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here's what's coming up. nurses going on strike the first time in more than a century. yesterday followed closely by the rmt . is the prime minister the rmt. is the prime minister doing enough to tackle industrial action? his support falling for the rail workers and the harry and meghan saga continues. the great whinge , in continues. the great whinge, in my view as yesterday saw the latest release of their six part netflix docu a love story or a horror . netflix docu a love story or a horror. we're going to have a very detailed discussion on that. plus, power sharing disputes at the prime minister heads to northern ireland for the first time to meet political leaders . luckily, i'm joined leaders. luckily, i'm joined today by stephen pound, who was, of course, labour shadow minister for northern ireland and of course he is a former labour mp. are home of course important part of this show. labour mp. are home of course imponme part of this show. labour mp. are home of course imponme at rt of this show. labour mp. are home of course imponme at gb f this show. labour mp. are home of course imponme at gb news. show. labour mp. are home of course imponme at gb news. gbnews.uk. email me at gb news. gbnews.uk. and i'll put your point of view to those i speak and perhaps even get to speak like on air. that's what's coming up this houn that's what's coming up this hour. but first, the latest news . go

hour. but first, the latest news. go i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. passengers travelling by are being disrupted by a fresh of strikes. today, members of the uk's biggest rail union, the rmt, have walked off the job for 48 hours. that's after talks to resolve the dispute over pant conditions. service is across the uk are severely disrupted with no trains all running in some areas . passengers are being some areas. passengers are being urged not to travel unless absolutely necessary. union leader mick lynch says little progress has been made during negotiations. we exchange some ideas and some possibilities . ideas and some possibilities. there's no there was no negotiation at that and there's no nothing arise in tangible out of that . what you did, having of that. what you did, having heard that as the facility as they described and the people on they described and the people on the on the purse strings was ianed the on the purse strings was invited this and requested that we together and hold hold further going forward we'll

we'll do that the next period as the companies want to get engaged on. four people are in a critical condition after a suspected crowd at a music venue in southall , london, after in southall, london, after missing . two police were called missing. two police were called to the brixton 02 academy missing. two police were called to the brixton o2 academy last night following reports a large number of people were trying to force their in to a concert. the suspect crash happened during a gig by- suspect crash happened during a gig by. nigerian afrobeat singer isaac. gig by. nigerian afrobeat singer isaac . the met police has isaac. the met police has launched an investigation and plans to review images of fans student . labour's andrew weston student. labour's andrew weston has the country's newest mp , the has the country's newest mp, the stretford and urmston vile auction. the trafford council leader secured 69% of the votes, but with only a 25% turnout in south manchester. mr. weston claims the victory shows people are giving up on the conservatives . meanwhile, the

conservatives. meanwhile, the prime minister says he's working flat out to try and restore the powersharing executive in northern ireland. rishi sunak's in belfast meeting stormont's political in his first visit since prime minister. whilst he's also promoting government's investment in shipbuilding in the city. dup leader sir jeffrey donaldson says there's likely to be an intensification talks around the northern ireland . around the northern ireland. clear at the given the limitations their negotiating mandate that . we're just not in mandate that. we're just not in the in the space where a deal can be delivered really addresses the fundamental issues and that for us means restoring northern place within the uk internal. british retailers recorded a drop in sales last month that's despite online discounts and christmas shopping. the office for national statistics says the volume of sales went by 0.4% and follows a rise of 0.9% in

october. the owner says department stores, though, did report an increase in sales with the longer period of black friday office. retail expert kate says the cost of crisis is forcing consumers to change their shopping habits. we've got so much fluidity out there. we've got a fickle consumer now who shop in very much emotionally. they're not showing that same loyalty to the big brands. so no one can really rely on the sales through the doon rely on the sales through the door. it's down to the quality of goods. the value service being a really important factor and also inspiration . people and also inspiration. people still like the retail theatre in terms of the experience element is still present, popular despite the fact that people have been while watchful of their cash . ukraine claims their cash. ukraine claims russia is planning a major ground offensive in the new yean ground offensive in the new year, with a second attempt to take the capital kyiv the country's defence ministers warned the attack could happen as early january, suggesting russia's preparing 300,000 more troops. it comes strikes hit

major cities , ukraine, including major cities, ukraine, including odesa in the south. how cave in the north and the capital kyiv says today's missile attack one of the biggest since the start of the biggest since the start of the biggest since the start of the war. hundreds of schools and sixth form colleges will soon receive funding to replace classrooms . the education classrooms. the education secretary says five sites will be given overhauls as of their school rebuilding . gillian school rebuilding. gillian keegan says the rebuild will be environmentally sustainable . environmentally sustainable. annabelle with some schools triple glazing heat pumps and solar panels. speaking coventry, muskegon explained the difference the cash will make to one school. what we've done is we've looked at the condition of the school estate and we've basically had bids come forward . so many schools have put forward bids. this what they want to achieve here is they want to achieve here is they want to achieve here is they want to create a campus style with lots of new buildings, specifically for specific purposes. so there's food and

there's new dining hall. there's facilities, classrooms , three facilities, classrooms, three storeys high. so what they're to do is to transform and the world's largest free standing, cylindrical aquarium has burst in berlin . the 25 metre high in berlin. the 25 metre high tank inside a leisure was home to around 1500 exotic fish. a million litres of water along with spills out onto nearby streets when it exploded to were injured by flying splinters of glass. hundreds of hotel guests had to be evacuated from within the complex this is gb news to bnng the complex this is gb news to bring you more as it happens now though, it's back to your . though, it's back to your. whatsapp strikes are still continuing to cause disruption across the country as rail

workers from . the rmt union workers from. the rmt union staged a fresh walkout yesterday. nurses were on strike for the first time over pay and working conditions and the industrial action isn't going to end any time soon with strikes to carry on over the christmas period, including and period, including postal and ambulance workers. well, joining us , an update on the rail us now, an update on the rail strike our reporter jackie, strike is our reporter jackie, who's birmingham. jack it who's in birmingham. jack it looking there because i've got to at paddington station in to say at paddington station in london, trains in the london, far more trains in the last dispute . what i'm doing last dispute. what i'm doing here this morning there are still some service , but it's still some service, but it's a massive disruption to the normal services that we see here. we've still got some running between litchfield trent valley and birmingham new street, but new street, wolverhampton for example. just local services example. but just local services really , but they're running really, but they're only running one so for cities like one an hour, so for cities like this, has lot people this, which has a lot people that into it for that commute into it for business, this is one of the youngest cities in the in youngest cities in the uk. in fact the youngest city in the uk and so there's a lot of people that students that that come here, students that need to get into university. so it's just business, but here

it's not just business, but here education affected education is also being affected by as well in by these disputes as well in terms like longer terms of like the longer distance trains, the of advantage coast advantage west coast cross—country they're all cancelled we've got west cancelled today we've got west midlands, west midlands railway , london, western railway , london, north western railway services on operating it's services here on operating it's all but they're there some all but they're there are some minor services running between been running since 7 am. this morning and 7 pm. this afternoon but of course this disruption is going to continue and carry on the rmt are in two disputes one with network rail where it represents 20,000 signals and maintenance workers and the other is of course with the rail delivery group where it represents 20,000 workers represents around 20,000 workers for 14 different railway operating companies. now, of course, we've had those pay offers being rejected and mick lynch trying to to lynch trying to come to a compromise . he, of course, met compromise. he, of course, met with hugh merriman, the roman master, but of course master, yesterday. but of course nothing of that at nothing really came of that at that . but mick lynch that meeting. but mick lynch saying he's always saying that he's always optimistic that resolutions optimistic and that resolutions to disputes about to disputes here about compromises. he said we understand the companies understand what the companies want what we want and they understand what we need. so some sort of

need. so need some sort of compromise the conditions compromise on the conditions that putting forward. that they're putting forward. there line here for there was a picket line here for members , a that work for members, a rmt that work for network rail. although i must admit only people actually turned up for picket line turned up for the picket line here today. but speaking to one of rejects seats in of them, he rejects seats in that vote. the pay off that was put to them by network put forward to them by network rail, but he kind of cited more condition. he said he said he didn't to strike. said, didn't want to strike. he said, you know, christmas, you you know, over christmas, you know rather have the know he'd much rather have the pay know he'd much rather have the pay in his pocket causing this disruption. he says it was the only try and start only way really to try and start to the message across, which to get the message across, which is a lot our is something that a lot of our anti members saying . anti members across are saying. but he did mention was but one thing he did mention was that service is not that the actual service is not threat of possible driverless trains . so they're not happy trains. so they're not happy about. and the thing mainly about. and the thing he mainly started working started to me was working condition and conditions as condition and the conditions as well as the pay but disruption as you mentioned he's going to continue both can come to continue until both can come to the negotiation and try and work out a deal that suits both sides. all that's jack carson gb news. reporter in birmingham. top driverless trains, of course

, drivers trains. it's one of the big issues that the mick lynch is. of course, he does not want one and trains. he wants all trains have guards. but of course, 30% of trains already operate just a driver. well, we wanted to find out what thought about the strikes and. then our latest news people's poll . so we latest news people's poll. so we asked whether you would support the ongoing action and 44% of you said yes, you would. 29% said they oppose it. 14% neither spoke support nor opposed. when asked who you blame the strikes bad news, rishi sunak 37% blaming the government, but only 28% are blaming the trade unions. here to share opinion on the strikes is gb news political commentator danny kelly. good morning afternoon to you, danny . good afternoon to you, andrew. now, what do you think about the strikes? you support the right of workers to go on strike, but

is your support beginning to wane for the rmt ? well, i've wane for the rmt? well, i've never been support of the rmt taking strike action. andrew it's curious . your colleague at it's curious. your colleague at birmingham street went to a picket line, interviewed 50% of the people on the picket line by talking one strike, a striking. so public support is waning. i think the support the rmt union members is also waning, bearing in mind that 63% refused the pay offer of roughly 9% in real terms, that that obviously with the price of inflation and the cost of living, they want a great deal more. i'm perplexed that the gb news poll though because i would have thought that people blaming rishi sunak well selective memory because forget it's not the conservative party's fault that we had a pandemic . it's not the pandemic. it's not the conservative party's fault , but conservative party's fault, but that lunatic putin has invaded

ukraine. there are lots of external factors here and i think the rmt, i think mick lynch marxist macmillan show , i lynch marxist macmillan show, i must admit, i think i do admire the tenacity of the i really do. i disagree with his politics, but i do admire his tenacious approach. marxist mickey lynch reminds me of a dvd salesman in a netflix streaming , you know, a netflix streaming, you know, technology. i'm fortunate lee is going to replace manual labour it's a as that and he needs to just almost accept the inevitability of technology he's he's fighting his marxist quarter very well the proletariat against the bourgeoisie it's great to see it play bourgeoisie it's great to see it play out but it's only great to see it play out andrew because i don't get the train i ain't . don't get the train i ain't. danny he's looking more isolated as well as anti because the transport salaried staff association working at network rail they've accepted the pay offer as have unite so to parts offer as have unite so to parts of the rail industry have accepted that pay offer and mick

