and rspca is and that's where the rspca is coming from.ike i'm hearing what you're saying. you know, there's all sorts stuff them can sorts of stuff in them that can do enormous damage to wildlife. although i think the people do enormous damage to wildlife. although them k the people do enormous damage to wildlife. although them k the 1e people do enormous damage to wildlife. although them k the 1e peop that chucking them on the ground that are opposed to are the problem as opposed to the but the vapes themselves. but couldn't argue this? mean, couldn't we argue this? i mean, it's extraordinary driving it's quite extraordinary driving almost anywhere country almost anywhere in the country to see the amount of fast food wrappers, you know , from all the wrappers, you know, from all the big names that are literally just chucked out of car windows, they must be doing just as much harm to wildlife. >> yeah. so the rspca sees a lot of wildlife casualties from , um, of wildlife casualties from, um, from from bottles from disposable uh, cartons ,

and turning to the ethics, the animal charity the rspca saysl the animal charity the rspca says the animalo you agree? t outweighs any scientific benefit. do ou auree? ., outweighs any scientific benefit. do ou auree? ~ ., ., , you agree? i think i do on this occasion- _ you agree? i think i do on this occasion- i — you agree? i think i do on this occasion. i don't i you agree? i think i do on this occasion. i don't always i you agree? i think i do on this occasion. i don't always agree i you agree? i think i do on this i occasion. i don't always agree with them, but i do on this occasion. the number of animals used, in this case to generate one live—born animal is a bit unacceptable, actually. there were 113 attempts reported, but there had been many attempts previously. if you add it all up, many monkeys have been used. and only having one survivor is not enough to do anything with. the whole idea is that you need to have multiple animals. we whole idea is that you need to have multiple animals.— multiple animals. we have to leave it there. thank— multiple animals. we have to leave it th

however, the rspca put theirfigures on are on a lead. figures on the number of xl bullies out there at somewhere between 40000 and 50,000, so there are questions about the 30,000 figure, and the 50,000 figure the rspca are talking about. so where are these 10,000, 20,000 dogs and are these 10,000, 20,000 dogs and are they being registered? 0wners are they being registered? owners have until noon today to get the forms and, get the correct paperwork done and all the right measures they need for the exemption, such as neutering, micro—chipping and all the relevant paperwork with their vet. ~ ., ., . , ., .,~ vet. who will enforce this and make sure people — vet. who will enforce this and make sure people have — vet. who will enforce this and make sure people have the _ vet. who will enforce this and make sure people have the right - sure people have the right exemptions and what happens if they don't and they are caught? this exemptions and what happens if they don't and they are caught?— don't and they are caught? this is the issue- — don

the rspca and are a ban.e ban won't be effective the worst effective because the worst owners will effective because the worst own ignore will effective because the worst own ignore um, will effective because the worst own ignore um, but will effective because the worst own ignore um, but i will effective because the worst own ignore um, but i wasll just ignore it. um, but i was struck reading about this that vets have to tell vets do not have to tell the authorities if they if they encounter an unregistered breed, but xl bully which is really weird because gps have to communicate things like, you know, or stomach know, measles or some stomach upsets, communicable upsets, etc. communicable diseases , you have diseases, you have a responsibility report to responsibility to report that to the why vets the authorities. why don't vets have to report have responsibility to report a dog that should be registered andisnt dog that should be registered and isn't to the authorities, because animal's because that's in e

i am proud to be part of the rspca. let's celebrate the rspca, enjoyed.we will try to get that animal rescue. and free from the distress it is in. some of them we can relieve straightaway. others sometimes we need to comment for support of care. —— supportive care. they do get themselves in the most unusual situations. we have had a fox trapped in a car wheel, for example. he was probably looking for food. safeguarded, enjoyjoin us. social media posts, volunteering. some little things that can really help us. let's all enjoy celebrating the rspca's 200 us. let's all enjoy celebrating the rspca's 200 year. let's work together and enjoy the love and the commitment and the rewards we get from being without seeing our animals. ., ~ , ., from being without seeing our animals. ., ~' , ., , from being without seeing our animals. ., ~ ,, , . today marks the start of doddie aid 2024 — a five—week virtual exercise event that sees thousands of people exercising to fundraise for research into motor neurone disease. it was set up in memory of scottish rugby�*s doddie

