nigel lawson in his picture of nigel lawson in his office. he's absolutely aware of the precedents from that period . and he knows that if we to have good public services, we want to a strong defence policy. we have to have a want to a strong defence policy. going to foodbanks. but i hope that shift they're getting paid for is like a week. well, no, no. nurses are striking some of them are a bit rough and really it's doctors getting paid because that what those doctors are getting paid 5ka

very good morning and welcome to wednesday on tv news. and what's being called arctic monday tragically for children was taken to hospital in a critical condition yesterday after falling through ice on a lake near birmingham. we'll find out the very latest. also rishi sunakis the very latest. also rishi sunak is facing fresh pressure from within the conservative cost as brexiteers and former bofis cost as brexiteers and former boris johnson loyalists plan a campaign to restore democracy within the party. so who's behind it.7 let's find out at his airport. and schools are closed . trains are cancelled and roads gnnds . trains are cancelled and roads grinds to a halt. let me know how your morning is looking at. keep up with. keep up with me. gb news at gb news uk. but first is thames. it with new design . is thames. it with new design. beth thank you. good morning from the gb newsroom. it's

10:01. for children are critically ill in hospital after being rescued from an icy lake in solihull. police say the children were in cardiac arrest when they were helped out of the water at babbs mill park in kings hurst yesterday afternoon . reports from the scene found that the children had been playing on the ice and fell through. west midlands fire service says they were told up to six people had gone into the water the search the lake water. the search of the lake continues through the night for anyone else may have fallen anyone else who may have fallen in. yellow warnings of ice, fog and snow are still in place for much of the uk, causing widespread travel disruption this morning there are delays across the railways with southeastern trains telling people not to travel. gatwick and stansted have reopened after closing their runways on sunday. delays to flights across all uk airports are to be expected today. the met office says overnight frost is expected until friday. weatherjournalist until friday. weather journalist nathan roe gave gb news his

advice to drivers going on long car journeys . when this is going car journeys. when this is going on is not a good idea. if you do have to do essential journeys, make sure you're prepared because if your car breaks down, remember that will be get remember that it will be get cold car, will not be cold in the car, you will not be able to heat it. so take blankets, take hot drinks, make sure you're prepared, try and avoid long, long journeys. avoid long, long, long journeys. i because i know it's difficult because the on strike all the trains are on strike all this and the airports are this week and the airports are in be prepared if in chaos. but be prepared if you're your overnight in you're in your car overnight in these you need to these temperatures, you need to be ready for it. britain's economy grew between september and shrunk and october, but is still shrunk over three months. over the last three months. figures from office for figures from the office for national show a 0.5% national statistics show a 0.5% increase gdp in the month. increase in gdp in the month. shadow chancellor rachel reeves says the numbers underline the government's failure to grow the economy . chancellor jeremy economy. chancellorjeremy hunt has warned there is a tough road ahead. has warned there is a tough road ahead . these figures confirm ahead. these figures confirm that this is a very challenging economic situation here and across the world and it will get worse before it gets better . but worse before it gets better. but we have a plan that will more than half inflation over the

next year. and if we stay the course , we can get back to the course, we can get back to the strong economic growth that we need. strong economic growth that we need . government ministers are need. government ministers are holding an emergency cobra meeting later in a bid to minimise disruption from ongoing pubuc minimise disruption from ongoing public sector strikes. military and civil servants are being trained in case they need to step in for airport staff as they prepare to strike for eight days from the 23rd to new year's eve , armed forces will be eve, armed forces will be deployed to hospital trusts as ambulance staff, nurses and paramedics walk out later this month . the international trade month. the international trade secretary will arrive in india later as the uk strives to restore a free trade deal . kemi restore a free trade deal. kemi badenoch will meet indian ministers and business leaders in new delhi for the first formal round of talks since july. the negotiations are expected to focus on cutting tariffs and opportunities for uk financial and legal services. the government is still in the process of negotiating a free trade agreement with india after the target of securing a deal by

october was missed . the king and october was missed. the king and the queen consort have revealed this year's christmas card . the this year's christmas card. the photograph was taken at the braemar royal highland gathering days before the queen's death . days before the queen's death. it's the royal couple's first christmas card since charles became monarch . this is gb news. became monarch. this is gb news. we'll bring you more news as it happens now it's back to beth . happens now it's back to beth. very good morning. welcome bev turner. today on gb news. on the show this morning, it is every parent's worst nightmare. this story about four children of being in a critical condition after being rescued from an icy lake near birmingham. we'll have the latest and an interview with an expert about the dangers of

open water . and prime minister open water. and prime minister rishi sunak is facing fresh pressure from within the conservative party with brexiteers and former boris johnson loyalists planning a campaign to, they say, restore democracy within the party. our common sense correspondent june slater will join us shortly to discuss what can be done to restore order within the conservative party . my panel conservative party. my panel this morning, maggie oliver and andrew board with the most interesting stories of the day. the threats of strip ice , school the threats of strip ice, school closures, a sex dolls for and how to have a woke christmas party. and let me know how this weather is causing you chaos today. whatever's happening to you.keep today. whatever's happening to you. keep us with you and keep me posted on how you're getting on tv is at gbnews.uk or tweet me at . gb news. so two children me at. gb news. so two children are still missing and four more remain in a critical condition

after falling into an icy lake at near solihull yesterday . at near solihull yesterday. awful. are in hospital after suffering cardiac arrest and receiving advanced life support. a report from the scene say that the children have been playing on the ice and then fell through . this comes as the met office has issued a yet yellow weather warning. amid major travel disruption across the country. so are gb news. west midlands reporterjack so are gb news. west midlands reporter jack carson has more for us now from the scene. what is the latest, jack . well, good is the latest, jack. well, good morning, beth . like you said, morning, beth. like you said, it's very cold here. it's negative temperatures. it's just after the snow in these. this is the temperature that started to freeze parts of this lake over here in solihull, which some children went to play on the lake. one of them fell. one of them fell through. their friends rushed from the side, from the bank to try and rescue them . and bank to try and rescue them. and then suddenly all four of them were in trouble. that then caused to emergency caused a call to emergency services. one policeman and

members of the public jumped in here them . four were here to rescue them. four were given cpr and critical care and now in hospital and are still in a critical condition. this morning. that's all we know in terms of the state of the children that were rescued . as children that were rescued. as you there, that were you mentioned there, that were witness that there witness reports that there were two involved in two other children involved in the operations the incident. operations continued to see if continued overnight to see if theyif continued overnight to see if they if they if they could find them . been news as of them. there's been no news as of yet. expecting statement yet. we're expecting a statement shortly from the west midlands police. we there was police. we know there was a meeting commander of meeting with the commander of this operation at 10 am. the leader the solihull council leader of the solihull council has the bravery of the has commended the bravery of the pubuc has commended the bravery of the public came and the public that came and the community started to come together. a couple of people have flowers, but like have laid flowers, but like i said, there's been no confirmation so confirmation of any deaths so far. operation does far. but the operation does continue. is now called continue. this is now called a recovery operation from the west midlands fire service and that now continue use and we are expecting some updates a bit later this morning okay. thank you, jack carson there in you, jack. jack carson there in the midlands for gb news. so joining me now is the charity

director at the royal life saving society, leigh hurd. good morning, leigh. thank you very much. fortunately these sorts of incidents are extremely rare. we think of drowning in public spaces as being more of a summer issue. how dangerous are these conditions at the moment for children that are playing in these sorts of areas .7 yeah these sorts of areas? yeah they're incredibly dangerous. there's a lot of people this morning who emergency in a family going through a lot of a lot of emotions and these things for watching it happen so quick and so devastating. they i think some of the challenges are that people think that if the ice is quite thick near the edge of the water, that they can venture onto the ice. but fortunately, even through prolonged periods of weather , there lots of cold weather, there are lots of cold weather, there are lots of vulnerabilities in the ice, especially in the middle of bodies that can lead bodies of water that can lead to, you know, one crack at someone's straight through. and, of into of course, they get into difficulty. it's really difficulty. and it's really challenging to then get challenging for them to then get to sign to safety. we've had

to the sign to safety. we've had so much public health safety messaging from the government . messaging from the government. it feels in the last few years . it feels in the last few years. but do wonder whether water but you do wonder whether water safety and kind of safety and these kind of incidents around icy lakes have been a little neglected , perhaps been a little neglected, perhaps in the minds of children . yeah in the minds of children. yeah from an education point of view, from an education point of view, from an education point of view, from a school point of view, we would agree with that. i think there's more that needs to be done to make sure that children and their families, especially understand some of the risks associated with water, especially or especially when it gets cold or hot, more likely hot, when people are more likely to potentially go into the water. yeah, we would water. so, yeah, we would totally more be totally agree more needs to be done and be pushing lots done and we'll be pushing lots of out as well. of messages out today as well. a lot of fire services and unfortunately, when things like this so devastating to this are so devastating to happen, sobering happen, it is a sobering reminder people just how reminder to people just how dangerous can and how dangerous ice can be and how dangerous ice can be and how dangerous can be, and to dangerous water can be, and to know to cut. to me, lay, of know what to cut. to me, lay, of course, all these these children, these young teens, we think these children about think these children were about 12 years of age or just under. they access to lots of they have access to lots of social media where they see lovely pictures of people, ice

skating maybe in skating in parks, maybe in america canada . and they america and in canada. and they they may be educated on the risks of the fact that in this country, lakes rarely frozen country, lakes are rarely frozen sufficiently, that they are safe to go on. what would what would your advice be for any young people who might be at home this morning watching this or for parents to talk to parents who want to talk to children these sorts of children about these sorts of incidents ? i think the message incidents? i think the message is really simple . people is really simple. people shouldn't going to on the shouldn't be going to on the ice. and i know that sometimes these challenges around that footballers on, perhaps footballers go on, perhaps go on. advice is simple. before on. our advice is simple. before any the ice , let's say any of the ice, let's say there's not been a sustained long period of freezing temperature below nought degrees, which means that the ice is going to be thick enough to walk on, especially the to walk on, especially in the metal. so our advice would simply be to stay off. and on top if somebody does go top of that, if somebody does go into someone falls into the ice, if someone falls into the ice, if someone falls into ice again, the messages into the ice again, the messages are really call nine, are really simple. call nine, nine, nine. ask for the fire service, give professional training their try training to help their and try and make that those people and make sure that those people are water stay out to are in the water to stay out to

on tethered so they on something tethered so they can ice. it means can run to the ice. it means that they'll be able to stay safe with a head up of the water so professional help can so that professional help can get that. so really the message very sounds like in very much, it sounds like in this perhaps , and we this incident, perhaps, and we don't for of the don't know for sure of the details, but maybe a couple of the went under the the kids went under and the others to try and to others went out to try and to try and them, thinking that try and grab them, thinking that they doing right sort they were doing the right sort of i think what of thing. but i think what you're is that you should you're saying is that you should never should always never do that. you should always try. what throw them throw try. and what throw them throw them something? maybe if there is preserver, but not is a life preserver, but not necessarily every open necessarily in every open water area, something area, you can find something like by all means, like that. but by all means, don't in the water. that's don't go in the water. that's the that go off as the messaging that go off as humans, we're of the humans, we're unsure of the details of the specifics of the case, but the issue and interesting, especially when you've that are you've got loved ones that are in trouble unfortunately, in trouble, but unfortunately, what even in the some what we do see, even in the some ways when people go into cold bodies water to rescue this, bodies of water to rescue this, we tend to see more casualties than initially were in the water. so our advice would water. so yeah, our advice would be someone close, decide be if someone is close, decide to on the floor, to try and lie on the floor, give them something reach give them something to reach along brunch or throw them

something that floats. if there is equipment that they is safety equipment that if they are reaching, it means you going onto the get strong on the onto the ice get strong on the phone, call on a not again ice over to help you and if over set to help you and if somebody does come in and you do manage to get them out, what then them as soon as then warn them up as soon as possible? our advice would then warn them up as soon as po:to3le? our advice would then warn them up as soon as porto coordinate z)ur advice would then warn them up as soon as porto coordinate services:e would then warn them up as soon as porto coordinate services to nould be to coordinate services to make sure because hypothermia can kick in. so get the ambulance service and get professional help, get them covered up. lots of jackets , covered up. lots of jackets, lots of blankets , moving them lots of blankets, moving them slowly. try not to hit somebody too quickly, so don't put them in in a car with 30 degree heat blasting it can lead to blasting because it can lead to more difficulties of more difficulties in terms of their body movement too quickly. so more and more gradually, lots of okay. of like sausage jackets. okay. thank lee . lee the thank you, lee. lee hurd, the director of the royal lifesaving society . thank you very much. society. thank you very much. getting such email this morning. won't you let me know how this cold weather is affecting you? gbviews@gbnews.uk dot uk schools are closed, airports are closed, trains are cancelled . but the

