hello your hello you're watching or listening to us here on gb news until 2 pm. here's what's coming up as keir starmer surges in the opinion polls, are labour really a credible alternative to conservative party.7 i'm going to be talking to a senior shadow cabinet member in the studio about whether he's now already preparing for government. and harry meghan's much touted netflix . wasn't it ghastly .7 netflix. wasn't it ghastly.7 we'll be discussing the right royal fallout then as england

prepares to take france tomorrow. that's in the world cup . we'll be talking to england cup. we'll be talking to england star jude bellingham's , former star jude bellingham's, former coach. and joining me for the next hour will be the broadcaster and, former fleet street dawn neesom .and street editor dawn neesom. and you home, of course, you're you at home, of course, you're important alma, important of the show. alma, email me at gbviews@gbnews.uk and i'll put your point of view to those i speak to. i may even get to speak to some of you on air. what's coming up first? but hear that the latest headlines . hear that the latest headlines. good afternoon . it's 12:01 on good afternoon. it's 12:01 on rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. the chancellor's announced plans to overhaul the british financial by pledging to review repeal and replace hundreds of pages of eu regulations dumps. the edinburgh reform . jeremy regulations dumps. the edinburgh reform .jeremy hunt regulations dumps. the edinburgh reform . jeremy hunt says brexit reform. jeremy hunt says brexit has a golden opportunity to reshape the rules . more than 30 reshape the rules. more than 30 regulatory changes have been unveiled, including reversing some measures introduced

following the 2008 financial crash . the government hopes the crash. the government hopes the plans will help end the uk's sluggish record on growth. the prime minister says the reforms will keep the uk competitive . will keep the uk competitive. there are actually a million people employed in financial services and they're not just in the london the city, they're spread across the country , spread across the country, edinburgh belfast and leeds edinburgh and belfast and leeds , bournemouth. and we want to make we can continue make sure we can continue creating jobs across the united kingdom. today's reforms will mean the industry remains . mean that the industry remains. we more jobs , but of we can create more jobs, but of course this will always be a safe place where consumers will be . rishi sunak speaking at our be. rishi sunak speaking at our raf coningsby in lincolnshire for the launch of a new generation jet. britain will work , with italy and japan to work, with italy and japan to develop the tempest. it's designed replace the typhoon and is expected to take to the skies by 2035. the prime minister says. the partnership will ensure the uk and, its allies are outpacing and outmanoeuvring those who seek do us harm .

those who seek do us harm. postal workers royal mail have begun a wave of strike in the run up to christmas. thousands are expected to attend a rally in westminster later in an ongoing row over. pay and conditions. members of the communication workers union will walk out again on sunday with action planned throughout month, including on christmas eve. royal mail warns the will affect deliveries across uk. customers are being advised to post christmas mail earlier than usual this year. meanwhile thousands of soldiers are preparing to cover for all the workers this christmas period. troops already in training at british and airports . border british and airports. border force staff at gatwick through manchester, birmingham and airports will strike for eight days from december the 23rd through to new year's eve. hoping to head abroad over the christmas period have been told to think about their plans plans . basketball star brittney

ghner . basketball star brittney griner has landed back in the united states after a prisoner swap with russia. she was jailed carrying cannabis oil at, a moscow airport, back in february . ms. griner was released in. an exchange for russian arms dealer bout yesterday yesterday a serving met police has been charged with two counts of rape . pc rupert edwards is alleged to have carried out the offences in lambeth and surrey earlier year whilst off duty . he in lambeth and surrey earlier year whilst off duty. he was first arrested back in september and suspended first arrested back in september and susp ended from duty. he is due to appear at westminster magistrates court later today . magistrates court later today. a fuel poverty charity is warning the rising cost of living and weather will leave millions this winter . weather will leave millions this winter. national energy action says people facing a choice of either accruing huge debt or living unheated homes. it comes as the uk health security issues as the uk health security issues a level three cold weather alert

for england with the met office warning of snow and ice in parts of the uk . that is average cost of the uk. that is average cost of the uk. that is average cost of renting a property is up by £117 a month on last . that's £117 a month on last. that's according to zoopla . the according to zoopla. the property website is reporting a typical rent is at almost £1,100. that's roughly 35% of the average income of a single london, manchester and, glasgow have all seen, particularly increases in the last year over hundred thousand people have been affected by delays in processing passport application . this year, the national audit office says the delays were caused by an increased demand from customers after coronavirus travel restrictions were lifted. it's urged the home office to prepare for similar levels next year , with up to 10 million year, with up to 10 million applications expected . and a applications expected. and a tory mp is planning to propose a law that could strip the duke

and duchess of sussex of their royal titles. isle of wight mp and government minister bob seely claims there's a political issue with . prince harry's issue with. prince harry's comments after quit as a senior royal two years ago. it comes as the first three episodes of their controversial netflix documentary released yesterday, in which prince accused the royal family of having a huge level of unconscious bias. this is gb news bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back to andrew . to andrew. well, welcome back . let's go well, welcome back. let's go back in time a little bit to when howard wolfson was prime minister. he was the only post—war after 1951 to serve as britain's prime minister. he won four different elections and he spent nearly eight years in number ten. the shadow international trade secretary,

nick thomas, has written an award winning book about called harold wilson, the winner. and i'm delighted he's in the studio nick thomas—symonds . nick thomas—symonds. extraordinary, the only two elected labour leaders, one general elections post 1951. why did you pick such bad leaders ? did you pick such bad leaders? well, i think that that's a question that every historian has been asked, i think they were necessarily badly dis and were necessarily badly dis and we had leaders of the opposition who did wonderful jobs , us who did wonderful jobs, us paving the way for other leaders like wilson to win. and of course , in harold's case, the course, in harold's case, the previous leader, hugh gates , had previous leader, hugh gates, had an untimely death as did, of course, john smith in the nineties. but there is a fundamental question as to why it is since 1951, only labour leaders have actually won a general elections. and of course that's one of the reasons how wilson fascinates me and the. we've now got six starmer labour comfortable ahead in the polls i would argue nothing to do with the great leadership skills of

keir starmer. i haven't seen many of those. it's more to do with the tories shooting themselves in the foot . is keir themselves in the foot. is keir starmer harold ? is he a tony starmer harold? is he a tony blair? he won three general election or is he going to be one of the many labour leaders? never won general election. never won a general election. i think he's to be one of labour's winners, but of course he's neither wilson nor tony blair. he is. keir starmer. i do think that with any general election of course, people get fed with the government in office and my there's a lot of reasons to be fed up with government in office at the moment. i doubt we could name one public service, for example. it's in a better in 2022 than it was in 2010, but it is also about people feeling able to their vote to the labour party . we suffered our first party. we suffered our first sorry almost catastrophic defeat since 1935. back in december 19, and to have got from there to where we are now is contenders. the government do think is a sign of keir starmer strength of leadership . but again as i say

leadership. but again as i say because , the tories have been so because, the tories have been so hopeless they've had we've had we're on our third conservative prime minister in a year. but in office do tend to enter a death spiral . they happened of course spiral. they happened of course with the harold wilson in 1964 where of course we'd had macmillan macmillan then falls . macmillan macmillan then falls. douglas hume we can all remember in the 1990 is the way that john major's government started to have this sense of decay about it, so that that always happens when governments been in when governments have been in power long time and that starts to but as say, people also to but as i say, people also have to feel, andrew, comfortable giving their vote comfortable in giving their vote to opposition party. we have to the opposition party. we have that polling . but let me say that polling. but let me say this. there is no complacency whatsoever on the labour side . whatsoever on the labour side. know we to continue to know we have to continue to build trust with the public strikes galore. nurses are going on strike. they've in a demand for 19.6% pay rise. they've been offered 1400 pounds as a result offered 1400 pounds as a result of an independent review body with labour pay a 19% pay rise for nurses . all that has to

for nurses. all that has to happen here is has to be a negotiation in which neither side is going to get what they want to with. i was a i was a barrister and a media driver appeared for parties in negotiations actually mediated negotiations actually mediated negotiations . what my negotiations. what my experiences neither side ends up with what they wanted at the outset but what you have to do is to sit down and do that unglamorous work of getting people to compromise position. neither side will up with something they wholly want , but something they wholly want, but you can find a workable solution , the shadow health secretary, wes streeting is told the times today labour has to talk today that a labour has to talk about higher pay rises for nhs staff. you right. i think both ways is saying which is absolutely correct is that both sides need to move that has to happen to find a comparable solution in the case here . we've solution in the case here. we've had health secretaries previously who wouldn't even meet the royal of nurses and the government has either been doing

that. sitting on the pretending. it's nothing to do with them or in some cases aggressively making the situation worse. what they need to do now is engage find that common where there are strikes happening trying to put an end to them. but where there are strikes that are planned to try to stop them from happening . i'm talking the leader of . i'm talking to the leader of the communication union later about the postal strike post. these strike. are not these are on strike. are not turkeys voting for christmas nick thomas—symonds it's nick thomas—symonds the it's people this is the biggest of year to post your letters your christmas card . people will just christmas card. people will just get out of the habit of using the royal mail . there are huge the royal mail. there are huge risks here on both sides of the equafion. risks here on both sides of the equation . there are risks, of equation. there are risks, of course, for those on, for example, the those strike themselves or those who are proposing strike me. my father was on strike for 13 weeks in the steel strike. and i know the that that entails for there is a particular risk on the other side as well if royal mail are not able to fulfil their

obugafions not able to fulfil their obligations over christmas, then there's risk as well for the government. it is so obvious the pubuc government. it is so obvious the public services are not working. so when the stakes are this high, there's an even imperative to around the table and find to get around the table and find a solution. your colleague angela rayner, deputy angela rayner, the deputy leader, links to lead with leader, said links to lead with the a good guy. he's the rmt is a good guy. he's doing job. do you agree? doing a good job. do you agree? well, certainly well, he's certainly doing a very good job standing up for members and i don't know if you've interviewed him yet, andrew have done but he's been on the putting the in a very articulate way , whether it is articulate way, whether it is mcleish whether is grinch he's closing down christmas . well we closing down christmas. well we have to do agree that the i don't want to see the strikes happening over christmas. of course i do tell him to call them off. so well. also let's tell the government to get around table find around the table and find a solution. seen that the latest offer that's been made over a couple of years has been rejected. sides need to rejected. both sides need to move to they want move further to that. they want to in dawn neesom on to bring in dawn neesom just on keir can i ask keir starmer. can i ask a question? harold wilson it's always been reported was the always been reported he was the queen's favourite prime

minister. 14 that what minister. she 14 was that what he thought was that she he thought was that what she thought. know she went thought. because i know she went to retirement dinner and she to his retirement dinner and she didn't to church, didn't and she went to church, his retirement other his retirement and it no other pm's right, never know pm's right, we'll never know exactly. it should be exactly. that's how it should be because . her late majesty the because. her late majesty the queen soul of discretion queen was the soul of discretion always . but there are some always. but there are some little pointers to her favouritism for harold , you say, favouritism for harold, you say, andrew, the retirement where she went around number ten and had that wonderful photograph harold mary wilson like and the late duke edinburgh, but also things like he was the one prime minister who had more than one audience a week, so he'd have the weekly and then go back on a friday before he went to chequers . and all the evidence chequers. and all the evidence suggests that what her late majesty liked that was the fact that he didn't just turn up to tell her what was happening. he often asked for her wisdom and as to what he wanted to do. the following week he also stuck to his guns by way over, holding the investiture for our now king the investiture for our now king the then prince of wales in 1969

