fri day, friday, the 20th >> it's 930 on friday, the 20th of october. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. with me, tom hannood and ellie costello coming up on the show today, double defeat for the tories. >> labour has dealt a double by—election blow to rishi sunak by—election blow to rishi sunak by overturning a huge conservative majorities in tamworth and mid—bedfordshire . tamworth and mid—bedfordshire. our reporter jack carson is in tamworth . it's a seat that tamworth. it's a seat that wasn't meant to be on labour's radar, but overnight they've taken tamworth overturning a 19,000 conservative majority . 19,000 conservative majority. >> keir starmer says labour are redrawing the political map and our political editor christopher hopeisin our political editor christopher hope is in mid—bedfordshire mid beds mid beds goes red for the first time since 1931, when tory heartlands here it's a disaster for the prime minister. >> tories in turmoil. for the prime minister. >> tories in turmoil . do these >> tories in turmoil. do these results overnight indicate the end of conservative government

at the next general election? will at the next general election? will their party chairman greg hands doesn't think so . well hands doesn't think so. well obviously this is a very disappointing result for us, but by elections are by elections. >> governments rarely win by elections in chaos and conflict could spread . could spread. >> that's the message from the us president joe biden. if congress does not back a $100 billion bill to arm israel and ukraine, storm babet strikes a woman in scotland is swept to her death and hundreds are told to evacuate their homes as the storm takes hold . storm takes hold. >> a red weather warning remains in place for parts of britain. we'll have the latest out . we'll have the latest out. and of course, this show is nothing without your views, opinions and comments do email

in gb views at gbnews.com is the address to get involved in the discussion. >> but before all of that, let's get your latest news update with tamsen . tamsen. >> tom, thanks very much . >> tom, thanks very much. >> tom, thanks very much. >> and good morning from the newsroom. here are the headlines at 932. labour is celebrating a double by—election win after they overturned conservative majorities . just a warning of majorities. just a warning of flashing images coming up in tamworth. sarah edwards secured a win, flipping a more than 19,000 conservative majority with a significant 23.4% swing to labour . meanwhile, alastair to labour. meanwhile, alastair strathearn claimed mid—bedfordshire with a 20.5% swing, marking the largest labour win in a by—election since 1945. labour leader sir keir starmer says his party is back in the service of working people . israel is appearing to

people. israel is appearing to be getting closer to a full scale invasion of the gaza strip. its tanks have been seen near the gaza border this morning. israeli defence minister yoav galant told troops yesterday they would soon see the palestinian enclave from inside side . meanwhile, rishi inside side. meanwhile, rishi sunakis inside side. meanwhile, rishi sunak is travelling to egypt to prevent further expansion of the israel—hamas conflict. the prime minister has already met with his israeli counterpart and saudi arabia's crown prince in the talks today. he's also expected to stress the importance of preventing further loss of civilian life, at least nine british nationals have been killed and seven are missing since the attack by hamas on october the 7th. governor borrowing was lower than expected last month, standing at 14.3 billion. the office for national statistics says that's £1.6 billion less than a year earlier . but it still earlier. but it still represented the sixth highest september figure on record. the chancellor says the government had to borrow during the

pandemic to protect livelihoods. but since then, russia's invasion of ukraine has pushed up inflation and interest rates . up inflation and interest rates. those are the top stories. you can, of course, get more on all of them. just visit our website, gb news.com of them. just visit our website, gbnews.com now it's back to ellie and . tom ellie and. tom >> thanks, tamsen. good morning and welcome to britain's newsroom. the time is 934. you're with myself , jeff and you're with myself, jeff and tom. and of course we are reflecting that double by—election win by labour this morning or last night. results early this morning. mid bedfordshire and tamworth. we're asking you this morning for your reaction to that and what do you think it could mean at the next general election? do let us know. vaiews@gbnews.com >> yes, labour has overturned huge conservative majorities to win two by elections, both in mid bedfordshire, the former seat of nadine dorries and in tamworth , which actually is the tamworth, which actually is the town where the conservative

party was first created in 1834. and what was known as the tamworth manifesto . tamworth manifesto. >> that's very good trivia. there you go. tom he knows everything. he's like an encyclopaedia. but do these historic by—election swings for labour spell trouble for the tories? that's what we're asking. this morning. we'll go live christopher hope in live now to christopher hope in mid and jack mid bedfordshire and jack carlson in tamworth . good carlson in tamworth. good morning to you both . and chris, morning to you both. and chris, let's start with you. bring us the latest in mid bedfordshire . the latest in mid bedfordshire. >> well, we've had sir keir starmer here just a few moments ago. he's now headed headed north to tamworth on his victory lap and we are here in the heart of tory blue. true blue country. this place hasn't gone red since 1931. this shouldn't really be going into a labour seat, but it has done overnight. extraordinary times, big worries here i think for the tory party is really sunak. the prime minister flies back from saudi arabia this lunchtime. what does he do about this? all sorts of suggestions from tory mps on whatsapp saying let's stop the

boats, deal with net migration. but it does feel in many ways this is almost a end of a long penod this is almost a end of a long period in office for the tory party >> chris just to stick with you here, how important is it that this is a seat that, of course was vacated by nadine dorries, a local factors in play here or is this really a reflection of the national picture ? tom you're national picture? tom you're totally right. >> of course. it's very hard to judge a national picture from a local by—election. it's worth noting, i think that the turnover turnout, forgive me, fell from 74% to just 44. that says to me that lots of tory supporters sat on their hands and you can see why this mp nadine dorries was criticised for not being around enough . and for not being around enough. and also the party has forced out . also the party has forced out. the leader who was elected voted in by tory members. both liz truss and boris johnson were both forced out by mps. they've dropped in rishi sunak a year ago on wednesday next week, but

members don't really feel that's their person. and of course from wednesday tory mps can start putting in letters of no confidence in about rishi sunak. the one year's grace ends . there the one year's grace ends. there could be quite a sticky period going towards christmas time i think, minister. think, for the prime minister. >> christopher there >> okay, christopher hope there for bedfordshire. jack for us in mid bedfordshire. jack carson to you now in carson let's go to you now in tamworth where labour's winner there, sarah edwards. edwards has described her result as his historic. tell us more . historic. tell us more. >> yeah, i mean, pat mcfadden speaking on speaking on gb news not long ago , said himself that not long ago, said himself that this wasn't really a seats on their target list. it's thought that it was well over 300, well over 311th, i think on on the target list of seats for labour to go for. so it is probably a little bit of a of a shock for her, particularly of how much she's turned around. of course, that 19,000 vote majority that chris pincher, who of course resigned from this seat in september, did have that in him. as an as a former mp here,

certainly had a factor. i think , certainly had a factor. i think, in why maybe conservative voters stayed at home, why their support certainly wasn't as strong turnout as chris was mentioning in mid—bedfordshire was very much a similar factor here in tamworth as well. only a 35% turnout, so not particularly strong, but labour still increased their vote share here. they got 45.8% of the vote share here. but interesting to note that the reform party, who had a vote share of 5.4% if, if obviously those voters had had gone towards the conservatives, they would have still retained this seat. so certainly a problem for the conservatives is going to be the impact that the reform party has in constituencies around the uk as we head closer to a general election. sarah edwards in election. but sarah edwards in her victory speech, said that labour voters had backed labour's positive vision and sent a clear message to rishi sunak and the conservatives that they'd of this failed they'd had enough of this failed government which said government which she said had destroyed services . destroyed our public services. she course part of the she was, of course part of the nhs . she's a member. her nhs. she's a union member. her family within the nhs, family are still within the nhs, so very much put herself to

so she very much put herself to the people in tamworth as the people here in tamworth as somebody that knows what it's like to conduct public like to have to conduct public service in, day out. but service day in, day out. but speaking voters as did speaking to voters as i did before this election here, her manifesto very much aligned with the people were the issues that people were taking whether taking here, issues of whether this be revived this high street can be revived after redevelopment project , after its redevelopment project, whether, of course, anti—social behaviour could be cut down on the streets and whether there could services with could be better services with doctors . doctors and local gp surgeries. so those issues that voters were taking here were very much aligning the manifesto that aligning with the manifesto that sarah said she was going sarah edwards said she was going to well, jack, thank you very >> well, jack, thank you very much for that live in tamworth. and course christopher hope and of course christopher hope before over there then as well. thank both. will be back thank you both. will be back with you throughout the programme as of course, sir keir starmer tour of his starmer makes his tour of his winnings doing this winnings as he is doing this morning. but let's turn for morning. but let's turn now for more analysis to oxley, who more analysis to john oxley, who joins the studio, joins us in the studio, the political commentator, of course. there's a lot course. and john, there's a lot of speculation this morning that these are 90, 96 style by—election wins . this is next by—election wins. this is next year going to be 1997 for the

tories. >> i don't think that's guaranteed at this moment. but it's increasingly looking like thatis it's increasingly looking like that is not just one of the possible outcomes, but sort of where the most likely outcome is starting to look. this isn't just two by elections as we look over back to the selby result a couple of months ago, even in uxbridge, that the tories won, they won it by about 500 votes. really that was a bad result for them. so more and more of these by—election results are looking like the polling is correct. the tories really are in trouble in a lot of places where if they all go against them on the night, then we're into 1997 or possibly worse territory . possibly even worse territory. >> and these results do play into the that perhaps into the idea that perhaps westminster have been underpricing possibility of underpricing the possibility of a of a conservative wipe—out election and a labour wave . i election and a labour wave. i mean, these results would would tend to that idea, get that credit . but tend to that idea, get that credit. but in tend to that idea, get that credit . but in the previous by credit. but in the previous by elections , perhaps there's been elections, perhaps there's been too much focus on uxbridge, for example, and not enough on selby. absolutely. >> and that selby was a seat

that the conservatives had again, a sort of historic swing against them. another 23, 24% one, and that was a loss. and in uxbridge, if they'd got 500 votes fewer, they'd have lost it by a couple of% and we'd been talking two months ago about how badly they are doing everywhere. so i think a lot of focus went on uxbridge being a success when really it was quite a big failure for the conservative party, and it really confirms the trend rather than bucking it in a sort of way. in a funny sort of way. >> does this actually is this not the worst outcome that could have possibly happened for the tories sense that tories then, in the sense that if have just narrowly if they'd have just narrowly held in one or both of these held on in one or both of these seats, we'd have had a rishi sunak comeback narrative. the tories cheering about tories would be cheering about how even how well they did, even though they by tens of they crashed down by tens of thousands of votes . what does thousands of votes. what does this potentially the this potentially give the conservative party an opportunity sort wake up, opportunity to sort of wake up, smell the coffee, realise the polls are real, realise how much trouble they're in? yes that's definitely true. >> i mean, a couple of weeks

ago, you know, the tory party conference, i was talking to a lot people and they were lot of people and they were saying, you tory mps were saying, you know, tory mps were saying, you know, tory mps were saying certainly within the party, even people who didn't buy were buy into themselves, but were saying that they saying a lot of people that they speak are going with this. speak to are going with this. the polls are wrong. we can still pull it back. we might win a it might be a hung a majority. it might be a hung parliament. think that parliament. and i think that position harder and harder position looks harder and harder to it is a real sign to defend. and it is a real sign for the conservative party that something going badly wrong for the conservative party that somtheyg going badly wrong for the conservative party that somthey needjoing badly wrong for the conservative party that somthey need t01g badly wrong for the conservative party that somthey need to wakeily wrong for the conservative party that somthey need to wake upwrong for the conservative party that somthey need to wake up toyng for the conservative party that somthey need to wake up to it. and they need to wake up to it. the is what do they the question is what do they really do? because these byelections show they're losing almost everywhere and they're losing directions . losing in different directions. as you know, these are home county they're county seats where they're haemorrhaging labour , haemorrhaging votes to labour, but in but also particularly in mid—bedfordshire , where the lib mid—bedfordshire, where the lib dems had big increase . and dems had a big increase. and there's threat, there's that threat, particularly south east, particularly in the south east, that going to lot that they're going to lose a lot of and it's of seats that way. and it's quite if you are the quite hard if you are the conservative party, particularly now, how do we now, to think how do we put together argument pulls together an argument that pulls in those the red wall in those voters in the red wall that gave us a majority last time, these voters time, but also these voters in the who are long

the south—east who are long standing conservative voters, are maybe a bit more liberal, maybe more likely to have voted remain. how do we keep them on board? the time , do you board? at the same time, do you think that they are waking up to it, though? >> said that the tories do >> you said that the tories do need to wake up, but the rhetoric this morning is very much not the labour much that it's not the labour vote has changed. the vote that has changed. it's the tories decided to stay at tories have decided to stay at home of course, blaming home there. of course, blaming low can they low turnout. so how can they best play this now? would best play this now? when would you they would position you think they would position a general election to try and turn this around? i think that's very difficult. >> think the big instinct, if >> i think the big instinct, if you're inside number 10, is to hold on. the economy is going to improve. something good's going to but think with to happen. but i think with that, you run the problem that the longer you stay on, the more desperate you start to look, the more chance that there of more chance that there are of more chance that there are of more byelections. like more byelections. this like this, this week there was this, we saw this week there was a commons finding against sir peter might be peter bone that might be a by—election. so it's a by—election. and so it's a really tough call. think it'd really tough call. i think it'd be very brave to go for it in may, which is sort of the first date that looms into view too.