trains are cancelled. but the story like that puts all of that into perspective, doesn't it? now rishi sunak is facing fresh pressure from within the conservative party, with brexiteers and former boris johnson loyalists planning a campaign to as they say, restore democracy within the party. so joining me to discuss this is all very own common sense correspondent and conservative party member jean slater. correspondent and conservative party memberjean slater. so party member jean slater. so nice and warm that june up north. what do they mean by a restored democracy and who's driving this initiative behind the scenes ? well it seems to be the scenes? well it seems to be lord curtis's idea and the former mep, david campbell—bannerman , and they've campbell—bannerman, and they've set up this conservative democratic organisation. the very fact it made setting up is the worry was about being a democrat party contract. so to have a movement within the party to ensure we get democracy . to ensure we get democracy. that's a red flag, isn't it ? that's a red flag, isn't it? then there was an extraordinary meeting in soho last week. jacob

rees—mogg was there, a friend of mine was there to discuss how they get democracy back . to show they get democracy back. to show you how they've lost it. how did a brexit vote in country and for the second time and that prime minister that wasn't julia liked in because we the members i'm actually not a member of the conservative party i'm kind of a fringe hanger on. oh, sorry to. sorry about that. terrible characterisation. sorry i'm not a member of any political parties. i just support when i see common sense and there's a lot of conservative members who have a lot of common sense , like have a lot of common sense, like members of the british growth, chairman barry, like the economy is. catherine mcbride they're all there. they're all good people who wanted brexit. you understand the benefits of it. now when you get a prime minister like rishi sunak within daysi minister like rishi sunak within days i think it was i was actually i missed anointing because we didn't vote him into work and they the president of

the eu , ursula von der leyen, the eu, ursula von der leyen, tweeted that she's had a very interesting conversation with him. then shortly after , him. then shortly after, interest rates went up 0.75% in europe. oh, and guess what ? they europe. oh, and guess what? they went to pay a to cal surprise. someone needs to do two things here. first of all, inform rishi sunak. here. first of all, inform rishi sunak . he's not running the sunak. he's not running the country. jeremy hunt is and rishi sunak. if you want to be credible on any level, respect the brexit vote in nations that you've took over because we don't want to stay aligned with europe. there is absolutely no point in being our aligned. we have got the biggest challenges here of exploiting the fact we're independent, sovereign state and if the tories don't pull this off, i mean this conservative democratic organisation is trying to work from within the party because they actually recognise the fact that grassroots tories have been completely overlooked . now when completely overlooked. now when you say grassroots tories , these you say grassroots tories, these are people that are fundraised.

the student council is that believe in freedom , that believe believe in freedom, that believe in a sovereign nation , and that in a sovereign nation, and that believe in small business enterprise and allowing people to be the best they can be whilst they're in this country . whilst they're in this country. unfortunately, we've got a socialist coup. this this is a coup. whatever you think is happening with this country, this is not how it's supposed to be. and the reason that boris johnson was how did by the mainstream media, excluding gb news is of course, is because they didn't want a conduit for brexit. they wanted him out. and all the same voices are asked for their opinion . they've now for their opinion. they've now got a shot of boris , so they say got a shot of boris, so they say it as safe ground to instigate return into the european union. so if two choices. first of all, remember, there is no left and right parties anymore that's finished . it's over. forget it finished. it's over. forget it if you're voting conservative because you think you're going to get right wing, you are not. you are going to get mediocre

socialism. they've done everything that the socialists wanted . that's why our wanted. that's why our opposition has been completely 100% useless in this last three years. they've stood up to not say mandates that were passed . say mandates that were passed. and just as an example , one of and just as an example, one of the most valuable reads anybody can have right now is the article in the spectator , article in the spectator, written by isabel oakeshott . written by isabel oakeshott. because our opinions about what's gone on and how we have no democracy and draconian laws of this last three years, what's going on with that article? it's turned into evidence . it's matt turned into evidence. it's matt hancock's own testimony . it's hancock's own testimony. it's his words. it's not my opinion . his words. it's not my opinion. it's not your opinion. it's matt hancock's own words that he must children to go to school to save for the argument with little, little nicholas sturgeon there was . yeah, i agree. yeah, you're was. yeah, i agree. yeah, you're right , jane. there was there was right, jane. there was there was a lot in that in terms of what's happenedin a lot in that in terms of what's happened in the last couple of years. and this situation now cannot be extricated from from all of those events. how do you think rishi sunak will respond

to this? will he will he publicly come out and say, we do not need the conservative democratic organisation? or will jeremy hunt even let him say that ? and i jeremy hunt even let him say that? and i have no idea how he will react . i that? and i have no idea how he will react. i think what we should look at is how we will be allowed to react because he can only go off the advice that is given. and one thing people seem to miss out is that the overall owning power in government is not ministers. the frontman not the ministers. the frontman that you see on your tv screens. they are ones that put the they are the ones that put the news and the legislation to you. the power is in the civil service and the civil service is 90. blairite so if it's 90% blairite, it's 90% pro—eu. you so that means it's against what this country wanted you civil service i do not mean people in your town hall, although there's probably lots and i mean people like the mandarins, the ones with the power . the civil war is with the power. the civil war is the ones behind the scenes. they're driving this, they are driving this. they are causing

this coup. they are still in this coup. they are still in this country onto the rocks. there is no need for us to be in this position, no need for us to be back in a war we should not be back in a war we should not be involved. then there is no need for any of it. there's no need for any of it. there's no need to be economy, crisis. it's a cost of lockdown crisis. and it how strong rishi it depends how strong rishi sunak's doesn't look very sunak's it doesn't look very strong me. connections strong to me. it's connections with world economic forum, with the world economic forum, a very and disturbing, to very worrying and disturbing, to be honest . and his association be honest. and his association with ursula von der leyen and not only that, the imf and the president of america, who's obviously a lala, if anybody thinks joe biden is ruining america, you really need to get yourself a powder and calm down because he is not running the america of this man . comments on america of this man. comments on our polity x okay jude as usual, lots of controversial claims we'll have to verify them another day. but it is lovely to see you and to bring your common sense to those proceedings and your insight of you. understand this from a very wide perspective. now after the break, i'm going to be joined by

lawyer. i'm broadcaster andrew e board maggie former board and maggie oliver, former amp detective. talk about the top stories of the day. one of them being paid the fact that nhs agency staff are being paid a fortune to do a day shift. now it's a fortune to do a day shift. now wsfime a fortune to do a day shift. now it's time for a. a fortune to do a day shift. now got he's doing. he's releasing an album. i think. no, no, i just made that up. i want him to release an album. phil, david, brent yeah, i think he should do that. what do you make of his tik tok channel? have you checked it out? no, i can't say that i have. i, i

than the average age of life expectancy at birth. today and when you think of the costs which have been imposed upon the country, indeed the entire world by the governments response to covid, then that has done far more harm than the actual

break it is 1024. this is back to today on gb news. thank you very much for joining today on gb news. thank you very much forjoining me. you've been getting in touch. i did ask you to use gbnews.uk and chad has said a couple of inches of snow in the uk panics and grinds to a halt. it feels a bit like that, but i have to say, last night i went into the o2 arena and it was completely dry and a bit frosty. i came out to i was in the inches of snow that the three inches of snow that rare happens in london. let me tell you. and said, we're tell you. and paul said, we're talking about this awful talking about this this awful story children going story of these children going through birmingham. through the ice in birmingham. how more on

how about they focus more on teaching lifesaving skills teaching kids lifesaving skills in certainly raises teaching kids lifesaving skills infew certainly raises teaching kids lifesaving skills infew issues, certainly raises teaching kids lifesaving skills infew issues, doesn'tly raises teaching kids lifesaving skills infew issues, doesn't it?aises teaching kids lifesaving skills infew issues, doesn't it? and a few issues, doesn't it? and then talking rishi sunak, then talking about rishi sunak, rishi and rich, that the rishi sunak and rich, that the unelected rishi the unelected rishi and the chancellor are running chancellor of doom are running our a public our country without a public mandate keep those views mandate to keep those views coming. now coming. gbviews@gbnews.uk now i'm delighted to say that my panel this morning. panel made it in this morning. not everybody did let me tell you. lawyer and broadcaster andrew good andrew bowen is here. good morning. morning. and morning. good morning. and a former detective at greater manchester now manchester police and now founder of the maggie oliver foundation well done. foundation maggie. well done. you here from the north you got here from the north termination terminal . nothing termination terminal. nothing stops. you just know it doesn't. right now, this story in the paper today, this is just just first of all, remind our viewers and our listeners why you are uniquely qualified to comment on this. maggie i don't know if i'm uniquely qualified, but my background was in the police and people who have watched, you know, the bbc drama three girls i reside in to expose really the police and the crown prosecution service , turning away from service, turning away from children who were being raped on

a daily basis and, you know, the authorities were pretending it was okay and doing nothing about it. so i decided that i couldn't turn away . and i think i turn away. and i think i represent the vast majority of all ordinary, decent people in this country. and i don't care where child abuse comes from. a child must be protected. so this story within the system research which is suggested that should be using child sex robots to stop them hurting kids. be using child sex robots to stop them hurting kids . you say? stop them hurting kids. you say? no, i say absolutely no. i mean, this is another way of trying to normalise what to me is abnormal if we can, as a civilised country , protect our children country, protect our children where does that leave us? you know , in this article it says , know, in this article it says, you know, indicates that individuals with paraphilia an interest in minors are open to the idea of sex robots. well they're not interested in

minors. they are . and for me, minors. they are. and for me, you know , we do everything we you know, we do everything we can to stamp that out. we don't normalise it with sanitising language and, you know, minority tit adults and all that nonsense for me, we stamp it out . we do for me, we stamp it out. we do not mess about with what is abnormal . and you let me come to abnormal. and you let me come to you . yes. what do you think you. yes. what do you think about this? because i did a piece on gb news not long ago about this this move in america towards changing the language around paedophilia to call them minor attracted persons. does that legitimised? you know, i think it's a sickening headline isn't certainly if you look at that sort of basis it's not about normalising the behaviour, wanting to that at all. i wanting to do that at all. i guess the other of that is guess the other side of that is it to stop crime? and it going to stop crime? and that's what they're sort of saying because it basically computer shooting computer games, you're shooting people, killing people's people, you're killing people's on forth. it doesn't mean on and so forth. it doesn't mean you do it in real life. you go and do it in real life. so depends on how you sell so it depends on how you sell the headline is the story. the headline is absolutely sickening . if it's absolutely sickening. if it's normalising is normalising behaviour that is appalling if you're turning

appalling. if you're turning around prevent these around to prevent these appalling being committed appalling crimes being committed it, then it might be something that assists . and think that that assists. and i think that that assists. and i think that that but again, it's a that may be. but again, it's a question. i it's the idea question. i think it's the idea that, the stats you that, you know, the stats you look and you look at knife crime and you know, you look at we've know, if you look at how we've had an increase in computer games and now we've got really an an epidemic of knife crime, i would say that it normalises what is abnormal. and by seeing it, we accept it. and you know, the way we're going as a country is we are pushing the boundaries into places that i don't think we need to push them. and you mean it's more of a long term consideration? this might seem on on a survey that it might on a on a survey that it might help those who have these intentions, but you're saying in the longer term, we have to be very careful not to make this become normal? yeah. yeah, i think that's. yeah, right. nhs agency staff . andrew, it's quite agency staff. andrew, it's quite shocking. this a freedom of information request has revealed the nhs being forced to spend billions of pounds on doctors

and nurses. and the problem is we have a shortage and at the same time they're going on strike and you've got these strike and you've got all these sort of and so on so sort of issues and so on and so forth. and one particular most expensive was a 5234 power expensive shift was a 5234 power rounds. the party said was painted by across the north of england. rather shockingly, one in three nhs trusts paid an agency more than in three nhs trusts paid an agency more tha n £3,000 for a agency more than £3,000 for a single doctor shift . and you're single doctor shift. and you're looking at nurses starting the pay looking at nurses starting the pay band. one starts about £20,270 is something talk about thousands of pounds for a shift it's got to be crazy, but raise the question , why would anybody the question, why would anybody just why would anyone be employed nhs? if you can employed by the nhs? if you can make of money as an make this sort of money as an agency? yeah well, you know what? i in hospital on what? i was in hospital on saturday. i general saturday. i had general stats and was talking to the nurses and i was talking to the nurses on ward and they'd been in on that ward and they'd been in the health service for 28 and 30 years. but every one of them was working for a bank. you know, they weren't employed by the hospital. but just to clear, hospital. but just to be clear, they at like they weren't working at like natwest know . yeah, and

natwest or, you know. yeah, and i don't blame them because the nhs has been neglected over decades. nhs has been neglected over decades . and i think that this decades. and i think that this is a way of making us want to privatise because it doesn't work . you know, my husband died work. you know, my husband died of terminal bowel cancer and he wasn't diagnosed. it was guesswork. it was mistakes. and my little granddaughter died of serious mistakes in a&e. she was given air instead of oxygen . we given air instead of oxygen. we have got a system that really isn't fit for purpose , in my isn't fit for purpose, in my opinion, and we need to start again . it isn't the nurses. it again. it isn't the nurses. it isn't the doctors, it's the management. it's the government who have turned away. and in my opinion, incompetent on so many levels. do you think the appetite is there now, andrew, more than it's ever been to put it, put a line through it and start again and have much greater private. well, i think it's not much about starting it's not so much about starting again. might be looking at again. this might be looking at our workforce when they call it the workforce crisis the greatest workforce crisis that a long time. that we've had for a long time. and projections horrendous.