convinced that carnarvon castle indeed which also heard it mostly was definitely grateful for don't go don't listen . sir for don't go don't listen. sir keir starmer they're way ahead in the polls. it looks like it's theirs to do. you see him as a tony blair figure? i think he's. i h , i believe is a word that you use in the legal phrase for bonng use in the legal phrase for boring the problem . think a lot boring the problem. think a lot of people listening and watching today have with keir starmer is up until recently we didn't really know what his opinions were . it's almost become were. it's almost become a cliche that he sits on the fence. i mean it's very easy when you're in opposition to go. yes but i would have done a, b and c and i've done it, you know, with the lockdown strict sample. you know, i would have done faster it done it faster or done it longer, done harder, like longer, done it harder, like some pornstar that isn't it. some bad pornstar that isn't it. but like so but but i mean it's like so but recently he has i think essentially weakness here with essentially a weakness here with the mean it's not the tories. i mean it's not difficult and he's difficult sense is it. and he's saying the things that in

particular the red wall voters i think want hear. we won't think want to hear. we won't have borders . we need more have open borders. we need more home nhs staff rather relying on foreign workers which all of it makes to most people. the one thing i wanted to ask you, nick, is this. and you just is, you know, with all the strikes on i mean, we are all horribly how will it how does labour get around the fact that you also were heavily funded by the very unions calling the strike ? well, unions calling the strike? well, because they have you over a bit of a barrel as well. i mean, to the tune of what i think it's how many millions a year they fund the labour party. millions. how do get that as the how do you get that as the labour party is negotiating with people that are basically paying your ? well, i'm very proud your wages? well, i'm very proud of the link between labour and the unions and. i'm very proud that we have workers up and down the country who want to the labour party, but if i may say so, the assumption that seems be

based on is that, you know, work want to go out strike the brunt of our workers do not want to go on strike as i was indicating the interview with andrew my own father in the steel strike was out for 30 weeks. it involves a huge people to go out on strike. they don't want . my dad was, as they don't want. my dad was, as i say, in a union i mean i spent most of the seventies standing on picket with my dad. he was a very staunch labour supporter. so i do understand that. but i mean, if you go to the rmt mean, if you go back to the rmt i grinch or lynch, i mean, mick grinch or lynch, whatever you want to call him, you he was offered that, you know, he was offered that, you know, he was offered that, you 8% over two years, you know, the 8% over two years, 9% in some cases didn't even 9% in some cases he didn't even go to the members is go back to the members and is this acceptable ? he that this acceptable? he made that decision own. so this is decision on his own. so this is not acceptable. we are still striking and then extended those strikes christmas, strikes to cover christmas, which also promised he which he also promised he wouldn't . so, i mean, how how wouldn't do. so, i mean, how how why didn't it going off the members i you say you know people strike they are suffering they're losing money over this penod they're losing money over this period of time as well. well my understanding is lynch understanding is that mick lynch was additional mandate

was given an additional mandate by his executive council . you'd by his executive council. you'd have you'd have to ask him as precisely what the mandate was , precisely what the mandate was, the unacceptability of what's been offered. i could speak to some journalists i want to talk to because we ask him these questions. by the way, what? well, i again, you know, you have to you have to ask him. we just appear on the media just seem to appear on the media quite, bit is my quite, quite a bit is my impression. but what i think this discussion illustrates is nobody this, whether nobody on side of this, whether it's work force who'll be it's the work force who'll be making sacrifices , whether making those sacrifices, whether it's in the travelling public that want see these services ticking over christmas . that's ticking over christmas. that's why we absolutely have to find a solution to leave . this is nick solution to leave. this is nick thomas—symonds. he used to shadow trade sector in his book which awards which is won countless awards and the most talked about book at the labour committee is harold the winner . and harold wilson. the winner. and he says that keir starmer going to a winner thanks so to be a winner too. thanks so much. so much for much. thank you so much for coming and coming in. now, meghan and harry, we get away from harry, we can't get away from meghan we? thought meghan harry, can we? i thought the documentary absolutely the documentary was absolutely ghastly. three episodes released with another to aired

with another three to be aired next week. sussexes next week. the sussexes addressed the royal race row, how instagram yawn how they met on instagram yawn as . well, as harry's struggle as. well, as harry's struggle with tabloids yawn, the with the uk tabloids yawn, the documentary the beginning documentary states the beginning buckingham palace were asked comment. however, both buckingham palace and kensington palace say . no member of the palace say. no member of the family was approached for comment netflix comment on the netflix documentary. let's take a look look at a clip from . that film i look at a clip from. that film i think far as a lot the family were concerned everything that she was being put through they've been put through as well so it was almost like a rite of passage . and some of the members passage. and some of the members of families like. right. but my wife had to go through that. so should your girlfriend be treated any differently? why should you get special ? why should you get special? why should you get special? why should be protected ? and i should she be protected? and i said the difference here is the race element . well, let's speak race element. well, let's speak now to a royal reporter, cameron walker, you were there in that screening 3 hours. the press here , unsurprisingly, is pretty here, unsurprisingly, is pretty appalling . them. what was your

appalling. them. what was your take of what you saw ? what is take of what you saw? what is the real true reaction in buckingham palace? well, from that particular clip that, for example , is making, prince harry example, is making, prince harry is making suggestion that all female members of the royal family who marry into family gets exactly the same treatment from the press and that prince harry is saying that meghan deserves treatment because of the race here, i.e. accusing the british press of having a racist against meghan and. no evidence to sustain that at all. no, exactly . and the other problem exactly. and the other problem is, of course, there's two sides to every story. so we are only guessing in this documentary, harry and meghan's version of the truth . truth is that it's the truth. truth is that it's the truth. truth is that it's the truth. truth is that it's the truth now at buckingham palace, of course, was never going to comment . palace, of course, was never going to comment. but i think the other problem for and buckingham palace yesterday was right at the start of episode one, there was a disclaimer saying members of the royal family been to family have been asked to comments not commented comments but have not commented . sources, . now, from my sources, buckingham palace and kensington

palace have said no. we were never asked comment never asked to comment whatsoever was broke whatsoever. there was some broke email from third party production company , but when production company, but when asked verify that with asked to verify that with archewell, is harry and archewell, who is harry and meghan's production team and netflix the palace, netflix themselves the palace, for my understanding receives no response. so clearly they were going to respond to somebody they know . there they didn't know. there were many we could criticise, many things we could criticise, but i still gobsmacked, putting it bluntly about the way she mocked the exaggerated curtsy she did when she first met the queen. why would anybody attack the queen? she was three months to the day she died . yeah, it to the day she died. yeah, it was. and harry's face was a picture. he was clearly unhappy he probably tried to get that pulled . but clearly netflix have pulled. but clearly netflix have complete control and they included it. yeah think harry seems very uncomfortable in that particular clip. i think meghan i don't think could have had any malice and that's i think she was just not and it was the best of an american ization of the gesture but. just think about andrew rose were reversed, if andrew if rose were reversed, if it was somebody mocking or an

mocking a gesture, traditional gesture of a different country that would be accused of racism. so why think many people were asking question this morning, why is meghan getting away with mocking the traditional gestures of the united kingdom, especially ? it's to do with especially? it's to do with cursing in front of queen who has been dead now for three months. he banged on and on about this race , the so—called about this race, the so—called racism that his wife experienced was no evidence he brought forward. no evidence. in 3 hours, i saw what is he got that there was racist and towards his wife. well i think we need to the fact that prince harry is so clearly very traumatised by the death of his mother, princess diana , he was hounded by the diana, he was hounded by the press and paparazzi back in the day have changed since then. that's dramatically think because he's so got trauma and i think he's got people speaking to him having now living in california and getting the american pr perspective on matter perhaps . he feels

matter perhaps. he feels genuine. he feels there has been a race problem when it comes to his wife meghan and he's clearly going to stick up for his wife but like you say andrew is very difficult to follow that argument when there been argument when there hasn't been actual evidence for that argument . dawn neesom you were argument. dawn neesom you were editor of a red tabloid. yes, we know the paparazzi pursued princess who was an iconic world international figure. meghan markle has never, ever been subjected to the level , intense subjected to the level, intense level of media scrutiny that diana was . times have changed. diana was. times have changed. she has. and because times have changed enormously and rightly. andrew and i thought was very interesting i did and watch. interesting i did sit and watch. i would not have watched it, but i would not have watched it, but i thought for work. obviously, i had to . so i sat and watched all had to. so i sat and watched all 3 hours last night and it was very telling that the paparazzi shots they used of meghan being stalked by a paparazzi on a motorbike and people sort of hiding in basements and taking

pictures that was in america. that wasn't the press doing that . and the headlines that were pulled up about of like, you know, implying racist ism or from american public . yes. so from american public. yes. so this this is having a go at race ism in this country is profoundly wrong. and what you were saying just now sort of like, you know, obviously harry is severely traumatised and i did feel incredibly sorry for him watching that. i really did i was very lucky enough . i was very lucky enough. interview diana back in the and met the boys when they were little and the love those two lads have for one another was so especially william looking after little harry and to see how the relationship is deteriorated. now is horrible. i really felt sad watching that, but you were saying this. harry is traumatised. well, william is traumatised. well, william is traumatised . two lives went traumatised. two lives went through that together. they walked behind that coffin together. william was looking after his little brother. the whole time walking the whole time walking down the coffin. for so harry to then do this and know there are lots and lots of takes about brother

lots of takes about his brother in including the line that lots of takes about his brother in pickedluding the line that lots of takes about his brother in picked uping the line that lots of takes about his brother in picked up i|g the line that lots of takes about his brother in picked up i think line that lots of takes about his brother in picked up i think one that lots of takes about his brother in picked up i think on the at was picked up i think on the metro saying royals mind a lot they dated compliant think they all dated compliant think thatis they all dated compliant think that is fairytale love story outrageous anything to say about your own brother and father and now you know as well and now it's you know as well and i think other point to do that think the other point to do that with harry and william with prince harry and william is the some of the the fact that played some of the panorama interview . yes. panorama interview. yes. because, of course, the prince william that on camera william put out that on camera statement following we statement following the film. we found following dyson found out following dyson reports diana was deceived reports that diana was deceived , giving that interview that interview never, ever be aired again. and what 20 seconds of it is played in a documentary by his brother, prince harry. appalling and of course, next week we've got another 3 hours of it, another 3 hours. we only got as far as the wedding in the first episodes. so this is first three episodes. so this is going fallout of max. going to be the fallout of max. it's sandringham all it's the sandringham summit, all of wedding, the of that, the wedding, the wedding, race country wedding, this race this country hated. see this hated. that's why you see this £2 and the streets were £2 million and the streets were lined white elderly people. lined with white elderly people. i was there. this is why elderly . knows to hurt . . she knows how to hurt. cameron, thank you so much for coming now, up after

coming in. now, coming up after the break, we'll be the quick break, we'll be talking the that talking about the strike that started order started with the mail order business that in the up to business that in the run up to christmas. so see you in a moment .

