i'm not going down to somerset i'm going somerset this evening.ing toma'row i've somerset this evening. i'm going toma speaking i've somerset this evening. i'm going toma speaking engagement 've somerset this evening. i'm going toma speaking engagement ine got a speaking engagement in epsom. speaking chris epsom. speaking for chris grayling at lunchtime tomorrow, which forward to. he which i'm looking forward to. he is a great but i'm sure the is a great man, but i'm sure the weather somerset be weather in somerset will be absolute the absolute splendid for the weekend when i get there . weekend when i get there. >> good evening. a bit of a chilly start tomorrow, but for most it will be a fine bright day with sunny spells, some heavy showers, particularly in the south. early on, we've still got pressure dominating the got low pressure dominating the scene. so is still spinning scene. so it is still spinning up of and up plenty of showers and particularly tonight as the isobars squeeze together across south wales and south—west england. we're going

somerset is going to be havin�*it's snows in somerset is when it's snows in somerset is an exquisiteals those perfect snow crystals that make that it's the make you think that it's the finest anywhere in the finest snow anywhere in the world somerset, brighter world in somerset, a brighter outlook with boxed solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good evening . welcome to your >> good evening. welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the met office. friday is going to be another dry day for many of us, but it will be feeling very cold once again with potentially some freezing fog to start and some snow showers. we've seen snow as a result of this frontal system bumping into the cold across bumping into the cold air across parts the south—west. that parts of the south—west. that will clear away throughout the course of the night, but it will leave with it some a risk of ice on the roads across parts of devon and cornwall. there's also a risk of some ice across the north—east of as well north—east of england, as well as eastern areas of as

it's in somerset earean weather in somerset already.ood evening . it's alex >> good evening. it's alex burkill here again with your latest gb news weather forecast . latest gb news weather forecast. whilst there will be some clear and sunny spells through the next or there will also next day or so, there will also be of heavy possibly be plenty of heavy and possibly thundery low thundery showers because low pressure across northern parts of the uk is dominating the weather, leading to a breezy and showery theme for many of us as we go through this evening. and overnight, showers across western of scotland and western parts of scotland and northern ireland will become more widespread , filtering more widespread, filtering across england and across many areas of england and wales. some of these could be heavy, possibly even thundery, but will some clear but there will be some clear skies between, especially skies in between, especially across northeastern parts of scotland. a of frost scotland. here, a touch of frost is quite likely and e

and so somerset maugham is not writing some political diatribe. he's writing he's writing a novel, but it touches on these kinds of themes. and so these big questions then will pop up out of out of a novel. what is the nature of liberty? is liberty the ability to do whatever you want? or is liberty the right to do what you ought to do as as lord acton poses this question. these are questions that crop up throughout all of western history. and so i think it can be really helpful when people are trying to just get a grapple, just a hold on their culture. when we read much less than we have in the past, when our attention spans are about the same as that of a fruit fly, these days, it it can it can put us on the right path when we realize that some of the same questions that plato and aristotle were raising. well, these are the questions that shakespeare is grappling with. these are the questions that tolstoy is grappling with. these are the questions that george eliot is grappling with, for that matter, or any even more modern writer that these keep

>:yourning deakin this somerset. >:your latest deakin this somerset.eather updatehis is your latest weather update from met office for gb news from the met office for gb news staying throughout this staying cold throughout this week. frosty mornings week. really frosty mornings will pretty frequent and will become pretty frequent and so quite a bit of sunshine so will quite a bit of sunshine by day. it wasn't a lot of sunshine around today, quite a lot of cloud and still some outbreaks coming into outbreaks of rain coming into northern eastern northern england and eastern england showers in england and the showers in northern scotland turn to northern scotland will turn to snow. only really over the snow. but only really over the tops hills might turn a tops of the hills might turn a bit icy, could turn a bit foggy tops of the hills might turn a bitplacesyuld turn a bit foggy tops of the hills might turn a bitplaces andturn a bit foggy tops of the hills might turn a bitplaces and temperaturesjy in places and temperatures dropping below freezing across

