that was a frantic few years working alongside gordon brown.ury is out on where the decisions right across the globe. he smoothly avoided a were situation. lizzy: you mentioned his steadiness, that has come out in lots of the tributes prayed gordon brown is a rather mercurial character. he was when he was prime minister. you think the financial crisis's impact in the u.k. would've been worse had it not been for alistair darling? >> happy accident that those two work together. they balanced each other out. as to darling, he was always keen to be clear with the public and basically say, we are in a tough moment. that really helped because that was not gordon brown's initial instinct. they made a good team. the tributes coming in not just from the labor side but across the aisle show he was unique in that he was really respected and seen as a person of integrity on both sides. lizzy: what he had in common with gordon brown was they were both from scotland. he played a huge role in bringing scotland in the united kingdom. >> again, speaks to how wi

he was the work and pensions secretary and seemed very much as gordon brown's ally .e was tough and he was decent. he was straightforward . we knew that straightforward. we knew that the blairites felt they could talk to him and he was very funny in his dry way. i remember he had the committee in and he said pension reform ? yes. he said pension reform? yes. he said, it's not exactly a conversation. and he said this in a much drier and funnier way than i'm saying it is. it's not a conversation you have every night at the dog and duck. and he had a way of in his understated dry way of dealing with a subject very nicely and strai ghtfo rwardly. >> straightforwardly. >> and, nigel, you must have known him quite well. >> i did, yeah. >> i did, yeah. >> and his influence in the scottish referendum, the independence referendum was very important because he bound labour into that and protecting the union. >> yes, it was something he really believed that keeping really believed in, that keeping the together was something really believed in, that keeping the importantr was som

she spent fifteen years as a member of the european parliament, before eventuallyjoining gordon brown'sent. the foreign secretary, lord cameron, will travel to washington dc next week to discuss the war in ukraine. he says he wants to reassure us leaders that the united kingdom will �*stay the course, and galvanise allies, too'. train drivers continue their strike action as part of a long—running dispute over pay. the avanti west coast, chiltern, great northern, thameslink, and wmt train companies were affected on sunday. the aslef union has also imposed an overtime ban over the strike period. the government of peru has announced it's increasing the number of tourists allowed at the fifteenth century inca citadel, machu picchu, its most famous historical site. the move is aimed at helping tourism rebound, after the decline suffered during the covid pandemic. now on bbc news, sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday. tottenham score three at the ethiad to snatch a point against the defending champions in an end to end match. klopp roars at the kop once again as liverpool come from behind

gordon brown has described his former minister, glenys kinnock, who's died aged 79, as one of the greaton. baroness kinnock was married for 56 years to the former labour leader neil kinnock. she spent 15 years as a member of the european parliament before eventuallyjoining gordon brown's government. herfamily said she had "endured alzheimer's" since a 2017 diagnosis and faced it with "innate courage". where ever there was an injustice, where ever there was poverty and inequality, wherever women and girls were being denied their basic rights, there was glenys kinnock is standing up for them, and that's why she will be more than every part of the world, she gained an international reputation for standing up for women and girls worldwide, but also internationally. the loss will be great to the labour party but those two also to those people who stand up forjustice across the world. tributes to glenys kinnock who has died aged 79. you're live with bbc news. in the lead—up to international human rights day on december 10, the united nations is encouraging activism on ending violence against

gordon brown, tony blair and sadiq khan. was joined by gordon brown, tony blair and sadiq khan . blair and sadiq khan. that's the news on gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on digital tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> in a treasury select committee hearing yesterday, the chief executive of aviva, amanda blank , claimed there is a no blank, claimed there is a no non—diverse hire at aviva without it being signed off by me and the chief people officer. these remarks were made after she told the committee that sexual harassment is worse in financial services than any other industry . miss blank other industry. miss blank herself suffered some abuse at the ftse 100 meeting last year, but what can it possibly be.7 right but what can it possibly be? right to discriminate against white men? her customers ? to white men? her customers? to remedy this, it's outright pubuc remedy this, it's outright public discrimination , but it's public discrimination, but it's merely the l

