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well, his does mark harper? well, his minister, 120 grand does mark harper?l, his mini�*his. 120 grand does mark harper? well, his mini�*his. rise 120 grand does mark harper? well, his mini�*his. rise was 120 grand does mark harper? well, his mini�*his. rise was about rand does mark harper? well, his mini�*his. rise was about ra or with his pay rise was about 2 or 3. >> and i know there's not much sympathy out there for members. >> for >> well, they'll be asking for if 2 or 3% every year, if you gave 2 or 3% every year, you know, you wouldn't have an accumulative figure. accumulative 12% figure. >> 12% >> yeah, but it's the 12% come from the accumulative figure, >> it's the accumulative figure, i think. i think harriet, i just say something about this. say something more about this. >> mean, andy raised the >> this i mean, andy raised the point pensions point about pensions and conditions, same conditions, but we see the same there everything else there as with everything else to do trains. mean, do with the trains. i mean, train an amazing train drivers have

mark harper also said he expected to see the owners of those vehicles being able to travel without havingnd of that year. renowned australian chef bill granger, known as the godfather of avocado toast, has died at the age of 5a. a self—taught cook from melbourne, granger became a celebrated global restaurateur and food writer. he passed away in a london hospital on christmas day with his wife and three daughters by his side. you're live with bbc news. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. let's start with the premier league. another busy day ahead. manchester united forward rasmus hojlund said he was the happiest man alive after scoring his first league goal to complete a dramatic turnaround for his side on tuesday. united were 2—0 down to aston villa at old trafford but hojlund added to two alejandro garnacho goals in the second half to win the game 3—2. manager erik ten hag hopes they'll start seeing more goals from the danish striker, whojoined in summerfor more than £60 million. he knows he can do it. 0n the highest level — the champions league — he's

mark harper also said he expected to see the owners of those vehicles being able to travel without havingby the end of that year. renowned australian chef bill granger — known as the godfather of avocado toast — has died at the age of 54. a self—taught cook from melbourne, granger became a celebrated global restaura nteur and food writer. he passed away in a london hospital on christmas day, you're live with bbc news. here in the uk, the conservative party is set to make pledges on housing and inheritance tax in the coming months as rishi sunak aims to boost his party's chances at the polls. labour has announced that it's looking into new plans for their asylum policy. earlier, i spoke to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman, and he gave me his assessment of the latest uk polls. you are right to mention the polls, because the really important context for all of this is thatjust as they were at the start of 2023, at the end of 2023, the conservatives are a long way behind in the opinion polls and there's going to be an election almost certainly next year and they need to find a

mark harper also said he expected to see the owners of those vehicles being able to travel without havingou're live with bbc news. the national trust has warned that shifting seasons and increasingly unpredictable weather are causing chaos for nature. it warns climate change is making plants and wildlife more susceptible to disease. it comes as forecasters predicted next year could be the hottest on record. our climate editorjustin rowlatt has the latest. the seasons are changing, says the national trust, with hotter summers and milder winters. if you just look out across there. oh, yeah! and our shifting seasons are affecting the natural world all around us. there's quite a few of them, aren't there? there's stags in amongst them. so we've got a group there of about three or four hinds, two stags, and you can just make out a couple of the smaller calves. red deer are rutting later in the year. that is when stags do battle to attract females. it means their babies are increasingly being born in the autumn instead of the summer. we're seeing some calves being born later. they're unable to

mark harper also said by the end of that year he expected to see the owners of those vehicles being ablere going. renowned australian chef bill granger — known as the �*godfather�* of avocado toast — has died at the age of 5a. a self—taught cook from melbourne, granger became a celebrated global restaurateur and food writer. he died in a london hospital on christmas day with his wife and three daughters by his side. you're live with bbc news. let's start with football, where manchester city's return to premier league action is one of three games to come on wednesday. city, of course, won the club world club just before christmas and later play everton at goodison park as they look to close the gap at the top of the premier league table on leaders liverpool. they're currently eight points behind them with two games in hand. pep guardiola's side are the first english club to win five trophies in a calendar year, but the manager is still keen for them to try and emulate last season's success. the most difficult time is to win and once we are here, we have to perform well. yes, really please

