now, i'm very interested to hear from dame saira khan . so she's from dame saira khan.so she's written this report, this review into social cohesion, into extremism. she has 15 recommendations missions. now, one of them, we want to get your view on is her suggestion that there should be a 150 metre buffer zone for protests outside schools. now she's asking for this because if you cast your mind back to batley grammar school, where there were a huge number of protests, quite aggressive and intimidating outside that school because the teacher there had shown a cartoon of the prophet muhammad in a classroom. >> and then, of course, he went into hiding . into hiding. >> still is in hiding. >> still is in hiding. >> all of this. the question is, how best do you deal with this extremism threat? is the suggestion of an exclusion zone a buffer zone banning protest the best way to do that? we'll be speaking live to dame saira khan herself in just a few moments time, but we want your views on that issue . how do we views on that issue. how do we best tackle the extremism, particu

dame saira khan has produced a report for the government. and you know what she says? 75% of us are now scared to speak out and say what we really think . is there any we really think. is there any end to this? and the farmers have decided to revolt. and yes, they're in parliament square this evening. i went down to meet some of them earlier on, but what is it? they really want the british government in brexit britain to do? but before all of that, let's get the news with polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> nigel, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gb newsroom as you've been hearing the deputy prime minister has accused china of being responsible for two malicious cyber campaigns targeting the electoral commission databases containing the names and addresses of 40 million registered voters were visible to hackers with links to china in 2021 and 2022. but the government says it didn't affect the outcome of local elections at the time . china has reacted at the time. china has reacted angrily to the accusations , angrily to the accusati

the review, led by government adviser dame saira khan , found adviser dame saira khan, found that more% of the public feel they can't speak their mind. 27% have employed security or moved jobs or house. as part of her review, dame sarah is recommending the establishment of an exclusion zone for protests outside schools . and protests outside schools. and lastly, sarah, duchess of york, says she's full of admiration for the princess of wales. after the announcement about her treatment for cancer. writing on social media today, the duchess said she hopes kate will now be given the time, space and privacy to heal . those are your privacy to heal. those are your top stories. for the very latest news, sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts . or go to gb news .com/ alerts. >> thanks very much for that, polly. i am michelle dewberry and i'm with you till 7:00 tonight. so if you're listening tonight. so if you're listening to those headlines, there are you in blackpool, in blackpool south. there that south. that seat there that we're going to h

the review is led by dame saira khan.o hiding after showing pupils at batley grammar school a cartoon of the prophet muhammad. you must remember the story. it was huge at the time. the incident sparked large demonstrations at the school and three years on, the school and three years on, the teacher remains in hiding, suffering from post—traumatic stress disorder . suffering from post—traumatic stress disorder. dame sarah is expected to issue a damning indictment of the police force indictment of the police force in the area. school leadership and the local council for their handung and the local council for their handling of the matter. her report is expected to recommend a series of measures, including a series of measures, including a ban on protests within 150m of schools . right. okay. right. schools. right. okay. right. okay, i'm going to. we did have a commentator on this, but i think he's frozen. frozen in time, as it were. so i'm going to panel about this to talk to the panel about this one, and albie one, claire

them, so history says this will be a seventh for the tory party and you spoke earlier to saira khan . earlier to damet. dame saira khan has got this review out today on on social resilience and cohesion , i think it's cohesion, i think it's fascinating. i think she's really going into an area which gb news viewers do care about. let's listen to what she said earlier to me. >> so what i describe in my report as this phenomenon called freedom restricting harassment, which when people experience which is when people experience or witness threatening intimidatory or abusive harassment either online or offline, which is then intended to make individuals or institutions self—censor out of fear. and so what our polling shows is that around three quarters of the british public, feel that they cannot share their personal opinion in public out of fear of receiving freedom, restricting harassment. and you'll be aware that there's been a lot of debate over the last couple of months, even years, about how parliamentarians and those in pubuc parliamentarians and those in public at the public life have been at the

a report produced for the department for levelling up by dame saira khan came back today with, i thinkbing conclusions. 75% of us are scared to speak our minds for fear that somebody may be offended. we're still , behaviour offended. we're still, behaviour thatis offended. we're still, behaviour that is extremist behaviour often simply doesn't get called out because people fear reprisals . now, perhaps none of reprisals. now, perhaps none of this stuff is a great surprise to you, but it still says an awful lot about the kind of country we've become over the course of the last couple of decades. i remember being told, as a kid sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me. well, goodness gracious me, we've moved a very long way from that. i'm joined by luke tryl, uk director of more in common. luke. was there anything in this report that shocked you and surprised you, or was it kind of what you expected to hear? >> well, fortunately, actually, lots of wasn't shocking to us. >> us. >> that was my view in common, because, you know, we spend a lot of time talking to peo

