, about the days of british rail, and don't really seem to have and i don't really seem to haveositive stories coming through where. through from the days where. so, for leslie my for example, leslie says, my husband work for british husband used to work for british rail when it was state owned and when privatised. she when it was privatised. she describes work experience describes the work experience and his work experience was and says his work experience was absolutely so absolutely categoric so much better. it better. her words when it was privatised it was privatised and it was previously, um , sarah says previously, um, sarah says british rail, when it was run by the state, it was absolutely dreadful don't really feel dreadful. so i don't really feel that people are kind of reminiscing with the same kind of rosy, happy memories perhaps, that you might have of i'll throw it open to you guys, though. do you agree with paul? because i can see a few people coming in saying that they do, and that you do think that nationalisation is the answer? do you trust government do do you

. >> thought the best graffiti >> i thought the best graffiti i saw was when i was working for british rail, and they cheap they introduced cheap day returns point. and there returns at that point. and there was there was a poster of was a there was a br poster of someone as henry the someone dressed as henry the eighth going to booking eighth going to the booking office saying day, return eighth going to the booking offhampton] day, return eighth going to the booking of1hampton court. day, return eighth going to the booking of1hampton court. and', return eighth going to the booking of1hampton court. and someone to hampton court. and someone had the lease and had written in the lease and a for single the wife. >> oh, very good. >> oh, very good. >> very good. >> very good. >> thank you very much indeed. one ticket, guys. and one way ticket, guys. benny and norman, very much norman, thank you both very much indeed your views this indeed for your views this morning. go annie morning. let's go to annie shuttleworth. weather. >> looks things are heating >> looks like things are heating up. boxt

and it's a former british rail employee. employee? a tall man wearing a cape and top hat standing by a hanger. he has a terrible grin and a mouth full of white teeth. so, um. and he immediately vanishes, as when people turn , turn up. but people turn, turn up. but actually, um , sandringham. actually, um, sandringham. sandringham house, uh, the royal family um, they've had their, um, stories of ghosts there as well at christmas time. >> that's where, um, kate and william normally spend christmas , yeah. , isn't it? yeah, yeah. >> apparently , um, ghost, >> and apparently, um, ghost, uh, cards is what? uh, christmas cards is what? ghost christmas cards . ghost cards. christmas cards. christmas decorations. they've been moved. and one of the, uh, serve agents actually went down to get a bottle of wine at christmas time. and when he went downstairs, he saw the apparition of a former servant there. and he ran a mile . there. and he ran a mile. >> so apparently this was obviously before he drank the wine, before drank wine . wine, before h

british road and train travel is also heavy amid network rail disuptions, with more than 13 million journeys of the hour. hello there. christmas, for most of us, looks likely to be a mild one. in fact, on friday we had a pretty typical story, quite a lot of cloud around and temperatures 13 degrees across the south coast. but look at this, in the northern isles, just a daytime maximum of one celsius. and yes, there were some snow showers as well. that�*s because the far north—east of scotland stuck in this cold air. this weather front the dividing line between cloudy and milder conditions down to the south. but as that weather front bumps into the cold air, we�*re likely to see some snow, 2—10 centimetres forming across higher ground. gradually, that snow will revert back to rain through the day, some of it quite heavy across western and central scotland. cloudier, damp conditions at further south and west. the best of the breaks in the cloud, perhaps east anglia and south—east england. but it is going to be another mild story for most of us. once again, 12—13 degrees, but staying in that coo

flooding has forced the closure of a rail tunnel between london and france, this after unprecedented flooding around the britishal. eurostar, which operates trains from london to paris, brussels and amsterdam, cancelled all of its services in and out of the city, leaving hundreds stranded in railway stations. more travel chaos is expected as storm gerrit continues to batter the u.k. with high winds and heavy rain. and in south africa, the small town of ladysmith is still reeling from the flash floods that hit on christmas day. the water destroyed 1400 homes and killed 21 people. the death toll is expected to rise as the search continues throughout the weekend. and a passing of note, british actor tom wilkinson died in his u.k. home today. he is best known for films like "the full monty," "michael clayton," and "the best exotic marigold hotel." wilkinson's career spanned film, tv and theatre, earning him two oscar nominations and six bafta nominations. tom wilkinson was 75 years old. still to come on pbs news weekend, a look a back at the epic year in music, and the story of a former police officer rescuing abus

