london, has been charged with one count of assisting an escaped prisoner and will appear at westminster magistrates courtw. and today is justin welby's final day as archbishop of canterbury, as he prepares to step down over failures in handling a church of england abuse scandal. almost two months after announcing his resignation, he'll officially quit the role at midnight tonight. it follows an independent review which concluded that john smith, a barrister and christian camp leader, might have been brought to justice if archbishop welby had reported him to the police in 2013. the archbishop has made few public appearances since mid—november and did not give the traditional christmas day sermon from canterbury cathedral. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour. >> thank you tatiana. now to the story that's shaming britain. the ongoing scandal into grooming gangs, rape gangs. keir starmer brushed off the need for a full public inquiry earlier today into these rape gangs as jumping on the bandwagon of the far right. but what do survivors and th

brief bit of breaking news now. 25 year old imran chowdhury has pleaded not guilty at westminster magistrates courtthis morning to assisting former soldier daniel khalife after he escaped from prison in 2023. chowdhury has now been bailed. daniel khalife escaped from hmp wandsworth in september 2023. we'll bring you more on that story as we get it. professor alexis jay, who chaired the independent inquiry into child sex abuse, has said this morning that people should just get on with implementing the recommendations made in previous inquiries rather than holding another one. professor jay's comments come as the prime minister dismissed calls for a national inquiry yesterday, accusing the conservatives of jumping on a bandwagon and amplifying what the far right is saying on child sexual abuse after failing to act for 14 long years. the home secretary, yvette cooper, told the commons yesterday the government will make it an offence with professional and criminal sanctions to fail to report or cover up child sexual abuse. she added that the government will establish a victims and survivors panel to ad

the met police said 66 year old alison lee and 77 year old diane bligh will appear at westminster magistrates court on the 11th and 12th of february. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in half an hour 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. >> good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom live across the uk with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> well, the opposition leader, kemi badenoch, has pledged to break the culture of silence over the grooming gang or rape gang crisis as she met victims in rotherham and oldham. >> she was speaking to charlie peters in an exclusive interview in kemi badenoch renewed calls for a full national inquiry and slammed the perpetrators. >> where do these abusers come from.7 there's a lot of misinformation, there's a lot of generalisation. many innocent people end up being grouped in with them. but if you look at it, there is a systematic pattern of behaviour, not even just from one country, but from subcommunities within those countries. people with a particular backgr

the met police said 66 year old alison lee and 77 year old diane bligh will appear at westminster magistrates court on the 11th and 12th of february. and there's been a significant increase in women seeking abortions, which research suggests is being fuelled by women coming off the contraceptive pill in favour of menstrual cycle tracking apps. the data, published in bmj, shows a shift in contraception use in the last five years, from what researchers call more reliable hormonal contraceptives, such as the pill, to fertility awareness based methods. relying on fertility awareness apps is only 76% effective, according to experts, while the contraceptive pill is 99% effective if used correctly. the study authors said the contraception users worldwide appear to be increasingly hesitant to use hormonal methods. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to tom and 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. >> good afternoon britain. it's eight minutes past midday now. a consultant to the 2022 national

met police said 66 year old alison lee, 66, and 77 year old diane bligh will appear at westminster magistrates courtonth. and the princess of wales has made a surprise visit to the royal marsden hospital to thank staff who looked after her dunng staff who looked after her during her cancer treatment. princess kate also met other patients at the london hospital, and the visit marks the first confirmation of where she was treated. a kensington palace spokesperson said the princess wanted to make the journey to both show her gratitude to the incredible team and also highlight the world leading care and treatment that marsden provides. catherine is now becoming the hospital's joint royal patron with her husband, prince william. and the comedian and actor tony slattery has sadly died at the age of 65 following a heart attack, his partner has announced this afternoon. slattery appeared on the channel four comedy show improvisation show whose line is it anyway? and comedy shows have it anyway? and comedy shows have i got news for you. he was the former president of the improvisation group cambridge footlig