the former labour deputy leader ward - in illegal practices. uty leader ward tom watson, the other remaining claimant in this battle, also received an apology. —— lord tom. ngn had admitted he had been placed under surveillance. admitted he had been placed under surveillance-— admitted he had been placed under surveillance. , , ., , , , , surveillance. news group newspapers oh so many such _ surveillance. news group newspapers oh so many such apologies. _ surveillance. news group newspapersl oh so many such apologies. thousands of ordinary— oh so many such apologies. thousands of ordinary people just trying to live their— of ordinary people just trying to live their lives have suffered the same _ live their lives have suffered the same unlawful behaviour. many were victims _ same unlawful behaviour. many were victims of— same unlawful behaviour. many were victims of heinous crimes, including victims _ victims of heinous crimes, including victims of— victims of heinous crimes, including victims of terrorism, grieving famiiies— victims of terroris

as we said, the former labour party leader tom watson —— as we said, the former labour party deputy leaderso settled his case today. he made the point that media intrusions were widespread. i once said that the big beasts of the tabloid jungle have no predators. i was wrong. they have prince harry. his bravery and astonishing courage have brought accountability to a part of the media world that thought it was untouchable. rupert murdoch's news group newspapers gave this statement... so does this all draw a line under the press intrusions? not according to dr evan harris, a campaigner for media regulation and consultant for the claimants�* legal team. because they denied under oath that there was unlawful activity at the sun — in the criminal courts, in this high court, at the leveson inquiry and in front of parliamentary committees, this was denied — either that was just an unfortunate error or they knowingly denied something that they knew to be true. the latter is called perjury when it's done under oath, at the leveson inquiry and in court, and it's contempt of parliament where it's don

prince harry and the former labour deputy leader, lord watson, alleged thatjournalists from ngn usedegal means to intrude into their private lives. lord watson has said they're preparing a dossier of evidence to hand to the metropolitan police. dominic casciani was at the high court. headline after headline, story after story. years of intrusion, now accepted by the sun in a stunning conclusion in prince harry's battle against tabloid. for years, the duke has said he was a victim of unlawful practices. he blames the media for the death of his mother. he says journalists destroyed his first flush of love with chelsy davy. and today, at the high court, this was the moment of reckoning. from yesterday, there had been clues of secret talks. he'd been up all night, but the duke's barrister david sherborne was looking surprisingly fresh—faced and chipper. mr sherborne, has there been a settlement? - good morning. we'll have to see. and see we did. just after 10:30am, mr sherborne stood up in court and announced the two sides had reached an agreement and read out words his client had long w

we have prince harry and we have lord watson, former labour minister.here they can question the bosses of newsgroup newspapers, and what they want is a bit of light shone on what was going on inside this organisation. very briefly, david, a lot of people will see this as prince harry taking on rupert murdoch, who owns the newspapers he is suing. very much so. there has been — and it is no secret — a long animus between prince harry and the media over many years. and for him, he has said this many times, that this is about, essentially revealing what he believes was widespread wrongdoing inside newsgroup, which they have denied all along. they have admitted that there was a problem with the news of the world. it was closed down in 2011. they have said there was nothing wrong with what was happening in the sun. so this has always been the issue about this allegation of widespread wrongdoing and a cover up, which is what they believe will be revealed and what they hope will come out of this trial, all of which has been strongly denied by newsgroup newspape

ministeh — lord watson, the former labour minister.in court, where they can question the bosses _ where they can question the bosses of news group newspapers that what they want is a bit of tight— that what they want is a bit of light shone on what was going on inside _ light shone on what was going on inside these organisation —— this organisation. on inside these organisation -- this organisation.— this organisation. very briefly. _ this organisation. very briefly, many - this organisation. very briefly, many will- this organisation. very briefly, many will see | this organisation. very i briefly, many will see this this organisation. very - briefly, many will see this as harry taking on rupert murdoch who owns the newspapers he is suing? who owns the newspapers he is suina ? , . , who owns the newspapers he is suinu? , . , ., suing? very much so. it is no secret, there _ suing? very much so. it is no secret, there has _ suing? very much so. it is no secret, there has been - suing? very much so. it is no secret, there has been a - su

the duke of sussex and the former labour party deputy leader lord watson, who also settled his legalawful information—gathering into their private lives. news group newspapers gave a full and unequivocal apology to prince harry for serious intrusions over the course of 15 years. it's also apologised for intruding into the private life of his late mother, diana, princess of wales.