mark harper also said by the end of that year he expected to see the owners of those vehicles being ableng. for more, let's speak to erin baker, editorial lead at auto trader. getting customer acceptance for this is going to be one of the biggest hurdles, taking a rise of the row completely. do you think 2026 is feasible? i completely. do you think 2026 is feasible? ~ :: ~ , , feasible? i think 2026 is entirely feasible? i think 2026 is entirely feasible for _ feasible? i think 2026 is entirely feasible for trials _ feasible? i think 2026 is entirely feasible for trials of _ feasible? i think 2026 is entirely feasible for trials of these - feasible for trials of these vehicles on our roads and for understanding a bit more how they are used, how they are beneficial, are used, how they are beneficial, are they reading our road network correctly? are we experiencing unforeseen accidents with them? is the tech 0k? is 2026 feasible the mass adoption whereby anybody wants an autonomous car can buy one and useit? an autonomous car can buy one and use it? no, ithink an autonomous car can buy one

mark harper also said by the end of that year, he expected to see the owners of those vehicles beingwhere they re going. renowned australian chef bill granger, known as the godfather of avocado toast,has died at the age of 5a. a self—taught cook from melbourne, granger became a celebrated global restaurateur and food writer. he died in a london hospital on christmas day you're live with bbc news. ukraine says one person died and four were injured in a russian attack on a train station filled with civilians in the southern city of kherson. ukraine's interior minister said about 140 people were waiting for a train to take them to safety when the shelling started. also, russia has confirmed one of its warships was damaged on tuesday when ukraine attacked a black sea port in russian—occupied crimea. i spoke to our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, about what he's been hearing from kherson. daily shelling is part of life for the people that live in this city that was liberated last autumn. when the russian forces retreated across the dnipro river, which now forms the front line, th

mark harper also said he expected to see the owners of those vehicles being able to travel without havingnd of that year. renowned australian chef bill granger — known as the "godfather" of avocado toast — has died at the age of 5a. a self—taught cook from melbourne — granger became a celebrated global restaurateur and food writer. he passed away in a london hospital on christmas day, with his wife and three daughters by his side. you're live with bbc news. ukraine says one person has died and four have been wounded in a russian attack on a train station filled with civilians in the southern city of kherson. ukraine's interior minister said around 140 people were waiting for a train to take them to safety when the shelling started. it comes after russia confirmed one of its warships has been damaged in an attack by ukraine on a black sea port in an airstrike in russian—occupied crimea, early on tuesday morning. live now to our correspondent, james waterhouse, who's in kyiv. iimagine you i imagine you are hearing some pretty horrible stories from kherson. pretty horrible stories from khers

mark harper also said he expected to see the owners of those vehicles being able to travel without havingbill granger, known as the godfather of avocado toast, has died. a self—taught cook from melbourne, granger became a celebrated global restaurateur and food writer. he passed away in a london hospital on christmas day aged 5a, with his wife and three daughters by his side. you're live with bbc news. south korea has imposed sanctions on eight north korean nationals whom it accuses of links with illegal nuclear and missile development, arms sales and cyber—activities. the foreign ministry in seoul said the move was a response to pyongyang's latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch, which was in contravention of un security council resolutions. those affected include ri chang—ho, head of north korea's intelligence agency. staying in south korea, and police have confirmed that the actor lee sun—kyun has been found dead in a car near a park in the capital seoul. they are trying to establish whether the star of the oscar—winning film parasite had taken his own life. lee was questione

harper , the >> well, mark harper, the transport he's transport secretary, he's tweeted, great.s that people are talking about our network plan . and this our network north plan. and this is what i mean, that they talking about it because they're ridiculed it they're mocking it. and they're saying it's yet another example of the tories not caring about the north. so then i struggle to comprehend why would the transport secretary that? great secretary tweet that? it's great that they're talking about it. it say 19.8 billion it goes to on say 19.8 billion being invested in transport across the north, 9.6 being invested in transport across the midlands, 6.5 billion being invested in transport across every other region of the country. tom, where are you on it? >> well, they're going to pay very heavy price. this is the conservatives at the next election. that's what the polls show. i mean, rishi sunak went up to manchester. on your point about mocking. i he went about mocking. i mean, he went up manchester at the tory up to manchester at the tory party announced party conference and