. ♪ >>> storm gerrit is walloping the british i'sles with a one-proper punch. there is disruption to raild caused some flooding. further south in england, high winds and rough surf are lashing with gusts expected up to 120 kilometers per hour. police say there is significant damage around manchester and some of that damage may have been caused by a tornado. thousands of homes and businesses across the uk are currently without power. >>> in australia at least ten people were killed during severe storms in the eastern part of the country. reuters reports that torrential rains, large hail and strong winds blew off roofs and knocked down trees and power lines on christmas day and tuesday, tens of thousands of homes and businesses are without power. authorities are warning that fast rising rivers and streams could burst their banks and flood campgrounds which are usually crowded during the holidays. >>> at least six people have been killed in flooding in southern thailand including an 89-year-old woman and a toddler. officials say one person is still missing after days of intense rain which st

meanwhile, british airways flights have been disrupted and national rail is reporting that routes acrossland , parts of routes across scotland, parts of england and wales are also affected. weather affected. a yellow weather warning is in place in scotland until 9:00 this evening, and it also covers belfast, newcastle and manchester. well, this is gb news. we're across the uk on your tv in your car, digital radio and on your smart speaker. now though, it's back to birmingham with . birmingham with. nigel so good evening. >> i'm here in birmingham. we've got a very big audience and they're very enthused and this is my last gb news show of the yeah >> i'm going to be back on new year's day, and it's a time in many ways for us all to reflect on the year that's gone by. i have to say, personally, i've had a pretty cracking year and i've just come back from a little trip to australia and this audience have seen a lot of me in fact, the country has seen an awful lot of me for some reason. itv thought my naked showering was something that should be shared with the nation, but i thoroughly , nat

rail services being suspended. we'll bring you more as and when we get it. more now on the government announcing that britishpils, who will learn around a thousand signs, as well as some of the language's history. our reporter rachel mcadam has more. the curriculum for british sign language gcse has been published after 12 weeks of consultation with teachers, parents, and groups from the deaf and hearing communities. pupils in england will be able to study the subject from september 2025. susan daniels as chief executive of the national deaf children's society, and she says that the gcse will celebrate the rich history and culture of british sign language. she also said that she is delighted that the course content has been published after ten years of campaigning. now, the british deaf association estimates that around 151,000 people in the uk use bsl, a british sign language, and 87,000 of those people are deaf themselves. but an adult education couege themselves. but an adult education college that teaches bsl did a survey in 2019, and that found that 94% of brits do not feel confident that they no more t

the british medical association is calling for a rise of 35% to make up before below inflation deals since 2008. regulated railn england will rise 4.9% in march, less than july's inflation figure of 9%, which is used to calculate the rise. passengers have faced significant disruption to services because of strikes over the past 18 months. you are live with bbc news. czech police say a gunman who killed 14 people at the university in prague yesterday shot himself as police were closing in on him. police have released bodycam video, showing armed officers responding to the attack as they try to secure the building. as our eastern european correspondent reports. [shouting] >> hunting for a killer. this is the moment when armed police burst into a prague university to stop the gunman who s stocking the corridors and shooting students. an officer's bodycam footage was released today by police. frenzied images of a horrifying attack. [speaking another language] >> in a classroom, they shout for stretchers and tourney kits -- tourney -- tourniquets to treat students with horrible injuries. others barricaded themselve

expert from great britain, retired colonel of the british army glen grant, and he said that what ukraine lacks now is that the economy is on war railsiety should understand that war is the first thing that is the... task that is in ukraine, in your opinion, will the 24th year be the year when all the resources, the entire economy will start to work to the war , and society will also readjust, because , well, many western experts have talked about this, they are talking about the fact that ukrainians need to understand more, participate more in the war against russia, well, including because of... the future mobilization, which already announced by the president, or about which he says that the supreme commander-in-chief's rate is asking start this mobilization? to be honest, i have never heard of your mentioned guest from great britain as an expert in the economy, and i would be honest, i would probably doubt his expertise, that... less knowledge of figures on the budget of ukraine and what the ukrainian economy looks like , it is always easier to advise from her side, but excuse me, it seems to me that the question of what the mili

british airways flights have also been disrupted and national rail is reporting that routes across scotlandnd parts of england and wales are also affected. a yellow weather warning is in place in scotland until 9:00 this evening. that warning , also covering belfast, warning, also covering belfast, newcastle and . manchester. some newcastle and. manchester. some breaking news to bring you and czech police say there are. there are an unspecified number of dead and injured people at a site of a shooting at a downtown prague school on social media platform x, police have posted, based on initial information, we can now confirm there are dead and injured people at that czech school . more on this as we get school. more on this as we get it . and all eurotunnel services it. and all eurotunnel services have been temporarily suspended due to unexpected strikes by french staff. at least 24 eurostar trains have been cancelled . the eurotunnel cancelled. the eurotunnel website issued an apology, adding further updates will be provided shortly. the disruption is affecting journeys to and from london,

