investigation into grooming gangs, there have been other local inquiries, including in rotherham in south yorkshireexploited between 1997 and 2013, predominantly by men of pakistani heritage. in telford in shropshire, there were more than 1,000 girls abused by gangs of men over decades, and the evidence was ignored. and last year, 0ldham council called for a public inquiry into grooming, but was told to commission a local review instead, as in rotherham and telford. ed thomas has more from 0ldham. for decades, grooming gangs and the failures of those meant to protect children have shamed towns and 0ldham is no different. and i'm answering that directly because i want that... it's divided local politics. you haven't answered the question. apologies by the council and police have come and gone, and... for that i am truly sorry. but still, many here believe the full story is yet to be told. i think it's all been covered up. and will we ever get to know the truth? do you feel like there's more still to be heard? oh, 100%, yeah. it has been looked into in 0ldham, hasn't it? no, not as far as i'm concern

investigation into grooming gangs, there have been other local inquiries including in: rotherham in south yorkshirewere sexually exploited between 1997 and 2013, predominantly by men of pakistani heritage. in telford in shropshire, there were more than 1,000 girls abused by gangs of men over decades, and the evidence was ignored. and last year, oldham council called for a public inquiry into grooming, but was told to commission a local review instead, like those in rotherham and telford. ed thomas has more from oldham. for decades, grooming gangs and the failures of those meant to protect children have shamed towns, and oldham is no different. and i'm answering that directly because... abuse has divided local politics... you haven't answered the question! ..as apologies by the council and police have come and gone. and for that, i am truly sorry. but still, many here believe the full story is yet to be told. i think it's all been covered up. and will we ever get to know the truth? do you feel like there's more still to be heard? oh, 100%, yeah. it has been looked into in oldham, hasn't it? no, no,

this was rotherham in south yorkshire this morning.here was snowfall in parts of wales too, where people in some areas were warned not to make non—essentialjourneys. but in the worst—affected areas, the drifts will need to be cleared tomorrow, along with checks on livestock which may be huddled beneath them. danny savage reporting there. meanwhile, the us is bracing for a huge winter storm that could see the heaviest snowfall and coldest temperatures in decades. five states have declared a state of emergency, but at least 25 more are under weather alerts as the storm is expected to begin in the centre of the country before spreading eastwards. our north america correspondent rowan bridge is following developments and told us the latest on conditions across the us. it really depends where you are in the united states. if you are somewhere like kansas, the weather conditions are pretty dire. the national weather service is warning of treacherous and potentially life—threatening conditions. talking of a white out. what you have is a combi

were sent far and wide in mutual aid, from middlesbrough to hartlepool and further afield to south yorkshirein the front line and, of course, in the most hostile of circumstances. and what they couldn't know was how long this disorder would actually last for. probably the most violence that i'd seen throughout the whole period was in middlesbrough. i'd never seen it on such a scale from so many people, at so many different locations, in such a small space of time, and that has really stuck with me. rocks, anything they could find. cones. like i've said, wheelie bins set on fire and then wheeled into lines of police officers. get off! i rememberjust cars on the street being set on fire, as if it was normal. do you know what i mean? at the end of that week and a half, we were all exhausted. and what sort of after effect does that have? we're six months or so on now. you know, there's some memories form that week that i'd rather not have. 0fficers that have been injured, members of the public that have had, you know, absolute, you know, petrified when you're speaking with them. it's them kind o

this was rotherham in south yorkshire this morning.as snowfall in parts of wales too, where people in some areas were warned not to make non—essentialjourneys. but in the worst—affected areas, the drifts will need to be cleared tomorrow, along with checks on livestock which may be huddled beneath them. let's go live now to west yorkshire, and our correspondent nicky schiller who's there for us. what's the situation where you are nicky? iam in i am in leeds and as you can see the rain is falling here. that is a concern, particularly for the morning rush hour tomorrow. with the water that is on the ground, it will freeze overnight as those temperatures come down and that could then lead to icy conditions on the roads. we have been quite lucky today in the fact that a lot of the areas haven't seen a lot of people because it is a sunday, tomorrow is a monday and rush hour. a real concern about conditions when people try to go to work in the morning. the issueis go to work in the morning. the issue is public transport, one of the buses goin