lynch is he says is for a further five months of strikes which is shorting and a c popularity of lynch and the rmt plummeting and further of and the members can't afford andrew i think in the summer they lost on 1500 pounds per person, per striker of course becky lynch is completely isolated from any day salary everyone else is losing because he's not on strike. he's he's he's in charge of the strike, but he's not losing any his of his pay. so i think he is becoming more and more isolated, both internally and externally. i think the public are getting fed up with the strike as a whole, although again, the gb news poll suggests otherwise. i think the nurses strike as well . i think that is such a tragedy. but if you ask for 19% pay tragedy. but if you ask for 19% pay rise, then you are going be in a minority. you're not looking to have a great deal of support. and also, andrew, the overwhelming majority of trusts didn't on strike. and what

didn't go on strike. and what i find really interesting and i would love to know answer because the nursing union so far haven't disclosed this what percentage, what majority in those trusts that did go on strike . what was the majority? strike. what was the majority? because the majority of its trust said no. so what was the% i bet you it was like a brexit two sorry. 4852 split, very narrow , great stuff that some gb narrow, great stuff that some gb news political commentator danny kelly by the way, i love your christmas tree. danny did. you decorate it yourself. it's like, well, it's actually it's actually one of those synthetic ones know, my wife did. and we've got all year round i thought she did love it so you happy christmas that the prime minister in belfast today it's his first meeting with stormont's political leaders rishi sunak says he's working flat out they always that don't they to try to restore the powersharing executive in northern ireland. but he says guess what an imminent breakthrough is unlikely. let's cross live to gb news reporter

dougie beattie , who's in belfast dougie beattie, who's in belfast . hello and welcome to stormont. the state rishi sunak met the party leaders last night just up the road from here in a hotel where he actually had the hustings not too long ago with liz truss . who was she? we can't liz truss. who was she? we can't remember too far back, but he pretty much had a sort of get to know you party up there to see who was prepared to give what what was the mood music and around it most of the leaders were saying it was a good chat a good understanding of one another. donaldson no, although he thought it was he wasn't too helpful or happy about how it has gone on. this is what he had to say. clear at the moment, given the limitations of their negotiating mandate . we're just negotiating mandate. we're just in the in the space where a deal can be delivered that really addresses the fundamental issues . and that for us means restore northern ireland place within

the uk . market well you can see the uk. market well you can see from that he think that there is going to be any movement with the eu. and of course von der leyen was in dublin just a couple of weeks ago, got there. there a lot. there's a lot there is a lot. there's a lot going on there and around the edges and there's meetings yesterday with the foreign sector and the eu counterparts , sector and the eu counterparts, maurice. so there is movement going, but how far is it going? rishi sunak was in belfast this morning at a shipyard. he was saying that there was about morning at a shipyard. he was saying that there was about £1.6 billion with the ships going to be built. most of that will be in belfast. i doubt that may be absolutely because absolutely true, because yesterday there was a ruling and that european courts say that northern was inside the northern ireland was inside the eu ministers had no right to stop border checks of goods coming in. so that is true then contracts would have to go out to tender you're not going to 25% on british steel coming and

1.5% all their goods coming in. there is everything that gathers and around support states. support is that really there or is this another tactic ? try and is this another tactic? try and put unionists under here because on january the 19th, it is more than likely that chris heaton—harris will set the date for an election in march . and if for an election in march. and if the unionists do not take the deal that is on offer from the eu , it may be blamed on them eu, it may be blamed on them that they are losing more because that pressure is much coming on unionism whole time. nationalism getting any of nationalism isn't getting any of that at minute and unionism that at the minute and unionism is actually kicking back on that. all right. that's gb news reporter dougie peaches in belfast . well, with great belfast. well, with great timing, i've with me in the timing, i've got with me in the studio steven pound, former shadow minister, northern ireland. of a ireland. he was, of course, a labour think you also labour mp. i think you also didn't had an line. so didn't you had an old line. so that committee well. i was on that committee as well. i was on it for 20 years. you you're showing the signs of it. thank now, is rishi sunak's first now, this is rishi sunak's first trip northern he trip to northern ireland. he must be pretty embarrassed because three years after boris johnson brexit done,

johnson said, brexit is done, the northern ireland is still operating the single market because of all the restrictions. how quickly do you think this can be resolved? northern ireland protocol is hated in the province. i don't think it can resolved now. i'm sorry to be so depressing about this. when rishi sunak says he's working flat flat out to me flat out. well, flat out to me it means lying down in bed. obviously it might just as well be in bed for all that be flat out in bed for all that he's actually do. look, he's actually going to do. look, there's issues here. one is there's huge issues here. one is there's huge issues here. one is the fact michelle o'neill, the fact that michelle o'neill, de first minister in de facto the first minister in northern dup northern ireland, but the dup will into the assembly will not go into the assembly because she's sinn fein, because she fein and they will she is sinn fein and they will not have a member of sinn fein actually running the assembly. that's absolutely visceral with the dup. they just simply couldn't take that. so that is the big issue. the other thing is if you actually forget about this sort of cross border , they this sort of cross border, they the idea that they're some sort of preventative border in northern on the land border , northern on the land border, then what on earth is that going

to happen for european trade? because there's no that the eu is going to say that they can allow unchecked goods to flow in and out of a non eu country, i.e. great britain. yeah. now people sweden and norway people about sweden and norway and because the and many, because that's the only example in europe of only other example in europe of a land border with a non eu country. i there's country. but i mean there's about five crossing points on that nothing. that border. there's nothing. when up to, you know, when you get up to, you know, towards up towards towards kiruna and up towards the that closes the north and that closes at 10:00 at night, if have a border from donegal to dundalk, 302 miles with border post cameras, i think have to have guards. you're going to have the people in uniform .you're going get in uniform. you're going to get that it sounds like that going back. it sounds like the troubles. talking of troubles, empty is who's troubles, they empty is who's had a pretty week with some pretty unfortunate injuries is he turning into arthur scargill because public support is waning this support he's us today. he's got a mandate for another five months of strikes. he's he broke his word by by waging industrial action over christmas when he said specifically he wouldn't . i said specifically he wouldn't. i mean, no, i mean, he's actually

got room to actually come out ahead of the game here. all he has to do here and now is to say, look, if the interest of the nation and the interest of christmas know. yeah, let let the the bells jingle and the jingle the bells jingle and we're call off the we're going to call off the strike. no no chance strike. he's no no chance i think that today and he didn't do it but if he doesn't do that, then he's simply going to end up like miners back in the like the miners back in the 19805 like the miners back in the 1980s get small 1980s where you'll get small groups people. remember in groups of people. remember in the nottingham the 1980s, the nottingham miners went work. know, the went back to work. you know, the durham miners the south durham miners didn't the south yorkshire different yorkshire miners different than the gradually the welsh miners gradually drifted third drifted back. well, a third of rmt workers already so. rmt workers already work so. exactly. so yeah. i don't i i'm not. i think. office gallagher was thank god it was a one off. thank god it arthur still here. arthur scargill is still here. he's picket line. is it he's on the picket line. is it difficult for the labor party? i thought we go to the break and keir starmer because labour is funded trade, not funded by the trade, not the rmt, but funded by the trade, not the rmt, bu trade rmt, but £50 million of trade money that's poured labour's cover since that case came , i cover since that case came, i believe, is about a third believe, which is about a third of amount of money that the of the amount of money that the tories get from hedgehogs. tories get from the hedgehogs. yes, but i'm talking about the trade waging, the worst

trade union waging, the worst industrial action on this country years. some are country 40 years. well, some are and mean the is and some aren't. mean the rcn is not affiliated, obviously incidentally were incidentally to the nurses were strike in 1978. but if you meet the butt and the rmt only does not fund labour it actually stands candidates against labour so i think that the labour party is in the situation as the tories we have money has to come from somewhere and there's always an element of who pays the calls, the tune. in the piper calls, the tune. in this case piper this particular case the piper is rmt. it is not the is not the rmt. it is not the rcn because neither of them fund laboun rcn because neither of them fund labour. if they would like to fund you i'm sure we fund us, you know, i'm sure we could do you think labour could talk. do you think labour mp allowed to go a mp should be allowed to go on a picket with the nurses picket line with the nurses because they're not allowed to and modern and the care system has modern vision of the party democracy. well, i was on the picket line yesterday communication yesterday with the communication workers union, mostly because they're family and they're friends and family and because have because i think i think we have to come to take you mad. to come back to take you mad. that's stephen the former that's stephen pound, the former labour we can labour mp. coming up, we can have latest, the meghan and have the latest, the meghan and harry course, we are harry fallout, of course, we are after the final episode of netflix whinge fest were finally released. pearce here released. i'm andrew pearce here on here on news live.

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well, the fallout from harry and meghan's appalling outburst. well, the fallout from harry and meghan's appalling outburst . the meghan's appalling outburst. the final episodes were released yesterday . prince harry said he yesterday. prince harry said he was terrified when his brother shouted, i. my brother shouted me all the time. it didn't terrify. i shouted back at him . terrify. i shouted back at him. he also depicted the queen as some puppet. he said the royal institution was happy to lie to protect prince william, but for three years they would never

willing to tell truth to protect him. and joining me now is him. and poor. joining me now is gb news royal reporter cameron cameron palace still not saying anything officially on the record. what are you hearing behind closed doors at the palace ? well, behind the scenes, palace? well, behind the scenes, andrew, i think perhaps a very different picture in terms of the courtiers reaction to harry and meghan's series. i think i was in boston with the prince and princess of wales when the first trailer drops for netflix series. and it was very clear to see that they were very disappointed that the tour essentially been overshadowed by yet another harry and meghan bombshell. that said come across from california . i think the from california. i think the problem with this netflix documentary is it's we're only getting one side of the story and there are two sides to every story. many people have brands. is it manipur itself which . but is it manipur itself which. but clearly we're not getting a response from. buckingham palace or kensington palace on that front. so it's up to the viewers, i'm afraid, to make up their own. let's bring into the

conversation royal commentator richard fitzwilliams. richard, did you sit through of it did you sit through all of it and read all six of you you'll never get those things out of your life? that is absolute true. but they are an unforgettable hours. talk about hypocrisy talk about invasion of their own privacy. the trouble is this was not intended for the united kingdom, where, of course, the popularity, as you know , at a record in america , in know, at a record in america, in the wider world, a lot of people will see this and they'll buy the fact that these are a couple who wanted peace and love and find freedom. and what this is, of course , obviously revenge and of course, obviously revenge and it's very nasty, especially william, towards king charles and of royal courtiers will be very disturbed again that they were briefing against harry and meghan and of course one of the reasons for this and this is all positioning we prove it is

jealousy the fact that meghan was outshining them. all of this. it's quite an extraordinary record, as well as the fact that it's just amazing that they fell practically everything that going on with . everything that going on with. they even managed to film when the text arrived from beyond say house bond years and when the text arrived from prince william. you had to william. richard if you had to single out one particular issue in the last 3 hours, what would be the thing stuck in your craw the most? well, i'm sorry to have to say this, but was actually a touching tribute that harry paid to the duke edinburgh when he died . now, i just when he died. now, ijust couldn't help but remember that, although i hadn't been set up for the particular, the dated and a duplicate in hospital at that time, there still went ahead with it and there was absolutely comment during it or indeed subsequently nor has this

ever been referred to. so basically they put the boot in so memorably the issue of the royal racist issue of meghan's mental health issue of being covered financially , a whole covered financially, a whole series of issues and, the duke was in hospital dying and this must have been very, very difficult for the queen. and indeed, meghan was talking a great deal about the mental stress she'd experienced in harry's opinion, it was the press male sun, particularly dispute that made thomas carry a true or the facts simply are that it was quite extreme to hear some of the views they put across where all. but i thought that the small not cut or whether there in some montecito residence the facts are that they always tend to be in cahoots go up the narrative and

you mentioned and this would have been very interesting we mentioned the textual william that was filmed coming up the oprah interview and i think the smile that contained for the first time you would have had someone point of view the entire hours, a form of soft soap bought with a very expensive contract, but with the most ruthless control of the narrative. they were never up to. thank you for that. just have to interrupt you there because. we can throw to a clip actually of meghan talking about her struggle with her own health . wh her struggle with her own health. wh much more than i was able to give . i wanted to go somewhere give. i wanted to go somewhere to get help, but i wasn't allowed to . they were concerned allowed to. they were concerned how that would look for the institution they how bad it was . they thought , couldn't you