what we don't know yet is whether the other claimant in this case, the former labour mp tom watson, hee. he is in the court room at the moment. we have not heard yet whether he has settled, but we know for prince harry substantial damage payment and an unequivocal apology to the duke of sussex.— duke of sussex. what do you know about _ duke of sussex. what do you know about the _ duke of sussex. what do you know about the other - duke of sussex. what do you | know about the other element duke of sussex. what do you - know about the other element of this case in terms of the accusations of corporate cover—up. do we know if there has been any acknowledgement on that front quetta my any apology for any activity? we don't know _ apology for any activity? - don't know yet. what we were going to see if the trial went ahead was the two claimants' cases were going to be put forward. parry�*s specific case was not about hacking and that is because he was out of time. so he couldn't bring any hacking allegations. but the allegations he was putting forward were about unlawful newsgathering techni

foreigners. 0ur panel tonight is james crisp, europe editor of the telegraph and kevin craig, former labourliamentary candidate, political and media expert and founder of communications firm plmr. i must tell you both that this story has been it right at the top of the most read, already talked top ten most read list of stories on the bbc news website and app today, so obviously a lot of people interested in this news. james, is this a spanish story or a brexit story or both? i is this a spanish story or a brexit story or both? i mean, it is become _ brexit story or both? i mean, it is become more _ brexit story or both? i mean, it is become more -- - brexit story or both? i mean, it is become more -- both, i it is become more —— both, there is no denying brexit doesn't help, non—eu, non—eu residents are affected which means it with the impact on british people, but this isn't some kind of revenge for brexit. spain is in the grips of an extremely serious housing crisis will stop i was speaking to our correspondent in madrid earlier today before coming on, and he told me that for every prope

the former labour deputy leader lord tom watson is also suing the company.up with the sports headlines. good afternoon, ollie. the ten—time champion novak djokovic is through to the semi—finals at the australian open after a thrilling, hard—fought victory over spain's carlos alcaraz alcaraz, who beat djokovic in both his wimbledon final triumphs, took the first set 6—4 but from that point onwards, even though both men broke each other, the serb took control, winning the next three in a match that lasted over three and half hours and finished just before one in the morning. alcaraz, was third seed in melbourne but has never made it past the quarters. djokovic will face alexander zverev in the semis. the women's champion, aryna sabalenka, will play paula badosa in the semis after a 19th win in a row at melbourne park. the world number one, who is looking to secure a hat—trick of australian open titles, had to work really hard to battle past the 27th seed, anastasia pavlyuchenkova. she won the first set 6—2 but lost the second by the same margin and then went a

the duke of sussex and the former labour party deputy leader, lord watson, alleged that journalists ats group newspapers carried out unlawful information gathering into his private life. our correspondent rich preston is outside the high court in central london. this case goes back many years. he had alleged since 1999. mgn still runs the sun newspaper and has always denied any wrongdoing at the sun newspaper. the duke described this as a monumental victory in their settlement. our media and arts correspondent david sillito reports. prince harry's long battle against the press, fuelled by a fury that began with its treatment of his mother, princess diana, has today culminated in what he describes as a monumental victory. i've been asked to read out a statement on behalf of the duke of sussex and lord watson. outside the court, where his trial challenging the publisher of the sun and the news of the world was about to begin, a statement from his barrister about an apology and a settlement from news group newspapers. in a monumental victory today. news uk have admitted that the sun, the

the duke of sussex is one of two people, along with former labour deputy leader lord tom watson, suing they intruded into into his private life in an unlawful way. correspondent helena wilkinson. let's go live to the high court and speak to our correspondent helena wilkinson. a deeply personal battle for prince harry.— prince harry. yes, it was always — prince harry. yes, it was always going _ prince harry. yes, it was always going to - prince harry. yes, it was always going to be - prince harry. yes, it was always going to be a - prince harry. yes, it was i always going to be a deeply personal events. in terms of what is happening here at the high court, we were expecting their first day of this trial to get under way at 10:30am. it was delayed by an hour and has been delayed further until two o'clock this afternoon. with me to discuss more about the trial, what we think might be going on, is dominic. first of all, a delay to the hearing this morning. what can be read into that? it this morning. what can be read into that? , ., , this morning. what can be read into that?— into that? i

the former labour deputy leader lord tom watson is also suing the company.tside court. dominic, the case was due to get under way this morning, but there's been a delay. what can you tell us? that's right, a mysterious delay because the world media is here and all the lawyers are here for prince harry's team and newsgroup newspapers. nothing has been going on for hours and the dead was asked to delay the case until two o'clock so that the two sides could continue discussions about something we don't know about —— the judge was asked to delay the case. that has caused speculation in the media that perhaps there are settlement talks going on. i stress, we have nothing to suggest that that is definitely the case, it is purely speculation. but as of last night, most of us here would have said the chances of that happening were less than the chances of meghan markle signing up to do a lifestyle column for the sun. so it is about what is at stake here for prince harry and newsgroup newspapers. let's look at the issues in this case which will pan out over the next