and the projections horrendous. i shortage i mean, a shortage of 12,000 hospital doctors, more than 50,000 and midwives . and 50,000 nurses and midwives. and they're projections they're saying the projections are we need an extra are suggest we need an extra 475,000 jobs will be needed in health and 490,000 in social care. now, what's interesting about this is we have to invest in the future. we have to invest in the future. we have to invest in medical students and nurses across the board. it's a worthwhile investment, cross—party . we need to work on cross—party. we need to work on that. that's the premise. what's also to happen the also going to happen about the rise machine ? and we rise of the machine? and we talked it the terrible talked about it in the terrible situation in headlines you situation in the headlines you talk about earlier, actually getting and ai in getting robotics and ai in advance where there's advance and that where there's a need, a way , you know, need, there's a way, you know, this what's going happen. this is what's going to happen. and going to happen and so what's going to happen if people careful, many people are not careful, many jobs to be replaced by jobs are going to be replaced by robots. going to robots. many jobs are going to be enhanced, if you by ai. be enhanced, if you like, by ai. and i've talked fairly frequently rise of the frequently about the rise of the machine and just aware machine and just being aware that that have an that any jobs that have an administrative at the administrative role at the moment can be replaced moment or can be replaced basically robot will be basically by a robot will be replaced over the next few years. and you. with that? years. and you. okay with that? i if i'm okay about i don't if i'm okay about i think it's if you embrace it it's great advance ever . since

it's a great advance ever. since the people have the printing press, people have objected advances in objected about advances in technology and on, forth. technology and so on, so forth. but i when it comes to but i think when it comes to care , the problem much with care, the problem so much with it, nhs and so it, with the nhs and with so much medical is there is a much medical care is there is a lack humanity a lack of lack humanity and a lack of compassion and that human touch and that human connection, you know, good for people's know, is good for people's health. yeah i mean, when i remember being a little girl and being in hospital, you now nursing has become a degree entry career and you know i remember somebody next to my bed giving me a bowl of soup and, you know, sitting next to me holding and actually , holding, my hand and actually, you know, it's horses for courses you have blocked all those out of the nhs . they would those out of the nhs. they would love to go in and i would, you know an older person wants somebody who has a machine , somebody who has a machine, can't do that and that's impressive . she doesn't actually impressive. she doesn't actually want to mop popsicle . they want want to mop popsicle. they want to be , you know, doing academic to be, you know, doing academic work and being respected for their professional

qualifications . but nursing their professional qualifications. but nursing is far more than that . it's far more than that. it's a vocation. you have to empathy and things like that. but it's the language skills and machine that's supposed to a human. now is what alan turing called the imitation imitation is what alan turing called the imitatis| imitation is what alan turing called the imitat is when imitation is what alan turing called the imitat is when you imitation is what alan turing called the imitat is when you can1itation is what alan turing called the imitat is when you can foolon game is when you can fool yourself into believing that you're human and you're talking to a human and a.i. so much that a.i. has advanced so much that that possible. i promise that is now possible. i promise you. i never for you. i will never tools for robot think it's me neither now i'm going to be discussing bad behaviour classroom as behaviour in the classroom as teachers to control teachers struggle to control pupils the pupils behaviour. since the pandemic some kids around part timetables now just because teachers cannot keep the discipline control that's all after your morning's news. hello good morning . it's 1033. after your morning's news. hello good morning . it's1033. i'm good morning. it's1033. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom for children are critically ill in hospital after being rescued from an icy lake in solihull . police say the in solihull. police say the children were in cardiac arrest when they came out of the water at babbs mill park in kingshurst

yesterday afternoon . reports yesterday afternoon. reports from the scene found the children had been playing on the ice and fell through. west midlands fire service says they were told up to six people had gone into water . a search of the gone into water. a search of the lake has continued through the night for anyone else who may have fallen in. yellow warnings of ice, fog and snow are still in place for much of the uk, causing widespread travel disruption. there are delays across the railways with south eastern trains telling people not to travel. gatwick and stansted have reopened after closing their runways yesterday , although delays and cancellations to flights across all uk airports are to be expected. the met office says overnight frost is expected until friday. britain's economy grew between september and october but is still shrunk over the last three months. figures from the office for national statistics show a 0.5% increase in gdp in the month. shadow

chancellor rachel reeves says the numbers underline the government's failure to grow the economy . chancellor jeremy hunt economy. chancellor jeremy hunt warned economy. chancellorjeremy hunt warned there is a tough road ahead. these figures confirm that this is a very challenging economic situation here and across the world and it will get worse before . it gets better. worse before. it gets better. but we have a plan that will more than half inflation over the next year. and if we stay the next year. and if we stay the course, we can get back to the course, we can get back to the strong economic growth that we need . government's ministers we need. government's ministers are holding an emergency cobra meeting later in a bid to minimise disruption from ongoing pubuc minimise disruption from ongoing public sector strikes. the military and civil servants are being trained in case they need to step in for airport staff as they prepare to strike for eight days from the 23rd of december to new year's eve . the armed to new year's eve. the armed forces will be deployed to hospital trusts as ambulance staff, nurses and paramedics walk out later this month . tv walk out later this month. tv online and dab+ radio . this is.

reductions and. so i think the key is focusing on the countries . i think he has really good ideas and energy. and i think he's going to prove himself to the public in the year ahead . the public in the year ahead. there you go. a glowing report from alex there you go. a glowing report are getting paid 5ka shift. yeah that's quite a lot isn't that really strike. yeah i it's just insanity. i'm pretty it's not these doctors going on strike a bit a bit of working while the other doctors strike. oh right . other doctors strike. oh right. do you do you know he says you

know. no i don't, i know very little. i think they'll be joining in and saying us too. i know. let's have some money. need ten grand to shift the libyan libyan suspect of lockerbie is being extradited to america where he'll probably have better treatment . he was in have better treatment. he was in a libyan jail and rail strikes force release, rebel force to hold a virtual christmas in their lives. you can use good. i'm dreaming of a virtual christmas to find that people in

the mood . we just can't escape the mood. we just can't escape lockdown. it used to be because of the lockdown. it used to be because that i have. i, i really despise matt hancock. he was the minister of health during the pandemic and he's now turned disease itself . so keep calm and disease itself. so keep calm and carry on would be my way of advising people . well, that's advising people. well, that's right, because if people get a positive covid test and stay

home, if they do that in their thousands or even millions, i mean, early gb news. very good morning . it's just very good morning. it's just after half. ten, 1039 as we speak. you've been getting in touch with me. tristan in london was saying that he said he's a concert member. and as far as i'm concerned, the sun, i can hunt takeover was an anti democratic coup against the members on behalf of vested interests . will members on behalf of vested interests. will campaign interests. i will not campaign for the party. it is a disgrace. democracy must be restored twisted. you will be in favour of this movement from within the conservative party to restore some democracy. jacqui says there needs to be an early election sunak does not have a mandate to be pm sneaking away within hours of the pm grovelling to the eu. this government will crash over the people who demand this. we want a brexit pm, the ramones .

a brexit pm, not the ramones. taking over now then keep them coming gbviews@gbnews.uk uk children in schools across the country are being put on part time timetables as teachers struggle to control bad behaviour off the pandemic. it's expected that the chief inspects reveals that amanda spelman will introduce this issue in her annual report to morrow. chris mcgovern is the chairman of the campaign for real education and joins me now. hello, chris. thank you very much for joining me. so we will get the ofsted report tomorrow. we will no doubt be discussing that. then but this story is rather chilling, isn't it? why do you think the pupils behaviour has has got worse since the pandemic? because this is very much what teachers are reporting . i think it is got worse , you . i think it is got worse, you know, it's got over 35 years on in the whole. it didn't have any discipline problems. you what i found is that if children are taught well then they don't misbehave. and of course when

they're at home and learning onune they're at home and learning online or maybe not learning onune online or maybe not learning online , then they tend to lose online, then they tend to lose concentration, not make much progress . they're going back to progress. they're going back to school, they're not used to the classroom environment. so much now, not necessarily being taught particularly well . and taught particularly well. and they are therefore going to distract and you know, we work with young offenders and we with young offenders and what we find that the majority of find is that the majority of young offenders are youngsters who can't read and write. they haven't got the basics skills. so they failed at school and they walk the green mile . so no they walk the green mile. so no qualifications, no job, no future. then they end up in prison . if teach prison. and if you teach children well , then they're children well, then they're going to behave well . but the going to behave well. but at the moment, no , they're a big moment, no, they're a big problem. and what we're hearing , only the tip of , i think, is only the tip of the iceberg, then what the iceberg, because then what we the campaign for we hear at the campaign for reality is the reality occasion is that the problems than problems are much bigger than they reported. and the they are reported. and the schools reluctant schools are very reluctant report the problems because they think marked down by think they get marked down by ofsted and it just no good for that. pr yeah, a that. pr so yeah, there's a problem in some schools the children some of them are

children are some of them are out of control, very hard on teachers. but you, you teach children , well then they're children, well then they're going behave. if you just going to behave. but if you just feed what i say? feed them, what can i say? political correctness. you political correctness. if you spend promoting spend your time promoting critical theory , gender critical race theory, gender identity, they get bored , they identity, they get bored, they switch off, then stop misbehaving . and also and i know misbehaving. and also and i know it sounds very sexist this we could do the more men in could do the few more men in primary in particular 90 primary schools in particular 90 90% of women we need more as well. and i have to say, most women, the most parents who are women, the most parents who are women would agree with me, women who would agree with me, these role models these people, male role models around, they there, around, they say there, are problems that have been underreported tomorrow. what's upset ? a bit of light shone on upset? a bit of light shone on this problem . i was talking to this problem. i was talking to a teacher over the weekend. chris said that on her first day of training, they taught the language to use around those children who identify as neither male nor female . on day one of male nor female. on day one of her teacher training that it was deemed that important . and when deemed that important. and when i pressed her on how many children in her school might identify as that we worked out,

it was probably about 1% and that she said so many of the teachers are frightened about getting it wrong that they it's sort of bleeding into other areas of communication with the children of how to handle any situation because they're so about this how do we get back to about this how do we get back to a time when we are empowering teach? teach us? because that's the word, isn't it? we need to empower them to take responsibility for that class, to have ownership of the behaviour of those children , not behaviour of those children, not feel that they are going to be punished they get it wrong . punished if they get it wrong. yeah, you're right to sound an alarm bell that you can't get on to a teacher training course. you can't train to become a teacher unless you pass that. the political correctness tests andifs the political correctness tests and it's you know, it is quite frightening, i think when you've got four or five year old children reception and i've got i've got grandchildren reception and told more or and they've been told more or less start school to less when they start school to question identity. now question their identity. now children need a childhood and often children go into these

lessons personal, social, health, education lessons. they haven't got a problem. they find they're happy. they come out and they've got a problem because they've got a problem because they start question all sorts of things themselves. things about themselves. schools are grounds for are breeding grounds for unhappiness. and, know, unhappiness. and, you know, well, at lockdown who well, there at lockdown who we're quite critical of educational in school educational standards in school academic standards but also , you academic standards but also, you know, we are top of one league table internationally and that's unhappiness. and the people go and say, well, i talk about and say, oh, well, i talk about this to places this issue to places like shanghai singapore, south korea shanghai, singapore, south korea . and they say, oh, yeah, but the children there are very unhappy no, they're not not compared they are. kids compared to where they are. kids are rubbing are very unhappy. were rubbing the them and sad the childhood from them and sad thing you can't you can't go thing is you can't you can't go to a teacher trying to go to that past and this sort of legitimacy test all you see and can change this? well the can we change this? well the fact is, yes, we can. we can raise standards. we can improve. in singapore, for example, top of international tables 40 of the international tables 40 or years ago, they will or 50 years ago, they will mostly illiterate, but that's the good news. you can change it, the news is it takes it, but the bad news is it takes about 30 years. so and as the

oecd has said, the international order crunches. want to see order crunches. you want to see your in time, your economy in 20 years time, 30 look at your 30 years time. look at your education system today. if you want to see your society in 20 years time, look what's going on in. classrooms in. primary school classrooms and indoctrination . is and the indoctrination. it is quite the irony is, quite frightening. the irony is, chris, i think most parents know i've got three kids and i think most parents, according to this, wants school to be firmer wants the school to be firmer with boundaries and to be firmer with boundaries and to be firmer with discipline. because if you get it right in a school, it also makes our lives easier. so if these kids will do is they're told first time. so somehow the will is there , but it's not will is there, but it's not being enacted. do you think there's a very small minority of very powerful individuals or organisations who are making these changes in our schools and indoctrinate rather than educating ? yeah, absolutely educating? yeah, absolutely right. they we call it the blob in the education and establishment. they think they've been very successful , they've been very successful, think it's wonderful that children are confused about their identity. and so forth.