gordon brown, tony blair and sadiq khan. was joined by gordon brown, tony blair and sadiq khan . blair and sadiq khan. that's the news on gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on digital tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> in a treasury select committee hearing yesterday, the chief executive of aviva, amanda blank , claimed there is a no blank, claimed there is a no non—diverse hire at aviva without it being signed off by me and the chief people officer. these remarks were made after she told the committee that sexual harassment is worse in financial services than any other industry . miss blank other industry. miss blank herself suffered some abuse at the ftse 100 meeting last year, but what can it possibly be.7 right but what can it possibly be? right to discriminate against white men? her customers ? to white men? her customers? to remedy this, it's outright pubuc remedy this, it's outright public discrimination , but it's public discrimination, but it's merely the l

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tony blair and gordon brown disagreed on joining the euro.16 decided enough was enough, and left. >> the british people have spoken and the answer is we are out. reporter: at times, financial crises in europe have been blamed on the way the single currency was constructed, but the high priest of european integration never had a doubt. samantha: more than 50 french actors, writers and cinema producers have signed an open letter in support of gerardo bridger, who faces -- gerardo parra joe, who faces allegations of sexual assault. he denies any wrongdoing. reporter: he is one of the most famous faces and french film. he is famous for his work in over 200 films and tv series but since 2020 he has been under investigation for rape and faces allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment from over 12 women and a documentary revealed sexual comments he made to and about women. he strongly denies the allegations and there was no court ruling against him but it has continued to spark controversy in france. emmanuel macron came under fire for an

and the former labour prime minister gordon brown and the current labour leader sir keir starmer payribute to baroness glenys kinnock, who's died at the age of 79. she was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease six years ago. a few other stories to bring you tonight. scotland's first minister humza yousaf has accused sir keir starmer of insulting scotland, after the labour leader praised margaret thatcher in a newspaper article. sir keir said she, along with tony blair and clement attlee, had brought about "meaningful change" in britain. mr yousaf said many communities in scotland still bore the scars of what he called mrs thatcher's disastrous policies. the home office says more than 500 migrants crossed the channel in 11 small boats yesterday. the french authorities rescued a further 190 people after they got into difficulty at sea. the home office says the numbers making the crossing this year, though, are down by around a third compared with last year. the government of peru has announced it's increasing the number of tourists allowed at the isth—century inca citadel machu picchu, it

, andrew adonis and gordon brown, but not axed by cameron .as a stink bomb at the but not axed by cameron. they did ofis a stink bomb at the but not axed by cameron. they did ofis a labour)mb at the but not axed by cameron. they did ofis a labour years, the end of the labour years, and then decided then cameron decided to keep going it. this thing going with it. and this thing was pit and was a monstrous money pit and really does it matter if you're going to be 20 minutes earlier to a destination or not? it's also about capacity and freight and how many trains you can operate, but the tory mayor of the west midlands, andy street, wanted it to go ahead. >> boris johnson, david cameron didn't resign. if you're going to, if you're going to scrap it, i agree , i the case. i agree, i can see the case. don't but once you don't start it. but once you start you might as well start it, you might as well finish it. >> well, they're going to finish it to as far as birmingham. i think the whole is think the whole thing is completely is completely pointles

he was seen arriving at his wife's funeral earlier, followed by gordon brown , tony blair and gordon news on gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gbillionews. this is britain's news channel . and britain's news channel. and thank you polly. >> now we start with the latest on the migrant crisis and rishi sunak will meet italian prime minister george meloni this weekend on weekend for talks on immigration. sunak and meloni met in october to discuss efforts to coordinate an international response to migration . well, i'm joined now migration. well, i'm joined now by our political editor, christopher hope . chris. so with christopher hope. chris. so with things looking pretty bleak for rishi at home, popularity is plummeting . just about limped plummeting. just about limped through a vote this week on rwanda . he'll no doubt be rwanda. he'll no doubt be looking forward to a foreign trip to italy. but what do you think will come of it? >> well, it's more about building relationships, isn't i

