authority act of 1999.- it not by the greater london authority act of 1999.d the act creates _ authority act of 1999. that's right. and the act creates and _ authority act of 1999. that's right. and the act creates and then describes the powers of this institution called the greater london authority, which itself is formed of the mayor and the assembly, is that a fair summary? it is, yeah. assembly, is that a fair summary? it is, yeah- mayor— assembly, is that a fair summary? it is, yeah. mayor has, _ assembly, is that a fair summary? it is, yeah. mayor has, as _ assembly, is that a fair summary? it is, yeah. mayor has, as we - assembly, is that a fair summary? it is, yeah. mayor has, as we will - assembly, is that a fair summary? it is, yeah. mayor has, as we will see. is, yeah. mayor has, as we will see in a moment. _ is, yeah. mayor has, as we will see in a moment, some _ is, yeah. mayor has, as we will see in a moment, some strategic - is, yeah. mayor has, as we will see i in a moment, some strategic powers, as well as other duties, and the principal role

greater london has the highest number of asylum seekers per capita and the highest rates of homelessness. grace williams is the leader of waltham forest council and speaks for all 32 london boroughs on this issue. london is right at the epicentre of the housing crisis that we're seeing, and that has many different aspects to it. it's about that lack of affordable housing. it's the fact that we're seeing a real rise in demand for temporary accommodation in general. it's really difficult for london councils who all want to help and want to ensure that refugees are safe and they can build their lives to provide that accommodation. the government is doing what people have asked, haven't they? they are clearing the backlog. they are removing people from hotels. it's completely right that hotels are closed. what we're asking is that it's done in a way that's safe and enables london councils to be able to respond to those challenges. a spokesperson for the home office told this programme, "we are committed to ensuring asylum claims are considered without unnecessary delays. 0nce someone is info

that is almost twice the size of greater london.ially split from the antarctic coastline in 1986, but quickly grounded, essentially becoming an ice island. those are some of the other stories we have been taking a look at in the newsroom. you're live with bbc news. the 24 hostages released today are just a fraction of the 240 israelis who were seized by hamas. many of their relatives and friends have been the last seven weeks been gathering in tel aviv, gaining strength from each other. clive myrie is there, too, and sent this report. clive: israel is a place of forced absences, of missing faces staring out on cardboard and paper, and t-shirts. and it's here in what's been described as hostages square in the heart of tel aviv where the lost are remembered, and where hope burns bright that one day they'll return. in the shadow of the local art museum, relatives and friends of the disappeared gather to gain strength from each other in these worst of times. yard installations reflect israel -- the art installations reflect israel's tra

is drifting it's about three times the size of new york city, and more than twice the size of greater london, measuring around 1500 square miles after splitting from the antarctica's filchner ice shelf in 1986, it became stuck to the ocean floor for many years but wind and ocean currents are now pushing it toward south georgia island >>> the great lakes wrapping up the weekend as a winter wonderland michelle grossman is here with a look at how much snow the region can police department. hi, michelle good morning. >> hi there, guys. great to see you we are expecting a lot of snow some spots could see up to 30 inches of snow so nearly three feet of snow and the snow continues to fall we have winter weather alerts in place all along the great lakes. lake-effect snow warnings, winter storm warnings, winter storm watches and winter weather advisories these are in effect until wednesday. this is going to be a long duration event here is the snow going across the warm lakes it's until the lakes get frozen over where we see the snow machine turned off it's going to be a while scattered showers throu