obviously, mark harper , there. obviously, mark harper, there.y, is hoping that people around the country, voters around the country, voters around the country will look at that stat and think, hey, £65,000 for on average a four day week, working 35 hours a week doesn't sound too bad. the train drivers are hoping that the public is going to essentially be very annoyed by the fact that their trains are cancelled. and look into the issue and feel sorry for the train drivers. so that's where we stand at the moment. aslef have said that they are willing to strike for another six months and it doesn't really look as though there's going to be an end in sight any time soon. the only sort of glimmer of hope for the government is that yesterday they they did agree a deal with rmt , which is the station staff rmt, which is the station staff union. essentially, they have been striking for the last year and the government has agreed a deal with them. yesterday which is a 5% pay rise, dated back to last year. so we can expect to see the staff at stations and

we did hear from the transport secretary , mark harper, and he secretary, mark harper, and he said this economy, this is significant intervention by the government to cap the increase in rail fares below last year's rise. and they said change changed working patterns after the pandemic mean that our railways are still losing money and that they require significant subsidies so that the rise strikes a balance to keep our railways running while not overburdening our passengers . overburdening our passengers. and he went on to say we remain committed to supporting the rail sector, reform outdated working practices to help out in a sustainable financial footing. but it was also just worth mentioning that there will be some rail strikes just after new yean some rail strikes just after new year, so it's worth people just checking before they travel. as we've seen today , some people we've seen today, some people turning up to train stations like saint pancras and across the country to see that there have been cancellations and indeed delays as they go into their christmas break. >> pancras in

, no secretary, mr mark harper, no less , driverless cars could be less, driverless cars could be rolled united kingdom by 2026. here he goes. they're actually passing some legislation in order to enable this to happen. hey folks , don't this to happen. hey folks, don't you think we've got some more important things to talk about? like my previous segment about actually how we deter people from committing crimes, how we make communities sentencing work, build prison work, how we build prison sentences. is sentences. all of this stuff is surely what you should be focusing on. i mean, we can't even get smart motorways to work. how earth are we going work. how on earth are we going to get driverless cars to work? we can't build a train track. i mean, it's hard enough building it to birmingham. for it to birmingham. as for manchester, well, got manchester, well, that got scrapped. likelihood of us scrapped. the likelihood of us doing cars is the doing driverless cars is the square root of zero. and if it does happen, you can bet your bottom dollar it'll be a catastrophe. that is a christmas

. >> yes , it came in the form of >> yes, it came in the form of transport minister mark harper, whomshire for an announcement he hopes will save very small mammals lives whilst protecting drivers to lisa hartle . hartle. >> our london reporter went along and just a warning that this report does contain flashing . flashing images. >> hello hedgehog! hedgehog sign. yeah usually it's movement of people that the transport secretary is concerned with. >> but today it's about creatures like this hedgehog and the road signs that could protect them. >> local authorities can now choose to where put this signage without going through government, something mark harper hopes will save time and the lives of small mammals. >> i'm making it much easier for local authorities to use that sign in the future . so at the sign in the future. so at the moment, they want use it moment, if they want to use it in an area where there's a risk either mammals or either mammals from motorists or motorists from mammals, they have to go through a complicated procedure to use it. what i'm saying now, i'm pre—autho

. >> transport secretary uh mark harper has said so. >> that is going to be very, very , very interestingg because, you know, we've been talking about this . about this. >> we've said that there's going to be, you know, it's around the corner, the corner. corner, it's around the corner. and to be around the and it seems to be around the corner two time. corner in two years time. >> but that's not what's interesting about this for me. what's interesting about this for is the impact that it is for me is the impact that it is going to have on our society. >> as a whole, particularly when you look jobs like driving, you look at jobs like driving, you look at jobs like driving, you know, taxis, driving vans, lorries, whatever they may be. >> these are industries that employ tens of thousands of people. these are industries that give people jobs, jobs, give people dignity . give people dignity. >> they give people a sense of being a lot of things. >> and you wonder what is going to happen to these types of people who do those jobs when they disappear will be taken to they disappear will be take

the transport secretary, mark harper, said he was aware of a serious incident with a number of trainstionary on the tracks, but said all those passengers now on their way home. and the world's most famous christmas tree has been lit up for the festive season in trafalgar square in central london tonight . it central london tonight. it norway has sent a tree to britain every year since 1947 as a thank you to the british people for assistance during world war ii, the traditional 20 metre high spruce tree is around 70 years old and was decorated this year with energy efficient light bulbs. the tree will remain in place until the 5th of january, after which it will be chipped and composted as it is each year . chipped and composted as it is each year. you with gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> oh my god, how rude of me. hello. >> and welcome to headliners. >> and welcome to headliners. >> the second most entertaining paper review show o

