now let's get the latest headlines before we get going with ray addison . going with ray addison. >> d afternoon. it's ray addison in the gb news room. it's 1:01. addison in the gb news room. it's1:01. our top addison in the gb news room. it's 1:01. our top stories queen it's1:01. our top stories queen camilla is visiting the king in hospital as he recovers from a procedure for an enlarged prostate . right now, we should prostate. right now, we should be able to see live pictures now of the london clinic where the king is resting for a second day after receiving that treatment, buckingham palace says that king charles is doing well and it's the same hospital where the princess of wales is being cared for, following abdominal surgery. charles's former butler, grant harrold, told us the british public's response to the british public's response to the royal health scares shows how much they still care . how much they still care. >> people always said he was a centric . he was old fashioned, centric. he was old fashioned, out of touch. i never saw that when i worked for him and i think t

ray addison. >> um, thank you. ray addison.t alan bray published homosexuality in renaissance england, he pioneered a field of historical research into same sex attraction that had previously enjoyed little attention in a new book by the oxford university historian sir noel malcolm challenges many of the assumptions of bray and other historians about male male relationships in medieval and early modern europe. sir noel's a new book, forbidden desire in early modern europe, examines northern europe, the mediterranean and the muslim world, and i'm very pleased to be joined by sir noel. now, sir noel be joined by sir noel. now, sir noel, welcome to uh, uh gb news. um i have read the book with great interest and i'm trying to come to terms with what is new about it. does it does it help to divide europe into north and south and consider what you're saying about the mediterranean and islam world? on the one hand, i what you're saying about northern europe, on the other hand , short answer. hand, short answer. >> yes it does. >> yes

but the news with but first, here's the news with ray addison . ray addison. >> thanks, dawn.owing a stabbing attack in bristol. the 15 and 16 year olds were attacked in the south of the city yesterday morning . avon and somerset morning. avon and somerset police say a group of people fled the scene by car. both boys died in hospital in the early hours of this morning . a 44 year hours of this morning. a 44 year old man and a 15 year old boy have been arrested and they remain in custody . defence remain in custody. defence secretary grant shapps says the uk remains undaunted by yesterday's illegal attack on hms diamond . the mod confirmed hms diamond. the mod confirmed that the warship successfully repelled a houthi drone in the red sea . the vessel used counter red sea. the vessel used counter defence systems to destroy the drone , avoiding any injuries or drone, avoiding any injuries or damage. it's the third such attempted attack on a royal naval vessel in a matter of weeks , the queen has visited the weeks, the queen has visited the king as he spends his third day in hospi

killed by sean hedges and jack benham in november 2020, and our south—east of england reporter ray addisonhorrendous case and justice has finally been served. can you bnng finally been served. can you bring us up to speed . bring us up to speed. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> during sentencing, martin justice kavanagh was clear that neither benham or hedges had told the truth about what had happened to little alfie in november of 2020 and that horrible night in the caravan belonging to benham. >> they tried to cover up at first what had happened, and then turned on each other, blaming each other for his injuries . injuries. >> it was an attack fuelled by whisky cocaine. >> benham had been smoking crack as well during that, as the judge described it, described it a frenzied attack. little alfie suffered broken ribs , arms, a suffered broken ribs, arms, a leg his foot as well. it's a lot of horrible details. the doctors found traces of cocaine, cannabis and alcohol in his body dunng cannabis and alcohol in his body during the post—mortem. they said that benham was the prime mover in the assault, but h

ray addison ray, explain report.plain what happens in that building behind you and do these statistics that we're hearing from the government show a success story ? success story? >> well, the building behind me is the immigration removal centre here at gatwick airport. there's around 500 men housed there . they've obviously put in there. they've obviously put in asylum claims, which have been unsuccessful . and if they look unsuccessful. and if they look out of their window, they can see the runway and potentially the, the, the plane that will be taking them back to their home country or country of origin. of course, there has been contra versi about this. um this facility in the past , uh, facility in the past, uh, numerous reports , lots of issues numerous reports, lots of issues there, um, potential poor management of the facility . um, management of the facility. um, and of course, those 500 men based in there at the moment who will be waiting to be removed from the united kingdom . now, of from the united kingd

