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finally, i'll be speaking to the organiser of a northumberland truck run which lit up the north tyne valley and raised spirits and more than £10,000 for charity. all of that and lots of chat with television presenter, restaurateur , author and restaurateur, author and lightning conductor for common sense, tanya buxton. but first, an update on the headlines with elizabeth callaghan . elizabeth callaghan. >> hello, i'm elizabeth callaghan in the gb newsroom . callaghan in the gb newsroom. the uk and italy have agreed to finance a plan to return migrants to tunisia . as the migrants to tunisia. as the prime minister warned that illegal migration could overwhelm european countries , overwhelm european countries, rishi sunak addressed a crowd in rome today after meeting italian prime minister giorgia meloni . prime minister giorgia meloni. the agreement will see the two countries assist in the voluntary return of migrants currently stuck in tunisia, which neighbours italy and is often used as a gateway to europe. the prime minister says it's now more important than ever to tackle illegal

they are coming across to the east coast of england, all the way from northumberland down to north norfolk, to feed on the voles that we have here. we are getting people from birmingham, staffordshire, derbyshire, and down from newcastle, to see this fantastic habitat on the banks of the humber. it's been great. we've had five up at any one time. with two hen harriers at the same time. i think they are a very enigmatic species, aren't they, really? - forward facing eyes. everyone seems to like owls. you don't need the binoculars, you don't need a telescope. you just need your eyes, and to look. to absolutely look, and you will see short—eared owls, hen harriers, buzzard, barn owl. we've seen it all, haven't we? a cold snap that has hit the uk has brought snow to several parts of the country. some commuters braved snowfall and fog on the way into work, but these yorkshire residents took full advantage of the conditions and had a snowball fight, while aberdeenshire was covered in a layer of frost. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. have we taken your best snow pictures? the

they're coming across to the east coast of england, all the way from northumberland down to north norfolktaffordshire, derbyshire, and down from newcastle, to see this fantastic habitat on the banks of the humber. it's been great. we've had five up at any one time. with two hen harriers at the same time. i think they're a very enigmatic species, aren't they, really? i forward—facing eyes. everyone seems to like owls. you don't need the binoculars, you don't need the telescope. you just need your eyes, and to look, to absolutely look, and you'll see short—eared owls, hen harriers, buzzard, barn owl. we've seen it all, haven't we? now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. the big freeze is set to continue throughout the weekend ahead and well into next week as well. on friday, we did have some fresh snowfall around, but many of us had blue skies and sunshine. it was a day where temperatures didn't get above freezing all day in places. and we're going to see temperatures drop like a stone overnight. now, these showers — heading into dumfries and galloway — could

the landmark, a focal point along hadrian's wall in northumberland, was cut down in september, in whatism." two men in their 30s remain on bail. the investigation is continuing. the government's candidate to be the next chairman of the bbc says recent tweets about politicians by the match of the day presenter gary lineker appear to breach the bbc�*s new social media guidelines. this is what samir shah said to mps today. the more recent tweet that mr lineker initially identified some two politicians does, in the face of it, seem to breach those particular guidelines of... i'm not sure how egregious it is, but it does. and i would imagine that the bbc is now looking into that and considering its response. our media correspondent david sillito is here. tell us a bit more about these tweets? ., ., ., ., , tweets? the ongoing saga of gary lineker and _ tweets? the ongoing saga of gary lineker and his _ tweets? the ongoing saga of gary lineker and his activity _ tweets? the ongoing saga of gary lineker and his activity on - tweets? the ongoing saga of gary| lineker and his activity on twitte

for the rest of today will be close to the east coast of england, perhaps one or two for essex, northumberland ireland, the isle of man as well. but most places looking dry. mist and fog gradually lifting, so it'll brighten up. but any sunshine will be quite hazy. and it's not going to do too much to lift the temperature, between about freezing to plus five degrees for most of us at the highest today. now through the evening, we'll see some of these showers in the westjust popping up. we've got this frontal system. so it's going to bring some more wintry showers, snow showers into the likes of dumfries and galloway, perhaps anglesey. pembrokeshire could see a few of those wintry showers. but for central and south east england, it's here that we're going to see some really extensive freezing fog forming overnight. so it could be some really poor visibility first thing saturday and a really cold start, i think, wherever you are. now, saturday's weather starts on that chilly note. we have got lower pressure sitting out towards the west here, pepping up the showers again across the likes of south