the duke of sussex and the former labour party deputy leader, lord watson, who also settled his legallaim today, alleged that journalists at news group newspapers carried out unlawful information—gathering they gave a full apology for serious intrusions over the past 15 years it has also apologised for intruding into the private life of his late mother, princess diana. i'll correspond richard preston is outside the preston high court in central london. is not the full expose we thought the prince might have wanted. we thought the prince might have wanted. ~ ., ., wanted. we were on the hook for an eiuht wanted. we were on the hook for an eight week — wanted. we were on the hook for an eight week trial _ wanted. we were on the hook for an eight week trial during - an eight week trial during which of course evidence would have been presented in open court, witnesses may have been called to give evidence. prince harry has said all along that this was never about money for him. newsgroup newspapers has settled 1700 cases, some of them outside the court system, 1700 in total. prince harry

the former labour mp, lord tom watson, is also a claimant.ciani, is here. why the delay? generally speaking it beats us at the moment, we are not sure what's going on. there is definitely some kind of talks going on between vince harry and news group newspapers. we know this because the case was due to open this morning and lawyers between both sides said they needed to talk. —— between prince harry. they came back later and one of the lawyers said euphemistically there is a settlement dynamic. an indication something has been put on the table and clearly it means prince harry must be considering that or it might go the other way, maybe he made an offer to the other side. we don't know, it is legally privileged and confidential. this case has been like climbing mount everest. we don't know if this possible settlement gets us anywhere from base camp up to the summit but we do know they are going to come back to court tomorrow. the interesting thing is this, at the moment it is about 2:30pm in the afternoon california time where prince harry li

and therefore, when i was confronted with the former labour leader from a very 20th century era, neilhe said this is a very worrying new development, the intervention of elon musk, and he called him a national enemy. wow. so, henry, what do you make of that? i think labour politicians, old and young, still don't know what to do about the world's richest man's complete fascination with uk politics. and, are kind of, ithink after spending a lot of last week talking or this week talking to people about it, just sort of crossing their fingers and hoping that once he gets his keys on the department of doge in the us a week on monday, he'll be a bit less interested in the uk. i mean, it isjust surreal that i woke up this morning and when i looked at x, the first post i saw, i think, literally the first post i saw was elon musk congratulating a relatively obscure labour mp named dan carden because dan carden had, i think, called for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, which obviously is different to his leadership's position. and last week, elon musk spent this day talking about how rupe

and therefore, when i was confronted with the former labour leader from a very 20th century era, neil said this is a very worrying new development, the intervention of elon musk. and he called him a national enemy. wow. so, henry, what do you make of that? i think, i think labour politicians, old and young, still don't know what to do about the world's richest man's complete fascination with uk politics. with uk politics, and, are kind of, ithink after spending a lot of last week talking or this week talking to people about it, just sort of crossing their fingers and hoping that once he gets his keys on the department of doge in the us a week on monday, he'll be a bit less interested in the uk. i mean, it isjust surreal that i woke up this morning and when i looked at x, the first post i saw, i think literally the first post i saw was elon musk congratulating a relatively obscure labour mp named dan carden because dan carden had, ithink, called for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, which obviously is different to his leadership's position. and last week, elon musk spent this day

the duke of sussex and the former labour party deputy leader, lord watson, who also settled his legallaim today, alleged that journalists had carried out unlawful information—gathering into their private lives. news group newspapers gave a full and unequivocal apology to prince harry for serious intrusions over the course of 15 years. it's also apologised for intruding into the private life of his late mother, diana, princess of wales. our correspondence watched that update from prince harry's barrister and sent this update. we were on the hook for an eight week trial. for an eight week trial, during which of course, evidence would have been presented in open court. witnesses may have even been called to give evidence. and prince harry has said all along that this was never about money for him. news group newspapers has settled 1700 cases, some of them outside the court system, but 1700 in total. and prince harry has said it wasn't about the money for him. it was about the acknowledgement that there was wrongdoing and an apology, and forjustice to be being seen, to be brought to those

the duke of sussex and the former labour party deputy leader lord watson, who also settled his legalay, alleged that journalists had carried out unlawful information—gathering into their private lives. news group newspapers gave a full and unequivocal apology to prince harry for serious intrusions over the course of 15 years. it's also apologised for intruding into the private life of his late mother, diana, princess of wales. our correspondent rich preston is outside the high court in central london. rich. thank you. yes, news group newspapers - rich. thank you. yes, news group newspapers which i rich. thank you. yes, news i group newspapers which runs rich. thank you. yes, news - group newspapers which runs the sun and used to run the news of the world they had always said that any illegal activity was confined to the news of the world and had denied any wrongdoing at the sun. we were sent to seek an eight week trial taking place as of today, that did not happen. instead, this settlement with substantial damages and unequivocal apology. our media and arts correspondent david sillit

