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ahmed alid appeared by video link from middlesbrough police station.a's supreme court has refused to legalise same sex marriage, ruling that it's an issue for parliament to decide. campaigners say it leaves gay people as second class citizens, unable to even open a bank account together, orjointly buy property. petitioners for same—sex unions said not being able to marry violates their constitutional rights. police in brussels say they've shot dead a man who killed two swedish nationals yesterday. the prosecutor's office said the gunman had been motivated by the islamic state group, and that the attack was being treated as terrorism. the city has been on its highest terror alert since the shootings, which took place three miles from the stadium where belgium was playing sweden in a euros qualifier. 0ur correspondent sophia bettiza sent this report. last night, on the streets of brussels... gunshots. a man in orange starts shooting at passers—by with an assault rifle. he then chases people into the hallway of an apartment building where he shoots and ki

there is huge anger on the hard left that sir keir has suspended andy mcdonald, the mp for middlesbroughople, israelis and palestinians, between the river and the sea, can live in peaceful liberty. free, free palestine! he did qualify it in the sense that he said he wanted israel and palestinians to be living in that region peacefully together, which is not how others have used that term between the river and the sea, but you havejust between the river and the sea, but you have just heard between the river and the sea, but you havejust heard how between the river and the sea, but you have just heard how offensive it is to thejewish community and how it affects them, so was sir keir right to suspend andy mcdonald? yes. right to suspend andy mcdonald? yes, he was right- — right to suspend andy mcdonald? yes, he was right- it — right to suspend andy mcdonald? yes, he was right. it was _ right to suspend andy mcdonald? yes he was right. it was quite an extraordinary choice of words from andy mcdonald. a phrase that most people would regard as deeply offensive to jewish people would regard as

we also need north, they're more like the mifocus on like middlesbrough,id to focus on like middlesbroughtention is focussed towards london. focussed more towards london. but i yeah, definitely but i think yeah, definitely because leeds and because like leeds and manchester and liverpool , manchester and liverpool, they're all in terms of they're all good in terms of economy so think they need to economy. so i think they need to be focussed little more be focussed on a little bit more and especially towards and especially links towards newcastle and especially links towards neilt's;tle and especially links towards nei it's a e and especially links towards neiit's a bit rubbish. the buses >> it's a bit rubbish. the buses are always late or they just don't so when you're don't turn up. so when you're trying like or trying to get to like school or college, anything college, your work or anything like a bit rubbish like that, it's a bit rubbish to get obviously i'm in get to like obviously i'm in college quite far away, so i've obviously had a leeds. it takes forever to get there and if buses

julie middlesbrough. what julie in middlesbrough.julia i've got three reasons why i agree with with her. >> the first reason is if, if it was mainly women and children coming across the channel and coming across the channel and coming in illegally, there's no way in a million years anyone would see that as an invasion because it's women and children . because it's women and children. and what we've got instead, though, is working age, fighting age all. so it's the sheer age men, all. so it's the sheer speed at which this is happening . i live in a very multicultural area and i am exactly in agreement with you when you say it to me personally, it does feel like an invasion. my whole life's changed where i grew up and where i live is totally different to what it was when i was younger. and instead of mixing with the cultures we're living parallel alongside each other because of the sheer speed that at which this has all happened. and also when you look at the likes of sweden , i worry at the likes of sweden, i worry that that might hap

now the far left corbynite labour mp for middlesbrough, andy mcdonald , middlesbrough, andy mcdonald,rday in which he made clear his position let there be no his position. let there be no mistake about it, israel is committing war crimes against palestinians on an unprecedented scale . scale. >> all and it pains my heart that 75 years on from the nakba , that 75 years on from the nakba, we're seeing another nakba play out before us. it is time for political leaders everywhere to call out these crimes again . call out these crimes again. humanity and in insist that international law be upheld and demand an immediate effort comprehensively binding ceasefire . to. ceasefire. to. >> well, there we go. that was one labour mp . mp of the one labour mp. mp of the corbynite variety at the rally yesterday, making his position very clear indeed on what's going on in israel and gaza . so going on in israel and gaza. so i want to discuss this with my panel i want to discuss this with my panel. i'm bringing back benjamin buttennorth and david kurten to discuss this . now. kurten to discuss this. n

the mp for middlesbrough used the controversial phrase between the river and the sea in a speech at a—palestinian demonstration at the weekend . well, the home at the weekend. well, the home secretary has described the pro—palestinian protests across the uk as hate marches . earlier the uk as hate marches. earlier today the government and police held an emergency cobra meeting to discuss the threat of terrorism linked to the israel—hamas conflict. the israel— hamas conflict. the meeting israel—hamas conflict. the meeting follows a rise in anti—semitic and islamophobic incidents across the country since the start of october . the since the start of october. the covid inquiry has heard that the country's top civil servant had no confidence in boris johnson's leadership at the height of the pandemic in whatsapp messages. simon case, who remains cabinet secretary, said boris johnson cannot lead and accused him of changing his mind on a daily basis . he was added that he was basis. he was added that he was making government impossible and we cannot support him in leading with this approach