meghan have declared war on britain herself , accusing crown britain herself, accusing crown and country of racism and even tearing down the late queen elizabeth's legacy. but condemning the commonwealth as the empire by name, they say. now, people are very aware of my race because . they made it such race because. they made it such an issue when i went to the uk, but i'll deliver my blistering review in my digest next before

i poll my superstar panel. dominique samuels, jordan bailey and i mean it. carl, also coming up evening, meghan's estranged sister, samantha markle royal mail workers have begun their wave of christmas strikes today. 115,000 have walked out. it will impact deliveries across the uk. they've decided to because of pay and working conditions the due to strike five more days in the run up to christmas which also includes you believe this christmas eve . you believe this christmas eve. let's talk to gb news viewer william sweet. now william, have we got you? yes good afternoon, andrew. hello, william . now, andrew. hello, william. now, which part of the country are you? i'm. i'm cornwall. i want

to say before we start, i like a lot of what you say and tweet about and, i watch dawn and i watch doughnuts . a big tv news watch doughnuts. a big tv news here. well glad to hear it. well, william if you posted your christmas cards already . oh, christmas cards already. oh, well , it's christmas cards already. oh, well, it's just talking about home this morning. i mean, i'm a, if these sort of they're not careful , they're going to the careful, they're going to the postal service is a great system. but we're careful that end up doing themselves a job. i mean, we're a age now where you can do emails or text. so i'm happy or even a an alternative carriage service . if you're not, carriage service. if you're not, you . it's a great system. but if you. it's a great system. but if you. it's a great system. but if you don't of understand people extra money but it we're in a difficult period now of trying to roll them over we has to look at its own costs and work out

what they can and can't . and you what they can and can't. and you , william the royal mail, they put an ad in all the national newspapers yesterday pointing out that already they were losing out that already they were losin g £1 million a day. so losing £1 million a day. so that's losing £1 million a day. so that' s £365 million in a year. that's £365 million in a year. and that's even before the strikes. the strikes are going to really hit their finances even harder because as you point out , even harder because as you point out, christmas busiest time of the they're turkeys voting the year they're turkeys voting for christmas aren't they. i know i and but yes i think if you want to get budget i think you've got to if you're going to do christmas cards it's just get it in quick but yeah. have you sent me one of i live at home. i think my mum a lot of it is cards but no i think it's a for families or anyone that's but yeah maybe somebody will post late and they can't they card doesn't get that is just so doing a disservice really i, i agree william thank you for

joining us. we have to leave you there. but that's william sweet calling from cornwall, gb news if you don't , you sent your if you don't, you sent your christmas know a lot of christmas cards. i know a lot of people year for the first time aren't doing christmas right. and not? and i thought and why not? and i thought it was saw. it was was sweet when you saw. it was very sweet, wasn't nice. very sweet, wasn't very nice. but they turkeys but but yeah, they are turkeys but then and they're then christmas and they're completely and. the last completely stuffed and. the last person 12th, which person died is the 12th, which is monday. haven't sent a is monday. i haven't sent a single give you and i have single card give you and i have actually i've been very organised heitman yeah lot organised heitman yeah but a lot of people just won't bother and i by cousin this i bought by my cousin this lovely little shop . live lovely little shop. i live in nonh lovely little shop. i live in north london. been going north london. i've been going there they've had there for years. they've had a terrible christmas because people not buying people say they're not buying christmas people say they're not buying christmaif the strikes this is because if the strikes this is the on effect with all the knock on effect with all these strikes. yeah, it's like the, you know, the train strike. it's not just the workers. it's not just the train workers. it's not just the train workers. it's all businesses around it's all the businesses around the actually coffee the stations. actually coffee shops, yeah. hill ball and the hospitality . well, people aren't hospitality. well, people aren't travelling this time year travelling over this time year because they can't get there, they home, they can't they can't home, they can't drive. obviously you know, there's little there's there's a little there's a little italian cafe. i use just

opposite the home office and, he tells me on the day of a strike, if a non strike day, he sells 500 copies. david rowe strike 150. so this this is the thing and he's actually he has to lay off staff. absolutely so, you know, union bosses, mick lynch, you know, we're doing this for the working people i'm not quite sure working people actually means. but yeah, actually making a of people lose their jobs. a lot of people lose their jobs. absolutely. up, we're absolutely. coming up, we're going talking to the going to be talking to the england bellingham, england playerjude bellingham, former call former tutor to discuss the call to with france. to final clash with france. tomorrow, come england. but first, it's your news update . first, it's your news update. now 32 i'm rhiannon jones. in the gb newsroom the has announced plans to overhaul the british financial sector by pledging to review and replace hundreds of pages of eu regulations. dubbed the edinburgh reforms jeremy hunt says provided a golden opportunity to seek to reshape

the rules . more than 30 the rules. more than 30 regulatory changes have been unveiled including reversing some measures introduced following the 2008 financial crash . the prime minister says crash. the prime minister says the reforms will keep the uk competitive . there are actually competitive. there are actually a million people employed in financial services and they're not just in the london in the city that's spread across the country in edinburgh and belfast and leeds and bournemouth and we want make sure we can want to make sure that we can continue jobs across continue creating jobs across the united kingdom. today's reforms will that industry reforms will that the industry remains competitive. we can create more jobs, but of course, this always safe where this will always be a safe where consumers will be protected . consumers will be protected. rishi sunak speaking at raf coningsby in lincolnshire for the launch of a new generation jet. britain will, with italy and japan to tempest its design to replace the typhoon jet and is expected to take to the skies by 2035. the prime minister , the by 2035. the prime minister, the joint venture aims to create thousands of uk jobs and security ties . postal at royal

security ties. postal at royal mail have begun a wave of strikes in the run up to christmas in an ongoing row over pay christmas in an ongoing row over pay and conditions. thousands are expected to attend this afternoon's rally in westminster . members of the communication workers will walk out again on sunday with further action plans throughout month, including on christmas . royal throughout month, including on christmas. royal mail warns throughout month, including on christmas . royal mail warns the christmas. royal mail warns the action will affect deliveries across the uk . meanwhile across the uk. meanwhile thousands of soldiers are preparing to cover for other workers, striking this christmas period. troops are already training at british ports and air force border force staff at gatwick , heathrow and manchester gatwick, heathrow and manchester airports . others will strike for airports. others will strike for eight days from december 23rd through to new year's eve. travellers hoping to head abroad over the christmas have been told to reconsider their plans . told to reconsider their plans. tv online and gb post radio this is gb news. don't go anywhere and. we're back in just a moment.

grandmother. the queen. i don't think you continue can continue to say this anymore, because he is methodically attacking every part of her legacy . i think it's part of her legacy. i think it's actually insulting to compare one second. i mean, i, i think it's unfair to let me finish the

thought . i it's unfair to let me finish the thought. i think it's unfair to compare the empire and the things that happened underneath it. you know, a lot of stuff it there were some good bits, but a lot of people died and suffered as a result of that. i think that's unfair and wrong to compare it to a that's unfair and wrong to sister, samantha markle hits back in a tv world exclusive after being made the villain of the duchess's story. plus the man who's documented harry and meghan's revenge mission from the start, biographer tom bower, reacts to their latest action of

treachery . he's live at 1020 . at treachery. he's live at 1020. at 935. our royal masterminds, lady colin campbell and phil dampier return to ask if harry, the former third in line to the throne, has become a de facto republican and as tory mp bob seely tables, a bomb shell bill should they be stripped of their royal titles while the man himself debates with royal insider lady victoria, how the improved cost of denice headley at 920. i want your verdict on that too. plus as they say,

now, even me, who knows nothing about football? i could tell you what i know about it. i could write on the back of a postage stamp that had been shrunk. but even i'm getting excited about the we're playing france, the fact we're playing france, the fact we're playing france, the enemy in the quarter the old enemy in the quarter finals on saturday, raheem sterling returning to the sterling is returning to the world cup after leaving due to a break at his home in surrey. break in at his home in surrey. everything i need, all of the flower, they flower, the firepower when they come . strong team come up. a strong french team who are the reigning world champions. let's talk now to ramsey now. he was tutor at loughborough college to jude bellingham , who's one of the bellingham, who's one of the great stars of the england team. good afternoon , you. afternoon good afternoon, you. afternoon thanks for having me on. a pleasure . how well is your boy pleasure. how well is your boy doing? is so well. i made myself . everybody at the college was

so proud . but we're not so proud. but we're not surprised he's doing so well . surprised he's doing so well. but yet we're really proud how well he's doing. and what a superstar he's becoming. and he seems to be i mean he's a very young man, isn't he ? yeah. i young man, isn't he? yeah. i mean, he's only 19 and he started studying at 16 and he's always had a great maturity about him . you see that across about him. you see that across in these interviews that he's done and with the tv radios, you come that went not to them in the classroom . so he's always at the classroom. so he's always at that grade level mature and that humbleness about it. and he's older than he's suggesting but to be and to be doing so well and yet massive from the back four do these duties so well could you see jason star quality when you first met him . yeah when you first met him. yeah i mean there's been talk about jude from the age of 13 with his football. i mean we got him through college where the education would provide that for . ben gibson at 16 when he signed this scholarship forms. so we already knew academically

he was a drawing boy and he just sat and wrote within the classroom, even though he was playing first team football at the time. his time management and the way do everything in the way he's handled any responsibility was fantastic. and when he went out to play for dortmund i mean at loughborough we sort of we were in a unique program where have what we call the distance then so no matter where the student is wherever in the country or around the world they can still study. so fit around that time table . and jude around that time table. and jude continued that when he moved back germany and completed back to germany and completed his b.tech, which was meant to be around years completely be around two years completely by christmas . we took 19 by christmas. we took in 19 months. so yeah, he's always at that star quality about him and the pressure on him in the tomorrow jason the whole country is willing england on even people like me who don't do football really excited and really praying that they're going to win. how well does he cope with that of pressure and

again is that pressure on him since was younger since he's fighting it and so he's always different levels obviously never knowing sign and saw in every game the pressure is on another level for him going back to his maturity levels again is humbleness is a great family mean even his younger brother's trying professional not. so between the both of them the family the whole ended in depression and there is no that he will go out and thrive and regardless the result i think he'll do really well by actually going the team will do well. oh i was going to ask you just finally, jason, what's the school going to be and let's say to england generally, if england beat france and was scared of both as we are this, then i think it's a really close guidebook and if i was a betting man rachael , guidebook and if i was a betting man rachael, i'll put money on england to. well, let's hope you're right. that's jason ramsay who is due to our great star player , jude bellingham, at star player, jude bellingham, at loughborough. now, let's return to news of the royal mail strike, which is underway today,

115,000 workers have walked out. it's to have a huge impact on festive across the uk . let's festive across the uk. let's talk to joan philip, who's the founder of metal loves which is a mail order baby sensory essentials company. they donate 100 their sensory machines each month to two hospital wards and their business is to be seriously impacted. over christmas, good afternoon to you. how bad this for you? good afternoon. yes, it's certainly a very challenging time and it's having quite a far reaching effect on like mine, who are only selling to customers online . it's meaning we are losing trading days in what's a really important quarter for many small businesses generate cash flow to enable us to have a strong sort of following year. and i think the thing it's really hard is how disappointing to be disappointing customers when their deliveries aren't showing up , particularly for a company up, particularly for a company like mine at a loss we are delivering for babies, which is a emotional purchase. so we

a very emotional purchase. so we are potentially, you know, disappointed grandparents or people who are trying to give colleagues they colleagues a gift before they leave attending leave or people attending showers. so an extra showers. so there's an extra sort of emotional charge , i sort of emotional charge, i guess, on what we're trying to achieve and what we're unable to achieve and what we're unable to achieve easily at moment . you achieve easily at moment. you use other delivery services, you use other delivery services, you use instead of the royal mail . use instead of the royal mail. yes, absolutely and we are offering those services . so sort offering those services. so sort offering those services. so sort of we've had to pivot and offer extra services. we've taken a bit of a hit to upgrade, the warm up services we are offering to show full tracking to customers this half the problem we're seeing is things are getting much lost in the system. so we're unable to even accurately say to customers, where is your parcel? because the things aren't being scanned in the way they would normally. so actually we taking a bit of a hit as a business to offer a fully tracked service so can, fully tracked service so we can, at least and reassure at least see and reassure customers movement with customers there's movement with their they have their parcels if they have chosen to remain with royal chosen to remain with the royal

mail just finally jen, mail service. just finally jen, the of course, of the point is, of course, some of the point is, of course, some of the given to the the you've normally given to the royal , you may never give royal mail, you may never give back to them is a hard , isn't back to them is a hard, isn't it? you know, i have a i do have sympathy with royal mail and they men and women they and the post men and women i we see what i think we need to see what happens is this conversation between union and women and between the union and women and see what the services they offer . ultimately as a small business, need make sure business, i need to make sure we're our customers and we're serving our customers and them options to get them the right options to get their delivery promptly so it remains to be seen whether the royal mail can sort of pull out the continue be a the bag and continue be a partner ours. well, best partner of ours. well, the best of to you, jen, because if of luck to you, jen, because if they're not making your life eafien they're not making your life easier, who's easier, that's jen fuller, who's the of atlas a mail the founder of atlas a mail order century essentials order baby century essentials company. thanks for joining order baby century essentials company. thanks forjoining us . company. thanks forjoining us. now house of lords today now in the house of lords today debating the uk asylum and refugee policy. really? i didn't know there was one in the past houn know there was one in the past hour. the archbishop of canterbury , justin welby, is canterbury, justin welby, is condemning the government's policy by saying the rwanda scheme is immoral and, that the processing delays are

