very good morning. welcome to bev turner. today on gp news. i hope you can get to wherever is you want to go today, but good luck with that combination of weather and train strikes which start today , meaning that you start today, meaning that you might just be housebound. and what is all doing what on earth is this all doing ? what on earth is this all doing .7 figures show .7 the economy. new figures show there were 417,000 working days lost to strikes last month, the highest in more than a decade . highest in more than a decade. and you remember last week we spoke about oxfordshire county council's plans for green lockdowns with residents movements restricted into zones as monitored by cctv . movements restricted into zones as monitored by cctv. punishable by fines.7 yes you heard that right. well, one group is galvanising protest . we're going galvanising protest. we're going to be talking to them about that this morning but first of all, your news with ray . good your news with ray. good morning. thanks, bev . it's 10 morning. thanks, bev. it's 10 am. on ray anderson in the gb newsroom, a month of rail disruption has begun today with rmt union staging a first wave

of 48 hour strikes. network rail has been proposing a 5% pay rise this year and another 4% at the start of 2023. that's over 63% of rmt workers . turn that down of rmt workers. turn that down with union boss describing it as substance ended. only 20% of services are currently running in. some parts of the uk have no trains at all. transport secretary mark harper told us the rmt should accept the offer . i would call on them to look again at this offer and accept it. and it's interesting in their ballot yesterday. only just over half of their workforce actually rejected it . workforce actually rejected it. almost 40% of their workforce, even with a very clear instruction from their union leadership, actually voted in favourite. so i think the tide is turning on people seeing that the offers we've made a reasonable into account reasonable taking into account both the travelling public but also the interests of taxpayers . well, that's his view . but . well, that's his view. but former rmt assistant general

secretary steve hadley says the dealis secretary steve hadley says the deal is unacceptable . if deal is unacceptable. if inflation this year is nearly 12. it's predicted next year to be at least 8. even on the most optimistic projections , then optimistic projections, then that would mean a massive pay cut to you of inflation that at 20% over those two years and people would only be getting a 9% pay raise. so that's why they've rejected it. there's also a lot of job job cuts and there's a 30% increase in the working on social lawyers. that's nice . and weekends. working on social lawyers. that's nice . and weekends . the that's nice. and weekends. the office for national statistics says the number of working days lost to strikes has reached the highest level in more than a decade. highest level in more than a decade . data shows that 417,000 decade. data shows that 417,000 working days were lost because of widespread industrial action in october. it's the highest figure since november 2011. it comes as bus drivers royal mail workers and nurses are among those striking over the coming days. the chancellor says long

term economic growth means difficult decisions need to be taken now as uk unemployment has risen again . jeremy hunt says risen again. jeremy hunt says the government is committed to helping people get back into work. it's after our own figures show the rate of unemployment rose to 3.7% in the three months to october . that's rose to 3.7% in the three months to october. that's up from 3.6% in the previous period around . in the previous period around. 158,000 nhs operations were cancelled for non—clinical reasons in england last. nearly a fifth of those were called off due to staff shortages. with nhs vacancies at a record high . vacancies at a record high. other reasons for cancellations include a shortage of beds, equipment failure and admin errors . a six year old boy is errors. a six year old boy is fighting for his life in hospital after fell through an icy lake in solihull. three boys aged eight, ten and 11 have died after being pulled out of the water in kingshurst. floral tributes. balloons, soft toys and lighted candles were left

by. mourners at a vigil yesterday night . the cold snap yesterday night. the cold snap across parts of the uk continues after the met office provisional recorded the coldest night and of the year. aberdeenshire was the coldest place in the recording, a low of —15 degrees, the lowest minimum temperature since february 20, 21. a snow andice since february 20, 21. a snow and ice warning is in place for nonh and ice warning is in place for north in scotland and north—east england from midnight until noon on thursday, rather. meteorologist john hammond told gb news we don't yet know if there will be a white christmas . no obvious sign of a dramatic change in the weather to something milder as we run up to christmas , there might be christmas, there might be a little bit of a milder interlude early next week, but it will only day or so and now it only be a day or so and now it looks as if that cold will sweep back in again. so in terms of christmas, don't get too far ahead of myself. there's absolutely no clear sign of whether it's going to be a white one. and i'll and alcoholics

will be given ketamine after trials effective in reducing alcohol usage. th e £2.4 million alcohol usage. the £2.4 million trial led by the university of exeter will be delivered across seven nhs sites across the country. researchers say the second phase of the trial showed ketamine based therapy was safe and tolerable for heavy drinkers . this is gb news we'll bring you more as it happens. so let's get back to beth . get back to beth. very good morning. welcomes beth to say on gb news tv radio and online, thank you very much for choosing me this morning. it is a week of train strikes. they start today after the rmt rejected the latest pay offer from network rail there'll be more tomorrow. and then again on friday and saturday at the same time. bus drivers , mail workers,