here's ray addison . here's ray addison. >> thanks, pip. and tom, it's 132. our top stories. of february. as rishi sunak faces two by—election challenges next month . peter bowen lost his month. peter bowen lost his wellingborough seat after a parliamentary investigation found that he committed acts of bullying and sexual misconduct. mr bowen rejected those findings. former minister chris skidmore resigned from his kingswood seat over his opposition to the government's green policies. he says he won't support the tories date for that by—election. not yet announced . by—election. not yet announced. rishi sunak wants all subpostmasters to receive their compensation payments by the summer. number 10 has confirmed that at least £1 billion has been set to aside pay out compensation to victims of the post office horizon scandal . post office horizon scandal. stephen bradshaw, a post office investigation manager at the time, is giving evidence today at the inquiry he's been defending comments that he made back in 2012, when he said that he had absolute confidence in the horizon it s

and ray addison. now sunak ray addison.make the election real the general election a real contest, a poll reveals contest, as a new poll reveals that is the that sir keir starmer is the most leader in 390 most popular leader in 390 seats, is voter's seats, while sunak is voter's first choice in just four. >> not very good, is it for the tories? we joined in the studio by a former adviser to michael gove, you're glad you're not gove, but you're glad you're not adviser now that's charlie adviser there now that's charlie rowley and the political commentator matthew stadlen to discuss we know you're discuss it. look, we know you're going to say, charlie, the only poll matters the on poll that matters is the poll on polling it polling day. i've heard it all before , but this is an enormous before, but this is an enormous hill to climb for the tories. >> well, you're absolutely right. >> i mean, that is the only poll that matters. you're absolutely right and expect me to say right and would expect me to say that. remember in 2017

well, our south—east of england reporter ray addison is at canterbury crown court . is at canterbury ow. what's the latest on this harrowing case? well in his opening remarks to the jury this morning, prosecution kc duncan atkinson told them that in the early hours of wednesday , the early hours of wednesday, the 14th of december, 2022, bah had piloted a non—factory built inflatable from the coast of dunkirk in france into the engush dunkirk in france into the english channel. >> now the boat , he english channel. >> now the boat, he said, was made of very, very low quality material and it's base was not sufficient to hold the weight of its some 43 estimated passengers . in fact, that has been estimated to be double what it would have been safe to have carried. and there was only 30 lifeboat life jackets as well for the passengers . there was no for the passengers. there was no flares, no radio and a complete absence of other safety equipment. now the passengers that were on board that day were from countries including afghanistan , iran and albania. afghanistan, iran and albania. som

he's saying in some ways, in right before we do in some ways, right before we do anything else, ray addison has all headlines. take it all your news headlines. take it away, . away, ray. j >> guys. good morning. 10:01. i'm ray addison in the gb news room . our top stories this hour. room. our top stories this hour. the king spent last night in hospital after undergoing a procedure for an enlarged prostate . buckingham palace says prostate. buckingham palace says that king charles stayed at the london clinic, where he's said to be doing well. we can see live footage there if you're watching on television of the front of the hospital. it's the same facility where the princess of wales is being cared for, following abdominal surgery. charles's former butler, grant harrold, told gb news that the british public's response to the royal health scares shows how much they still care. >> people said he was a centric, he was old fashioned out of touch. never saw that when i touch. i never saw that when i worked for him and i think that's public that's what the public are getting that's where getting t