but i also think if they go on much beyond october, that starts to desperate and then to look very desperate and then you're running into the possibility of having campaign possibility of having a campaign this the weather's this time of year, the weather's already it gets worse already miserable. it gets worse . think if i were labour, . and i think if i were labour, the sort of scrooge sunak is having an election over christmas is that's a gift of a message . message. >> the tories, of course, criticised gordon brown for squatting until the last possible moment. the election could be called. i think i'm writing saying the last moment the next election could be called, held rather called, could be held rather stretches january 20, 25, stretches into january 20, 25, meaning the campaign meaning would be over those christmas weeks, it would be the most extraordinary prospect. do you think that's a possibility? i mean, sort of factually, it is if they hold on to last minute. >> but think that would be a >> but i think that would be a politically disastrous decision. i only play i think it would only play against conservative party. against the conservative party. it also be very chaotic it would also be very chaotic for everyone involved in organising election well , organising the election as well, which think would backfire on which i think would backfire on them. think they probably them. so i think they probably won't on that but

won't hold on that long. but i think the instinct within number 10 certainly is to hold on at least until the autumn . least until the autumn. >> okay, john oxley, always very good to see you. thank you very much for your analysis. >> the president, joe >> well, the us president, joe biden, has addressed americans last where he said that he last night where he said that he would congress for would ask the us congress for billions of dollars, $100 billions of dollars, $100 billion for israel and ukraine, both to buy weapons and send humanitarian aid to those two countries. >> biden's speech comes after his trip to israel and after an agreement was reached with egypt to allow some aid to enter gaza. well, we're joined now by our reporter charlie peters from tel aviv. very good morning to you, charlie. so bring us up to speed with this and biden's billion dollar request. and the question is, will he get it? >> that is a significant conversation in the us, of course, but in israel they are keen for whatever support they can receive at the moment as they prepare for that likely ground invasion in the south. we

heard from the defence minister, yoav galant yesterday, who told troops gathering in that convoy that they can see gaza from afar, but soon they will see it from the inside and that the order will come. we're also heanng order will come. we're also hearing from shin bet officials that's sort of the israeli mi5 this morning saying that the plan is to dismantle hamas entirely administratively and economically , as well as, of economically, as well as, of course, the plan to demolish their military capability . liz. their military capability. liz. but there is concern in israel today not only about whether or not they can achieve sufficient international support militarily and on a pr front, but also what will happen when that invasion takes place, because it is imminent. they cannot row back on those statements made yesterday , but there are yesterday, but there are concerns that they haven't made plans for what comes next, what will be the second order effects of moving troops into north of gaza because they've moved so many the south. hamas many people to the south. hamas will certainly down will almost certainly be down there they then there as well. will they then have to continue their long and campaign into that part of the territory as well 500km of tunnels to clear through it will

be a slow and deliberate and painful action and there is real concern here that they haven't for prepared that campaign, both from a logistical perspective, sustaining kind of force is sustaining that kind of force is extreme, but also for what plan comes after they move in there, because the iranians , we have because the iranians, we have seen in the last 48 hours, iranian proxies operating very heavily against both israeli and us forces in the region . in the us forces in the region. in the north this morning, the to the israelis have evacuated a town of some 20,000 people as a spark of some 20,000 people as a spark of gunfire and military activity occurs with lebanese hezbollah, but also in the last 48 hours, we've counted some seven attacks on american troops in iraq and syria on their bases in the region there. some successful missile attacks and drone strikes on forces gathering in those countries. and last night, a missile launched from yemen from the iran supported houthi militia there was intercepted by a us naval destroyer in the red

sea. and at the same time, further concerns about the aid situation into the gaza strip. we've heard several times now that the israelis have agreed to allow aid to enter, but there are no reports of that rafah border crossing opening just yet. rishi sunak will be meeting with his counterpart, abdel fattah el—sisi today. the president of egypt, to further push for that humanitarian diplomacy . but there are no diplomacy. but there are no clear signs that that will occur. on top of all of these escalating situations and that dire humanitarian situation, there are also protests ongoing throughout the arab world. last night, el—sisi called for protests in the streets of cairo. for the last ten years, he's been trying to crack down on those protests , but now he on those protests, but now he wants people to take to the streets. we've seen the same in baghdadin streets. we've seen the same in baghdad in beirut, libya, baghdad in beirut, in libya, and, of course, also in amman, in jordan, where fires were lit outside the israeli embassy. so this is an escalating and very precarious situation for all partners and actors in the region . region. >> well, charlie, thank you very

much for that. and of course, those seven attacks on us troops, they they feed into that narrative that joe biden will be saying later today that that aid is so very necessary to stop this spilling out into much wider and bigger conflict, dragging perhaps many, many more countries in to this crisis . countries in to this crisis. charlie peters, live in tel aviv, thank you very much. >> now, the powerful public accounts committee said the rollout of smart metres has been unsuccessful. >> well , we're joined now by the >> well, we're joined now by the deputy chair of the public accounts committee suggested sir geoffrey clifton—brown to get more detail on this. but sir geoffrey, before we look at your work into the rollout of smart metres, i must get a comment on these two. disastrous by elections for your party. are you heading for electoral wipe—out out? >> well , by elections are by >> well, by elections are by elections and we've seen this before. i've been in parliament for 31 years. and what happens in a by—election doesn't often

translate in a general election. having said that, of course they are disastrous for us and i would have much preferred that the result had been better. we will need to work hard rishi sunak will need to work hard to convince the british people that he's doing the right thing for the we are, the country. but we are, whatever is, nine months away whatever it is, nine months away from general election . and if from a general election. and if we that, think the we can do that, i think the general election result would be very much to what very much different to what these results are. these by—election results are. the prime minister's in the prime minister's been in office a year now. office for a year now. >> doesn't seem to have been >> he doesn't seem to have been convincing many voters. why do you think the next nine months will be any different from the last 12? well things are beginning to happen in the right direction. >> inflation is nearly halved. he will meet his target on on that. he will meet his target on on that . the economy is slowing , that. the economy is slowing, showing signs of recovery . if we showing signs of recovery. if we can move beyond these public sector strikes in the health service and start to actually improve the waiting list there, that will help . and the boat that will help. and the boat situation we're awaiting the supreme court decision, but

nevertheless , the boat numbers nevertheless, the boat numbers are considerably down this year. the number we're sending back to various countries where we have an agreement with is down. so we are making improving boats. but as with all things, there's always a lag between actually making those improvements and the public realising it. >> okay. so geoffrey, let's get your reaction now to the delayed smart metre program. it's failing to hit targets and failing to hit targets and failing as well to secure public support. short what's your reaction this ? reaction to this? >> well, you're absolutely right, and that's what the report says. this i should caveat , everything that i'm caveat, everything that i'm going to say on this is that i am not in favour of anybody being compelled to have smart metres . but actually i think metres. but actually i think what the government needs to do most all is to carry out an most of all is to carry out an educational program so that the british public can actually see the benefits of these smart metres and that is that they're able to take advantage of all the cheaper for the cheaper tariffs, for example, your electric example, charging your electric car at night when you're using a

lot of electricity, when the electricity is cheaper. also, people will tend with a smart metre to keep a closer eye on how much electricity they're using and probably use a little bit less of it. so there's a win win here. consumers are using less electricity and obviously costing less, but also the environment is benefiting because we're not using so much electricity. so i think we need to push this program but not actually compel people to do it. >> do you believe that there is a lack of understood standing in terms of what smart metres actually are? some people will hear the word smart and think this is all very technical. should i really be getting involved here? how would you easily describe a smart metre for someone that perhaps is a bit of a technophobe ? bit of a technophobe? >> well, that's a really good question . i think i would question. i think i would describe it as something similar to a thermostat on a boiler where you can set the time and you can set the day and you can set the temperature. it's no more complicated than that. so

anybody who can operate that thermostat will certainly be able a smart metre able to operate a smart metre and they will be able to get the benefits that i've already described. >> what do you think there will be sir jeffrey, when be a day, sir jeffrey, when every smart metre every home has a smart metre installed? i mean labour government called for it in 2008. they said it would be done by 2019 and here we are in 2023. only 57% of homes have one. well that's exactly right. >> i don't know whether we'll ever get to the day when everyone has a smart metre because for one reason or another it won't work. but i think we can do substantially better and we do have a target of 75% by 2025. so i think we've got to actually keep working on this in every way we can. the government have an education programme through the regulator , programme through the regulator, through every sort of educational way we can actually increase the number that we've got at the moment. but we do know, as you say, there are technical problems. there are areas where you've high

areas where you've got high blocks flats, for example, in blocks of flats, for example, in london, area, the uptake london, in my area, the uptake is very low i think because there's a of old cotswold there's a lot of old cotswold houses with very thick walls . houses with very thick walls. and at the moment technologies not capable of dealing with that. but i'm sure before very long we'll be able to overcome those problems. >> well, sir jeffrey, thank you very for joining this very much for joining us this morning talking through that morning and talking through that report. it will be report. no doubt it will be responded to by government in good time. >> stay with us. we're going to be giving you the latest from the middle east in just a few moments. first, your weather. >> very morning to >> hello. very good morning to you. burkill and here's you. i'm alex burkill and here's your gb news weather your latest gb news weather update. babet has already update. storm babet has already brought a significant amount of rain, to parts of rain, particularly to parts of scotland have further scotland and we have further very wet and windy weather to come as go through today. come as we go through today. heavy totals continuing heavy rainfall totals continuing to across eastern parts to build up across eastern parts of scotland , in particular, some of scotland, in particular, some severe disruption here, but also heavy rain across parts of northern ireland. northern england into parts wales and england into parts of wales and other of scotland. too other areas of scotland. too strong , gusty winds other areas of scotland. too strong, gusty winds coming in

from the east with gusts of 60, 70mph around eastern coastal parts adding to the disruption. but temperatures in the south a little bit above average for the time year with highs of time of year with highs of around 16 or 17 celsius. the wet and windy weather continues as we go through this evening and overnight with the weather system continuing to push its way in the east as way in from the east as a result, it's always eastern areas are to see the areas which are going to see the heaviest rain and that's where we're most likely see the we're most likely to see the greatest disruption. again, temperatures going temperatures aren't going to drop overnight because of drop much overnight because of the cloud, the rain, the strong winds. to be a mild winds. it is going to be a mild night many, though. some night for many, though. some clear the south as clear skies towards the south as we towards and we we look towards saturday. and we continue to see some further wet weather pushing its way in from the affecting parts the east, affecting parts of scotland north—east england. the east, affecting parts of scoias1d north—east england. the east, affecting parts of scoias heavy north—east england. the east, affecting parts of scoias heavy as rth—east england. the east, affecting parts of scoias heavy as i'm-east england. the east, affecting parts of scoias heavy as i'm expectingand. not as heavy as i'm expecting through it's through today, but because it's coming so close to the heavy rain we've seen recently , it rain we've seen recently, it could cause some further issues elsewhere england, wales elsewhere across england, wales and northern ireland, a drier picture, scattering of picture, but a scattering of showers temperatures is a showers and temperatures is a little bit above average for the

it's 10 am. on friday, the 20th of october. this is britain's newsroom here on gb news with ellie costello and me, tom hannood. coming up today, double defeat for the tories. >> labour has dealt a double by—election blow to rishi sunak by—election blow to rishi sunak by overturn a huge conservative majorities in tamworth and mid—bedfordshire . our reporter

mid—bedfordshire. our reporter jack carson is in tamworth . jack carson is in tamworth. >> well, it's a seat that labour wasn't. it wasn't meant to be on labour's radar, but overnight tamworth have taken this seat overturning that 19,000 vote majority . keir starmer says majority. keir starmer says they're redrawing the political map and our political editor christopher hope is in mid—bedfordshire . mid beds. mid—bedfordshire. mid beds. >> he goes away for the first time since 1931, a complete disaster for the prime minister. but what should he do next? >> but do these results overnight indicate that the end of a conservative government at the next general election , while the next general election, while their party chairman, greg hands doesn't think so? >> well, obviously, this is a very disappointing result for us, but by elections are by elections. governments rarely win by elections . chaos and win by elections. chaos and conflict could spread . conflict could spread. >> that's the message from us president joe biden. if congress

does not back a $100 billion bill to arm both israel and ukraine in storm babet strikes a woman in scotland is swept to her death and hundreds are told to evacuate their homes as the storm takes hold. >> a red weather warning remains in place for parts of britain. we'll have the latest . we'll have the latest. at >> and, of course , we want to >> and, of course, we want to hear from you this busy news morning. we'll be getting to your thoughts and comments in a very short while. but remember the address to email in is gbviews@gbnews.com. before we get to all of that, here's your latest news update with tamsen . latest news update with tamsen. >> tom thank you. good morning from the gb newsroom. it's 10:01. the labour leader says his party has made history after

overturning a conservative majority to win two by elections just a warning of flashing images coming up in tamworth. sarah edwards secured a win, flipping a majority of more than 19,000. meanwhile alistair strathern claims mid—bedfordshire with a 20.5% swing marking the largest labour win in a by—election since 1945. labour leader sir keir starmer says his party is back in the service of working people . service of working people. >> either of these results would have been extraordinary. both together they are historic . together they are historic. these are seats that we've never won before or rarely won before , won before or rarely won before, and we've had swings of over 20% and we've had swings of over 20% and we've had swings of over 20% and we've now had four by elections with swings of over 20. if you take selby and rutherglen as well. so you know, thatis rutherglen as well. so you know, that is a very, very important investing of confidence and trust in a changed labour party . trust in a changed labour party. >> while conservative party chairman greg hands says

labour's wins are not so significant. >> labour hardly improved their vote at all and in fact went down in mid—bedfordshire slightly . but i don't think that slightly. but i don't think that will have an impact on the general election. clearly we need to recognise is that a large number of our conservative voters did not come out yesterday amid bedfordshire and tamworth, despite having excellent candidates in festus akinbusoye and in andy cooper. so we need to work harder. we need to make sure that people get the government message that we are delivering against the five priorities, making progress i >> israeli troops are mobilising along the border of the gaza strip ahead of a possible ground invasion . tanks, troops and invasion. tanks, troops and helicopters have been seen near the border this morning . israeli the border this morning. israeli defence minister yoav galant told troops yesterday they would soon see the palestinian enclave from inside . soon see the palestinian enclave from inside. us soon see the palestinian enclave from inside . us president biden from inside. us president biden has warned that hamas and russia want to annihilate democracy . in

want to annihilate democracy. in a televised speech from the white house, joe biden urged the congress and the american people to support billions of dollars in military support for israel and ukraine. the president also stressed the urgency of getting relief to palestinian civilians in gaza who lack food, water and medicine . medicine. >> a security package. i'm sending to congress and asking congress to is an unprecedented commitment to israel's security that will sharpen israel's qualitative military edge, which we've committed to . the we've committed to. the qualitative military edge. we're going to make sure iron dome continues to guard the skies over israel . we're going to make over israel. we're going to make sure other hostile actors in the region know that israel is stronger than ever and prevent this conflict from spreading . this conflict from spreading. >> israel says it's ordered the evacuation of residents from a northern town close to the lebanese border . more than lebanese border. more than 20,000 people live in kiryat shemona, which is about a mile from the border fence. the decision to evacuate comes after days of clashes with hezbollah

fighters . meanwhile rishi sunak fighters. meanwhile rishi sunak is travelling to egypt to prevent further expansion of the israel—hamas conflict . the prime israel—hamas conflict. the prime minister has already met with his israeli counterpart and saudi arabia's crown prince in the talks today. he's also expected to stress the importance of preventing further loss of civilian life. at least nine british nationals have been killed and seven are missing since the attack by hamas on october the seventh. to other news now. minimum service levels are set to be introduced in schools and colleges in england. the government says the proposals will protect children's education during any future strike action. it follows the industrial action last academic year, which saw ten days of disruption . education days of disruption. education secretary gillian keegan says how long the plans will take to implement. i invited the unions in to have a discussion because we have worked well together to end industrial action to bring the biggest pay rise that teachers have had in history and also to introduce a minimum

starting salary of £30,000. >> so we have worked together and we're working together on reducing workloads. so i have invited the unions in and i hope that we can we have the common interest of protecting children's education during the strike action, we lost 25 million days of education and the impact on children is just too much . too much. >> more than 1600 suspected members of county lines drug gangs have been arrested in one week across england and wales . week across england and wales. the operation seized drugs worth £1.2 million, along with cash and 100 kilos of cannabis. around 58 children were referred for possible exploitation by the gangs. for possible exploitation by the gangs . the action also closed gangs. the action also closed 250 phone lines and seized more than 400 weapons, which included firearms and knives . a red firearms and knives. a red weather warning remains in place for parts of scotland as storm babet continues to sweep across the uk. a 57 year old woman lost her life in glen esk after being

swept into a river yesterday. amber warnings for wind and rain remain in northern england, the midlands and northern wales and a yellow warning has also been issued for northern ireland evacuated actions are under way in scotland with severe flood warnings also in place along with the threat of power cuts . with the threat of power cuts. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on digital tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now it's back to ellie and . tom back to ellie and. tom >> thanks, tamsin. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with tom hannood and me, ellie costello. the time is 10:07 and loads of you have been emailing in this morning in reaction to those by—election results last night. this morning, the double win for labour. tom has been looking through the emails. he hasn't put the names of who these people are, so i'm going to blame you for that. >> my fault. i was i