adviser this adviser is dame saira khan , who adviser is dame saira khan, who is a british muslim ladyhe's also the independent social cohesion adviser. and she will issue a damning indictment on monday to the police force. school leadership and local council involved involved in the batley grammar school scandal. now whilst i agree with her, the problem is not the location of the protests . the problem is the the protests. the problem is the ideology that fuels point out that they're going to say that they're going to be banning these protests from outside of schools, 150m. so would ban schools, 150m. so they would ban all protest activity all forms of protest activity within 100 from striking teachers. 50m of school teachers. yeah, 50m of school apart striking teachers. apart from striking teachers. absolutely. say it's absolutely. so i would say it's the ideology that fuels it. that's and fear that's the problem. and the fear that we all have and everybody has that enables it. i mean, in, in a real, in a balanced world, the people that would be in hiding are the people that threaten

a review by dame saira khan into social cohesion has found that three quarters of people in britain don'tminds freely because of the threat of harassment . she of the threat of harassment. she singled the incident in singled out the incident in batley yorkshire, where singled out the incident in b school yorkshire, where singled out the incident in b school teacherorkshire, where singled out the incident in b school teacher hashire, where singled out the incident in b school teacher has gone vhere singled out the incident in b school teacher has gone into; a school teacher has gone into hiding showing picture hiding after showing a picture of muhammad to his of the prophet muhammad to his class. do avoid such class. how do we avoid such incidents happening in the future? i'll discuss that with the founder faith matters and the founder of faith matters and tell mama fiyaz mughal . northern tell mama fiyaz mughal. northern ireland experienced a rare burst of optimism in recent weeks as politicians resumed power sharing in stormont and engaged in a string of goodwill gestures between the two

it's written by dame saira khan, who had a piece in today's telegraph which opened as follows with othered spectacle view of our history, britain's strength lies in its richly diverse and cohesive democracy , built on cohesive democracy, built on centuries hard won rights. our commitment to individual liberty , equality and democratic freedoms form the bedrock of our nafion freedoms form the bedrock of our nation . unfortunately, this is nation. unfortunately, this is fatuous nonsense. until recently, our democracy was not diverse and it's never been cohesive . democracy requires cohesive. democracy requires a variety of strongly held views, and our constitution has been vigorously challenged. the strength of our constitution lies in its adaptability , and it lies in its adaptability, and it survived serious challenges over centuries. just going back to the 17th century and not earlier. there was a civil war, a restoration and a glorious revolution. in 1642, 1660 and 1689, respectively . in the 1689, respectively. in the relatively peaceful 18th century, there were rebellions in 1715, 174

a review led by dame saira khan will be published tomorrow , showing that published tomorrow, showingthey can't speak their mind. it suggests many people feel society has become more divisive and cites the case of a teacher who went into hiding after showing a caricature of the prophet muhammad during one of their classes. it's understood the report will recommend a series of measures, including a ban on protests within 150m of schools. well, we've heard today that china is believed to be targeting britain with a wave of cyber attacks aimed at interfering with the upcoming general election. the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, is expected to warn mps tomorrow about escalating state backed threats from chinese hackers. m15 has also revealed an exponential increase in their investigations into chinese hacking activities. and it comes after a report found that britain is unprepared for a large scale ransomware attack due to what they've called a lack of investment . and finally, lack of investment. and finally, eight people have been rescued after their fishing boat sank off the coa

dame saira has identified dame saira khan has identified the rise of freedom, restricting harassmenthe rise of freedom, restricting harassment, a damning report highlighting threats to the uk's social cohesion . here are the social cohesion. here are the facts 85% of the public believe freedom restricting harassment occurs in the uk, 60% believe it's worse than five years ago, 76% self censor in public to protect themselves or loved ones, 69% feel people are having to censor the way they live. their professional or personal lives due to freedom restricting harassment . lives due to freedom restricting harassment. eight of lives due to freedom restricting harassment . eight of the 27% who harassment. eight of the 27% who say they have experienced life altering harassment get this , altering harassment get this, 20% have come off social media. 17% have increased security measures, 15% have changed jobs, 13% have even moved house the islamists are top of the extremism charts. the fact is that people will censor what they think about hard line elements of the muslim community, because th

we'll be hearing from dame saira khan herself, who has issued a review and 15 recommendations to thehis tweets as a hate incident. we'll get the inside story . inside story. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boiler boilers sponsors of weather on gb news is . of weather on gb news is. >> welcome along to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. >> more wet weather to come throughout this week. really not too much today across parts of east anglia and the southeast, but it is a pretty chilly start to working week. low to the working week. low pressure sitting just to the west as it will be for west of the uk as it will be for the next several days. weather fronts northwards far fronts pushing northwards far northwest of scotland, seeing some spells some bright or even sunny spells and i mentioned, much of east and as i mentioned, much of east anglia in the southeast but anglia in the southeast dry, but everywhere drab, it's damp everywhere it's drab, it's damp and breezy well . and it's fairly breezy as well. some heavy bursts of rain across the southwest and