the front runners to fill the position ken martin the current chair of the minnesota democratic former labour. welcome to fox news sunday. >> thank you so much for having me. >> shannon: let's talk a little bit postelection analysis. our fox news analysis say they favor president trump on nine points on crime, ten points on the economy, 16 to 17 points on immigration. what has been your assessment of why the message did not connect better with the american people and is there any internal agreement with the democratic party? >> we are still analysing everything from last year we know we have lost ground with latino voters and with working-class households and with women and young voters. a whole group of demographics and parts of our coalition need to do better with for sure. as you mention we lost ground in some of these important issues and we need to really get to the bottom of that but one of the things that surprised me last year and should have been a red flag for our party is our process of the two parties and the majority of americans now believe the republicans are best suited to the

nurses' union, the rcn, samuel kasumu, former conservative number 10 advisor, and alanjohnson, former laboury treo for today. let us start with what is making the news this morning. the bbc�*s lead is snow injanuary — there's disruption all over the country, and weather warnings in place. this is snowy leeds. take a look at gatwick and stanstead. and this morning manchester, liverpooljohn lennon and leeds bradford have all closed runways. we'll update you on what's going on at the end of the show. but the papers are pick and mix today. the independent on sunday splashes on the costs of brexit. the sunday times' lead is about holes in britain's defences, and wes streeting's plans for patient choice we'll talk about later. the express predicts thousands of extra deaths because of a&e delays and the mail front page features another bad opinion poll for keir staarmer — a six month anniversary present. something strange has been happening, repeated attacks by elon musk, world's richest man, political pal of nigel farage and donald trump, attacking in quite inflammatory terms the prime minister an

i am now joined by former labour adviser matthew torbitt, now matthew, as prussia's amounting onto the the moment. look, is it a sustainable position he can he can hold himself into? we've got 76% of the public wanting a national inquiry. that's three quarters of people. we've got mass amounts of the labour party membership also supporting a national inquiry. what's keir starmer going to do? >> no doubt given through an inquiry. i think the position is likely untenable and the pressure will become insurmountable for the prime minister. i think it's obviously a bit of a misstep that somebody has forgotten about. six months ago, in the original letter from jess phillips and the home office to oldham council, and i think the line also won't hold that this could take up to seven years. and if you look at previous inquiries, you're looking at between 160 and £200 million. i think ultimately it isn't necessarily about money, it's about righting wrongs. and sometimes money isn't the most important thing. and i think on top of that, this would likely be a much narrower review because you're lo

. >> in a britain's newsroom exclusive, a former government scientist blasts labour's net zero planss a fantasy. as he writes to the energy secretary, ed miliband. take a listen. >> my criticism is isn't doing it. it's the fact that it's all going to be done in five years time. this is an artificial deadune time. this is an artificial deadline that has not been discussed or agreed with the civil engineering companies, who are going to have to do it. >> and $1 trillion, 1 trillion wiped from the value of the world's largest technology companies after the emergence of deep seek, a cheaper chinese rival to chatgpt. president trump wants america to do more to dominate artificial intelligence. >> the release of deep seek ai from a chinese company should be a wake up call for our industries that we need to be laser focused on competing to win. >> and conservative leader kemi badenoch has backed calls to ban under 60s from owning smartphones like they have in australia, will debate if it's time to do the same here in britain. >> and police in sheffield were involved in a high speed blue lig

can speak to the former head of the israeli intelligence agency, and also a former member of parliament for the opposition labourthank you for being with us here on bbc news. i'm sure in your time you have been very much involved in these sorts of exchanges of hostages and prisoners. just talk us through the kind of choreography of what we are likely to see tomorrow. firstly, we do not know exactly what we will see because things are very much related to the decision that will be made by hamas, and i hope that hamas will speak of its obligations because israel is going to stick to its obligation —— i hope hamas will stick to its obligations. what is planned is that tomorrow morning a ceasefire will take place at 8:30am. at about 1600, the first three hostages should return from hamas captivity, where they had stayed for the last 15 months. we hope that all of them will be alive because we know that in the first stage 33 hostages will be freed and some of them are dead and the rest are alive, and i hope that tomorrow we receive three alive hostages. we believe they are women, including soldiers, women soldiers. t

they also apologised to tom watson the former deputy leader of labour for "unwarranted intrusion" into life. today's acknowledgement of those unlawful actitivies by private investigators working for the sun comes 1a years after rebekah brooks, the former editor of the sun and news of the world, was questioned by a committee of mps, including tom watson, on the subject of phone hacking, and she was asked this by mr watson — "as a journalist and editor of news of the world and the sun, how extensively did you work with private detectives?" her answer, "on the sun, not at all". she went on to explain that everyone had used private detectives, but in the 2000s fleet street changed its ways and mostly stopped using them — and she added this. i was then editor of the sun, and i can say, absolutely, that the sun is a very clean ship, a great newsroom. £10 million is reported to have been paid by news group newspapers to prince harry and lord watson. it was settled moments before a full trial was due to begin. let's talk to chris huhne, who was an mp whose phone was hacked by the news of the w