�*a23a' is almost 4,000 square kilometres in area, that's more than twice the size of greater london.oastline in 1986, but quickly grounded in the weddell sea, essentially becoming an ice island. it initially split from the antarctic coastline in 1986. let's return to some of the diplomacy and negotiations that have allowed the release of hostages and prisoners on both sides of this conflict. we know the first group of hostages have left gaza and are now backin hostages have left gaza and are now back in israel as part of a 40 cease—fire deal between israel and hamas. this was the moment when 24 hostages who had been held by hamas which moved across the border into egypt by the international red cross. earlier i spoke to scott walker, a hostage negotiator and a former adviser to view when in the middle east. he's also authored a book called order out of chaos was the swap of hostages today was the hardest and fragile part of negotiations. the moment where things can go wrong and which is where we saw a slight delay over the last 24 hours because everything needs to be in place. all th

it mildly, and if it is a minority, then a very small minority, yes on... 12 million live in greater london, let's say 300,000 came out on the streets, well, you can simply calculate what percentage this is, moreover, no one... who did not support hamas and no one spoke out, maybe someone spoke, but in business, no embargoes, no sanctions, no, no, muslim countries were not torn, someone broke off relations somewhere in latin america, that is, definitely not neighboring countries, i am talking about arab countries, yes, and i sit and think, so this opens the gate in the future, or opens opportunities for the arab world and the state to get along after all israel, well, that is, they agreed, at least not to be with the support of terrorists, they simply will not hug from morning to night, but they will almost certainly not help terrorists create threats to the state of israel, or do i have such rose-colored glasses? well see have had diplomatic relations with jordan and egypt for quite a long time, decades, recently established diplomatic relations with bahrain and the united arab emirates, t

named a23a, its area is more than twice the size of greater london — at about 1,500 square miles — ands, the iceberg has been drifting rapidly and is now about to sweep towards the south atlantic. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. many of you will have had a dry day of weather on friday with plenty of sunshine around. blue skies like these pretty commonplace across the country. however, it certainly was quite chilly, wasn't it? temperatures on thursday reached 15 degrees, well above average, but compared with that for some, temperatures were seven degrees lower on friday and actually quite a bit below average for the time of year. now, what followed from that sunny day is these clear skies which took us into the first part of the night. temperatures have been dropping like a stone and already are well below freezing in many areas underneath these clear skies. the exception to that really cold theme is across northern and eastern scotland on the eastern side of england, where there's a bit of a breeze around and that mightjust keep the frost at bay. however i think in the very

impression is that the whole of london, in london, let's remember, two. 10 million people live in greater london, but 1,000, 200, well, 300 go to demonstrations, they say. the maximum number was 3,000, what do you say about whether the journalists are guilty, whether i am guilty, or not so guilty, and i think that the media bear a certain share of responsibility for what is happening, what, again, they bought into including to russian propaganda, i.e. portraying israel as the aggressor state in this case and all... those who stand on the side of israel, accordingly, their position is also condemned, despite the fact that they deny the terrible crimes, the attempted holocaust that hamas committed on october 7 against the israeli people, and that's why i think you know what's going on here the main problem, in my opinion, is that now these patterns of political correctness in the west are breaking, and when these patterns are breaking, that is, when it disappears, and what are these patterns of political correctness, it is when the basis for a civilized dialog disappears, and instead the street ta

mayor of greater manchester, | role as mayor of greater manchester, and the authority of the greater london a difference in relation to civil contingency efforts. yes, the gla, and the mayor is designated category one responder in civic —— civil contingencies act, thatis civic —— civil contingencies act, that is not the case in greater manchester combined authority or any other combined authority. category one responder has a duty to plan, prepare, train and respond to an emergency? yes. we played that role in covid pandemic at greater manchester level, i convened a covid emergency committee to sit above, if you like, that local resilience forum, so that we were working in a highlyjoined up we were working in a highlyjoined up way across the whole of our city and region. but formally we do not have that designation under the civil contingencies act, and it would be helpful if we did. we will return to that _ would be helpful if we did. we will return to that at _ would be helpful if we did. we will return to that at the _ would be helpful if we did. we will return to that at the end _ would

