candy. >> reporter: the candy adds up when you have been in business since 1915 like marie knee's candies. all started with victor. geno and nick's great grandfather. >> little push cart on the boardwalk and we turned into our location on boardwalk. and kind of rest was history. >> reporter: what future holds for the candy company's store on the wharf is still unknown. it's a painstaking waiting game for the family and other business owners on the santa cruz wharf. the end of the pier that collapsed has been closed for the past year. that includes the dolphin restaurant which was forced to close after high waves damaged the diner in december of 2023. next to the dolphin restaurant sits their candy store. even closer to the edge is the made in santa cruz gift shop. >> very overwhelmed. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: it's been a long year. >> there's nothing i can do about it. i mean, i have to be strong and i have two kids. and -- you know, they lost their father at the beginning of the year. so. it's just been very, you know, hard on all of us. >> reporter: new difficulties may only be beginning. congressman jimmypy meta saw the dama

candy. >> reporter: the candy adds up when you've been in business since 1915. it all started with victor marini, gino and nick's great grandfather. >> we would turn our location on the boardwalk and the rest was history. >> reporter: what the future holds for the candy company store on the wharf is unknown. it's a waiting game. other business owners on the santa cruz wharf. the end of the pier that collapsed has been closed for the past year. that includes the dolphin restaurant, which was forced to close after high waves damaged the diner in december of 2023. next to the dolphin restaurant sits the candy store. even closer to the edge is the made in santa cruz gift shop. >> very overwhelmed. >> i'm sorry. >> it's been a long year. there is nothing i could do about it. i mean i have to be strong. i have two kids, you know, they lost their father in the beginning of the year. it has been very, you know, hard on all of us. >> reporter: new difficulties may only be beginning. congressman jimmy panetta saw the damage firsthand. saying funding from every source possible will be necessary for recovery. >> everybody being at the city at the county, at the state, at the federal level is going to have to be involved, so that we could get this iconic wharf f

candies. >> reporter: the candy adds up when you've been in business since 1915. it started with victor, gino and nick's great-grandfather. >> push cart on the boardwalk turned into our location on the boardwalk. the rest was history. >> reporter: what the future holds for the candy store on the wharf is still unknown. it's a pain staking waiting game for them and other business owners on the santa cruz wharf. the end of the pier that collapsed has been closed the past year. that includes the dolphin restaurant, forced to close in december of 2023. next to the restaurant sits the candy store. even closer to the edge is the made in santa cruz gift shop. >> very overwhelmed. >> reporter: i'm sorry. >> it's been a long year. there's nothing i can do about it. i mean, i have to be strong. i have two kids, and you know, they've lost their father at the beginning of the year, so it's just been very, you know, hard on all of us. >> reporter: new difficulties may only be beginning. congressman jimmy panetta saw the damage first hand and saws funding from every source possible will be necessary for recovery. >> everybody is going to have to be involve sod we can get this iconic wharf back up and running. it's not just the wharf itself, it's the business owners and the bus

>> i talked to candy nick candy, the new reform treasurer. week we did a big piece about him in the mail at the weekend. they are really i think they're going to get big bucks. they're not going to get 80 million. nothing like it. but i think they're going to have a few million. and why not? he's he's a supporter of free speech. >> and what would that mean. what would that mean for you at home. what will it mean for politics. because you don't buy elections in this country. however, having significant resources to get your message out there is really key. >> and the labour party have had the trade unions for years. well, let's not forget it. >> yeah. trade unions versus twitter. who's going to win? gbnews.com/yoursay first, the very latest news with katie bowen. >> bev and andrew. thank you and good morning. your top stories this hour. uk inflation has risen to its highest level since march, according to official figures. the office for national statistics said inflation rose to 2.6% in november, up from 2.3% the previous month. this is the h