>> entirely my fault. i was i was so at there were so was so excited at there were so many. oh, know the top many. oh, no, i know the top one, john, because you've included your name within the email i'm a tory email body saying, i'm a tory voter it really gets goat voter and it really gets my goat when get the tory chairman when you get the tory chairman saying only by—election saying it's only a by—election they get the depth of they do not get the depth of feeling in this country and this tory party is worse than john major's one. >> think on for a bit >> i think they're on for a bit of a beating, like when tony blair beat them to be, it's fair to say, only a by—election. while voters are coming back and they're taking vote for granted. >> well, sue sue has written in to say, at 72, i've lived through quite a few general elections and fight by elections . quite amusing all parties overegg their success in mid beds, for instance, labour are trumpeting overturning a tory majority of 25,000 when huge numbers of tories stayed at home. more often than not, these overturned majorities go back to the original party again at the time of general elections. that's what sue thinks. yeah and we don't have a name on this

one, but thank you. >> if you email this in saying what you have witnessed in these by elections is what happens when a party takes their voters for granted. are big for granted. these are big losses, luckily they are by losses, but luckily they are by elections. but they're sending a clear message that the conservative to buck clear message that the corits vative to buck clear message that the corits ideas to buck clear message that the corits ideas and to buck clear message that the corits ideas and fulfil to buck clear message that the corits ideas and fulfil their buck up its ideas and fulfil their promises . rishi sunak should promises. rishi sunak should have learnt from boris. never make you cannot not make promises you cannot not keep well , of course, many, many keep well, of course, many, many more views coming in and we will get to as many as we can throughout the programme. >> but this is a political earthquake. so says the leader of the labour party . and in of the labour party. and in mid—bedfordshire here, alistair stratton took the seat with the majority of 1192 over his tory rival . he told gb news that he rival. he told gb news that he was ready to get to work . was ready to get to work. >> i'm just so humbled and grateful because this has been such a big campaign for me. i grew up around here. this area means so much to me and to see people across these towns and villages placing their in villages placing their faith in me today has just been so

exhilarating. and i'm to exhilarating. and i'm going to be incredibly hard from be working incredibly hard from tomorrow they made be working incredibly hard from tomright' they made be working incredibly hard from tom right choice. they made the right choice. >> well, in tamworth, labour's sarah defeated tory sarah edwards defeated tory andrew a majority of andrew cooper by a majority of 1316 votes while speaking after the declaration, she said the pubuc the declaration, she said the public had enough of cuts to public has had enough of cuts to pubuc public has had enough of cuts to public services as tonight the people of tamworth have voted for labour's positive vision and a fresh start . a fresh start. >> they've sent a clear message to rishi sunak and the conservatives that they have had enough of this failed government which has crashed the economy and destroyed our public services as well. >> we're very lucky now to be sat next to gb news deputy political editor at a time like this. tom, how significant is this, do you think, for the tories? let's start with. >> well, i think the key lesson here is that the polls are not wrong. we've been talking for the last year about the 10 or 20 point lead that the labour party has, as if it's some sort of magic aethereal thing. this is real world data showing that the

labour party really is that far ahead and that this enormous lead, when it presents itself in real world electoral events , is real world electoral events, is presenting itself as as the labour party taking these seats that in some cases it's never held before. in other cases it's only won with landslide rides. and as many commentators have been saying throughout the day, throughout the morning, this is exactly the pattern that we saw in 1996, in the run up to that 1997 general election victory for the labour party. now it could be the case that things turn around in the next eight months, nine months. it could be the case that the polls change, but you'd have to see something pretty huge , huge and seismic to pretty huge, huge and seismic to shunt those polls because they haven't really moved, not moved by any significant degree in the last 12 months. >> i mean, it has been absolutely extraordinary run, really for starmer and labour. we've had rutherglen, selby, mid beds , it is mid 1990s territory.

beds, it is mid 1990s territory. if you think about it like that. if you think about it like that. i mean sir keir starmer saying now that nowhere is off limits for the labour party . is he for the labour party. is he right in that do you think? >> mean looking at the >> well i mean looking at the two seats that we've seen last night was held by the night tamworth was held by the labour as recently as labour party as recently as 2005, so but it has been trending away from the labour party demographically. there's older voters who live there, which means that generally on current polling that's more likely to vote conservative. so this shows that the labour party can tap in to those sorts of voters and then in mid—bedfordshire close classic home county sort of seat never held by the labour party since the mass franchise came about. and really deep , deep, true blue and really deep, deep, true blue territory. if the labour party is winning in these places, it does lend credence to that theory that the labour party can win in more places. theory that the labour party can win in more places . crucially, win in more places. crucially, it undermines the lib dem message that only the lib dems can win in these sorts of seats. it seems like the labour party can now too. >> yeah, really interesting that you upon the lib dems

you touch upon the lib dems there because there story there because there is a story isn't there, about them underperform forming in these by elections. do you let us know what you make of that as well? gb views at gbnews.com. but first of all, go live now first of all, let's go live now to ground. hope to the ground. christopher hope is in mid—bedfordshire and is there in mid—bedfordshire and jack carson is there in jack carson is there for us in tamworth. you tamworth. good morning to you both . and chris hope, let's both. and chris hope, let's start mid where start with you in mid where i believe, sir keir starmer has just been there on his victory lap . that's right. lap. that's right. >> it's driving now north to tamworth. i mean, he can't believe his luck. honey, this seat here, mid bev turner going labour for the first time since 1931. extraordinary times here. and as i think as the prime minister rishi sunak flies back from saudi arabia this lunchtime, he's got a lot to think about now i've got some tory whatsapps here, people to tell tory telling me tell you, tory mps telling me that are in shock. that colleagues are in shock. they polls were wrong. they hope the polls were wrong. there's ominous silence and there's an ominous silence and that silence is because on wednesday next week mps can start to resubmit letters of no confidence in the prime

minister, the tory leader. after one grace. since he was one year's grace. since he was appointed. and will try and appointed. and will they try and do they may try and put do that? they may try and put these letters to make him to these letters in to make him to almost wake to the almost to wake up to the problems the tory party . has got problems the tory party. has got out here in the country. there's big issues here. we've got a reshuffle to shuffle next week. will that happen? we're not sure. big concerns from the tory party but to party in the in the grassroots that they look here at in in mid at those numbers in in mid bedfordshire reform party bedfordshire the reform party run richard the gb news run by richard tice, the gb news presenter , took 1800 votes. had presenter, took 1800 votes. had those votes not gone to the reform party, had gone to the tory party , the tories would tory party, the tories would have won. i think the same is true in tamworth and that's the problem here. the reform is offering of policy to offering a slate of policy to the the party is that the right of the party is that where the tories need to go now? once it's just? finally one mp sent a list of to what do sent me a list of to what do next. the idea that things are stressed for tory government stressed for the tory government . boats. we know that . stop the boats. we know that one net migration ditch one kerb net migration ditch these the ban on gay conversion

therapy which may be coming shortly . tax cuts for small shortly. tax cuts for small businesses and tax cuts for families . that's where the party families. that's where the party is going to go over the next few months. so the party will probably go towards the right to try and find some way to enthuse the voters to out because the voters to get out because the voters to get out because the turnout here was 44, not 74. that means that tory mps are tory members are sitting on their hands . they're not voting. their hands. they're not voting. they don't want to vote for the tory party. how can sunak fix that? >> wednesday this week where those new no confidence letters could go in just finally with you, chris, do you think there's actually an appetite to change over prime minister yet another time? six different prime ministers in the last five years ? >> the answer to that probably is no time for a relief for you and me. and maybe the viewers. i think what they might try and do, mps who are a bit angry about rishi sunak sunak's leadership and don't forget he's only became prime minister on

tuesday next week . one year ago, tuesday next week. one year ago, liz truss disappeared off this time last time last year they want to see some idea that he's listening . they tell me that listening. they tell me that there's a feeling there's a chue there's a feeling there's a clique around the pm that they can't get a word in edgeways. they want to be listened to often. the only way to get their attention to put these attention is to put in these letters of no confidence. and if 15% of mps do then there 15% of mps do it, then there might well be a vote of no confidence in the pm. the tory leader, before christmas. that's the got is the problem they've got is there's replace him, there's no one to replace him, but it might be a protest vote. okay christopher hope there for us mid—bedfordshire. okay christopher hope there for us mid—bedvery hire. okay christopher hope there for us mid—bedvery much. let's >> thank you very much. let's cross over now to jack carson in tamworth good morning to tamworth for us. good morning to you, jack and absolutely fascinating, isn't it, in tamworth? because as you've been saying this morning, this was a seat that wasn't even on the labour party's radar . labour party's radar. >> yeah, that's right. pat mcfadden on gb news this morning he said that it wasn't on their radar, it wasn't one of their key targets seats. i think that's basically because of course seat went

course since this seat went blue, back with david cameron in 2010, they've ever increased that conservative majority , that conservative majority, chris pincher as the mp was ever increasing his majority and it stood at 19,600 votes before, of course yesterday. but with that combination , as chris was combination, as chris was mentioning, of low turnouts, but also of course concern of party voters sitting on their hands, it has meant that labour has been able to overturn that overnight . and keir starmer, now overnight. and keir starmer, now on his way to tamworth as chris has, can't believe his luck. they took 45.8% of the vote share. it was a swing of around 24, so a huge swing. but voters on the ground here that i've been speaking to this morning aren't necessarily surprised that this has been the case and the recent local elections here with the council, more labour councillors voted that councillors were voted onto that councillors were voted onto that council as well as the council recently, as well as the council by—election. that was also the case. voting may be also the case. so voting may be here swinging towards labour over the past few months. but speaking to the voters, i did before that by—election yesterday, many of them were picking up on points sarah

picking up on points that sarah edwards put in her local edwards had put in her local manifesto, the issues that she said she was going to tackle, particularly were are particularly voters were are still around the high still concerned around the high street the that are street here, the shops that are closing anti—social behaviour, the station in this the police station in this town was down not long ago. so was shut down not long ago. so it doesn't have its own police station anymore. there's lots station anymore. so there's lots of issues that people of key local issues that people were that the were very annoyed about that the conservative chris pincher conservative mp chris pincher before, course resigned before, of course he resigned back in september, wasn't sorting and didn't feel sorting out and they didn't feel like were being like they were being represented. perhaps represented. so that's perhaps one reasons behind one of the reasons behind of course gone for this course why they've gone for this change. but labour, sarah edwards in her acceptance speech yesterday did that voters yesterday did say that voters here backed labour's positive vision for the country. she said this is a clear message to rishi sunak and the conservatives as well. keir starmer, of course, on his way here. i'm sure he'll reiterate that message that he said he feels said this morning that he feels labour redrawing the labour are redrawing the political doesn't feel political map. doesn't feel like that long ago that that was bofis that long ago that that was boris johnson saying that after his 2019. so his big election win in 2019. so labour starting to claw back some ground key areas, some ground in these key areas, of that if they can keep of course, that if they can keep hold of them in a year's time

when we have that general election, for election, they could be set for a majority government. >> absolutely extraordinary. it does like four does not feel like only four years boris johnson years ago that boris johnson absolutely swept the map, painted parts of the country blue that had never been blue before. it feels like the pendulum is swinging back ever faster these days. but both jack carson chris hope, thank you carson and chris hope, thank you very much for joining carson and chris hope, thank you very much forjoining us carson and chris hope, thank you very much for joining us this morning talking through morning and talking through those . yes, absolutely. >> well, let's now to >> well, let's go now to scarlett mccgwire, pollster scarlett mccgwire, the pollster who joins for further who joins us now for further analysis. very good morning to you, scarlett . so what do you you, scarlett. so what do you make of these results overnight? i mean, it suggests doesn't it? well, it proves really that the polls are right, that labour are way out ahead . way out ahead. >> yeah, i think that's absolutely right. so this was a very good night for labour, a very good night for labour, a very bad night for the conservatives. i actually think because we've seen so many of these big losses recently from these big losses recently from the conservative tvs that s'unir does slightly to just how bad a set of results these are. so we've sort of got used these,

we've sort of got used to these, you know, 20 point swings you know, over 20 point swings away them. but it is away from them. but it is extraordinary. and i know that tom mentioned that this is exactly of tony exactly the sort of thing tony blair was in the run up to blair was doing in the run up to 97. it's absolutely right. but blair was doing in the run up to 97itit's absolutely right. but blair was doing in the run up to 97it evenysolutely right. but blair was doing in the run up to 97it even doinglly right. but blair was doing in the run up to 97it even doing it right. but blair was doing in the run up to 97it even doing it atjht. but blair was doing in the run up to 97it even doing it at greater is it even doing it at greater pace? so it is sort of confirming what seeing confirming what we're seeing at the but on a more the polls. but then on a more detailed level, it's actually it's confirming what detailed level, it's actually it's seeing1firming what detailed level, it's actually it's seeing in'ming what detailed level, it's actually it's seeing in that] what detailed level, it's actually it's seeing in that the at detailed level, it's actually it's seeing in that the loss we're seeing in that the loss being the being inflicted on the conservatives is not so much people going labour en masse, people going to labour en masse, but really disaffect conservative voters. so those people who voted conservative in 2019 just not coming out to vote for this party and think what should be really worrying the government at the moment is there's particular signs there's no particular signs they'll home. now . i they'll come home. right now. i wonder if we're looking at the next whenever the next election might be, the next nine months, perhaps even the next 12 months is that enough time for things to turn around? >> are there any indications in what we've seen in the last 12 months that things could tighten ? because from where i'm sitting , things have been incredibly

flat in the polls no matter what rishi sunak tries to do things really aren't budging very much at all. well, yeah. >> i mean, i do actually think that's right. so obviously rishi sunak came in when the government was doing incredibly badly in the polls. i mean, there were sort of 30 plus points behind truss he points behind under truss he narrowed the polls, you know, 20 points. were even points. we were even getting much sort of much closer, more like sort of maybe 15. and there was maybe 12, 15. and there was a sense that maybe this could really for the election. really tighten for the election. so that's looking so that's now looking quite unlikely. some i unlikely. now, some tightening i think will be expected because they'll think some they'll they'll think some of these these these sort of don't knows these conservatives don't knows might come but it looks come home. but yeah it looks like it's a phenomenally difficult and think the difficult task and i think the problem so next 12 months is problem is so next 12 months is not very long. and i think what the public are really feeling this not so much, i think, a this is not so much, i think, a personal vote on rishi sunak, although also managed although he's also not managed to round personally, to win people round personally, but a vote on the state of but it's a vote on the state of the and, you know, when the country. and, you know, when you focus groups all over you go to focus groups all over the when you sort of the country, when you sort of listen to voters, they have this real are poorer real sense that they are poorer than a few years ago,

than they were a few years ago, that is in a worse that the nhs is in a worse state, that they're not happy with immigration how with the immigration system, how it is. and so you'd have to see quite dramatic turnarounds and really short amount of really quite a short amount of time i think, the time i think, for the conservatives with chance. >> it's, it's that age old ronald reagan, 1984. question do you better off than you did you feel better off than you did just four short years ago? perhaps a very different question. this year that brits would answer. then americans would answer. then the americans did in 1984, scarlett mccgwire , did in 1984, scarlett mccgwire, thank you very much for talking us through what perhaps is a very bad day for the conservatives and a very good day for the polling industry. >> how much changed, hasn't >> how much has changed, hasn't it, last four years? do it, in the last four years? do you views coming in you keep your views coming in gbviews@gbnews.com? but do stay with still come, a woman with us. still to come, a woman has been swept to her death in a river unprecedented river after unprecedented rainfall hit scotland. we'll be going live to our reporter tony mcguire, who'll have the latest for .

