i recognize the point, excessive concentrations in places like cornwall. the availability and affordability of holmes's. that's why we enable counsel to charge premium for second homes, abolish the regime. i'm happy to make sure he and his colleagues for the housing minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the attacks against women and girls, a child custody battle to continue, one of my constituents, might need the addition. will the prime minister enter the absurd obsession of domestic abuse involved in a child's life? >> absolutely. he is right. family cost is confused to continue their appalling abuse and that is why we are expanding the number of pathfinders to provide dedicated support to protect the children. and we set out opposition in due course. i will make sure he meets the relevant minister to discuss of this. >> thank you. with others today. happy new year to everyone. 2025 is proven a challenge for many of my constituents. families, small businesses, hospitality industry, and others have said, they know that it has failed to deliver and they her

so that the british could not relieve cornwallis. it was an effort bringing three armies and two fleets together from new england to the caribbean. and it was a remarkable convert agents rochambeau to stand and berra or on the right end of the mounted french officers on the left side of the on right side of the painting of the marquee de lafayette is the second man in from the left hand of. the mounted officers. and he's here as an american officer. he's a major general in the continental army. most of the french who with us are doing it for our politique. this is a way to get back at england in over a century of conflicts that the two countries had had. but lafayette is it for principle? he's doing it to fight for liberty. he believes that's the american cause. he's devoted to it. and the man to his to the right of him is baron von stoiber, who maybe surprisingly, is also an idealistic american ally. he will move to america after the war. he'll die in utica, new york. so this prussian professor soldier decides liberty is also his ca

who who was another early patron, and is the is the uncle of charles cornwallis, who will be gates is a nemesis of the battle of camden and the decades down the road. this is like a pattern you see throughout gates in his early life. is that he recognizes that a somebody somebody a pretty middling background if he is going to advance within the british military establishing it's going to be through establishing connections through the more influential patrons people who have more power and influence than he does. and so one of his earlst relationships to build this build this connection with cornwallis which aowhim allows some military advancement early on in nova scotia is goin to serve father the looters war is to need his his his wife phillips who com fm a fairly well-to-do nova scotia family. you can see a miniature hern the right there on the screen that is in the villa belongs the new york historical society. and together they're going to have one son who the name robert who they call bob. he's promoted to captain, ends up being sent to fight in the french and indian war. he par

of cornwall land which will be used to build 2a homes with wraparound care, specifically for peopless. they cheer november and, in south africa, the green carpet was rolled out for the earthshot awards ceremony. its founder, prince william, in a sustainable blazer and biodegradable trainers. these are the game—changers. these are the innovators. - these are the inventors that are going to make the world a better place for us in the future. - what about at home? your own environmental strategies at home? what can you tell us? yeah, well, every family tries to do what they can _ to sort of help - with the environment, and we go through all| the basics of recycling and making sure - we minimise wateruse and turning off lights - when you leave the house and stuff like that and making sure we're just sensible - with what we do around the environment. - and i think every familyj has those conversations and you just try- and do what you can. the earthshot prize has got to be a bit more global than that. - we're trying to do big—scale - ambition and big—scale business to tackle some i of th

they both moved south to join a small american force under lafayette who was harassing lord cornwalland then two french fleet his to come to the mouth of the chesapeake. a small one from rhode island under admiral bara and a large one from the west indies under admiral disdang and they sealed the chesapeake so that the british could not release cornwall as. it was an effort to bring two fleets together from new england to the caribbean, and it was a remarkable convergence. ro rochambeault are the mounted french officers on the left side of the painting. on the right side of the painting lafayette is the second man in from the left of the mounted officers and he here is an american officer. he's a major general in the continental army. most of the french who fight with us are doing it for politic. this is a way to get back at england at over a century of conflicts that the two countries have had, but lafayette is doing it for principle. he's doing it to fight for liberty. he believes that's the american cause. he's devoted to it. and the man to his -- to the right of him is stoyvan wh