they need to move somerset if you want the move to somerset if you want the best as i tell people bestvery night. >> well, it does sound like you're agree with you're beginning to agree with me be returned nice. >> i wouldn't return them. i might be tempted if they were actually going to put them back in parthenon, but then in the parthenon, but then unfortunately do unfortunately not going to do that. thank very much, that. but thank you very much, oliver, and find really how to keep over the keep yourself healthy over the festive according to one festive season. according to one follower . i've got follower of christ. and i've got an with me. i've an example here with me. i've got if you can see it, i've got a with me praying the a rosary with me praying the rosary in latin has some miraculous health benefits, according to the catholic herald's philip campbell. when the said vocally in the rosary is said vocally in the rosary is said vocally in the official language of the church is latin, it slows church that is latin, it slows the breathing down to around six breaths per minute, al

the cheese, darian somerset still makes chatted the traditional way. so what's the secret of the original just in the basic ingredient, the meal here it comes from across fed counts is very good for us. in some sense. there's sometimes a 18 different varieties of groceries in that, and they've got lots advantages in the different groceries will come, immature at different times the and some of the heard. so in hot as a favor of the cheese, the milk was delivered to west. come dairy, it's 6 am 1st because he sits 10 minutes to decide using the yoga culture. cheese make a real power to add to rent an enzyme from the stomach of costs to make cheese out of it. is an enzyme food. com is it that reacts with the proteins in the middle of the protein thoughts unraveling and joining together? and then we see that it's in the, in the middle in the set as it, as it forms the jail, the code is causing 6 looks and separation from the way. and the remaining liquid is prestone, and he's been caught some piles up the sheets of could o's the end of pressing the moistur

this is what it looks like, but we'll take a closer look later on the cheese, darian somerset still makes chatted the traditional way. so what's the secret of the original just in the basic ingredient, the meal here it comes from cross bid counts does very good for us in some sense. sometimes 8 by 18 different products as a groceries in that. and they brought lots of phones to use in the different groceries will come, immature at different times, the, and some of the herbs in hot as a favor of the cheese. the milk was delivered to west come dairy, it's 6 am. first, as he sits 10 minutes to decide using the yoga culture, cheese may cut rob howard has rented an enzyme from the stomach of costs to make cheese out of it. right, it is an enzyme full time, is it that reacts with the proteins in the middle of the protein thoughts unraveling and joining together. and then we see that it's in the, in the, in the middle and in the set as it, as it forms the jail. the code is caution 6, looks and separation from the way. and the remaining liquid is prestone. he then caught 2 piles up the sheets of c

non white people wokey two is somerset council. i've been there.of writing out women after it purged the word mother from its maternity policy. somerset council has announced the replacement of new and expectant mothers with the phrase as new and expectant parents. and the third wokeist is james o'brien. now i don't know why, but he makes an appearance every single week. he does win it. sometimes he needs the publicity. does he? i think he does, yeah. i think his figures are failing . so he his figures are failing. so he probably he probably needs probably needs he probably needs a so seriously, sue me. a figure. so seriously, sue me. >> five they're both plain wrong. they're both wrong. yeah, they're both extremely annoying. it's just. which is wrong and most annoying. i think it's the difficult one. i think probably somerset council actually. >> listen, you're a woman, obviously . obviously. >> all this nonsense about pronouns and identity, how does it make you feel as a woman, do you think? >> absolutely bonkers. yeah, it's just bonkers. you kno

non white people wokey two is somerset council. i've been there.of writing out women after it purged the word mother from its maternity policy. somerset council has announced the replacement of new and expectant mothers with the phrase as new and expectant parents. and the third wokeist is james o'brien. now i don't know why, but he makes an appearance every single week. he does win it. sometimes he needs the publicity. does he? i think he does, yeah. i think his figures are failing . so he his figures are failing. so he probably he probably needs probably needs he probably needs a so seriously, sue me. a figure. so seriously, sue me. >> five they're both plain wrong. they're both wrong. yeah, they're both extremely annoying. it's just. which is wrong and most annoying. i think it's the difficult one. i think probably somerset council actually. >> listen, you're a woman, obviously . obviously. >> all this nonsense about pronouns and identity, how does it make you feel as a woman, do you think? >> absolutely bonkers. yeah, it's just bonkers. you kno