pm. on gb news, the people's channel pm. on gb news, the people's channel, britain's news channel . channel, britain's news channel. >> good morning . it's 1026, channel, britain's news channel. >> good morning . it's1026, and >> good morning. it's1026, and you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news with ellie costello and me, tom hannood. >> now the us president, costello and me, tom hannood. >> now the us president , joe >> now the us president, joe biden addressed americans last night where he said he would ask us congress for bills . tens of us congress for bills. tens of dollars. how much, tom? >> $100 billion. sounds like one of those numbers that you'd hear in austin powers and those silly movies where they sort of make up in unimaginable amounts of

money but $100 billion, that's about 87 billion, billion , about 87 billion, billion, billion pounds, isn't it? >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> it's still just just worth more than the dollar despite despite the last few years we've had just about. >> but that money is going to go to israel and ukraine to buy weapons and send humanitarian aid to both of those countries. >> well, we're joined now by our reporter charlie peters, live from tel aviv. and charlie, we hear that you've just returned from an israeli defence force confer . lawrence, what did they confer. lawrence, what did they say . say. >> well, one of the serious questions put to the idf by journalists gathering this morning was about aid crossing into the gaza strip. we have heard so much, of course, since this conflict began back and forth, discussions about whether israel egypt will maintain forth, discussions about whether israepartialigypt will maintain forth, discussions about whether israepartial blockade maintain forth, discussions about whether israepartial blockade onintain forth, discussions about whether israepartial blockade or whether that partial blockade or whether or not they will allow aid in. two days ago, we reported that benjamin netanyahu had agreed to allow aid to enter, but since then, there has been no movement on the rafah crossing. and in

the last half hour, an idf spokesman said that that situation was still to be determined . yesterday, rishi determined. yesterday, rishi sunak thanked the prime minister of israel for agreeing to allow aid in. but for all the talk , aid in. but for all the talk, there has been no movement. we've seen dozens of trucks gathering on the egyptian side as reported damage to the roads leading into the rafah crossing have still yet to be dealt with. there's been shelling in that area on top airstrikes in the area on top of airstrikes in the region as well. so a very significant moment for whether or not aid enter because, of or not aid can enter because, of course, idf has asked the course, the idf has asked the best part of a million people to flee from the north to the south. and they've also asked foreign gather in foreign nationals to gather in the the us and the uk the south, the us and the uk both people to both expecting their people to be allowed to exit from that rafah crossing into egypt. it's highly unlikely that any palestinians will exit because thatis palestinians will exit because that is a red line for egypt and jordan and indeed other arab powers here. they don't want to see palestinians leave the gaza strip because they think that once they're out, they won't be allowed go back in. but the

allowed to go back in. but the idf great efforts idf saying that great efforts are made to ensure that are being made to ensure that foreign nationals at least can leave strip. we await leave the gaza strip. we await further updates and, charlie, you have been at conference you have been at that conference this the idf. this morning of the idf. >> of course, they're >> now, of course, they're not going sharing that going to be sharing that operational with the operational plan, as with the press. but how likely do you think what sense do you get of a ground offensive by israel? we've been talking about it for about eight days now, haven't we? the troops gathering on the border there . but how likely do border there. but how likely do you think there will be that ground offensive and how would that take place as i think it is highly likely. >> now, yesterday we heard statements from yoav galant, the defence minister, telling troops gathering in that convoy on the border that they can see gaza from afar. but soon they will see it from the inside, adding that the order will come. those kind of statements, you really can't row back from in a time of war. so it feels highly likely that that invasion is going to come. tonight is friday night of

course, it will be shabbat night. tomorrow the jewish night. and tomorrow the jewish holiday. so highly unlikely to see 24 see movements in the next 24 hours. moment get hours. but every moment they get to gather and prepare for that invasion is a benefit to the israelis they can prepare for israelis as they can prepare for the sustainment and the shaping part of a ground invasion. more bombardments required, more logistical supplies required, and also the preparation and practise troops on the practise for troops on the ground . but at the same time, ground. but at the same time, this a benefit to hamas at this is a benefit to hamas at the time, because they are the same time, because they are developing defences inside developing their defences inside that most densely populated part of the world. some 500km of tunnels underground . and if it tunnels underground. and if it is an invasion it will be slow and deliberate because there will be obstacles and suicide bombers and booby traps and bombs littered all over the streets of north gaza. there are also significant numbers of civilians, remains in north gaza who will almost certainly be used as human shields by the terrorists remaining there. the fighting that we will see there will be extremely. an idf soldiers i've spoken to expect

it to be engaged in hand to hand combat fighting door to door, house to house. so a extremely precarious and long war on the honzon precarious and long war on the horizon . horizon. >> really, really stark reporting there . charlie peters, reporting there. charlie peters, of course, we know that urban warfare is amongst the most dangerous form of warfare. and it appears to be getting ever closer still. charlie peters live from tel aviv , we thank you live from tel aviv, we thank you for your reporting. yes thank you very much, indeed. >> stay safe . well, still to >> stay safe. well, still to come, we're going to be talking about defeat the about that double defeat for the tories . more fallout after tories. more fallout after labour dealt a double labour has dealt a double by—election blow rishi sunak by—election blow to rishi sunak by—election blow to rishi sunak by overturning huge conservative majorities in tamworth and mid—bedfordshire and wagatha christie returns coleen rooney says that she was forced to expose rebekah vardy because repeated leaks about her personal life just wouldn't stop i >> she says this in her new netflix documentary. >> and if you caught the doc, you might have seen a familiar

face. it's me quite a lot. in the third episode, which was a surprise to lots of people, including myself. >> use lots of clips of you reporting from outside the courtroom , which is no, ma'am, courtroom, which is no, ma'am, my lot in the in the my voice a lot in the in the commentary as well. >> i of narrated, i think >> i kind of narrated, i think a lot of the third episode. >> well, we'll be having a look at that lot more. and of at that a lot more. and of course, much more that course, much, much more that after your morning with . tamsin >> tom, thank you. here are the headunes >> tom, thank you. here are the headlines at 1032. the labour leader says his party has made history after overturning a conservative majority to win two by elections just a warning of flashing images in tamworth . flashing images in tamworth. sarah edwards secured a win flipping a majority of more than 19,000. meanwhile alastair strathern claimed mid—bedfordshire . with a 20.5% mid—bedfordshire. with a 20.5% swing, marking the largest labour win in a by—election

since 1945 . israeli troops are since 1945. israeli troops are mobilising along the border of the gaza strip ahead of a possible ground invasion on tanks, troops and helicopters have been seen near the border this morning . israeli defence this morning. israeli defence minister yoav galant has told troops they would soon see the palestinian enclave from inside . palestinian enclave from inside. meanwhile rishi sunak is travelling to egypt to prevent a further expansion of the israel—hamas conflict at. the prime minister has already met with his israeli counterpart and saudi arabia's crown prince in the talks today. he's also expected to stress the importance of preventing further loss of civilian life. at least nine british nationals have been killed and seven are missing since the attack by hamas on october the seventh . and more october the seventh. and more than 1600 suspected members of county lines drug gangs have been arrested in one week across england and wales. the been arrested in one week across england and wales . the operation england and wales. the operation seized class a drugs worth more

than £1 million and cash at the same value. around 58 children have been referred to safeguarding services for possible exploitation by the gangs. possible exploitation by the gangs . the action also closed gangs. the action also closed 250 phone lines and seized more than 400 weapons, which included fire arms and knives . well, you fire arms and knives. well, you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website at gbnews.com . for stunning gold at gbnews.com. for stunning gold and silver coins, you'll always value. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> here's a quick look at today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2127 and ,1.1453. the price of gold is £1,636.92 per ounce. and the ftse 100 is at 7465 points. roslyn gold proudly

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ellie costello. now coleen rooney's new documentary has dropped on disney plus and it's reignited the wagatha christie chronicles. remember that with new scandals and gossip , i have new scandals and gossip, i have to say it is the best title, best story title. >> i think of any story i've covered in the last two and a half years on this channel. but you might have seen a familiar face cameo cameoing. that's an interesting word to say. cameo ing throughout the documentary . ing throughout the documentary. ing throughout the documentary. i wonder which face that might have been. well, joining to us discuss this and reveal all is showbiz reporter ellie phillips and ellie phillips. before we get into the meat, the substance of the documentary , it's another of the documentary, it's another ellie who keeps popping up throughout this documentary . throughout this documentary. >> oh, this is so funny, tom was at the premiere in liverpool that actually hosted on wednesday night . wednesday night. >> and i'm here in liverpool now, which is why it's so dark. i'm at the titanic hotel, which is notoriously dark, and i'm watching documentary part three comes and genuinely every

comes on and genuinely every five minutes ellie costello's on screen and i'm like, this is ellie costello presents wagatha christie it's crazy. it was so good to see it was all her reporting from when she covered the trial for gb news and yeah, it was really well done and it was just really great to see quite a few actual faces. gb news in particular, ellie was throughout the whole of episode three. >> well, ellie, i've got to thank you because it was actually you who's live texting me. it must be said from the premiere to say, ellie, you are all across this third episode. i had absolute no idea. so thank you, for ellie, flagging that one. it was the most remarkable case, wasn't it? and you can see why it's become a documentary, because there is just so much to unpack. and you hosted the premiere of the documentary. what did you make of it? >> yeah, the documentary is amazing . it's so well done. it's amazing. it's so well done. it's so well put together the production companies behind it and have wanted to do this since 2016, 2017, and it was actually

the you know, they were trying to get coleen on board. and then when this wagatha christie scandal happened, i think she felt like actually maybe is now the right time because there is something i want to say. i want to put my message across. i don't think a five minute interview on television is going to do justice to what i want to people, to understand about what she went through. and she did actually go through a lot. and it explains it really well because it's three part. the first part goes into her history, how she became this incredibly loyal person with her upbringing in liverpool, working class family . and the second class family. and the second part, it was all about the trap . part, it was all about the trap. and then the third part was all about the trial . so it segments about the trial. so it segments it really well and takes you on this journey that she went through and you understand why it was so traumatic to her. and because, you know, to feel that someone's leaking your private information and you don't know who it is and itjust feels

information and you don't know who it is and it just feels very uncomfortable and then you're paranoid about other people . so paranoid about other people. so it really, really impacted her. and but now i think she feels like she's come out the other side of it. who else has had their say? who was like, i think it's time people hear my side of the story and i've got to say, i love that rebekah vardy tried to, um. well she, she, what's it called ? got the ip of wagatha called? got the ip of wagatha christie so no one could no one could use it. so that's why coleen called it the real wagatha story . so she got around wagatha story. so she got around it . it. >> so interesting that you can you can copyright a you can copyright such a ubiquitous phrase, but we do have a little clip of the trailer for this documentary series. let's let's just have a little look see have you still got the post on your phone? >> yeah, yeah, we see it there. >> yeah, yeah, we see it there. >> my way. it's . on cd. i stick >> my way. it's. on cd. i stick by them . by them. >> wagatha christie starts today at the high court.