tony blair and gordon brown disagreed onjoining the euro. have spoken, and the answer is — we're out. l at times, financial crises in europe have been blamed on the way the single currency was constructed, but the high priest of european integration never had a doubt. more than 50 french actors, writers and cinema producers have signed an open letter in support of the actor gerard depardieu, who faces accusations of sexual assault. there've been calls for him to be stripped of his legion d'honneur. the letter denounces what it calls the "lynching" of depardieu, one of france's most famous, and most divisive, actors. he denies any wrongdoing. meghan owen has more on this. gerard depardieu is one of the most famous faces of french film. the oscar and bafta—nominated actor is famous for his work in over 200 films and tv series. but since 2020, he's been under investigation for rape. he also faces allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment from over a dozen women. and a documentary released in december revealed sexual comments that he'd

tony blair and gordon brown disagreed onjoining the euro.oken, and the answer is — we're out. l at times, financial crises in europe have been blamed on the way the single currency was constructed, but the high priest of european integration never had a doubt. you're watching bbc news. hello there. storm gerrit has brought quite a bit of disruption up and down the country, with heavy snowfall, blizzards across scotland, some road closures there — certainly the a9 — some localised flooding and some trees down from the strong winds. we're likely to see further disruption from this system as we move through the overnight period. now, the strongest of the winds will be confined to the north—east of scotland, the northern isles, through the evening. but overnight, we hold on to the windy weather. in fact, renewed gales for southern and western coastal areas, bands of showers, blustery showers, spreading their way from west to east. severe gales with further blizzards across north—east scotland, certainly for the northern isles. it'll be a little

gains tax -- liam byrne: we are not talking about gordon brown.t you. the prime minister: i am just making the point that the person who made the change in our tax system, which has now persisted for a long period of time -- liam byrne: but you have been both chancellor and prime minister. you have had plenty of latitude to restore what you say is fairness to the tax system. i am curious as to why you have not done it. the prime minister: again, i am not going to comment on tax policy specifically. that would not be appropriate. broadly, i am just making the point that when it comes to capital gains tax, it was gordon brown who first reduced the rate of capital gains tax significantly below income tax, and that has persisted as a feature of the tax system from that moment through to today. actually, it has been increased for those on second properties, for example. liam byrne: we have got wealth inequality that has gone up, not down. we have got the top 1% multiplying their wealth 31 times faster than everybody else. you appear to be defending a t

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tony blair and gordon brown disagreed onjoining the euro.— we're out. l at times, financial crises in europe have been blamed on the way the single currency was constructed, but the high priest of european integration never had a doubt. the former european commission president, jacques delors. now we want to show you a huge statue of the colombian singer shakira that has been unveiled in her hometown. the bronze sculpture is more than six metres tall and shows the star swivelling her hips. shakira and her parents have visited the figure in barranquilla. a plaque at its base praises shakira's music, charity work and — in a reference to her hit song — her "hips that don't lie". google says that shakira was among the names most searched during the year. before the statue was unveiled, she settled a tax fraud case and released a song about her ex — footballer gerard pique. with just a few days to go until new year's eve, the design of the iconic ball that will drop in new york's times square to welcome in 2024 has been revealed. 0rganisers say t

and the former labour prime minister gordon brown and the current labour leader sir keir starmer payer's disease six years ago. a few other stories to bring you tonight. scotland's first minister humza yousaf has accused sir keir starmer of insulting scotland, after the labour leader

he also spent 13 years in government, first under prime minister tony blair and then gordon brown, whority. " others across the political spectrum have also been paying tribute. alister have the ability, which all politicians have, all statements have, not to confuse the workplace of the vigorous debate where you put forward your side's point of view as best you can with any personal animosity. best you can with any personal animosity-— animosity. when people will think about _ animosity. when people will think about alistair - animosity. when people will think about alistair darling, | think about alistair darling, they— think about alistair darling, they will think he is the sort of best_ they will think he is the sort of best of politics. softly spoken. he wasn't big at grandstanding. it always tried to do— grandstanding. it always tried to do the right thing. —— but always tried to do the right thing. darling will likely be most remembered for shepherding the british economy through the 2008 financial crisis. he compared the height of the crisis to being the captain of the titanic,