nick candy time. billionaire nick candy joins reform as the party's new treasurer, pledging to help make nigel farage prime minister. >> farmers are preparing for another day of protest as the government ignores their pleas over those changes to inheritance tax . inheritance tax. >> and despite the issues piling up at home, the prime minister is showing no sign of ditching his jet setting ways. but he's certainly not the only one will be debating whether all our politicians are spending too much time overseas. >> 26 year old suspect at the centre of last week's health ceo shooting in new york has been dramatically arrested at a mcdonald's in the united states and now charged despite increasing medical advancements, dementia remains the uk's lead cause of death last year. >> that's as researchers urge the government to take more action. >> and prince harry's latest netflix venture premieres today. polo. but will it flop? like the couple's previous streaming offerings? >> and in the sport? not that i'm knocking polo. west ham beat wolves. so looking on the bright side for wolves manager gary o'neil. he

the reform uk leader was joined by his party treasurer, nick candy, to meet with musk , nick candy, towith musk, amid speculation the tech billionaire could make a donation to the party. speaking on gb news earlier, nigel farage said donations were discussed. >> all the press stories we did discuss money. now that's a negotiation. we will go back and have again. he is not against giving us money. he hasn't fully decided whether he will. if he does, it wouldn't be anything like the ludicrous telephone numbers quoted in the sunday times. but the most important thing is this this is what musk said to me, he said. british politics now has a uni party. there is very little to choose between a labour and conservative parties, and he genuinely fears that the mother country of the english speaking world is frankly going down the tubes. but he has not closed his mind towards helping us in any way that he can. now. >> the luigi mangione, the man accused of shooting dead an insurance chief in new york, has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism. mr mangione is suspected of shooting brian

speaking of business, nick candy, you've just been heanng nick candy, you've just been hearing abouthat in the headunes hearing about that in the headlines there. what do you make to this, then? him switching to reform uk first cousin marriage that's been debated in parliament. what do you think to that? should it be made illegal in this country? get in touch gb views @gbnews. com the email gbnews.com/yoursay is how you get on touch on the website and you can tweet or text me. but look at top story tonight the uk and germany. then we've reached a landmark deal to tackle migrant smuggling. i've got to say we've we've been talking about doing deals haven't we, for quite some time. but these two countries have pledged to share intelligence and expertise against these gangs. look, let's just cut to the chase. we keep talking about keir starmer, talks about, you know, cracking the gangs and the smugglers and so on. is this the deal that's going to make it happen jacqueline? >> i think regrettably not. i'm open to any improvements that they can make in terms of cooperation. but the problem

new treasurer, billionaire nick candy, there with nigel farage, says that elon musk is just one of a number of billionaires queuing up to donate to the insurgent party. candy claiming that british politics will undergo disruption like we have never seen before. could 2025 be the year of the reform revolution? and that's all coming up in your next hour. was the show always a pleasure to have your company breaking news in the last hour? sir keir starmer? guess what? he's going abroad again. jet set. starmer never here. keir will be not here in the new year taking a well—earned break. it must be exhausting having more air miles than richard branson. anyway, the prime minister is taking off again for another holiday. does he deserve it or should he be back in britain sorting the country? what do you make about the afd rally later on? we'll be live from there. from the scene of that in magdeburg, german people saying enoughis magdeburg, german people saying enough is enough. the party is surging in the polls ahead of elections in february. could this be a pivotal moment for immigration and the conversation around it across the entire continent of europe? get in

billionaire nick candy is set to become reform uk's treasurer , accusing the uk's treasurer, accusing the conservatives of too many broken promises as he resigned his tory membership. candy a close friend of nigel farage, called reform the future of british politics and vowed to raise funds to secure its success in the next general election. the property tycoon, married to actress holly valance, was pictured with donald trump and nigel farage at mar a lago in 2022. reform boosted by tory defections, has described candy's appointment as its latest coup ahead of may's local elections . latest coup ahead of may's local elections. hundreds of latest coup ahead of may's local elections . hundreds of tractors elections. hundreds of tractors are set to roll into westminster this week as farmers protest changes to agricultural inheritance tax. rally organisers say that october's budget proposal is a death knell for british farming, limiting 100% tax relief to the first 1 million of property. on wednesday , tractors from across wednesday, tractors from across the uk will line whitehall before a slow drive through london's streets, with speeches demanding action. farmers are warni