a23a is almost 4,000 square kilometres in area — that's more than twice the size of greater london.quickly grounded in the weddell sea, essentially becoming an ice island. those are some of the other stories we have been taking a look at here in the newsroom. you're live with bbc news. the 24 hostages released today are just a fraction of the 240 israelis who were seized by hamas. many of their relatives and friends have in their relatives and friends have in the last seven weeks been gathering in tel aviv, gaining strength from each other. the bbc�*s clive mhairi is their too centres this report. israel is a place of forced absences — of missing faces staring out on cardboard... ..and paper... ..and t—shirts. and it's here, in what has been described as hostage square in the heart of tel aviv, where the lost are remembered. and where hope burns bright that one day they'll return. in the shadow of the local art museum, relatives and friends of the disappeared gather to gain strength from each other in these worst of times. the art installations reflecting israel's tragedy, like the

a23a is almost 4,000 square kilometres in area — that's more than twice the size of greater london.line in 1986, but quickly grounded in the weddell sea, becoming essentially an ice island. you're live with bbc news. south african paralympic champion 0scar pistorius has been granted early release from prison on parole a decade after he killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, in a crime that gripped the world. pistorius was serving 13 years for murder. in an impact statement read to the parole board, the victim's mother, june steenkamp, said she was not convinced he had been rehabilitated. at his trial, the sprinter said he shot her through a toilet door at his home, mistaking herfor a robber. the parole board said pistorius will be released injanuary. rob matthews is a friend of the steenkamp family and was at the parole hearing today. here's what he had to say. my my personal opinion is that part of that road to rehabilitation is acknowledging what you have done, and being accountable for what you have done and being a enough for person enough to say, you did it, and all the conseq

huge wind farms, this one is the size of greater london are being built in the north sea.ls. the uk has a well—earned reputation as a leader on climate change, a country that's notjust talking about transitioning away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy, but actually doing it at some speed. but under rishi sunak, the tone has changed. the talk is now not so much about the opportunities of a cleaner, greener economy, but of new oil and gas exploration, softening net zero targets and keeping gusts down. --costs the last few months i think the uk has looked flaky. _ lodestone has advised both labour and conservative governments on climate change. i travel a lot to work with india, to work with china, working with the eu united states. and i'm constantly now over these last months ask the question what is going on in the uk? aren't they so committed anymore? hearing no objections it is so decided. the tone was very different two years ago as the uk chaired cop26, the global climate change negotiations in glasgow with a new round of talks starting in dubai this week, the

the huge windfarms, this one the size of greater london, are being built in the north sea.ables in the uk generated more power than burning fossil fuels. the uk has a well earned reputation as a leader on climate change. a country that isn'tjust climate change. a country that isn't just talking about transitioning away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy, but actually doing it, at some speed. but under rishi sunak, the tone has changed. the talk is now not so much about the opportunities of a cleaner, greener, economy, but of new oil and gas exploration, softening net zero targets, and keeping costs down. the softening net zero targets, and keeping costs down.— keeping costs down. the last few months _ keeping costs down. the last few months i _ keeping costs down. the last few months i think _ keeping costs down. the last few months i think the i keeping costs down. the last few months i think the uk i keeping costs down. the last few months i think the uk asj keeping costs down. the last l few months i think the uk as it looked flaky. few months i think the uk as i

named a23a, its area is more than twice the size of greater london — at about 1,500 square miles — andifting rapidly and is now about to sweep towards the south atlantic. before we go, to recap the breaking news we had this hour. associated press is reporting that derek chauvin, the former minneapolis police officer who was convicted of murdering george floyd, has been stabbed by another inmate in prison. ap says derek chauvin was seriously injured in the incident. the attack reportedly happened at a federal prison in arizona. ap is citing the bureau of prisons saying an inmate was attacked on friday afternoon before being taken to hospital for treatment, but they did not name the inmate. the murder of george floyd led to mass protests around the world. we'll bring you more on that developing story when we get it. stay with us here on bbc news. thank you for watching. hello again. many of you will have had a dry day of weather on friday with plenty of sunshine around. blue skies like these pretty commonplace across the country. however, it certainly was quite chilly, wasn't it? tempera