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from 1994 to 2009, then she became a minister under gordon brown until labour lost the election in 2010r three years after that. a very full life, a full political life and aside from that, she was a teacher, aside from that, she was a teacher, a committed teacher, something she remained interested in her whole life. �* ~ ., , remained interested in her whole life. ~ ., , life. and we know she battled alzheimer's — life. and we know she battled alzheimer's disease. - life. and we know she battled alzheimer's disease. she - life. and we know she battled alzheimer's disease. she was| alzheimer's disease. she was diagnosed — alzheimer's disease. she was diagnosed with _ alzheimer's disease. she was diagnosed with alzheimer's i alzheimer's disease. she was| diagnosed with alzheimer's in alzheimer's disease. she was - diagnosed with alzheimer's in 2017 and her husband neil had spoken movingly about the challenges that posed. it was not the way i'm sure any of them would have wanted, such any of them would have wanted, such an active life, a political life to end. she suffered from alzheimer'

he also spent 13 years in government, first under prime minister tony blair and then gordon brown, whohers across the political spectrum have also been paying tribute. so, alister had the ability which all politicians have, realstatesmen have, not to confuse the workplace of the vigorous debate, where you put forward your side's point of view as best you can, with any personal animosity. when people will think about alistair darling, they will think he's the sort of best of politics. softly spoken. he wasn't big at grandstanding but always tried to do the right thing. darling will likely be most remembered for shepherding the british economy through the 2008 financial crisis. he compared the height of the crisis to being the captain of the titanic, knowing the ship was going down. alistair darling had been suffering from cancer. he was 70. you're live with bbc news. there has been a surprise breakthrough at the summit in dubai. leaders agreed to launch a fund to pay for damage from climate—driven storms and drought — something poorer nations have been fighting for for three decades. yo

he was 13—under prime minister tony blair and then gordon brown, who described him as a statesman ofal spectrum have been paying tribute. alastair had the real— been paying tribute. alastair had the real integrity - been paying tribute. alastair had the real integrity that i had the real integrity that real statesmen have. not to confuse the work place of the vigorous debate where you put forward your side's point of view as best you can, with any personal animosity.— view as best you can, with any personal animosity. when people will think about _ personal animosity. when people will think about alastair - will think about alastair darling, they will think — he's the sort — darling, they will think — he's the sort of— darling, they will think — he's the sort of best of politics. softly _ the sort of best of politics. softly spoken, he wasn't big at grandstanding. but always tried to do— grandstanding. but always tried to do the — grandstanding. but always tried to do the right thing.— to do the right thing. darling will likely be _ to do the right thing. darling will likely be most

tony blair and gordon brown disagreed onjoining the euro.s in europe have been blamed on the way the single currency was constructed. but the high priest of european integration never had a doubt. finally, we want to show you a huge statue of the colombian singer shakira unveiled in her hometown. the bronze culture is more than six metres tall and shows the star swiveling those famous hips of hers. secure and her parents have been to visit it. the placard praises her for all of her musical and charitable work. in reference to her hit song, hips that don't lie, you know you know it, shakira is among them names most search this year, before the statute she settled a tax fraud case and released a song about her ex footballer. a year to rememberfor many her ex footballer. a year to remember for many different reasons. stay with us here on bbc news. thank you for watching. hello there. storm gerrit has brought quite a bit of disruption up and down the country, with heavy snowfall, blizzards across scotland, some road closures there — certainly th