they are coming across to the east coast of england, all the way from northumberland down to north norfolkown from newcastle, to see this fantastic habitat on the banks of the humber. it's been great. we've had five up at any one time. with two hen harriers at the same time. i think they are a very enigmatic species, aren't they, really? - forward facing eyes. everyone seems to like owls. you don't need the binoculars, you don't need a telescope. you just need your eyes, and to look. to absolutely look, and you will see short—eared owls, hen harriers, buzzard, barn owl. we've seen it all, haven't we? a cold snap that has hit the uk has brought snow to several parts of the country. some commuters braved snowfall and fog on the way into work, but these yorkshire residents took full advantage

this development in a northumberland village among those to include small, low—cost properties.tal. more house—building — a pledge likely to come from many politicians in the months ahead. but making sure those homes are obtainable by those who need them most will be an even bigger challenge. new plans to tackle spiking are set to be unveiled by the british government in the coming days. ministers have been coming under pressure to modernise laws — and make needle and drink spiking a specific offence. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy reports. it�*s not all shopping and present wrapping. the festive season is also about partying and drinking. but take shrewsbury in shropshire. it�*s just one of those places where that social scene can come with a sinister side in the form of spiking. i hadn�*t had much to drink and then suddenly i was like paralytic on the floor, screaming. the street passers around shrewsbury, they�*re great and they helped me. my mum came and picked me up and took me to a&e and theyjust monitor you here. they can�*t ever do anything about it and you really don�

now in the heart of northumberland , a heart of northumberland, a festive tradition has grown to spectacularty well and love. it's beautiful, especially at christmas time with goodwill and generosity. now there's something called the christmas truck run. now this is in its third year and it's seen a convoy of 138 dazzle decorate trucks winding through the north tyne valley, raising over £10,000 for charity while honounng £10,000 for charity while honouring the memory of a beloved community member , david beloved community member, david lamb. i'm delighted now to be joined by fiona paterson , the joined by fiona paterson, the organiser of the christmas truck run . fiona, thank you very much run. fiona, thank you very much for your time . can you tell us for your time. can you tell us about david lamb ? about david lamb? >> um, he is a or was a mechanic , um, had a mechanical business in acomb . in acomb. >> um, he was a massive supporter of the truck run and he sadly passed away last year. this year , um, and he fixed a this year, um, and he fixed a lot of the wagons that came on the truck ru

you know, buy a flat in northumberland and just get registered that you're living there. largest there the largest uh of all, there's uh tax grab of all, there's going to be a £307 million stealth tax. they're going to freeze the salary threshold for the £0.42 tax rate instead of increasing it with inflation. so then more people, you know, as wages rise with inflation they'll get drawn into that into that trap. and they've got six rates. whereas england's only got three rates. so it's overly complicated. scotland is going to have an effective tax rate of nearly 70, 69.5, which is just insane. there's no incentive for anybody, any high earner , to go anybody, any high earner, to go out and do those that extra work, do extra shifts, you know , work, do extra shifts, you know, go and do an extra gig, do a corporate or whatever. it's ridiculous . corporate or whatever. it's ridiculous. it corporate or whatever. it's ridiculous . it stifles the ridiculous. it stifles the economy. you know, how we put taxes on cigarettes to stop people smoking? yeah. the snp are taxes working. are putting ta

absolutely insane to me to think that two years ago i was in my little garage in alnwick, in northumberlandthis hospital in kenya — to these women i'd never met. it's just sort of gone poof. and now you have a charity. and now i've got a charity. gill's channel swim raised funds for her charity, chameleon buddies, which supports people with stomas in the uk and in kenya. the chameleon buddies came to the gyno care hospital in eldoret in the west of kenya for a week to hand over supplies of bags, help the women learn to manage their stomas and to support each other. cockerel crows. many of the women make long journeys to the workshop. welcome. like this pastor. she knows all too well the fear felt by the women, having had a colostomy in 2020. i wanted to run away. i never accepted it easily. i don't know how to put it on. i don't want to see the wounds. i could use it then for stomas that costed me almost 4,000 every day. the high cost of the bags is also a hurdle for the women, many spending up to 1000 shillings on a single bag. the average salary for an educated person in kenya is 25,000 s