as soon as i hear about a humpback sighting in cornwall, i've pretty much already packed my car and headf all day long for those few seconds of seeing the animal. but there's something really special about seeing that species here in the uk and especially in more recent years when there's been much more sightings around the coastline. you're still lucky to see a whale in british waters, but sightings are becoming more common, like here off and they�* re becoming increasingly frequent in the uk. but why? charlote gallagher, has that story. one of the most spectacular sights in nature. oh, my god! spectacular. she's doing it for us. a humpback whale breaching out of the water close to the cornish coast. whale watchers have been flocking to the area since the mammal was spotted. dan abbott is one of them. as soon as i hear about a humpback sighting in cornwall, i've pretty much already packed my car and head down. it's worth all the effort. it's worth freezing your toes off all day long for those few seconds of seeing the animal. but there's something really special about seeing that specie

that is because lord cornwallis is not in the painting. he is soaking in the house back there. he sends his number two. when he came, he tried to give the's were to rochambeau . he said, no, you have to give this to washington. washington refused it. he wasn't going to take that sort of number two. he said, you have to give it to general lincoln, who is on the white horse. his back story is that he surrendered to the british one year before when they took the charleston in a siege. he had been denied the honors of war, which is when the defeated armies get to march out with their arms still flying. now, the british are not allowed to do that here. and also, lincoln gets the sword. and this painting, i feel it is lighthearted. the flags are snapping. there is light in the sky. if you look closely at washington's face, he is almost smiling. as well he might. and if trumbull's series were all military, this would be the end. but it doesn't. there's one more painting which he does many years -- it vanished. there we go. he does this painting in the late 1820s. there is gap of many

it's mildest towards devon and cornwall but move into gloucestershire and after that frosty start and'll keep some cloud in the southwest. parts of wales, a little bit of rain here. thickening cloud will bring some wetter weather towards northern ireland. 0therwise, we'll have clearer skies. showers near coasts and moving away but there will be some areas of fog developing and it's going to be another cold night for many of us. temperatures in inland scotland could get as low as —16 degrees. different sort of winter hazard, though, overnight and into tomorrow — freezing fog could linger through the midlands and eastern england into the afternoon and make for some hazardous travelling conditions. outside of the fog, many parts of scotland, northern england, down the midlands and eastern england will see some sunshine, but there is more cloud coming into the west. that rain clears away from northern ireland, pushes into the far west of scotland with a bit of wintriness over the hills. so, the higher temperatures will be mainly northern ireland, west wales and the southwest of england. e

such a difficult day for drivers out, particularly across the south—west, in parts of devon and cornwall major roads. the 838 out of exeter was totally blocked, drivers were stuck there, some of them for “p were stuck there, some of them for up to five hours in stationary traffic, the police had to escort gritters to get them through to clear those roads so that is why people like richard and his tractor here have had a busy day and will be out later this evening, many cars are to be recovered, some of them have one out their clutch is trying to get up hills, the slippery slope in this part of the country, so a difficult afternoon and evening out on the roads and those temperatures are set to drop even lower tonight in parts of scotland and northern england, it could be as low as —15 and even colder. the roads are starting to clear, the police and authorities think everyone will get home tonight but there was a concern earlier that drivers may be stuck out on the road even though series sub zero temperatures will go into this evening, but there will be disruption into the morning tomorro

as soon as i hear about a humpback sighting in cornwall, i've pretty much already packed my car and and your toes off all day long for those few seconds of seeing the animal. but there's something really special about seeing that species here in the uk and and especially in more recent years when there's been much more sightings around the coastline. you're still lucky to see a whale in british waters, but sightings are becoming more common, like here off the coast of east sussex. it's partly down to climate change and warming seas, but also a happier reason. humpback whales are a good news story. most populations, not all, are undergoing recovery after whaling stopped, and most likely there are just more whales out there and there are more whales passing by british coasts. so these sightings might be more frequent, but they don't get any less breathtaking. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's matt. it might have been the weather that attracted them, you never know! whether it has been heavy snow or flooding it has been causing disruption but that system