they that's really they think that's really important . they're not so important. they're not so interested whether they can interested in whether they can speak french or they learn speak french or they can learn the or do their maths. the history or do their maths. they're how they're interested in how they've the views and they've got the right views and a lot of teachers are leaving the profession. about half of teachers within five teachers leave within five years, and a lot don't come in at physics. teachers, for example , in secondary school, example, in secondary school, about 19% have got degrees in physics. a real problem. physics. it's a real problem. and you said, there's a big and as you said, there's a big gulf the majority of gulf between the majority of parents want sense parents who want common sense and want children to and the want children to have a childhood some or group of childhood and some or group of teachers leaders who promote this stuff. and you get this stuff. and you don't get promoted a teacher promoted yourself as a teacher you can have an easy time if you don't go along with it. so there's culture of fit there's a culture of fit imitation. 30 years imitation. it. look, 30 years ago i was kicking off then ago when i was kicking off then about standards schools, about standards in schools, i lost job in the state school lost my job in the state school sector because i criticised the exam in those days and if people thought that was front page news, by the way, that debate has devolved. but people the lesson, you know, i went to the independent sector look, independent sector and look, there problem it's there is a problem here. it's really gb news focuses really good that gb news focuses

on because a lot of people, on it because a lot of people, evenin on it because a lot of people, even in the media, do it better. well, not we're not well, we're not we're not frightened of anything. here we are. we are america . in america are. we are america. in america have school boards elected and that have parents have more power. need to parent power power. we need to parent power in schools and couldn't agree more. you much, chris more. thank you so much, chris mcgovern , the chairman of mcgovern there, the chairman of the campaign for real education and my kind of guy now the met office is issued yellow warnings of ice, fog and snow for much of the uk last night was the coldest night of the year and the coldest since february 21. a snowfall on sunday evening forced airports to close their runways and many train services are also suffering delays . gb are also suffering delays. gb news is home, a security editor at mark white is out and about for us in north london. now, mark, it is very rare to see london looking like that. we're getting a few people messaging the show to say , oh, listen to the show to say, oh, listen to you, soft southerners down there. it's been like that's up north for a couple of weeks. you didn't care then, but the temperature is different down

here. and this is unusual mark right ? yes it here. and this is unusual mark right? yes it is. i mean, i'm from scotland , as you can hear. from scotland, as you can hear. of course , and i've spent many of course, and i've spent many a winter up there where we expect conditions like this. the fact is, the farther south you go, the rarer it is to see very heavy snowfalls. and that's what we had last night. and every time that happens, it causes absolute chaos . and here in absolute chaos. and here in lewis hail, it's good that lots of people are coming out for snowball fight snow by building sledging and a like . but if sledging and a like. but if you're on the road it has been causing significant issues and will continue to cause significant issues in the day ahead. significant issues in the day ahead . now the m 25 was ahead. now the m 25 was particularly bad last night. hundreds of motorists actually were stranded on the m25 for quite a few hours , particularly

quite a few hours, particularly in kent in essex and up in hertfordshire as well. it took quite a long time before the ploughs and the gritters were able to clear the motorway . to able to clear the motorway. to an extent the traffic was able to move again , not just the m25 to move again, not just the m25 , the m11, the m2 m20 have all been quite badly affected times though the temperature at the moment is actually above zero. you think it, but it is one or two degrees above zero and quite a bit of the snow , especially on a bit of the snow, especially on the pavements and on the roadway, has melted. but what will happen , of course, is that will happen, of course, is that later on today we are going to get those temperatures start to plummet and that will be the pattern over the next few days. so when it gets dark later on this afternoon , we'll have icy this afternoon, we'll have icy conditions again and that will cause significant problems

because unlike the snow, the ice can be difficult to see at times and can be very treacherous indeed for drivers. so warnings going out to people down in the south—east with all of the snow melt, the ice will form to be very , very careful in the days very, very careful in the days ahead. okay. thank you, mark. mark white out there. as he says, we need to all be a little bit more careful and mindful the nafion bit more careful and mindful the nation about the weather. now, let me introduce you back to my panel this morning, lawyer and broadcast to andrew is broadcast to andrew bowen is here detective at here and former detective at greater manchester police and now founder of the mickey oliver foundation, michael a right. andrew christmas party that's all looking forward to them we're not allowed to call them christmas parties. it is the civil guide to a white christmas party. even that by its very name has caused problems. what do they what's been apparently happenedis do they what's been apparently happened is civil servants being told, referred to christmas parties as, a festive celebration so that you don't

upset people who don't want to celebrate christmas. and so the whole thing has gone crazy . so whole thing has gone crazy. so frosty snowman becomes frosty the snowman becomes frosty the snowman becomes frosty the snow person . you frosty the snow person. you welcome that, sir, by even telling you in what's called the official civil service faith and belief toolkit, to remind people. now, i totally get it. you have to respect people from different faiths, different beliefs, and so on and so forth. when you're celebrating a particular religious festival, the in title . so in the name is in the title. so in the name is in the title. so in the same way, as we celebrate diwali the of light, we diwali the festival of light, we don't them that. don't tell them to change that. we don't tell people that you don't hanukkah. going to don't hanukkah. we're going to call it something else. this is a christmas party. we should be able it and it's able to celebrate it and it's nonsense. to nonsense. woke nonsense to turn around we shouldn't do around and say we shouldn't do it. this is a maggie it. well, this is a bit maggie jane saying earlier jane slater was saying earlier about so much of our political landscape has been completely overrun by the civil service and the civil service issuing this this direct tiff. i'm fed up of people telling us what to do, what we can say, where we can 90, what we can say, where we can go, how we can do it. leave people to make their own minds

up. you know, chinese new year, fantastic . you know, eight. fantastic. you know, eight. fantastic. i worked in moorside and russia and it was an amazing festival. so this is about, you know, we are a multicultural country let but we are actually a christian country as well. so let people use their own common sense . if you don't want to go sense. if you don't want to go into a pub, don't in a pub, but don't try and prevent everybody else from living their life. i'm just of that. well, just sick of that. well, sometimes like move sometimes it feels like the move towards diversity . it's diverse. towards diversity. it's diverse. except you are except unless you are a christian british. why yeah, that's what we can't seem to be able to say. what i love tonight. you're absolutely right. when we had the olympics in 2012, boris always used to make the speech. every time he talked it out would also say we are probably the most diverse city in the world where we can welcome people from any part, any of the world, any corner of the world, probably little community, probably by little community, their language , their own their own language, their own cuisine, religion, cuisine, their own religion, whatever happens to be. and

whatever it happens to be. and we are incredibly diverse. so incredibly as i think. incredibly welcome as i think. so we should start imposing restrictions on other people. that's when you get it wrong in rome. do as the romans do. that's what you i welcome that's what you do. i welcome that. of the one of the that. one of the one of the lines from this article, lines from this this article, andrew, if you go a copy, is andrew, if you go for a copy, is the that they suggest that the fact that they suggest that if one person find a venue does not serve alcohol because one member of staff does not drink . member of staff does not drink. yeah, i mean, i would say go to the pub, but maybe not force the person who doesn't drink to drink. that would be bad. that's not what we're saying. but maybe ask all that crowd ask boris and all that crowd when they had us locked up, you know, looking out the window and drinking own, they're drinking water, our own, they're all nothing, you know, all part and nothing, you know, birthday cake drinks. this is rules being set by people, you know, do as i say, as i do. and, you know, think as a country, you know, i think as a country, we have had enough of people trying to control levers to make sensible decisions ourselves and be inclusive but welcoming to people who want to come into the

whole thing is about respect. but but also you can respect people who might want to have a drink. yeah, i'm not sort of basically says try to make sure the individuals the preference is an individuals do not let anybody feel excluded. yes that's that you know but i think, you know, in actuality, most people just want actuality, most people just want a bit of a christmas day. yes. no trying to make anybody physically anyone just wants to get along and have a nice time and be right. and also, it's interesting because the whole thing start is a good thing about woke start is a good thing about woke start is a good thing that you are aware thing and that you are aware you're people and you're awake to people and diversity. turned into a bad diversity. it turned into a bad thing extreme thing because these extreme examples minority dictate examples when minority dictate what other people should do. yeah. so what gives me a good word? it's now a bad as word? it's now a bad word as a result. strip a we keep result. so strip a we keep heanng result. so strip a we keep hearing this in the press a lot and obviously some children have lost lives this. but lost their lives to this. but the latest take on this is that this might the government considering school closures some people are suggesting school closures, maggie, what do you think? bonkers you know, when my kids were little and i've got

four, i used to think it was great for them. crawl around the floor and, you know, build your immune system you know , immune system and, you know, life is risky . yeah. infection life is risky. yeah. infection and is there . we need strong and is there. we need strong immune systems and i think that this is the result of covid lockdowns . it isn't as a result lockdowns. it isn't as a result of covid. it is a result of decisions being made that have isolated us and locked us away from what is a normal part of . from what is a normal part of. and when you read that story , and when you read that story, it's another opportunity for the big pharmaceutical companies to make a killing on the back of people who need these basic antibiotics, which are now unavailable. isn't that really convenient ? well, it's awful, convenient? well, it's awful, isn't it? really. there's a there's a few angles to this story and particularly under this idea of the drug companies are now hiking up the prices of antibiotic x, they're talking about shortages and on and so forth. the normal price, which i

quote, and that is i do about three or four times as much which of is scandalous and what's also amazing is that we live in an era where we're drowning in a sea of information, most of which is false. and everybody but everybody's an expert and so news comes religious. news comes in for religious. when about the when we talked about the lockdown on lockdown with corona and so on and forth, with strep a, and so forth, same with strep a, the reality is, when was the reality is, when i was young, we used to have things like measles you like measles parties. you remember chickenpox? remember those chickenpox? i think that's where you get people you have people together because you have to because i'm to be exposed because i'm a lawyer, not a doctor, but you have to exposed to these have to be exposed to these different because that different things because that builds and builds up the immune system. and if you're not on that sort of basis, you're going to miss out. and so i think that these 16 tragic deaths as a result of that, appalling. each and that, it is appalling. each and every of those heart every one of those our heart goes out those people. we goes out to those people. we need to do it. but we need sensible, decisions need to do it. but we need seresult. decisions need to do it. but we need se result. the decisions need to do it. but we need se result. the other decisions need to do it. but we need seresult. the other i'd:isions need to do it. but we need seresult. the other i'd sayns need to do it. but we need seresult. the other i'd say is a result. the other i'd say is that, you know, the report 16 deaths. i don't know whether that's normal, deaths. i don't know whether that's normal , that's out of that's normal, that's out of context . in context, you know. context. in context, you know. so i think it is more than normal. but strep has, i

believe, always been a risk to infection, to children . but infection, to children. but you're right, compared to what would normally be the cost of this, i think is this also raises another issue, though, about the about the loss of the pharmacy on the high street. that's what we're going to see. i was in my local recently. lovely so it was space. and she said, come in here and have a look at this. and she showed me a list on the back of her office of all the drugs and the prices that they pay for the drug and the prices that they get back from public health england and from public health england and from nhs department. and she from the nhs department. and she said, a loss on said, we are making a loss on all of these drugs over 200 all of these drugs as over 200 drugs, said. because drugs, she said. because what we're what we're buying and what pharmaceutical , we are pharmaceutical companies, we are not reimbursed by the not being reimbursed by the government. and there's a statistic think about statistic that they think about 600 have to 600 pharmacies will have to close independent pharmacies on our streets by february our high streets by february or march. mean , we all go into march. i mean, we all go into a world where we are increasingly having little choice in what we do, and we're allowing big whether it's big pharmaceuticals , whether it's the gas and the

electric . you know, all these electric. you know, all these companies have got a monopoly now. there is no competition . now. there is no competition. and it feels to me at my age that we are trapped in a world without choice, very . and we're without choice, very. and we're being pushed down a road that i don't want to go down this is a normal obviously any child that dies from this, it's a tragedy . dies from this, it's a tragedy. but you need to have it in context and amoxicillin and penicillin are basic drugs that should available in today's world. okay. thank you, guys . world. okay. thank you, guys. right. that is the end of our first hour. we're coming up to 11:00. i will be right back after this short .