british airways flights have also been disrupted and the national rail has reported that across has reportedes across scotland , parts of england and scotland, parts of england and wales are also affected. a yellow weather warning is in place in scotland until 9:00 this evening, just an hour left for that warning and it also covers belfast, newcastle and manchester. this is gb news across the uk. we're on your tv in your car, digital radio and on your smart speaker. now though, it's back to . jacob. though, it's back to. jacob. >> the government of the repubuc >> the government of the republic of ireland is taking the united kingdom government to court over the northern ireland troubles. legacy bill. the bill was passed in september and it gives a limited amnesty to those involved in the troubles . after involved in the troubles. after having seen historic prosecutions from that period. what the bill seeks to do is to bnng what the bill seeks to do is to bring this problem to an end by giving an amnesty to soldiers andindeed giving an amnesty to soldiers and indeed terrorists, if they cooper

british associates, some of the most intense combat, yes. also on the program manager, a to ukraine in danger of being get the rail by us domestic politics. frankly, i think it's funny. we've gotten to this point in the 1st place of congressman publics and congress was willing to give the greatest gift. he could hope that the 5.

british airways flights have also been disrupted and the national rail is reporting that not only routeshouston but across scotland and parts of wales are affected as well. a yellow weather warning is in place in scotland until 9:00 evening. it also until 9:00 this evening. it also covers belfast, newcastle and manchester. this is gb news weather across the uk on your tv, in your car, digital radio and on your smart speaker. now though. more from . michelle. though. more from. michelle. >> thank you very much for that. i am michelle jubrin. i'm with you till seven. just listening to those headlines there. i'm seeing thinking, are we ever had a year we haven't had a year where we haven't had significant travel chaos? when people home people are trying to get home for christmas , has there ever for christmas, has there ever been a year get in touch been a year ipso get in touch and tell me when it is. and also, why so at also, why are we so bad at seemingly managing our traffic flow country? get in flow in this country? get in touch and let me know. but i'll tell you who's keeping me compa

instruct them to drop bombs on the gas chambers and rail lines even when he saw what was happening in these camps. his was the administration that refused to britishtish to open the gates of palestine so jews could find refuge there. we talk about indigenous people, the west bank, the word west bank is a word, a phrase that began in 1948 after israel, the jews were attacked, trans jordan grabbed judea and samaria, devoured them and claimed them as their west bank. for 4,000 years it was judea and samaria. does the judea rhyme with the word jews, and now when jews go back they call them settlers. how many of you read the bible from time to time? raise your hand. [applause] >> then show me one place where it mentions the palestinians. not one. the indigenous peoples over there are the jews, but they're the only indigenous people that the left won't recognize. roosevelt had jewish associates, however, notably the white house and particularly the state department were populated with several infamous anti-semites, at stake was the immigration and refugee issues raised and roosevelt nearly always backed the bigots who blocked them from germany. and the

up in canada and at one point when their victorian rail signals did this was that there is a worry that it's might get chaos on railway or as a britishit. the signals that their railways run is incredibly carefully put together way for them and trains obviously can't pass on certain lines and things like that. and of signals arbitrarily go from green to red it wouldn't cause danger because there's automated systems that stopped that but if it means trains are going down the wrong lines at the wrong times, i'm sure we've all been on a train where there's been a broken down train in front, you have to wait ages. if you got 7000 of those then the railway could fall to pieces. this is likely theoretical. —— largely theoretical. peter, we've got enough to worry about already. i'm afraid we're out of time. amanda, thank you very much, peter thank you very much we shall see you both again. i lewis vaughanjones the context, this is. hello from the bbc sport centre. manchester united's scott mctominay says a toxic atmosphere did exist at old trafford underformer managers. but not now, as the players are backing erik ten hag. united are gearin

the british medical association, is calling for a rise of 35% to make up for below inflation deals since 2008. the government says that is unaffordable. regulated railfares unaffordable. regulated railh, less than thejuly figure of 9%, which is typically used to calibrate the rise. in scotland fares will go up by a .7% from april. passengers have faced a significant disruption to services because of strikes over the past 18 months. you are alive with bbc news, here in the uk greater manchester police say they have launched a criminal investigation into the child abduction of alex batty from oldham, who disappeared whilst on holiday in spain when he was 11. the teenager is 17 and was found in france ten days ago. he has been speaking publicly for the first time since his return to the uk. in an interview with the sun explained how he began to have doubts about his nomadic lifestyle a few years ago. nikjohnson the details. the story of alex batty, pictured here before he went missing while on holiday six years ago, has until now been rumour and hearsay. now back in the uk with his grandma, who's his legal guardian, 17—year—old alex describes his experience in his own words. speaking t