>> south yorkshire police said officers in the force area came across a 40 year old man asleep in front of a car, which he had hit the side of a house in rotherham. temporary roads policing inspector brandon brown said we are releasing this footage on new year's eve to show road users just how dangerous drink driving can be. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to emily for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to. >> gbnews.com/alerts. >> gbnews.com/alerts. >> welcome back to jennie bond tonight with me emily carver. happy new year's eve to you at home now, one of the biggest thorns in the side of sir keir starmer since his record tax raising budget has been the farmers. a number of disruptive protests have unravelled across the country in recent months, and the government still continues to show absolutely no sign of wavering on its decision to impose inheritance tax on farms, the family farm tax rate and the farmers show no signs of stopping. could it be that 2025 is the year of the farmers revolt acro

until midday sunday — they cover the east midlands, north—west england, wales, south—west england, the west midlands and yorkshire the developments from york. well, it's getting cold already to around three degrees in york now. i left newcastle a short time ago where it was one degrees, but you can feel the air. it's just getting much colder. we're standing around so that makes things worse. we're at the train station. of course, there are warnings about travel, particularly on the roads where the conditions may be very treacherous as that heavy snow comes in overnight, particularly over the pennines, where we've been hearing up to 40cm of snow, but also dangerous driving with ice on the road. we've been hearing about this unusual phenomenon of freezing ice on, you know, freezing rain on the roads. so as soon as the rain hits surfaces like roads and pavements, it freezes over for the rail. there's already problems with scotrail, northern trains and transpennine warnings again about ice on the tracks, so check before your travel. so the advice is, with this complex weather situation hitting different parts of the

to help some motorists just before nine o'clock in the morning here on the a19 just south of thirsk in north yorkshire man from knaresborough were hit by a lorry. more details are emerging about pc prior. she was a mother. she had joined north yorkshire police about two and a half years ago. her force said she was an exemplary officer and they are absolutely devastated. she was hit and killed alongside 41—year—old ryan belford, from knaresborough in north yorkshire. he was involved in the early accident. he was in one of those vehicles. pc prior�*s family despite has a loving mum, wife, daughter, sister and aunt you will be deeply missed. the family of mr welford say that he was a loving son, father and brother who will be greatly missed by family and friends. a teenage boy who was in his cart remains in hospital. his condition is described as serious but stable. a 65—year—old lorry driver from stable. a 65—year—old lorry driverfrom berwick—upon—tweed has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. this is a very busy a road, it was closed for most of the day yesterday and police

south—west on gwr. we are still in this amber alert area. it is in force until midnight tonight. it covers yorkshireorthumberland and up to carlisle. there are still concerns there. down in the south, the issue is that the snow is melting and there is a lot of rain, so there are yellow warnings, which are not as high as the amber one here but there are concerns about the rain down the areas and possible flooding because of the melting snow. i have to say, the snow has stopped here but it is rain in the snow is starting to melt. it is dropping off the trees. that means travel is returning. you can see that cars are back on the road here. but there is still a concern that people who do go out on the road need to be careful, in the united states, has said it is waving exchange fees for a number of travellers because they are expecting disruption at a number of airports across the mid united states. parts of kansas, with the wind chill, they are talking about it feeling like —29 celsius in parts of the country. this is all due to arctic air which has come down from the north. it is now blowing across th