from alex burghart. what's your view on where to come? you've served several conservative ministers. has this guy got the chops to do a good job? i believe that the jury is very, very out. now i expect conservative mp to be loyal. that's not always happen. of course , but i expect them to be course, but i expect them to be loyal. what wasn't expecting from somebody who's been to give

a rational analysis is an absolute hedging graphic of a prime minister who is supposed to be a conservative prime minister. he's raised tax to record levels. he is spending and did so at the at record levels. and instead of focusing on growth levels. and instead of focusing of the government rules and now it's because of the strikers. more zooming it would. that's only if you're planning to travel to your family any time between now and do that at

christmas, which seems i'm not inviting my family to do that. and it's not going to make the train the train strike because any more popular, really. is it i mean, not striking over christmas. we're seeing many strikes. the ones i feel most sorry for is being the strike that happened this week because there was a time where with a post at the when you used to deliver presents and happy stuff and love letters

break good morning. welcome back to best wednesday on gb news. the weather is causing enormous disruption today as roads, airports and public transport have all been impacted. we're going to be discussing that and getting you the latest picture across the nation, not just chancellor jeremy across the nation, not just chancellorjeremy hunt has chancellor jeremy hunt has warned there is a tough road ahead, but are we heading into a recession? i'm going to discuss that with liam halligan. and as always , i'll be joined by my always, i'll be joined by my fantastic panel in about 20 minutes to look at the day. biggest stories coming up biggest stories all coming up after. look the news with after. look at the news with some . better. thank you. good some. better. thank you. good morning. it's 11:02. some. better. thank you. good morning. it's11:02. here's the latest from the gb newsroom. four children are critically ill in hospital after being rescued from an icy lake in solihull . from an icy lake in solihull. police say the children were in cardiac arrest when they were helped out of the water at babbs mill park in kingshurst yesterday afternoon . reports yesterday afternoon. reports from the scene found that the children had been playing on the

ice and fell through . west ice and fell through. west midlands fire service say. ice and fell through. west midlands fire service say . they midlands fire service say. they were told up to six people had gone into the water this morning. council leaders have thanked those who tried to rescue the children. hearts up certainly go out to the families and friends of the youngsters been involved . but what we have been involved. but what we have to say thank you to the emergency services that were on the scene instantly and the people that went in there, clearly they went into the water , put their own lives at risk as well . yellow warnings of ice , well. yellow warnings of ice, fog and snow are still in for much of the uk, causing widespread travel disruption. there are delays across the railways with eastern trains telling people not to travel. gatwick and stansted have reopened after closing their runways on sunday. however, delays to flights across all uk airports are to be expected . the airports are to be expected. the met office says overnight frost is expected until friday.

weather journalist nathan roe weatherjournalist nathan roe gave gb news his advice to drivers going on long car journeys . when this is going on journeys. when this is going on is not a good idea. if you do have to do essential journeys, make sure you're prepared because if your breaks down, because if your car breaks down, remember it will be get remember that it will be get cold car, you will not be cold in the car, you will not be able to heat it. so take blankets, take hot drinks, make sure you're prepared, try and avoid long, long, journeys. sure you're prepared, try and aknowong, long, journeys. sure you're prepared, try and aknowong,difficult journeys. sure you're prepared, try and a know ong, difficult because eys. sure you're prepared, try and a kntrains ], difficult because eys. sure you're prepared, try and a kntrains on fficult because eys. sure you're prepared, try and akntrains on strike because eys. sure you're prepared, try and akntrains on strike all:ause eys. sure you're prepared, try and akntrains on strike all thise eys. the trains on strike all this week and the airports are in chaos. but be prepared if you're in your car overnight in these temperatures, be temperatures, you need to be ready britain's economy ready for it. britain's economy grew between september and october still shrunk october, but is still shrunk over the last three months. figures the office national figures the office for national statistics show a 0.5% increase in gdp in the month. shadow chancellor rachel reeves says the numbers underline the government's failure to grow the economy . chancellor jeremy hunt economy. chancellorjeremy hunt has warned as a tough road ahead. these figures confirm that this is a very challenging economic situation here and across the world and it will get

worse before it gets better. but we have a plan that will more than half inflation over the year and if we stay the course , year and if we stay the course, we can get back to the strong economic growth that we need . economic growth that we need. government ministers are holding an emergency cobra meeting later in a bid to minimise disruption from ongoing public sector strikes. the military and civil servants are being trained in case they need to step in for airport staff as they prepare to for eight days from the 23rd of december to new year's eve. the armed forces will be deployed to hospital trusts as ambulance staff nurses and paramedics walk out later this month . the out later this month. the foreign secretary has vowed to forge new partnerships beyond the uk's traditional ally. in his first case speech in the role , james cleverly celebrated role, james cleverly celebrated britain's traditional alliances but promised to build relations with influential asian , latin with influential asian, latin american and african countries .

american and african countries. he said he'll make a long term effort to maintain old friendships and build new ones beyond uk's allies in the coming decades and ever greater share of the world economy , and of the world economy, and therefore the world's power will be in the hands of countries in asia africa , latin america . that asia africa, latin america. that reality has been evident for some time, but i am not convinced the british diplomacy has fully caught up. my goal is to build on the work of my predecessors and ensure that we do catch up and under me. that task has begun . meanwhile, the task has begun. meanwhile, the international trade secretary will arrive in india later as the uk strives to restore a free trade deal. kemi badenoch will meet indian ministers and business leaders in new delhi for the first formal round of talks since july. the negotiations are expected to focus on cutting and opportunities . uk financial and

opportunities. uk financial and legal services . the government legal services. the government is still in the process of negotiating a free trade agreement with india after the target of securing a deal by october was missed . the king and october was missed. the king and the queen consort have revealed this year's christmas card . the this year's christmas card. the photograph was taken the braemar royal highland gathering just days before queen's death. it's the royal first christmas card since charles monarch . this is since charles monarch. this is gb news. bring you more news as it happens. of course. now it's back to beth . back to beth. good morning . back specimen good morning. back specimen today on gb news it's 1107. today on gb news it's1107. a chancellor hunt is urging caution for brits in the coming months, despite the british economy growing by 0.5% between

september and october. are we heading into a recession? i'm going to be speaking for and economics editor liam halligan in just a moment. the met office has updated its yellow weather warning amid travel disruption across the country. how is your commute being disrupted today? get touch dbs at gbnews.uk and. i'm going to be back in the studio with fantastic panel in about 20 minutes with a look at the day's biggest stories, including their take on the controversy of harry and meghan's series , which i know meghan's series, which i know a lot of you watched over the weekend. and of course, i would like your views as well based both tweet me at . both tweet me at. gb news by 0.5% between september and october and a rebound down from a 0.6% contraction in the previous month . however, jeremy

previous month. however, jeremy hunt has warned there is still a tough road ahead . let's have tough road ahead. let's have a listen. these figures confirm that this is a very challenging economic situation here and across the world and it will get worse before it gets better. but we have a plan that will more than half inflation over the next year. and if we stay the course, we can get back to the strong economic growth that we need. strong economic growth that we need . liam halligan, i don't need. liam halligan, i don't trust him at all. why don't i trust him at all. why don't i trust him? his plan? well some growth. his plan is to try and keep the economy on track. and you've picked out a little bit of news there, bev, between september and october, the economy did expand from one month to the next. but i'm afraid i don't rain on your parade or snow on your parade . parade or snow on your parade. that was largely because in september , with the death of her september, with the death of her majesty , we had a couple of majesty, we had a couple of extra bank holidays . rightly so, extra bank holidays. rightly so, the nation was that not a lot of

economic activity out during september. so you got a little bounce back in october. i'm afraid the bigger picture is that august , september, october, that august, september, october, that august, september, october, that quarter, what we call three month period, a quarter the economy contracted by 0.3. it got small and it looks as if it's going to get smaller. november january as well . and if november january as well. and if we have those two successive quarters of negative , that's quarters of negative, that's called a recession . and that's called a recession. and that's the that's the sort of textbook definition. that is the textbook definition. that is the textbook definition of a recession. but we've avoided so far, it is remarkable america is already in recession. some of the eu economies are in recession. we are very much in the middle, the pack, but the pack suffering as a whole. our economies are a little bit lower than the other big economies of western europe . our unemployment is much lower . and in terms of growth, we've had quite a good growth year this year because we had a tremendous surge back in the early part of 2022. so as a whole we're still for 2022

growing faster than almost any other big economy. certainly in the western world. but i think it's inevitable now that the uk will go into recession and a recession that isn't helped by the fact that we've got a really strikes in september in december and in january. strikes in september in december and in january . now i'm going to and in january. now i'm going to just predict something, liam, which will no doubt wrong but what i'm just thinking is we're going to have the christmas bounce, though, right? november, december, we're going an december, we're going have an increase spending sales. i increase in spending sales. i reckon we might be alright at the end of the year. well, let's let's hope then we're going to come a january. okay. come off a cliff january. okay. so the november numbers on retail came out again. retail sales came out again. they i think we chatted they need i think we chatted about them last week . you need about them last week. you need a little bit interpretation little bit of interpretation here because the headline is that in of pounds and that in terms of pounds and pence retail sales up, but in terms of the volume of stuff that we bought was down because those pounds and pence bought less . that's what inflation less. that's what inflation does. it messes with psychology . it means people don't want to

invest. it means people think they're earning okay. but actually their wages are being eroded by inflation now, 11. we've got another inflation number coming out on wednesday . number coming out on wednesday. we've got another decision from the bank of england in terms of interest rates on thursday . interest rates on thursday. yeah. tidings of comfort enjoy not in the run up to . it's going not in the run up to. it's going to be a tough time. not in the run up to. it's going to be a tough time . i think to be a tough time. i think what's interesting for me though, is that that's the industrial action escalates. it will drag us down in terms of the overall economy when there isn't activity in a business doesn't happen. spending happen. it's just complete common sense. a real flashpoint is going to be how the tories react . those how the tories react. those strikes, how labour in particular reacts to those strikes . but absolutely of the strikes. but absolutely of the next month or two it's going to be a very tumultuous time in terms of economics and politics. okay, i have to interrupt you, liam, for some breaking news. the police have now confirmed that a three boys fell into the lake in solihull, have died.