somerset council is an inclusive organisation.anguage in our policies highlights our commitment to inclusivity . it commitment to inclusivity. it does not exclude women, it simply ensures that no staff for whom this and other policies may be applicable are excluded . so be applicable are excluded. so look, it is all about opinions, isn't it? let me know your thoughts. margaret gbnews.com. thoughts. margaret gb news.com. now thoughts. margaret gbnews.com. now the covid inquiry yesterday heard how boris johnson was originally reluctant to shut down britain's economy, reportedly colleagues reportedly telling colleagues just days before sending the country lockdown. country into lockdown. we're killing patient to tackle killing the patient to tackle the tumour large people taken to mean large numbers of people who will die . why? why are we will die. why? why are we destroying the economy for people who will die anyway soon? andrea, should boris have followed his own instincts and why didn't he ? why didn't he? >> i mean, look. locked

of us who like a drink as the duty on alcohol is frozen, particularly cider where the cider from somersethe best comes from and tax best cider comes from and tax cuts welcome to cuts are always welcome to conservatives. even the socialists don't mind occasionally, however , either occasionally, however, either it's enough, really , because it's not enough, really, because what we need is a smaller state. we are being taxed too much and we need lower taxes . but we we need lower taxes. but we can't do that without less government spending. i discussed this night about where this last night about where there savings to be made and there are savings to be made and we need to be putting that into practice. one of biggest practice. one of the biggest headunes practice. one of the biggest headlines from today is about tax announced by the tax cuts announced by the government. but are they all that they seem? because in spite of the talk of tax cuts , tax is of the talk of tax cuts, tax is a percentage of gdp is going up. now this is because of fiscal drag . fiscal drag is because of drag. fisca

mp for somerset, jacob the mp for somerset, jacob rees—mogg. what a day . what rees—mogg.t a day. what news? who could have believed it ? the return of who ? david? no, ? the return of who? david? no, sorry, lord david cameron how does that sound to you? the demolition, the removal of suella braverman many will be upset about that. and then where is nigel? well, news is breaking where nigel is. you know, the referendum was a long time ago . referendum was a long time ago. >> there are a lot of young people out there. don't know who i am. don't know what i stand for. this is my big chance to reach a really big audience of young people, which i think will be good for me and i think also very good for gb news as well . very good for gb news as well. >> hard to reach a bigger audience surely, than gb news, but we'll get into that later. first of all, folks, it's the news with polly middlehurst . news with polly middlehurst. well, the top story this hour, it's been a day of reappointments and surprises in downing street today. >> the prime minister saying the new cabinet is bui

i'm sure the sun is in somerset. even if is shining in somerset.there might have been a little bit today. bit rain today. >> hello. good evening . alex >> say hello. good evening. alex burkill here your latest gb burkill here with your latest gb news weather update ahead of some and windy on some wet and windy weather on thursday. of thursday. we have a bit of a north split as we go into north south split as we go into wednesday. that's because we have lying across have a front lying across northern parts which is going to bnng northern parts which is going to bring the focus of the and bring the focus of the cloud and the rain here. the showery rain here. meanwhile, it's a quieter picture further south. so we picture further south. so as we go through this evening, some clear across southern clear skies across southern areas. yes, a scattering of showers , but mainly dry as showers, but mainly dry as different story further north, lots of cloud and outbreaks of rain. some of these could be heavy times, too. heavy at times, too. temperatures won't

