but if we are going to take power from whitehall and put it into essex and have essex residents votingtives to make decisions, then i think that's a positive thing. if handled correctly, devolution can be good. but what i have to say is i'm very worried about the historic nature of our county being broken up. that's worry. >> that's really interesting. jamie, thank you so much for coming in. insightful stuff. right. well, the leader of essex county council, councillor kevin bentley, has said despite our differing political views, we all want to make essex as great as it can be for our residents and businesses. devolution is key to making this happen. it presents us with an opportunity for growth and productivity across the county like no other. all right, still to come. wes streeting went on the attack over rhetoric used to describe pakistani rape gangs. he claimed that the ongoing rhetoric risks inciting mass violence similar to that of new zealand mosque massacre. is he totally out of touch with reality or raising a valid point? well, maybe we'll find out. this is ben leo tonight wit

in a field near wethersfield in north essex, andrew hull is hard at work digging a new pond.s, some large lakes. a huge amount. i'm very lucky to create such a large network of ponds in an area which i live in. in the post—war period, as farming intensified, thousands of ponds were filled in or became overgrown. this one has just been saved by the landowner. here in essex, we've created and restored coming up to 400 ponds now, working with landowners, and just within a five—kilometre radius of this pond, we've actually restored and created 80 ponds. so you can see there'll be a stepping stone effect of these habitats being brought back. clean, fresh water is really important for birds, all species of birds and other farm wildlife too. but particularly for turtle doves, as they're what's known as an obligate granivore, they only eat seeds, so they need access to clean, fresh water. well, these ponds, they give a huge amount of benefit - to all sorts of species that need water. - so your farmland, birds, _ amphibians, mammals come down to drink at these ponds. so they are vital

our reporter tim muffett has been speaking to parents at a school in essex.to come up with different ideas and different varieties... food for thought. i think as a parent you find yourself in a situation where you're feeding your children every day, sometimes not knowing whether you're doing it right or wrong. rebecca, laura, annie, caroline and chris, all have children at arthur bugler primary school in essex. like so many parents they are often unsure as to how much food to give their children. go to baby clinics and things like that when you've got a small child, then you are given guidance. but as the children start the school process and start eating more and doing more then the guidance, i don't feel there is a lot around. the charity the british nutrition foundation wants to help parents become portion wise. and to use hand size as a way of measuring healthy amounts of food. so, like, cheddar cheese, a piece the size of two thumbs together, have you ever heard of that as a guidance for how much cheese you should be giving? personally i haven't. i pers

san francisco firefighters investigating a small fire in the tenderloin at a hotel essex.lis and larkin. crews say they put out a fire that happened in a room of the hotel. we're told they rescued a man from the flames. they stayed longer to clean up the damage there. the cause is not yet clear, but initial reports say it happened as a man was charging his scooter. new at 11:00, san jose police arresting three people for an armed robbery six months ago. officials say back in july, christopher sanchez and alex maldonado, along with three other suspects, robbed a business on alum rock avenue using weapons to threaten the victims. the suspect took about $6,000 worth of property and cash. sanchez and maldonado were identified as some of the suspects. sanchez was arrested in november. six days ago, maldonado was arrested in stockton. police say they found several weapons at maldonado maldonado's residence. turning now to developments out of washington, the justice department releasing special counsel jack smith's final report on his investigation into president elect donald tru

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the fire broke out on the top floor of the essex hotel at ellis and larkin. crews tell ktvu the fire may have been started by a battery in an electric scooter that had been plugged in overnight. no reports of injuries here. one person may be displaced. arson investigators are still working to learn the cause. >> 808 now the west contra costa unified school district needs to trim its budget. the bay area news group reports the district that serves students from richmond to hercules needs to cut $7 million in order to receive a positive budget certification for the next school year. west contra costa already slashed $19 million before the start of this school year. the interim superintendent says future cuts could result in around 100 layoffs over the next two years. an increase in enrollment would be the only sure fire way to save jobs. >> well, today, the peninsula decided it was too quiet the last few weeks. so now we have two crashes in san mateo, redwood city. i would avoid 101 heading south. if you're driving from, let's say, san francisco and trying to g