well, except gordon brown's team unleashed a...er the sort of, you know, securing things, and then alistair darling did an interview saying things are going to get really tough, and then damian mcbride and others did lots of briefing. but, actually, if you look at how they conducted themselves, if you look at how ministers conducted themselves, you know, trust me, you know, they were not behaving like matt h... they weren't going around trying to get off with their advisers, for example. so i really push back against this idea that because you have a crisis, everybody loses their minds and suddenly this terrible behaviour comes to light. just very briefly, he provedj himself unsuited and unfit, but he could have been, right? there was no toxic culture at city hall, right? - in the people that _ he surrounded himself with. but if you choose the disrupter- in chief to help you run the country and you light the blue touch paper, you'll you shouldn't be _ surprised if it goes bang, - and that's exactly what happened. and i take ayesha'

he was seen arriving at her funeral earlier, followed by gordon brown , tony blair and gordon brown,ny blair and sadiq khan . that's the news on sadiq khan. that's the news on gb news across the uk on tv , in gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> thanks for that polyamorous jubilee and i'm keeping you company till 7:00 tonight alongside me, i've got the professor of politics and international relations at the university of kent , matt university of kent, matt goodwin, and the co—founder of nvidia and novara aaron nvidia and novara media, aaron bastani . good evening, bastani. good evening, gentlemen, to both of you . and gentlemen, to both of you. and you know the drill, don't you, on this programme, it's not just about it is about you about austria. it is about you guys home. what on your guys at home. what is on your mind tonight? i've got a packed show. i want to get through a lot with you. i want to ask you our international

yeah, it should be affecting some sort of gordon mouth movement of gordon brown mouth movement before so we've got blair and gordon brown remanifest in the 21st century. this , of century. this this, of course. i mean, of we should be mean, of course we should be able to mention matter what able to mention no matter what colour you are, you should be able mention thatcher. able to mention thatcher. thatcher wasn't just i mean, she's voldemort for start. she's not voldemort for a start. so and wasn't just a so she so and she wasn't just a leader leaders within great leader for leaders within great britain. she was a leader for leaders across the world, irrespective local policies. irrespective of local policies. she the first woman leader she was the first woman leader to really women win a war since some roman empress and he is right to lean on that because of the reasons that you said, because it will be divisive within the tory party. i don't think the red wall are going to worry too much about this because margaret thatcher would have voted for brexit. the red wall voted for brexit

yeah, it should be affecting some sort of gordon mouth movement of gordon brown mouth movement before so we've got blair and gordon brown remanifest in the 21st century. this , of century. this this, of course. i mean, of we should be mean, of course we should be able to mention matter what able to mention no matter what colour you are, you should be able mention thatcher. able to mention thatcher. thatcher wasn't just i mean, she's voldemort for start. she's not voldemort for a start. so and wasn't just a so she so and she wasn't just a leader leaders within great leader for leaders within great britain. she was a leader for leaders across the world, irrespective local policies. irrespective of local policies. she the first woman leader she was the first woman leader to really women win a war since some roman empress and he is right to lean on that because of the reasons that you said, because it will be divisive within the tory party. i don't think the red wall are going to worry too much about this because margaret thatcher would have voted for brexit. the red wall voted for brexit

. you remember gordon brown. >> remember brown >> do you remember gordon brown when woman when heestions about who was raising questions about immigration? a big bigoted old woman or whatever he said in 2010 the microphone was 2010 because the microphone was still was a that might still on. that was a that might have labour election have lost labour that election happened bee gees as well. >> don't forget, happened >> don't forget, it happened with >> don't forget, it happened witishe said that disgusting >> she said that disgusting little man. it does happen. >> yeah, feel for her in >> yeah, i did feel for her in that do us know what that moment. do let us know what you make the tory party using you make of the tory party using that do you that image on twitter. do you think a laugh or do think it was just a laugh or do you think it wasn't very professional? do let us know. vaiews@gbnews.com. professional? do let us know. vaiev1really1ews.com. professional? do let us know. vaiev1 really1ews.con see you nesta, really good to see you this you very this you guys. thank you so very