>> fellow wags and former friends embroiled in a bitter out . i friends embroiled in a bitter out. i haven't friends embroiled in a bitter out . i haven't actually watched out. i haven't actually watched it yet. so i do need to sit down and actually watch all three episodes. so i'm looking fonnard to it. tell us, because you were hosting the premiere, you were along side coleen rooney herself . give us the inside scoop. what does she make of whole does she make of the whole scandal that it's behind scandal now that it's all behind her, scandal now that it's all behind hen saga scandal now that it's all behind her, saga ? and what her, the whole saga? and what was she telling you on the night? >> i think genuinely she was a bit traumatised by it all. she never expected for a post on social media to be something that landed her in court and think she's just very happy and very grateful that the truth came out in the end. and you see how much rebekah vardy's lawyers tried to use fairly underhand tactics to try and force her to even to settling, to make her think, oh , maybe you don't have think, oh, maybe you don't have enough evidence. and maybe we have more than you have. when they didn't really have that. and think now she feels and i think now she feels vindicated , but i think she vindicated, but i think she feels sad still that rebekah still won't own up to it because

a lot of people ask, you know, of coleen, why do you forgive wayne for all his indiscretions and everything done? and and everything he's done? and but for coleen, she's like, if someone can hold their hands up and say, i made a mistake, i'm sorry , i own it, she can forgive sorry, i own it, she can forgive me and move on. and she's always had that from wayne in the things that he's done that, you know, other people might not forgive. coleen a very forgive. coleen is a very forgiving person, but with rebekah vardy, i think the fact that she still denies what she's doneis that she still denies what she's done is quite hard for coleen in a way , because she just doesn't a way, because she just doesn't understand that everyone knows you did it. just admit to it. oh, and we'll all move on and i'll probably forgive you. >> it's extraordinary that she hasn't owned up to it. after after a court case, after conclusive social media posts, after what feels like years, it probably hasn't been years. it's probably hasn't been years. it's probably been about about a yean probably been about about a year. but but ellie phillips, thank you so much for talking us through all of all of that saga in this new exciting documentary

series. >> she's had a very busy few days. rmt phillips thank you very much, ellie, for that. now in the past hour, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has commented on the situation in the middle east. here's what he had say. had to say. >> i think any effort to ensure there isn't any escalation is obviously welcome. >> i think there are two priorities now , urgent priorities. >> the first is hamas must release the hostages who are being held in gaza and secondly, urging we need that humanitarian aid to get in the food. the water, the fuel, the medicines . water, the fuel, the medicines. obviously, there's been some progress , but much more is progress, but much more is needed. progress, but much more is needed . it's urgent. there are, needed. it's urgent. there are, you know, many innocent civilians in gaza . it's civilians in gaza. it's a humanitarian crisis. there's a million children. and that aid desperately and urgently needs to get in. >> does israel have a right to embark upon a ground invasion of gaza? well, israel has the right to defend herself and obviously there are hostages still being

held. >> but whatever action is taken in has to be in accordance with international law. i think that's a very clear framework. and israel is bound by that international law. >> but to be explicit, that's you acknowledging and accepting that it you acknowledging and accepting thatitis you acknowledging and accepting that it is justified for them to go in. >> well, look, it's for israel to decide what the response should be. they do have a right to self—defence. and more than that , there are, you know , to self—defence. and more than that, there are, you know , up to that, there are, you know, up to 200 israelis still being held hostage . of course, israel has hostage. of course, israel has to do all that it can to get those hostages back safely. you know, and in good shape. but, of course , equally, that has to be course, equally, that has to be donein course, equally, that has to be done in accordance with international law . international law. >> sir keir starmer there speaking in the last few minutes. just to reiterate it, he said that, number one, hostages must be released. number two, aid must get to people in gaza to. and he also

said that israel has a right to defend itself but must do so in accordance with international law. well we're joined now by the former government special adviser, charlie rowley, and the author and journalist hilary freeman. and, hilary, let's start with you. this is a very, very tense time , obviously. and very tense time, obviously. and we've seen , i think, politicians we've seen, i think, politicians in this country agree to some extent try and balance things, talking perhaps more so about the rights of people in gaza who are caught up in all of this than perhaps some other countries are . countries are. >> so what do you mean , some >> so what do you mean, some other countries? >> so, for example, looking at the political discussion in the united states of america, it will be much more focussed on israeli hostages and israel in this country . the conversation this country. the conversation seems to lean more into international law and potentially the rights of palestinians in gaza. >> well, yes, i mean, it certainly feels like that to the jewish community here, where

that seems to be a lot of pussyfooting around , actually pussyfooting around, actually condemning hamas , which is, you condemning hamas, which is, you know, making people feel very insecure indeed . obviously, the insecure indeed. obviously, the is really important that international law is kept and it's very important that, you know, that people who are in a humanitarian crisis in gaza are held , but that shouldn't be at held, but that shouldn't be at the expense of israel and it shouldn't be at the expense of the jewish community in this country who are being attacked . country who are being attacked. >> charlie let's bring >> charlie rowley, let's bring you this point. get your you in at this point. get your reaction keir starmer reaction to sir keir starmer speaking making it very, speaking there, making it very, very clear that he wants to see those hostages released up to 200 of them being held in gaza and aid needs to be allowed into gaza as well. what did you make of what he said? >> i thought what he said was absolutely right. and i think we can all agree with that because it's vital yes, these it's vital that, yes, these hostages, are innocent hostages, these are innocent people, regardless of their religion live, people, regardless of their relig are live, people, regardless of their relig are innocent live, people, regardless of their relig are innocent people. 5, people, regardless of their relig are innocent people. it is they are innocent people. it is civilians that will always be caught in these terror caught up in these terror conflicts terror

conflicts and these terror zones. they must be released. zones. so they must be released. and you must make sure that that aid get people that aid does get to the people that need the most. i absolutely need it the most. i absolutely agree hilary was agree with what hilary was saying ago. it was a saying a second ago. it was a terrorist attack terrorist terrorist attack by a terrorist organisation , a proscribed organisation, a proscribed terrorist group under uk law. so we need to call it out for what it is and we shouldn't be absolutely, as hilary said, pussyfooting around the subject. but doesn't come at the but that doesn't come at the expense innocent people expense of those innocent people on the ground. we must make sure that people protected that these people are protected and as best we can and looked after as best we can because are british because there are british citizens israel were citizens in israel that were caught in that terror attack. caught up in that terror attack. but there will also be innocent palestinians. yes, palestine, palestinians. yes, in palestine, in gaza. that should not be or not have their lives put at risk because of this conflict. >> now, of course, we're looking at pictures of the prime minister's visits to israel yesterday. then went on to yesterday. he then went on to saudi arabia met mohammed saudi arabia, met with mohammed bin salman , is now in egypt for bin salman, is now in egypt for meetings as well. how important is the delicate balance of all of these other countries in the

region, some which are sort of leaning towards a western view of things ? i know that jordan's of things? i know that jordan's in a very precarious position, sort of balancing these issues and potentially this whole saga was started because of what people expected to be a normalisation of relations between israel and saudi arabia. well absolutely. >> i mean, there is an argument that hamas attack happened in order to destabilise, you know, the abraham accords happening with with countries around israel becoming more friendly to israel. it's not in their interest for that to happen . so, interest for that to happen. so, yeah, it is a tinderbox box, but i think that that many of the countries around israel don't like hamas any more than hamas, than israel do. and, you know, the fact that we're talking about aid getting to the palestinians, why hasn't their aid come in from egypt? because egypt doesn't want to open their borders and let hamas in. that's the reason. >> hillary, you talk there about it being a tinderbox. are you concerned and now, i mean, especially looking towards a ground invasion by israel into

gaza , to do you do you fear that gaza, to do you do you fear that this will get much bigger, that this will get much bigger, that this will get much bigger, that this will be a regional conflict with the players in the middle east surrounding israel? >> well, i very much hope not. i mean, obviously , the other the mean, obviously, the other the other issue is the fact that, you know, we know that iran funds hamas . we know that russia funds hamas. we know that russia supports , you know, hamas. we supports, you know, hamas. we know that that china does. i mean, you know, the implications of this could be absolutely. you know , huge and very, very know, huge and very, very worrying . but know, huge and very, very worrying. but i know, huge and very, very worrying . but i hope that isn't worrying. but i hope that isn't the case. i hope that there are, you know, diplomatic efforts to stop it becoming world war iii. and i don't i don't think that that will happen. but, yeah, it is potentially very, very worrying. >> i should explain to those listening on the radio, we're currently looking at pictures of the israel lebanon border . so the israel lebanon border. so this is the border where hezbollah are operational and it looks like there have been a series of explosions on this border. we're just seeing the aftermath , the smoke rising from

aftermath, the smoke rising from the ground. charlie rowley, we know that hezbollah is better funded than hamas. they've got more sophisticated weaponry, a closer to iran. how concerned should we be? are we being too focussed on gaza when actually it could be the lebanon, israel border that lights up into open warfare? first, i think that's absolutely right. >> and you know, it just shows how delicate the whole region is and how delicate the situation is, which is why the prime minister is absolutely right to be saudi arabia, is why be in saudi arabia, which is why i it was right that i think it was right that president a that president biden, a good that did. to wait and see. did. we have to wait and see. but you know, went and that's but you know, he went and that's a good thing. so all international diplomatic efforts a good thing. so all intevitalonal diplomatic efforts a good thing. so all intevital because, ymatic efforts a good thing. so all intevital because, again,efforts a good thing. so all intevital because, again, justts are vital because, again, just agreeing hillary , you've agreeing with hillary, you've got why hamas has got to remember why hamas has carried out the attack that it did was to completely destabilise, which was a slow and steady. yes. but progressive process to bring about more peace than what you might have seen yesterday. six months, two

years ago. so it's steady progress. hamas have totally usurped that process because they want to destabilise the region . so you have to have a region. so you have to have a know a tough conversation with israel to say, you know, don't it make yourself look to the international community. don't bnng international community. don't bring more conflict upon yourself by overreacting . and of yourself by overreacting. and of course, you've got a right to defend yourself if and the reason why it's so complicated is because, yes, hezbollah are absolutely better funded, better organised, but hamas are integrating themselves as terrorists within the community and they are hard to root out. that's why it will be. i think, a much more dangerous in the coming days and weeks because if there is going to be a ground invasion by israel, they want to go and root out hamas terrorists , as they absolutely should. but the of hamas integrating the tactics of hamas integrating themselves the communities, themselves in the communities, in hospitals, in the in schools, in hospitals, in the local area, they will be very, very difficult to find, which means there will be more casualties and innocent civilians in civilians will get caught up in this. but we need to have a

whole international community approach conflict approach to bring this conflict to end. and we need to to an end. and we only need to see guerrilla warfare really see how guerrilla warfare really plays out. >> i mean, it seems silly >> i mean, it seems like a silly comparison to make, really. but but a very but vietnam was a very good example a poorly resourced example of a poorly resourced army because were so army because they were so embedded throughout lots of different areas . they could different areas. they could wreak absolute havoc . we will wreak absolute havoc. we will keep across what is going on currently live on the israel lebanon border . if any more lebanon border. if any more developments happen, we will, of course, bring you to bring them to you live. but let's now turn to you live. but let's now turn to what has happened closer to home. a reaction , if you would. home. a reaction, if you would. hilary freeman of these two. seismic by—election wins by the labour party last night. >> well, i think it was more of a loss for the conservatives than it was a win for labour. i think people are just voting against the conservatives now, not surprisingly, after the amount of years we've had of just incompetent government and i think rishi sunak isn't incompetent like his predecessors, but i think it's a little bit too little too late.

and the economy is in such a state and people have just had enough. they want a change. >> charlie tamworth, the second best by—election swing to labour of all time and mid beds has been conservative since 19 1831. how worried are the tories going to be now ? to be now? >> well, there's significant losses and there's no getting away for that. i mean, obviously the turnout in by elections is a lot lower . i think hopefully. lot lower. i think hopefully. well, when it comes to a general election, all the conservatives can do now is do what i think greg clark was right to say. work harder, make sure that the government is getting its message out there to ensure that when comes to general when it comes to the general election, those conservative voters out in voters who didn't turn out in these elections do turn out at a general election , the general election, the circumstances of which both of them apart, called them were called apart, called about, i think did play a factor into it . i about, i think did play a factor into it. i mean, if i was in mid beds, i'm not quite sure whether i'd be able to support the tory party given the circumstances. but of work to be done but a lot of work to be done and we'll wait and see. we'll just have to wait and see. when it comes to the general

strong words. >> well, charlie rowley and indeed freeman, you indeed harry freeman, thank you very much talking through indeed harry freeman, thank you very rbig, talking through indeed harry freeman, thank you very rbig, big talking through indeed harry freeman, thank you very rbig, big issues; through indeed harry freeman, thank you very rbig, big issues this)ugh those big, big issues this morning. day it morning. what a busy news day it is. >> it has been a very busy news day. up next, we're

good morning. it's 11 am. should we do it together? friday today, the 20th of october. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. as you can see, we're tom

hannood and me, ellie costello coming up for you today. >> double defeat for the tories. labour has dealt a double by—election blow to rishi sunak, overturning huge conservative majorities in both tamworth and mid—bedfordshire . mid—bedfordshire. >> but do these results overnight indicates the end of the conservative government at the conservative government at the next general election? well, their party chairman greg hands doesn't think so . doesn't think so. >> well, obviously this is a very disappointing result for us, but by—election wins are by elections. governments it's rarely win by elections as the israel defence force held a press conference this morning whilst israeli troops are mobilising on the border of the gaza strip this ahead of a possible ground invasion storm babet strikes a woman in scotland is swept to her death and hundreds are told to evacuate their homes as the storm takes hold. >> a red weather warning remains

in place for parts of britain. we'll have the latest . we'll have the latest. el elli, i have to say i'm always very impressed with how you say red weather warning . you say red weather warning. >> it's one of the trickiest tongue twisters in all of broadcasting that we have to say so often. but also, of course, if you're watching at home, please do get involved in the discussion. vaiews@gbnews.com is the address to get in touch and we'll be looking at some of your comments in the next few minutes. but before all of that, it's time for your morning news update with . tamsin tom, thanks update with. tamsin tom, thanks very much and good morning from the gb news room. >> it's 11:01. the gb news room. >> it's11:01. the labour the gb news room. >> it's 11:01. the labour leader says his party has made history after overturning a conservative majority to win two by elections .just majority to win two by elections . just a warning of flashing

images coming up in tamworth. sarah edwards secured a win , sarah edwards secured a win, flipping a majority of more than 9000. meanwhile alastair strathern claimed mid beds fisher with a 20.5% swing marks the largest labour win in a by—election since 1945. he says he's happy people voted for change. >> and we have been really humbled by how seriously people have taken this election, this opportunity to do something different, this chance to make sure have an mp in sure we finally have an mp in parliament who's going be parliament who's going to be on our and think it's fair our side. and i think it's fair to say that after today, no one is going to be taking us for granted in bedfordshire granted here in bedfordshire ever granted here in bedfordshire evewell, conservative party >> well, conservative party chairman says chairman greg hands says labour's are not so labour's wins are not so significant. >> labour hardly improved their vote at all and in fact went down in mid bedfordshire slightly . but i don't think that slightly. but i don't think that will have an impact on the general election. clearly we need to recognise is that a large number of our conservative voters did not come out yesterday in mid bedfordshire and tamworth despite having

excellent candidates in festus akinbusoye and in andy cooper. so we need to work harder. we need to make sure that people get the government message that we are delivering against the five priorities, making progress i >> united nations secretary general antonio guterres is in egypt to push for aid to flow into gaza. but the united states has details of a deal to send aid through the rafah crossing between sinai and gaza are still being discussed. meanwhile, israeli troops are mobilising along the border of the gaza strip ahead of a possible ground invasion on tanks, troops and helicopters have been seen near the border this morning . israeli the border this morning. israeli defence minister yoav galant told troops yesterday they would soon see the palestinian enclave from inside died. well today idf international spokesperson richard hecht says israel monitors a situation in gaza closely . closely. >> we see there's a lot of movement of forces were organising all the forces for our future stages and again, our

goal militarily, military wise, is to dismantle hamas capabilities all the way up to sinwar the rocket attacks continue . you're all here. continue. you're all here. you're seeing them. the humanitarian zone has already openedin humanitarian zone has already opened in the mahyar tousi area south of wadi gaza . south of wadi gaza. >> meanwhile, israel says it's ordered the evacuation of residents from a northern town close to the lebanese border. more than 20,000 people live in qiryat shemona , which is about qiryat shemona, which is about a mile from the border fence. the decision to evacuate comes after days of clashes with hezbollah fighters . rishi sunak is fighters. rishi sunak is travelling to egypt to prevent further expansion of the israel—hamas conflict . the prime israel—hamas conflict. the prime minister has already met with his israeli counterpart and saudi arabia's crown prince in the talks today. he's also expected to stress the importance of preventing further loss of civilian life . at least loss of civilian life. at least nine british nationals have been killed and seven are missing