right rspca and others.ay through, anyone looking back through, and anyone looking back on my social media will see i've been of whole been supportive of it the whole way through. know it's popular way through. i know it's popular and popular almost with and it's popular almost with everybody. bill that everybody. it's not a bill that i will be contentious. i think will be contentious. >> a private bill. >> it's a private member's bill. mps can add their names to a ballot and the successful bids get present new legislation get to present new legislation before the house. this government's kept animals bill had been scrapped, but thanks to selaine saxby and her private member's bill, at least part of the legislation has a chance to become law, something becky bristow from the dogs trust thinks is needed . thinks is needed. >> there has literally never been a more important time for the enforcement of animal welfare. and for us, obviously , welfare. and for us, obviously, that's in relation to dogs. um, more a

but the animal charity the rspca believes there could be thousands more of the breed in the community ban. an xl bully type dog which had just attacked someone. it was put down soon after we filmed it. i an all—too—familiar news story in recent years. the government says it decided to ban xl bullies after 23 people were killed in three years in dog attacks. good boy. that's meant a lot of worry for xl owners like ellie. it doesn't matter what other people think of him. iknow him. i know he won't hurt anybody and i know he's the softest thing. his best friends a little dachshund dog. really? he wouldn't hurt anybody. she clearly adores frankie and is sad people see him as a threat, but there's a reason people are worried when they come across dogs like him. elaine's pet rox was mauled by five dogs, including two xls. he had punctured lungs, he had broken ribs. and he had a lot of cuts, a whole lot of cuts. in all fairness, the guy was trying to get his dogs off rox, but there was no way. his dogs actually bit chunks out of him. i was screaming at them, "your dogs are killing my dog!" i

the rspca)rid violent characteristics to get these dogs . the rspca is! violent dogs.t came in on december 31st, but the fact of the why not put them the matter is why not put them down in humane way? oh, no. down in a humane way? oh, no. breed them out. no >> look, i mean, i know it would require more funding for the rspca, which is already stretched. they should stretched. however, they should be. if they can't be held by be. how if they can't be held by they can't be rehomed. so rehomed within the rspca or within, but not put them to sleep . sleep. >> no, no i don't agree . >> no, no i don't agree. >> no, no i don't agree. >> but then you need enough homes that can take these xl bullies safe. >> they'd have to. >> well, no, they'd have to. >> well, no, they'd have to. >> have to kept within >> they'd have to be kept within the there. the rspca there. >> every year there >> there were. every year there are fatal incidents are more fatal incidents involving these xl involving involving these xl bully dogs and other dangerous breeds . they call devil breeds. they call

>> we know with the rspca >> we know this with the rspca and the appeals i >> -- >> they shouldn't havectly. they were investigators. they were prosecutors. some of prosecutors. in the end, some of their were the victims their staff were the victims of this. that rspca has this. we know that the rspca has given some of its given over some of its responsibilities in the last couple years because of couple of years because of criticism to the public, prosecutors, prosecutor's office. so i think that that is an overwhelmingly clear thing. we have to say , prosecutions in we have to say, prosecutions in this country should be confined to, to the crown prosecution service . service. >> i certainly think they they should have oversight . right. should have oversight. right. and clearly the post office has had an end to end , uh, being had an end to end, uh, being able to drive these cases through the courts without anyone even looking and saying, well, have you got a vested interest and uncovering interest here? and uncovering what wrong? i don't what has gone wrong? i don't quite agree with

curious feline faces stare from the crates at the rspca central london centre.uns at capacity stopping something the royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is celebrating for its bicentenary. it all started here on saint martins lane in 1824 here on saint martins lane in 1821; when over coffee antislavery campaigners william wilberforce, richard humanity dick martin and a theologyjust after broome got together at the old salters coffeehouse that used to stand here and founded the spca. it was queen victoria who later made it royal. this new society soon had impact. cockfighting, bull baiting and dogfighting. all band. you're live with bbc news. let's crack on with the business stories. shops are struggling on the uk's high streets with footfall still well below pre—pandemic levels, with many of us preferring to shop online instead. many shop units have been left lying empty, something of an eyesore. however, could businesses which started online be part of the answer? many are making an appearance on the high street in so—called pop—up shops. dou

curious feline faces stair from the pens at the rspca's central london centre, cats and kitten that haved the site always runs at capacity. something the royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is celebrating for its buy centenary. it all started here on st martin's lane in 1824, here on st martin's lane in 182a, when over coffee, antislavery campaigners, william wilberforce, richard humanity dic martin got together at the old slaughter�*s coffee house that used to stand here and founded the spca. it was queen victoria who later made it royal. this new society soon had impact. coch—fighting and bull baiting, and... all banned. you're live with bbc news. now, the global chief executive of fujitsu, takahito tokita, has apologised to british postmasters who were wrongly prosecuted for fraud because of it faults in fujitsu's horizon software. speaking to the bbc at the world economic forum at davos in switzerland, mr tokita said the company was sorry for the impact it's had on the postmasters and their families and insisted the company took theissue and insisted the company to