gordon brown even did this. so did ed miliband.e down by 300,000, we'll still leave us with a huge figure . leave us with a huge figure. >> look, james cleverly is a clown . he's saying there's going clown. he's saying there's going to be the largest single cut in migration because he's had he's had the largest single rise in migration . migration. >> i don't really care. >> i don't really care. >> i don't really care. >> i think if we need workers, we should get them into britain and if we need workers in the care and the health care sector and the health sector, they should be able to bnng sector, they should be able to bring their dependents them sector, they should be able to bbecauser dependents them sector, they should be able to bbecauser depencit1ts them sector, they should be able to bbecauser depencit to them sector, they should be able to bbecauser depencit to imaginem sector, they should be able to b woman r depencit to imaginem sector, they should be able to b woman oriepencit to imaginem sector, they should be able to

by gordon brown, tony blair and sadiq khan . your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now it's back to tom and . emily. now to the tom and. emily. now to the appalling state of our asylum system. >> only 1% of migrants who have arrived in small boats. >> small boats. sorry i think your mic is down. small boats since 2020 have been deported. only 1% migrants who arrive only 1% of migrants who arrive in boats since 2020 have in small boats since 2020 have been . that's according been deported. that's according to new figures. and just 95% of albanian migrants have been sent back. despite the uk having a separate returns agreement with the country, which is rather cunous the country, which is rather curious because the government often talks about how many albanians have been sent back to albanians have been sent back to albania . now. the shadow home albania. now. the shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, says the figures show more truly shocking tory asylum failure. so the conservative mp an

michaeljacobs from the overseas development institute, and formerly energy and climate adviser to gordon browng the world —type narrative. but when you look at it, what are people or countries compelled to do that they otherwise might not do now?— might not do now? nobody is compelled — might not do now? nobody is compelled to _ might not do now? nobody is compelled to do _ might not do now? nobody is compelled to do anything - might not do now? nobody is| compelled to do anything with might not do now? nobody is - compelled to do anything with this text, and it was never a kind of text, and it was never a kind of text to do that. this was the global stop tech. it was an attempt by countries to look at what they had done over the last five years and what they need to do over the next 10-15, but this what they need to do over the next 10—15, but this is guidance only. the real commitment will be in 2025, when each country has to bring their new targets and plans to the united nations, and we hope that they will add up to the global goal. that is always the problem, that individual countries bri

he was seen arriving at the ceremony earlier and he was joined by gordon brown, tony blair and sadiqan . that's the news on gb news across the uk, on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news channel . and. news channel. and. >> thank you polly and welcome to farage at gb news. it's just after 7:00. now first of all, a big thank you because this is a team effort. you may recall last night the story i exposed about the international student visa abuse, breach of the regulations that came from one of your viewers who dug into the story and then let us know about it, came onto me. so if you've got any other scandals, abuses you think that need investigating, need looking at us by our presenters and our team, let us know that's how we can be a great team effort and hold people to account. now now first up talking of holding people to account. so some new data has come out of the home office. doesn't appear to happen very often . and when it does, it's often. and when it does, it's rarely good

from there, she became a minister under gordon brown until labour lost the election in 2010 and thenr three years after that. a very full life, a full political life and aside from that, she was a teacher, a committed teacher, something she remained interested in her whole life. and we know she battled alzheimer's disease. she was diagnosed with alzheimer's in 2017 and her husband neil had spoken movingly about the challenges that posed. it was not the way i'm sure any of them would have wanted such an active life, a political life, to end. she suffered from alzheimer's for the last six years of her life. it's notjust her husband who survives her, she has two children, one another prominent member of the current labour party, a frontbencher. as i say, those of us of this age know she was such a prominent politicalfigure, both as the wife and partner of the labour leader but also within her own right. she was an active politician for nearly 20 years untiljust around 16 or 17 years ago. to france now — where one person has been killed and two others, including a british man, have been