what's ray addison. hello, ray. what's the latest from you? what more can you tell us?d has announced today that it's launching an independent inquiry that, of course, in response to the tragic death of ruth perry, who is the headmistress of caversham primary school . caversham primary school. >> here, where i'm standing in reading, of course, it was downgraded from its highest rate from ofsted's highest rating to its lowest over safeguarding concerns . now, last month, the concerns. now, last month, the senior coroner concluded that an inspection that was carried out inspection that was carried out in november of 2022 at the school likely contributed to her suicide. and she also warned that there was a risk of further deaths unless action is taken now. following that report, ofsted's new chief inspector, sir martin oliver, paused all inspections in england and that was to allow staff to undergo a, um, mental health awareness training. now those inspections are set to recommence from monday, coming now, the this independent inquiry that's been announced is just part of

let's cross reporter ray cross now to our reporter ray addison who's at the scene of it all. t's got everything a 16 year old kid versus as the world number one, they're both english. what a night of darts we have coming ahead. ray addison . yeah, we're just hours addison. yeah, we're just hours away from the start of this epic clash. a really surprising moment in sporting history as well. 61 year old into the final for the very first time here at ali harbi ali in north london. and there's 10,000 people that will be filling this arena later on tonight in just a matter of hours. >> however , i've caught up with >> however, i've caught up with two very keen darts fans . two very keen darts fans. they're actually right at the front of the queue. >> michael here from dorset and yalta from germany. thanks for joining me, guys who are you supporting tonight? well, it's going to be very tight if , uh, going to be very tight if, uh, littler can hold his nerve, he could do it . littler can hold his nerve, he could do it. but littler can hold his nerve, he could do it . but the other gu

gb news well >> ray addison.gainst a targeted set of criminals. do you see the mug shots of the individuals those perpetrate ? individuals those perpetrate? writers who now will rot in jail for those crimes ? i noticed the for those crimes? i noticed the pattern. the police said there was a pattern. the mug shots. i think, told their own story . we think, told their own story. we have criminal gangs on london streets who are running amok, and the police are getting them in jail as best they can, but the odds are stacked against them. broken news, broken promises, a broken police force, but a rare victory. well done to the met. now quickly, let's move on. get more ahead of tonight's huge rwanda vote , gb news, huge rwanda vote, gb news, political editor of the busiest man in politics, christopher hope, continues to wait patiently for us in westminster. chris, the tension is building here. dewbs& co is coming . after here. dewbs& co is coming. after this. you'll be heading all the way through to the wire on this vo

. >> well, joining us now is our reporter, ray addison. >> good to see you this morning, ray.the changes that the ofsted chief inspector is vowing to make to the system . to make to the system. >> well, people here telling me that they very much welcome the changes that are being introduced and saying that they hopeit introduced and saying that they hope it will stop what they describe as a culture of fear over these school inspections . over these school inspections. uh, the first thing that was announced, the major announcement , announced, the major announcement, is that announced, the major announcement , is that there will announcement, is that there will be now an independent inquiry into how ofsted has responded to the coroner's report . report. the coroner's report. report. now, of course, there's also a number of other changes as well. apologies for the band saw that's just started behind me. number of other changes include one key element being the head masters. head mistresses will be able to stop in inspections, pause in sections if they have concerns over the ment

i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom. our top stories this hour. spent his second night in hospital following a procedure for an enlarged prostate. the queen visited the london clinic yesterday day and spent three hours with her husband as he recuperates . king charles is recuperates. king charles is said to be doing well after the procedure. the princess of wales is also at the same hospital following abdominal surgery. charles rea, former royal correspondent for the sun, told gb news the support that the royal family are showing each other is comforting . other is comforting. >> only we don't see royals turn up at a hospital when one of them is in hospital. apart from occasionally, the queen visited prince philip in one of his longest stays in hospital, but it's nice to see that they are are behaving as they always are, like normal people. they are . like normal people. they are. and i think this is showing, um, the way the royal family is now. and isn't it great to see a unhed and isn't it great to see a united royal family instead of the bicker

this ray addison . this charming man, ray addison. now, here's a question for you.m asking that question after the head of the british army warned that conscription could return. chief of the general staff , general of the general staff, general sir patrick sanders , has told sir patrick sanders, has told ministers they might need to mobilise the nation in the event of a wider conflict. again against russia. well, gb news has been out and about today to find out what the great british pubuc find out what the great british public about the idea of public think about the idea of conscription see if they'd conscription and see if they'd be to fight for king and country. >> if the country needs it. >> if the country needs it. >> and i think they kind of have to force conscription because i feel, especially nowadays, no one will really volunteer to go into war. so if the country into the war. so if the country really needs i mean, of really needs it, i mean, of course will look solution course we will look for solution first, if it's really first, but if it's really requ

