everything. pretty feel good. very festive. feel good. inspiring. >> you inspired me. >> you inspired me. >> always inspired. love a bit of christmas. i nearly took my finger off, by the way, yesterday just to let you know, i was i was like dave allen. it would have been today. i've got this, i've got this, i've got this, i've got this, i've got this box for the tree. you know, when you get all these different clamps and things and then you can, but this one is great. it's box, it's a big box. and then you've got these two wooden things that slide in anyway , i'm things that slide in anyway, i'm trying to get the thing moving and so it wouldn't. and i've tried putting wd 40 down the side, but it's all wood. i've got my hand like that and it's gone like that. it was boom right in the middle. so in between there's the little bit where the tree goes in my finger was just in there and missed the thing, hone

stephen says willie was on with ben leo last night. glad he's back on the saturday five i love willie. well , five i love willie. well, stephen, your preferences are your own. >> we all love willie and oh, god, patricia comments i love willie. >> you can count on the aussies not holding back enough about will's love life. is that serious? yes , serious. i'm serious? yes, serious. i'm serious. thank you for the comments. keep them coming in. we'll crack on now with tonight's first debate. and it isn't willie. it is alex. alex, what have you got for us? >> well , it's been what have you got for us? >> well, it's been a big week again for keir starmer, hasn't it? his fragile government has been rocked by another scandal this week . louise hague, the this week. louise hague, the transport or should i say ex transport secretary, has been forced out by downing street because of her prior fraud convictions. now she's claimed that she's told keir starmer all about these prior convictions. the conviction itself is that she had a phone stolen du

i'm leo kearse and tonight i've got comedians ben adams and nick dixon taking you through monday's top stories. there they are ready to go. this is headliners. but before we go through tomorrow's news, let's go to tonight's headlines with sophia wenzler. >> leo. thank you. good evening. these are your headlines at 11:00. tributes have been paid to nine year old andre gleisner, who was killed in the german christmas market attack on friday evening. in a tribute on social media, his mother, desiree gleisner, called him my little teddy bear and said he would always live in our hearts. the attack left five people dead and over 200 injured after a driver used an emergency vehicle lane to plough into the christmas market in magdeburg. german authorities are coming under fire after warnings about the suspect were received last year but deemed unspecific. chancellor olaf scholz and ministers faced angry hecklers dunng ministers faced angry hecklers during a visit to the site, as questions mount over security and how the attack could happen. social media giant x, owned by elon musk, is also bei