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the book was created by innes, who is a very famous shipbuilder who built the uss essex which david porter sailed the war of 1812 and some other famous ships. but who built the nina? i can't remember his name, but it's built in about 1804 1805, and it was basically it did trips down to cuba santo domingo picking up molasses. nothing very exciting. it became a whaling vessel. i a sealing vessel, sorry. all right. we're going to take another one from here in the audience. i'm going to do one right here and then i'll come over to their. this is just a follow up question to her question. you mentioned the four female entrepreneurs earlier. how did you find out about their background? oh, well, i wasn't able to find a lot about their background. i just gleaned what i write about them from the comments made by other people on the nina and some one of the british lieutenant's made a number of biting comments. these women and their effect on captain george hickson and other thingst eyid. but then he shacked up with one of them anyway. so but i don't have a lot about them. that's one of the things

we'll be hearing from him, after his first press conference today. in an essex leg.hs�*s medical director. the latest figures for england show there were on average just over 5,400 patients in hospital every day with flu — and more 250 with the virus in critical care. that's nearly a thousand up on the week before. it's contributing to a shortage of beds — with longer waits in a&e and for ambulances. warwick is one of many hospitals where a �*critical incident�* was declared. hugh pym spent time there this week witnessing a service that�*s struggling to cope with intense winter demand. minutes into his 12—hour shift, raj, a consultant, is updated. if i look at my screen now and look at the people all waiting for a bed, first ten people are over the age of 80. the situation looks dire. the challenge, finding beds. how are you feeling at the moment? percy has an underlying condition and suspected norovirus. we're just trying to find a space for you inside. it takes several hours to get him in, but at least percy does have a bed. yeah, and it�*s gradually getting worse?

my family had a home in essex county since i was three. i spent a lot of time growing up between albany and essex county, up and down the northway. my dad actually started off in the plywood and lumber business after he graduated from high school. he worked his way up first in the warehouse. he was in on the road salesperson when i was born. he ended up managing district branch of a larger plywood distribution company. when i was seven, my parents started their own business. it was basically to focus on the local small business customers and bringing the highest quality products with the best customer service. 20 years-plus later, we have over 1000 small business customers. my brother is deeply involved in the business. i have a younger brother. he is 5.5 years younger. when you grow up in that type of environment and you see that type of risk that your parents go through when they risked really everything we had as a family to start a business from scratch, and it was very , very difficult. there are still, as any small business owner wou

it happened inside the essex hotel at ellis and larkin.s. firefighters say one person had to be rescued. the were not seriously injured. i'm bob redell. later this morning, there's another vote that could impact the future of governor newsom's controversial planned underground water tunnel that would r behind me in the central valley. during its 11 a.m. board meeting, the central santa clara valley water district will decide whether or not to contribute $9.7 million towards the planning and design of this massive infrastructure project that will cost an estimated $20 billion to complete. the idea is to build a concrete tunnel that is 36ft in diameter that, as you can see on this map, would take fresh water from the sacramento river and divert it to underground to large water pumps already located in tracee. it is a chilly start to our morning kari, and it's going to be a nice and mild afternoon, so a pretty wide range in temperatures from the way we start to the afternoon. a high of 60 today in novato. it's going to be comfortable with a l

the top floor of the hotel essex here.int, a spokesperson telling us that there was an active fire. they evacuated some folks from the area. you see the truck still set up in front of the building, the ladder still up, connected to that top floor there. fire alarms are still ringing. we're not hearing any reports of any injuries. we're also not seeing an active fire at this point here. so it may be that the firefighters are on the back end and trying to clean up and finish off whatever it is that they were dealing with today and this morning. but they do have one road, one block of the roadway now blocked off here along ellis street. several firefighters, at least two engines here on the scene this morning. and actually i see a third just around the corner. several firefighters are walking in and out of the building. looks like they're talking to some of the folks who might have been staying in the building as well. but again, no active fire, no smoke coming out of any part of the window or any part of the building here. t

that fire happened on the top floor of the essex hotel at ellis and larkin street. no one was hurt, but at least one person may have been displaced. crews tell ktvu the fire may have been started by a battery from an electric scooter that was plugged in overnight, but they are still working to determine an official cause. also new tonight a big change is coming for fire protection in the southern part of santa clara county. today, the county board of supervisors voted to end a contract with cal fire and put fire service under direct control of the county. ktvu is mark sayer was at that supervisors meeting and joins us from san jose. so, mark, what does this mean? this move actually mean for the residents? >> while claudine, first of all, county supervisors emphasized that this decision has nothing to do with the quality of cal fire firefighters, nothing but praise for the actual firefighters. but they did say that they are concerned that problems with the budget at the state level has resulted in a lower level of service than the county itself feels it can provide.