luxury of any shelter in homeless centres in southwark last night, but whether it's from shetland to cornwalldby to work alongside local authorities, emergency services and other voluntary community sector organisations to help people support them and respond where we're needed. and just a final piece of advice... if people are at home, the temptation when you're cold is to sort of huddle down. but actually moving might be counterintuitive but sensible. if able to do so, please keep moving and keep yourself warm, fit, and active as much as possible. that's not an option for everyone. so again, if if you need more advice, look on our website to see what the advice is. but really keep as active as possible. keep keep your body moving and try and keep. think about all the different things that you can keep warm this weekend while we brace ourselves for the impact of this weather. the bbc news website has a live page “p the bbc news website has a live page up and running and will tell you all about what is forecast in different parts of the country and in particular, which areas are under those a

but whether it's from shetland to cornwall, enniskillen to norfolk, our emergency response teams ared other voluntary community sector organisations to help people support them and respond where we're needed. let's ta ke let's take it to the south korean capital of seoul. we are seeing thousands of people out on the streets. these are protesters who are opposed to the preached president. there are supporters of him gathered there. these other protesters who say that his arrest take place as soon as possible after his impeachment. this is bbc news. hello. the wintry weather through this weekend could well cause some significant disruption. the met office have issued amber warnings across parts of england and wales for snow and for ice too. we could see problems on the roads, the rail network, perhaps the airports, potential for power cuts as well. so do be prepared for some disruptive weather, particularly tonight into tomorrow. we've got a couple of amber warnings — the first one for wales into the midlands for snow and ice, valid from 6pm. 9pm then a second amber warning comes into

as soon as i hear about a humpback sighting in cornwall, i've pretty much already packed my car and and seconds of seeing the animal. but there's something really special about seeing that species here in the uk, and especially in more recent years when there's been much more sightings around the coastline. you're still lucky to see a whale in british waters, but sightings are becoming more common, like here off the coast of east sussex. it's partly down to climate change and warming seas, but also a happier reason. humpback whales are a good news story. most populations — not all — are undergoing recovery after whaling stopped, and most likely there are just more whales out there and there are more whales passing by british coasts. these sightings might be more frequent, but they don't get any less breathtaking. and if you want to carry on watching newsnight please turn over but is it — in starmer�*s words — "amplifying the far—right" to call for a new national enquiry?

to make way for yet more holiday homes, as the housing crisis deepens and worsens, the six mps in cornwallrmined to reverse this situation, and to address these issues before the end of this parliament. will the prime minister agree to meet us so we get the full—backing of government and deliver first rather than second home foster good of cornwall and the isles of scilly. isles of scilly. i thank him for raising this, we are committed to building those homes and that includes a500 new homes every year in cornwall. but i do recognise the point he make, which is that excessive concentration of short—term lets and second homes in places like cornwall can impact the availability and affordability of homes, that is why we will enable councils to charge a premium on the councils to charge a premium on the council tax bills of second homes, albiol leisures the furnish homes let regime and introduce a scheme for short—term lets but i am happy to ensure they get the meeting with the housing minister to discuss that further. thank you mr speaker, this government is committed to using the criminalju

this is what cornwall's been trying to introduce for some time as well isn't it. yeah.stop people like you and i having second homes in cornwall. i don't even have one home. i'll take the second home. now, going back to the story you tried to draw me onto earlier, the new pressure for grooming probe after mp switched sides. and this is sarah champion, of course, who has been a thorn in the side of the labour administration even when they were in the shadow cabinet. she was somebody who was blown various whistles over the years. she's the mp for rotherham. she's obviously extraordinarily involved in what is arguably the one of 1 or 2 top, sort of top grooming hotspots, as they put it, rather a tactlessly. but and she has now said that she thinks a national inquiry would be appropriate. and, and national inquiry would be appropria