. >> we will also hear live from the scene from our reporter ray addison. blood on their hands? and are the strikes purely political? we need to pay our political? do we need to pay our doctors more to them the doctors more to keep them in the nhs? to the strikes nhs? i went down to the strikes today confront one of their today to confront one of their union ringleader. i will share that interaction in just that full interaction in just a few moments. it's not to be missed. this patrick christys missed. this is patrick christys tonight on gb news >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> good evening, i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news tomorrow. for most places a dry and a bright day, a few scattered showers but the potential for some very wet weather across the far south. storm henk is disappeared away to the east, but this little weather front is going to generate some wet weather across the tomorrow . still got the so

ray addison. forgive me.cruel bite today. >> yeah. good morning to you both. well the government is saying that it has cleared the asylum backlog, but at the same time, sort of buried in the numbers. it's kind of admitting that it hasn't. i'll go through the numbers for you. of course. back in december of 2022, rishi sunak promised to finish processing all of the so—called legacy asylum claims that had been made before june of that yeah been made before june of that year. now, at that point, that figure was around 92,000 people who were still waiting for their initial decision on their claim. now, today, the government has announced that not only has it cleared the legacy backlog , but cleared the legacy backlog, but it's actually cleared 112,000 asylum claims. uh, in 2023. and they're saying that's the highest yearly total since 2002. of course , as i was saying of course, as i was saying earlier, labour is saying that this is actually a false claim , this is actually a false claim, because if you look at th

i'm ray addison in the >> it's1134. i'm ray addison in the newsroom. stephen the gb newsroom.post office. during the time of the scandal is giving the horizon scandal is giving evidence at the inquiry. he's defending comments he made in 2012 that he had absolute confidence in the horizon. it system, and was never told of any faults with software. meanwhile the justice secretary says fujitsu should repay the government for the money spent on the post office scandal if it's found culpable . it comes as it's found culpable. it comes as the pressure grows on the firm behind the faulty software , behind the faulty software, which made it appear as though money was missing from shops . money was missing from shops. rishi sunak is facing two by—election challenges next month as the government triggers contests in wellingborough and kingswood. peter bone lost his wellingborough seat after being suspended from the tory party when a parliamentary investigation found that he committed acts of bullying and sexual misconduct, mr bone rejected the findings of that report. former minister ch

. >> well gb news reporter ray addison is at canterbury crown court following the proceedings . here. what's happened in the court today ? the court today? >> well, in his opening remarks this morning, prosecution kc duncan atkinson told the jury that in the early hours of wednesday, the 14th of december, 2022, bar piloted a non—factor built inflatable small boat from the coast of dunkirk , france, the coast of dunkirk, france, into the english channel. now this boat was made of very low quality material. the prosecution said, and its base could actually not hold the weight of its some 43 estimated passengers and that was double what it could safely have been expected to carry. plus add to that, there was only 30 life jackets available to whoever could grab them first. no flares , no radio. a distinct lack of safety equipment on board this boat. now, the passengers that were on board to make that journey were from afghanistan, iran, albania , other countries iran, albania, other countries as well. some were under the age of 18 and they paid as much as £8,000 to make that journey