meanwhile, as labour oversees a year on year increase in small boat crossings, gb news has been told by the former head of border force that labour will never stop the crisis unless they make one big change. and in what has been dubbed sir keir starmer's reward for failure, mayor of london sadiq khan has been knighted in the new year's honours. but why has khan, who loves decolonising things, agreed to become knight of the order of the british empire? plus, we'll be looking at some of the new year's eve celebrations across the country. they haven't all been cancelled. i'm hearing our reporters will be live on the scene and that's all to come this new year's eve after the latest headlines with sophia wenzler. >> emily. thank you. good evening. your headlines at 7:00. japan, australia and new zealand were the first to ring in the new year, with celebrations and fireworks displays. they were followed by hong kong and taiwan, who in the last few hours celebrated the new year. and thailand, vietnam and india have also rung in the new year in the past hour. but as world welcomes in 2025, severe weather

director of us and americas programme at chatham house, and carwynjones, former first minister of wales and leader of welsh labour from 2009 to 2018. first, the latest headlines. canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, is to step down after nine years in office. he's been under pressure in recent months, with his liberal party slumping in the polls, amid a cost of living crisis and poilitical scandals. he'll stay on as caretaker leader until a successor is found, with a general election due later this year. more than 60 million americans are in the grip of a huge winter storm that could bring the heaviest snow — and lowest temperatures — in a decade. several inches of snow have fallen in eastern parts of the us. a state of emergency has been declared in seven states, including missouri, kansas and kentucky. more than 1700 flights have been cancelled. donald trump's election victory has been certified by the us congress, exactly four years after his supporters violently stormed the capitol building. today's ceremony passed peacefully. it was overseen by kamala harris in her role as vice president. major incidents

labour voters? your majority at the general election — i can see that you're smiling at that — was reduced to 693. nick timothy, conservative mp, formerresa may, wrote this: "there are allegations about the conduct of senior labour councillors in oldham." is that what it's about? what an absolute load of rubbish. it is absolutely.... and when somebody like nick timothy, who worked in the home office for decades and did nothing about this, suddenly, he's there. why didn't he, if he thought that this was so important? they are simply playing politics. i have absolutely no interest. the idea that i am trying to protect anyone belies the hours i've sat in police stations trying to get people taken down, belies the amount of time i've sat next to victims in a courtroom, because they'll only give their evidence because i'm sat next to them. i... it is a disgraceful thing to say, by people who have done nothing. you have spent your working life, as you've pointed out, trying to help women and girls who've survived violence and sexual abuse. you're in touch with victims every day. what are they saying to you about the issue of these mass rape

john mcdonald is currently suspended from labour, but his unease will be shared by some of his former on growth, and will announce more details soon on how she hopes to make that happen. vicky young, bbc news, westminster. detectives investigating the murder of 14—year—old killian bokassa, who was stabbed to death on a bus in south—east london last week have named two teenagers they want to speak to. our correspondent graham satchell is with me, and they've released names and photos of the boys they want to speak to? ability as a minister is not going to last long. chris mason, thank you. yes, that is right. this attack was absolutely horrifying and shocking, partly because kelyan bokassa was just ilt years old, so young, but also because it happened in broad daylight in the middle of the afternoon, very much in public on a double decker bus, since the attack police have been trawling through hours and hours of cctv footage, talking to witness, and as you say they have released images of two teenagers, they are 16—year—old mosawar zazi and 15—year—old colin chabikwa. there are two mor

. >> to its credit, this labour government transferred the pension scheme to benefit nearly 4000 former miners and widows in my constituency. almost 700 scheme pensioners were excluded. will the prime minister correct this injustice and ensure beneficiaries, many now elderly and poor health, are treated equally? >> prime minister. >> i am proud this government has overturned a historic injustice, boosting the pensions of over 100,000 former mine workers. we are working closely with the trustees to consider the proposal and ensure the industry minister keeps and fully updated. >> joe robertson. >> thank you, mr. speaker. my constituents on the isle of wight are entirely reliant on foreign aid, debt laden, unregulated fairy companies for travel. in united kingdom public transport is regulated and subsidized like buses, trains, scottish ferries. does the private is to agree this isle of wight anomaly must come to an end? will the government intervene in order to protect passengers from excessive ferry prices and bad services? >> prime minister. >> i thank him for raising this and he's righ

john mcdonald is currently suspended from labour, but his unease will be shared by some of his formermore details soon on how she hopes to make that happen. vicky young, bbc news, westminster. the comedian tony slattery has died at the age of 65. he was best known for his regular appearances on the improvisation show whose line is it anyway. but spoke about his struggles with addiction and his bipolar disorder. he had a heart attack and died sunday morning. hello. welcome to great failed prototypes of our time. come on, cheer up! let's dance. tony slattery. in the 80s and 90s, he was one of the most familiar faces on television. tony slattery. his energy, the speed of his comic brain, saw him become a mainstay of whose line is it anyway? in the event of rambo's biceps exploding, his liver and most of his internal visceral organs will be situated there. the boy who had grown up in a north london council estate, was one of a golden generation from the cambridge footlights, who won the first ever perrier award for comedy alongside stephen fry, hugh laurie and emma thompson. and then, he