the transport secretary, mark harper, said he was aware of a serious incident with a number of trains stationary on the tracks, but said all those passengers now on their way home. and the world's most famous christmas tree has been lit up for the festive season in trafalgar square in central london tonight . it central london tonight. it norway has sent a tree to britain every year since 1947 as a thank you to the british people for assistance during world war ii, the traditional 20 metre high spruce tree is around 70 years old and was decorated this year with energy efficient light bulbs. the tree will remain in place until the 5th of january, after which it will be chipped and composted as it is each year . chipped and composted as it is each year. you with gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> oh my god, how rude of me. hello. >> and welcome to headliners. >> and welcome to headliners. >> the second most entertaining paper review sh

the transport secretary mark harper, said that having met our target of halving inflation across the last year's rise changed working patterns after the pandemic mean that our railways are still losing money and require significant subsidies, so this rise strikes a balance between, uh, keeping our railways running. while not overburdening passengers . overburdening passengers. >> i'm sorry, and good luck with that. if you're listening to us whilst waiting for a train , whilst waiting for a train, getting on an overcrowded train . getting on an overcrowded train. um, that's the last news you want, isn't it? that not only is it not comfortable travel by rail, you're going to have to pay rail, you're going to have to pay for it. what do you pay more for it. what do you make this announcement? yeah. make of this announcement? yeah. >> really believe >> scarlet, i, i really believe in rail travel. >> i think rail travel is fantastic. i think that we should be encouraging more people railways . and the people on the railways. and the railways are so expensive . oh, i railways are so expens

the transport secretary, mark harper, also said he expected to see the owners of those vehicles beingsame year, 2026. but of course, critics argue if the tech is not ready, it could cause serious accidents. well you don't say. now joining me now is editor in chief of auto express, steve fowler. steve, thanks for joining us over christmas. hope you're having a cracking festive period. is it the stuff of sci fi dreams , or could this turn fi dreams, or could this turn out to be our worst nightmare? what could possibly go wrong with allowing cars to drive themselves as well ? themselves as well? >> i think in many ways, martin computers will probably end up being far better drivers than you and i are, but a lot of people are worried about it. a lot of people don't realise they've got a lot of computers doing work when doing a lot of the work when they're already some they're driving already some autonomous already autonomous functions are already on may have things on your car. you may have things like assist or like lane keep assist or stability control systems where it's a computer doi

mark harper says he wants new laws governing automated driving to be in force by the end of next yearhat the technology will be ready soon after. the conservatives are reportedly set to make pledges on housing and inheritance tax in the coming months, as rishi sunak aims to boost his party's chances at the polls. let's talk about this with our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. morning, henry. what more can you tell us about this idea?— tell us about this idea? morning, sall . tell us about this idea? morning, sally- 2023 _ tell us about this idea? morning, sally. 2023 isn't _ tell us about this idea? morning, sally. 2023 isn't quite _ tell us about this idea? morning, sally. 2023 isn't quite over - tell us about this idea? morning, sally. 2023 isn't quite over yet i tell us about this idea? morning, l sally. 2023 isn't quite over yet but one thing i think we can say is we nudge towards 2024 is thatjust as this time last year, things are looking fairly bleak electorally for the conservative party. what we have in this morning's newspapers is lots of speculation about ways i

ability to stop ulez it can issue a regulation based on the original gla rules and it's chosen not to mark harperticky wicket, but i suspect as usual, because they're weak , as usual, because they're weak, they'll bottle it. they won't support him and it'll disappear beneath the table. >> so you think that he might be hung out to dry? >> be hung out to dry? >> he'll be hung out to dry? absolutely sure. because this government got absolutely sure. because this gov courage got absolutely sure. because this gov courage to got absolutely sure. because this gov courage to do got absolutely sure. because this gov courage to do right ot the courage to do the right thing on behalf of decent, ordinary, working families ordinary, hard working families who need a car or a van to get to work to earn some money to pay the bills. >> now, quite >> right now, look, quite quickly, richard, as i understand james cleverly, understand it, james cleverly, our home secretary, will be going to rwanda at some point. very, very soon. okay. and tomorrow , go around that cabinet tomorrow, go around that cabinet table . we'