. they thought, couldn't you just deal with it as if to say, well, you know, everybody else has dealt with it, why can't you deal with it? but this was it was really different . but was really different. but actually, if you strip that away and say, okay, fine, it was exactly the same, so do still believe that she should have just sucks up like other members of the family or does one think that maybe it's about time that we stop ? so that was one of the we stop? so that was one of the scenes from the netflix documentary cameron prince harry, as i understand it, is patron of at least two mental health charities as are they really expecting us to think it beyond the wit to ? find someone beyond the wit to? find someone who the duchess could have talked to confidentially about her struggle with her mental health people . the royal family health people. the royal family have a huge support network around them. i don't think we can question what meghan felt sure at that . any mental health sure at that. any mental health and suicide is a very serious issue. however you are right in

saying that prince harry has championed mental health for a very long time. his brother himself founded the heads together campaign. it did pass the royal foundation, a very successful actually mental health campaign, which is still going on. so i think that's perhaps why people are questioning why there was no access to help. and if there wasn't access to help, where is the evidence to back that up. all right. that's cameron walker, is royal walker, who is royal correspondent up free correspondent up should free school be extended to all primary school? a new school be extended to all primary school ? a new rocket primary school? a new rocket launch into space not to go to the moon and a windless blighty . tell you more about that. but first it's your news update . first it's your news update. it's 12:34 am. first it's your news update. it's12:34 a.m. rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom, passengers travelling by train are being by a fresh round of strike . six a fresh round of strike. six members of the uk's biggest union, the rmt, have walked the job for 48 hours after talks failed to resolve the dispute

over planned conditions. services across the uk are severely disrupted with no trains at all. in some areas, passengers being urged not to travel unless absolutely necessary . a man been jailed for necessary. a man been jailed for life for the minimum term of 23 years for murdering his colleague ross mccullum killed megan newborough at his parents home in coalville and that's just in august last year. he'd been dating the 23 year old for less than a month. her family said they're the ones serving the life sentence when he was convicted . on four people are in convicted. on four people are in a critical after a suspected crowd crush at a music venue in southall , london. police were southall, london. police were called to the brixton o2 academy last night following reports a large number of people were trying to force their way a concert. the met police. police has launched an investigate and plans to review cctv images of the incident . the prime minister

the incident. the prime minister says he's working flat out to try restore the powersharing executive in northern ireland. rishi sunak's in belfast meeting stormont political leaders in his first visit as prime minister whilst there, he'll also promote the government's investment in shipbuilding . the investment in shipbuilding. the city and british retailers . a city and british retailers. a drop in sales last despite onune drop in sales last despite online discounts and christmas shopping. the for national statistics says the of sales went down 0.4. it a rise of 0.9% in october. but they also say department stores did report an increase in sales for the longer of black friday office , helping of black friday office, helping tv online and app plus radio. this is gb news don't go anywhere andrew back in just a moment .

well, we're in the middle of an energy crisis. we all that and the government solution is to pump billions of more pounds into renewables, wind turbines. but they're supposed to produce 28% of britain's electricity . 28% of britain's electricity. but what happens when there's no . and i don't mean that as a joke. i'm serious in code. i see whether there's very little wind. so renewables power south sounds good, but can cannot be relied upon. i got to talk now to the conservative mp for wokingham, sir john redwood. to the conservative mp for wokingham, sirjohn redwood. sir john, i've read your excellent blog and you make the point for a you've been energy a decade you've been energy ministers how to the lights ministers how to keep the lights on the wind stops blowing. on when the wind stops blowing. what indeed ? that is the crucial what indeed? that is the crucial question. i've always explained to you need lots of to them. do you need lots of backup power short term, the backup power and short term, the backup power and short term, the backup has to be fossil fuel . backup has to be fossil fuel. what's been happening in this very cold period is we've been making dependent on gas with a lot of so—called biomass as what

you and i recall would and with some coal because fortunately i'm the two others persuaded them not to close down our last three coal power stations to keep them on standby . and that keep them on standby. and that rescued us from position where wind sometimes only doing one or 2% of our total electric at a time when we have great of it. in due course it well be that we can stall wind power when it is available in batteries or we can convert it into in a green way. those are all possible. and i'm told that's what they're going told that's what they're going to do. but we cannot do it at scale at the moment and so we need gas power stations to back up the wind farms. i in the last couple of weeks to john the amount of energy we're getting wind turbines it's been 3% and yet rishi sunak's going back on an election and he's going to build a whole new raft of wind farm, winter wind farms onshore . the ugly in countryside. well

he has rightly said that that should only happen where local communities , it makes sense. and communities, it makes sense. and of course i don't think it's going to be the government building them fortunately, because i think the because i don't think the government can afford to or needs take that of risk. it needs take that kind of risk. it will a private sector will be a private sector decision and. i would imagine the private sector will to the private sector will want to keep wind if it does have keep adding wind if it does have a solution to how you store it or time shift it. because a lot of wind power at night is not a lot of use , a lot of windy days lot of use, a lot of windy days . when it's quite warm, it's not nearly as useful as having some wind power . nearly as useful as having some wind power. when nearly as useful as having some wind power . when electricity wind power. when electricity demand shoots up in the winter. so they do need a way of shifting it around and storing it for when they really need it . now the eco warriors listening to this to joan will faint at the very of you floating the we need more energy fossil fuel. the government open. it has given the go ahead for that new coal mine in cumbria. given the go ahead for that new coal mine in cumbria . should coal mine in cumbria. should there be more of those and

should we be digging deeper into the north sea oil fields ? well, the north sea oil fields? well, i'm very much in favour of. the north sea oil fields? well, i'm very much in favour of . this i'm very much in favour of. this getting out more of our own gas and i've been urging them to do that for some signs that policy is moving in that direction. because andrew, it's not green to the gas and at the to even pull the gas and at the moment we need the gas 55 60% of the electricity generated typically a winter's day comes from our gas turbines. far too much of that gas is imported. if you import it as lng and form you import it as lng and form you create a lot more co2 to buy the processes to compress it and coolit the processes to compress it and cool it and to transport it. and you need to do any of those things. if you've got own gas out of the north sea, even pound into the compose, said john. stephen pound, former labour mp. of course , this government is of course, this government is committed to net zero, which means the idea of more fossil fuels is a no . but sirjohn read fuels is a no. but sirjohn read was got a point . these wretched was got a point. these wretched wind turbine farms don't wind turbine farms often don't generate energy. well, no,

they're only a small element of they're only a small element of the energy mix . yes. well, no, the energy mix. yes. well, no, i mean, that's they're aiming at. but i mean, don't forget, you know, these targets mean 2030 is i've often said to my former constituents more worried about our eight than 2030 need to our past eight than 2030 need to actually get moving and a lot of them also say if you a them would also say if you put a wind turbine parliament square them would also say if you put a wirspinninge parliament square them would also say if you put a wirspinninge parlia noon square them would also say if you put a wirspinninge parlia noon andare be spinning round, noon and night. one thing that night. but the one thing that sir and he is a sirjohn didn't and he is a very, good comprehensive very, very good comprehensive overview is the that we're importing petroleum gas importing liquid petroleum gas at the moment from the united states. have states. why? because they have had the good sense to go for shale field, to actually go for extraction fracking, hydraulic fracturing. sensible, clean . fracturing. sensible, clean. long term. sustainable. they can do it in america and all this about flames pouring out of the taps, as it turns out to be absolute rubbish. we could actually be self—sufficient in fuel and then who knows what in the future we could get you to some these marvellous new some of these marvellous new breakthroughs hearing breakthroughs that we're hearing about livermore about from the livermore laboratory. but right now we should get fracking actually should get fracking and actually instead of having gas coming in from we should exported from america, we should exported to we've got the

to people. why not we've got the potential, we've potential, you know, we've the skill. got technology. skill. we've got the technology. all redwood, what do all right, john redwood, what do you of that? because you you make of that? because you know better than i do that it was agenda. liz truss in was off the agenda. liz truss in her short premiership her short lived premiership put fracking agenda . fracking back on the agenda. rishi now reversed rishi sunak has now reversed again. so there's to be no fracking . would support fracking. would you support fracking. would you support fracking in the united kingdom? i think fracking is a very word andifs i think fracking is a very word and it's quite true that when you got oil and gas out of certain reservoirs, you need to manage the reservoir. you may need to inject water, you may need to inject water, you may need to inject water, you may need to do something to make sure that the or the already found does actually flow. but that needs very careful control so that it doesn't get into watercourses or do any other damage. there are good techniques doing that, and that's exactly right. that's what the united states of america , under president trump america, under president trump did . and trump turned them round did. and trump turned them round from being import dependent, having an amazing surplus. president biden actually disagreed with all of those

policies. but now the beneficiary of them and is now happy to promote exports so that gas produced in that way. as said to you i think our first target which less politically contentious is just to maximise what we get out of the north sea because there is quite a lot of extra gas out there and new fields, gas in existing fields , fields, gas in existing fields, more production wells and improve management will bring more gas shore. that's a no brainer . i more gas shore. that's a no brainer. i think most people should agree with onshore gas is more contention because there are planning issues and relationship with local communities . but as with wind communities. but as with wind farms, i think where the local community it there's a lot to be gained because after all it would generate huge amount of tax revenue. and it would also generate royalties or contribution as to the people in the local area . they can the local area. they can certainly get back to you. stephen pound before the break said you own a picket line with communication union. are you

mad? no opposed states who are striking during the busiest penod striking during the busiest period of year. christmas millions of christmas cards. i'm going be delivered. they're not going be delivered. they're not going away. but people not going to go back to christmas cards. they're turkeys voting for christmas . you've touched a christmas. you've touched on a very, important point very, very important point about, back to about, people going back to christmas. these christmas. the thing about these present strikes, present ranges of strikes, it's very easy, it's very lazy to actually say this, just a one, a totality winter of discontent that same thing. that all the same thing. what tolstoy about happy are tolstoy said about all happy are happy same way, but all happy in the same way, but all unhappy different way to unhappy find a different way to be each of these be unhappy. each one of these strikes has an individual issue about them in the of post about them in the of the post office. in case of the royal office. in the case of the royal mail, changing the way mail, we are changing the way you send emails instead you are now send emails instead of should be of postcards so we should be talking the post office. we talking to the post office. we should be talking to royal mail staff. not just not staff. and it's not just not necessarily about wages , it's necessarily about wages, it's also about conditions, about casualisation . now, the people i casualisation. now, the people i was yesterday, they handle was with yesterday, they handle all sorting office. these are friends family people friends and family that people have they're have known for years. they're also will actually also people who will actually note is not note that somebody is not picking and they picking up their post and they