since the attack by hamas on october the 7th. here labour leader sir keir starmer says preventing the escalation should be the top priority. >> i think any effort to ensure there isn't any escalation is obviously welcome . i think there obviously welcome. i think there are two priorities now. urgent priorities . the first is hamas priorities. the first is hamas must release the hostages who are being held in gaza. and secondly , we urgently we need secondly, we urgently we need that humanity , an aid to get in that humanity, an aid to get in the food, the water, the fuel , the food, the water, the fuel, the food, the water, the fuel, the medicines. obviously, there have been some progress, but much more is needed. it's urgent . there are many innocent civilians in gaza . civilians in gaza. >> looking to other news now and minimum service levels are set to be introduced in schools and colleges in england to reduce strike, disrupt action. the government says the proposals will protect children's education during any future industrial action. it follows the action last academic year, which saw ten days of disruption . the education secretary,

gillian keegan , says how long gillian keegan, says how long the plans will to take implement. >> i've invited the unions in to have a discussion because we have a discussion because we have worked well together to end industrial action to bring the biggest pay rise that teachers have had in history and also to introduce a minimum starting salary of £30,000. so we have worked together and we're working together on reducing workloads. so i have invited the unions in and i hope that we can we have the common interest of protecting children's education dunng protecting children's education during the strike action, we lost million of lost 25 million days of education and the impact on children is just too much . children is just too much. >> more than 1600 suspected members of county lines drug gangs have been arrested in one week across england and wales. the operation sees class a drugs worth more than £1 million and cash of the same value . around cash of the same value. around 58 children have been referred to safeguarding services for possible exploitation by the gangs. the action also closed 250 phone lines and seized more than 400 weapons, including

firearms and knives . residents firearms and knives. residents in brighton may not be able to return to their homes by christmas , according to a local christmas, according to a local councillor in angus in scotland. parts of the country are now only accessible by boat as the water level rises to waist height after the river esk broke its banks . a red weather warning its banks. a red weather warning remains in place for parts of scotland as storm babet forces the evacuation of residents. also, amber warnings for wind and rain remain for northern england, the midlands and northern wales. a yellow warning has also been issued for northern ireland as the storm continues to sweep across the uk . this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car , on digital on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker. just say play gb news. now it's back to elliot and . tom back to elliot and. tom >> thanks, tamsin. it's 11:08. >> thanks, tamsin. it's11:08. you're with britain's newsroom

on gb news with tom hannood and me, ellie costello. and we've had so many of your emails in this morning. as always, thank you so much for your company. and tom, i wanted to ask you about this because i've had a couple of emails in here mentioning the name boris johnson. one from steve, who says boris can save us. says only boris can save us. now, it's a sad day to be a tory and one here from jacqui who says, bring back boris. he's the only person i'd vote for. says, bring back boris. he's the only person i'd vote for . and i only person i'd vote for. and i don't think steve and jacqui will be alone because for many people , boris johnson is the people, boris johnson is the election winner . he won, in election winner. he won, in their eyes, the 2019 general election . when could we see election. when could we see a comeback of boris johnson? >> well, you'd have to have another by—election first, because, of course, boris johnson an mp. he johnson is no longer an mp. he resigned his seat and of course there was that by—election in uxbndge there was that by—election in uxbridge that the tories clung on to by the skin of their teeth. but it is interesting, bofis teeth. but it is interesting, boris johnson, whenever he gives speeches, which he does for obscene amounts money these obscene amounts of money these days , he often refers to the days, he often refers to the fact that when he resigned as

prime minister , the tories were prime minister, the tories were around five points behind in the polls and now they're 20 points behind in the polls. well, yes, there were 1 or 2 polls that showed five points, but there were others that showed a were some others that showed a bit at that time bit bigger of a gap at that time . and of course, the big change happened with his successor , liz happened with his successor, liz truss. the aftermath of that mini—budget and the implications that were thrown onto that and the lack of sort of clawing back from rishi sunak. i wonder , from rishi sunak. i wonder, though, if boris johnson was still prime minister, would every single pmqs be going over the tortured and far too discussed elements of whether or not he had a piece of cake in the cabinet room in july 2020. who was exactly where and when. i mean all of the intricacies of partygate. how much more would they be raked over were he still in office? that's that's something i do think about. however the other half of this

is before boris johnson resigned. we never heard the phrase 13 years of tory government . it felt like a first government. it felt like a first term. he could very legitimately go and say to the country, you elected me just four years ago. we've had covid, we've had war. give me another chance because we've had so many different prime ministers since then. it's much harder for them to make the argument that this is a new government. so in the focus government. and so in the focus groups certainly when we groups and certainly when we talk people down the talk to people up and down the country, 13 years of country, they say 13 years of tory government in a way they never when boris johnson never did when boris johnson was prime and that sense prime minister, and that sense perhaps is one of the most damaging things to the conservative brand. no longer conservative brand. it no longer feels like fresh government. feels like a fresh government. it a tired government. >> interesting. you say that michael touches on this, describing as describing boris johnson as having charisma . the problem having charisma. the problem with these days is with politicians these days is they have no fire in their belly, he says. both starmer and sunak seem completely devoid of any person ality. well, do keep your emails coming in on those by—election. wins for the labour

party. let us know what you make of that. vaiews@gbnews.com. >> well, sticking with the by—election wins now these historic swings to labour and do they spell long term trouble for they spell long term trouble for the conservative party? >> well we're joined now by professor of politics at the university of strathclyde, sir john curtice , who is also tom john curtice, who is also tom hannood hero, may i add. he's very excited to talk to you this morning, sir. john curtice well, sir keir starmer says the results show that people ovennhelmingly want change and thatis ovennhelmingly want change and that is fair to say, isn't it, because they are on an extraordinary run at the moment with rutherglen. shelby mid beds and tamworth. do you think this is 1996 territory? >> yes , is the short answer to >> yes, is the short answer to that question. we are certainly at the moment in 1996 territory a so far as the position the opinion polls is concerned and be in terms of the results , be in terms of the results,

we're now beginning to get in by—election so i mean, the truth is that after the results in july, they're already referred to, we were asking ourselves , to, we were asking ourselves, well, which is the more reliable indicator of the indicator of where the government is at? is it the results in uxbridge, only a 7% swing, which as you said, was successfully defended or was it that near 24% swing in selby ? that near 24% swing in selby? well, we now know the answer. it was the 24 point swing in selby , was the 24 point swing in selby, which was slightly more than matched in tamworth and there was also a 20 point swing in in mid bedfordshire and the last time you will find swings consistently of that order in a previous parliament is the parliament of 92 to 1997 and in particular it was the very same tamworth constituency , albeit tamworth constituency, albeit then called south east staffordshire, in which in 1996 there was a 22 point swing from conservative sir john. >> i'm just going to interrupt you for a second. we're going to go live to sir keir starmer and

we'll come back to you in a moment, but have been part of and i think what you've seen here replicates what's going on across the country. >> are fed up to the back >> people are fed up to the back teeth with 13 years of decline under this government, they want a start . they want go a fresh start. they want to go fonnard. a positive case with a changed labour party laser focussed on building our economy, rebuild our living standards across the whole of the country, opportunities for every young person turning on great british energy , making great british energy, making sure our nhs is fit for the future. these are the positive things that we can do as an incoming labour government. but this constituency constituency has spoken. now loud and clear . has spoken. now loud and clear. no more of the tories . yes, no more of the tories. yes, please. to labour and there were tory voters yesterday day who went to the ballot box to vote laboun went to the ballot box to vote labour. yes and that is the because . that is because they

because. that is because they are fed up with the decline and despairing at the party they used to vote for. they've put their trust and their confidence in us. we accept that victory humbly and go on from here to make the case across the country to usher out 13 years of decline and bring in a positive labour government and a decade, i hope, of national renewal. thank you . of national renewal. thank you. all for there we have it. >> sir keir starmer speaking in tamworth. he has been to both of the constituency that his party won this morning. now and is saying perhaps quite optimistically, that he now wants a decade in power, a decade of national renewal was his phrase used there? let's turn back to professor sir john curtice . it's interesting that curtice. it's interesting that the labour party is now talking with that sort of confidence .

with that sort of confidence. are we looking at a potential decade in power for the labour party ? after all, i do remember party? after all, i do remember many reports of boris johnson thinking he'd have a decade in power, not so long ago. >> look , no, no. i mean, it's we >> look, no, no. i mean, it's we have to be careful about what we say might happen in the next 12 months. what might happen after 3 or 4 years of labour government , who knows? i 3 or 4 years of labour government, who knows? i mean, the one thing that we do know is that whoever forms the next administration face a very, administration will face a very, very difficult situation, john, because we've maxed because basically we've maxed out the credit card, the public services aren't working and we have record of taxation. have record levels of taxation. and question is who and the question is who can manage to the economy in manage to grow the economy in order us out that order to get us out of that bind? and the answer may be that we discover that labour struggle. and as a result become unpopular , however unpopular quite quickly, however much so that's too far much they win. so that's too far down the track. what we can say, i think, however, going back coming back to the by—election is, is that we are now in a position that was much the position that was much the position in 1996. that is the

concern is staring defeat in the face having to turn things around. perhaps they can turn things around, although i don't think it's going to be easy game for partly because of the economic circumstances and history isn't bound to repeat itself . but the conservatives do itself. but the conservatives do have to turn things around . and have to turn things around. and it isn't just a case of getting conservative voters to come out and vote. it didn't before . for and vote. it didn't before. for actually the last time we had a parliament in which turnout kept on falling away was the 1997 to 2001 parliament. and, you know what? the voters didn't turn out in the general election either. and perhaps in particular, what greg hunt should note is if you go back to those by elections in the when there were 20% the 1990s when there were 20% plus to labour, there plus swings to labour, there were also big drops in turnout in those by elections. two yet they did signify what was coming i >> -- >> so, john, do you think the electorate is more fickle these days because these these swings are happening much . faster

are happening much. faster >> no, i think the honest truth is that we are looking at something that's the product of two major mistakes that were made by the conservative government. i mean, if you look at the timeline of how public opinion has shifted, it's very much concentrated around two vital periods . one, you've vital periods. one, you've already referred to in your earlier conversation, and that is liz truss and her fiscal event. and the reaction of the financial markets to that. that was frankly a disaster which cost the conservatives their reputation for economic competence in much the same way, by the way, that wednesdy destroyed the economic competence in the eyes of the electorate of john major's government in 1992, something from which they never subsequently recover the bit you did miss out, however, about bofis did miss out, however, about boris that, yes, he boris johnson is that, yes, he was a very successful campaigner in but that it was in 2019, but that it was partygate and the first revelations about partygate in december 2021 that saw was the other occasion when there was a precipitate decline in conservative support . and the

conservative support. and the truth is, the problem that the conservatives face is that the electorate are reacting a to one leader whose veracity is now widely doubted, including, of course, within with amongst his own mps, which is why they eventually got rid of him and b another whose competence is also now widely doubted . and now widely doubted. and overcoming those two clouds is very difficult . labour basically very difficult. labour basically sir keir starmer was very keen to claim the credit and say everybody is wanting to vote for a changed labour party. well the changes in the labour party are probably helped labour to profit from the conservatives misfortune without those misfortune. but without those two misfortunes, whether the labour would be in labour party would be in a position they are now well, none of us knows. but shall say of us knows. but shall we say there's doubt . there's good reason for doubt. >> now, sirjohn, i do want you to respond to a viewer comment that we've had email this that we've had in an email this morning graham, has morning from graham, who has said what being picked up said, what isn't being picked up is swing to the reform is the swing to the reform party. now, graham predicts that there'll be a hung parliament. i note that the reform party did

just about hold on to their deposit in tamworth. not a big vote for them, but i mean these these small votes for reform could matter in certain key seats . seats. >> yeah, they won't, they don't increase the likelihood of a hung parliament, they increase the likelihood of the labour party election party winning the election because these are virtually everybody they're going everybody who says they're going to reform are leave to vote for reform are leave voters and leave. voters voted ovennhelmingly voters and leave. voters voted ovennhelmingback in in 2019. conservatives back in in 2019. but you're right, tamworth , of but you're right, tamworth, of course, one of the reasons why the result there was particular interest was the fact it's a constituency where two thirds of people voted leave back in 2016, just the kind of constituency in which labour were very keen to get back reconnecting with the electorate while they didn't have any difficulty in tamworth . have any difficulty in tamworth. but of course that relatively high support for leave is reflected in 5% going to reform and one of the problems the conservatives has is that, you know, there are some leave voters who are critical of

brexit because in the end it hasn't turned out as they hoped. it's not proved to be as economically successful as they at least think it expected it to be. but equally, there's another group who feel that brexit just never been pursued properly. it's never been implemented properly, and they are probably the folk who are more the folk who are now more inclined to wander off to reform. the problem is reform. but the problem is therefore leave coalition therefore that leave coalition that johnson brought that boris johnson brought together now quite badly fragmented. >> it's very difficult, of course, for the tories if they chase after that, are they abandoning some of those so—called blue seats ? the so—called blue wall seats? the more remain leaning seats that, of course , boris johnson won as of course, boris johnson won as well. how do they keep this this coalition together if chase coalition together if they chase after end? do they lose more after one end? do they lose more from the other vice versa? from the other or vice versa? i'm afraid we have run out of time for this conversation, sir john, but thank you very much for your time this morning. we really it. really appreciate it. >> happy with that? you >> are you happy with that? you enjoy it? well, no, think we i enjoy it? well, no, i think we i think we've got some think we think we've got some i think we got some really, really interesting out of that. >> have have met sir >> have you have you met sir john person?

john in person? >> um, you know what? i don't >> um, do you know what? i don't know. think i might have done. know. i think i might have done. yes have. yes no, i have. >> i have. oh, good. yes. because was about to because i was about to say, i think you need to go for a drink. well, no. >> do you know what i call mine? >> do you know what i call mine? >> before the show, we were talking about this, and i told ellie rather embarrassing. >> when growing up, i used >> when i was growing up, i used to watch these old election night long night programmes. the bbc long form, 13 hour long form, sort of 12, 13 hour long election night programmes right through from back, they through from they go back, they go back to the 1950s where go right back to the 1950s where you can watch these. you can you can watch these. >> whilst i was watching blue >> so whilst i was watching blue peter attack at peter and heart attack at the age 12, was watching age of 12, tom was watching election night specials. >> great one. well >> 1970 was a great one. well there you cracker as well. >> do you stay with us. we're going to have much more on storm babet. we're going to be to talking senior meteorologist john going be john dale. we're going to be talking unprecedented talking about that unprecedented rain flooding scotland. rain and flooding in scotland. and reporter on and we'll have our reporter on the ground as well. so do stay with .