south—west of england have gwr. what is the picture across here in west yorkshire and north yorkshire?eague is in harrogate and has this update for us. as you can see, it is snowing here in harrogate in north yorkshire. i was just listening to to that interview about snow ploughs and we've seen plenty of those here. in fact, at one stage there was one particular snow plough that got stuck. its wheels were going round and round for a good minute or so. so that gives you an idea of what the conditions are like here. that snow is settling and the chances are perhaps there'll be some rain later on to clear it. but at the moment, there's a lot of effort being made to clear some of the snow off close to buildings. there are people who are parked up who are trying to to leave harrogate. i was speaking to one woman earlier who has got a flight at leeds bradford airport, and that was meant to be this morning. she's now been told that will be later this afternoon. that's because of that runway closure. a number of runways have been closed at several airports, including leeds, bradford, liverpool

yorkshire. we have a band of rain and beat with a front pushing south, taking the reins from scotland and northernut otherwise increasingly mild across the north of the uk. the next few days dominated

some snow melt to towards the south, but the highest accumulations have been across the pennines, the cumbrian fells into the southern uplands and here in north yorkshire's been drifting snow too, with brisk easterly winds. but this is the radar picture from earlier on. you can see where we've had the snow and the rain and then the snow turning back to rain quickly towards the south and the snow continues to fall across northern england. and that's why there is still a met office weather warning in force. it's an amberwarning. second highest level of alert is valid until midnight tonight, and we could possibly see accumulations of up to 30 to a0cm across the tops of the pennines into the fells perhaps as well, some of that drifting around, severe travel disruption and then of course very icy surfaces overnight tonight. and ice is going to be a particular problem i think, for many, because that milder air doesn't really get much further north than north wales and into the north midlands, so it stays very cold within these areas. a little bit of sleet and some of those showers across the higher ground of northern ireland, perhaps into the southern upland

rain in the south it is northern england that will be bearing — northern england that will be bearing the front of the worst of snow. _ bearing the front of the worst of snow, so west yorkshire ten centimetres per manv— three to ten centimetres per many areas. bingley is up to 16 centimetres of snow. these are the official weather observations but some areas are seeing _ observations but some areas are seeing a — observations but some areas are seeing a lot more than this, particularly in the northern pennines, that is where we could — pennines, that is where we could see _ pennines, that is where we could see 40 centimetres. so far this — could see 40 centimetres. so far this is _ could see 40 centimetres. so far this is where have seen so snow— far this is where have seen so snow falling. it is starting to clear— snow falling. it is starting to clear from parts of the midlands. it is still persisting in southern scotland. icy conditions for many, _ scotland. icy conditions for many, even if you haven't got the heavy— many, even if you haven't got the heavy snow. further south you can — the heavy snow. further south you can see this large area of blue — you can see this lar

really. >> well, we should say that in response to the grooming gangs scandal, south yorkshire policed this following statement since the publication of the report in 2014, our understanding and handling of cases of child sexual exploitation in south yorkshire has evolved and developed considerably. we have shaped our policing response after listening to the experiences of victims and survivors of these horrific crimes, and their courage and bravery has instigated this crucial change to policing. >> yes, the force has publicly recognised its past failings in terms of its response to child sexual exploitation, and we remain absolutely committed to safeguarding victims of exploitation in any form and conducting thorough investigations to bring the perpetrators of these crimes to justice. if you are concerned about child exploitation or if you think you are being exploited, please report it to us so we can help. >> for their part, the government has said no child should ever suffer sexual abuse or exploitation and it is paramount we do more to protect vulnerable children, which is why we

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we'll be speaking to more survivors and campaigners now in south yorkshire later today i will be speakingore i leave rochdale to another political counsellor around here, who will urge for the labour party to vote for this amendment today. he's now an independent councillor. he has said that it is urgent that a national investigation takes place into this national scandal. but we heard last night from jess phillips, who said that elon musk's misinformation and the attacks on her had made her at risk, that her security measures had been improved. she also said that she was apoplectic at the slow response to implement child abuse inquiry recommendations. however, survivors around the country and especially in oldham, also in greater manchester, told me that they were also extremely angry that it took four months for jess phillips to respond to a letter from oldham council urging a public inquiry into their rape gang's travesty, we revealed exclusively last wednesday that jess phillips had rejected that request. she apologised to the council for the very slow response, but she's not apologis