curious feline faces stare from the pens at the rspca's central london centre.he site always runs at capacity, something the royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is celebrating for its bicentenary. it all started here on st martin's lane in 182a when over coffee, anti—slavery campaigners william wilberforce, richard humanity, dick martin and a physiologist arthur broome got together at the old slaughters coffee house that used to stand here and founded the spca. it was queen victoria who later made it royal. this new society soon had impact clock fighting, bull baiting and dogfighting all banned. you're live with bbc news now to shetland where we can speak to ecologist and film maker the creature is an arctic cetacean, perfectly adapted to polar waters with its white colouring and the absence of a dorsal fin, which allows it to swim under the ice. it's not yet clear if the heavy snow in the islands this week played any part in helping the whale feel at home, in waters off hillswick. with shetland's shivering and freezing conditions, perhaps it

curious feline faces stare from the pens at the rspca's in central london centre., abused or rescued, and the site always runs at capacity. something the royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is celebrating for its bicentenary. it all started here on saint martin's lane in 182a, when, over coffee, and thai slavery campaigners william wilberforce, richard humanity dick martin and i theologist, arthur breen, got together at the old snort is coffee house that used to stand here and founded the spca. it was queen victoria who later made it royal. this new society soon had impact. cockfighting, bull baiting and dog all bands. you're live with bbc news. let's have another little royal story. a century ago, a luxury doll�*s house was made for king george v and his wife queen mary — as a gift from the british nation after the first world war. it's now being put on display to the public — and our royal correspondent, daniela relph, has been to take a look. forget any ideas of a traditional dolls' house you play with. this is the bigger royal version that's

rather like the rspca investigates animal cruelty cases. that is important is because the rule of disclosure using legal language requires prosecutors to provide the defence, in any case, with any material that undermines what the prosecution are saying, or, alternatively, helps the defendant to put their case before a judge. the reason why those rules exist is to ensure a fair trial, a just trial. in withholding this information about the horizon system, the post office effectively drove a coach and horses through those rules. the penny only seemed to drop in 2019, when a seniorjudge at the high court issued an absolutely damning ruling, asking what had gone wrong with disclosure in these cases. the post office then brought in and outside legal firm to advise it. it started on providing the documents to the now convicted suspects, and that opened the floodgates to the real scandal and exoneration. the government are saying it is going to review the rules about private prosecutions in light of what is going on. three years ago, thejustice c

. banging on about the rspca. >> think he could have >> do you think he could have talked achievementsld do as prime he's going prime minister, but he's going on it's pathetic. >> well, we're not going to get anything concrete from keir starmer stage . he's starmer at this stage. he's going leave it as long as going to leave it as long as possible that there isn't possible so that there isn't time all of us scrutinise time for all of us to scrutinise his plans. >> it's working, isn't it, emily? how far they emily? because how far are they heading? poll? 27 heading? the latest poll? 27 points i always say he points ahead. i always say he just a joe and just needs to do a joe biden and hide away in his basement for election day. hide away in his basement for eleyjust day. hide away in his basement for eleyjust don't say anything >> just don't say anything stupid. to the stupid. if you want to win the election. yeah, and that's what he's talking of biden. we >> we're talking of biden. we will, of course, reflecting will, of course, be reflecting on desantis leaving race will, of course, b

the rspca, for example, bodies.e , uh, prosecutions. so will these, uh, prosecutions. so will alex chalk simply strip the post office of that , that ability? office of that, that ability? that would seem like an obvious first step for the government . first step for the government. >> mhm. well, olivia, we will keep a keen eye on what alex chalk has to say and perhaps catch up with you a bit later. thanks for joining catch up with you a bit later. thanks forjoining us catch up with you a bit later. thanks for joining us to catch up with you a bit later. thanks forjoining us to discuss thanks for joining us to discuss this further. >> is conservative mp sally anne hart who joins us now. sally. ah good afternoon . thank you very good afternoon. thank you very much for joining good afternoon. thank you very much forjoining us. now, the much for joining us. now, the top story, um, an absolute horror show for the families involved . and, um, what do you involved. and, um, what do you make of the way it's being currently