account greater london in that, too. y to spend time with the right founders in the region from the london office is going to be very important. that is how we view it in the u.k., a big part of the venture capital scene. as a principles become more understood and technology becomes pervasive, there will be great founders coming from everywhere and this is the best place for us to be in order to travel and see them and spend time with them. ed: sonali derycker, congratulations on 40 years of venture capital in europe and beyond. thank you very much. some other news we have been tracking, semiconductor start of my memory technology raised 5.4 billion u.s. dollars from government banks investors. the two-year-old company shares some shareholders and its general manager with china's leading chipmaker changing every technologies which aims to compute the likes of micron and samsung and is planning to file for an ipo in china. coming up, apple is in need of revenue growth. where will it find it? something on display in that ve

at almost 4,000 sq km in area, it�*s more than twice the size of greater london.t drifting at speed, and the iceberg is now about to spill beyond antarctic waters. so, why, after almost 40 years, is the a23a on the move now? the consensus is it�*s not due to a change in shelf water temperatures, butjust that the time had come. it�*s a showcase for the uk music industry, celebrating success and fresh talent. but now organisers of the brit awards are updating their rules after the backlash the show faced when all five nominees for the best artist trophy were men. the shortlist will now be increased from five to ten, to allow a more balanced and diverse list of nominees. our culture reporter guy lambert reports. it�*s bold, it�*s loud, and it�*s the biggest music award ceremony in the uk. but the brit awards has seen some considerable changes in recent years. in 2022, male and female categories were dropped in favour of a gender neutral approach. but there was dismay the following year when no women were shortlisted for the best artist prize. harry styles. last febru

�*a23a' is almost 4,000 square kilometres in area — that's more than twice the size of greater londonother stories we have been taking a look at. you're live with bbc news. the top diplomats of the united states, japan and south korea haven condemned north korea's recent launch of a spy satellite — with the state department confirming a call took place among the group on friday. on tuesday, north korea said it had placed its first spy satellite in orbit. it released these pictures on state media, showing a gigantic rocket blasting off. north korea's leader kim jong—un celebrated the launch — saying it propelled the country into a new era of space power. south korea says it's not yet clear if the satellite is actually functioning. us state department spokesman matthew miller confirmed the group of leaders would continue consultations in response to north korea's "irresponsible and unlawful actions." for more on this, i'm joined by aidan foster—carter, honorary senior research fellow in modern korea at leeds university. thank you forjoining us. tell us how significant this development i

huge wind farms — this one is the size of greater london — are being built in the north sea.ntry that's notjust talking about transitioning away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy, but actually doing it, at some speed. but under rishi sunak, the tone has changed. the talk is now not so much about the opportunities of a cleaner, greener, economy, but of new oil and gas exploration, softening net zero targets and keeping costs down. the last few months, i think the uk has looked flaky. lord stern has advised both labour and conservative governments on climate change. he says the uk's backsliding has been noticed around the world. i travel a lot to work with india, to work with china, working with the eu, the united states, and i'm constantly now, over these last months, asked the question, "what is going on in the uk?" "aren't they so committed any more?" hearing no objections, it is so decided. the tone was very different two years ago, as the uk chaired cop26, the global climate change negotiations, in glasgow. with the new round of talks starting in dubai this week,

he says he doesn't understand why he, as mayor of london or the greater london authority itself were ement has been meetings. an agreement has been struck between the government and england's top doctors that could bring an end to strike action. officials have agreed to action. officials have agreed to a deal that will see consultant nts receive 4.9, 9.5% investment on pay on top of a 6% pay rise already awarded this year. union members will now vote on the proposal , members will now vote on the proposal, which, if passed, will see strikes called off. while the health secretary , victoria the health secretary, victoria atkins, says she's relieved because the strikes have caused disruption for millions of patients . yes, everybody is patients. yes, everybody is concerned that since december last year, 1.1 million appointments have been rescheduled due to strike action. this is why it was essential that we got to a fair and reasonable settlement with consultants, which we have through this deal. there have been weeks and weeks of work leading up to this point, and i'm extremely gratefu