a lib dems, conservative and labour mp and our political and economic experts, could it mean we are heading for more cuts? welfare is top of the list. see you then. a former "golden pass allowing them to get away with murder". the officer was one of several members of special forces who registered concerns back in 2011 that the sas appeared to be carrying out executions and covering them up. richard bilton has the story. uk special forces are facing the worst allegations — a "golden pass allowing them to get away with murder". the officer was one of several members of special forces who registered concerns back in 2011 that the sas appeared to be carrying out executions and covering them up. richard bilton has the story. uk special forces are facing the worst allegations — that in afghanistan they murdered civilians and covered it up. a public inquiry has heard from senior officers from inside special forces who believe things did go wrong. "i thought and think that on at least some operations the sas "was carrying out murders." another senior officer was equally damning. "the sas had a golden pass, allowing them to get away with murder." and one junior o

former labour mp turned reform party member simon danczuk and former labour party adviser.ing to get the name absolutely right this time, stella chang, who. >> very nice. >> very nice. >> thank you. stella, let's start with you. labour looking at this poll tonight, joint first in the polls with nigel farage and reform knowing you've got those big elections in wales coming, you've got these elections in the red wall at some point that are going to happen. they've got to be nervous. >> no, it looks like the next general elections are going to be an even bigger landslide for laboun be an even bigger landslide for labour. what i am noting from thatis labour. what i am noting from that is that the lib dems and the greens are also increasing their vote share. so it's not just reform who is doing better, it is. it is primarily the conservatives who have lost out the most. now it is very easy to vote for a third party in local elections, and i do expect reform to do quite well. and nigel farage is an excellent communicator. he has done very well to feed a narrative to the global jo

former labour mp turned reform party member simon danczuk and the former labour adviser suella stella chan. taoiseach . good try, chan. taoiseach. good try, nearly as ever. let me know your views gbnews.com/yoursay and hit me up on x at goodwin mj. now it's me up on x at goodwin mj. now wsfime me up on x at goodwin mj. now it's time for the news bulletin with sophia wenzler. >> matt. thank you. good evening. it'sjust >> matt. thank you. good evening. it's just gone. 8:00 these are your headlines. the mayor of los angeles has said historic winds and extensive droughts created the perfect storm. but dropping winds means firefighters are now able to tackle the fire from the air. and authorities are hopeful the tide is turning. the hollywood hills blaze, described as the most destructive in la's history, has claimed five lives and forced 179,000 people to evacuate, including many a—list stars. meanwhile, prince harry and meghan markle have issued a statement on the fires, urging people to check in on disabled and elderly neighbours. the duke and elderly neighbours. the duke and duchess of

former labour adviser matthew torbitt and former labour mp and reform uk candidate simon danczuk simonmany unanswered questions about this case. even today we've seen the sentencing, the horrific details, which, to be frank, i don't want to go into because i find them so deeply traumatising. but there are so many questions here about the state authorities. keir starmer, the government, i mean, which are the most important in your mind? >> yeah, it's certainly a very dark day isn't it, for britain? there's no doubt about that. i have concerns and i say this constructively. i have concerns about keir starmer as prime minister and how he's handled this. first of all, i do believe he could have shared more information at the beginning when the attack first occurred. that's that's happened previously. it could have disregarded the cps advice. he's a prime minister. he's not a lawyer anymore, and i think he needs to remember that more often. i have concerns about the fact that he's called this a new phenomenon, when we know it's not a new phenomenon. phenomenon. many individuals have attacke

alex dean, the writer and political commentator, and bill rammell, the former labour minister. also, i can tell you someone that's not been given an easy ride today. steve reed the farmers were having none of him. but before we get stuck into it all, let's cross live for the 6:00 news headlines. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines from the gb newsroom. the mayor of los angeles has given an update as wildfires continue to rage across the region. karen bass said the historic winds and extensive droughts created the perfect storm, but dropping winds mean firefighters are now able to tackle the fires from the air, and authorities are hopeful the tide is turning. the hollywood hills blaze, described as the most destructive in la's history, has claimed five lives and forced 179,000 people to evacuate and reduce sunset boulevard to rubble. meanwhile, officials are warning about looting after some 20 people were arrested for taking part staying in the us. president joe biden has delivered the eulogy for the late former us president jemmy carter at his state funeral,