with me, michael portillo gb news, britain's news channel . news, britain's news channel. >> good morning. it's 1125 news, britain's news channel. >> good morning. it's1125 and you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news with me tom hannood and ellie costello. >> now a 57 year old woman has died after being swept away in a river as storm babet batters scotland . scotland. >> and the met office has issued a rare red weather warning in aberdeenshire and angus . aberdeenshire and angus. >> let's go live now to gb news, scotland reporter tony maguire , scotland reporter tony maguire, who is in brecon for us this morning. what's the situation on

the ground, tony? >> hey, good morning . well, >> hey, good morning. well, certainly the emergency crews here are have been working hard and we just saw a shift change about an hour ago where there is about an hour ago where there is a mix of coastguard search and rescue, fire engine and the police as well. the flooding seems to be most severe, as we would imagine, down by the banks of the south river esk . of the south river esk. certainly behind me, you can see that there's some trees that we've already seen in the last hour shifting as they have fallen into the water as that bank completely breaks down several trails, making their way down to the stone bridge. and we expecting to see some blockages as we go further down. as you mentioned there, there's been one loss of life just upriver from here now, where a woman was fished from here now, where a woman was fished out of the river and certainly up further north towards aberdeenshire . a man has towards aberdeenshire. a man has been trapped in his car for

several hours as rescue workers attempted to get to him with the fast moving and deep floodwater . fast moving and deep floodwater. now, angus council, they had asked up to 400 homes to evacuate around this region, 335 of them were in the break in area. and as many as several hundred went up to the rest centres that have been set up all around. angus now we know that from this morning, from to talking a couple of locals that they're not 100% sure that the pumps have been turned on yet to help move all of this floodwater . and the pictures that you're seeing just now is the main street that runs alongside the south river esk. and certainly certainly still hundreds of litres of water in thousands. indeed. and as we know as well, that all the way around this region , that there are still region, that there are still some severe issues happening with with locals being trapped , with with locals being trapped,

some not being able to leave their homes since as early as 7:00 last night. and now humza yousaf, scotland's first minister, he made the point clear , echoing the plea of the clear, echoing the plea of the emergency services and local councils. he said do not travel if you think you have an appointment, you don't. if you really think you need to get to work, check with your boss. certainly the message here is we're still within about half an hour of the end of the red weather warning , but we're sure weather warning, but we're sure to see the devastation in the next few hours. >> well, tony maguire, thank you so much for bringing us that update there in brecon. and do stay safe there in those high winds and that water behind you is running incredibly fast as well. so thank you very much, tony maguire. >> joining us now in the >> well, joining us now in the studio is the senior meteorologist jim dale. and jim , meteorologist jim dale. and jim, is this sort of red weather warning at this time of year in scotland pressing rented, or are we looking at something that's

sort of is a bit new, a bit a bit more violent ? bit more violent? >> this is the first one since 2002, 20th february storm dennis brought the last red one. >> so look, when you get to you go through yellow to amber to red and red is a is a huge one. it's a flashing warning and essentially people should and have by large part taken it on board and done the right things . board and done the right things. so it's not a case of it being unprecedented. i mean, we've looked around the globe in the last year and two and seen perhaps , perhaps we could say perhaps, perhaps we could say it's our turn to a small degree and this this particular storm, storm came up from the canaries where record sea temperatures, record land temperatures , the record land temperatures, the energy got manifested there. it moved up west coast of through the bay of biscay , west coast of the bay of biscay, west coast of france and into ourselves with all that energy involved in the high pressure in scandinavia, which stopped it going any further. the rain came in

further. so all the rain came in off north sea, into the off the north sea, into the angus and aberdeen area, which is why models and the is why the models and the forecasters actually did a very good and i'll say this, not good job. and i'll say this, not not myself necessarily , but not not myself necessarily, but meteorologists actually got this 2 3 before and warned 2 or 3 days before and warned that it was going to be an event i >> -- >> so, i mean, we heard there from from tony maguire in brecon talking about storm babet. but we are feeling effects we are feeling the effects across the uk, aren't we, jim, in terms of flooding, it's still here. >> babette is still here. it's a little, little circulation. it doesn't necessarily feel too strong in the in the london area, for example , where i came area, for example, where i came into to the studios this morning, i came without a coat, believe it or not. why? because i think you should know that at the i know, but looked at the gap. i know, but i looked at the gap. i know, but i looked at the and i thought, gap the gap and i thought, that gap is stay. i'm going to is going to stay. i'm going to be okay even going back. so, look, my job, it? look, that's my job, isn't it? but the point, it's not everywhere. but you're right, that middle section of the uk, everywhere. but you're right, that nwales,;ection of the uk, everywhere. but you're right, that nwales, across of the uk, everywhere. but you're right, that nwales, across the he uk, everywhere. but you're right, that nwales, across the pennines north wales, across the pennines and downwards to towards and a strip downwards to towards the , they're getting the midlands, they're getting ravaged this ravaged by the rain at this moment. there will be moment. and so there will be

localised, regionalised localised, if not regionalised floods. continues . localised, if not regionalised floods. continues. i localised, if not regionalised floods. continues . i think floods. it continues. i think we've got another 24 hours. you heard from brecon there that the red one is just about to come to an end, but there's an aftermath, if you like. the rivers still continue to build up from runoff water off the up from the runoff water off the mountains , the hills. so we mountains, the hills. so we watch the space. it's still a danger in some ways. >> is a is it a point of >> is it a is it a point of success? and i use that word with caution that we've with great caution that we've only seen one fatality. we we've seen many people leave their homes . we've seen and of course, homes. we've seen and of course, the fatality is a tragedy. but this could have been a lot worse if people didn't follow the warnings, if the prediction of this storm was a lot worse. >> well said . people should heed >> well said. people should heed warnings from professionals, experts who put these things out, whether it be climate change or whether it be pure weather, as in this case, that's where it comes from. these are scientists that say that the right most of the time they make it absolutely clear. but spot on, i think most people did the right thing at the right time and got themselves from

and got themselves away from arm's the right arm's reach, did the right thing, didn't mess mother nature. n ature. >> nature. >> okay. jim dale, always really good you. thank you so good to see you. thank you so much coming studio much for coming into the studio now. come, chartered now. still to come, chartered obesity has decreased slightly, but remains stubbornly but still remains stubbornly high. so what can be done to improve the health of the next generation? >> eat less, move more now rishi sunak was branded dr. death by the top government scientists in a secret covid whatsapp message. what's all that about? >> well, that's a much more after your morning news with tamsen . tamsen. >> ellie. thank you. here are the headlines at 1132. the labour leader says his party has made history after overturning a conservative majority to win two by elections . just a warning of by elections. just a warning of flashing images coming up in tamworth. sarah edwards secured a win, flipping a majority of more than 19,000. meanwhile, alastair strathern claimed mid—bedfordshire with a 20.5%

swing, marking the largest labour win in a by—election since 1945. he says he's delighted people voted for change. a united nations secretary—general antonio guterres, says aid trucks need to move to gaza as quickly as possible. as he arrived in egypt this morning . but the united this morning. but the united states says details of a deal to send aid through the rafah crossing are still being discussed. meanwhile israeli troops are mobilising along the border of the gaza strip ahead of a possible ground invasion tank troops and helicopters have been seen near the border this morning . rishi sunak. meanwhile morning. rishi sunak. meanwhile is travelling to egypt to prevent further expansion of the israel hamas conflict. the prime minister has already met with his israeli counterpart and saudi arabia's crown prince in the talks today. he's also expected to stress the importance of preventing further loss of civilian life . at least

loss of civilian life. at least nine british nationals have been killed and seven are missing since the attack by hamas on october. the seventh . more than october. the seventh. more than 1600 suspected members of county lines drug gangs have been arrested in one week across england and wales. the operation sees class a drugs worth more than a million pounds and cash of the same value . around 58 of the same value. around 58 children have been referred to safeguarding services for possible exploitation by the gangs. possible exploitation by the gangs . the action also closed gangs. the action also closed 250 phone lines and seized more than 400 weapons, including firearms and knives . well you firearms and knives. well you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gb news.com stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com . for exclusive gb news.com. for exclusive limited gbnews.com. for exclusive limited edition and rare gold coins that are always newsworthy i >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report .

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and people that i knew had dewbs & co weeknights from . six & co weeknights from. six >> it's 1139. >> it's 1139. >> and you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news with ellie costello and me, tom hannood. >> and joining us to discuss some top stories today is former special adviser charlie rowley and author and journalist hilary freeman . good morning to you freeman. good morning to you both . charlie, let's have a look both. charlie, let's have a look at this story, this out this morning. rishi sunak was branded dr. death by a top government scientist in secret covid whatsapp messages . tell us more. whatsapp messages. tell us more. yes. yes. >> well, this is during the covid inquiry, which is ongoing and it has been revealed that professor angela mclean, who's the deputy chief medical officer, branded rishi sunak

when he was the chancellor dr. death, in relation to the eat out to help out scheme, which was coming in down the track in in september. she also described another fellow professor, something that i don't think i can actually say on on television , but it's there in television, but it's there in asterisks , in full view . asterisks, in full view. >> can you see that? and i think what's interesting about this story is not only the fact that the covid inquiry is ongoing, andits the covid inquiry is ongoing, and it's absolutely right that it's ongoing. >> everybody would it's ongoing. >> it everybody would it's ongoing. >> it be everybody would it's ongoing. >> it be concluding would it's ongoing. >> it be concluding a ould it's ongoing. >> it be concluding a bitd want it to be concluding a bit quicker . but these stories that quicker. but these stories that are out, we've seen lots are coming out, we've seen lots of whatsapp leaks from the political side , from special political side, from special advisers , infighting at the advisers, infighting at the time. we're now seeing the full context of the medical profession they were profession and what they were thinking time and the thinking at the time and the conflict between the medical profession and political profession and the political decisions that have made. decisions that have to be made. ijust decisions that have to be made. i just that , decisions that have to be made. i just that, you decisions that have to be made. i just that , you know, the i just feel that, you know, the exposing right thing exposing this is the right thing to do so the public can see the tensions that were there between to do so the public can see the tensmedics at were there between to do so the public can see the tensmedics who are there between to do so the public can see the tensmedics who were ere between to do so the public can see the tensmedics who were very, ztween to do so the public can see the tensmedics who were very, veryen the medics who were very, very rigid their medical rigid in their medical assessment and what they felt the remedy was for covid versus

the remedy was for covid versus the decision the actual political decision making that needed to take place to make sure that the public were going comply with those were going to comply with those those a it's those rules. so it's a it's a big expose. and i think we're only more as the only going to see more as the covid inquiry continues. >> now, of course, this all >> now, of course, this was all in of the eat out to in the context of the eat out to help out scheme, which didn't just restrictions just take away restrictions runs. actively encouraged runs. it actively encouraged people indoors and to eat people to go indoors and to eat food together . whether in that food together. whether in that context about rishi sunak spending hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers cash to get people indoors inside restaurants in 2020, it doesn't seem like the most sensible thing. does dame angela mclean have a point as well? >> i think she probably does. but i think you've also got to think about about the fact that a lot of restaurants and we're probably going to collapse and go out of business and that was another reason that this was done to get people back into the habit of going out to eat. i mean, don't know it mean, i don't know if it actually worked in that respect because i know that i went to places eat out to places during the eat out to help which i've been

help out, which i've never been back to since because i can't afford was easier to afford to. it was easier to afford to. it was easier to afford then, but but yeah, afford it then, but but yeah, i mean it was it was such a difficult balance wasn't it, to, to please everybody to to, please everybody and you couldn't i think they were couldn't and i think they were making they went along. making it up as they went along. >> i mean, quite it's quite >> i mean, it's quite it's quite remarkable how there wasn't any emphasis eating as emphasis on eating outdoors as we the pandemic, we saw in later in the pandemic, which know so much which we know was so much better. know that like better. we know that like ventilation such an ventilation was such an important just wasn't important thing that just wasn't regard the first of the regard in the first month of the pandemic. did you use eat pandemic. ellie did you use eat out to help out? >> did. >> i did. >> i did. >> it must be said. >> it must be said. >> sorry, don't know if it was >> sorry, i don't know if it was actually cheaper one point. actually cheaper at one point. >> remarkable talking about >> it's remarkable talking about it now, but it's actually cheaper those cheaper to eat out during those times. it was to times. yes. than it was to actually go out and buy food and cook it yourself. yeah, i took full advantage the time. cook it yourself. yeah, i took fullladvantage the time. cook it yourself. yeah, i took full i advant. i je the time. cook it yourself. yeah, i took fulliadvant.i think:he time. cook it yourself. yeah, i took fulliadvant.i think we time. cook it yourself. yeah, i took fulliadvant.i think we alle. cook it yourself. yeah, i took fulliadvant.i think we all did. >> i think. i think we all did. but i mean, i'm looking back at this with the full benefit of hindsight, thinking what a terrible, terrible waste of taxpayers would have terrible, terrible waste of taxpa better would have terrible, terrible waste of taxpa better to would have terrible, terrible waste of taxpa better to give|ld have terrible, terrible waste of taxpa better to give the|ave been better just to give the businesses and not have businesses the cash and not have everyone inside and hasten everyone crowd inside and hasten that second wave. >> he was coming at it, >> but he was coming at it,

wasn't as chancellor of the wasn't he, as chancellor of the exchequer focus being wasn't he, as chancellor of the echeconomy? focus being wasn't he, as chancellor of the exc i economy? focus being wasn't he, as chancellor of the ech think ny? focus being wasn't he, as chancellor of the ech think that's focus being wasn't he, as chancellor of the ech think that's absolutely ng >> i think that's absolutely right. the other right. and i think the other thing to what we were told right from the start by professor from the very start by professor chris that lockdown chris whitty is that lockdown can a time limited can only be for a time limited penod can only be for a time limited period before people then period before people will then naturally start to, you know, break the rules. so making sure that but that actually the government but surely the case, why surely if that's the case, why do you need encourage people do you need to encourage people you need you can just end you don't need you can just end the restrictions people will the restrictions and people will go to normal. the restrictions and people will go don'tnrmal. the restrictions and people will go don't need to subsidise >> you don't need to subsidise people eating indoors. >> in, i think in >> well, this was in, i think in september had the september time. so we'd had the lockdown in march and sort of we'd got through to the summer and i think, you know, prevalence down prevalence was, was down and we were looking at and then were sort of looking at and then it right back again it went right back up again again. you know, there were again. but you know, there were waves throughout again. but you know, there were waves and throughout again. but you know, there were waves and so throughout again. but you know, there were waves and so it's hroughout again. but you know, there were waves and so it's something europe. and so it's something that inquiry absolutely that the inquiry absolutely has to but what's telling to look into. but what's telling about is the about this story is just the language that's been used and just the between the just the conflict between the medical and the medical profession and the politicians. that medical profession and the politiciigets that medical profession and the politiciigets to that medical profession and the politiciigets to the that medical profession and the politiciigets to the bottom lat medical profession and the politiciigets to the bottom of inquiry gets to the bottom of everything so we can learn the lessons. so something like this never again. lessons. so something like this neerah. again. lessons. so something like this neerah. and again.say, >> yeah. and as you say, charlie, i think there'll be a lot to come on that story.

