so joining us from a hunt in lewes is gb news reporter jeff moody. o talk to me about the hunt. what is the atmosphere like there .7 like there? >> well, the hunt finished a couple of hours ago. >> it took place just behind me here on the south downs, but they met at around 10:00 this morning the centre of lewes. morning in the centre of lewes. now they normally meet at 11:00 on boxing day, but they found out when they went to apply for the for a road closure for the meet. they found out that the protest hours had got in first and they'd closed the roads in lewes for what they call a wheelbarrow race to raise money for local food banks here in lewes. so for a while the hunt was stymied a little because they couldn't get their usual space. but they booked themselves in for an hour earlier, and that then made the hunt. the anti—hunt protesters cancelled their demonstration because they felt that a wheelbarrow race in the middle of crowds with horses and hounds wasn't a good way to protest. but the protesters were there. they were out in force . still, t

jeff, reporter jeff moody in portsmouth .jeff, it reporter jeff moody in portsmouth . ust thinking two days ago i was sitting by a log fire with a mince pie, and now welcome back to work jeff . um, welcome back to work jeff. um, yes. the weather is getting worse. it is deteriorating. i wouldn't say that. it's a storm yet, but there are certainly wouldn't say that. it's a storm yet, blof here are certainly wouldn't say that. it's a storm yet, blof here a|warnings.y wouldn't say that. it's a storm yet, blof here a|warnings across plenty of storm warnings across the uk along the south coast in particular. um, we've heard that ferry services from southampton to the isle of wight have been suspended and, uh, from of wight that's been suspended . to and that's been suspended. to and then the same thing in scotland , then the same thing in scotland, we've heard that there's terrible conditions in parts of scotland. um, a tree is down on a line . finland line that's been a line. finland line that's been down for some time, which has been causing all sorts of problems with the w

now joining me is gb news south west reporter jeff moody . jeff, west reporter jeff moody. uch for your time. is it all kicking off yet ? time. is it all kicking off yet? >> it kicked off earlier on. i have to admit, the hunt is now taking place behind me on the south downs . um, they met at south downs. um, they met at 11:00, but yes , you're right, 11:00, but yes, you're right, the anti—hunt protesters had already closed the road for a wheelbarrow hunt for charity. it has to be said to raise money for food banks here in lewes. um, so they'd organised it for the time that the was the same time that the hunt was supposed there. but the supposed to get there. but the hunt by turning up hunt thwarted them by turning up an and in end, an hour early. and in the end, the of the the organisers of the wheelbarrow to wheelbarrow race decided to cancel the race because they'd still horses and hounds and still have horses and hounds and crowds around, and decided that it wouldn't be particularly safe to be doing a wheelbarrow race through the town . so on this through the town. so on

jeff moody gb never forget. jeff moody gb news.n slade. >> good morning, mark. the first question i want to ask is why do we what's it about ? we do this? what's it all about? >> about recognising >> oh, it's about recognising the heroes , essentially. um, the the heroes, essentially. um, the list is crammed with selfless, caring, giving people all people who give unconditional to the community, to charity obe. and there's also a nice dollop of business leaders and entrepreneurs on there. you mentioned a couple there, the wetherspoons man and the glastonbuy hero as well . um, the glastonbuy hero as well. um, the government do like to recognise and reward entrepreneurs and business leaders who are boosting the economy. they are lining the coffers of hmrc and they're employing lots of people. so a real mix overall of selfless, caring people and business supremo mark mark, when did it start? >> i mean is this lost in the mysteries of history ? mysteries of history? >> oh yeah, it's been around since god was a boy. to be honest , i'm s

jeff, jeff moody. good morning. jeff, thank you very much for joining us. this morning. you are ? well the going on where you are? well the hunt came past about ten minutes ago. >> it really was a sight. all of the horses and the and the hounds and the bugle and the tallyho and all the rest of it. and plenty of crowd is lining the streets here. um, most people here in support of the hunt, but there is a very vocal group of people that are against the hunt. lots of protesters , the hunt. lots of protesters, um, as often seems to happen in protests these days , many of the protests these days, many of the protesters were in balaclavas that were shouting a certain amount of abuse at the crowds, not just at the fox hunting element of it, but calling people ignorant, that sort of thing . and there was a bit of thing. and there was a bit of a punch up here about ten minutes ago. i don't know, i haven't heard whether arrests, but heard whether the arrests, but they have done they could well have done because was certainly because there was certainly a bit punch right here. bit

jeff moody or 2 or 13 too far.t you laughing at that with liam halligan it's just this is the definition of too much time on your hands. >> 13 bins. it could even bin bomb neighbours by chucking bomb your neighbours by chucking a the wrong bin. it's a tin in the wrong bin. it's utterly bristol got to utterly crazy. bristol got to say, get a life now. moving on. my say, get a life now. moving on. my colleague nigel farage, of course, currently starring in i'm a celebrity and the odds on the king of brexit becoming the next king of the jungle are tumbling with the bookies. and i'm glad about that because i've got tenner 14 to got a cheeky tenner in at 14 to 1. anyway, nigel's got this message you . message for you. >> i'm asking you to vote. remain no, seriously, vote for me to remain in the jungle. now the easiest way to do it is to get the imacelebrity app that gives you five free votes . or gives you five free votes. or you can phone or text . you can phone or text. >> now, if you want to register to vote for fara