> no, because i've been there twice under john major and under twice underjohn major and under gordon brownst possible moment because the money's good and the expenses are better . but above all, they are better. but above all, they just believe, like mr micawber, something will turn up and the defeat that john major was heading for with gordon brown was heading for wouldn't happen. it does. i rather think that, uh, rishi is in the same position . position. >> i think a lot of us are unsure of what the labour party are offering . the electorate are are offering. the electorate are offering voters. they are starting to say more and more. we heard today, uh, plans for more nursery spaces. which of course will be very costly to the taxpayer. but it is something that a lot of young families desperate for. families are desperate for. >> i have a grandfather . i've >> i have a grandfather. i've got three children who will benefit from that. it's not just youngsters who will appreciate that. >> okay, tell me how you'll benefit. >> well , very, benefit. >> well, very, very simply, my two daughters.

we're expecting to see, uh, tony blair, gordon brown , keir blair, gordon brown, keir starmer will probablyock, of course, the wife of neil kinnock and also minister of state in her own right. she taught for 30 years in a classroom and then had this incredible second career at the end of the new labour government . so it's set labour government. so it's set to be a really beautiful send off. >> yeah. and mother of, uh, labour shadow minister stephen kinnock, um, as well. thank you very much indeed . very much indeed. >> and now this is a really worrying story. police is searching for a missing mother of three. they say they're also in contact with the detectives who worked on the mother. nicola bulley case. this is to learn lessons from that investigation . lessons from that investigation. well, gaynor lord disappeared whilst walking her dog lancashire last january. oh, no . lancashire last january. oh, no. no, that was no bully . no, that was no bully. >> oh dear. but these pictures relate to, um , that lady gaynor, relate to, um, that lady gaynor, lord gaynor , lord. cctv footage lord gay

gordon brown had mrs. done . tony blair said got things done. tony blair said she was a towering figure. it's a recognition of somebody who won three elections, but alongside that he recognised tony blair and clement attlee as great labour prime ministers who got things done. to the point he's making is it's very easy when you're a political leader to get buffeted around by events, but if you want to make lasting change, you have to have a sense of mission. and that sense of mission is reflected in the speech that he is making this morning about better economic growth for the country, because we've got to get out of the pattern and the bad bargain that people have seen in recent years. >> listen, you don't have to tell gb news viewers that margaret thatcher was a great leader. many people will agree. but what a lot of people will see and think when they hear that, sir starmer is that, sir keir starmer is talking about her in this way, is somebody political is somebody who's political naive, alienating a wi

. >> lord darling served as a cabinet minister for 13 years under tony blair and gordon brown, becoming chancellor in two thousand and seven and steering the uk through the global financial crash. labour leader sir keir starmer says his death been met with profound sadness. >> alistair's death has caused a shock and a profound sadness across not just the whole labour movement but across everybody who loved him and respected him. and that's basically everybody who knew him. he was the dedicated public servant. he was kind. i was privileged to know him as a friend and to have his advice and our hearts go out to maggie , his wife and their maggie, his wife and their children on this very, very sad day . day. >> shane macgowan, the front man of the pogues, has died at the age of 65. he was discharged from hospital last week after being diagnosed with encephalitis. the singer, who was born on christmas day, is best known for the 1987 hit fairytale of new york. elvis costello once bet the irishman he couldn't write a christmas hit while macgowan promptly wrote and performed one of the most ch

