oxford farming conference. yesterday, environment secretary steve reed apologised to farmers in his speech at that conference, but gave no indication the policy would be reversed. well, our reporter, will hollis, is at one of those protests in buxton today where he's been speaking to farmer les boehm, who says the future of family owned farms is under threat. >> the problem we've got, we've really dictated by supermarket pnces really dictated by supermarket prices and not a lot of us are making much money. so if we have a 40% tax on my death, basically my kids would have come up with probably 400,000. the only way we could do that is to sell off ground. and if you sell off your ground, you can't produce as much money off your farm to do that. so it's just a spiral going down and down. >> news now from the united states, where at least ten people have died in wildfires tearing through los angeles with high winds, threatening to spread the flames even further, five fires are still burning and a man has been detain

farmers are voicing their frustrations and protesting outside this week's oxford farming conference,vernment facing mounting criticism over their policies. concerns are growing about tax changes and a lack of support, with many in the agricultural community saying they feel overlooked. in his speech to the conference earlier, the environment secretary, steve reed, unveiled labour's long term vision, including a 25 year farming roadmap focusing on, he says, boosting profitability and ensuring food security. his speech follows strong backlash, though, from farmers over last year's budget, which included and introduced inheritance tax for agricultural businesses worth more than £1 million. weather, news and travel chaos continues to sweep across the uk as heavy snow and winds have caused widespread disruption. temperatures plunged to —11 c last night, with more snow and ice warnings still in place, affecting rail lines and airports. manchester airport was forced to close both of its runways, and transport for wales says it shut several rail lines due to damage from the bad weather. the

. >> agricultural workers will protest at the annual oxford farming conference against the government's inheritance tax rise. we'll bring you the latest. >> the princess of wales celebrates her 43rd birthday today. she is expected to spend it at home with her family after a difficult year. >> los angeles in flames wildfires ripped through six of the city's neighbourhoods five dead, more than 1100 buildings destroyed. >> and in sport this morning, spurs beat liverpool in the carabao cup, but the second leg still to come at anfield in about three weeks. the dead man walking is no longer walking as west ham finally sacked julen lopetegui. and in palm springs, the future of golf has begun indoors. >> another hard frost overnight, some ice and snow to contend with today, but actually for most places it's going to be a fine, bright cold winter's day. full details coming up shortly. >> it'sjust full details coming up shortly. >> it's just gone. 6:00. >> it's just gone. 6:00. >> i'm stephen dixon, i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news breakfast. >> are these wildfires awful? >> are these wild

. >> farmers are voicing their frustrations at this week's oxford farming conference, with the governmentacing mounting criticism over farming policies. in his speech to the conference, the environment secretary unveiled labour's long term vision, including a 25 year farming roadmap focusing on boosting profitability and ensuring food security. however, many in the agricultural community say they feel overlooked, with concerns about tax changes and a lack of support. our reporter, will hollis is outside the conference for us, joined by mo metcalfe fisher from the countryside alliance, who claims steve reed speech was just a rehash of things they've heard before. >> we need to stand in solidarity with the people of the countryside, our farmers. a steve reed is in there talking at farmers. he needs to actually be listening to them. if the treasury. keir starmer, rachel reeves, steve had actually spoken to farmers before they announced the family farm tax in the budget. this wouldn't be happening right now. there wouldn't be pain and anxiety spreading throughout the countryside. families who

. >> unrest is growing outside of the oxford farming conference amongst farmers hit by inheritance tax changes. environment. environment secretary steve reed is making a speech inside as we speak. we're going to tell you what he says and find out why, if you pardon the terrible pun, it's not all roses for labour's tulip siddiq. >> she is a senior government minister and she is the prime minister's next big headache. >> and the princess of wales celebrates her 43rd birthday today. she's expected to spend it at home with her family after, of course, what was a very difficult 2024. happy birthday from all of us. >> and the flames are still ripping through los angeles. six of the city's neighbourhoods are ablaze, killing five people, and firefighters are running out of water. >> and reform uk deputy leader richard tice is going to be in the studio with us any minute now. we'll tell you what you think this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay first though, the very latest news with san francis. >> very good morning to you from the newsroom. at 9:32, the top story this morning. fears over the uk econ

marked the final day of the three consecutive demonstrations, timed to coincide with the oxford farming conferenceterday. environment secretary steve reed apologised to farmers in his speech at the conference, but gave no indication the policy would be reversed. now the owner of british gas has warned uk gas stores have fallen to concerningly low levels amid freezing cold temperatures. centrica says the uk now has less than a week's worth of demand for gas in store. the country's largest gas store site said it could be down to plunging temperatures driving up demand, adding that the need to replenish stocks could lead to rising prices ahead. a spokesman for the prime minister insisted that the uk had enough natural gas supplies to make it through the winter, and said reports that britain had come close to blackouts were not true. in other news, officials are monitoring elon musk's social media posts for potential security risks, according to reports. the home office's homeland security team began the scrutiny after musk's controversial comments about labour's jess phillips calling her a rape genoc