jeff moody . gb news oh oh. >> oh. it's beautiful. >> oh.ther, isn't it? it's absolutely outstanding. outstanding >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> there you go. you see, let's talk to reader in natural sciences at bangor university. christine dunn and the wildlife broadcaster and zoologist sasha norris. good to see you both this morning. christine, let's start with you. look we're baffled as to why national landscape scape would have a bigger impact on people than an area of outstanding natural beauty . beauty. >> indeed, it does sound like a marketing company has has gone wild a little bit. if you excuse the pun. but but that said, i mean, these areas are fantastic areas and anything that we can do to protect them is a good thing. and anything that we can do to encourage people to use them is good. my argument that why it could be a good thing to do, to rebrand them is , as the do, to rebrand them is, as the lady was saying, there is a bit of a shift in how they perceive the of areas moving the use of these areas moving forward . the previously

. >> yes, so gb news jeff moodie has the story for us.not the century. seven months after the archbishop of canterbury crowned the king, sir justin welby, now a knight grand cross of the royal victorian order for his part in the coronation that captivate the world sport stars two england goalkeeper mary earps nets an m.b.e. for services to football after the lionesses finished runners up to spain in the women's world cup . sir bill women's world cup. sir bill beaumont has already received a knighthood, now upgraded to knight grand cross for services to rugby union football and to charity on game of thrones. star emilia clarke has been made an m.b.e. alongside her mother jenny. together they co—founded sameyou , a brain injury recovery sameyou, a brain injury recovery charity . after emilia survived charity. after emilia survived two brain haemorrhages . two brain haemorrhages. >> well, the thing that mum just kept saying is she was like, i think i've been pranked. yes i think i've been pranked. yes i think i've been hacked. i think someon

jeff moody, or 2 or 13 too far.gb news. >> well , for ten years of my >> well, for ten years of my life in clifton i miss it. what you would miss, you wouldn't miss 13 bins. the bins were a problem then. ten years ago, were they? god knows. >> well, here's the thing. why are we left to sort out everybody else's problems? what i say is if the government and rishi sunak and everybody so serious about recycling , why serious about recycling, why don't you just ban plastic ? don't you just ban plastic? single use plastic. i just don't absolutely do not see what the problem is . problem is. >> why do we have to wrap every vegetable in plastic, in every single product? >> why do you have to say, you know , this, this is single use know, this, this is single use plastic. you give people two years notice, meaning years notice, people meaning manufacturers, then they manufacturers, and then they have to get rid of it. now, here's another irritating thing. have with bottles, have you noticed with bottles, say, fizzy drink or

well joining us now is gb news reporter jeff moody, who's in portsmouth . bit moody down there. what's the latest . latest. >> hi . it really does look moody >> hi. it really does look moody . well, two days ago i was sitting by a log fire eating a christmas brazier. now here i am back to work with a bang. um yes. it's not. it's not the best. the wind is very, very strong at the moment. and that's a bit of. that's the issue down here on the south coast. they're saying that the wind will be very they're advising very strong. so they're advising people they can avoid people to if they can avoid coastal roads because of the idea of the waves sweeping over the roads. and also to avoid rural roads if you can. that's where the real danger lies at the moment, with trees coming down. um, weather warnings in place across a lot of the country . mainly, though, in country. mainly, though, in scotland , as we were hearing scotland, as we were hearing just now , a tree fell down onto just now, a tree fell down onto a line out of edinburgh . and so a line out of edinburg

reporter jeff moody to find out more. here he is, his report from plymouth.ppened. >> until this happened. >> it's sickening. oh, yeah . i >> it's sickening. oh, yeah. i think this tree is next. they're cutting , cutting branches out of cutting, cutting branches out of this tree in the dead of night. >> 110 trees were felled to make way for ambitious plans for the area. protesters have won a court injunction forcing developers to stop in a move that toppled the conservator run council. when labour took the helm, they promised that no more trees would be chopped down. this isn't quite the end of the chainsaw massacre. the council has now announced plans to improve the drainage system here on armada way and to create a cycle lane. and for that , for cycle lane. and for that, for the remaining six trees, face the remaining six trees, face the chop . in a statement. the chop. in a statement. plymouth's new labour led city council told gb news we have just finished consulting on a very ambitious and exciting plan for armada way and our plan for trees is clear. we

. >> well, we're joined now by our south—west of england reporter jeff moody. ctivists and hunters. tell us, tell us what's gone on there . yeah certainly. >> well, if you're as old and decrepit as me, you'll remember that it was 20, 30 years ago. now that the fox hunting ban was going through parliament, going through the various motions and the strength of feeling was , is the strength of feeling was, is was very, very, very high. the countryside alliance argued vociferously and they argued passionately and angrily for their way of life. they said that the ban would mean that the rural communities would be decimated , and it was the first decimated, and it was the first big organisation and protest group to butt heads with tony blair, who was at the height of his powers in the early 21st century. but to 30 years on, um , century. but to 30 years on, um, the anger has has tamed considerably the countryside alliance has said that they got it wrong a little bit, that rural communities weren't decimated. they were able to work within the law. they were able to car