he says he doesn't understand why he is mayor or the greater london authority.were and where we may go to . and i will never forget go to. and i will never forget that sort of feeling of . lack of that sort of feeling of. lack of power, lack of influence, not knowing what's happening in our city. consultant in england have reached a deal with the government which could end strikes . strikes. >> unions will now put the pay offer to their members. the department of health says the agreement will build on the 6% pay agreement will build on the 6% pay rise previously given by modernising the consultants pay structure . negotiators are close structure. negotiators are close to agreeing an extension to the truth. truce set to expire in gaza later. officials say they're working with both sides on the length of a possible extension and which prisoners would be freed if it goes ahead. the hamas terror group seeking a four day extension while israel wants a day by day one. so far, hamas has released 58 women and children. and israel's freed 117 palestinian prisoners . pal

he was saying it made perfect sense for this ai conference to be in the greater london area, not quiteinghamshire, but the fact that the uk is fairly advanced in this might surprise some people. >> we can do we do really good with our tech. look at east london, the old street , the with our tech. look at east london, the old street, the old street area. this is something that could become a real strength for us. and absolutely wherever we can be at the forefront, we should be. i think there questions here there are two big questions here about one is is it going about al. one is how is it going to impact all of our everyday lives? sort of jobs are lives? what sort of jobs are going to be lost? how are we going to be lost? how are we going to be lost? how are we going to become a society that doesn't is the doesn't work if that is the ultimate implication of artificial intelligence? >> it won't be. it won't be. >> but it won't be. it won't be. people exact same people said this exact same thing when computers were invented everyone said all invented and everyone said all computers are g

huge windfarms, this one the size of greater london, are being built in the north sea.e power than burning fossil fuels. the uk has a well—earned reputation as a leader on climate change — a country that's not just talking about transitioning away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy, but actually doing it, at some speed. but under rishi sunak, the tone has changed. the talk is now not so much about the opportunities of a cleaner, greener, economy, but of new oil and gas exploration, softening net zero targets, and keeping costs down. the last few months i think the uk has looked flaky. lord stern has advised both labour and conservative governments on climate change. he says the uk's backsliding has been noted around the world. i travel a lot. i work with india and china. i work with the eu and the united states. i'm constantly now over the last years, what is happening in the uk. hearing no objections, it is so decided. the tone was very different two years ago, as the uk chaired cop26, the global climate change negotiations, in glasgow. with the new round of ta

intelligence and its impact on the creative industries where cultural policy officer from the greater london authority shared an overview of the dynamic and emerging field of ai and its current and potential future impacts on arts and culture sector. we look forward to exploring ways we can help local artists and arts organizations to embrace ai as a powerful tool and resource. this right here on the right is the closing session on of world cities culture forum, and that's me on the right and justine simons, who is the deputy who the mayor of london and she also was the founder of world cities culture forum and is basically its titular kind of head like elijah is. the is the head itself. so that's that's what that is. she works directly with the mayor. and so my role is more akin to hers. but there is someone that works under her that is almost like lex would be so, so it's kind of a my role is kind of a combination of, of those roles. so that's that very good summit. and it was blackity black for real because as you know, as you may or may not know, brazil had the most had the greatest impo

it's twice sorry, three times the size of new york city, twice the size of greater london. tic and arctic continent, sort of ice shelf. >> yeah , it broke away in the 19805. 1980s. >> at 19805. >> at the time that it broke away, actually, it still had a soviet research station on it. and they tried desperately to rescue it, but it was lost, unfortunately. but yeah, that's that's when it first started moving. and then it stopped for a while. and now it's and now it's the move again. i mean, it's on the move again. i mean, it's on the move again. i mean, it's too to for someone to it's too large to for someone to accidentally, know, drive a accidentally, you know, drive a ship it the titanic . ship into it like the titanic. >> is it going ? >> so where is it going? >> so where is it going? >> where do they think it's going? it's just it's just floating around. >> it goes adrift. >> it goes adrift. >> yeah, sort of drifts >> yeah, it just sort of drifts around. and the bbc says it's not climate change. not related to climate change. interestingly that's not actually related. >>

