speaking at the party's north west conference in chester, reform's leader said the abuse of children in towns across britain, predominantly perpetrated by men of pakistani heritage, was the most unique evil of his lifetime. he used his speech to criticise both the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, while renewing calls for a national inquiry into the grooming scandal and criticising division in the country of living in two tier. >> britain , had enough of two >> britain, had enough of two tier policing, had enough of two tier policing, had enough of two tier justice, tier policing, had enough of two tierjustice, had enough of us all being divided up. >> well, that speech comes as ten reform councillors in derbyshire leave the party over the leadership of nigel farage. meanwhile, the health secretary has warned the use of inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities. meanwhile, labour mp for liverpool walton, dan carden, has called for a national inquiry, the first from the party to break ranks, urging sir keir starmer to use the full powe

speaking at the north west party conference, he called once again for a national inquiry. the health secretary has warned the use of inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities. he also says he fears rhetoric could lead to atrocities similar to the christchurch mosque shootings in new zealand, which killed more than 50 people. wes streeting told the guardian newspaper there are people in my community who have either pakistani heritage or look different, who are now more fearful today than they were before. >> overall, this government's re—engagement with china already sets us on course to deliver up to £1 billion of value for the uk economy. this includes across our financial services, in which the uk is a global leader. financial services are the engine which power prosperity and growth through deep and liquid capital markets. our two countries share great pre—existing links in this area as the highlight of our bilateral economic relationship. >> that was the chancellor, rachel reeves, there, talking about the new uk china relationship. th

speaking at the party's north west conference in chester, reform's leader said the abuse of childrenn towns across britain, predominantly by men of pakistani heritage, was the most unique evil in his lifetime. he used his speech to criticise both the prime minister and leader of the opposition, while renewing calls for a national inquiry into the scandal. he also praised gb news investigation into the abuse. >> what has become clear is we thought this was happening in 6 or 8 northern towns, charlie peters, who is really reignited this story, charlie peters doing, i think, great work for. gb news. has shown us that he has evidence that these barbarities have taken place in at least 50 towns. >> well, all that comes as ten reform councillors in derbyshire leave the party over the leadership of nigel farage. meanwhile, the health secretary has warned the use of inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities. he also says he fears rhetoric could lead to atrocities similar to the christchurch mosque shootings in new zealand, which killed more than 50 people.

speaking at the party's north west conference in chester, reform's leader renewed calls for a national inquiry while criticising division in the uk of living in two tier britain. >> had enough of two tier policing, had enough of two tier justice, had enough of us all being divided up. >> well, that speech comes as ten reform derbyshire councillors leave the party over the leadership of nigel farage. meanwhile, the health secretary has warned the use of inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities. in germany, the afd party has nominated co—leader alice weidel as chancellor candidate at a congress live streamed on x, she promised to close the borders and abandon eu climate policy, pledging to tear down windmills of shame. the right leaning alternative for germany is polling at second ahead of the country's election in february. the sdp's candidate, olaf scholz, warns that other parties wanted to take a chainsaw to democracy. in ukraine. the country says its troops have taken two north korean soldiers prisoner in the kursk region. president volodymyr zelen

north—west essex. it follows claims from the conservative leader that reforms online membership tracker was fake, despite several news outlets reporting they had seen the party'smbership data and believe the tracker is accurate. speaking ahead of his racecourse rally in kemi badenoch constituency, reform uk leader nigel farage said the tory leader had her chance. >> i gave her an opportunity to apologise for what has now been thoroughly disproven in the media, and she has chosen not to take the opportunity, although that's not surprising, she's not exactly known for her charm. so what to do, what to do.7 well, what to do, what to do? well, it's all well and good saying, sir, but you have to prove actual harm. she hasn't harmed us. she's given us tens of thousands more members. >> meanwhile, the former conservative mp for dudley north, marco longhi, has defected to reform after accusing the conservative party of becoming unrecognisable. it comes as the reform uk leader has distanced himself from elon musk's support for tommy robinson. nigel farage has said robinson. nigel farage has said robinson is not what we need. after elon musk praised the imprisoned right

north—west essex. it follows claims from the conservative leader that reforms online membership tracker was fake, despite several news outlets reporting they had seen the party'sembership data and believe the tracker is accurate. speaking ahead of his racecourse rally in badenoch constituency, reform uk leader nigel farage said the tory leader had her chance. >> i gave her an opportunity to apologise for what has now been thoroughly disproven in the media, and she has chosen not to take the opportunity, although that's not surprising, she's not exactly known for her charm. so what to do, what to do? well, it's all well and good saying, sir, but you have to prove actual harm. she hasn't harmed us. she's given us tens of thousands more members. >> meanwhile, the former conservative mp for dudley north, marco longhi, has defected to reform after accusing the conservative party of becoming unrecognisable. it comes as the reform uk leader has distanced himself from elon musk's support for tommy robinson. nigel farage has said robinson. nigel farage has said robinson is not what we need. after elon musk praised the imprisoned right wing activist. mr musk, the tech b

north—west essex, reform uk chairman zia yusuf poked fun at badenoch. >> we all know that we should be very grateful to kemi. we should be very, very grateful to the leader of the tory partyecause in the preceding 24 hours of her ill advised outburst, reform uk signed up more members than in any 24 hour period in our entire history. so can we please give a big reform round of applause to kemi badenoch? >> gb news can exclusively reveal that the first boatload of 50 illegal migrants this year has crossed the english channel. a border force vessel picked up 50 migrants from their small boat early this morning, and is currently on its way back to doven currently on its way back to dover. it comes after nearly 37,000 people made the treacherous journey in small boats just last year. the uk is braced for heavy snow and icy rain this weekend, with the met office warning there could be considerable disruption in some areas. two amber and two yellow alerts have been issued by the met office across most of the country, with up to 30cm of snow expected. forecasters say power cuts are also likely and that vehicles could become stranded on roads as wintry conditions continue. trains