ray addison. uh the gb news reporter here. and former adviser to the bank of england roger gewolb . e. uh, ray, how special was iowa to. and wasn't iowa, was it last night? new hampshire? >> yeah, yeah, yeah, it was a big result. and, um, donald trump is absolutely furious that nikki haley has not followed the script as would like her to script as he would like her to do and concede she came up do it and concede she came up pretty within about an pretty quick within about an hour polls, closing , hour of the polls, closing, about of the vote had been about 20% of the vote had been counted stage, and trump counted at that stage, and trump was ahead and, you know, she sort of suddenly came stage sort of suddenly came on stage and started make speech. and started to make a speech. people thought, oh, no, she's going going to step going to she's going to step out. did. no, no, she, she, out. she did. no, no, she, she, she fight and she's, she wants to fight on and she's, she's, she's doubling down, you know. >> and she but to what purpose, ray mean she's going nowhere really. >> i mean s

i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom . queen camilla has newsroom. queen camilla has visited the king in hospital as he recovers from a procedure for an enlarged prostate . we can see an enlarged prostate. we can see now live pictures of the london clinic where the king. these are not live. actually there you can see queen camilla leaving the hospital. after that visit the king had been resting for a second day after receiving treatment. buckingham palace says king charles is doing well . says king charles is doing well. it's the same hospital where the princess of wales is being cared for following abdominal surgery. charles's former butler, grant harrold, told gb news the british public's response to the royal health scares show how much they still care. people always say he was a centric. >> he was old fashioned, out of touch.i >> he was old fashioned, out of touch. i never saw that when i worked and i think worked for him and i think that's the are that's what the public are getting that's why getting to see, and that's why there's this affection

let's get the thoughts this morning of our reporter , ray addison. good reporter, ray addison.ook, the next primary is in new hampshire, and nikki haley is polling neck and neck with trump. there could be problematic for trump there. but beyond that , it really feels as beyond that, it really feels as though there's only really one player this game for player in this game for the republican nomination. player in this game for the repwell,1n nomination. player in this game for the repwell, trump's ation. player in this game for the repwell, trump's polling around >> well, trump's polling around about 50. nikki haley, depending >> well, trump's polling around ab> well, trump's polling around ab> well, trump's polling around ab> well, trump's polling around ab> well, trump's polling around ab> well, trump's polling around ab

so for more on this, let's speak to gb news reporter ray addison, who taking a keen interest in who isrest in everything that's going on in the nikki haley says the states. nikki haley says she'll fight on as the only other republican candidate left in the race is it worth her fighting on? >> well, it really depends. obviously she has to keep the momentum going in order to convince her financial backers to keep supporting her. >> i know that as of today, i'm seeing reports that she's actually increased her media buying spend in south carolina. >> that is, of course, where the next primary is going to be held. that's her home town as well . um, and held. that's her home town as well. um, and she's had several elected roles there. >> and so state i should have said and therefore, of course, you know, it's, uh, it's somewhere where she would hope to be winning. >> however, the latest polling data uh, is carried out, data, uh, which is carried out, um, coincidentally, by donald trump's pac, does suggest that he's about 39, 40 points ahead of her older polling, which is perhaps not carried

well joining us live from alexandra palace is our reporter, ray addison and ray. >> there's so much i caught the imagination of the entire uk . imagination of the entire uk. >> and in a matter of a few hours , this area where i am now, hours, this area where i am now, where we're standing, will be absolutely filled with up to 10,000 people all waiting to go through these doors here to watch the night. now this area, of course, will have been absolutely packed with revellers last night after that amazing surprise win . uh, somebody surprise win. uh, somebody leaving behind their glow stick . leaving behind their glow stick. i've nicked that. i'm going to get the party started a little bit later on. we look over to bit later on. if we look over to our right hand side, just our right hand side, we can just see, amazing view that a see, uh, the amazing view that a lot of people come here to see as well. from alexandra palace, that over north london. that view over north london. thenif that view over north london. then if we around as well, then if we pan around as well, we can these banne