we have got former labour minister bill rammell, journalist and broadcaster carole malone and the formerthe tory party, sir jake berry. carol, i'll start with you on this. look, you know, you compare that kind of rabid optimism of donald trump there, talking about how the golden age of america is back, outlining the, you know, there's only going to be two genders. he's saying we're just going to deport illegal migrants. and apparently as well at the border, by the way, they've already massed the border force 1541 00:11:30,976 --> 00:11:

former labour adviser matthew torbitt and former labour mp and reform uk candidate simon danczuk simonare many unanswered questions about this case. even today we've seen the sentencing, the horrific details, which, to be frank, i don't want to go into because i find them so deeply traumatising. but there are so many questions here about the state authorities. keir starmer, the government, i mean, which are the most important in your mind? >> yeah, it's certainly a very dark day isn't it, for britain? there's no doubt about that. i have concerns and i say this constructively. i have concerns about keir starmer as prime minister and how he's handled this. first of all, i do believe he could have shared more information at the beginning when the attack first occurred. that's that's happened previously. it could have disregarded the cps advice. he's a prime minister. he's not a lawyer anymore, and i think he needs to remember that more often. i have concerns about the fact that he's called this a new phenomenon, when we know it's not a new phenomenon. phenomenon. many individuals have att

a full and unequivocal apology for prince harry and for the other claimant in this case, the former labourp tom watson. promised by the group of substantial damages. these two individuals are the last two individuals are the last two claimants in a long, long list of cases taken against group. my colleague is outside the court with me. we are expecting this to go on for potentially eight weeks and yet it seems to be wrapped up in 30 minutes? , . ., ., . ., minutes? yes, a dramatic moment here at the — minutes? yes, a dramatic moment here at the high _ minutes? yes, a dramatic moment here at the high court. _ minutes? yes, a dramatic moment here at the high court. the - here at the high court. the first day of the eight—week trial was meant to happen yesterday. there were secret talks going on behind—the—scenes, last—minute talks about potential settlement yesterday and then returned up to court here this morning and prince harry was my birthday once the court opened after eight few minutes in their natural magic massive news that the settlement has now been reached between mgn newspapers,

and as you were hearing a moment ago, the funeral of john prescott, the former labour deputy prime ministeris under well underway at hull minster. these live pictures were. gordon typical from april. it means a typical bill will rise by 26%, so from £480 per year to 603. the industry body water uk says the extra money will fund infrastructure projects and help struggling customers. however, consumer groups fear the rise will mean more households fall into debt. at 44% of parents in a survey think children should know how to use books correctly before starting primary school, with some instead trying to swipe as if using a tablet. a very low figure. only 3 in 4 parents think children should be toilet trained before starting reception. that's according to a poll for the early years charity kindred squared. it found that teachers believe children are entering primary school with delays in basic motor skills and a lack of core strength because of excessive screen time. and the survey also found a huge disparity between when teachers and parents consider those children to be school ready. and as

and joining me on my panel tonight, we have former labour minister bill rammell, political commentator and youtube sensation chloe dobbs and former conservative mp sir michael fabricant. a huge two hours. but first, let's get your news with will hollis. >> thanks, alex. at 9:00, your top story the duchess, the duchess of sussex's new netflix series, will be delayed following the devastating fires in la. the streaming service has announced. meghan markle said she's thankful to netflix for supporting her in postponing the programme, so she can focus on the needs of those impacted by the needs of those impacted by the wildfires in her home state of california. visiting victims alongside her husband harry. yesterday, meghan's eight part series with love will now premiere on march 4th instead of january the 15th. sticking with los angeles, officials say they're prepared for the next round of high winds that could fan blazes, with the military on standby to assist despite strained services. they say fire hydrants, which failed earlier in the week, are ready for use. at least 16 people have b

on my panel tonight, it's the former tory mp anna firth, conservative peer lord bailey and the former labour adviser matthew lazar. oh, and can you tell me what's wrong with this? oh jesus christ. >> oh, oh, okay. >> oh, oh, okay. >> we're out of time. we're out of time. 00:00:59,728 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 >> get ready. britain. here >> it's 9 pm. on patrick christys tonight. >> okay, you won't ever threaten me jimmy. ever threaten me will you leave this room? again. will you leave this room? >> the runcorn rocky labour's very own answer to muhammad ali. iron mike amesbury pleaded guilty today to battering one of his own constituents. >> and so tom crowther kc, chair of the telford inquiry, has agreed to work with the government to develop a new framework for victim centred, locally led inquiries where they are needed. >> oh gosh, i think it's fair to say that we you really have forced yvette cooper into a pakistani rape gang inquiry. >> also, as a rule of thumb, i never encourage anyone to work with reform . with reform. >> is sadiq khan just a nasty piece of work? i speak to the man who