all fire in the tenderloin at hotel essex. this is near ellis and larkin.ws say they put out the fire. it happened in a room of the hotel. we're told they rescued one man from the flames. they're still working to clean up some of the damage there. the cause is not yet clear, but initial reports say it happened as the man was charging his scooter. the department of justice releasing the special counsel's report about donald trump's attempts to interfere in the 2020 election. scott mcgrew joins us now. jack smith says he would have been able to get a guilty verdict for sure. yeah. had trump not run for reelection and then won, that's what stopped him, says smith. now that's the special counsel's opinion. but he backs it up with more than 130 pages of evidence and testimony. the case against trump will not go forward. there was a separate investigation by smith into trump taking classified documents out of the white house. the report into that will not be released yet, because it's still an active investigation into two others trump's aides at mar-a-lago. as f

the fire happened at the top floor of the essex hotel at ellis and larkin streets.ws tell ktvu the fire may have been started by a battery from an electric scooter that was plugged in overnight. >> b the initial report from the resident of unit 601 that he was plugging his scooter in and it overheated and started to fire in his unit. it looks to be all the damage is in the one room. they're going to open up the walls to make sure there's no extension of fire into the wall system. >> there are no reports of injuries. while some neighbors left the building most sheltered in place until firefighters put out the flames, one person may be displaced. arson investigators will further assess the damage to determine what caused it. a four year old from vallejo, now in the hospital after she was hit by gunfire during a shootout. that gunfire erupted while the police were serving a search warrant in a neighborhood just north of six flags discovery kingdom. when police arrived, they found the wounded girl who was riding in a car with her mother. she was rushed to ucsf benioff c

the fire broke out on the top floor of the essex hotel on ellis and larkin streets. crews tell ktvu the fire may have been started by a battery from an electric scooter that was plugged in overnight. >> the initial report from the resident of unit 601 that he was plugging his scooter in, and it overheated and started a fire in his unit. it looks to be all the damage is in the one room. they're going to open up the walls to make sure there's no extension of fire into the wall system. >> there are no reports of injuries. while some neighbors left the building most sheltered in place until the firefighters were able to put out the flames. one person may be displaced. arson investigators have to further assess the damage and look into what caused it. >> now to the middle east, where israel and hamas are reportedly getting close to a cease fire deal. fox's trey yingst is in tel aviv with more on the agreement that could end the war and bring the hostages home. >> israeli airstrikes killed another 18 people overnight, but they could be coming to an end soon. a ceasefire de

this fire started up early this morning on the top floor of the essex hotel on ellis and larkin in the tenderloin. firefighters say the fire may have stemmed from an electric scooter plugged in overnight. >> the initial report from the resident of unit 601 that he was plugging his scooter in, and it overheated and started a fire in his unit. it looks to be all the damage is in the one room. they're going to open up the walls to make sure there's no extension of fire into the wall system. >> no injuries were reported, and while some neighbors left the building, most sheltered in place until firefighters put that fire out. oakland police now investigating a deadly shooting from this morning. it happened just before 9:00 on east 12th street, right near sam jin general supply store. police say they responded to several shotspotter activations, and when they arrived on scene, they did find one person who had been shot. the victim was taken to the hospital but did not survive. officers say they have detained one person, but they are still investigating what led up to those shots being fired.

to unpack all of that with natasha linstad, who is a professor of government at the university of essex here in the united kingdom. she joins us now from colchester. natasha, there's so much to unpack here, but i do want to begin with that visit by giorgia meloni to to mar-a-lago, because it certainly seems as though a lot of european leaders are trying to create ties with donald trump. but at the same time, it also seems as though he's meeting with european leaders who are similar inclined as himself. what do you make of it? >> no, definitely. >> we're seeing a lot of symmetry between trump and particular of the far right leaders in europe, and there's been definitely a rise of both leaders in the far right, but also the parties on the far right. >> we've seen this in not just italy, but also hungary, austria, slovakia and so forth, and trump and elon musk are forging closer ties. they share similar ideas on immigration or being anti-woke and along these lines, they have been connecting. now in terms of the case of meloni, she doesn't see musk or trump as a threat to her italian polici