. traditionally, the hot cheese was 1st mentioned in the 12th century in the village of china in somerset. now only one cheese. terry remains that the today cheese is mostly made industrially. the, the name is not protected a, so the various kinds may taste very different. the channels that you buy in a supermarket or that you get abroad that is quite generic. cool. uh, text is different, quite rubbery. um that's not necessarily so creamy not shouldn't sold in various stages of maturity for miles to shop an extra mature the west come. gary's own shop only carries one, but the flavor still varies. with st. romeo and china, they were a bit different. so different days will have a slightly different pro favorite profile. i mean, no cheese is made with the note from the day that kind of gives it a big chunk of factory. they standardize the move, they get all the notes together because in the supermarket, some cases die that they want to product. the taste is very similar. every day. we want somebody that tastes like a different every day. even if china is really from china, these cheese born

so my great uncle was norman somerset. he was 20 years old.the grenadiers all my family going way back , all my family going way back, have joined the grenadiers. i broke all the rules and instead joined the royal navy just like john did. >> just like john did. >> just like john did. >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> and but norman somerset left school, joined the grenadiers and i was training at war and at warley he became great friends with the prince of wales , who with the prince of wales, who was also going through his training. so prince edward . and training. so prince edward. and on i have letters here from the prince of wales to norman . and prince of wales to norman. and on october the 4th, 1941, norman gets sent across the channel to epe . and i have all his things epe. and i have all his things in a cab. >> show us any you can show. >> show us any you can show. >> you've got letters with you here. >> yes, i have. i thought. i thought it would be quite interesting for people to actually see these letters . i'm actually see these letters.

conservative mp for northeast somerset gave his reaction to swallow braverman�*s letter.er swallow braverman's letter. her letter is eye _ swallow braverman's letter. he: letter is eye watering only scurrying. i can't see a resignation quite like it in history, the closest comparison i can make is joseph harrison's resignation speech as he left as prime minister, and accused margaret thatcher... broke their cricket backs. i think a number of promises were made to her when she became home secretary and they haven't delivered on, we have had a number of resets, we have had a reset with the party conference, we had a recess with the king's speech. what we really need to do is delivering on the promises in 2019 which is why people voted for us. let's get more now from lucy fisher, she's whitehall editor at the financial time.s we were just listening to sirjacob rees mogg, who is likening suella braverman's letter to a speech jeffrey howell made when margaret thatcher was prime minister. a speech in many ways who was that was said to be the beginning of her downfalls. could th

we were guaranteed non—league success in somerset.beaten 3—0, meaning they reached round two for the third time in four years. after more than a decade in charge, emma hayes will leave chelsea at the end of the season. her 13 major trophies so far at the wsl club have included two doubles and a treble. and she'll depart as one of the most successful managers in women's football. chelsea say hayes will depart for a position �*outside club football�* and she�*s a strong candidate for the vacant usa women�*s national team job. chelsea chairman todd boehly and co—controlling owner behdad eghbali said: while the club�*s co—sporting directors added: former england international farah williams gave her reaction to the news on this afternoon�*s final score. shocked. first i�*ve heard of it. she has done a fantasticjob with chelsea and she has been given so much time, and they had patience in the early seasons with her, and she has built a phenomenal team at chelsea that compete on all levels. the question is who will they get to replace her?

somerset will be heavenly. >> evening. welcome your >> good evening.ws weather update. with from the met with me, annie from the met office. will be staying office. it will be staying cloudier through tomorrow with some rain moving in from the north, but still some sunshine on offer across southern areas with high pressure still with that high pressure still dominating ridge , extending dominating the ridge, extending across of england and across many areas of england and wales. but further north, we've got a weather front in charge throughout evening and throughout this evening and that'll stay in charge into wednesday. and thursday as well. so we've got rain arriving across much of western scotland, parts of northern ireland as well. further south, it'll stay dry tonight. some mist and fog developing and temperatures falling than last night, falling lower than last night, as as 2 3, perhaps in as low as 2 or 3, perhaps in some southern counties. so a bit of a cold mystere start on wednesday morning. but the sunshine will come out throughout the after