and later in the show, i'll be joined by an inspiring single mum from cornwall. never been involved in politics in her life, so moved by what's going on, so outraged by what's going on, so outraged by the political ineptitude to deal with it. she wants to organise a million women march to london and hey, let's get a few blokes along while we're at it to show the country we've simply had enough of the politicians, of the councillors, of the media, of the entire establishment burying its head in the sand, in the sand about this issue, which is britain's shame. get in touch, gbnews.com/yoursay. but now, here's your headlines, and it's san francis. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. >> 3:02. >> 3:02. >> the top story. while elon musk's criticism of the uk government's response to grooming gangs has sparked a political row. >> today, the billionaire accused sir keir starmer of inaction and said safeguarding ministerjess inaction and said safeguarding minister jess phillips deserves prison over her comments on exploitation in oldham. >> kemi badenoch, the

devon and cornwall police says jack bennett has been charged with three counts of malicious communicationsthe messages were sent between april last year and january this year involving three victims. while commenting on the criticism of miss phillips from elon musk, the home secretary says the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls has dedicated her career to tackling sexual violence and abuse, and to being a voice for victims and survivors of the most terrible crimes, including child sexual abuse. two major incidents have been declared and more than 100 people have now been rescued as floodwater. inundates, lincolnshire and leicestershire, while yellow warnings for snow and ice are in effect across large parts of the uk as flooding and snow caused delays on the roads and railways and forced hundreds of schools to close. manchester airport has reopened its runways after they were closed this morning due to heavy snow, but delays remain. and the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has announced his resignation. trudeau has faced growing pressure from inside his

devon and cornwall police says jack bennett has been charged with three counts of malicious communications. the messages were sent between april last year and january this year involving three victims. while commenting on the criticism of miss phillips from elon musk. the home secretary says the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls has dedicated her career to tackling sexual violence and abuse, and to being a voice for victims and survivors of the most terrible crimes. in other news, today, as justin welby's final day as the archbishop of canterbury, as he prepares to step down over failures in handung step down over failures in handling a church of england abuse scandal. almost two months after announcing his resignation, he'll officially quit the role at midnight tonight. it follows an independent review which concluded that john smith, a barrister and christian camp leader, might have been brought to justice if archbishop welby had reported him to the police in 2013. the archbishop has made few public appearances since mid—november and didn't give the tradition

support, while critical incidents have been declared across several trusts, including liverpool, cornwallnd birmingham. one patient reportedly waited 50 hours for a ward bed, with frontline staff describing the system as overwhelmed. flu cases in hospitals have surged to 5000 a day, with nhs medical director sir stephen powis warning the pressure is relentless and a new amber warning has been issued for snow for the southwest of england, likely to cause travel delays and stranding some vehicles and passengers. britain is bracing for a deep freeze as temperatures are set to plunge as low as —15 degrees this week. the coldest of the winter so far and potentially the coldest january in 15 years. the met office has issued fresh snow and ice warnings for northern scotland and northern ireland, as well as the southern counties of england, with subzero conditions expected nationwide. the uk health security agency has also warned of rising health risks, extending its cold weather alert for england until sunday. meanwhile, flood alerts remain in place, though conditions are drier after days of hea

devon and cornwall police says jack bennett has been charged with three counts of malicious communicationse messages were sent between april last year and january this year involving three victims. while commenting on the criticism of mr phillips from elon musk, the home secretary says the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls has dedicated her career to tackling sexual violence and abuse and to being a voice for victims and survivors of the most terrible crimes, including child sexual abuse. today is justin welby's final day as the archbishop of canterbury, as he prepares to step down over failures in handung step down over failures in handling a church of england abuse scandal. almost two months after announcing his resignation, he'll officially quit the role at midnight tonight. it follows an independent review which concluded that john smith, a barrister and christian camp leader, might have been brought to justice if archbishop welby had reported him to the police in 2013. the archbishop has made few public appearances since mid—november and did not give the t