lot more to come on that story. hilary let's take a look at the times, and this is times, shall we? and this is potentially news. childhood potentially good news. childhood obesity fall in england. >> yes. mean , this this story >> yes. i mean, this this story is that childhood is saying that that childhood childhood fallen childhood obesity has fallen slightly. you actually slightly. but when you actually look it, only by 1% look into it, it's only by 1% andits look into it, it's only by 1% and it's only gone back to really what it was before the pandemic. and so we still have a massive , to pardon the pun, massive, to pardon the pun, a massive, to pardon the pun, a massive childhood obesity problem in this country. and it is only really getting worse . is only really getting worse. yes, i think so. the stats on this piece of paper , but i think this piece of paper, but i think it's something like 36% of boys are either ovenneight or obese when they start secondary school, which is a you know , a school, which is a you know, a massive figure . and i think also massive figure. and i think also these figures don't take into account the whole cost of living crisis, which will probably make this problem worse because people aren't being able to afford food because it's gone up so much , but so often it is so much, but so often it is actually cheaper, cheaper to buy the healthy option . the healthy option. >> it's cheaper to buy a bag of

carrots and chop them up and have them as a nice snack than it is to buy the produced highly calorific sort of options that are ready made in supermarkets . are ready made in supermarkets. >> it's well, it is, but it it is, yes, it is. on the surface of it. but you can't make a meal out of one bag of carrots. and that's the problem. by the time you've bought all the ingredients you need and the cooking you've used the cooking oil and you've used the electricity the gas, it electricity and the gas, it actually ends up being a lot more so if you're more expensive. so if you're very, it's actually very, very poor, it's actually cheaper mcdonald's cheaper just to go to mcdonald's or to your local chippy. >> frozen food. i'm not >> i'm not frozen food. i'm not sure it is. i think it's easier. i think it's easier to go to mcdonald's. >> i don't think it's cheaper than having a big bag of pasta or putting on boil, or putting it on the boil, having know, a bit having it with, you know, a bit of i mean, you can cook of sauce. i mean, you can cook very as you see, i'm not coming to your for house i'm not saying i'm not saying it's fine dining. >> i'm saying can >> what i'm saying is you can save by cooking save more money by cooking healthier and cooking for yourself than eating these ready made yourself than eating these ready ma 15 yourself than eating these ready ma i absolutely agree. but >> i absolutely agree. but i think there's a problem with education, there? people

education, isn't there? people do how to cook anymore. do not know how to cook anymore. they don't know about nutrition. something's in something's gone wrong in schools, to get to schools, you know, to get us to this it down to the this point, is it down to the schools, though? >> should we be going to >> is it should we be going to school? to school? shall children be to going school to learn about nutrition? or this something nutrition? or is this something that home and kids that starts at home and kids need to be brought up saying you can you can head to the supermarket, you can head to the supermarket, you can and your can buy your pasta and your tomato and you knock tomato sauce and you can knock something up that's fairly nutritious going to mcdonald's. >> yeah, i know. think that's >> yeah, i know. i think that's right. mean, i remember had right. i mean, i remember i had a lessons, think, when a cooking lessons, i think, when i very early in secondary i was very early in secondary school. was. and school. i think it was. and i don't know whether that's still on the curriculum. i think it probably be make probably should be just to make sure people how to sure that people know how to have happy, healthy life, you have a happy, healthy life, you know, healthy mind, healthy body and it. but and all the rest of it. so but it is comes down to it is it comes down to education. do we ask much of education. do we ask too much of schools? they'll have breakfast clubs. they have after school. >> heard we heard just last >> we heard we heard just last week labour party wants week the labour party wants brushing teeth lessons in schools how how schools as well. how many how many lives many aspects of our lives should schools determined? many aspects of our lives should sch well, determined? many aspects of our lives should sch well, i determined? many aspects of our lives should sch well, i think mined? many aspects of our lives should sch well, i think that d? many aspects of our lives should sch well, i think that does start >> well, i think that does start with the parents actually. yes,

because schools because i don't think schools should to see schools should be. i want to see schools do take much more of an interventionist approach. if you've got unruly and you've got unruly kids and you've got problems at home in the that's the families, then that's something that i schools something that i think schools have responsibility have a responsibility to weigh into. comes to just into. but when it comes to just the of brushing your the basics of brushing your teeth or anything like that, i think, you know, that's when you do sure the parents do have to make sure the parents are best they are doing the best that they possibly can. >> i suppose no >> and i suppose hilary, no child born obese or obese. child is born obese or obese. children a product of bad children are a product of bad parenting generally. >> that case. yes, of >> that is the case. yes, of course, there are some people >> that is the case. yes, of cour have ere are some people >> that is the case. yes, of cour have more'e some people >> that is the case. yes, of cour have more genetic people who have more genetic predisposition to obesity. and actually, there predisposition to obesity. and actlapparently there predisposition to obesity. and actlapparently now there predisposition to obesity. and actlapparently now babiesre predisposition to obesity. and actlapparently now babies being are apparently now babies being born really their born obese because really their their obese. and their mothers are so obese. and if you are obese, when if you if you are obese, when you're pregnant and you're more likely to have gestational diabetes, which also leads to obesity in children later obesity in your children later on, the on, potentially because of the blood so yeah, blood sugar issues. so yeah, this is a huge, huge problem. yeah this is a huge, huge problem. yea let's a look at this is a huge, huge problem. yealet's a look at i'm this is a huge, huge problem. yea let's a look at i'm not >> let's have a look at i'm not sure what paper is actually, but this about king charles this is about king charles and his about his his biggest regret about his coronation >> charlie yes, it's across a lot of the papers, but this one is from the express where king charles was hosting a reception

last night thank everybody last night to thank everybody that put on the concert that helped put on the concert and the coronation. but he disclosed to, i think a chap called roy, i think it was, or ray who was the car parking attendant at the time. he said one of his biggest regret that he wasn't close enough to the action. he wanted to see the performers. i take that lionel richie and he said he wanted to get close to the concert or bnng get close to the concert or bring his binoculars. >> i wanted to be closer. we always think the party always think that the party prince harry, but prince was prince harry, but maybe, knew where it maybe, maybe we knew where it comes now, the party comes from. now, the party prince, obviously now king charles boogie . charles likes a boogie. >> i, for one, am glad that his regrets was about the concerts rather than the spectacle in westminster abbey. if you haven't regret about that thousand year old ceremony, i'd be a little bit more worried. >> exactly . exactly. i think >> exactly. exactly. i think this is lovely because itjust this is lovely because it just humanises him, doesn't it? does it makes him like us. and that's what we want, really. we want to be able to relate to the king. othennise you know, they just seem so remote and, you know, so

such old fashioned such a sort of old fashioned institution. i think maybe, i don't know, maybe this is slightly deliberate that he wants out and wants this story to get out and don't you think it's lovely that that come from ray or roy, that it's come from ray or roy, the and the car parking attendant and that all doesn't it? >> because king charles just strike me as as a monarch who wants be the public, who wants to be with the public, who wants to be with the public, who wants speak to us. wants to speak to us. >> do you see that remark video that came out a couple of weeks ago the ramblers mountain ago of the ramblers mountain bikers in up scotland who bikers up in up in scotland who just the king, who just bumped into the king, who was out on a walk and they stopped. they had five minutes of conversation and then went on their it's remarkable video i >> yeah, they were rambling. ramblers by a last minute conversation , but he does want conversation, but he does want to speak to the people, doesn't he? >> it does. it does come across that way , yes. that way, yes. >> yeah. no, i think i >> yeah. no, i think he's i think look, we all miss her majesty queen. was majesty the queen. and she was such a legend to the country. and but he's done a fine job, i think, so far and long may it continue. >> yeah, absolutely right. we've just got time to talk about my hero, dolly parton , who is

hero, dolly parton, who is a legend for many reasons . but legend for many reasons. but this is great, isn't it? she's been sleeping in her makeup for 40 years. hillary >> yes. i mean, i'm not sure that if she did try and take it off now that it would be possible. so many layers of it, you know , thicker and thicker you know, thicker and thicker and thicker and with the hair and thicker and with the hair and everything. but yeah, i mean, this is just is just mean, this is just this is just a fun really. know, a fun story, really. you know, women always told you must women are always told you must never keep your on. it's never keep your makeup on. it's terrible your skin. but yeah terrible for your skin. but yeah , just doesn't want to , she she just doesn't want to go to bed with her husband looking like a hag. she says, oh, is that the reason? >> yes. she's always sort of brightened thought was brightened up. i thought it was something her having something to do with her having to up and go get out early to wake up and go get out early or whatever. yeah, no, this is this not going to bed looking nice. >> her husband has never seen her without makeup. basically which of think is sad in which i kind of think is sad in a way. but yeah, i mean, i, you know, i've had boyfriends in the past prefer to tell not past who prefer to tell you not to wear and i think to wear makeup. and i think that's more of a problem. that's more control. and but more of about control. and but yeah, i think we should we yeah, well, i think we should we should have a break in this

should just have a break in this now because we've got some news just just in that reportedly gb news has not yet been able to confirm this, but reportedly a second individual has now died in scotland as a result of storm bebet and indeed, we're hearing that a tree has fallen on a van. >> again, not confirmed yet by gb news, but this is certainly being reported. a second death in scotland as a result of this storm. >> yeah, tony mcguire, our scotland reporter, will be across this for us on gb news. we'll be able to get the latest for us. right. let's have a little look back at the stories that we were talking about in the papers with charlie and hilary . charlie looking at dolly hilary. charlie looking at dolly parton . and her her story very parton. and her her story very much wanting to keep up pretences for her husband.

>> yes . and i think it started >> yes. and i think it started because she where she lived in the 80s, there was a series of unexpected covid emergencies. >> so earthquakes and things. i think she kept it on because she might have to run out of the house and she didn't want to leave the house without any makeup on. so i think it might have started there. and then progressed into not wanting to go husband, go to bed with the husband, looking i have to looking like hack. but i have to say, i it has been known that if you and i don't want to you are and i don't want to break the illusion to some of your viewers, but when you do turn up to a tv studio or a little bit of powder is applied or of makeup, we or a little bit of makeup, we look completely different at home. i definitely home. i might have i definitely i kept it on once or i might have kept it on once or twice myself if i was going out on town aftennards. you on the town aftennards. you know, know, give know, just you know, give yourself bit of lift. yourself a little bit of a lift. >> that's benefit of coming >> that's the benefit of coming on news you get the use of nutella. >> i never got any. no. >> i never got any. no. >> well, this is a scandal. >> well, this is a scandal. >> it is taking this to our production team immediately. it really is . really is. >> really the dolly >> it really is the most dolly parton isn't well, parton story, isn't it? well, really good to see you both this

morning. rowley morning. charlie rowley and hilary so hilary freeman, thank you so much company this much for your company this morning. thank you so much morning. and thank you so much for your at home for all for your company at home for all of your emails and messages throughout up next throughout the program. up next is live desk with is the live desk with mark longhurst tomson and pip longhurst and pip tomson and pip is here to tell us all about it. what's coming up on today's programme, what's coming up on today's pro hello, e, well we are >> hello, ellie. well we are going to be talking about labour's massive victory in those two by elections with sir keir starmer saying that labour is redrawing the political map . is redrawing the political map. also, this is rail hamas conflict. we are now getting information that the israeli defence forces has published new information about the status of hostage is this is just coming in as i speak. but we do understand that over 20 of them are children under the age of 18. there's 200, just over 200 hostages being held . the hostages being held. the majority of the hostage are alive. we will bring you the latest on that breaking news at the top of the live desk . stay

the top of the live desk. stay with us. >> well, we look fonnard to heanng >> well, we look fonnard to hearing it. and indeed, that is the end of the britain's newsroom show today. coming up, of course, next is the live desk with mark longhurst and pip tomson, where we'll be hearing amongst other things, on that breaking news story about the israeli hostages. we'll be back with britain's newsroom on monday at 930. i'm alex deakin. >> this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. more rain over the next day half is likely to day and a half is likely to exacerbate the flooding situation. a of weather situation. a number of weather warnings remain in place. please do check the met office website and for the details of those and app for the details of those . the heaviest rain today is going to be across of going to be across parts of england and wales. the has england and wales. the rain has eased across parts of eased a little across parts of eastern scotland, but it will return here. parts of england and wales, though, bearing the brunt heavy rain, i brunt of the heavy rain, as i said, particularly parts said, particularly across parts of north east england, also said, particularly across parts of no of east england, also said, particularly across parts of no of east eandind, also said, particularly across parts of no of east eandind, midlands parts of wales and the midlands have very, very wet have had a very, very wet morning. the rain moving back into northern ireland to something in the something a bit brighter in the south see temperatures of south could see temperatures of 17 but for feeling 17 celsius. but for many feeling a lot cooler than that,

especially with this wind coming in and the in from the north sea. and the rain will continue over northeast england, well into the evening overnight. and look evening and overnight. and look at back at that. then pushes back further into eastern further north into eastern scotland. of course, the area worst affected by a storm babet. and that strong wind will continue to feed the moisture and the rainfall in here through the night and into saturday. we'll continue to see some showers further south. it'll be quite a mild night here, but that rain continuing in eastern and northern scotland tomorrow. light likely to exacerbate the flooding situation here. but we also need to watch the heavy showers across the south during tomorrow also potentially tomorrow and also potentially some very gusty winds along the south there's still a lot south coast. there's still a lot going on with the weather at the moment. so as please moment. so as i said, please do keep those keep up to date with those weather warnings. check out the met website

>> good afternoon. this is the live desk here on gb news. coming up this friday lunchtime , coming up this friday lunchtime, breaking news from israel. >> the idf says that the majority of the hostages in gaza are alive. >> that's just coming through from them now. they have identified more than 20 of them as children under the age of 18 >> and between 10 and 20 are said to be over the age of 60. separately the idf says that it's believed to be 200 israelis still considered to be missing. we'll have the latest out with our correspondent charlie peters

there in tel aviv . there in tel aviv. >> 28 trucks could enter gaza today as egyptian diggers attempt to fix the road into rafah. it comes as rishi sunak attends talks in egypt amid fears the war against hamas could spread across the region . could spread across the region. >> here, labour overturned a huge conservative majorities in two by—election victories, with swings of more than 20. keir starmer says the results show people ovennhelmingly want change. the tory chairman says his party must reflect . we're his party must reflect. we're live in both constituencies through the afternoon . through the afternoon. >> huge parts of scotland are now only accessible by boat. a red weather warning danger to life has been extended into tomorrow . angus council is tomorrow. angus council is warning of a very serious

emergency and there