she was first abused by pakistani rape gangs in south yorkshire when she was just 11 years old, and afterwaiting 20 years for an investigation, she told gb news today about the pain of further delays to achieving justice. i say a country that doesn't protect its children is a country that's very, very sick indeed. two tier britain isn't just a meme anymore, it's our dark reality. i'll get the thoughts of my panel in just a moment, but i'm joined first by co—founder of parents against grooming uk, billy howarth. billy good evening. thank you for joining me. appreciate your company. you're born and bred in rochdale, infamous, of course, for its own grooming gang scandal. do we have. can i ask you two tier justice for child abusers in the uk? >> absolutely, absolutely. i agree with everything you said with the court sentencing. i'm seeing with cases i'm involved with, where 99% of these people who were downloading images of children category are walking out of court. someone who's posted something on facebook is doing two years in jail. so you know. yeah, that that to me is to justice. and o

. >> despite the known links between rapists, south yorkshire police failed to act every time anybodyew came into a senior role. >> we kind of thought, this is it now. something's going to happen. something's going to change. so i'd sit in lots of meetings and i would share all the information as my staff would. and we had car registration numbers, names, nicknames, addresses, properties of concern. so we kind of collated a raft of that information that we kept, and we kept it in a database. and we get lots of reasons. and people still say to me today, why did they actually do nothing? and i can't give you the absolute answer to that. all i can tell you is what they said at the time. the children were consenting. the children would make good witnesses if they went to court. >> but elizabeth's suffering was not consensual. she was being exploited by a ruthless gang of rapists. elizabeth took me back to the flat, which she was kept and abused for ten weeks. eventually she was freed. but it wasn't the police that rescued her. it was risky business. >> i walked out of there five and a hal

. >> does every single officer in the south yorkshire police force now understand that in no circumstances at all can a girl under the age of 16 give consent to sexual intercourse. >> you will not believe this. i reveal the true extent of the pakistani muslim grooming gang. cover up. >> well, look, ethnicity is important and nothing should get in the way of investigating prosecuting child sexual exploitation. but if you look at the overall figure, that is a relatively small element of it. >> find out how keir starmer was involved and should he resign. plus, breaking tonight, englishman nigel, don't talk about me. illegal immigrants are skipping the nhs queue and getting preferential treatment. seriously? it's happening. i'm going to reveal all. >> plus, we celebrate every different culture. like black history month, different festivities of different religions. >> well, talking to the nhs, actually, the bill for nhs managers is now £1.1 billion. isn't it a good job they celebrate blm? >> and is it transphobic to say only women have a cervix? but is it transphobic? yes or no? >> look, i is

also, a leaked report reveals that south yorkshire police ignored grooming gangs to meet home office targets set by the last labour government. yeah, they focused on vehicle crimes instead of child protection. are we headed for the same crisis all over again? also, i'm joined by the director of the iea, an institution that margaret thatcher claimed had saved britain. i'm asking him if they can do it all over again. and sadiq khan has launched a fresh attack on donald trump, claiming that the democratically elected president is part of a wave of resurgent fascism. surprise, surprise. maybe it's time for someone to remind the mayor of his place. stay tuned for that. and of course, tonight i'm joined by my superstar panel and nancy rees—mogg, diana moran and nancy rees—mogg, diana moran and paul richards, who'll be giving their expert opinions on all of tonight's biggest stories. our labour importing voters next. >> alex, thank you very much and good evening. the top stories three israeli hostages released from hamas captivity today have been reunited with their families. sir keir starm