will the police. they do will notify the police. they do a social service. yeah, but steve, the number people steve, the number of people using the use down using the postage use down 60% already world already because the world is changing. going changing. this strike is going to that post office, which to mean that post office, which is losing a million a day. the royal a million a day. royal losing a million a day. it's to to lay off it's going to have to lay off more staff, don't no not more staff, don't they? no not at moment. but half the at the moment. but half the staff. local office a staff. my local sorting office a casuals, they come on for two or three when three days. and yesterday when we were on the phone, these funeral. sorry. we should funeral. i'm sorry. we should actually this is actually be saying that this is this issue which affects this is an issue which affects in ways the cement that binds together it's together a community. it's organisations royal organisations like the royal mail that actually us mail that actually make us a great country. pay 95 ppi great country. if can pay 95 ppi to a letter from northolt to send a letter from northolt to, the north of to, you know, the north of scotland, we be scotland, that's we should be talking about that. that's where the government comes. one of the government comes. i'm one of the government comes. i'm one of the there's something that unhes. the there's something that unites . christmas is third of unites. christmas is third of christmas cards landing on the doormat. that's not happening . doormat. that's not happening. we're not going to go back to it. and that's to be the royal mail losing one of its biggest chunks of. stephen pope. it will and it and people will be at that post. i mean, it just won't

be quite as quick as it was and people have been posting that earlier. i'm earlier. but the point i'm making, just got my christmas making, i just got my christmas card from you yet and i've actually left it on your desk. it big actually get your it was big to actually get your letter. look, the letter. okay but look, the reality a time reality is, if there was a time for the government to be talking to industry, not just, you to an industry, not just, you know, sort of cliche stuff know, this sort of cliche stuff about, you know, flat caps and braces on the picket but braces on the picket line, but actually future, the actually about the future, the industry what successful actually about the future, the indlmoment what successful actually about the future, the indlmoment in'hat successful actually about the future, the indlmoment in deliveries;sful actually about the future, the indlmoment in deliveries it's. the moment in deliveries it's amazon it's deliveroo all amazon it's deliveroo it's all these. why the royal mail actually beefing up the parcel mail service. why aren't we doing more of that? why don't we taking in much more taking part in much more of the modernisation post is modernisation in the post is i spoke to delight you to talk about modernisation particularly at moment when they have to at the moment when they have to actually letters in actually face up the letters in the we should not the morning. we should have not modernisation just simply to modernisation but just simply to say that this one of a whole say that this is one of a whole group of strikes. i it does. are postmen and women a disservice? stephen making spirited stephen pound making a spirited of the strike with the mail, which i think is insanity. now in the last hour spacex has

launched a new rocket into space. it's carrying a nasa satellite could put stephen pounds on it if it carries on like lifting off from california's space force base on top of the falcon nine rocket. this isn't usual satellite. it's the surface water and ocean topography satellite. otherwise known as a squat, something i was never known as. no, not at school. and it's en route to survey the earth's surface water investigating between our water and the impact climate change. joining me now to explain all this is dr. maggie loo, who's astrophysicist at, the university of nottingham and host the space smog youtube channel. good afternoon to you . channel. good afternoon to you. dr. maggie hajek. how important is this ? well, i think it's very is this? well, i think it's very clear . a lot is this? well, i think it's very clear. a lot of people is this? well, i think it's very clear . a lot of people climate clear. a lot of people climate change is like a huge thing. i mean, this year alone we've seen loads of flooding the uk and then also bans and this is affected all of us. and this is the uk we're talking about. just

think about like the entire world. so climate change is a real and this mission just really, really cool . it's really, really cool. it's a pathfinder mission . the pathfinder mission. the technology on board has never been like we've never sent in this kind of technology space before . and it basically has before. and it basically has these two antenna and has radar, but it like radar signals that it sends out and they reflect it off the earth's surface and the time it takes for it to reflect back will tell you how much water is on the surface . yeah. water is on the surface. yeah. so you'll be able to measure the amount of water in water bodies to like send to metre precision. so that's really cool. and you the plan is that it will like investigate how water changes on our planet earth over life . our planet earth over life. bodies of water like lakes and rivers, how they flow but also the oceans know that the drop in the oceans know that the drop in

the sea levels is related to climate change. so understanding the balance of water on earth and where our water is going and how it's changing will allow to assess climate change and the impact on our environment . will impact on our environment. will it be in space and so this this is a pathfinder mission. so it's to be a first first try. so if it works it could be there a long time. right and do you want to go to space. absolutely i think every astrophysicist dream to go to space. and it's becoming more and more more more and more easy. i mean, like right now , falcon nine spent right now, falcon nine spent almost 200 rockets up to space. but next year alone, elon musk plans to send 100 more. so that's a of, well, half what we've already sent up, right . we've already sent up, right. you need to get your application

. yeah, absolutely . and just . yeah, absolutely. and just finally, how quickly, do you think they'll be sending this information back to us from this mission ? so this mission's going mission? so this mission's going to low earth orbit. so it's not very far at all. so they'll be they they'll be getting data from it within a couple of hours already. but the scientific return of it might take a bit longer to understand exactly what's going on. all right. that's dr. maggie lu, she's an astrophysicist at the university of nottingham. she's the host of that. very good space to have you. you could be the cabin, couldn't you, on one of these first? i'd be delighted if it got into space. now we've got 19th century on. do you think when i was a lad, this of year, my dad used to go around the streets of london singing hark the herald angels sing. mr. simpson's pinched our king . oh, simpson's pinched our king. oh, america, another divorcee and. i have to say, you know, this kind

of 48 indeed. well, this gwyneth paltrow act that we're seeing at the present time has actually achieved, i thought was impossible. made impossible. it's made mrs. simpson, nearly down the simpson, who nearly down the country and destroyed the constitution nakedly constitution and nakedly the whole royalty he's made. she's made him look good . so we only made him look good. so we only got 20 seconds. do you blame her? i blame meghan. absolutely and what about harry's is just a henpecked . he's a sad figure, henpecked. he's a sad figure, trailing her while she says protect me. harry, protect me. yes. from my protect me. harry, protect me. yes. from m y £27 million house yes. from my £27 million house in california. yes. almost in your class. yeah. but you are an ardent royalist, aren't you? not anymore. i was when majesty was alive. so. so you're now. i've had enough of it. i'm just tired. and the whole soap opera of. i have had enough of it. we haven't had enough of you, stephen. but we are going to go to the break. you'll be watching me, andrew. plenty more me, andrew. there's plenty more still but first, still to come. but first, we're going to get an update with the very, very cold weather weather . deakin here with . hello, alex deakin here with your latest weather updates. it's snowing heavily across it's been snowing heavily across some parts of scotland that now

starting for most. it is starting to ease for most. it is a dry and a cold day. well, it's more milder , though, is on the more milder, though, is on the way. courtesy of an area of low pressure out in the atlantic. but ahead of that , it's still but ahead of that, it's still cold. we've got high pressure bringing a dry day bringing most places a dry day today, but this low up to the northwest and these weather fronts have introduced quite a bit of wet weather to. western scotland still snowing heavily across the across just to the north of the central through the hills central belt, through the hills here elsewhere low here and, elsewhere at low levels, more to rain. levels, turning more to rain. but still, things could be quite icy. and as i say, some icy. and still, as i say, some to much of northern to come. much of northern scotland old and all scotland, the old shelf and all the of northern ireland, the parts of northern ireland, nonh the parts of northern ireland, north wales. for it's north wales. but for most it's dry, sunny and cold with temperatures again struggling to get much above freezing . now, as get much above freezing. now, as we go through the evening, we'll see more of this wet weather pushing into southern scotland, then southwards again, then sinking southwards again, mostly but some mostly at low levels, but some snow , southern uplands, the snow, the southern uplands, the cumbrian. and the end of the cumbrian. and by the end of the night , of cumbrian. and by the end of the night, of pennines as night, parts of the pennines as for the south, again, most dry,

cold once more widespread hard frosts southeast england's east anglian rural and north east scotland could get to negative double figures won't spoil so another cold day to come tomorrow a cold saturday with some wet over northern england and north wales , mostly at low and north wales, mostly at low levels. this will be rain, but some snow over the hills and it could be icy. so just bear that in mind, especially on those transpennine routes. more snow showers highland all showers over the highland all set elsewhere. much of the south and much of the east will be dry and much of the east will be dry and bright on saturday. but another cold day that is about to change that because the pressure systems coming in from the going to mix the southwest going to mix things through weekend, going things up through weekend, going to much milder air to bring much milder air certainly, but also going to bnng certainly, but also going to bring some wet weather , too. and bring some wet weather, too. and as that wet weather hits the cold, our initially on for sunday time, there could be some snow and it could be icy . and snow and it could be icy. and then things turn wet and into next week .

hello. you're watching and listening us here on tv news with you until 2 pm. here's what's coming up. strike strikes and yet more strikes. the rmt you're at again. the nurses are following closely behind staging walkouts for the first time in over 100 years. we'll bring the latest. harry and meghan groan. they released the second part of their netflix series allegation of misbehaviour and even racism. have they gone too far? we're going to have a detailed discussion on that . plus, for discussion on that. plus, for migrants who lost their lives in the channel this week is the government losing its grip on illegal crossings? doesn't know what that and what it's doing. all that and more. so don't forget to email me at ggb views at gbnews.uk. that's what's coming up this houn that's what's coming up this hour. latest news . th

hour. but first, the latest news. th it's 1:01. i'm hour. but first, the latest news. th it's1:01. i'm round and jones in the gb newsroom. passengers travelling by train are being disrupted by a fresh of strikes. today members of the uk's biggest rail union. the rmt have walked off the job for 48 hours. that's after talks failed to resolve the dispute over pay and conditions. services across the uk are severely disrupted with no trains at all running in some areas . passengers are no trains at all running in some areas. passengers are being urged not to travel unless absolutely necessary . union absolutely necessary. union leader mick lynch says progress has been made during negotiations. we some ideas and some possibilities . there's no some possibilities. there's no there was no negotiation that and there's no nothing arise in tangible out of that but you did having heard that as the facility arose they described themselves and the people only on the purse strings was invited. it and requested that we get together and hold hold

further talks going and we'll we'll do that in the next period if the companies want to get engaged. if the companies want to get engaged . a man has been jailed engaged. a man has been jailed for life . a minimum term of 23 for life. a minimum term of 23 years for murdering his work colleague. ross mccullum killed megan newborough at his parents home in coalville in leicestershire in august last yeah leicestershire in august last year. he'd been the 23 year old for less than a month. her family said. they're the ones serving a life sentence when was convicted on monday , four people convicted on monday, four people are in a critical condition after a suspected crowd crush a music venue in south london has. after a suspected crowd crush a music venue in south london has . jus music venue in south london has. jus to the brixton academy last night following reports a large number of people were to force their way into a concert . the their way into a concert. the suspected crush happened during a gig by nigerian afro singer, a