and will cornwall ever get their freedom? i'm josh howie and tonight's comedians are kerry marx and lewis schaffer. yep, there they are. >> this is headliners. >> this is headliners. >> part before tomorrow's news, let's go to tonight's headlines with sam francis. >> very good evening to you. the top story tonight rachel reeves faces backlash in the commons earlier over market turmoil and her handling of the economy after a trip to china sparked outrage. however, miss reeves defended her visit to asia, highlighting agreements reached with the world's second largest economic power. >> opportunity to make working people off by making britain better off. that is the mandate that this government had, has, and this is what we will deliver. >> it came after the pound slumped to a 14 month low. borrowing costs hit a 27 year high, and businesses are warning that tax hikes are stifling growth. shadow chancellor mel stride called it a crisis made in downing street, accusing the government of breaking promises and crushing business conf

to stop people like you and i having second homes in cornwall. i don't even have one home.second home. now, going back to the story you tried to draw me onto earlier, the new pressure for grooming probe after mp switched sides. and this is sarah champion, of course, who has been a thorn in the side of the labour administration even when they were in the shadow cabinet. she was somebody who was blown various whistles over the years. she's the mp for rotherham. she's obviously extraordinarily involved in what is arguably the one of 1 or 2 top, sort of top grooming hotspots, as they put it, rather a tactlessly. but and she has now said that she thinks a national inquiry would be appropriate. and, and so that's perhaps put things back into place. obviously, you know, this has all come out of nowhere just due to the strange confluence of social media. fraser nelson, writing a pro multicultural charlie on charlie on gb news keeping the pot boiling. yeah. and i don't think anyone was like planning for it. i really think he filled the pot, didn't he? yes. yeah. no. it's interesting

support, while critical incidents have been declared across several trusts, including liverpool, cornwallnd birmingham. one patient reportedly waited 50 hours for a ward bed, with frontline staff describing the system as overwhelmed. flu cases in hospitals have surged to 5000 a day, with nhs medical director sir stephen powis warning the pressure is relentless and a new amber warning has been issued for snow for the southwest of england, likely to cause travel delays and stranding some vehicles and passengers. britain is bracing for a deep freeze as temperatures are set to plunge as low as —15 degrees this week. the coldest of the winter so far and potentially the coldest january in 15 years. the met office has issued fresh snow and ice warnings for northern scotland and northern ireland, as well as the southern counties of england, with subzero conditions expected nationwide. the uk health security agency has also warned of rising health risks, extending its cold weather alert for england until sunday. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to patrick for the very latest g

support, while critical incidents have been declared across several trusts, including liverpool, cornwallirmingham. one patient reportedly waited 50 hours for a ward bed, with frontline staff describing the system as overwhelmed. flu cases in hospitals have surged to 5000 a day, with nhs in hospitals have surged to 5000 a dapotentially'» ff, in hospitals have surged to 5000 a dapotentially the’—, in hospitals have surged to 5000 a dapotentially the coldest and potentially the coldest january in 15 years. the met office has issued fresh snow and ice warnings for northern scotland and northern ireland, as well as the southern counties of england, with subzero conditions expected nationwide. the uk health security agency has also warned of rising health risks, extending its cold weather alert for england until sunday. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to patrick 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. >> yet again, i find myself warning you that what you are about to hear contains so

support, while critical incidents have also been declared across several trusts, including liverpool, cornwallbirmingham. one patient reportedly waited 50 hours for a ward bed, with frontline staff describing the system as overwhelmed. that comes as flu cases in hospitals have now surged to 5000 a day, with nhs medical director sir stephen powis warning the pressure is relentless and britain is bracing for a deep freeze as temperatures are set to plunge as low as —15 degrees this week, the coldest of the winter so far, and potentially it could be the coldest january in 15 years. the met office has now issued a fresh snow and ice warnings for northern scotland and northern ireland, with subzero conditions expected nationwide. the uk health security agency is also warning of rising health risks, extending its cold weather alert for england right through until sunday and meanwhile flood alerts do remain in place, though conditions are much drier after days of heavy rain. that's the news on gb news. i'll be back with you in half an hour. now though, it's over to westminster and tom and emily. >> g