the mp for middlesbrough used the controversial phrase between the river and the sea in a speech dunngiver and the sea in a speech during a pro—palestinian demonstration at the weekend . demonstration at the weekend. well, the home secretary has described pro—palestinian protests across the uk as hate marches earlier today the government and police held an emergency cobra meeting to discuss the threat of terrorism unked discuss the threat of terrorism linked to the israel—hamas conflict . the meeting follows a conflict. the meeting follows a rise in anti—semitic and islamophobic incidents across the country since october the 7th. in other news, the police officer charged with murder following the fatal shooting of chris kaba will be named publicly . the officer's name and publicly. the officer's name and date of birth will be made pubuc date of birth will be made public on the 30th of january. their home address or any image cannot be published. mr kaba died when he was shot through the windscreen of a car in south—east london last year. and just stop. oil activists who climbed a moton

the mp for middlesbrough used the controversial phrase between the river and the sea in a speech at a pro—palestine demonstration at the weekend . well, the home the weekend. well, the home secretary has described pro—palestinian protesters in the uk as hate marchers . earlier the uk as hate marchers. earlier today the government and the police held an emergency cobra meeting to discuss the threat of terrorism linked to the israel—hamas conflict . the israel— hamas conflict. the meeting israel—hamas conflict. the meeting follows a rise in anti semitic and islamophobic incidents across the country since the start of october . the since the start of october. the country's top civil servant had no confidence in boris johnson's leadership at the height of the pandemic. in what's app messages shared with the covid inquiry dunng shared with the covid inquiry during testimony by martin reynolds, it emerged that simon case , who remains cabinet case, who remains cabinet secretary, said boris johnson cannot lead and accused him of changing his mind on a daily basis. the private correspondence

and middlesbrough and newcastle.hat may be indeed certainly when grant shapps appeared on the radio this morning, he dropped very, very strong hint dropped a very, very strong hint that would that that would be the prioritisation hs3. it prioritisation of hs3. it doesn't high speed as doesn't need to be high speed as you know, back in the 70s trains were going at 125 miles an hour. it's fast enough with the distances small . well, if distances are small. well, if you want high speed rail, it's got to in russia. you need got to be in russia. you need straight lines. and we're not even in france. you need straight you've straight lines. you've got a tunnel mountains. it's tunnel through mountains. it's just worth it. it's just just not worth it. it's just vanity, i think. and i think there'll be other smaller projects as well, other bus and we're going to be talking to penny gains later in the show. >> she was the head of the hs2 stop campaign, so i'd be fascinated to hear what she thinks scarlett thinks about this. sc

and this is from anne marie in middlesbrough. how are you?ark yes, cancelling is an insult to cancelling hs2 is an insult to the north and the tory promise to level up. we have an appalling service appalling railway service compared european compared to other european countries. we get our countries. why can't we get our railway right ? countries. why can't we get our railway right? it and sam railway system right? it and sam has said , mark, scrap the thing. has said, mark, scrap the thing. sam's not pulling his punches and he says that's coming from a northerner . we don't need trains northerner. we don't need trains up here. we just nick a car. only joking, says sammy , listen, only joking, says sammy, listen, keep those emails coming . mark keep those emails coming. mark at gb news dot com kelvin mackenzie later tonight. but first, sir keir starmer's chances of getting into number 10 looked nailed on not too long ago. bombshell new polling, however, revealed that labour's lead over the conservatives has narrowed to ten points and it comes

middlesbrough swansea and hull in steel in sheffield, scunthorpe and port talbot in offshore wind in plymouth and newport, making electric car batteries in coventry , sunderland and in coventry, sunderland and in blyth and jobs retrofitting homes in keighley, rochester and warrington, and in every village, town and city across our great country . we are ready our great country. we are ready to serve , ready to lead, ready to serve, ready to lead, ready to serve, ready to lead, ready to rebuild britain . to rebuild britain. and conference ice if we want to spur investment, restore economic security and revive growth . and we must get britain growth. and we must get britain building again. the tories would have you believe we can't build anything in britain . in fact, anything in britain. in fact, the single biggest obstacle to building infrastructure and to investment and to growth in this country is the conservative party itself . just look . just party itself. just look. just look at the fate of hs2, a major transport project lost another promise broken because as the government cou

just two days after sir bobby's death, we learned yesterday that the former middlesbrough defender bill he threatened to take them. we've had compulsive—obsessive walking — up to ten miles a day. he knew throughout his playing career that he was suffering from migraines. he chose to retire because they were becoming so debilitating. but, at that time, even although we now know that there was evidence to indicate the problem, it was not being taken seriously by the sport itself. so what we hope his legacy will be is that people recognise that although this appears as an old person's disease, it's actually something that begins in youth. it's something that begins because of the head impacts — the repetitive head impacts in the earlier years. and so if bill's legacy can be that all of the young players recognise that their brain is fragile, that they need to protect it and that they need to ensure that they take care, then that will be a phenomenal legacy and prevent other players and otherfamilies having to go through the 12—year journey that we have just experienced. he was a player, he

yesterday second issue today or yesterday of mcdonald , the mp for of andy mcdonald, the mp for middlesbrough, who used this phrase to river the sea. now the common refrain of river to the sea is from the river to the sea. palestine shall be free. and when people chant that at rallies, many jewish people feel that means wipe out the state of israel from the face of the earth. and so many people feel that using that phrase river to the sea has all of these connotations of anti semitism. >> that wasn't the context he was using it in. to be clear, he didn't it specifically. didn't use it specifically. >> didn't use the phrase from >> he didn't use the phrase from the river to the sea. palestine shall free. used the shall be free. but he used the phrase from the river to the sea. and so many people took that from that. the context of the phrase. of course, the wider phrase. but of course, he denies that he would that he denies that he would say that he denies that he would say that he using it in the he was just using it in the context of wanting to context of wanting there to be peace israelis a