ive got my panel, former labour mp bill rammell and conservative peer lord moylan. but first, here are your news headlines with sam francis. >> miriam, thank you and good evening to you. just coming up to 6:02. the top story tonight, elon musk's comments on grooming gangs here in the uk have been slammed by the health secretary as misjudged and misinformed. the tech billionaire accused sir keir starmer of inaction and said safeguarding minister jess said safeguarding ministerjess phillips deserves to be in prison over her comments on child exploitation in oldham. the conservatives have also criticised musk for sharing what they've described as factually inaccurate claims, and warned against distracting from survivors needs. however, wes streeting has hit back and urged mr musk to help tackle the rape gangs. >> look, when it comes to tackling the serious issue of child sexual exploitation and abuse, i do think that online giants, social media companies have got a big part to play in helping us to identify and prosecute perpetrators of child sexual exploitation and ab

now i'll also be joined tonight by my panel columnist and former mep patrick o'flynn and former labour adviser scarlett mccgwire. as ever, let me know your views at gbnews.com/yoursay and hit me up on x at goodwin mj. but now it's time for the news bulletin with sophia wenzler. >> matt. thank you. good evening. it'sjust >> matt. thank you. good evening. it's just gone. 8:00 these are your headlines. russia has responded to donald trump's ultimatum to end the war in ukraine. the us president said russia will face high levels of taxes, tariffs and sanctions if president president putin does not end the war. posting on his truth social, trump expressed his love for the russian people and his good relationship with putin and then issued a direct warning to stop this ridiculous war. russia's un envoy has said the kremlin would need to see what trump thinks is a deal. compromises comprises of before proceeding. it's not merely the question of ending the war, he said. it's first and foremost a question of addressing root causes of the ukrainian crisis. meanwhile, the defence secretary has iss

tonight on the show, we've got writer and broadcaster emma woolf, the former labour mp lloyd russell—moyleott, broadcaster esther stanhope and hollywood stuntman nicholas dane. but first, let's go to the news. >> good evening. the top stories from the gb newsroom. former prime minister boris johnson has exclusively told gb news now is the time to double down on brexit and take advantage of our freedoms. from al to gene editing and financial services. he goes on to say we need a government that really believes in brexit, and we need the british ruling class finally to match the bravery and imagination of the 17.4 million people who voted to leave. for supporters, the uk became a sovereign nation in charge of its own destiny. opponents believe it's isolated the country and damaged the economy. a tireless campaigner for brexit was reform ukip leader nigel farage. here he is celebrating five years ago today. mr farage is holding a reform party conference in kemi badenoch constituency. he told martin daubney although it was the right thing to do, we haven't grasped the opportunities that could

. >> we've also got lord shaun bailey and former labour party adviser matthew laza. oh, and can you tell me what's wrong here? >> you're on for shopping or place to eat tonight. as you can see here behind me, it's been two and kamala harris is clearly taking defeat. >> well. get ready britain. here we go. does the pakistani muslim community have to do more to stop the rape gangs next? >> good evening. it's just gone. 9:00. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines. the mayor of los angeles has said historic winds and extensive droughts created the perfect storm. but dropping winds mean firefighters are now able to tackle the fires from the air. and authorities are hopeful the tide is turning. the hollywood hills blaze, described as the most destructive in la's history, has claimed five lives and forced 179,000 people to evacuate, including many a—list stars. meanwhile, prince harry and meghan markle have issued a statement on the fires, urging people to check in on disabled and elderly people. the duke and duchess of sussex, who live in montecito, have called for friend

former labour mp and minister stephen pound. you all right, stephen graham, thanks very much indeed. >> it's good to be out of the care home. >> look, guys, bit of fun this week in in parliament again. we've we've had a debate on the local elections in may. we know that up to about 20 different councils have asked for their elections to be delayed in the in the name of regional reorganisation. get my words out. is this a cynical ploy, stephen, to avoid democracy because reform is on the rise? >> well, far be it for me to imply that there is an element of conspiracy here, but it does actually reek, to be perfectly honest. look what basically where we start from is actually a sensible place. the idea at the moment you've got parish councillors, county councillors, district councillors, regional councils, regional mayors, you know, you've got a massive, great tier of administration. it's a good idea to get shot of that and actually compress them down and have so that you actually have more say in who you actually voting for. howeve

paul richards, the former labour special adviser and columnist.that you were just talking, jacqueline, because we were all watching on then in those headlines, the story about the boom supersonic plane you were telling me about your experience on concorde? >> well, i spent 25 years with british airways before i became a member of the european parliament. and of course, dunng parliament. and of course, during those years, concorde arrived. it cruised at about 68,000ft and it flew at twice the speed of sound. so looking at this, it looks a bit slow to me. does it. >> look, she could probably run quicker. look at how fit and athletic she is. she's looking athletic she is. she's looking at that going. really? you think that that is supersonic? i don't think so. anyway, look, i want you to get in touch with me tonight. with everything that's on your mind. we have a lot to discuss, ladies and gents. and you can join the conversation all the usual ways. you can email me gb views @gbnews. com. you can go to the website gbnews.com/yoursay. or of course you