shaq and that police has launched an investigation and plans to review cctv of the incident . labour's weston has incident. labour's weston has become the country's newest mp, winning the stretford and urmston byelection . the trafford urmston byelection. the trafford council leader secured . 69% of council leader secured. 69% of the votes, but with only a 25% turnout in south manchester. mr. western claims the victory shows . people aren't giving up on the tories . meanwhile, the prime tories. meanwhile, the prime minister says , he's working flat minister says, he's working flat out to try restore the powersharing executive in ireland. rishi sunak's in belfast meeting stormont's political in his first visit as prime minister. whilst he's also been promoting government's investment in ship building in the city. do leader sir jeffrey donaldson says there's likely to be an intensification of talks around the northern ireland protocol. clear at the moment, given the limitations of their negotiating mandate that we were just not in the in the space

where a deal can be delivered, that really addresses the fundamental issues . and that for fundamental issues. and that for us means restoring northern place within . the uk internal place within. the uk internal market. british retailers a drop in sales last that's despite onune in sales last that's despite online discounts and christmas shopping. the office national statistics says the volume of sales went down by 0.4. follows a rise of 0.9% seen in october. the owner department stores did report an increase in sales, though, with a longer of black friday offers helping ukraine claims. russia is planning a major ground offensive in the new year, with a second attempt to take the capital, kyiv the country's defence ministers warned attack could happen as early as january suggesting russia has been preparing hundred thousand more troops. it comes after strikes hit major across ukraine, including odesa in the south cave , in the north in the south cave, in the north and the capital. kyiv says the

city's missile was one of the biggest since the start . the biggest since the start. the war. hundreds of schools and six former colleges will soon receive funding to replace dilapidated . the education dilapidated. the education secretary 500 sites will be given overhaul as part of the school rebuilding . gillian school rebuilding. gillian keegan says the rebuilds will be environmentally with some schools receiving triple glazing heat pumps and solar panels . the heat pumps and solar panels. the largest a freestanding cylindrical aquarium has burst in berlin. the five metre high tank , a leisure complex, is to tank, a leisure complex, is to around 1500 exotic fish. a million litres of water along with the fish spilled out onto nearby when it exploded. two people were injured by flying splinters of glass. hundreds of hotel guests had to be evacuated from the complex . and spacex from the complex. and spacex rocket, a space x rocket

carrying a powerful satellite has launched to study the earth's water depth for the very first time. 3 to 1 engine ignition and the lift—off . the ignition and the lift—off. the falcon nine booster owned by elon , is carrying a special elon, is carrying a special satellite conduct. the first global survey of the surface water. it will measure 90% of our water from oceans , lakes and our water from oceans, lakes and rivers. and it's hoped will shed new light on the long term effects of climate . this is gb effects of climate. this is gb news to bring you more as it happens now it's back to andrew . happens now it's back to andrew. i'm sorry to say it. strike strikes and yet more strikes. today we're seeing more 40 hour rail stoppages . yesterday, the rail stoppages. yesterday, the nurses walked out for the very

first time and next week their strikes amongst the ambience workers plus even red nurses workers plus even red and nurses strikes. let's not forget royal mail seems like it's never mail it seems like it's never ending. let's get an update from our reporter, jack carson who's in jack, not many in birmingham. jack, not many trains there. suspect . not at trains there. i suspect. not at all. andrew and we've got a very limited services running here . limited services running here. we're kind of really running one one per hour. we've got some two, literally all trent valley to birmingham new street, some to birmingham new street, some to northampton, some to wolverhampton . but those longer wolverhampton. but those longer distance journeys, those cross—country trains as have anti west coast trains , just anti west coast trains, just aren't operating today. west wilkins railway and london north western railway services here are to operate. are not going to operate. they're going to operate on they're not going to operate on any where there's any of strike days where there's industrial action here. there has been a line here for network rail , has been a line here for network rail, although there was only two members from network rail and that actually turned and the rmt that actually turned up support for the up to show their support for the industrial action. speaking to him, he he mentioned obviously that payroll that they were that the payroll that they were offered wasn't good enough .

offered wasn't good enough. course we know that rmt members reject he also cited reject it but he also cited terms conditions and how lot of train companies now just don't guards on the trains. that's one of the thing that mick lynch is still for and he kind of still calling for and he kind of cited that there are passengers do assistance that do need do need assistance that do need people to them but fact is people to help them but fact is without a garden train that takes longer and sometimes with unmanned stations, there is a problem there. so there are there are some legitimate concerns from a lot of these union that in union members that work in maintenance work the trains maintenance work on the trains that happy but that they aren't happy with. but for attitude for commuters here the attitude birmingham has always kind of been we understand the strikes we understand they won't pay. but, you know, not gliders but, you know, we're not gliders disruption it's the disruption for us. it's the youngest city in the uk. there's a lot people that come here a lot of people that come here for business, people for business, a lot of people that come for education that come here for education that come here for education that are struggling the that just are struggling the minute to university and minute to get to university and get but also you get their school. but also you got the of the year got look at the time of the year as well, it's festive period. there's a lot of shops here, big shopping centres and course shopping centres and of course the time the christmas market every time at this time of year comes round

is a boost for the local is a big boost for the local economy. these rail do cause economy. so these rail do cause a disruption but mick a lot of disruption but mick lynch of saying the lynch kind of saying that the only we're going get our only way we're going to get our point by causing this point across is by causing this kind disruption . he that kind of disruption. he said that there simple steps there are some very simple steps that can and ourselves that employers can and ourselves can take to get a solution to this. and that means common sense course know sense approach, of course know he with of course hugh he met with of course hugh merriman the rail minister yesterday in a meeting but nothing really has seemed have to come that in terms to have come from that in terms a kind of discussion we a further kind of discussion we know negotiations are know that negotiations are going to and mick lynch to continue and mick lynch saying that to this saying this morning that to this speech about compromise . so speech were about compromise. so we to compromise on some of we need to compromise on some of the he says that the conditions. but he says that is in my view. but today here and across the country, disruption on the railways continues . all right. that's continues. all right. that's jack carson in birmingham talking about the rails in the studio with me is christopher hope, the associate editor, politics of daily telegraph. i sense , chris, that the rmt sense, chris, that the rmt losing the public relations war and i've just walking through paddington to get his day. unlike birmingham , lots of unlike birmingham, lots of

trains running at least until 6:00. yeah. tory mp takes yesterday to say he was on a train in from in the home counties and his driver was a hero. and i a lot of hero. and i think a lot of tories and maybe members of the pubuc tories and maybe members of the public think drivers are public think that drivers are working doing we're working or doing what we're trying which work and, trying to do, which is work and, get to work and not receive pay rises in double digit numbers. are that big pay rises are aware that big pay rises will drive further, higher and make it harder for us. next so there's a view there that the people who are breaking who aren't striking at all are the ones who the hero. yeah ones who are the hero. yeah two unions accepted pay of unions have now accepted pay of the ones that unite the clerical ones that unite part of a network rail has mick lynch just pushed his luck too far off the rmt lead. he's telling us today he's got mandate for another five months of wretched strikes, and he broke his word about striking over the christmas period of working it . and has. working around it. and he has. yes, indeed he? well, he yes, indeed he has he? well, he views christmas start views the christmas didn't start until december, until the 24th of december, which ridiculous. so that's which is ridiculous. so that's how around retailers how he gets around the retailers or around christmas or or about around christmas parties. is parties. basically, this is a huge weekend for parties and

there there's a telegraph there are there's a telegraph report his party tonight that we're going to remember how i've got to write. well, i don't remember it because remember much about it because i probably drank too much arrange a different to get home. a different way to get home. i mean, round it. we do. that's mean, we round it. we do. that's how by. but yeah i think how we get by. but yeah i think he's that the way taking on of an interview was in debates rather the debates that rather than the debates that he's talking had to go. he's talking about he had to go. michelle did michelle hussain did i programme? madeley which programme? richard madeley which we may want, maybe that's more understandable with bbc understandable i think with bbc radio four questionable. i do it on other strikes. i think sort of he might be losing the battle. i look at the nurses don't i at the express. don't do i look at the express. yeah. that well because yeah. hope that well because i chair for the express now this is a very loyal newspaper used work andrew. i did very work there andrew. i did very indeed to government . the indeed to the government. the fact they're saying to the government, sit down, have a think i was only on the way here, i was delayed by talking to a minister telling me that he thinks that steve barclay, the health secretary , emotional health secretary, emotional intelligence that nurses do occupy a, very special and

important place in our national consciousness , notably post consciousness, notably post covid. before that , there was a covid. before that, there was a way of doing something, something more money for the lowest paid bring forward how you negotiate, how you work out the pay for next year. bring for pay the pay for next year. bring for pay next year. do something not the whole bank shoot not all 19, but that because just just don't go review go an independent pay review bodies gave the nurses 1400 pounds, which is about 9.3% for lowest paid in the health service. but the head of the rcn says it's not really independent because terms and references and the amounts of money , the total the amounts of money, the total pot set by well. that's pot is set by the well. that's how all although all how politics all although all the it's calculated by the way it's calculated by treasury on their tables. do you think the government going think the government are going to blink with the nurses? i this is the beginning of may maybe a tweak if they strike in kicking the harder and harder thing to maintain public and said i think the idea of strivers versus strikers that's the politics i get that and that works probably with the rmt and other unions with the rmt and other unions with the rmt and other unions with the nurses they are slightly special case. i'm just

going go an item now going to go into an item now about meghan harry. i think they're ghastly. tell they're ghastly. i've got tell you lost completely you lost it completely particularly the they tried particularly the way they tried to as to project queen as some senseless of prince senseless puppet of prince william prince charles. she william and prince charles. she had no harry's with harry's. yeah. she had all her marbles right in one of their why his people . in britain prime people. in britain prime ministers flock to her for the advice she gave what's your view on on the well i think that i think it's a complete nightmare i think that harry it all here in the sense that he had an appalling tragedy in 1997. i've known tragedy in my life. i do known tragedy in my life. i do know the way you get through thatis know the way you get through that is not looking back all the time forward how can you be positive ? he had a chance for positive? he had a chance for the royal to help all manner of society. the homeless person outside sainsbury. anybody and he would have a chance to forget his misery and help these people instead . he stuck on a beach in instead. he stuck on a beach in california look at bare california look at his bare feet, wondering it all wrong feet, wondering how it all wrong and him and and why no one loves him and what how hard is him. if

what and how hard is for him. if he see other people how what he can see other people how what real suffering like it would help him get over this. yeah, it's difficult when have it's difficult when you have these conversations in £27 million in california million houses in in california is that that's chris hope we'll get him the well get more from him well the well let's get to fallout from let's get to the fallout from harry meghan's netflix harry and meghan's netflix documentary big with harry accusing of william screaming and shouting at him. and he was scared. apparently wasn't scared of brother. at me of my brother. shout at me i shouted and he blamed the shouted back and he blamed the media meghan's miscarriage . media for meghan's miscarriage. let's talk to rebecca reid, who's author and journalist. who's an author and journalist. rebecca have you managed to sit through the entire latest 3 hours? well, i didn't just manage sit through it. i the first thing i did when i woke up yesterday was put on my absolutely you know, i would watch another ten episodes of this . why are you so fascinated this. why are you so fascinated by them ? i mean, for it's the by them? i mean, for it's the sort of wallis simpson chapter two. and i've always by that penod two. and i've always by that period of history with i really struck me actually that at no point in any of the most recent documentary did they mention