a farm business in northumberland must pay more than £100,000 fine after an escaped cow killed a teacherhe 61 year old marion teacher. the 61 year old marion close was on a family walk in 2016 when the cow charged at her. j m nixon and sons, which runs swinhoe farm in belford , runs swinhoe farm in belford, admitted failing to ensure the safety of persons other than employees . this is gb news employees. this is gb news across the uk on tv, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gbillionews now it's back to emily and . it's back to emily and. tom. >> now good news for prince harry. he's won 15 of 33 articles in his phone hacking lawsuit against mirror group newspapers , after the high court newspapers, after the high court ruled the publisher had indeed been responsible for extensive phone hacking between 2006 and 2011. yes, 15 out of 33 for those who can count, that's almost half. >> the judge also said that harry had experienced hurt by mirror group's concealment of their wrongdoing, and awarded their wrongdoing, and awarded the duke of sussex over £140,000 in damage

scotland for ice, for northern parts of england, the northeast for newcastle and for teesside, for northumberlandrset and somerset. you're also going to get that yellow weather warning for rain and that's where those flood warnings comes in, particularly around the south, around 30 or so flood warnings and those mean that there is flooding expected where the environment agency has put those alerts out . of course, put those alerts out. of course, it's very cold right now as well. the uk health and security agency, they've put out two separate health alerts , an amber separate health alerts, an amber health alert for cold. >> that's for northern parts of england , for the midlands, where england, for the midlands, where i am right now, but also a yellow one, slightly less, but still a big risk because of the cold in parts of southern england. >> now they put those out particularly to warn people who are vulnerable that there is a risk to their health because of the cold, particularly people with heart problems, cardiovascular vascular diseases, people that are maybe a little bit older . those are

camilla tominey at 9.30 on sunday morning finally, i'll be speaking to the organiser of a northumberlandf chat with television presenter, restaurateur , author and restaurateur, author and lightning conductor for common sense, tanya buxton. but first, an update on the headlines with elizabeth callaghan

take a look at this wintry scene outside the beach huts at blyth in northumberland this weekend.ngland, the midlands and northern wales until midday. maybe not a day to go to the beach. i think not, but that is a cracking shot. absolutely lovely. if you have any pictures of the snow and ice that you have been enjoying or enduring over the last couple of days, do send them in. i am sure carol would love to see them. thank you very much. 2a minutes past six. if you're a regular breakfast viewer, you might remember bill and his wifejo, who we followed last year afterjo was diagnosed with alzheimer's. sadly, jo died injanuary, just weeks after moving into a care home. bill wanted to highlight the sometimes devastating and heartbreaking struggles faced by those living with dementia — and the loved ones who take care of them. tim muffett reports now on bill and jo's story. mwah! i love you to bits, don't i? i love you to bits. up, stand up. help me... this is a story of devotion and dedication. you're doing really good. and the exhaustion, frustration... ..and sadness of alzheimer's. h

this development in a northumberland village among those to include small low—cost properties. to includetal. more housebuilding, i- first home is vital. more housebuilding, i pledge| first home is vital. more - housebuilding, i pledge likely to come from many politicians in the months ahead, but making sure those homes are attainable by those who need them most will be an even bigger challenge. that need them most will be an even bigger challenge.— bigger challenge. that was luke walton reporting _ bigger challenge. that was luke walton reporting there. - we're nowjoined by kate henderson, the chief executive of the national housing federation. thanks for taking the time to talk to us. i mentioned in the introduction, house prices, low wages, second homes are all an issue. is anyone of those a bigger problem than the others? we are seeing a housing crisis play out right across the country, particularly in our rural areas. there is a shortage of social housing as well as those high house prices, and there is the second home market and short—term lats. it is the perfect storm. we saw an in