disgraceful. well, let's get more on this from david hague, who's international human rights lawyer. and david, debating the asylum immigration system . it's asylum immigration system. it's asylum immigration system. it's a chaos and it's not working . a chaos and it's not working. well absolutely. i mean, i think you started it quite well when you started it quite well when you committed what, immigration policy. so the moment going on in the house of lords, the archbishop of canterbury , the archbishop of canterbury, the motion to discuss the current whatever that system be and he's i think he said the other people will be joining him soon but there are some things that said which i don't agree with and some things which i do. for instance, he called a chronic this of the migrant system. that's something think we can all agree with can explain. david, why so many people want abandon france, which is safe country to come to great britain . i think that's something obviously through each

individual that makes that crossing to comment on. i mean obviously we are a attractive country of having a significant of available benefits of that aren't available in other countries . but i think certainly countries. but i think certainly what we can look at now is the fact that the complete chaos , fact that the complete chaos, chaos in terms of the migrant system and what we're doing in terms of the ever changing, homesick territories, the government and the laws basically is effectively an illegal immigrants dream. the way that we're at it. and the people smugglers dream because if can get here , they could if they can get here, they could stay here and effectively, definitely we've already saw the archbishop patrick mention someone that's been stuck in the system for 14 years, 14 years. that's a shift, apparently. apparently, that's that's that's something that's been reported just now that he's been part he met somebody that's been stuck in system for years. so in the system for 40 years. so if that correct, if you imagine that person receiving income from for that period of from the uk for that period of time, potentially if time, potentially housing and if the case there are others, i

mean it is quite for migrants to be in the system for several years that certainly is quite common and that's one of the things that needs to be addressed in terms of, again, is the archbishop of canterbury rightly said rightly said the archbishop of canterbury rigthe said rightly said the archbishop of canterbury rigthe expense rightly said the archbishop of canterbury rigthe expense of rightly said the archbishop of canterbury rigthe expense of the tly said the archbishop of canterbury rigthe expense of the taxpayer , at the expense of the taxpayer, the long time it takes to process these asylum claims is costing taxpayer lot costing british taxpayer a lot of that's something of money. and that's something that able to be that should be able to be reduced significantly . all reduced significantly. all right. that's david hake , who's right. that's david hake, who's an international human rights lawyer . dawn, i think the lawyer. dawn, i think the archbishop canterbury making these outrageous about rwanda in just the week after we had a census showing fewer than half of us. now identify as christian should not be his job sorting out his flock rather than telling the government it's immoral the scheme. of course he showed i mean that they have got more important their own more important within their own backyard and the archbishop of canterbury and, the church of england, has millions recently, by way trying to convince us by the way trying to convince us to go back to church and we are still not doing so. it's an elderly congregation. a

congregation members are dying off and people just aren't going . so what he needs to doing is getting back to his day job than trying to be a politician and a bad one at that. indeed now a big story breaking in. the scottish parliament is set to pass a new law which is going to simplify simplify legal simplify and simplify the legal process for anyone who wants to change their gender in scotland . controversy across . it sparked controversy across . snp minister . scotland with one snp minister resigning protest. the british government in westminster however, now may refuse to recognise that law which would be the westminster parliament asserting its authority over scottish parliament. the new law in scotland would shorten the time anyone who might want to get a gender recognition certificate and will also do away with the need for medical tests. talk to gb news tests. let's talk to gb news political reporter olivia. olivia, a battle between olivia, this a battle between devolved government which says it's got the right to change law about gender , people changing about gender, people changing their gender and the government saying they've got the right to intervene when they think safety is going to be impacted here

because also the scottish government would people government would allow people as young to change their young as jake to change their genden young as jake to change their gender. yeah a really fascinating law which been now going through its final stage in the scottish parliament. i was up in scotland a couple of weeks ago and i saw the committee stage of it. essentially what the law would do is remove checks and balances for anyone who wants to change their genden who wants to change their gender. you're over it gender. so if you're over 18, it would involve changing changing your , which involve your legal sex, which involve living acquire gender living in your acquire gender for just three months and by forjust three months and by living in your acquired gender, you would have to say that you have in that gender for have lived in that gender for three months and you can three months and then you can change your legal sex if you between 18. then it has between 16 and 18. then it has to be months. but there's to be months. but again, there's no medicalisation there's no diagnosis of gender , for diagnosis of gender, for example. there's no therapy there's no anything. all of which we have written into the law for changing your gender in england . so if this law went england. so if this law went through it would be a really seismic change . and now uk are seismic change. and now uk are

worried that although government here has no intention of pushing ahead with anything , they're ahead with anything, they're worried that women in england would be impacted by this law because obviously you could have a problem where biological males in scotland could their legal sex within three months under this new law . come down to this new law. come down to england and be legal women and therefore stay in prison for example for women only room changing rooms. exactly and obviously the government here has made a big of keeping women's only spaces for biological women only. the other issue , of course, is that there issue, of course, is that there could a gender tourism . you could a gender tourism. you could a gender tourism. you could see english trans people going up to scotland to have the legal change, just staying there for three months and then coming down again in the new sex . so down again in the new sex. so having issue like this different in and scotland as all sorts problems which don't seem to have been thought through at all and it would be highly unusual for the parliament westminster

to overrule a devolved government, whether it's the scottish government, northern ireland assembly or the welsh government, and it would pick a big with nicholas sturgeon, but perhaps it's fight really soon perhaps it's a fight really soon i would like to pick because i suspect the majority of people in scotland certainly which those know would be those people i know would be deeply of the deeply disapproving of the scottish government's proposing. well and i spoke to a lot of well yes and i spoke to a lot of women in who really worried women in in who really worried about law coming through about this law coming through and lots of them are very left wing nature . but a sort of wing by nature. but a sort of amazed that it seems to be the conservatives that are standing up for this. so it might be a fight that the uk government is prepared to enter. another sentiment which i kept hearing in was there in scotland was that there were people nicholas people who felt nicholas sturgeon so many sturgeon there have been so many about poor drafting of this about the poor drafting of this . this isn't the first time the uk government is now stepping in, but the un has raised questions it already. so many questions, and there's questions, this bill and there's a possibility that's being that sort of nicholas sturgeon is pushing ahead with it in order to create this big problem with

the uk , in order to create some the uk, in order to create some sort of clash she can it's sort of clash so she can it's just another sort of palace who runs scotland. but she is about democracy. i think in scotland on an issue like that, the scottish people would be with the british would be with the british government i think that seems quite likely, which i think nicholas sturgeon think is why nicholas sturgeon wants it through over the wants to get it through over the christmas period when everything's and, everything's a bit quieter and, hoping away. hoping that'll just go away. dawn i everything olivia dawn neesom i everything olivia has just said , i mean, i'm has just said, i mean, i'm profoundly shocked that has even a of going through. a chance of going through. i think it's i think it's incredibly news for women. i think it's turning women's back decades. think it's turning women's back decades . i think it's turning women's back decades. i mean, you think it's turning women's back decades . i mean, you know, we decades. i mean, you know, we are told that as a woman, you can't talk about being a woman. you're transphobic, even talking about being a woman. sort of like you must be committing a hate crime . now, being a woman hate crime. now, being a woman is not crime, actually. and being a woman and saying, you are standing for women's rights does make you transphobic does not make you transphobic ehhen does not make you transphobic either. think nicola either. and i think nicola sturgeon as you just a little sturgeon is as you just a little bit playing a very dangerous

game she's going to alienate 50% bit playing a very dangerous game vote going to alienate 50% bit playing a very dangerous game vote asying to alienate 50% bit playing a very dangerous game vote as surely alienate 50% bit playing a very dangerous game vote as surely ilienate 50% bit playing a very dangerous game vote as surely i mean; 50% of the vote as surely i mean there can't be any . i would there can't be any. i would think absolutely . but the think absolutely. but is the female in scotland ? female population in scotland? i've i've got lots of i've never. i've got lots of friends in scotland and friends who live in scotland and i of them agree with this. i none of them agree with this. i none of them agree with this. i should just that all that's happened so is that you know, equality minister has written to nicholas sturgeon laying out her concerns hasn't got to the concerns so it hasn't got to the point a legal or i know where point of a legal or i know where she's coming from on an issue we do know and you say it's one of the first times that this has happened. government happened. westminster government has to override has even made moves to override frustrating, fascinating and we'll keep you up to date on that. now christmas, of course, there turkey there have been fears turkey may be menu for some be off the menu for some christmas because of shortages due flu. the due to bird flu. the government's ordered all captive and poultry birds to be kept inside help fight disease inside to help fight the disease . executive of the . and the chief executive of the british poultry council recently told half of free told employees half of free range turkeys raised for christmas been cold or died christmas have been cold or died due to the outbreak . now one due to the outbreak. now one turkey farmer in east lancashire is worried many of his free range turkeys will be unsold due

to what he calls scaremongering about the. and joined by him about the. and i'm joined by him now for. white is co—owner at paws turkeys paul , do you think paws turkeys paul, do you think who is scaremongering that avian flu. is it the government and i don't think it's the government i think supermarkets have recognised that will have less fresh turkey but don't want lose those customers to people those so they're telling effectively you need to go and buy a frozen turkey if you want turkey this christmas. they can get those cheap imports on. the continent very similar to the egg crisis this recently happening where the supermarkets aren't going to pay a the supermarkets aren't going to pay a fair price for eggs. so oxfam people, there's a shortage and then it can buy an italian eggs at much cheaper price. and meanwhile british farmers have got eggs it's got stacks of eggs left. it's down supermarket , not down to the supermarket, not wanting to pay a fair price . and wanting to pay a fair price. and that's exactly what's happening with the turkeys in a row. they've basically told there's

going to be a shortage of fresh turkey. may be turkey. they may be supermarkets, but that certainly isn't out in independent suppliers like yours. and it's not just me. lots of my are saying the same thing that they have got far more turkeys than they usually would have . and they usually would have. and that's because the scaremongering from the likes of the british poultry council and the british poultry council and the largest has driven people who would usually be our customers to buy a frozen turkey. and i can completely understand that if i was walking a supermarket and i've had in my is august is you're going to get a turkey and you want they're in the freezer going to pick it up and put it in your freezer at home because a bird in the hand, as they say, is worth two in the bush. you know. yeah, i can see why people have done it but really it's supermarkets just wanting to control the market again people find people again how do people find people like you if people like you paul? if people watching programme think watching this programme i think are i really do are of because i do really do want range turkey, what want a free range turkey, what do do? they just put do do they do? do they just put do

they google free range they just google free range turkey suppliers? yeah what i would what i would suggest would yeah, what i would suggest most operate websites most of us operate on websites and the uk and and deliver across the uk and all sort of stuff. so we're all that sort of stuff. so we're as advanced as supermarkets and if go google and type in if you go on google and type in the of county of free the name of your county of free range i'm fairly range turkey, i'm fairly confident five confident you'll find five or ten local you that you ten people local you that you can pick for you save you can pick up for you and save you from nicer in view is from how much nicer in view is free range turkey than frozen turkey . well i think it's the turkey. well i think it's the worlds apart . the free range worlds apart. the free range turkey is red over a longer penod turkey is red over a longer period of time it's a different breed . so often the frozen breed. so often the frozen turkeys can be called a white turkey, which is bred indoors and bred to grow fast. much more commercial . and the taste is the commercial. and the taste is the taste completely unrivalled. i think. so if you want something really special is for most people this country the most important meal of the most special meal of the year. and it's worth going the whole hog and having the chance to support farmers while you do it. all right. well, good luck with that. that's paul white from

paups that. that's paul white from paul's turkey. do google him. paul's turkey. so do google him. and paul just briefly don't and i'm paul just briefly don't free range or frozen free range turkey or frozen turkey so hate me. oh no for 37 years is about your hobby . yeah, years is about your hobby. yeah, hardly any. thanks free range, but hey. yeah much rather go someone like paul and get free range turkey. absolutely so paul turkey's good luck to them coming up so i'm now coming up we are you're watching me andrew plenty more still to come on this program .we'd be talking this program. we'd be talking about meghan and harry. course, i'm going to be talking to the union boss behind that postal strike. but before we're going to take a little .