. >> well, i'm loyal to my constituents in north—east somerset who voted for a manifesto.dn't been delivered. but let's let's let's ask about views. ask about your views. >> let's address substance >> let's address the substance of have brought back into of it. we have brought back into government a prime minister who presided over a referendum over the independence in scotland, which was based on 50% plus one, which was based on 50% plus one, which was based on 50% plus one, which was a mistake. it should have been , i would say, two have been, i would say, two thirds. so that it was clearly the settled will of the population, not just if mrs. biggins happened to pop her clogs the night before, it could have changed the outcome of our constitutional settlement. so he was responsible for that. >> but that wasn't that wasn't true of labour's referendums in 1997 or 8, was it? they were all, all referendums, other than 1979. one was have been straight majority was a very long time ago. >> and as you say, the 79 one wasn't the year following, but he presided over the brexit re

training lab workers in derbyshire, computer scientists in mantua -- manchester, your technicians in somersetothers in staffordshire, my dad would have loved all of this. step four, a new mindset because when an opportunity is there to be one you have to take it. clean british energy is cheaper than foreign follows fossil fuels. -- foreign fossil fuels. [applause] also, a chance to make us more competitive. countries like america are using this gift to trade manufacturing jobsikes of which we have not seen for decades. they are the only ones. when rishi sunak says all back on our climate mission i say speed ahead. speed ahead with investment. [applause] speed ahead with half a million jobs, speed ahead with great british energy, a new energy subsidy which will harness green energy public owned and implemented in scotland. thus, conference, those great british energy movers will be shared. scotland has the skill and ingenuity at scotland is at the heart of a britain built to last. that is what the people voted for. and i want to thank them for their inspiring leadership, and michael, who will

and so somerset maugham is not writing some political diatribe. he's writing he's writing novel, but it touches on these kinds themes. and so these big questions will pop up out of out of a novel. what is nature of liberty? is liberty the ability to do whatever you want, or is liberty the right to do what? you ought to do as as lord poses this question, these are questions that crop up throughout all of western history. and so i think it can be really helpful when people are trying to just get a grasp, just a hold on their culture, when read much less than we have in the past, when our attention spans are about the same as that of a fruit fly these days, it it can it put us on the right path when we realize that some of the same questions that plato and aristotle were raising. well, these are the questions that shakespeare is grappling. these are the questions that tolstoy is grappling. these are the questions that george eliot is grappling with for that, or any even more modern writer that these keep, keep up and that there is a coherence to it t

the former cabinet minister sirjacob rees—mogg who's the conservative mp for north east somerset gaveeaction to suella braverman�*s letter. her letter is eyewateringly excoriating. i've never seen a resignation like it. i can't recall one from history. the closest comparison i can make is sir geoffrey howe�*s resignation speech, when he left as deputy prime minister and accused margaret thatcher of sending the batsmen out to bat and broke their cricket bats. i think suella's pointing out that a number of promises were made to her when she became home secretary and those haven't been delivered on. and, yes, we have had a number of resets. we had a reset with the party conference, we had a reset with the king's speech, but, really, what needs to be done is delivering on the policies we promised in 2019, which is why people voted for us. joining me now isjohn rentoul, independent�*s chief political commentator, and david maddox, political editor of the express online. let me get your first reaction to what you read this evening. i completely agree with everyone everyone said. chris mason

a lot of wet weather across much of southern england, all the way from kent, somerset and south wales from northern ireland in the late in the day.

we�*re in somerset on iplayer at 8, or bbc one after the ten o�*clock news.ross northern scotland and by contrast, really very miserable across southern england and wales. this is storm frederico, named by the french level is dealt —— weather service, clearing up and another that we confront gradually pushing across northern ireland and into western scotland as we head through the rest of the evening. more showers following behind but also clearing skies and foremost not quite as chilly tonight as it was last night but still possibly a touch of frost across the midlands, welsh marches, and a sharp frost developing again under clear