awful news. the gb news west midlands . jack huston is duck. midlands. jack huston is duck. this is tragic news. what do we know ? what is the news that know? what is the news that everyone here in the community has been this morning? lots of people hoping for positive news with that statement. he just released couple of minutes ago released a couple of minutes ago from west midlands police. it reads, have reads, three boys have tragically died falling tragically died after falling into at bob's mill park into the lake at bob's mill park into the lake at bob's mill park in afternoon. in solihull yesterday afternoon. the , 12, 11 and eight were the boys, 12, 11 and eight were rushed to hospital after, being pulled to the water . suddenly pulled to the water. suddenly they could not be revived . and they could not be revived. and our thoughts are with their family friends at this family and friends at this deeply devastating time. a fourth aged remains in fourth boy, aged six, remains in a condition in hospital a critical condition in hospital . and the have been . and the police have been working alongside colleagues from phone fire and from the phone fire and ambulance services to support all involved. searches of all involved. now, searches of the continuing as speak the lake continuing as we speak to establish exactly what happened and if anyone else like we were mentioning earlier, possibly fallen possibly he might have fallen into water . they that into the water. they ask that people to speculate or share any of the video footage at this

time, but it's the news that time, but it's not the news that the wanted. this news the community wanted. this news of boys were dragged of three boys that were dragged from yesterday in from the lake yesterday in an attempt be rescued of unfortunately lost their lives and passed away. we know that it happened around 2:36 pm. yesterday. the two boys were on the lake. they one fell in. their friends tried rescue them. all four had cpr here on the scene and were taken to hospital in critical condition. but that news now breaking news that three boys aged 12, 11 and eight after being rushed to hospital , after being rushed to hospital, sadly passed away . and that our sadly passed away. and that our thoughts with all the families, of course, here from gb news. now after the break. i'm be back with my guests to discuss the top stories of the day . top stories of the day. broadcaster and lawyer andrew gable and maggie oliver have been watching the harry and meghan documentary of the week and they've got a lot to get off their. and let me know what you thought if you've now had time to watch it. that's all. after this short .

to watch it. that's all. after actually the sort of the, the in—built behaviour to punch through the snow to get devolves in small creatures underneath. so it's actually driven by bloodlust. okay this just ruined that very sweet video for us . that very sweet video for us. now we do have just think we've just got time to talk through some of unfiltered dilemmas

mean, early december , a million mean, early december, a million people had it. if everyone stayed home with covid, we'd have even deeper financial problems. but nobody understand. now, who is the swedish government's chief adviser on covid said right at the very start of this covid saga that

break get welcome back to you bev turner today on gb news. let me introduce my panel to you this morning. if you're just joining us, maybe you've been working from home this morning just put the having a little the kettle on, having a little break. stay with this. break. we'll stay with this. this loss must come between now midday. lawyer, broadcaster andrew and former andrew eappen is here and former detective manchester detective at greater manchester police now founder of maggie police and now founder of maggie oliver . maggie oliver foundation. maggie oliver. first of all, just oliver. now first of all, just reactions maggie on this terrible news that these these poor kiddies have lost their lives birmingham , their poor lives in birmingham, their poor families. morning, families. this morning, a tragedy is . tragedy or really, really is. and kids will be kids and but you you know, you don't i think it's a reminder that you don't know what's around the corner and.the know what's around the corner and. the tragedy will stay with that family for so actually just a word maybe from you on the

place and how hard it is to work on a on a case like that. yeah they've, they've had to knock on doors. you know, there's nothing worse than a child death because you don't expect . i've lost my you don't expect. i've lost my granddaughter when she was three, but we knew she was dying. when you've got the shock of somebody knocking on your front door and nothing will make it right so that , you know, it's it right so that, you know, it's heartbreaking, awful , right . heartbreaking, awful, right. andrew, let's move to. harry and meghan . harry and meghan. well, meghan. harry and meghan. well, are they're the news, are they? well i. well, this netflix series broke on thursday. yes. this docu series is that. yes, a lot of people have watched over the week. i've watched it. i've watched all three episodes. i thought, to be fair, most people enter this discussion with their own prejudices, of course. and i think this was a perfect example where lots of channels are talking about it. and most people actually haven't watched it, and it's interesting the discussion because people got their own prejudices about harry. they got impression

harry. they got the impression it's there are it's about meghan. there are a number revelations number of revelations in this, not harry's real not least that harry's real really called age . i thought the really called age. i thought the 88 idea was from steps , as you 88 idea was from steps, as you know, although he took steps that it was a tragedy as well. have and also, meghan is known as meg and i sort of turn and said, well, it was a fake text from the father. i didn't think it was him. he wrote meghan and he never calls a meghan. so i thought was quite thought that was quite interesting. and the moment they were captured in press is were captured in the press is all the and that scene all the curtsy and that scene and on harry's face and the look on harry's face when demonstrates she when she demonstrates how she would gutsy and would perhaps be gutsy and was pretty poorly. thought pretty and poorly. i thought that was some touching moments, notably nobody this. notably that nobody says this. and important that and i think it's important that in anything, there's in any about anything, there's a balance. and balance. yeah. and there's a good side of the bad side, too, i think everything. well, they all saying never all disraeli saying about never complain, never explain is obviously of the window obviously way out of the window because the because it's all they're the royals. are the royals. the others are the royals. the others are the royals we're not royals are saying we're not going no comment. no, going respond. no comment. no, no comment. we no comment, no comment. but we may titles. we may may take away titles. we may not let come the coronation let you come to the coronation and that sort of stuff. but we

do want to comment and that has put them in good stead. that's to extent is why royal to some extent is why the royal family has remained in power for so of course, is so long. of course, this is thrown completely out of thrown that completely out of the what the water. make it. and what occurred was i did what occurred to me was i did what i did have a massive problem with with fact that it tried to with the fact that it tried to depict great britain as inherently drawing inherently racist by drawing upon the history of slavery, as though most though that is relevance to most of when we go about of us today. when we go about our daily on daily what i our daily on a daily what i think it was about that think it was about more that that the that that that the story that that experience they've had experience that they've had of the family not about the royal family is not about race. about colour. it's race. it's about colour. it's about fact that when they about the fact that when they were talking about meghan being from compton, i didn't see that as racist. and there was a lot of snobbery. the royal family did not accept the not because she was black, but because she was sort of an actress. and we're all let's say i think they've tried they've not accepted because she is a accepted it because she is a woman who has up for woman who has stood up for herself . you know, i look at i herself. you know, i look at i watched all three episodes . and watched all three episodes. and you know, i've seen all this in the press about how it was, you

know, disgusting and they were calling the royal family for me. i saw a young man who had seen his mom, ups literally decimated by the men in grey suits. his mom, ups literally decimated by the men in grey suits . you by the men in grey suits. you know, the royal family is run by people behind the scenes. they don't want a strong woman. they don't want a strong woman. they do not want somebody who's going to stand up and challenge them. and stood his wife, in and harry has stood his wife, in my opinion , and i believe had he my opinion, and i believe had he not, they would have destroyed them as couple. i see great parallels with his mum. i watched a man who i actually really admire this is family. before all everything else and let's face it, he was the spare. he didn't have a life here. he was not allowed to stand up and be just a normal person. but his role within the royal family was really so you see , what he says really so you see, what he says is, i was in the army for ten years and he comes as not posh. yeah he's one of the lads, he's one of the lads and not any normal. you have to very much

buy the tradies and the establishment and when, when meghan said you know god behind closed doors they're still very formal. well i know that because i had the experience of various different social settings to be amongst some of the some of the people i met and they all like that. oh absolutely. that's why they marry into each other . that. oh absolutely. that's why they marry into each other. this is i need to take it back to is why i need to take it back to generation. charles generation. that's why charles was had marry diana, because was had to marry diana, because she was virgin bride and not she was the virgin bride and not something. yeah got it. yes. she had been raised . who knows why had been raised. who knows why her schooling, but she understood that formality. and meghan didn't get it at all. and i think the thing i would say talk about balance. it's about getting the facts right because a lot of press say, oh, that happen or that didn't happen or recollections may vary. i think we look at we don't we need look at that so we don't have one truth out. yeah, we have one truth out. yeah, we have representation of the truth and that the and i think that the establishment truth to be establishment the truth to be the that they represented the truth that they represented and my hat off them and really take my hat off them for standing up because i you know, even in my life i was

depicted as this woman who had lost the plot, had been lost the plot, who had been buned lost the plot, who had been buried , raised. you know, i was buried, raised. you know, i was this woman i'd actually lost my marbles . that wasn't true. and marbles. that wasn't true. and i look at the way they have represented them as a couple and think it is false . the i'm a fan think it is false. the i'm a fan of princess diana . i see her as of princess diana. i see her as a young woman who was really used by the establishment to provide , you know, an they're provide, you know, an they're very naive to made this document . there's a lot of naivety amongst it. so the idea that they could have come in and had their own pr machine that could have see meghan markle was used to being seen very , very to being seen very, very positively. she had a kind level of celebrity as the actress in america which that when america which meant that when she the street, she walked down the street, people selfie and could do people a selfie and she could do her work, but she her charitable work, but she wasn't famous. wasn't sufficiently famous. so the was ready to the american press was ready to , down. and then she , bring her down. and then she came here. up came over here. fame went up another level she was naive another level and she was naive to that she would keep to expect that she would keep all the people happy all of the time that's what this is about.

but do they go next? but where do they go next? andrew we've got andrew well, i think we've got the coming out had sparse the book coming out had sparse beanng the book coming out had sparse bearing so know i think bearing so you know i think that's problem that netflix that's the problem that netflix have spent millions have basically spent millions you've got millions advance the way you draw a crowd to start a fight. so they're expecting all these big revelations and so on and so forth. so far there haven't been the big revelations . what the bit i would . i think what the bit i would always i would urge always say, i would urge everybody question everybody just question everything people everything because most people approach prejudices. and the their own prejudices. and the oprah winfrey interview bit oprah winfrey interview the bit objected to is sort of blanket accusation about racism . if you accusation about racism. if you don't say who, when, how, in what context you just want to say to meghan watching it this is not because you're mixed race. this british aristocrats society. oh sorry, that isn't it's not that they would treat you or me the same bad they would that would because they don't like from one side of the know you are you know it's very much a man's world still that you know the men behind the scenes i mean you look at what happened with the lady in waiting and you know that's a

yeah that that she should that was a generational thing as well as i don't really pretend to understand and but i do know that somebody their eighties will have a different outlook than somebody in their twenties or thirties. so and there's a lot of levels to that . i just lot of levels to that. i just think, you know what you look like. you really love each other. you've got this co—dependent relationship just. go a fabulous life. go and have a fabulous life. america don't keep falling out with your relatives. go away for a something, be a bit. do something, be creative. an actress she creative. an actress again. she clearly enjoyed clearly she clearly enjoyed that. identity, that. that was her identity, wasn't right. strike wasn't it, anyway, right. strike about well, i mean as about strikes. well, i mean as i said, all the headlines that i'm all strike soccer and the all about strike soccer and the sussexes go for the avalanche of alliteration well, the government contingency government has got contingency plans upcoming strike. plans for the upcoming strike. they're have a meeting they're going to have a meeting today in emergency cobra meeting today in emergency cobra meeting to they can sort to try see what they can sort out. and it's a problem, isn't it? sympathise with it? because i sympathise with lots it's cost lots of people but it's a cost of living crisis . there's not of living crisis. there's not enough money go round . my big enough money to go round. my big question, is where is question, however, is where is it going to come from? the cobra meeting, is about

meeting, however, is not about where coming. it's where is the money coming. it's about contingency about about contingency plans, about getting and cover getting the army in and cover and so forth, and the and on and so forth, and the pubuc. and on and so forth, and the public . it and on and so forth, and the public. it was in contrast to the cartoon today in, the sun, if you look at the talking about little other thing about soccer . so you can see he's got the . so if you can see he's got the nhs strikes the goal and nhs strikes is the goal and pubuc nhs strikes is the goal and public sympathy is way off the goal on that sort of basis a little reference i think maybe to what's happening from the weekend. i was there a football match on as well. we don't match on as well. yes. we don't talk what do you think, talk about what do you think, maggie, because what kind of turning head when i'm turning over in my head when i'm heanng turning over in my head when i'm hearing about the strikes hearing these about the strikes as relationship as well is the relationship between unions orchestrating between the unions orchestrating these and the these strike actions and the labour party and that they're playing politics with the public lives . you know what, i've lives. you know what, i've thought about this a lot and i have never been a person that has supported the strikes, but what i see in the world today is , a world that is going to a place where we very rich people and very poor people, and there is dialogue between between the

two extremes. and unless ordinary people. and i consider myself, an ordinary person , myself, an ordinary person, unless we stand up and say, no more, where will this end we'll have the you know, the jeffrey epstein scene and the royal family and the pharmaceuticals, and they'll be all on the private jets going to necker . private jets going to necker. all these islands will be stuck on an electric car in a five, five mile radius of london and kind of feel that as a country , kind of feel that as a country, we need to start standing up and saying more. so whilst they have come down on the train this morning this strikes all week. you can't get anywhere. the country is at a standstill , country is at a standstill, closing down. but i do feel that as a country, we now have to stand up for what we believe in. and this is one way of doing it. there is strength in numbers and there is a part me that thinks if we don't up now, where will this will be? my children and my age and my grandchildren are so what you see is kind of where i stand with that. i know i'm with