he was seen arriving at the ceremony earlier and he was joined by gordon brown, tony blair and sadiqan . that's the news on gb news across the uk, on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news channel . and. news channel. and. >> thank you polly and welcome to farage at gb news. it's just after 7:00. now first of all, a big thank you because this is a team effort. you may recall last night the story i exposed about the international student visa abuse, breach of the regulations that came from one of your viewers who dug into the story and then let us know about it, came onto me. so if you've got any other scandals, abuses you think that need investigating, need looking at us by our presenters and our team, let us know that's how we can be a great team effort and hold people to account. now now first up talking of holding people to account. so some new data has come out of the home office. doesn't appear to happen very often . and when it does, it's often. and when it does, it's rarely good

lord darling served as a cabinet minister for 13 years under tony blair and gordon brown, who praised his wisdom, calmness and his humour. the prime minister said he was a dedicated public servant who served the country through challenging times and labour leader sir keir starmer described his loss to those who knew him as immeasurable . knew him as immeasurable. >> alastair's death has caused a shock and a profound sadness across not just the whole labour movement, but across everybody who loved him and respected him. and that's basically everybody who knew him. >> he was the dedicated public servant. he was kind. i was privileged to know him as a friend and to have his advice and our hearts go out to maggie , and our hearts go out to maggie, his wife and their children on this very, very sad day . this very, very sad day. >> and the prime minister has switched on the lights of the downing street christmas tree . downing street christmas tree. 3 to i who rishi sunak joked it was nice to click a button and make everything brighter. christmas carols were played. over 100 guests were in

. >> correct me if i'm wrong, but you've gordon called >> after gordon brown called a voter woman. voteroman. >> absolutely. voter a bigoted woman. >> so absolutely. voter a bigoted woman. >> so in|bsolutely. voter a bigoted woman. >> so in 2010,tely. voter a bigoted woman. >> so in 2010, i ly. voter a bigoted woman. >> so in 2010, i was the labour candidate just to explain it. and gordon brown was challenged by gillian duffy, uh, asking where all these immigrants coming from because people were fed up of it . and i got on very fed up of it. and i got on very well with gillian , actually, and well with gillian, actually, and i recruited her into the labour party incident . but party after that incident. but we were on the same page in this issue, and labour needs to be tougher mark words, tougher on that. mark my words, if labour come to power, if anybody's thinking if labour come to power, if anybody'sthinking voting anybody's thinking of voting labour election labour at the general election and immigration is an issue for them, situation to them, the situation is going to get under lab

she was later appointed as foreign office minister by gordon brown, who today paid this tribute.nd she never lost her sense of merriment. the labour leader keir starmer said she would be remembered as a pioneering woman. glenys kinnock who has died today aged 79. let's ta ke let's take another look at our main story as we look at these live pictures from this hospital in southern gaza. the head of the israeli military has said that its ground operation has begun following the breakdown of a week long truce. troops in southern israel have been told the operation will be no less powerful than in the north of the anglais. israeli bombardments in khan younis and rafah in the south have continued. stay with us here on bbc news. plenty of wintry scenes recorded by our weather watchers across the uk throughout the weekend, such as here in derbyshire with the lying snow but further south across much of england and south wales. then it turned milder on sunday, with outbreaks of rain moving northwards. and for all of us, the current cold spell will be coming to an end. as we head through i

gordon brown, the starmer, not gordon brown, the starmer, not gordon brown, invited mrs.ing to a children and i was talking to a labour she was going in. labour mp as she was going in. >> was appalled . he just >> he was so appalled. he just hung up the phone, him a lot hung up the phone, did him a lot of as well, it? of good as well, didn't it? because he lost. >> i think there's a difference between inviting him for a cup, cup, tea which cup, cup, cup of tea which i thought was over the top from gordon. but acknowledge saying gordon. but i acknowledge saying that a significant that she was a significant presence politics presence in our politics and that lessons to be that there were lessons to be learned all former prime learned from all former prime ministers particularly those who were impressive in terms of were most impressive in terms of winning elections, which are the ones out. ones he singled out. >> thatcher ones he singled out. >> was thatcher ones he singled out. >> was she thatcher ones he singled out. >> was she came thatcher ones he singled out. >> was sh