. >> let's bring in natasha linstad, a professor of government at the university of essex.she joins us now from colchester in england. thank you so much for joining us. and steve, really showing there the amount of pressure there is on these candidates to perform. well. they've been in intense tutoring role plays. just take us through what they'll be practicing over recent weeks. >> well, they are going to face all kinds of questions, most notably from democrats, but possibly also from some republicans, about whether they are fit for these positions. i mean, if we look at just the case of the nominee for secretary of defense, pete hegseth, he, as the report mentioned, has faced accusations of of sexual assault, sexual misconduct, drunken behavior, which, of course, would be concerning given that he will be in charge of an enterprise that is worth over 800 billion, have been in charge of over seven several million different employees, and he doesn't really have any kind of management experience. so some of the questions that they're going to take him through are about, well,

gloves are off and vows to ramp up his campaigning efforts in kemi badenoch constituency of north—west essexit follows claims from the conservative leader that reforms online membership tracker was fake, despite several news outlets reporting they had seen the party's membership data and believe the tracker is accurate. speaking ahead of his racecourse rally in badenoch constituency, reform uk leader nigel farage said the tory leader had her chance. >> i gave her an opportunity to apologise for what has now been thoroughly disproven in the media, and she has chosen not to take the opportunity, although that's not surprising, she's not exactly known for her charm. so what to do, what to do? well, it's all well and good saying, sir, but you have to prove actual harm. she hasn't harmed us. she's given us tens of thousands more members. >> meanwhile, the former conservative mp for dudley north, marco longhi, has defected to reform after accusing the conservative party of becoming unrecognisable. it comes as the reform uk leader has distanced himself from elon musk's support for tommy robinson. n

why was an essex councillor heckled for standing up for veterans and democracy? >> also no more empire. vladimir, you excuse my language. >> hello. boris has got some strong words of advice for putin and we've got our star panel joining us to give you all their opinions on the stories. tonight. we've got author and commentator louis oakley, political consultant suzanne evans, and journalist and broadcaster nina mischakoff. oh, and how do you think the victims of the la wildfires would feel if they saw this? >> couldn't carry my husband out of a fire, which my response is he got himself in the wrong place if i have to carry him out of a fire. >> all that and more. get ready britain, here we go. have the two main political parties forgotten our brave veterans. but first, here's your news with will hollis. >> alex. thank you. your top story at 9:00, nigel farage has repeated a pledge that reform uk will pay for an inquiry into the grooming scandal if the government continues to reject calls. speaking at the party's nonh calls. speaking at the party's north west conf

gloves are off and vows to ramp up his campaigning efforts in kemi badenoch constituency of north—west essext follows claims from the conservative leader that reforms online membership tracker was fake, despite several news outlets reporting they had seen the party's membership data and believe the tracker is accurate. speaking ahead of his racecourse rally in kemi badenoch constituency, reform uk leader nigel farage said the tory leader had her chance. >> i gave her an opportunity to apologise for what has now been thoroughly disproven in the media, and she has chosen not to take the opportunity, although that's not surprising, she's not exactly known for her charm. so what to do, what to do.7 well, what to do, what to do? well, it's all well and good saying, sir, but you have to prove actual harm. she hasn't harmed us. she's given us tens of thousands more members. >> meanwhile, the former conservative mp for dudley north, marco longhi, has defected to reform after accusing the conservative party of becoming unrecognisable. it comes as the reform uk leader has distanced himself from elon m

are off as he vows to escalate his campaigning efforts in kemi badenoch constituency of north—west essexow, if that follows claims from the conservative leader that reforms online membership tracker was fake. >> yeah, that's despite the financial times saying they've seen the actual membership data and they say the tracker is accurate. >> well, here's what nigel farage had to say about that. >> i gave her an opportunity to apologise for what has now been thoroughly disproven in the media, and she has chosen not to take the opportunity, although that's not surprising. she's not exactly known for her charm. so what to do? what to do? well, it's all well and good saying sewer, but you have to prove actual harm. she hasn't harmed us. she's given us tens of thousands more members. >> so it all gets very interesting, because meanwhile, the former conservative mp for dudley north, marco longhi, has defected to reform after accusing the conservative party of becoming unrecognisable. >> one person who won't be joining reform uk, though, according to nigel farage, is tommy robinson. mr farage sayi

speaking earlier at the reform event in north—west essex, reform uk chairman zia yusuf poked fun at badenoch>> we all know that we should be very grateful to kemi. we should be very, very grateful to the leader of the tory party because in the preceding 24 hours of her ill advised outburst, reform uk signed up more members than in any 24 hour period in our entire history. so can we please give a big reform round of applause to kemi badenoch? >> gb news can exclusively reveal that the first boatload of 50 illegal migrants this year has crossed the english channel. a border force vessel picked up 50 migrants from their small boat early this morning, and is currently on its way back to doven currently on its way back to dover. it comes after nearly 37,000 people made the treacherous journey in small boats just last year. the uk is braced for heavy snow and icy rain this weekend, with the met office warning there could be considerable disruption in some areas. two amber and two yellow alerts have been issued by the met office across most of the country, with up to 30cm of snow expected. forecast