compare it to a voluntary association that countries actually can leave if they if they'd like. so it's clearly i think the commonwealth is such a positive thing, a commonwealth and the inequality that you see with the nations involved in the commonwealth is literally a direct result of wealth extracted those nations due

break i know you're watching and listening to troops here on tv news with you until 2 pm. here's what's coming. the christmas postal strikes underway . not very festive, is underway. not very festive, is it? be speaking to one of it? we'll be speaking to one of the union barons who's at the centre of it. and if read centre of it. and if you read from the communication workers union, meghan, union, also harry and meghan, much pop us over much more pop in the us over here . but with efforts underway here. but with efforts underway in parliament strip couple of in parliament to strip couple of their titles. i'm to their royal titles. i'm going to be an american be speaking to an american showbiz journalist about that netflix document . wasn't it netflix document. wasn't it ghastly? and e—scooters. ghastly? e—bikes and e—scooters. i can't stand them. we'll be discussing what a menace they are on britain's streets. and just one more sleep until england's world clash with france. sterling is back france. raheem sterling is back with his team and they'll be asking a former england player to root chances. and you at home, you're an home, don't forget you're an important this show. me important part of this show. me at gbviews@gbnews.uk. and i'll put your points of views to those that speak to. maybe i'll even get speak to you live on even get to speak to you live on air. that's what's coming up this the latest this hour. but first, the latest news . good afternoon. it's

news news. good afternoon. it's coming up to 1:02. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom the. chancellor's announced plans to overhaul the british financial sector. my pledging to review, repeal and hundreds of pages of . eu regulations dubbed the edinburgh reforms. jeremy hunt says brexit has provided a golden opportunity to reshape up the rules. more than 30 regulatory changes been unveiled, including reverse easing, some measures introduced following the 2008 financial crash . the government hopes the crash. the government hopes the plans will help end the uk sluggish record on growth. the prime minister says . the reforms prime minister says. the reforms will keep the uk competitive. there actually a million people employed in financial services and they're not just in the london in the city that's spread across the country edinburgh and belfast and leeds , bournemouth. belfast and leeds, bournemouth. and we want to make sure that can continue jobs can continue creating jobs across the united kingdom. today's reforms will mean that the industry remains competitive. we can create more

jobs. of course if this will jobs. but of course if this will always be a safe place where consumers will protected . consumers will be protected. rishi sunak, speaking at tariff free in lincolnshire for the launch of a new generation fighter jet. launch of a new generation fighterjet. britain will launch of a new generation fighter jet. britain will work italy and japan to develop ten piste. it's designed to the typhoon jet and is expected to take to the sky by 2035. the prime minister says the partnership will ensure the uk and its allies are outpacing and outmanoeuvring those seek to do us harm . than 150,000 royal mail us harm. than 150,000 royal mail staff have walked out today a new wave of strikes in the run up to christmas in an ongoing row pay and conditions. are expected to attend a rally in westminster this afternoon of the communication workers union strike again on sunday with further plan throughout the month including on christmas eve. royal mail warns the action will affect deliveries across the uk. customers are being advised to post christmas mail earlier than usual. this year.

meanwhile thousands of soldiers are preparing to cover for other workers, striking this christmas period. troops are already training at british ports and. airports. border force staff at gatwick, heathrow and airports, among others will strike for eight days from december the 23rd through to new year's eve. travellers hoping to head abroad over the christmas period have been told to think carefully about their plans. been told to think carefully about their plans . over 300,000 about their plans. over 300,000 people have been affected by delays in processing passport applications this year. national audit office says the were caused by an increase demand from customers coronavirus travel restrictions were lifted. it's urged home office to prepare for similar next year with up to 10 million applications expected expected . applications expected expected. wnba basket star brittney griner has landed in the united states after prisoner swap with russia . she was jailed for carrying

cannabis oil at a moscow airport back in february . ms. griner was back in february. ms. griner was released in an exchange for russian arms dealer. released in an exchange for russian arms dealer . viktor bout russian arms dealer. viktor bout yesterday . the white house says yesterday. the white house says she appears in good health and in good spirits . a serving in good spirits. a serving police officer has been with two counts of rape . pc rupert counts of rape. pc rupert edwards is alleged to have carried out the offences in lambeth and surrey earlier this yean lambeth and surrey earlier this year, while off duty. he was first arrested back in september and suspended. he's due to at westminster magistrates court today a fuel poverty charity is warning the rising cost of living and cold weather will leave millers struggling this winter. national energy action says are facing a choice of either accruing huge debt or living in unheated homes. comes as the uk health security agency issues a level three cold weather alert for england with the met office warning of up to four inches of snow in the south potentially causing travel . on

potentially causing travel. on the average costs of renting property is not by £117 a month from last year. that's to zoopla. the property reporting a typical month's is at almost £1,100. that's roughly 5% of the average income of . a single average income of. a single earner. london, manchester and glasgow have all seen, particularly sharp increases in the last and a tory mp is planning to propose a law that could strip the duke and duchess of sussex of their royal titles . isle of wight. and people say they claims there's a political issue . prince harry's comments issue. prince harry's comments after quit as a senior royal two years ago. it comes as the first three episodes of that controversial new netflix documentary released yesterday, in which prince harry accuses the royal family of having a level of unconscious . this the royal family of having a level of unconscious. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as happens now, though, it's back to andrew andrew .

to andrew andrew. what royal mail work has begun there? the first wave of christmas strikes today, hundred and 15,000 have walked out. it's going to have a huge impact on festive deliveries , striking festive deliveries, striking over pay and working conditions . they're planning to strike . and they're planning to strike on five more days in the run up to christmas, including christmas fury is the christmas eve. andy fury is the assistant general secretary, the communication workers union, which is behind the strike and joins me mr. fury , this is joins me now. mr. fury, this is an odd time to go on strike the busiest probably time of the year for the royal mail, when people are sending their christmas cards . well, the christmas cards. well, the responsibility this strike lies with royal mail , who are with royal mail, who are refusing to negotiate a reasonable, fair agreement. refusing to negotiate a reasonable, fair agreement . and reasonable, fair agreement. and members can embrace all our members can embrace all our members are seeking these jobs , members are seeking these jobs, a reasonable pay agreement, and

we oppose the change that they're seeking to bring in that are absolutely draconian. they call modernisation. it's actually victorian changes that they want . well, they say you they want. well, they say you would have seen statement put out by thomson, the chief executive of , the royal mail executive of, the royal mail yesterday saying even before the strike, the royal mail was yesterday saying even before the strike, the royal mail wa s £1 strike, the royal mail was £1 million a day. that's 365 million a day. that's 365 million a day. that's 365 million a year this christmas a strike is going to demolish an even bigger hole in the royal mail's finances. even bigger hole in the royal mail's finances . well, look, mail's finances. well, look, royal mail , record profits of royal mail, record profits of £758 million only in may. and they handed out to shareholders nearl y £600 they handed out to shareholders nearly £600 million this year alone . royal mail can afford to alone. royal mail can afford to give our members a reasonable deal give our members a reasonable deal, but it's not about pay. this is about job security. a royal mail announced on the 14th of october up to 10,000 job losses, and that's simply unacceptable, particularly when they've nearly 12,000 agency

workers within this . they don't workers within this. they don't need those agency . what they need those agency. what they need those agency. what they need to do is invest their directly employed people . after directly employed people. after all, they delivered and connect to this country during covid as key workers. they did a fabulous job and were applauded by the public. what we're trying to do and our members here today over 15,000 of them what we're demonstrating is the break up of royal mail. and we're trying to preserve a wonderful service for the and society as a whole . well the and society as a whole. well the and society as a whole. well the royal mail say that the people are sending 60% fewer letters. isn't that the truth ? letters. isn't that the truth? the world is changing and. your members going on strike is to mean we're going to be sending even fewer letters and cards. mr. well well, i mean, the challenge to simon thomson, ceo is to come and join us in a proper debate. i mean, what you're simply doing is repeating what royal mail said. what you need to do is actually come and listen to the workers and understand what the issues , the understand what the issues, the issues of hero jobs , a better issues of hero jobs, a better

service ensuring that there is a royal mail the future. if simon thomson has his there won't be a royal mail in the future. but he would argue and i'm not here to put his point but they did put this open letter to their customers. he would argue you guys are to ensure there's guys are going to ensure there's no royal mail because by going on strike in the busiest period, you're to it's probably you're going to it's probably going probably damage the going to probably damage the business permanently. mr. fury . business permanently. mr. fury. well, our members have been taking strike action since the end of august. this is the 13th day of strike action . our day of strike action. our members are absolutely determined and resilient and they want to ensure is a future for royal mail . our members care for royal mail. our members care about royal . they care about the about royal. they care about the job. they care about the customer. and that's not the case with simon thomson and the board. we want to ensure a room out of the future and we believe fundamentally that royal mail need to come to the negotiating table, thrash out a do. we're available for talks sunday, monday and tuesday . let's try monday and tuesday. let's try and get an agreement. let's try

and get an agreement. let's try and reach a way forward . but it and reach a way forward. but it takes simon thomson to come that negotiating table to reach an agreement. we want the strikes be called off. so do our members. but down to simon thomson to get involved in these negotiations . the royal mail say negotiations. the royal mail say they're not making compulsory redundancies. is that correct. no the royal mail of guaranteed there'd be no compulsory dances until the 31st of march next yeah until the 31st of march next year. that is their public position. only last week they wrote to me to determine the criteria for redundancy, including conduct in attendance . the reality is they are lining their members for compulsory dancing , and that's something we dancing, and that's something we were not prepared to tolerate under any circumstances. oh, can i ask you one final question, mr. have you posted your christmas cards ? well, our christmas cards? well, our members , a magnificent job for members, a magnificent job for the public . they want to be out the public. they want to be out there delivering parcels and letters to the whole of society. we deliver to 32 million addresses, six days a week. they

are actual true heroes of our members in royal mail. but what they need is job security? a fair deal, a fair wage and protect for their terms and conditions of . nothing more than conditions of. nothing more than that. conditions of. nothing more than that . all right. that's andy that. all right. that's andy very he's from the communication workers union. thanks for joining us, mr. fury. joining me in the studio for the next hour is to fantastic sketch writing columnist madeleine grant. these strikes everywhere we turn strikes. they smell coordinated. it feels like the unions are trying to do the job that perhaps keir starmer not failing is perhaps failing to do to knock out this tory government. yeah it does feel like that and it's but i think that things have fundamentally changed from . my mum keep saying it's exactly like being in seventies with better, slightly fewer blackouts , but there are echoes blackouts, but there are echoes for her who lived through it. but i think one big difference is actually the power has changed in a big way. you know, it's not these unions don't have the power necessarily hold the country ransom as used