british airways flights have also been disrupted and national rail is reporting that routes across scotland and across scotland, england and wales are also still affected. and there's another yellow alert that's been issued for snow and ice across the north of scotland into the weekend . that's the into the weekend. that's the latest from the gb newsroom. we're on tv, online, dab+ radio and on tune in. this is gb news. >> heck of a lot to get through tonight, but i'll start with this . i woke tonight, but i'll start with this. i woke up this morning to james cleverly wishing everyone a happy christmas, but try not to get blown up by terrorist to get blown up by a terrorist at christmas market. >> christmas everybody i >> merry christmas everybody! and at this time of celebration , and at this time of celebration, i'd like to say a big thank you to the counter—terrorism police who have been working all year round to keep us safe. >> if you're out and about and you see something that just doesn't makes you doesn't look right, makes you feel uncomfortable, is just out of let let the police of

british library and others benefit from that capital funding. iain stewart: i would like to start with the long-term future of the rail industry. the draft rail reform bill; my committee will expedite its parliamentary scrutiny, but it is unlikely to become law this side of the election and perhaps not for a little while after that. in the interim, what is the government doing to help operators to build revenue and passenger numbers, and close the revenue gap? the prime minister: during the pandemic the rail industry received unprecedented supportto the tune of tens of billions of poundsfrom the government to keep things running, support jobs and maintain the network. obviously, covid has changed travel patterns considerably and it is right that the industry responds to that; there is no sustainable future for it unless it does respond to changed travel patterns. none of that is helped by industrial action, which you will be very familiar with. that is a significant barrier to forward progress being made. for their part, the government, with their decision, on hs2 are making quite a significant change in how we allocate funding

forced to pay british citizens are forced to pay more for substandard services because they have no alternative . which is why alternative. which is why i think the water companies and rail companies should be renationalised as soon as possible . i know, how dare possible. i know, how dare i have such a disgusting far right position . now with that position. now with that understood, let me lay out my message then to any left wing people watching this output for the channel from the first time as a fellow lefty , here's my as a fellow lefty, here's my insight what i've learned insight into what i've learned my last two years. inside the belly of the beast that is gb news. everyone's pretty nice. that's it . there we go. i have that's it. there we go. i have attended marches against nigel farage, but then you meet him. and you know what? he's a charming, polite guy. ditto. jacob rees—mogg. i doubt we're going to be popping out for a pint, but on the left you build up these people to be the devil. and when you actually engage with when you actually with them, when you actually listen to their brazilian positions the most part, positions for the most part, they're just peop

rail drivers i suppose. >> yeah. now let's turn our attention to some pretty serious stuff this morning because a british israeli whosewaiting is unbearable. >> yeah , zaitsev, who lost three >> yeah, zaitsev, who lost three members of her family in the october seventh attacks, joins us now . thank you very much for us now. thank you very much for joining us. how are things for you at the moment? how much do you at the moment? how much do you know? and sadly, how much do you know? and sadly, how much do you not know ? you not know? >> thank you. good morning. and thank you for having me . um, >> thank you. good morning. and thank you for having me. um, i would like firstly to thank the london jewish community for coming together and help me arrive to israel to meet my family in this critical hours. yes yes. we've lost three members of the family. yes yes. we've lost three members of the family . my cousin members of the family. my cousin among them . um, it is very among them. um, it is very difficult and very sad , very difficult and very sad, very tragic. in the midst of this, um. um very rapidly moving circumstance

british state. its role obviously is to protect that national secure city, but also critical national infrastructure , which is why we're hearing about these attacks, not only on politicians but also like we just heard about railard oliver cuts. as we heard from oliver dowden earlier this week, i was not just politicians. >> all of us. was >> i was all of us. i was stunned by that statement from oliver we should oliver dowden to say we should all up on candles all be stocking up on candles and torches and matches and thought it takes because i'm old enough to remember medieval england to three day week in england to the three day week in the 1970s under ted heath's government. >> you had to have candles because of power cuts. because of the power cuts. >> yeah, but i think it reflects a serious that this a serious threat that this country people country is facing. when people think and war, they country is facing. when people think think, and war, they country is facing. when people think think, you and war, they country is facing. when people think think, you know,ar, they country is facing. when people think think, you know, soldiers often think, you know, soldiers and on the front line. but and tanks on the