we're in somerset on iplayer at 8, or bbc one after the ten o'clock news.e for a look at the weather. here's elizabeth rizzini. hello, thank you. isn't this glorious, if only we could all have beenin glorious, if only we could all have been in the highlands earlier. the best of the sunshine today was certainly across northern scotland and by contrast, really very miserable across southern england and wales. this is storm frederico, named by the french level is dealt —— weather service, clearing up and another that we confront gradually pushing across northern ireland and into western scotland as we head through the rest of the evening. more showers following behind but also clearing skies and foremost not quite as chilly tonight as it was last night but still possibly a touch of frost across the midlands, welsh marches, and a sharp frost developing again under clear skies fought northern scotland. tomorrow, a bit of a break in the weather, some respite from the rain we have seen of late. but a few showers perhaps in parts of north—west england and western w

so parts of southeastern areas extend down towards somerset.rees. but towns and cities minus two. so a very chilly start to friday. some sunshine , particularly across sunshine, particularly across the west wales , much of scotland the west wales, much of scotland as well. the wind direction is starting to shift as well. so we'll see fewer showers across the east coast of scotland, but there's still another ice warning in force for friday morning. so still potential for some tricky driving conditions here. another chilly feel tomorrow afternoon and it will be feeling very cold into the weekend . weekend. >> a brighter outlook with box solar sponsors of weather on . gb solar sponsors of weather on. gb news christmas day food david says for the past 25 years we've had a mexican feast for heaters. >> chilli chimichangas. we all wear sombreros and fake moustaches . liz oh nella—rose moustaches. liz oh nella—rose might have something to say about that. >> very crisp. >> very crisp. >> nicola i'm full carnivore, only animal or animal. by—products suc

good evening, richard and jacob rees—mogg gb news presenter and of course tory mp for north east somerset jacob you first. are you really offended by the fact that your leader , rishi sunak, can find no leader, rishi sunak, can find no mp good enough to be foreign secretary ? you've got to go back secretary? you've got to go back into the annals of history to a guy who wasn't even a peer and make him foreign secretary. what's with you? you what's wrong with you? are you particularly or other people, other of course i'm not offended. >> i don't it's right to >> i don't think it's right to take at these things. take offence at these things. >> got confidence in his >> he's got no confidence in his own is he? own mps, is he? >> well, i think there's an issue for rishi sunak himself because david cameron still looks minister looks very prime minister doesn't he out doesn't he, that when he got out of that everyone's of that car, to everyone's surprise, it was exciting moment. nobody it was surprise, it was exciting mometo. nobody it was surprise, it was exciting mometo be)body it was surprise

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this was the first time my constituens in somerset were able to connect to the ternet in their homes. it ok jut 29 days from getting approval om the village tgetti the first resident concted. ohio tt now serves large portionof kinshsa county whereinternet has been very slow. always get our constituents connected as qukly as possible. as speed bailouts n be taking years, we can get rural ctomers connected in munford i'm a n of ber but i hae also seen fsthand how 's hard to reach these communiti n my district. they benefit from a x wireless and to e federal govnment. mr. forte understand that medco operate some of the fixed wireless networks . can you expla the nefits of these networks and understood what circumstances you might choose to build a fixed wireless network, whether than a fiber network? >> i couldn't agree more. again we want to use the best tools in the toolbox witwhat you said, duringcovid our folks hooked up thousds of customers for their educational needs in a few days. we only have s months or so where we can ild and most of our serce area because of the weather. that'

so bridgwater in somerset.t there's an awful lot of fdi out there . but just on a day like there. but just on a day like today, andrew bailey, he's up in the north of england and he decided to tell the for newcastle , i think it's the new newcastle, i think it's the new castle post, one of the excellent north east newspapers that he thinks the growth outlook in the uk is now without doubt that the worst in my lifetime . so it's not exactly a lifetime. so it's not exactly a good day to say that. i mean, we all want an independent bank of england. and it's interesting because just today a reports come out from the bank of england on the bank of england, from the lords economic affairs select committee. it doesn't sound like that will set the world on fire. the lords economic affairs select committee. you me, committee. but believe you me, this one of the most this is one of the most important economics committees in country . it includes in this country. it includes martin lord, mervyn king, a former governor of