country to ransom as they used to. all coming, for to. and it's all coming, for example, you mentioned, example, with as you mentioned, you about the way you were talking about the way that habits have changed with with letters, but with posting of letters, but also with the trains. fewer also with the trains. far fewer people rely on the train than they used , and the trains are no they used, and the trains are no longer involved in delivering energy around , the country energy around, the country and this thing, or at least this kind of thing, or at least not the same so that's not in the same way. so that's ability kind of stick ability to kind of stick the pincers in really hold the pincers in and, really hold the country to ransom. it doesn't exist anymore. but i what the strikes do is make life strikes can do is make life difficult for ordinary trying to go about their lives, especially over and i think that over christmas. and i think that actually , know public actually, you know the public patience this is quite is patience for this is quite is finite and there are signs already in the polls that people are starting to blame the unions for and not just pinning all on the government's incompetence and starmer, although and keir starmer, although labour a country just labour have got a country just seen a poll haven't with the seen a poll haven't we with the labour down 11 points labour lead is down to 11 points still course keir still huge of course keir starmer uncomfortable starmer is uncomfortable when he's labour's he's challenged about labour's position with strikes, not position with the strikes, not least because labour party is bankrolled entirely by many of the trade unions that are in

fact causing these strikes . fact causing these strikes. yeah, starting to get yeah, they are starting to get what looks like a lot more money coming from private coming in from the private sector. yeah, of course that sector. yeah, but of course that that still playing big part that is still playing a big part in party it's in funding labour party and it's a one keir starmer a tricky one for keir starmer and notice that, you know, and i notice that, you know, there are very few issues on which the tories much space to kick. it's very for them to kick. it's very hard for them to attack on number of attack labour on a number of issues they can quite issues because they can quite fairly you have fairly say well you guys have been for 12 years. been in charge for 12 years. yeah but i say one area where keir starmer start to look keir starmer does start to look awkward chamber it's awkward in the chamber when it's mentioned strike action. mentioned is the strike action. and i think the longer this carries on there's danger that carries on there's a danger that the unions do rather upset the trade unions do rather upset their interests. the labour their own interests. the labour mp to privately say they mp i've to privately say they were , by the decision were horrified, by the decision of to go back their of the rmt, to go back their word to cause go strike word not to cause to go strike over christmas. and that has the potential to cause real damage for yes . but potential to cause real damage for yes. but then for them. yes, yes. but then there's also a big words of peace in the labour party who are very much committed, the trade unions and they have come out of the trade unions in many cases and they have their power base there. so also a quite

difficult tightrope for them to walk within parliament and within entities. and within their own entities. and now we're kind of talking to madeleine throughout the programme you're programme now. i'm sure you're aware was the first aware night was the first opportunity for most to watch. the first three episodes of harry six part, harry and meghan's six part, much series all about much vaunted series all about themselves , what they call their themselves, what they call their truths and how they've been mistreated by the awful press and the awful royal family and by the awful royal family most many have most people, many have criticised the couple for attempting to what some say actually to they trying to bring down the monarchy , attacking the down the monarchy, attacking the queen's legacy , even calling the queen's legacy, even calling the commonwealth, which she worshipped. she set up the commonwealth as a result of the collapsing british empire and some including at westminster are calling for the sussexes to be stripped of the title. they were paid over £100 million for the document . they had clips of the document. they had clips of diana's famous interview with martin bashir in 90, 95, even though william the prince of wales has said the deceitful should never be aired . well, should never be aired. well, joining me now, all the way from

the united to hear about the reaction across, the pond is the showbiz journalist . sam rubin. showbiz journalist. sam rubin. sam, it's had a pretty poor press in britain. meghan of course, is an american and very proud, our american heritage. what's been the reaction in the united states ? i think more of united states? i think more of a muted reaction than there's been in the uk. i think the big story that this is not even although generating headlines all around the world and certainly conversation around the world this is not a show that has even cracked the netflix top ten here in the us. so while people are certainly talking it it's obviously the toast of media circles. it isn't necessary generating this mass of viewership here. so one question might be for 3 hours that dropped yesterday and 6 hours total, is there enough interest, at least domestically here to merit a six hour document ? it's an extraordinary document? it's an extraordinary length of time and. the whole thing is extraordinarily selfish

. so i think that is , you know, . so i think that is, you know, here we are in the capital of narcissism, hollywood, california and i think people who've seen it think even here, it's too. what is objection that people watching this in america, sam ? is it the criticism of her, sam? is it the criticism of her, the queen? it's only three months to the day yesterday that she died. or is it just the sense that i've got that they just seem to cop about everything? yeah usually i think i think a lot of it is whining. and i tell you what, for every ten negative comments you hear, there are certainly somebody who says, oh, it's fairytale come true. i loved her, that type of thing . it isn't a 100% or thing. it isn't a 100% or a against the two of them. and i think there is sort of, you know , princess out of nowhere story thatis , princess out of nowhere story that is vaguely interesting . but that is vaguely interesting. but you can't sit in your $15 million mansion in arguably the single most exclusive area of

southern california . you know, southern california. you know, with oprah just down the street close enough to borrow cup of sugar from and i think there's extraordinary amount of complain king for people who to a large degree have nothing to complain about. yeah they've still got their titles they've got all this money apparently making over this money apparently making ove r £100 million from netflix. over £100 million from netflix. do you think netflix are going to return on this money if to get a return on this money if the viewing figures are that bad in won't. you in america, they won't. you know, i tell you what, netflix made this deal for two reasons, really. one, to generate headunes really. one, to generate headlines have generated $100 million worth of headlines. i don't know and i think in a weird way this phrase it's the alliteration . are they you know, alliteration. are they you know, on one level they don't want to be royals and. on another level, quite clearly they're monetising the monarchy. they're their absolute glee. you know, the phrase that we use here, it's a money grab. and i think after signing this , they had to signing this, they had to deliver something the

documentarian assigned to produce this. and by the way if you watch the title credits they're very, very revealing because it says, amongst other things in association with archewell . so this is a document archewell. so this is a document about them per duced by them. so as we talk learning their truth we're learning their truth from perspective and that's it. it's rather narrow. i think to some degree, is it worth it? netflix somehow a calculation that the congress say, for example, that you and i are having is mentioned netflix has a value that conversation these global you total all up and the viewership but does it equal 100 million american dollars. i know if it does or not. netflix is certainly hoping that it does. all right. that's the us journalism review. madeleine grant , the telegraph set with

grant, the telegraph set with me. madeleine i mean, i instinctively didn't want to watch it because i don't want to give them any kudos or , any give them any kudos or, any money. i don't like them. i think they behaved the play. but you watch . it's our job. you have to watch. it's our job. what's your take on them? well, you'll pay for them note you'll pay for them on the note because watched it. so because i haven't watched it. so i'm delighted that no one at work asked me to write work has asked me to write anything about it. but you can't really avoid. i mean, i already know far than i would like know far more than i would like to about documentary. and to about this documentary. and i think clips that have been think the clips that have been widely i have widely shared, the ones i have seen, really are and seen, they really are very. and i even who i think i think even someone who i think my friend praveen a wrote an article couple of years ago which she said that she was making centrist, that she was someone strong someone who didn't a strong opinion either and felt opinion either way. and it felt that to have strong that has to have a strong opinion. i don't think there are any meghan centrists left now because gone so because i think it's gone so far. only people still far. the only people still defending sussexes are defending the sussexes are people were already people who were already virulently hostile to the family, particularlyfans virulently hostile to the family, particularly fans of family, or particularly fans of harry and meghan. i think most ordinary are fed up to the ordinary are quite fed up to the back teeth of about them back teeth of hearing about them

and but what they and listening, but what they see is woman who married into a is a woman who married into a family and a man basically slagging his family. yeah, not a good look . and especially the good look. and especially the point that sam made so brilliantly. the hypocrisy of having to monetise this relationship. and that's all they have. and i do wonder, obviously 100 million usd, specially us dollars , the specially us dollars, the exchange rates as they are now can go quite far for a long time. but i think, you know, with with harry meg future is left. i mean already people are saying they want the kind of revelations that amount to revelations that would amount to we jaw dropper was that no we tv's jaw dropper was that no it was with oprah winfrey which she didn't challenge of course that a senior member of the royal family asked would the baby be more black or more white which i didn't find racist anyway. no. and we still don't know who that royal allegedly was. we've all heard speculation. yes maybe there'll be dropping revelations next be jaw dropping revelations next week, another 3 hours. week, but another 3 hours. another 3 hours. i say. and then what happens after that ? and what happens after that? and then we've got his book in january . the then we've got his book in january. the book heir. the

january. the book the heir. the spare is back . yeah. i mean , spare is back. yeah. i mean, it's i really don't know what they have left to offer. and, you know , i know if perhaps you know, i know if perhaps there is a route back into kind of acting or hollywood drama, i mean, who knows ? it does come mean, who knows? it does come a point where you've kind of said your piece and that's your party trick. and we've all we've all heard it far too many times and there's no route back for harry, i and don't think be i suspect. and i don't think be at coronation. i'll yes, no. at the coronation. i'll yes, no. why would want to be at why would he want to be at something which enshrines in law, an institution which apparently that's apparently despises. that's true. hasn't said he's true. i mean he hasn't said he's talked down royal family be quite fascinating if he were to say for example express cynically i'm a republican i cynically i'm now a republican i think is at that point you think this is at that point you can't come but actually the royal family, their royal family, i mean, i their forbearance they have generally tried been very in tried to they've been very in their public language and they know that that's exactly what the wanted more than the queen wanted more than anything bring together. the queen wanted more than anyta ng bring together. the queen wanted more than anyta woman bring together. the queen wanted more than anyta woman whoing together. the queen wanted more than anyta woman whoing tshakeer. the queen wanted more than anyta woman whoing tshake hands and a woman who can shake hands with mcguinness is very

with martin mcguinness is very forgiving and to believes in christian forgiveness and i think they will want to try to live that out as much as possible . the sussexes are possible. the sussexes are making very to be forbearing. making it very to be forbearing. they certainly are. that's madeleine grant from the telegraph. up got a gb telegraph. coming up got a gb news gun gang exclusive you where criminals were arrested. just before they're just mome before they they're about a hit with about to carry out a hit with multiple weapons before that. we're going to take a we're going to take just a little .

justice for her son is well and truly complete following the sentencing of anne sacoolas for causing his death by careless driving , the wife of a us driving, the wife of a us diplomat eight months in prison suspended for 12 months . in suspended for 12 months. in 2019, she was driving on the

wrong break now. fascinate king story, a gang of criminals are about to out a hit when they are arrested by the authorities have been jailed for a total of 32 years. the five men all from the west midlands, were arrested after their car was intercept hit in a birmingham suburb by specialist firearms team from the national crime agency . our homeland crime agency. our homeland

security editor mark white has the full story for us now now . the full story for us now now. to dan in the birmingham suburb , kings norton armed officers intercept this bmw valley valley . the five occupants dragged from the vehicle . hands behind from the vehicle. hands behind your back, boy. you dance behind you. back to the operation is sudden and shock . you. back to the operation is sudden and shock. king put your head on put your head on there. put your legs. but these men are , dangerous armed criminals who it's believed were on their way to out a hit, those concerns borne out by a search of the car. you're going to you should nothing but a hill house, a handgun , complete with handgun, complete with ammunition . also found were ammunition. also found were knives and a sledgehammer in the front passenger footwell the

gang all from the west midlands have now been jailed at crown court . the conviction, the court. the conviction, the result intelligence received by national crime agency and an operation led by commander michael pope. given the fact what was found in the vehicle at the point the arrest, i think i'm i'm fairly confident they were a dangerous group i mean, we're talking about individuals middle in in a community in birmingham where the weapons themselves speak for themselves. and i've no doubt that at that time, had we not somebody somewhere they'd come to some quite serious home it was a fast time operation within hours of receiving intelligence from the group , authorities were on their group, authorities were on their tail . here group, authorities were on their tail. here the gang are picking up two of their number, their bmw heads off not far behind this specialist armed officers from the national crime agency are further down the road they move in. how do they stay with