ability to stop ulez it can issue a regulation based on the original gla rules and it's chosen not to mark harperet, but i suspect as usual, because they're weak , as usual, because they're weak, they'll bottle it. they won't support him and it'll disappear beneath the table. >> so you think that he might be hung out to dry? >> be hung out to dry? >> he'll be hung out to dry? absolutely sure. because this government got absolutely sure. because this gov courage got absolutely sure. because this gov courage to got absolutely sure. because this gov courage to do got absolutely sure. because this gov courage to do right ot the courage to do the right thing on behalf of decent, ordinary, working families ordinary, hard working families who need a car or a van to get to work to earn some money to pay the bills. >> now, quite >> right now, look, quite quickly, richard, as i understand james cleverly, understand it, james cleverly, our home secretary, will be going to rwanda at some point. very, very soon. okay. and tomorrow , go around that cabinet tomorrow, go around that cabinet table . we're going t

gove and mark harper's hands.o this for new year and millions of people are preparing to make their christmas getaway . to make their christmas getaway. >> travel disruption expected as high winds of up to 70mph in parts of the country . the aa has parts of the country. the aa has warned of lengthy jams of traffic and there's problems on the rails to paddington station in london is expected to be closed until wednesday . closed until wednesday. well war hero and one of britain's most decorated veterans, johnson beharry vc, visited number 10 downing street this week to reflect on the amazing work that his foundation does to help young people turn their backs on gang culture and tackle knife crime head on. >> here, here? yes. >> here, here? yes. >> gb news political editor christopher hope has more for us. i'm hearing downing street with johnson beharry vc, one of our most decorated veterans. >> johnson beharry you been today in, um, 10 downing street? what were you doing there? >> uh, so i had a meeting today with,

transport secretary mark harper is backing the plans for the tunnel.ul eight miles of the a 303. the high court is currently reviewing the case. 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 gb news. this is britain's news channel. >> thank you, polly. and we start this hour with the growing pressure on the prime minister who faces a humiliating defeat in the commons tonight over his revised rwanda bill. one of rishi sunak five key pledges, of course, is to stop the boats. his flagship policy to achieve his government's ambition is to send asylum seekers to rwanda to have their claims processed there. but after a chain of legal defeats, the prime minister has amended the plan in the hope that it won't get stuck or struck down again. in the courts. well, i'm joined now by our political correspondent olivia leigh, live from downing street. olivia, thanks for joining us again. in the last houn joining us again. in the last hour, we learned the dup were pledging eight votes against t

but we've heard from transport secretary, from the transport secretary, mark having mark harper.et of halving inflation across the economy, this is significant, uh, intervention by the government to cap the increase in rail fares below last year's rise. and this afternoon, we've heard from the from labour's shadow transport secretary saying it's beggars belief that after the worst year ever for cancellations on our railways , cancellations on our railways, the conservatives would deliver a brutal rail fare hike for millions of long suffering passengers. we've seen this yean passengers. we've seen this year, lots of strike action, industrial action taking place, engineering works and of course we've seen the weather having an impact on rail disruption in the last 24 hours. so again , next last 24 hours. so again, next year people will be bracing themselves, maybe for more cancellations , but mainly for cancellations, but mainly for the price increases of their tickets. >> okay, theo chikomba, thanks for the update. superb stuff and i want to hear from you if your christmas plans h

he's asked transport secretary mark harper to make it possible to send four by fours and other vehicleseme , scrapped under the ulez scheme, and the archbishop of canterbury is going to be knighted by king charles in the upcoming new year's honours list, according to the daily mail. >> justin welby will be admitted to the royal victorian order for his personal service to the monarchy . well, it's coming up monarchy. well, it's coming up to 715. should we get your weather now ? weather now? >> good morning. alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather forecast. the run up to christmas is looking largely cloudy , windy with some rain cloudy, windy with some rain around as well through today. the most persistent rain will be across much of scotland . some across much of scotland. some sleet or snow through the morning across the north—east as well, but turning to rain well, but turning more to rain as we go through the as we go through the day. the heaviest rain across western parts scotland . here there parts of scotland. here there could some flooding and some could be some floodin