that parallel at all. so i, i sort of infer that that's one that they don't particularly want to call it or enjoy . but that they don't particularly want to call it or enjoy. but i am i'm towards them. i have questions about their behaviour i don't always like them , but i i don't always like them, but i think it was an interesting piece of filmmaking and i think it was i think it probably did what it needed to do in the sense that we're talking about it again. my concern for them is what because they have what next? because they have now told every way told this story in every way that they can and wondering what their next move is going to be. terms of generating more conversation , do you think you ? conversation, do you think you? do you like them ? you yes. in do you like them? you yes. in spite of myself , i think i spite of myself, i think i thought harry across incredibly as an incredibly likeable person in the in the show i've always felt that meghan's problem is that she is very american and there are characters takes of being very typically american the british people find very difficult. she's sort of a few and in touch with her own

emotions i think she say that she's genuine, but i think to us it comes across sometimes as fake because we can't believe that anybody could feel that many feelings. that anybody could feel that many feelings . there's a vanity many feelings. there's a vanity thing going on here as well, isn't there, rebecca? this suggests that other members of the royal family which was the royal family which i was because more popular. because she was more popular. she popular than people she was more popular than people who born the job. in who were born to do the job. in other words, prince william, i think there's a vanity thing across . the whole because across. the whole because i think they all they become consumed by how people perceive them . and consumed by how people perceive them .and i consumed by how people perceive them . and i think that there them. and i think that there probably have been missed misunderstandings and injustices in they were portrayed. but rather than sacking them, shrugging that often saying, well we're in the media, people will believe things that aren't accurate sometimes. well ended up doing is fighting the control to change that narrative. and the problem is there's only so many programmes you can put out there on the oprah interview. and now six episodes. so people continue to think unpleasant things about these people

because in the eye because that's being in the eye and they never be able to sit down with every person who dislikes and them dislikes them and convince them otherwise feel like otherwise. but it does feel like it really truly bothers them to be disliked . and i feel be disliked. and i feel sympathetic both them sympathetic towards both of them because hate because i desperately hate people disliking i think people disliking and i think that they consumed by it that i think they consumed by it . she thinks she she as you she's american what is her americanism do you think that affects you? what is you don't like about her? that's american side . well, i don't have side. well, i don't have a problem with it, but i'm the sort of british person who goes to therapy talks about the feelings and, you know, likes to make things look nice. and i find her aesthetic very aspirational of that really works for me . but i aspirational of that really works for me. but i think aspirational of that really works for me . but i think people works for me. but i think people who like the fact that the queen kept her food in tupperware probably didn't have the on wool the same tartan week to week probably find meghan's glossy somewhat excessiveness in it unappealing and. also i think

people really admire the stoicism of the royal family that kind of put up and shut up attitude and never complain never explain mantra that they have.i never explain mantra that they have. i think all of that is very respectable but personally i enjoyed the drama i think they were effective early just the kardashians for people have orcas but that's that's a very good way to end that conversation rebecca journalist and also christopher here in my studio is increased thank you for coming in. i'm going to talk now to bushra sheikh, who's a former bbc apprentice candidate and of course, a long time anti—racism campaigner. now, you've probably heard what some of rebecca said there , and of rebecca said there, and what's your take on it? of rebecca said there, and what's your take on it ? gosh, what's your take on it? gosh, there's so much to when we talk about the meghan and harry yeah so much to unpack and i've been thinking about this over the last weeks and of course, you know we've had this for years. i one of the questions that i find that i always ask is if harry wasn't happy with the situation and why did it take meghan to

come into his life for him to make that move? or perhaps she made realise he wasn't made him realise he wasn't happy? know because i do happy? i don't know because i do know does take another person to really show you what want in really show you what you want in life. i wouldn't have life. well, i wouldn't have thought. what do you make of some of the big allegations how he scared when his brother shouted at him in the presence of the queen but would you be scared if your brother shouted at usually no i it seemed at you. usually no i it seemed like they had this of bond previously. what i see with harry is actually he's actually has a lot of trauma he's carrying with him. and obviously , you know, when he talks about his mother and we all know princess diana, so it's almost like he's still this boy, you know, inside this grown man's body , you know ? you know, then body, you know? you know, then i thought about it and i'm like, meghan's coming to his life. she's obviously somebody from america. she's an actress . she america. she's an actress. she has a whole different lifestyle . was she really ready to join the royal family? did she really know what it took to be a part of this very modest. british

household? apparently, she didn't wasn't told how to curtsy. she's an actress why does she really need a manual on how to curtsy? no that was a joke. we all know how to curtsy and i'm sure we've done it, you know, even like even i it even i. course. yeah you know, chris curtsy to me when he came the studio what was was as a woman of colour do you the that markle has been a victim of appalling racism within the royal family. i've only got her version of course, and they've not clarified at all what they told oprah winfrey that somebody in the family question , whether the the family question, whether the baby would be more or white and not clarified any of that. no and this is something that i was actually observing as. well, for someone who is also an anti—racism, she hasn't been that vocal about it and she's touched upon it just slightly . touched upon it just slightly. if she really was, you , if she if she really was, you, if she was really to sort of put that

foot forward, why haven't we heard more about it, even this whole docu series, the netflix. so you know, it's not that i'm questioning that. i'm not saying she hasn't faced some form of kind of racial discrimination or anything , that for me, it's anything, that for me, it's about if that really is the issue, then why we heard more. but there is much more to this story. i genuinely don't think that that is just the angle because, you know, because she about the pr she talks about the media and they talk about that a lot. they touch on lot. but they really touch on that of racism i'm well i that kind of racism i'm well i was i was struck by last night watching until watching the programme until 1 am. mean goodness gracious to am. i mean goodness gracious to am. i mean goodness gracious to a light it was interesting a 40 light it was interesting how harry he watched how harry when he watched programme on the documentary the oprah winfrey interview, he was surprised that that race issue was the takeaway everyone took from that interview oprah winfrey he thought it was about the depression that meghan suffered i wonder if they had walked into that and hadn't quite understood what were quite understood what they were unleashing made that unleashing when he made that remark about of the remark about a member of the royal well, she made the royal family. well, she made the remark didn't she

remark actually, didn't she? she made to he made it then made it to he made it and then he supported it. yeah. yeah. did you think that's possibility. yeah mean yeah of course of. i mean i don't think she realised what she was actually saying because on one hand you know she's making accusation against harry's that accusation harry's making that accusation royal family. what do they want out of this. is the out of this. this is the question because really confused. do they want ? confused. what do they want? because i know in the i it was in the episode five he actually mentioned that there is no accountability and they're not going to stand up for what they've but what is it that they believe that the royal family has done. who is this accusation they're making against do you think isn't it think it's vague isn't it there's many unanswered there's so many unanswered questions going back to that questions going back to that question about the child and this the skin colour. question about the child and this the skin colour . would you this the skin colour. would you regard if a relative in your family if you are going to have a baby and you might a white guy you had a white partner, would you had a white partner, would you be mostly offended and think it was racist if someone said is my grandson going to be more colour if you or the colour of

my son. no of course not. you see, the thing is, we have to understand what context is. and just just to say, my children also are mixed race, right? so, you i've got three you know, i've got three children and all of them all children and all of them are all different, different colours. that's the end. that's what happens in the end. it on what you're it depends on what you're actually looking at this from. was a position to go, oh, was she in a position to go, oh, this is this is the moment this is the this is the moment that going take this that i'm going to take this personally she not? i personally or is she not? i mean, she's also mixed race mean, but she's also mixed race . is a problem that . these are is a problem that it was royal had that was the royal family had that chat about her because in the first episode she describes how she's and doria she's fair skinned and doria mother she talks about mother doesn't she talks about it that it is a conversation that happens so why is that different to what the royal discuss privately because was privately is it because it was the royal about her that the royal family about her that was imposition on do you was an imposition on her, do you think? yeah, yeah. like think? yeah, yeah, yeah. like it's i feel like . is it's almost like i feel like. is this was thinking that this what she was thinking that people to hear ? is this people wanted to hear? is this is this was this her move. was this a move that she wanted to make? well, we're going have to leave there. but we could leave it there. but we could talk all afternoon. talk about it all afternoon. yeah bush, former yeah that's bush, former bbc apprentice of course, apprentice candidate, of course,

and a well—known anti—racism campaigner. and thank you very much. talking . much. i really enjoyed talking. now, it's usually the now, coming up, it's usually the busiest time of the year. retailers, our shops retailers, many of our shops are. rail strike, of are. and the rail strike, of course, is going to help if you're listening, mr. mick lynch, you your christmas lynch, you done your christmas shopping. to shopping. we're going to hear from business and economics from our business and economics editor on gb news live. editor here on gb news live. we'll be keeping you in the picture, finding out what's happening the country happening across the country and finding why it matters to finding out why it matters to you. we'll the facts fast with our of reporters and our team of reporters and specialist correspondents . specialist correspondents. wherever we'll wherever it's happening, we'll be in 12 noon on tv, radio be there in 12 noon on tv, radio and online. gb news the people's channel. britain's news.

channel well, christmas often be make or break for british retail as shoppers flock to the high street . but last month's sales

street. but last month's sales saw a surprise . they dropped saw a surprise. they dropped nearly half a, according to data from the office for national statistics . is this the cost of statistics. is this the cost of living crisis to bite? because we've got a train strike which won't help either. our business and economics editor liam halligan is with me in the studio with on the money. liam me . liam studio with on the money. liam me. liam halligan studio with on the money. liam me . liam halligan which means me. liam halligan which means due to have . great to be with due to have. great to be with you. this is big surprise, isn't it? because do we have black friday? wasn't supposed to start sales. it is a bit of a surprise because lots of people have been talking anecdotal about households stocking up for christmas knowing that food pnces christmas knowing that food prices are rising. so get your stuff in early. obviously not your turkey, but you can get in the non fresh food in early and in november that did increase food sales. food sales, they are by almost 1. but as you say , by almost 1. but as you say, retail sales were down. and you know, andrew, this is first covid free christmas us for

three years, but it does feel as if there's a bit of a downer, not just because of the train strikes and the other industrial action. the fact postal strikes have messed with everybody's christmas card writing schedules and all the rest of it. but just because we are in the middle of a of living squeeze, a serious of living squeeze, it's the most serious cost of living squeeze since the second world war. it's worse in terms of the impact on real incomes than during the late 1970s. and i think people are just it a bit easier this christmas because they're a bit worried about that credit card bill hitting back in january when the electricity and gas bills also be because that's the other way. it's got cold. and so people are worried about the heating bill and we've just had the bank of england rise in interest rates again perhaps and that's going to add to people's mortgages. it's going to add to the of borrowing their the cost of borrowing on their credit is what credit card, which is what they're every time they they're doing every time they use their credit card. this is what inflation does, erodes purchasing simple what inflation does, erodes purcha look simple what inflation does, erodes purcha look average simple what inflation does, erodes purcha look average wages;imple what inflation does, erodes purcha look average wages across sense. look average wages across