this was rotherham in south yorkshire this morning.re was snowfall in parts of wales too, where people in some areas were warned not to make non—essentialjourneys. but in the worst—affected areas, the drifts will need to be cleared tomorrow, along with checks on livestock which may be huddled beneath them. let's go live now to west yorkshire, and our correspondent nicky schiller who's there for us. what's the situation where you are nicky? there's no during the day has turned into rain and that is coming down. i am still in the amber alert area and this is in force until midnight tonight. and it goes all the way up to northumberland, overto northumberland, over to cumbria. so northumberland, overto cumbria. so we are not out of the woods yet, there is a concern about tomorrow morning, because you can see the rain is falling. if it is icy conditions overnight, temperatures go below freezing, when people wake up in the morning, roads like this might well be very icy and could turn into a bit of a ice skating rink. being a sunday, that ha

yorkshire. we have a band of rain and beat with a front pushing south, taking the reins from scotland and northern ireland into northern england and north wales overnight. there might be the odd nip of frost across the north—east, but otherwise increasingly mild across the north of the uk. the next few days dominated by this flow of relatively mild south to south—westerly winds. weather—wise, tomorrow, some mist and fog patches tomorrow, some mist and fog patches to start off with in northern ireland, west of scotland and north—west england, perhaps some drizzle for wales and northern england first thing, otherwise a lot of cloud around but a few breaks coming and going across southern and eastern areas. it will be turning less cold across central and eastern england with temperatures picking up to around nine celsius in london, ten in hull. a greater chance of some folk and poor visibility on wednesday, some of that may linger all day, and at the same time we will see a band of rain and a week with a front coming into the north—west of scotland. for most of us on the mild side with temperatures b

thousands turned out on the south shore to see scarborough's mayor welcome the dippers, before the town crier sent them away to the cold north sea. our yorkshireeporter, anna o'reilly, is on the beach in scarborough. >> the new year's day dip in scarborough, where 150 swimmers have taken to the north sea. here you may be able to see the crowds that have turned out. hundreds of people have come to the beach here to encourage people to take the dip. and it's all about charity. it's something that's been arranged by the scarborough lions. they take a fee for people to enter that goes towards charity. and then many people here are raising money for charity through doing this new year's day dip. it certainly attracted a lot of crowds. you can see some people here in the crowd in fancy dress. there's been a competition for the best dressed and we can see people coming out of the water now who have taken part, and those are the latest gb news headlines. >> now it's back to darren. >> now it's back to darren. >> thank you very much sophia. now my friends, before we get to the regular show, i just wanted to do something more on the awful news coming to

early cloud in the south—east corner gradually departing as well. there could be snow on the north yorkshireeven colder than that when you step out this afternoon thanks to the breeze. —4 to —6 in the north of scotland. over 90 frost will return. an ice risk again. rain, sleet and snow into northern ireland, northern part of again. more cloud around. that will live temperatures overnight. to the north of it, —5 in northern scotland, —6 in northern ireland and south wales. more details in half an hour. thank you. the time now is 16 minutes past six. fossilised bones aren't the only way of studying dinosaurs. preserved footprints can also offer an insight into their lives. now some of the biggest trackways everfound in the uk have been discovered in oxfordshire, and scientists are hoping it'll help them understand even more about how dinosaurs moved around. our science editor rebecca morelle has more. following in the footsteps of a jurassic giant. this is where a dinosaur walked 166 million years ago, its footprints revealing the comings and goings of a prehistoric world. but it wasn't alone.

thousands turn out on the south shore to see scarborough's mayor welcomed the dippers before the town crier sent them on their way into the cold north sea. our yorkshireer anna riley is on the beach in scarborough. >> the new year's day dip in scarborough, where 150 swimmers have taken to the north sea. here you may be able to see the crowds that have turned out. hundreds of people have come to the beach here to encourage people to take the dip. and it's all about charity. it's something that's been arranged by the scarborough lions. they take a fee for people to enter that goes towards charity. and then many people here are raising money for charity through doing this new year's day dip. it's certainly attracted a lot of crowds. you can see some people here in the crowd in fancy dress. there's been a competition for the best dressed and we can see people coming out of the water now who have taken part. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin. >> thank you sophia. now at least ten people have been killed and 30 more injured and hospitalised after a vehicle was dnven hospitalised after a vehicle was driven at speed into a