the government says 30,000 owners have exempted their xls but the rspca, which opposes the ban, questions we heard veterinary professionals suggesting that there were around 40,000 to 50,000 xl bullies in the community and others were suggesting an upwards figure of 100,000. owners have until midday today to make sure their xl bullies meet certain criteria or risk having their dogs removed and destroyed. they must be microchipped, muzzled in public, neutered and be specially insured just in case they attack. good boy. for owners like ellie, it's been a difficult few months. when i first put his muzzle on him, he cried and i cried because it's cruel having to put something on a dog that hasn't done anything wrong. don't put the ban on the dogs, ban the owners. if you aren't willing to get the training for the dog, then you shouldn't have that dog. i'm getting emotional. i'm sorry. it's all right. it's just unfair. jim connolly, bbc news, featherstone. we will be talking about the story a bit later on in the programme. let's take a look at today's papers. eating once a day could lower your

the rspca says that around 20,000 dogs have still not been registered with the government , registeredearch for a missing monkey in scotland is continuing after the animal escaped from a wildlife park. drones are being used in the hunt for the japanese macaque, which found its way out of its enclosure on sunday. keepers say animal its way out of its enclosure on sl slowly (eepers say animal its way out of its enclosure on sl slowly making say animal its way out of its enclosure on sleowly making his animal its way out of its enclosure on sleowly making his wayanimal its way out of its enclosure on sleowly making his way back|l is slowly making his way back towards the wildlife park . drone towards the wildlife park. drone footage shows him roaming about under the and sitting in under the trees and sitting in the undergrowth . for the latest the undergrowth. for the latest stories, you can sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or by going to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. for a valuable legacy your family can own. >> gold coins

yeah um, and so the rspca looking into that the rspca is looking into that and police and there's a polices. yeah. >> well, clearly, because, you know, they know, given the speed they moved, they didn't make their own way. >> know , to devon. >> you know, to devon. >> you know, to devon. >> no. exactly. and they could have escaped either. so they were have been were dead. they must have been smuggled they. smuggled mustn't they. >> it was, it some maybe >> and it was, it was some maybe they and the smugglers just they died and the smugglers just had them. yeah. had to get rid of them. yeah. >> they were quite young >> and they were quite young as well. maybe could also well. so maybe so it could also have been like an owner thinking that they could, know, look that they could, you know, look after but after these animals, but actually winter, after these animals, but actl upkeep winter, after these animals, but actlupkeep very winter, after these animals, but actlupkeep very expensive. the upkeep was very expensive. so instead of doing anything about donating about it, like donating them o

the rspca says around 20,000 dogs have still not been registered with the government . that's the news. i'm back in an hour's time. welcome back to patrick christys tonight. >> now we've got a gb news exclusive for you. you the taxpayer has paid nearly £56,000 for a vile sexual predator and murderer with a criminal record . murderer with a criminal record. as long as your arm to get legal aid so that he can reduce his sentence. i'm talking about one of the worst offenders in modern british history. it is depraved jordan who stalked, jordan mcsweeney, who stalked, sexually assaulted and then battered law graduate zara aleena to death. he sexually assaulted . her for assaulted zara and left. her for deadin assaulted zara and left. her for dead in an attack that lasted nine minutes and left her with 46 separate injuries . nine minutes and left her with 46 separate injuries. he was released on licence from prison nine days before he committed the murder . nine days before he committed the murder. he was mistakenly not classed as . the murder. he was mistakenly not classed a

be welcoming linda and her dog lulu who you just saw in that film to the breakfast sofa, along with rspcaing up shortly. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria cook. the met police says it's arrested six people in connection with an alleged plot to disrupt the london stock exchange. scotland yard says activists from the palestine action group were allegedly plotting to target the building to prevent its opening this morning. it follows a tip from a newspaper which said they hoped to cause huge economic damage. a woman from st albans is calling for cervical smear tests to be offered at a younger age. angelina devlin has launched a petition after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer when she was just 20. at the moment, testing is offered to women when they turn 25. the uk national screening committee which advises the nhs said lowering the age would do more harm than good. it's not a case of you can't get cervical cancer before the age of 25. i'm here to tell the tale. i would really love to make a difference for someo

and welsh law these private law allows these private prosecutions, which the post office does, the rspca. all those 12 post office have post office ministers have matthew. >> matthew, matthew, come on, let's a reality check here. let's have a reality check here. are you telling me keir starmer, who prosecutor . he is who was chief prosecutor. he is at top. yes he was walking at the top. yes he was walking around so he doesn't read 4 million case files. he was walking around like sleepwalking , knowing anything, not , not knowing anything, not looking at any reports, not listening to any advisers. he was totally unaware. do you think i've fallen off a banana boat? i'm so sorry, matthew. you are so wrong . because let me are so wrong. because let me tell you something now , keir tell you something now, keir starmer, through this, there are 33 deaths with people that had died not knowing that, you know , died not knowing that, you know, they were thinking, you know, being told were guilty if being told they were guilty if he them. he wasn't responsible for them. >> there was bankruptcy. >>