you. i'm very torn about this because i don't like the disruption. i think this time of the year and i think we've been through so much and everyone is looking forward to a proper christmas and the talk in the papers there. you've got to papers there. but you've got to have christmas with have a virtual christmas with your he's not going to your family. he's not going to see them. no, we don't want another no another is absolutely no way. no way. we saw that way. i mean, we saw that headune way. i mean, we saw that headline didn't win this morning and green room and i kind and in the green room and i kind of get about a zoom christmas she would there if she said i would ski there if i had to i am not playing ball anymore i am fed up doing i'm anymore i am fed up doing as i'm told and, seeing all these people want, people doing what they want, absolutely way. but but what absolutely no way. but but what you a point about the fact that we've got big corporate we've got this big corporate entities it that are entities it seems that are making profit whilst whilst making a profit whilst whilst all the we normal people and that that's concern about the world at the moment we're living in divided times the haves and the have nots joe biden the best thing he could have done with his campaign is an anagram of be joined at joe biden. thank you. i've worked on i suppose we are we divide whether it's in or out

with brexit you know that devolution scotland and so on and so forth whether vax or anti—vax trouble is we need anti—vax the trouble is we need something to unite us and christmas festivities is christmas and festivities is something which normally gets that we together mark, my that we together as a mark, my son often. he said is that son says often. he said is that you're worrying about what's going here. what you going on here. really what you should thinking about should be thinking about is what's this what's going on, what all this fuss is on at the forefront because it's what's going on behind the scenes that's important. and what important. and that's what worries because really don't worries me because really don't know do i it feels like know anymore, do i it feels like that. does it really ? if i had that. does it really? if i had jonathan moreland in last week, lord marland, who was one of is a peer, a conservative peer, and i said to him, what is motivating rishi sunak? and jeremy hunt? and he said, well, that just motivated by balancing the want to bring the books, they want to bring down debt. and i'm not sure down the debt. and i'm not sure buyers don't buy it. i don't know what the values of the conservative party are anymore. well, again, i think the key in all is communication . if all of this is communication. if you don't know, it means they're not people what not telling people what it is. for really simple, is for me, it's really simple, is that deserves a that everybody deserves a fair

wage the time ? how do wage at the same time? how do you wage at the same time? how do you pay wage at the same time? how do you pay for it? so those conversations to happen in parallel and then you work on the if you have pay the basis if you have to pay more costs, that is going to keep on going and going and going. and that needs to be going. and so that needs to be controlled otherwise spiral out and know, the and look at the you know, the money there covid look at money was there in covid look at the they threw you the billions they threw into you nonsensical masks and you know , nonsensical masks and you know, you can trace and advertise lined the pockets of the few the expense of the many . and i think expense of the many. and i think unless we as a country take control of this and say, you know, we've had enough, that it will continue because . those will continue because. those people want power. they won't control. they don't care about us. rishi sunak doesn't have to worry about putting his heating on. you know, it's multi—billionaire. i'm not it wasn't elected into his position that was a dirty tricks it is interesting because every sort of says the billionaire she said i think it's pretty unfair on him to say he doesn't care. i think there are a lot of people. i think most politicians do

care. i think there's a human side we don't really look. side that we don't really look. we to demonise politicians we like to demonise politicians on lines. my view on political lines. my view is what we we need more what we need is we need more lights and less heat on these matters need to look matters and you need to look at the facts turn around and the facts and turn around and pubuc the facts and turn around and public the great public not stupid. the great british will understand. british public will understand. how you them? i said, how do you tell them? i said, here's economics. could here's the economics. you could balance books. this is how balance your books. this is how we can up the money. this we can divide up the money. this is we need to pay people is what we need to pay people and through, said. and talk it through, he said. it's of choice, but it's a question of choice, but let's make informed decisions without the prejudice. yeah, you've in as you've been getting in touch as well, said. i don't well, graham has said. i don't believe we're not allowed believe that we're not allowed to call christmas parties. christmas parties. this is the story discussing in the story we're discussing in the last didn't realise story we're discussing in the las'were didn't realise story we're discussing in the las'were livingdidn't realise story we're discussing in the las'were living in n't realise story we're discussing in the las'were living in china,lise story we're discussing in the las'were living in china, he we were living in china, he says. demand from says. ignore soppy demand from the and minority the ghastly and very minority community. be community. now we're going to be delving the cold weather delving into the cold weather snap which is supposed have snap which is supposed to have offered chaos . those travelling offered chaos. those travelling travel in south—east travel chaos in south—east england today are home security editor mark white will join me on happens next. that's on what happens next. that's after your morning teas . good

after your morning teas. good morning. it's 1132. after your morning teas. good morning. it's1132. i'm tamsin roberts the gb newsroom. well in the last half an hour, police have confirmed the death of three boys who were pulled from an icy lake in solihull yesterday afternoon. police say the children who were eight, ten and 11 were in cardiac arrest when they came out of the water at babbs mill in king's west, a fourth boy, aged six, remains a critical condition in hospital children were reportedly playing on the ice and had fallen . the on the ice and had fallen. the west fire service says the search of the is continuing to establish if anyone else fell into the water after reports that as many as six may have been involved . yellow warnings , been involved. yellow warnings, ice, fog and snow are still in for much of the uk, causing widespread travel disruption . widespread travel disruption. there are delays across the railways , south eastern trains railways, south eastern trains telling people to travel. gatwick and stansted have reopened after closing their

runways yesterday. although delays and cancellations to flights across all uk airports are be expected. the met office says overnight frost is expected until friday. britain's economy grew between september and but is still shrunk over the last three months. figures from the office for national statistics show a nought point 5% increase in gdp in the month. shadow rachel reeves says the numbers underline the government's failure to grow the economy. chancellor jeremy failure to grow the economy. chancellorjeremy hunt has chancellor jeremy hunt has warned that a tough road ahead. these confirm that this is a very economic situation and across the world and it will get worse before it gets better. but we have a plan that will more halve inflation over the next yeah halve inflation over the next year. and if we stay the course , we can get back to the strong economic growth that we need . economic growth that we need. government ministers are holding an emergency cobra meeting later in a bid to minimise disruption

from ongoing public sector strikes . military and civil strikes. military and civil servants being trained in case they need to step for airport staff as they prepare to strike for eight days from the 23rd to new year's eve . armed forces new year's eve. armed forces will be deployed . hospital trust will be deployed. hospital trust as ambulance staff, nurses and paramor walk out later. this tv onune paramor walk out later. this tv online and dab radio. this is. paramor walk out later. this tv inflation so that you don't enter into a wage price spiral like we did in the 1970s, not frankly, there's no sign yet that got the unions under control . a fascinating control. a fascinating conversation . my thanks to ann

conversation. my thanks to ann widdecombe, former government and the conservative mp , and the conservative mp, brentwood and ongar. alex burghart. thank you both for your time . what's your reaction? your time. what's your reaction? what is your on the premiership of ? rishi what is your on the premiership of? rishi sunak is he visible enough? do you feel like he's your prime minister or you have the your prime minister or you have and love letters. of course, that's all done now on the internet. so really, we didn't get bills for a day. it was very hard to people and they don't have the best time. they used to get a tenner and a christmas card from your grandma and the postman would and i didn't

happen for postman would and i didn't some of unfiltered dilemmas. we've got this one in from dick via email, and dick says, my wife of many years has joined the ladies walking group. i and supported this for exercise. why the social contact etc. i like that you give people reasons for offering support, but

start of this covid saga that we were all going to get it eventually anyway, if we were going to get it. you don't stop transmission by imprisoning yourself at home because the disease is out there in the air gb news fragment. it's 1138. gb news fragment. it's1138. this is bev turner today on gb news. the met office has updated its yellow weather warning to include sleet and snow amid a major disruption across the country on the roads, motorways have been shut . motorways have been shut. stansted airport has been to close its runway . our home close its runway. our home security editor, mark white is

joining us now. good morning, mark. which areas have been hit by the weather ? well certainly by the weather? well certainly southern britain has been hit very badly indeed , particularly very badly indeed, particularly the south—east i'm in primrose hill in north. it's picture postcard is absolutely stunning . and locals have come out in their droves to snowball fight to make snowmen to sledge down the hill here. but of course, away from the fun that the people here having it has caused absolute chaos, as it always does when they get on usual amounts of snowfall in the south because we can, in a dated of course we do all of the time from people further north say, look, we're used to this. we get weather like this all of the time. you never bother covering any of the snowfall further

north. that is true , but that is north. that is true, but that is because they are used to it. and, you know, they just stoically get on with it and their infrastructure does not gnnd their infrastructure does not grind to a halt. sadly, it further south and we saw that last night with , these very last night with, these very significant snowfalls , the m 25 significant snowfalls, the m 25 was particular really bad . the was particular really bad. the areas around essex , kent and areas around essex, kent and hertfordshire saw traffic on the orbital motorway grinding a halt. and some of those were stuck in those queues , traffic stuck in those queues, traffic going nowhere for many hours before the snow ploughs and the gritters could get round them. and to clear that motorway, it wasn't just the m 25, but the m 11, the m2 and the m20 and all of those major road network in the south—east, in particular. but also, of course , the minor but also, of course, the minor roads are still affected today.

and although the snow has melted, certainly on the main roads, there is warning that we will get ice later this afternoon as the temperatures drop below zero again and it starts to freeze over. and the difficulty , of course, with ice difficulty, of course, with ice as opposed to snow as you can't often see ice as easily is you can't snow . so it can be very can't snow. so it can be very treacherous indeed. so the police warning motorists to be very careful as head into the later after the nude and into the evening and we're really bev set for that pattern to continue for quite a few days this week with snow melt during the day freezing up again overnight and not just the roads that are being impacted. we saw, of course, runways being closed at stanstead at gatwick and at heathrow and not so the knock on effect all for airports on the

real networks as well. so with the lines for inspection first thing this morning so , getting thing this morning so, getting back up to speed with a real timetable. so just widespread disruption , as we always sadly disruption, as we always sadly tend to get when there are these unusual heavy snowfalls. okay thank you, mark. if you're listening on the radio you could hear some cheering in the background. was somebody skiing over jump in the background overjump in the background there in north london? well, someone why a pair of gloves. it's just looking. i was making my hands cold. okay. now these freezing conditions in the uk is amazing. the output of a solar farms has been cut drastically , farms has been cut drastically, highlighting the challenges for the country in its attempts to transition to renewable future. our national reporter theo chikomba has been taking a look at the issues facing government's push for green energy security. it's been a bitterly cold december with subzero temperatures in recent weeks with no sign in the

weather as momentum behind renewables increases . will they renewables increases. will they be able to handle temperatures , be able to handle temperatures, conditions like we're seeing today in the future ? well, it's today in the future? well, it's not renewable. it's unreliable andifs not renewable. it's unreliable and it's very unreliable that there's no wind , no sun . and there's no wind, no sun. and just the amount of hydro power. so the result is that the national grid's margins are tighter than before . and they tighter than before. and they said they're not going to do any blackouts. and they've said they may or may not mobilise their forces to pay you money, not to use energy, but all this is a pretty sad place us at the end of the first fifth of the 21st century. now we all need power to heat our homes and keep the lights on. but the question is, as we are becoming less reliant on fossil fuels, what's the answer when we have a freezing temperatures, as we've seen in the last few weeks and we're expecting to see in the next few weeks months ahead wind weeks and months ahead wind turbines and solar panels are

just a few examples of renewable sources which produce green energy. part the government's target to reach net zero by 2050. support to of this policy. algie are sustainable for the future . the focus has to be future. the focus has to be renewables in whatever guise they come in and you can look at places like costa rica, you don't you wouldn't think that's sort of top of the economic pile. but they are they're around about 95, 99% renewables. they don't use gas in or at least it's gone. so i think it's the direction how you face and that's what the problem for the government is . which way does it government is. which way does it want to face? i think the half of it wants to face one way off. it wants to face the other. and really we was standing still while cold temperatures on new meteorologists say what we are experiencing is an extended penod experiencing is an extended period of calm and cold weather . this is the perfect storm in some senses, a common no . when some senses, a common no. when you turn those turbines around and actually where you've got

snow cover, where the snow cap is covering solar , that's is covering solar, that's a double whammy . yeah, no real double whammy. yeah, no real sign of strong winds to turn the turbines around and b, to bring milder or atlantic air. it was stuck with pretty stagnant air for several days to come, which is not ideal for people trying to keep and not ideal for energy companies. as temperatures are set to plummet over the coming days , the national grid says days, the national grid says it's expects there will be sufficient to meet the high demand , but in years to come, demand, but in years to come, will energy sources be able match what's needed to power our dunng match what's needed to power our during the coldest of the year, the age combo gb news. right, i'm back here at the desk to talk to my guest this morning. lawyer and broadcaster andrew bone and former detective at greater manchester police. front of them , oliver foundation, of them, oliver foundation, mikey oliver, write this story about a virtue fuel christmas. yes plenty already. but i no