our reporter , ray addison joins us now. ray always a pleasure.nd he threw in the trump train. and he threw in the towel. well yeah, he's had a really tough year in terms of campaigning for the presidency . campaigning for the presidency. >> he was just about ten points below trump in january of 2023. but this most recent poll for new hampshire had him at just 6. and that's a terrible figure, especially considering he's been spending so much money all across the us to try to raise his profile. we know as well that although he came second in iowa, he spent £200 million in order to achieve that , and he order to achieve that, and he just still didn't get the kind of figures that he needed . trump of figures that he needed. trump well ahead of him in the polls. >> and do you think as usual, ray? um, i mean, he realises that he can't win , but would it that he can't win, but would it be fishing for a job in the trump camp? do you think he hopes to be a part of the fabnc? >> well, it's really interesting. i mean, you saw there with the tone of donald t

i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom. our top stories this hour.he wellingborough by—election will be held on the 15th of february. it's the first date to be announced of two by—election challenges that rishi sunak faces next month . peter bone, faces next month. peter bone, last year's wellingborough seat after a parliamentary investigation found that he'd committed acts of bullying and sexual misconduct. he's rejected those findings. former minister chris skidmore resigned from his kingswood seat over his opposition to the government's green policies. no date on that by—election yet, but he now says he won't support the tories shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth says that people have had enough of the conservatives will be fighting very hard to win the trust of the people of wellingborough in kingswood, but it is staggering that we have these two by elections. >> one because a conservative mp has resigned and has had enough of rishi sunak , and another of rishi sunak, and another because of his disgraced behaviour . because of his disgrace

ray addison, our reporter there, bringing us the latest the republican reporter there, bringing us theging us the lates us election season. an reporter there, bringing us the latesus election season. i] reporter there, bringing us the latesus election season. i know love us election season. i know you love it, don't you. really gets you gets you going. well, ray a very keen ray also has a very keen interest us politics, which interest on us politics, which i didn't know, but there you go. now after the after the now after the break, after the news chancellor, the news coming up, chancellor, the chancellor at spring tax chancellor hints at spring tax cuts to relieve pressure on families. we're going to be discussing that with our panel. and get to and also i'm going to get to some of your own definitions of what they're quite what woke is. they're quite amusing . amusing. >> emily. thank you. your top stories from the gb news room. breaking news in the last few moments, a man in his 60s has died in a road collision involving two vans and a fallen tree in county londonderry . a tree in c

our reporter, ray addison has the latest . latest. >> now that it's a two horse race, nikki haley is increasing pressure to put on a strong showing in tomorrow's new hampshire vote. otherwise, she could be gone within 48 hours. >> basil's taxi victory. we love this story . a taxi driver has this story. a taxi driver has won his fight with shropshire council to fly the union flag on his vehicle as a mark of being a proud englishman. we're going to bnng proud englishman. we're going to bring you that report very shortly and battered britain storm isha battered the uk overnight with 99mph winds, leaving tens of thousands without power and mass disruption for commuters this morning on trains, roads and ferries. >> we're going to be talking to one mp who couldn't make it back to westminster yesterday . to westminster yesterday. and a quite interesting it might feel a bit niche this story, but boarding schools who are letting transgender pupils sleep in the boarding house of the gender they choose to be. >> what do you make of that? >> what do you make of that? >> and if you were paying a

coming up to 3:01, i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom. our top stories a murder probe has been launched after two teenage boys died following a stabbing attack in bristol . the 15 and 16 year olds bristol. the 15 and 16 year olds were attacked in the south of the city yesterday morning . avon the city yesterday morning. avon and somerset police say a group of people fled the scene by car . of people fled the scene by car. both boys died in hospital in the early hours of this morning. the 44 year old man and a 15 year old boy have been arrested and they remain in custody . and they remain in custody. defence secretary grant shapps says the uk remains undaunted by yesterday's illegal attack on hms diamond. the mod confirmed that the warship successfully repelled a houthi drone in the red sea . the vessel used her red sea. the vessel used her it's counter defence system to destroy the drone , avoiding any destroy the drone, avoiding any images, injuries or damage. it's the third such attempted attack on a royal naval vessel in recent weeks ,