the economy are going up by five or 6, depending on or not. you include bonuses . but when include bonuses. but when inflation is 10, that means there's a real after inflation pay there's a real after inflation pay cuts going on so people have less to spend. at the same time, companies are investing less. a lot of business leaders i talk to they talk of an investment strike. they've got cash ready to invest, but they're worried about the outlook. they're worried about turmoil politically here in, the uk and beyond. they're worried about a possible energy price spike the new year if the situation's deteriorate seriously between russia and the rest of the world russia, of course, now working handin russia, of course, now working hand in glove, the opec exporters cartel of which they're not a member, but they're not a member, but they're working as opec plus to try and keep oil prices high. so there's lots of things down on economic . i mean, there's lots of things down on economic. i mean, i'm there's lots of things down on economic . i mean, i'm actually economic. i mean, i'm actually relatively reassured that there hasn't been a sharp a fall in retail sales , given the extent retail sales, given the extent of the cost of living squeeze. it may be that even , though, the

it may be that even, though, the headune it may be that even, though, the headline today is that retail sales are down despite black friday. it may be that the real headune friday. it may be that the real headline will be in the spring of 2023, when consumer debt and the consumer defaults hits an all time high. it's been in christopher hope for a tory government economic competence . government economic competence. it's being clever , cautious it's being clever, cautious custodians of the economy is everything for them at the ballot . but if you look at the ballot. but if you look at the polls they're trailing labour now on who's best the best place to still be blind from the stem of 23rd autumn statement by kwasi kwarteng that hasn't gone away. so that is a real problem. and yet that was a confluence of pressure on the government from the international markets and it became an of competency became an issue of competency which maybe unfairly tarred which is maybe unfairly tarred with them. i think that jeremy hunt has spent a lot of time rebuilding trust the in the in the uk economy with the markets. interesting when talks about interesting when he talks about inflation mentions all inflation he mentions all the all macroeconomic factors all the macroeconomic factors that war that lehman about about the war in elsewhere and how in ukraine and elsewhere and how that's prices higher. that's pushing prices higher. i think that they are restoring

confidence. the pound is back to where it was back in july against the dollar. i wonder whether that our more whether the fact that our more competent putting more competent is putting more pressure quest an pressure on quest to find an alternative idea because until now, done is present now, all he's done is present himself as a competent future pm and worked in the polls . and that worked in the polls. that be a problem next year that may be a problem next year just seconds liam i'm just in 20 seconds liam i'm a what what do you predict for interest rates next month? are they going to go up again? well, we had two of the nine members on the monetary committee on the monetary policy committee actually no increase actually voted for no increase in another one of the in rates. another one of the nine voted for an increase that was than the one we was bigger than the one we actually committee is actually had. the committee is completely it may be i'm completely split. it may be i'm chancing amanda, it may be that because economy slowing so because the economy slowing so significantly that inflation may have peaked in the uk and the us and the eurozone in the big three areas that we follow closely . in every case, closely. in every case, inflation in november was lower than inflation. in october. and that, i think is a sign that the cycle may have turned. well,

that's an encouraging and encouraging note to end . now, encouraging note to end. now, the number of migrants fatalities in the channel is growing for people perhaps that this is enough done this week is enough being done to crossings, all to tackle illegal crossings, all that . but first, your that and more. but first, your latest news update update . it's latest news update update. it's exactly 133 on rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. passengers travelling by train are being disrupted by a fresh round of strikes. members the uk's biggest rail union rmt have walked off the job for 48 hours now after talks failed resolve a dispute over planned conditions. services across uk are severely disrupted . no trains at all disrupted. no trains at all running in some areas. passengers are being not to travel unless absolutely necessary . a man has been jailed necessary. a man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years for murdering his work . ross mccullum killed meghan eupra, and his parents home in

coleshill in leicestershire in august last year. he'd been dating the 23 year old for less than a month. her say they're the ones serving the life sentence. that's when he was convicted on monday . the victims convicted on monday. the victims of a suspected triple murder , of a suspected triple murder, northamptonshire, have been named by police as andrew and her two young children and jiiva and jen versace. they were found with serious injuries. at an address in kettering yesterday morning . a 52 year old man is morning. a 52 year old man is being in connection with the deaths . and four people are in a deaths. and four people are in a critical condition after a suspected crowd crush at a music venuein suspected crowd crush at a music venue in southland . police were venue in southland. police were called to the brixton o2 academy last night following , reports a last night following, reports a large number of people were trying to force their way into a concert. the met police has launched an investigation and plans to review cctv images of the incident tv online on debut radio. this is. gb news.

here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound buy you $1.2166 an d ,1.1461. the you $1.2166 and ,1.1461. the price of gold is . you $1.2166 and ,1.1461. the price of gold is . £1,467.50 per price of gold is. £1,467.50 per ounce, and the footsie one hundredths at 7337 points.

well while police are investigating the deaths of four people in the tunnel after the small boat there capsized on wednesday, 39 people were rescued from the boat, including children. if you should know , children. if you should know, number of people crossing the channel since the beginning of the has passed 45 5000. the year has passed 45 5000.

outrageous the government has been talking tough , of course, been talking tough, of course, yet again on tackling migration, but they appear to be doing anything about it. don't we need anything about it. don't we need a bit more substance. well, joining me now the human joining me now is the human rights lawyer , yvonne sampson. i rights lawyer, yvonne sampson. i think you're very welcome. you say it's quite simple and you can tell the government who will be listening how to do it. yes look, there's legal migration . look, there's legal migration. people are genuine who are not genuine. the genuine ones we've got to assess it quickly. decide it within a reasonable time . not it within a reasonable time. not being done is 120,000 backlog at the moment with a determination rate of 4. 20 years ago they were dealing with 100,000 a yeah were dealing with 100,000 a year. within six months making decisions. so something's clearly gone wrong. now those that are not legal, those who are not genuine, you can remove them within a couple of weeks. it can be done. the albanian problem. albanians the white list. that means that any asylum claim from an albanian is not justified because it's a safe country, because it's a conflict

. war. absolutely. and the home office can certify that without any rights of appeal. that's the law . it stands. but what if they law. it stands. but what if they say they've been trafficked under the human slavery? yes so what you need to do is compiling national referral mechanism under the anti—trafficking laws and the refugee convention into one. right. so you certify both at the same time. i mean, let's be. there some people that are trafficked . you need people to trafficked. you need people to decide to determine and decide these cases within a reasonable time. the police are involved in this . most police officers and this. most police officers and the government total for this don't understand what human trafficking is or the national referral mechanism works. so it's down to training, having a task force to deal with it. so to find both claims simultaneously , detaining people simultaneously, detaining people for that period of two weeks and then removing them to albania where do you detain them? that's i'm not a person involved detention, but they need to be detained. the point being also,

if they say i've been trafficked terror against my will, why can't just help them say, right, great, we'll put you straight. a plane back to your home in albania, because a lot of them will say that family is under threat albania. so gangs threat in albania. so the gangs that are bringing them over here hold to ransom. so if they hold them to ransom. so if they don't which is mostly in don't do the which is mostly in the trade, their the building trade, then their families harmed in families are harmed back in albania. is there are albania. so there is there are some people doing it? and i've dean some people doing it? and i've dealt them, you know, when had dealt them, you know, when i had client his fingers client who had his fingers chopped in working , he chopped off in working, he couldn't go and have any treatment . so that's a deal with treatment. so that's a deal with seven fingers himself . they seven fingers himself. they chopped his fingers off in this case, you know, it was a pain. you know, here he was working and it wasn't just like, yeah, i get you. but point is, he get you. but the point is, he couldn't get nhs treatment. so there some genuine 20 years there were some genuine 20 years he's been here. chap kept in a shed , made to work, put back in shed, made to work, put back in shed. and so there are genuine who've been trafficked . so right who've been trafficked. so right you've got to be careful. what if the suggestion that we could make these people instead of

putting them in hotels instead of giving them some benefits money actually them doing some work, get them in fields, pulling the cabbages and potatoes out of the ground and look, the us does that. if you claim asylum in the united states , you're entitled to work. states, you're entitled to work. you have to pay your own way. why can't claiming refugee status do exactly that if they won't do the work, kick them out? we've got to comply out? well, we've got to comply with so got comply with andrew. so we've got comply with andrew. so we've got comply with law. we can't kick with the law. we can't just kick people know, the rwanda people out. you know, the rwanda policy it was first thought of such a policy by himmler patrick back in the second world war. so they to send the refugees to madagascar. this is new. and so this whole policy is unlawful pushbacks, unlawful . pushbacks, unlawful. criminalising refugees is unlawful . what we need to do is unlawful. what we need to do is to work the law, have a system to work the law, have a system to detain, decide and remove what you can't collect. you can't compare it with the. the point is, i didn't just that, but well, the point i'm making is this idea of getting rid of a

problem race and throwing out to another country racial though is it i mean not a racist? no, it's not a race. and the ends there. the point that you can't just remove people because they're a problem to you relocations is your trade is your profession to blame it the rise of lawyers exploit human rights laws and with these immigrants must receive when they get here these rights not stopping and slowing down the processing of the of the migrants. i agree with that. look we work as matrix law. the leading chambers involved with as favourite law firm. she's not anymore matrix . they dealt with anymore matrix. they dealt with all the rwanda removal . it was all the rwanda removal. it was because of matrix that those flights were stopped because of human rights. these are people who haven't a voice. so you to have justice and fairness in any society. it's not what we do. but why? why, why is it fair for the lawyers to be able to stop the lawyers to be able to stop the government enforcing the it's its will its political will

to deport people to rwanda as a deterrent so that fewer people cross the channel. fewer people exposed to dying. rwanda is a safer not that many will be able to go in any case, why are lawyers allowed to stop the fly on the runway. well, i tension about your your assessment rwanda being a safe country. it isn't isn't it. if you look at you look at human rights reports, human rights watch , reports, human rights watch, amnesty international, liberty you read that there's extrajudicial killings in rwanda and they actually bring people back to rwanda who asylum randa. and then also torture them if they're not like us, they don't have fairness at the heart . the have fairness at the heart. the government and they an oppressive breaching human rights denmark a very civilised country is considering the same policy. well, if denmark breaks laws, should we do the same? well do we have to follow laws set the europe? i mean, what's going to happen here think is we're going to be pulled out of the european court of human rights. what's to

rights. that's what's going to happen so that it can be left to the british judiciary to decide if that happens. for if that happens. that's for parliament the point parliament decide. but the point is we've got uphold the is this we've got to uphold the law. but why do we need. why do we need 40 judges from other countries telling this government can't government what it can and can't do its borders? yes, i do with its borders? yes, i agree. refugee convention is agree. the refugee convention is not purpose anymore. not fit for purpose anymore. i've before and i've i've said it before and i've been of colleagues are been told of my colleagues are human we need to human rights lawyers. we need to come of it. we need to have come out of it. we need to have our laws on refugees. we need to have own systems of removal. have our own systems of removal. and that involve tweak , and so that may involve tweak, tweaking the human rights act, maybe having a bill of rights, but funding principles of but the funding principles of the rights act is to the human rights act is to protect you and me, not refugees, is to protect all of us. i think british judges can do that job just as well as 40 judges. chris hope if the tories don't sort this wretched situation out, they are going to be very heavily punished at the next election and so they should be . there are two issues which be. there are two issues which will decide the next election andrew pearce immigration and andrew pearce of immigration and taxation. yeah, now