you on the ground ? on the you on the ground? on the ground. on the ground . you don't ground. on the ground. you don't get on the ground. you don't . get on the ground. you don't. and the authorities are convinced had this armed gang not stopped, then one or more people would have been seriously harmed. it was intelligence that led to the of these armed criminals . led to the of these armed criminals. but for led to the of these armed criminals . but for every firearm criminals. but for every firearm taken off the streets there are many more still in circulation . many more still in circulation. get on the floor now . get on the get on the floor now. get on the floor , on the floor. then get floor, on the floor. then get up. this operation broad daylight happened , just yards daylight happened, just yards from where a group of schoolchildren were playing . it schoolchildren were playing. it is a chilling illustration of the way in which these armed operate with little regard for innocent members of the public starting mark white gb news birmingham . how exciting a birmingham. how exciting a dramatic was that ? well, i'm dramatic was that? well, i'm delighted to say gb news home in

security to matt white's in the studio. mark, i almost laughed. that police officer said the master. the understatement. i think they were up to no good. i think they were up to no good. i think they were with guns and knives and baseball bats and all the rest of it. i mean, there's no doubt they were going off no no doubt they were going off to do something some serious harm more than one person. harm on more than one person. the fact is so the sledgehammer and they're knives that were in the the old weapon as the vehicle, the old weapon as well , they hadn't been stopped well, they hadn't been stopped at time. someone would have at that time. someone would have been injured or worse. been seriously injured or worse. and of it would have happened in a street , in and of it would have happened in a street, in broad daylight, in the middle of a city. and that's uncommon because we get these reports day in day , violent reports day in day, violent crime taking place right across the country , fuelled by the drug the country, fuelled by the drug trade. what's going to be really encouraging people watching this programme and listening on the radio mark? is that because we never see police officers, do we never see police officers, do we never see police officers, do we never see a bobby on the beat? you never see a police car to know that the against crime know that the war against crime is on all the time and are

is going on all the time and are notable successes. yeah, i mean, it's easy sometimes to get carried away with the odd negative headline about the police and the job that they do . but guys, girls are out . but these guys, girls are out there day in, day out, . but these guys, girls are out there day in, day out , facing there day in, day out, facing some pretty dangerous individuals. and you see just with this gang how robust they were in dealing with getting them off the streets and finally securing this conviction . could securing this conviction. could we see a bit more robust policing from the police when it comes to extinction rebellion and stop oil? who seem to be encouraged in militant tactics . encouraged in militant tactics. well, i'm sure they would probably be quite a few people out that may agree that there needs to be perhaps a less tolerant approach to these very disruptive and illegal protests that are taking place. however, the police would argue terms of going out there with guns and yes , perhaps with violence. the yes, perhaps with violence. the you know, they deal what's in front a violent person, but they

are control of that situation. what people want to see is the police in control of these when these wretched demons rioters are disrupting traffic and disrupting people going to work and trying to get to hospital. i hear you say. that's white, hear what you say. that's white, who is, of course, our homeland security editor, being very diplomatic stay us. diplomatic here. stay with us. is coming got all the is coming up. we've got all the insights trevor, stephen, who insights of trevor, stephen, who is a former international footballer i as we look footballer. i think as we look ahead england's game on ahead to england's game on saturday but first, it's saturday night. but first, it's your update . good afternoon your news update. good afternoon it's 132. i'm rhiannon your news update. good afternoon it's132. i'm rhiannon in the gb newsroom. the chancellor has announced plans to overhaul the british financial sector by pledging to review and replace hundreds of pages of eu regulations dubbed the edinburgh reforms . jeremy hunt says reforms. jeremy hunt says brexit's supervisor is a golden opportunity to reshape the rules. more than 30 regulatory changes been unveiled, including reversing some measures introduced following the 2008

financial crash. the minister says the reforms will keep the uk competitive . they're actually uk competitive. they're actually merely in people employed in financial services . they're not financial services. they're not just in the london, in the city spread across the country in edinburgh and belfast and leeds and bournemouth . and we want to and bournemouth. and we want to make sure that we can continue creating jobs across the united kingdom. today's reforms will mean that the industry remains competitive can create more competitive. we can create more jobs, course , this will jobs, but of course, this will always a safe place where always be a safe place where consumers will be protected . consumers will be protected. rishi sunak , speaking at raf rishi sunak, speaking at raf coningsby lincolnshire for the launch of a new generation fighter jet launch of a new generation fighterjet britain , will work fighter jet britain, will work with italy and japan to develop tempest. it's designed to replace the typhoon jet is expected to take to the skies 2035. the prime minister says the joint venture to create thousands of uk and strengthen security ties . more than 150,000 security ties. more than 150,000 royal mail staff walked out

today in a new wave of in the run up to christmas in an ongoing row over penned . ongoing row over penned. thousands have gathered at a rally outside parliament in central london this afternoon . central london this afternoon. members of the communication workers union will walk out again on sunday with further action plans throughout the month, including christmas eve. royal mail warns the action will affect deliveries across the uk . meanwhile, thousands of soldiers are preparing to cover for other workers striking this christmas . troops are already in christmas. troops are already in training british ports and airports . border force staff at airports. border force staff at gatwick and manchester airports , among others, will strike for eight days from december 23rd through to new year's eve. travellers hoping to head abroad over the christmas period have been told to think carefully about their plans. been told to think carefully about their plans . tv online on about their plans. tv online on david frost radio. this is .

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witness is straight talk. you're talking about people from sovereign governments across the world as if they're children. you can't administer their own countries. they join the come up because they can see the benefit. and a lot of these countries adored the commonwealth. and by the way, a lot of the countries, if you especially look at the caribbean, who do want to become republicans i'm sorry, republics, i concede that they do not want to leave the commonwealth is an absolute farce. it is a community values half the countries keep homosexuality illegal talk

now, we have to say we want to hear your views. after all, gb news is the people's. so without further ado, we've a viewer lined up from north—east lincolnshire to hear his thoughts our current asylum thoughts on our current asylum and policies . thoughts on our current asylum and policies. perhaps and refugee policies. perhaps you uke and refugee policies. perhaps you like me as to what they you can like me as to what they are. me now is malcolm are. joining me now is malcolm whiting thanks whiting. malcolm, thanks for coming you concerned coming on. are you concerned about happening across about what's happening across the channel i'm sorry i missed i

missed the question. are you concerned what's happening across the channel? the waves of migrants coming across in small boats on. i'm very, very concerned about it. not not . concerned about it. not not. just we're just saying that the we're just saying that the government is increased our fee or money to france to try and control this. but we don't know what's happening with that . but what's happening with that. but what's happening with that. but what it is doing. you had a feature on gb news a couple of weeks ago about the homeless people and. it was based in blackpool and i really feel quite strongly about this because i know some people and how they've neglected when we're seeing over this year 40,000 people coming on boats and put in hotels and given three meals

a day. thank money to live . i a day. thank money to live. i think it's absolutely appalling when we've had the homeless condition here for years and years and years and they've been neglected . we do hear that the neglected. we do hear that the government is throwing think it's a couple of billion over next three years to two side homelessness . and that money is homelessness. and that money is being allocated to the councils. but what surprises me is what what are they going to do with it? where are they going to find all these from to help these people? and so we will keep seeing the boat come across. and i'm not being racist about this in any way . all it's the in any way. all it's the pressure. it puts on all the other areas here . and so i just other areas here. and so i just need to really am i opinion on that because . to me it's just that because. to me it's just been totally . i don't think it's been totally. i don't think it's at all. malcolm. the fact is services are under huge pressure already, whether it's schools,

houses and 40, 50,000 people coming across the channel every yeah coming across the channel every year. that's that's the equivalent of a small town. oh it is indeed it is you know and when we're looking at just other than that there's something in region of 75,000 families becoming homeless. region of 75,000 families becoming homeless . the region of 75,000 families becoming homeless. the is saying that this year they going to build half a million homes. and as far i'm aware, they haven't built one. and i think it's all down to private builders. builders, which is then being governed by all the local issues.i governed by all the local issues. i just don't know how this is going be resolved. i just see getting to a point where it's just to self implode. i think you right. malcolm, i have to leave there. that's malcolm whiting. gb news from lancashire. madeleine from the telegraph. if they don't sort this out, they will lose the general election and hugely and frankly deserve to. i agree . and frankly deserve to. i agree. and i think i think malcolm put it really well. i mean, i think

that it's one of those issues where i think is particularly dangerous because this is not a country that is intolerant unwelcoming of people from other countries . but think when so countries. but i think when so obvious that the government has no control over the flow of migrants illegally across the channelit migrants illegally across the channel, it poisons the debate on all sorts of other issues means that people who might be pro—immigration under other circumstances no to circumstances simply say no to all it, which think is very all of it, which think is very bad and there are serious , the bad and there are serious, the government needs to. it's not just a case of the you know, the legislation from the un refugee policy in 1951, which is obviously big part of it. i mean, why does the home office want so many more approvals of those seeking compared to all other countries in europe? i understand germany has a blanket policy . no. to people from policy. no. to people from albania . we're getting thousands albania. we're getting thousands of people coming from albania and many of them are staying there's war in albania that nobody's been persecuted. i mean, why do we. why do we allow them asylum ? and the other thing

them asylum? and the other thing that's sort of it's so depressing because it feels like this a problem that seemingly this is a problem that seemingly no one find a solution for. no one can find a solution for. i mean, labour solutions seem to be very flimsy and not at all up to kind of the level of to the kind of the level of seriousness that they should be taking has taking this issue which has been was for quite a long was ignored for quite a long time before. now become time before. now it's become major feature of the public conversation. it was really not on the not hitting the headlines for or two before before for a year or two before before it blew into such an issue it just blew into such an issue that it no longer be that it could no longer be ignored . that's madeleine ignored. that's madeleine grant from telegraph . now we're from the telegraph. now we're moving talk about e—bikes moving on to talk about e—bikes and e—scooters and the havoc they cause. if you've got an e—bike, an e—scooter, madeleine , e—bike, an e—scooter, madeleine i , e—bike, an e—scooter, madeleine , i live opposite one of the bronx people can take them out. so i see a lot of e—scooters in my day to day life. very interesting these bikes have massively grown popularity massively grown in popularity over years and the over the past few years and the law hasn't had time to catch up even if it had people aren't aware the law and they aware of the law and they wouldn't know they can or wouldn't know what they can or can't simply isn't enough can't do. simply isn't enough knowledge in this the use knowledge in this area. the use of e—bikes causes much

controversy . local authorities controversy. local authorities always complaining about, being left the pavement. i'm left on the pavement. i'm complaining about ones that complaining about the ones that are outside my door, are always left outside my door, blocking and causing danger to people with disabilities because somebody knows all about the law and transport is nick freeman an expert in this area? he's a criminal lawyer road safety criminal lawyer and road safety campaigner. hello to you. campaigner. nick, hello to you. can you explain what is the law regarding e—bikes and e—scooters? can ride them anywhere they like ? no. an anywhere they like? no. an e—bike is like a bicycle , so it e—bike is like a bicycle, so it has to be an e—bike. it has to comply with certain things so it can't weigh more than 40 kilograms. and the maximum wattage is 250 and it can't get more than 15 and a half miles an hour and it's it meets all those criteria, it's an e—bike and it's classified as a bicycle. so there's very anachronistic legislation that applies. basically, there are no limits, no drink, drive limit, etc. etc. e—scooters are very different. the e—scooter governed by the

same law as and motorbikes and mopeds . so in other words, the mopeds. so in other words, the road traffic act , you know, the road traffic act, you know, the penalty points system, fines , penalty points system, fines, disqualification system , custody disqualification system, custody system all applies to e—scooters. the big with all that, of course, is there's one piece of the jigsaw missing . you piece of the jigsaw missing. you don't know who is riding at any one time because there's no registration system. and so if we go back to e—bikes at the moment once they go faster than , 15 and a half miles an hour, they become a moped in terms of law. so they then transfer from being a bicycle to being a moped and. of course, you then have the whole raft of legislation in place. you need to wear a helmet. you should have a registration plate, you need to have insurance, etcetera, etcetera. the government, you etcetera. so the government, you say that the government, say quite that the government, the law hasn't up . the the law hasn't caught up. the government get hold government needs to get hold this as a matter of urgency because apart for anything else, certainly 12 months, certainly in the last 12 months, the of fatalities the number of fatalities in relation to has increased by 75. the number of incidents and this