time for it. i want see my family this year. it's not we've beenin family this year. it's not we've been in lockdown for so long we desperately need to get together even if it's difficult. probably since the and that's the problem what they're saying is the disruption with the weather the yellow warning i every time i think of that i'm always told as a child never eat yellow snow. so i don't sort of i'm not quite sure what the message is . but sure what the message is. but the yellow weather warning, i said it was that it was glorious . and there's two sides to this. it is glorious seeing primrose hill. i live very close to that and wonderful picturesque at the same time there are people who are suffering burst pipes. i'm going absolute going through absolute nightmares as a result. so this is the headline news, isn't it? we've got the strike going on. so you can't go away anywhere. don't because there don't get sick because there could nurses strike and on could be nurses strike and so on and so forth . you can't travel and so forth. you can't travel anywhere. so the virtual christmas they say in christmas is what they say in the of god's army, we're the words of god's army, we're all zoomed. oh, well, very good . i'm just looking at the strikes and when the happening

over december. is real over december. this is real strikes bosses , baggage strikes bosses, baggage handlers, highway border force driving examiners basically we want to go anywhere. that's what's going to be scuppered, isn't it? the ability to travel? well, i'm going away for new year and i am going . where are year and i am going. where are you going, maggie? so i'm going to gran canaria. oh and i will not be coming back whenever i'm going to stay put, i'm just get a house and get my kids over there and just enjoy the sunshine because, you know, i come from manchester this morning but we're getting to a place you you can't place where, you know, you can't get the roads, you can't get get on the roads, you can't get in like, you know, we've got a country, we've got a little bit of and. the whole country of snow and. the whole country comes know, comes to standstill. you know, what do in canada and what do they do in canada and switzerland and austria? and it is extortion because you to is extortion because you go to other where used other countries where they used to can cope. over to snow and they can cope. over here have a few on the line here we have a few on the line and it rains and you know, it and so it rains and you know, it rains and we're having floods. so we get little bit of so we get a little bit of sunshine and got sunshine and we've got a drought. we've rain

drought. we've got more rain here. and you throughout the whole of spain. and they never have drought. we've got have a drought. now, we've got to remember of course, there have a drought. now, we've got to re|some er of course, there have a drought. now, we've got to re|some people urse, there have a drought. now, we've got to re|some people who, there have a drought. now, we've got to re|some people who, like; have a drought. now, we've got to re|some people who, like with were some people who, like with lockdowns and government instructions anyway will think this that they this is wonderful news that they don't have to go see the don't have to go and see the in—laws this morning they. in—laws this morning won't they. some you will some people do you they will absolutely it the absolutely use i called it the government me i can't see government tells me i can't see the today or whatever so but all the today or whatever so but all the old jokes out but the old jokes will come out but i that's the reality, i think that's the reality, isn't and but is about isn't it. and but it is about getting together. and i think we need these moments. touched need these moments. we touched on we're very on this earlier about we're very divided at that moment in these moments that we can come together to together a country and to celebrate need celebrate and, boy, do we need christmas all. christmas generation and all. yeah, absolutely. grannies in the the kids the the room with the kids and the teenager upstairs the phones teenager upstairs on the phones in bedrooms. we have in their bedrooms. and we have to that as we know. to change that as we know. we have to people together have to bring people together year ever. i put my year more than ever. i put my kids on a screen bomb one night this week. well done. how did that go? i can be mad. and it all i said, we're all gone. and i said, we're going play board game. yeah going to play a board game. yeah of the 11 year old went, of course. the 11 year old went, that's brilliant. and then i felt because you don't do felt guilty because you don't do that. i the 13 year old

that. i know the 13 year old rolled anyway. we we rolled anyway. we did and we played a board game. i would love they loved what did love it. they loved it. what did you played memory you play? we played memory games. did and also i games. we did and also i realised i have no term memory. you forgot what the you forgot what you put the game? yeah. not when you've had your it's your first and it's like i honestly, i mean it was so nice and they really it and they really enjoyed it right. so easy to just right. and we so easy to just sit. always takes cards sit. daughter always takes cards when we go out. something to eat. i don't really want eat. yeah. i don't really want to anymore, but you know to play anymore, but you know you all you have to do that. all monopoly, monopoly of course, is more family rules than anything. i tell for days when i i can tell you. for days when i was open up all those, was learning open up all those, you know, our brains are going to be dying because they've got something. if now, you know, you don't follow a map, don't add anything up yet. snapchat video you 70 seconds and 80 seconds. and i thought these kids need to use their memories. maggie was this story about the first pubuc this story about the first public parole in the uk. yeah, yeah. public parole in the uk. yeah, yeah . it's quite a serious one. yeah. it's quite a serious one. there's a guy called causley who faked his own death after he , faked his own death after he, his wife and he went to prison and he was released. but it was

taken back in. now parole. heanngs taken back in. now parole. hearings are , normally in hearings are, normally in private . so they go on behind private. so they go on behind closed doors. but this is, the first public one, and i see, i think , a good idea because think, a good idea because i remember the you remember the black rapist . yeah, yeah . dom black rapist. yeah, yeah. dom warboys. yeah. he raped probably hundreds of women, but the authorities prosecuted him for a very number. and then he was released on parole centre for women's justice and harriet west, which challenged that. and he was taken back into prison. so think things in the open. i like transparency, i like accountable ability, i think it's dangerous . things are it's dangerous. things are behind closed doors , things to behind closed doors, things to go unchecked . and so i think go unchecked. and so i think it's a good a good thing as a lawyer. andrew as an absolute tv or not tv, that is the question, absolutely . so all very good absolutely. so all very good know we had our first case in july where sarah munroe

basically sentenced ben oliver for the crime that he committed. and you're right, it's not just justice. justice should be not justice. justice should be not just done, but seem to be done. so making whole process transparent , that's what i've transparent, that's what i've been banging on about all day. it's about understanding and so you understand about mitigating circumstance is you understand about aggravating circumstance . about aggravating circumstance. and we had a classic case in the last few days about harry dunn and eventually getting justice for his family. that was the one, about the one, if you remember, about the us wife who originally us diplomats wife who originally i killed in august 27, 2019, i was killed in august 27, 2019, three years. the family have been campaigning tirelessly to get justice and we're talking about diplomatic immunity and so on and so forth. and she could have got away with altogether. she volunteered as a result of political pressure, probably i mean, i have to admit to something, refer back to the rochdale you know, rochdale case as well. you know, with guys who well, for with the guys who and well, for instance, the guy who got a 13 year old pregnant, we had a foetus. he was he wasn't even charged rape. charged

charged rape. he was charged with activity with a with sexual activity with a child. then he was released child. and then he was released back the community in back into the community in rochdale years rochdale after about three years for the child that he had got pregnant to bump into him in asda, that had all been done behind doors. it was wrong. he should have got a lot more . but should have got a lot more. but had that been in the public arena, that never would have happened.so arena, that never would have happened. so for me. i am for all transparency and openness and discussion and debate because the courts and the criminal justice system is what we as a country need. and we need a working one that is transparent at the moment. family courts are all behind closed doors and the, you know, the horror that goes on those places is never challenged because we don't know about and that's the point you have to have. it's about understanding. and the more that people understand and actually that way you the sensation you avoid the sensation headlines. only got this you avoid the sensation heethis. es. only got this you avoid the sensation heethis. well only got this you avoid the sensation heethis. well there .y got this you avoid the sensation heethis. well there are )t this for this. well there are mitigating circumstances in certain every case is certain and every case is different. do you apply that might as well to those who are accused of sexual misconduct

retaining their anonymity ? you retaining their anonymity? you know what i've been asked that advocate. yeah it is a completely put i do in innocent until proven guilty and look at you know the high profile so say you know the high profile so say you think of cliff richard. yeah i'm with the bbc filming him he will never let go of being accused of being a. so i guess it is a controversial thing, but if you are guilty , wait until if you are guilty, wait until you are guilty , until you prove you are guilty, until you prove to be . and i kind of feel that to be. and i kind of feel that to be. and i kind of feel that to be. and i kind of feel that to be accused of a sexual crime is such life destroying thing be accused of because people think that no smoke without sight, without fire. and i think i think dirt sticks as they say. and so i think you're right. the fundamental principle is that people are innocent until proven guilty . if people are innocent until proven guilty. if you have trial by media, everybody is lying in. and every comes out is what we say. the court of public opinion

can tell so things and terribly unfair in times of justice. on the rochdale case, i saw a child of 50 secretly added to the indictment as one of the without trial, without transparency . so trial, without transparency. so i really do believe in, you know, in innocent until proven. yes absolutely fundamental. otherwise you are on a very slippery slope . well, we've come slippery slope. well, we've come to the end of the show flown by. thank you so much, maggie oliver. and thank you very much. thank you for being here with me as guest today. i'll have you as my guest today. i'll have you back right? it has back another day, right? it has flown by thank you also for your contributions. morning. up next is day with mark is gb news day with mark longhurst . is gb news day with mark longhurst. i'm bev turner. i'll see you tomorrow morning at ten. take alex with your take i'm alex deakin with your latest weather updates. the wintry weather continues this week, icy conditions . still a week, icy conditions. still a bit of snow in place is but not a huge amount . most freezing fog a huge amount. most freezing fog is more widespread issue . is more widespread issue. there's a low pressure system surrounding the uk but actually

not a lot going on for most areas. so as i say, we're not going to see too many snow showers. main exception to that will be shetland, where we will continue to see snow showers coming, one or two wintry showers western parts of showers for western parts of scotland, northern scotland, the east of northern ireland, still ireland, the old flurries still across the but mostly across the southeast but mostly it's about the thick and it's all about the thick and freezing fog over central and eastern parts of england. some quite in places. quite poor visibility in places. and of course, where we've had snow, could turn icy snow, it could turn icy temperatures to get temperatures struggling to get much above freezing, particularly where foggy but some the some sunny spells down to the southwest . if we do get above southwest. if we do get above freezing quite quickly , evening freezing quite quickly, evening temperatures back down temperatures will drop back down below there will still below freezing. there will still below freezing. there will still be freezing around be some freezing fog around parts of the midlands and northern england . actually northern england. actually clearer coming in to clearer conditions coming in to the south—east. again, though, where had snow or we where had any snow or we continue to see the odd shower it could be icy with temperatures dropping below , temperatures dropping below, freezing below. of course, freezing well below. of course, scotland —15 in some places, maybe as low as minus ten across the borders as well. tomorrow, again , most places just dry and

again, most places just dry and cold. it's not as much fog around, but like it did stay quite grey over parts of northern. still some snow showers coming in over the northern isles. breeze northern isles. the breeze picking to southwest picking up down to the southwest quite a of high cloud here. quite a lot of high cloud here. and again, temperatures struggling to get much above freezing, feeling colder as the wind picks up. but actually temperatures getting up to six or seven in the southwest late in the day as. this next feature comes in. that's is worth keeping an eye on because that bnng keeping an eye on because that bring some wet weather into the southwest the colder southwest heating the colder air, little air, the potential for a little bit for parts of devon bit of snow for parts of devon and so we to keep and cornwall. so we need to keep our eyes on that. at the same time, further wintry showers coming in across the north and the a wintry the east. so it is a wintry week. some fog around and further snow and ice to come over few days. join me over the next few days. join me every 6 pm. for every sunday at 6 pm. for gloria meets in exclusive interviews i'll be finding out who are politicians really are and what they really think. it's something that we would never want anyone to suffer. i didn't know what channels there were. b i didn't think i'd be believed. i didn't think i'd be believed. i must have worried about seven

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picket lines into the people that are pai d £5 a shift, which that are paid £5 a shift, which i think we all agreed earlier that that was the right thing to do. yeah. oh, yeah. so yeah, this is this is basically as channel you're watching gb news live. i'm mark longhurst and coming up this hour , three boys aged this hour, three boys aged eight, ten and 11 have died after being pulled from an icy lake in solihull on. four children were rescued by police and firefighters after falling through the ice at bob's park in kingshurst. they were taken to hospital in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest. police say the three could not be revived . a fourth age six is be revived. a fourth age six is still being treated . search still being treated. search operations continuing to