intelligence and its impact on the creative industries where cultural policy officer from the greater londonhority shared an overview of the dynamic and emerging field of ai and its current and potential future impacts on arts and culture sector. we look forward to exploring ways we can help local artists and arts organizations to embrace ai as a powerful tool and resource. this right here on the right is the closing session on of world cities culture forum, and that's me on the right and justine simons, who is the deputy who the mayor of london and she also was the founder of world cities culture forum and is basically its titular kind of head like elijah is. the is the head itself. so that's that's what that is. she works directly with the mayor. and so my role is more akin to hers. but there is someone that works under her that is almost like lex would be so, so it's kind of a my role is kind of a combination of, of those roles. so that's that very good summit. and it was blackity black for real because as you know, as you may or may not know, brazil had the most had the greatest import o

so we just saw sadiq khan, london's mayor, arriving along with greater manchester's andy burnham.fternoon we're expecting steve rotheram, the mayor of liverpool. so it's expected today this will be module two, this hearing. so looking at the core political decision making, when we saw all the restrictions being brought into into play during the pandemic, now the mayors are likely to be questioned about their communication with government at the time . so when government at the time. so when government at the time. so when government were putting forward requests, wanting to have certain restrictions brought in in certain areas, what happened with the communication between government and mayors during that time? now, andy burnham in particular, in october 2020 was involved in a sort of standoff between boris johnson and himself , between boris johnson and himself, because at the time we saw a big increase in the number of cases that were happening in manchester. so boris johnson at the time wanted to bring in the full extent of restrictions, whereas andy burnham was pushing back at

one is the san francisco bay area and the san francisco bay area and the other is the greater londone united kingdom is really advanced in comparative terms with the rest of the world, and it made a lot of sense to bring in countries like the us and china and also the eu all together at bletchley park to agree some pretty foundation stuff. in terms of the first steps towards a framework to regulate hate. ai because the big worry of all of these tech boffins and world leaders is that i get so advanced , ernst, that i get so advanced, ernst, that i get so advanced, ernst, that it almost escapes human control. it has a mind of its own and starts doing things by itself that are contrary to the ideals of humans. so what have they agreed? >> what's come out of it? what's the end result of the conference and the meeting? >> the bletchley declaration was a important step a very, very important step because before these countries met at bletchley, no one agreed what the problem was . no one what the problem was. no one could what was so—called could define what was so—called frontier ai, whic

to lord moylan , a talk now to lord moylan, a former adviser to boris johnson, a member of the greater londonnow. lord moylan, good morning to you . moylan, good morning to you. what's on this ? what's your view on this? because mark rowley is under. yeah, please . yeah, please. >> all right. i'm generally with you, andrew. i think that we should try to accommodate demand aspirations where we possibly can. we are a free country and what makes us different from france and so on, where they go around banning everything. and i think we should try to accommodate it. but on this occasion , i think that, you occasion, i think that, you know, this is such a heavy weekend for police . and weekend for the police. and i the strain being put on the police at the moment is very, very considerable. and i think that there are good operational reasons why the commissioner should say this. this can go ahead, but not this weekend. okay another time, but not the weekend . i've got enough to do weekend. i've got enough to do my concern, daniel. >> my concern would be that if this protest doesn't go away, go ahe

allah is greater um and it's not just london that's cracking down on support for palestine, pattern of arrests, protest bans and other examples of intimidation have been playing out in other western countries too. as israel continues its indiscriminate massacres and war crimes against the people of gaza, the world continues to watch on, but many are not idly sitting by and accepting these crimes and protests are being held across the world, with the middle east seeing people rallying in their millions, with authorities allowing or even encouraging. the holding of these rallies, but in the west, the story is markedly different, claims of being open free societies have been shown up as propaganda, as politicians rush to show support for the illegal settler regime, and thus huge crackdowns have been launched against those wanting to protest for gaza in these western countries. in germany, police brutality has resulted in beatings and assaults of protesters as the country has banned the holding of pro-palestine rallies. the german regime. and forever browbeaten due to their own history wit