a review led by dame saira khan will be published tomorrow, showing more than 75% of the pubuc showingan 75% of the public feel they can't speak their mind . public feel they can't speak their mind. it public feel they can't speak their mind . it suggests many their mind. it suggests many people feel society has become more divisive , and cites the more divisive, and cites the case of a teacher who went into hiding after showing a caricature of the prophet muhammad during a class. dame sarah says journalists, teachers and people working in the arts are subjected to severe levels of abuse , often resulting in of abuse, often resulting in self—censorship. it's understood the report will recommend a series of measures, including a ban on protests within 150m of schools, and china is believed to be targeting britain with a wave of cyber attacks aimed at disrupting the democratic system. the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden , is minister, oliver dowden, is expected to warn mps tomorrow about state backed interference in britain's political system by chinese hackers. it's understood some

dame saira khan has produced a report for the government. and you know what she says?nd say what we really think . is there any we really think. is there any end to this? and the farmers have decided to revolt. and yes, they're in parliament square this evening. i went down to meet some of them earlier on, but what is it? they really want the british government in brexit britain to do? but before all of that, let's get the news with polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> nigel, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gb newsroom as you've been hearing the deputy prime minister has accused china of being responsible for two malicious cyber campaigns targeting the electoral commission databases containing the names and addresses of 40 million registered voters were visible to hackers with links to china in 2021 and 2022. but the government says it didn't affect the outcome of local elections at the time . china has reacted at the time. china has reacted angrily to the accusations , angrily to the accusations, branding them fabricated and malici

ahead of a review to be published tomorrow, dame saira khan has revealed more than 75% of the publicel society has become more divisive , and cites become more divisive, and cites the case of a teacher who went into hiding after showing a caricature of the prophet muhammad during a class. it's understood the report will recommend a ban on protests within 150m of schools , and within 150m of schools, and simon harris is expected to become the new leader of ireland's fine gael party, later putting him on track to take over as the country's next prime minister. it follows the surprise resignation of leo varadkar on wednesday for what he described as personal and political reasons . at the age of political reasons. at the age of just 37, mr harris will become ireland's youngest taoiseach. he's expected to be formally elected in april after the easter recess . well, you can get easter recess. well, you can get more on all of our stories by signing up to gb news alerts. the qr code is on your screen or our website has more details. now it's back to michael i >> -- >> thank 5mm >> thank you

so this dame saira khan, who's this is dame saira khan, who's the social cohesion adviser , the socialcally schools shouldn't be frightened of discussing the war in gaza. now, understand , i think a lot of, understand, i think a lot of, teachers are a little bit squeamish about it, and they don't want it to be seen to be taking a side , however, i think taking a side, however, i think it's important that kids get some sort of informed education. yes, but if the issue. >> well, yeah, i would sort of agree. >> but if teachers say we're not talking about it because we feel ill equipped, i'd rather they didn't talk about it. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> ill—equipped rather than bodge it. >> true. and it's not >> that's true. and it's not as if the government going to if the government is going to give kind of , if the government is going to give kind of, you give them some kind of, you know, guide to how to about know, guide to how to talk about it, even that inherently it, because even that inherently will be so political. >> such a toxic debate as >> it's such a toxic debate as well, i

an exclusive letter that the batley grammar school sent out to all parents off the back of the dame saira khanhool and its handling of the way the teacher was harassed, bullied, thrown under the bus and still to this day, three years later, living in hiding in fear cannot return to work. the only money he's getting is a £5,000 that you so kindly donated. you will not believe it. the school are not repentant at all. all of that coming up. but first, it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . with polly middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good evening to you. well let's update you as to what's happening in baltimore in the united states. audio has emerged detailing the moment that emergency workers tried to evacuate the bridge shortly before it collapsed. here's what happened. >> there's a ship approaching. just lost their steering. so until you get that under control, we got stop all traffic. 313 dispatch. the whole bndge traffic. 313 dispatch. the whole bridge just fell down. start start. whoever. everybody. the whole bridge just collapsed . whole bridge just collapsed

dame saira khan, the independent adviser to the government on this area, said it was part of the nationallum. he has now got should he get now got ptsd. should he get compensation and how would labour stop other teachers being hounded out of their jobs? >> i feel very >> well, i do feel very concerned about individual concerned about this, individual and i do think that we need to take extremism very seriously. the strategy needs updating. i think it was last updated nine years ago. i thought the report into what happened in batley, raised some very serious issues , raised some very serious issues, most of which i agree with, particularly this idea that there shouldn't be those sorts of protests outside of our schools . so i do think serious schools. so i do think serious issue, serious recommendations , issue, serious recommendations, and i think that insofar as we can, this shouldn't become a party political issue. we've all got an interest in making sure we're tackling this, this kind of extremism , would you move any of extremism, would you move any protests 150 yards away or metres a