taxation. yeah, right now immigration. taxation is four years time looking into the 2024 right now. so immigration that's why you saw 70 tory mp voting on monday a gesture really vote to try and say why can't we pull out we ignore the law for the in narrow point derogation on the issue of migrants rights and i want that's where going i think people look at the way the strasbourg courts were frustrated that first flight rwanda who who was the judge who did no one knows. i'm just did it. no one knows. i'm just finally to you, samson, you say it be so sorted in two it can be so sorted in two weeks. wouldn't the we're weeks. wouldn't the money we're giving french government, giving to the french government, which straight which seems to be going straight down be better down french drain, be better spent. 80 million spent. the 80 odd million getting well—trained officers to process these asylum applications in dover. absolutely. look, on tuesday was in court a legal person married british national not entitled to be here. if i was the home office opened a very strong case to have that case determined him. guess well nobody from the home office turned up and that's that's happened frequently now

they don't have the right people trained properly to fight these application. so it was pretty easy day for me in court. i had no one opposing me. extraordinary but why are we not surprised by the home office which is not fit for purpose and hasn't been for was it? john reid said it was 25 and i say absolutely we all agree. we all do it. we agree for one. so i was out. sir, thank you so much for coming and i hope we can talk again now. the village of cottingham in east yorkshire has become first places become one of the first places in uk to open a banking hub. in the uk to open a banking hub. it's a new concept facility following pilots in following successful pilots in scotland counter scotland and essex to counter loss banks and loss of individual banks and communities after cost cutting drivers left than 6000 banking branches across . the uk. which i branches across. the uk. which i actually think is outrageous. you consider the profits they're making . anna riley has the story making. anna riley has the story . i declare the centre this hub open open fair for all for the opening of newest banking hub

after the closure of all its cottingham in east yorkshire become the fourth centre in the uk to provide this facility , uk to provide this facility, keep cash viable and allow customers to still access face to face banking services . the to face banking services. the banks themselves will find will actually generate more business, more money. the post offices will like it because it will bnng will like it because it will bring people into the post office as well. so, you know, i think all told , it will work think all told, it will work very well indeed. it's a clever answer to what was turning a real problem, which is the of banks on the high street. real problem, which is the of banks on the high street . the banks on the high street. the absence of access to cash the absence of access to cash the absence of access to cash the absence of all the things that many of us have grown up with and our without. so it's a great and our without. so it's a great and because it's a great idea , and because it's a great idea, the customer will make it work. the hubs are operated by postmen , as with banks providing staff on a rotating basis for all customer banking needs . well, i customer banking needs. well, i like seeing somebody in person. yes, it is it's. yeah, it's a

different experience. i do like the human touch. i think it's to very important in this age. the human touch. i think it's to very important in this age . and very important in this age. and i'm sure a lot of people in my age group will appreciate that they can still handle cheques , they can still handle cheques, whether with human hands. it's nice. when you can go into the bank and think, oh good hands, go bank and think, oh good hands, 90 dry bank and think, oh good hands, go dry out. with more than 5 million people in the uk relying on cash every day the banking hubs have shown that hard money is still crucial . society. cost is still crucial. society. cost of living is really starting to bite. it's much easier for some people to budget in cash , see people to budget in cash, see money in front of them and to use that day in, day out. the other thing we see is customers who want to use . they need who want to use. they need businesses that are willing to take. and for that to work, business needs an easy way for depositing that cash at the end of the day. and therefore local facilities like this make a real difference. the action difference. the cash action group led the banking hope

pilots . and see them having pilots. and see them having a permanent place on the high street . banking hubs really are street. banking hubs really are here to support these communities while at the same no branch left and they are put in place where we've identified the need where where there is no ability to transact at that level anymore. and i think they are a really positive, positive for the future. and we look forward to supporting a lot more communities over the next years. and you've seen how popular they can be through the pilots and through these two new hubs you've opened. there's you've just opened. there's another 25 banking due to another 25 banking hubs due to open across britain. so far, all at protecting the future of cash and preserving in—person and banking services . ana riley gb banking services. ana riley gb news cottingham . well, let's news cottingham. well, let's your views on the topics of the day. gordon why on earth the traffic boats carrying migrants not intercepted in. on strikes max says the royal college of mercy nursing have known that the government could never accept a 19% pay increase on top of the pay rises in the previous

two years. by setting percent of their members industrial action became inevitable. you're right. completely unrealistic. well, meghan harry, an awful lot of people talking about them, avro says up. the situation with harry. you're all missing the huge elephant in room. it's kate whose calls this. and william is in a difficult situation and supported his wife like harry supported his wife like harry supported his. it's not kate. she's fine tastic. she's the best thing about royal family after all. john meghan's own family , called her out for what family, called her out for what she really is. she's manipulative and always acting. she can take some people in, but not the rest of us. poor harry. he was one of the victims. he used to be so popular , too. and used to be so popular, too. and betty says harry was captain betty says harry was a captain in army. i said to schools in the army. i said to schools in the army. i said to schools in afghanistan yet. he was scared of his brother shouting at really? thanks to all of at him. really? thanks to all of you for getting in touch. chris with is the last couple with me is the last couple minutes. a bilat minutes. there was a bilat yesterday urmston , stretford, yesterday in urmston, stretford, a of manchester. labour a suburb of manchester. labour when it comes polling turnout ,

when it comes polling turnout, 25% is the weather bright side of london. it's like narnia. i mean, lots , but it's all about mean, lots, but it's all about the swing, chris, isn't it? for labour to win the election with an open charge, they need a swing of what, 12 and a half% to what, a swing? about 10. it wasn't enough. enough. and i it's a wakeup call slightly for labour and being complacent winning the next election. i do think that as we say the pound is back to where it was with the dollar back july. i think there's a lot of you know there's a lot of you know there's competency to return the government the past government previously the past months sat there months keir starmer sat there competent and that's allowed him to yeah good pm to convince people yeah good pm what will you do next? because when you competent pm in when you have a competent pm in re where labour he's re sunak where labour go. he's relying that old truism that relying on that old truism that it's not who win elections, it's governments lose them and they have been an utter for some time. i agree and we saw the time. but i agree and we saw the same of the tories back in 1991. you remember that very young jallikattu i do as well. i jallikattu and i do as well. i think that is starmer blair or is he more likely to be kinnock

and i wonder whether it's the so we want to see but also equally seductive particularly do something taurean what something to show taurean what he believes we're not really clear. made that clear. well then he's made that very public pledge he will very bold public pledge he will get rid of that backlog of asylum applications by the end of next year. that's right. when he's to that. that's in he's going to do that. that's in a in the sand, that's a line in the sand, that's immigration. the next piece is taxation and make it make it easier for for so—called easier for for the so—called squeezed ed squeezed middle. to quote ed miliband oldest. yes. miliband for the oldest. yes. because of horrible because a lot of the horrible stuff in the budget doesn't kick in till next year in april and gives him gives jeremy hunt gives him it gives jeremy hunt a chance march to say chance a march budget to say well, did this to reassure well, we did this to reassure the markets. not go far the markets. let's not go so far as going go on cgt, on as we're going to go on cgt, on pensions, attacking pensions and the he may pull the rest of it. so he may pull back from some those tax back from some of those tax rises march and that's of the rises in march and that's of the pressure. but we're waiting to speak big moment from the speak this big moment from the government talking over. government and talking is over. let's from from let's see some action from from sunak. what you believe sunak. yeah. what do you believe and inspire the and how can you inspire the troops. what the tories troops. that's what the tories want see and just saw. chris want to see and just saw. chris has the tory party member and ps embraced. far more votes

embraced. he got far more votes than liz truss . yeah, but than liz truss. yeah, but there's a silence on wednesday. there's the 222 meeting this week and have the boris diehards given up hope on the blonde bombshell a dramatic return members were not given a choice over sunak. don't forget, he didn't beat liz truss, jeremy hunt last in the june to july leadership election. there are two people there who members rejected year. they now the rejected year. they are now the pm and chancellor. that doesn't make them happy. there's still a hope boris . make them happy. there's still a hope boris. i'm looking at hope for boris. i'm looking at the may local election 2020 for 7000 council seats, 4000 tory ones. if it's disaster for sunak if i still 20 points behind i see the return of a blonde bombshell. no now that's a bombshell. no now that's a bombshell to end on chris hope saying we could see if that elections go badly. pretty soon at the return of boris . well, at the return of boris. well, that would be fascinating . what that would be fascinating. what a great story . a fourth prime a great story. a fourth prime minister in 12 months is. a great story. a fourth prime minister in 12 months is . chris minister in 12 months is. chris hope, thanks for coming in. you'll come again from the daily telegraph. read his very good column in the telegraph. you've

been watching me. i'm andrew piers. with piers. thanks for sticking with next. briefing with next. it's a briefing with arlene. that, though, the arlene. before that, though, the very weather i. hello, alex very cold weather i. hello, alex deakin here with your latest weather updates. it's been snowing heavily across . some snowing heavily across. some parts scotland that is now to parts of scotland that is now to ease most it is a dry and ease for most it is a dry and a cold day . what's more milder cold day. what's more milder weather, though is on the way courtesy of an area low pressure out in the atlantic. but ahead of that, it's still cold. we've got high pressure bringing most places a dry day today , but this places a dry day today, but this low to the northwest and low up to the northwest and these introduced these weather have introduced quite wet weather. quite a bit of wet weather. western still snowing western scotland still snowing across just to the north of the central belt through the hills here and elsewhere, low levels , here and elsewhere, low levels, more back rain, but still more back to rain, but still could be quite icy. and still, as i, say, some snow to come. much scotland the old much of scotland dry. the old sheriff and all the parts of northern ireland, north wales. but it's dry , sunny and but for most it's dry, sunny and cold temperatures again struggling to much above freezing. now we go through the evening. we'll see more this weather pushing into southern scotland, then sinking south,

which again mostly at low levels, some snow over levels, but some snow over southern cumbrian southern uplands. the cumbrian mountains. and by the end of the night into parts of the pennines as well for the south, again, most places dry, cold, once more widespread hard frosts england's east anglian rural and north east anglian rural and north east scotland could get to negative double figures won't so another cold day to come tomorrow a cold saturday with some wet weather over northern england and north wales. some wet weather over northern england and north wales . again, england and north wales. again, mostly at low levels. this will be rain, but some snow over the hills and it could be icy. so just bear that in mind on those transpennine. more snow showers over the highlands all set elsewhere. much of the south and much of the east will be dry and bright on saturday. another cold day that is about to change that because the low pressure systems coming in from the southwest going mix things up through going to mix things up through this weekend, going to bring much milder air certainly, but also going to bring some wet weather . and also going to bring some wet weather. and as that wet also going to bring some wet weather . and as that wet weather weather. and as that wet weather hits the cold, our initially on

sunday for a time there could be some snow and it could be icy and then things turn and, and then things turn wet and, windy next week .

hello and welcome to the briefing your afternoon fix of all the latest political debate and analysis. i'm foster and here's what's coming up over the next hour. well, another day of strikes as railway workers launch a fresh walkout after talks. talks failed to resolve bitter dispute over pay job and conditions for sadly lost their lives this week in the channel while making the dangerous crossing as tragedy cannot repeat itself . pm rishi sunak repeat itself. pm rishi sunak has pledged week to tackle illegal immigration . i'm going

illegal immigration. i'm going to discuss that.