they were received by sir kenneth olisa, who is his majesty's lord, lieutenant of greater london, on the silver stick in waiting, lieutenants colonel matthew woodward and the field officer in brigade waiting, colonel guy stone. they are all present it all sounds very official, doesn't it? but the whole point, of course, is this is the pomp and pageantry in action and the power of soft diplomacy, which in just a few minutes time, the presidents of south korea and the first lady will be treated to. now, about half an hour ago , to. now, about half an hour ago, the prince and princess of wales, because , of course, this wales, because, of course, this is the family affair , left is the whole family affair, left buckingham palace en route to the presidents and first lady's hotel to pick them and escort hotel to pick them up and escort them to horseguards parade. now when they arrive at around , we when they arrive at around, we believe, 12:10, there will be a royal salute of 41 gun salutes fired from green park as well as his majesty's fortress, which is the tower of london as well . the

forbidding the evil shouldn't stop because our enemy is big because you know allah is greater um and it's not just london that's cracking down on support for palestine, pattern of arrests, protest bans and other examples of intimidation have been playing out in other western countries too. as israel continues its indiscriminate massacres and war crimes against the people of gaza, the world continues to watch on, but many are not idly sitting by and accepting these crimes and protests are being held. across the world with the middle east seeing people rallying in their millions, with authorities allowing or even encouraging the holding of these rallies, but in the west the story is markedly different, claims of being open free societies have been shown up as propaganda, as politicians rush to show support for the illegal settler regime, and thus huge crackdowns have been launched against those wanting to protest for gaza in these western countries. in germany, police brutality has resulted in beatings and assaults of... as the country has banned the holding of pro-palestine rallies, the german regime and

greater london for over 50% were not born in this country. now, if that i could believe that.? that's an enormous number. >> but but i mean, we might end up being a muslim country if that case. that is the case. >> yes, indeed, might. >> yes, indeed, we might. i mean, you don't, as you say, rural country. i live in in rural country. i live in in rural wiltshire. and know the british way life. there is british way of life. there is alive well and doesn't alive and well and doesn't really interrupted unless really get interrupted unless you watch the you happen to watch the television. fatal but elsewhere in in big cities, bradford , in in big cities, bradford, birmingham, etcetera, the muslim population is enormous and it totally changes the way of life. but even if people come to this country, they should accept our way of life, our values and they shouldn't try and impose theirs onto us. >> but even say in the muslim populations in other places around the country, they will still acknowledge things like christmas and all the things that hold dear in this that we hold dear in

there's a massive iceberg that's just dislocated itself and is moving away the size of greater londong an iceberg that's broken away is one of the examples of the climate catastrophe? yeah, it's a sign without a shadow of a doubt. it's ice melting. go to the glaciers in switzerland, in austria, they're receding like crazy says, paul, that an ice >> so he says, paul, that an ice berg melting is one of the biggest climate catastrophes that has just happened recently. >> well, the first point i made, by the way, is no matter what we do, it makes no difference at all. we're just destroying our economy. that's first point. economy. that's the first point. the is, is the second point is, is jim doesn't understand climate doesn't understand what climate is quoting is because he keeps quoting weather and that is not climate. as regards antarctica, i've got it here. nasa declared it here. nasa have declared openly and truthfully that every decade the temperatures drop by a degree . for 40 years, a degree. for 40 years, antarctica's cooling. and you know what cools antarctica ? and know what co