is just e—scooters has increased 40. the here to stay the government needs to legislate properly them so that they can be used to have a fantastic use they've got great great benefits but needs to be an infrastructure in place and there needs to be use safely and responsibly and we need id as starting point so that that's the system in brief. alright nick, thank you for sharing that. that's nick freeman the lawyer and road safety campaigner where i live , north campaigner where i live, north london. they're always leaving the bikes in the street. yeah yeah, i see. and if you try moved an alarm off and then people think you're stealing it, i'm thinking hang out of windows. it's so difficult isn't it. and andrew pearce, the e—scooter menace . yeah, i've e—scooter menace. yeah, i've also find that it's often people i mean to be honest, there are people who who also do bad practise sometimes cycling on the pavements, but you know, the other day i had to help out of the way because somebody zooming down on an and i

down the pavement on an and i think i'm young i can get think i'm young ish i can get out of the way but you know it's the like it's not so the oldies like me it's not so easy. not talking about easy. he's not talking about us very. world cup quarter very. so it's world cup quarter finals coming up what is today croatia preparing to on croatia preparing to take on brazil afternoon netherlands brazil afternoon the netherlands are competing argentina tonight england continuing their england are continuing their preparations the clash with preparations for the clash with france reigning france while the reigning champions good is raheem sterling has made his return to you came back to you remember he came back to britain following a break in at his home. and you'd like to say joining in the joining me now here in the studio is trevor stephens, former hello former footballer. hello. hello andrew. and this is madeleine . andrew. and this is madeleine. now what did you were you playing for in the glory days of which? was that your bobby robson? bobby sir. bobby robson. bobby robson? yeah which takes me back to . the two world cups me back to. the two world cups i was involved in was 1986. i'm in the semi—finals in one of those, the semi—finals in one of those, the next one, 1998, italia . how the next one, 1998, italia. how exciting is it to be representing your country in the world and getting into a semi—final quarterfinal? what's it like? oh, it's the pinnacle,

really. you know, as a player you play for your club and obviously there's a long journey to get to a club. yeah. and then you've got to do something at your club to be noticed and recognised. yeah then you've recognised. yeah and then you've got opportunity four years recognised. yeah and then you've go go opportunity four years recognised. yeah and then you've go go to opportunity four years recognised. yeah and then you've go go to a iportunity four years recognised. yeah and then you've go go to a world|ity four years recognised. yeah and then you've go go to a world cup our years recognised. yeah and then you've go go to a world cup and'ears recognised. yeah and then you've go go to a world cup and you to go to a world cup and you need be fit ready and need to be fit ready and unfavourable to the manager at that time. so it's not 26 players, but it used to 22, right? so if you do the maths, it's not easy to get there and be fit as i said ready and up and represent your country. but it is the absolute pinnacle to represent the three lions or your country, whichever you're coming from. so this is why we're focussed on it it's so big and the whole country gets starts to get behind it. i don't i don't do football. trevor, i can sense your passion for it. well, i really want us to win. partly it's because it's france course. so that leads to say we want to beat france, because you do in the old enemy in do that in the old enemy in germany, out control to germany, already out control to that does what happens that what why does what happens in this country is because sport

was almost like a national religion. it is a heartbeat of this country , you know, of these this country, you know, of these islands particularly . and i say islands particularly. and i say that in all seriousness , it's that in all seriousness, it's where people go to communicate with each share the passion . and with each share the passion. and then on the weekdays, they go to work with the coming together, the what makes football so special and then the numbers that that people come to watch and you've got your armchair followers. so you've got your, you know, the fan who goes on cold winter nights to support their team. yeah. do you know, when i first started as a reporter, i wanted to be a sports reporter until i was on a local paper in cheltenham, gloucestershire echo. and i'm about my third we to go and watch cheltenham rugby seconds. there were nine people at the game. dark, it was cold, it game. it dark, it was cold, it was wet, couldn't understand sport i thought, i'm out of sport and i thought, i'm out of here. yeah i'm not cut out for football behind you. you've got

to be hardened. well, i moved effortlessly into municipal reporting and became the town hall expert . what about the hall expert. what about the match tomorrow ? we are playing match tomorrow? we are playing the world champions. so the pressure is perhaps more on france . i think it's pretty france. i think it's pretty balanced every way that you at it two very very talented football teams france have obviously got the pedigree being winners. yeah we've not quite got there but we have a talented squad of players. right. and you could argue all day long about this one against not one. you don't mbappe for france and harry kane for england. then but when you get to play this level at the quarter finals of world cup, it's really about what happens when the talking is all done and the playing starts . i done and the playing starts. i suppose gareth southgate is looking at it, you analyse the opposition , but it's what opposition, but it's what happens if england go one nil up. what does the game look like ? what if we go one nil down? what does the game look like and

then how we manage two situations so i can the game being tight, very tight in fact and it could be nil nil after 90 minutes and go into extra time so . honestly, you're not going so. honestly, you're not going to get me to predict one way or the other because. it is so finely balanced. do you still get nervous watching the match? watching i do at this watching i do. i do at this stage know, was anxious stage. you know, i was anxious before first game of the before the first game of the group we got group stage, but then we got a really good result. and then i'm relaxed bit, we couldn't be relaxed bit, but we couldn't be better. struggled beat. we better. we struggled beat. we didn't which didn't even beat america, which made quite good case. made america a quite good case. yeah there's my great voting knowledge . i've been playing knowledge. i've been playing soccer. soccer yeah, yeah, yeah. do be playing soccer for so you'll be glued to the tv match and would you be glued to the tv ? normally i'm one of these armchair i kind of my toes armchair fans. i kind of my toes then when there's something big happening, but of course i'll be watching on saturday. as you said, don't really care said, it's i don't really care about i care. i'm about football. i do care. i'm at a charity. yeah, i'm at a charity dinner. i can't charity dinner. and so i can't not that. but i'm sure people not do that. but i'm sure people will have that. oh, they will. oh yeah. this be no away from

what's going to be happening tomorrow, start tomorrow, 7:00. and who is start who most important player who is the most important player on pitch for england ? jude on the pitch for england? jude bellingham. thought it bellingham. i just thought it was from was tweeted yesterday from loughborough . yeah, he's loughborough college. yeah, he's 19 extra ordinary exposure maturity. maturity. oh it's i've never seen like it because i remember when i was 19, i got into the england squad when, i was 20 and felt like was in with the big boys when i was , but the big boys when i was, but said maturity the way the players are . i learn the game players are. i learn the game down through the academy systems, etc. etc. all at a different level , wise, systems, etc. etc. all at a different level, wise, media savvy, etc. but jude bellingham, i don't know where that comes from. you know, he immature in national football everything that comes out of his mouth the way he talks is fantastic. and i said the tournament if this young man plays well in this tournament england will have a great and if he doesn't i don't we'll do that well and of course turned up for duty and done

brilliantly so yeah he's going to be key for us if he doesn't figure in the game france might just so yeah who before it started who did you think would win the world cup. yeah. and you still think that is honest. yeah, i think brazil are looking really, really strong. they've so many options and their confidence, their natural confidence, their natural confidence and the way that they play confidence and the way that they play the game and the conditions of in qatar accounts of playing out in qatar accounts favourable them . so i would favourable to them. so i would imagine that they are there or thereabouts the daily mail we had to predict all the different stages of the tournament but 65 quid each and i've got england and, brazil in the final and astonishingly i'm in the top half of the people in the office who just guessed. who i mean, ijust guessed. yeah, just guessed. okay. well yeah, i just guessed. okay. well it's guess. that's a very it's a good guess. that's a very good guess. what a final that would be. yeah. yeah. you'd have to don't know. to watch that. i don't know. i would watch it, would watch would watch it, i would watch i watched european final last watched the european final last yeah watched the european final last year. couldn't stand year. yeah. i couldn't stand those penalties. i went with a large gin and tonic in kitchen. final in school final word, mate. in school tomorrow. god i don't know.

tomorrow. oh, god i don't know. just don't know . two, just guess. i don't know. two, one, hopefully in one, two. britain hopefully in three. about rubbish you're going to make . all right. i will going to make. all right. i will do. okay. well england win to win to know harry kane will score them both and. that will take harry to the best ever go score for england. well, let's hope you're right. so i'm not going to be watching, but i'm going to be watching, but i'm going to be there anyway. that's travesty. an england international. how many times did you play england? 36. well that's an impressive time. your caps kept them in a plastic bag. someone look. come on, england, we you to win. do your best for king and country. that's it for me. andrew pierce , thanks for me. andrew pierce, thanks for joining me today. up is arlene foster. before that, though , foster. before that, though, we're going to get the weather . we're going to get the weather. hello again. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. it's been a cold morning for most of us with widespread frost to start the day , but it's dry and start the day, but it's dry and bright this afternoon for the vast majority. however, there are still showers those. are still showers around those. this in around an area

this is coming in around an area of low pressure and depending on the direction . well, we'll the wind direction. well, we'll see. of action was see. some of the action was brought in from the coast increasing . that would be increasing. that would be western and northern coasts rather than eastern coasts . and rather than eastern coasts. and so for many a sunny so actually for many a sunny afternoon, so then scotland, northern england, the midlands, east and parts of the south, we'll see some sunshine , but we'll see some sunshine, but areas of cloud and some showers will continue affect the north of scotland into these irish sea coast through the day wherever you are, the temperatures will be on the low side. 2 to 4 celsius at most and in some spots particularly of higher ground, those temperatures staying freezing and it's over higher where the snow will most significantly up through the night. northern scotland, especially a few more centimetres here, but parts of northern ireland inland as well as inland parts of north—west england, wales and perhaps england, north wales and perhaps parts of the southwest later on around coastal areas where we sleet and rain showers and temperatures falling below freezing, some icy patches around the northern and western

parts as we begin the weekend, a widespread wherever you are though, temperatures , some though, temperatures, some sheltered below six sheltered spots below six celsius and where we've got some cover across scotland , there's cover across scotland, there's temperatures potentially below minus ten celsius. so through saturday, further showers to come in the north and across what some of these western fringes. parts fringes. again any higher parts of the north—west, we'll see some snow, some lower levels, some snow, some at lower levels, but the coast, mainly but around the coast, mainly rain showers. and for rain and showers. and for actually away from these northern western coast, it's sunny skies through saturday and then another widespread frost on night. there'll be some dense freezing fog patches on saturday night as so some poor visibility about sunday morning. but that will be replaced by sunny spells and it stays cold into week. you're on live. we'll be keeping you in the picture, finding out what's happening the country and finding out why. what's happening the country and finding out why . to you, we'll finding out why. to you, we'll have the facts fast with our team of reporters and specialist correspondents wherever it's happening we'll be there in 12

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homosexuality illegal talk about the thugs there are those countries that have their own of the rules . countries that have their own of the rules. this is what's so funny about the woke left. isn't it though? they want to impose their way of thinking. well, is it what is obviously a sovereign nafion it what is obviously a sovereign nation ? is gay men in prison? nation? is gay men in prison? yeah. what just said, that's the new form of colonialism. then it's the colonialism of woke thought. the commonwealth is anti created and relevant and isn't the time going by hanging

onto it was for the queen and the queen's gone. let it talk because those nations could leave at any time. and let's be

clear, aimee's just suggesting that 2 billion people across the world antiquated and don't know what they're doing. they've grown up countries who make decisions for themselves. they decided to be republics but still hold the commonwealth because it has a why would they do that? because it is because there is not a hello and welcome