academics at the university of bath said it helped reduce particulate matter in greater london by i3%arnings in place across london, surrey, the home counties, parts of essex for heavy rain and strong winds. but the coast of essex, there is an amber weather warning there. we could be seeing gusts of 70 to 80 miles per hour. elsewhere, widely a0 to 50 miles per hour and more exposed areas could get 60. heavy rain mixed in widely 20 to 30 millimetres. it's falling, of course, on saturated ground, so could lead to localised flooding. gradually it will start to clear at least a little overnight, becoming drier with some clear spells. but it is going to stay blustery overnight. you can see the isobars still quite close together. so as we head into friday, yes, it's going to be drier. we'll see some sunny spells. still can't rule out a shower tomorrow, but the breeze still there, just not quite as strong as it is today. and as we head into the weekend, it is going to stay unsettled. another low pressure system brings heavy rain for saturday. that's it — head to our website to read more abou

so we have london and elsewhere. so we have in greaterchester and in north london, police forces remain removing posters of israeli hostages kept in gaza strip. and of course , bystanders strip. and of course, bystanders have have have gone furious over that , have protested have have have gone furious over that, have protested manchester police has apologised too little too late for the concerns citizens but the metropolitan police has has said no basically this was our reaction because we received reports that these posters were put in place there in retaliation for the shopkeeper who was accused of having posted pro hamas material on social media to try and steal man their position to try and understand them in the best possible light. >> they it would depend to some extent on exactly where these posters were going up. would it, if were going up a if they were going up in a predominantly muslim neighbourhood, predominantly muslim neighbourasad, predominantly muslim neighbouras an accusation perceived as an accusation rather than as a l

now joined by former health secretary stephen dorrell and stephen, there you had the mayor of greater londonter manchester as well. both quite paved, more than quite paved that they weren't involved in discussions as regards lockdown . discussions as regards lockdown. >> damon i think if i may say so , it's not right to say that they were just peeved that they weren't involved in the discussion. i think the one of the bits of learning that ought to come out of this inquiry is that the government was too quick to write off the contribution that local public health officials could make to addressing the challenge presented by covid. what happened was that the government was eager, of course , to respond was eager, of course, to respond quickly, understand that it. but sought to set up a new system in nhs test and trace and the centralised system and they bypassed the local public health infrastructure, which in truth could have presented, could have offered the opportunity for a quicker response than the one that actually emerged through. what i think was an overcentralised system. >> and what

the mayor of london, sadiq khan, said he'd been excluded from emergency meetings. later, the mayor of greaterd decisions had been too london—centric. i can see no explanation at all why, you know, the gla, the mayor of london and we weren't around that table. i think lives could have been saved if we were earlier. this is a new infrastructure we built in this country, of combined authorities and mayors, and in a situation like this, it can add huge value to the national response to a pandemic. it was largely bypassed. there are signs of a breakthrough tonight in the long running bitter dispute between the government and doctors in england. senior doctors — consultants — have walked out over nine days sincejuly, heaping yet more strain on hospitals and record waiting lists. now the government has agreed to put more money towards their pay in return for reforms to the way consultants work. our health editor hugh pym reports. empty operating theatres and cancelled is surgical procedure your the impact of doctors strikes in england. now there is a plan aimed at reforming the pay of consultants an

london. andy burnham, the mayor of greater manchester.r on today we are going to hearfrom steve rotherham, who is the mayor of liverpool city region. dominic raab and michael gove and others are expected to appear at the inquiry later on in the week. we can go live now to the inquiry, our reporter is there for us as we wait for it to get under way. we heard from advisers to the government last week, didn't we?— week, didn't we? that's right, we had a week _ week, didn't we? that's right, we had a week of _ week, didn't we? that's right, we had a week of scientific _ week, didn't we? that's right, we had a week of scientific evidence, j had a week of scientific evidence, if you like, last week, sir patrick vallance, the former chief scientific adviser, professor sir chris whitty, still the chief medical officer, and we had quite a lot from medical officer, and we had quite a lot from them, medical officer, and we had quite a lot from them, really, medical officer, and we had quite a lot from them, really, about medical officer, and we had