time. bus drivers, mail workers, nurses . time. bus drivers, mail workers, nurses. highway time. bus drivers, mail workers, nurses . highway workers and nurses. highway workers and baggage handlers are also strike in limbo. discussing what this all means for you. and after oxfordshire county council approved plans to lock residents into one of six zones to save planet from global warming , planet from global warming, protests against this decision are being organised to take place in february. i was speaking to one of the organisers to find out why and how you can get involved. political commentator suzanne evans and broadcaster miranda will join me to debate some of the stories of the day. including prince harry accusing , someone of lying for his brother in the latest netflix trailer . brother in the latest netflix trailer. don't brother in the latest netflix trailer . don't forget to also trailer. don't forget to also take part in our this morning on twitter. we're asking you with christmas around the corner . christmas around the corner. should the unions postpone the strikes until the new year? around 75% of you say that they should be postponed. so please do tweet me at gb news and at bev turner and can email me also

out gbp at gbnews.uk. give me your opinion on anything else that we're discussing . but that we're discussing. but first, a few thoughts on the strike . so we've just lived strike. so we've just lived through the biggest transfer of wealth in history , with 24 wealth in history, with 24 people becoming billionaires in the uk during the covid pandemic , and not all of them were mates with employees. but couple that galling fact with a sense of created by the government repeatedly moving the covid goalposts, leaving us uncertain , undermined, and a feeling being a bit trapped . well, being a bit trapped. well, nurses and paramedics were applauded, but given tangible appreciation , their efforts, appreciation, their efforts, soaring prices due to successive governments inability to forward plan any sort of fuel, secure erty, plus no doubt, some just taking advantage this excuse right now. and people feel since then throw in the trade unions

major labour donors you see the concern is bombing in the polls and they side to twist the knife . so psychologically financially and strategically this is the perfect for storm strikes and of us can empathise with the frustrations of frontline workers such as former police officer maggie oliver said on this show yesterday . in this show yesterday. in a reluctant defence of the workers . if not now, when but with christmas around the corner and freezing weather has already caused its fair share of tragedy, more accidents happen. the elderly will avoid going outside for a few days. then they will pop to the shops for milk and slap on the ice. cars will come off roads drunk on christmas. revellers will fall asleep on pavements. tis the season to be . but this year , season to be. but this year, with nurses and paramedics set to strike and perhaps even more cruelly rmt workers depriving , cruelly rmt workers depriving, people of the freedom to travel to see loved ones over christmas. i've come to the conclusion that the unions must

postpone their action, at least until the new year. they need to take the public with them on their quests. they've got to play their quests. they've got to play the long game for proper change in their industries , seek change in their industries, seek results which will see workers respected as well as we enumerated . and for that they enumerated. and for that they need all of our backing . so need all of our backing. so train strikes are underway today after members of the rmt rejected the latest pay offer from network rail union boss mick lynch called the offer from network rail of a 5% pay rise. this and a 4% next year sub standard strikes will continue tomorrow. they'll also take place on friday and saturday. as i say , figures out today show i say, figures out today show that some 417,000 working days were lost because of labour disputes. in october 22, the highest since november 2011. so

let's check in around the uk to see how it's affecting all of you. and joining us now is theo chikomba gb news national reporter good morning, theo . reporter good morning, theo. where are you this morning and what is the mood like there ? i what is the mood like there? i think you were at euston station. you yes. good morning . station. you yes. good morning. i am at euston station . just i am at euston station. just wandered inside a few moments ago and it's pretty quiet if you come here regularly, you'll know that train station says across the whole country. and this morning, also at king's cross, not too many people there either . and the trains today are limited, starting at around half seven this morning and finishing earlier . and seven this morning and finishing earlier. and we're going to be seeing this over the next days, if previous are anything to go by.the if previous are anything to go by. the third day is well after these strikes is also going to have a lag as well. trains running a bit later and some limited services for people across the country. and we spoke to commuter this morning here say he's done a nice shift and he's having to wait a long time just to get a train to get back

home so it's going to be a long day for people travelling around the advice is to the country and the advice is to check before you travel. and you did mention earlier that the pay of a offered to railway staff was 5% this year and 4% next yeah was 5% this year and 4% next year. well, they say this is acceptable , particularly with acceptable, particularly with the cost living at the moment. we spoke to some members of the rmt union who were here just a few moments ago since the early hours of this morning and they're saying the government is blocking what could be a good conversation to talk about pay and conditions. but again, they are staging another protest or even walking out from work at this moment. okay thank you, theo chikomba. they're down at euston station . let's move over euston station. let's move over to a gb news southwest england reporter geoff moody this morning. good geoff, i think your worry. where are you? cornwall. why you this morning it looks . it looks glorious . it looks. it looks glorious. there's no doubt it's picture postcard winter landscape. but

what a hassle for people. geoff trying get around today trying to get around what it is i'm actually in the north of devon outside exmoor where i now saturday morning i got up nice and early spring in my step because i was heading up london for the gb news christmas party. but then i realised i couldn't get out of my house really how i could get out of the actual house but then the lane that leads up the hill to the road completely impassable it still is so i'm now on day four of being snowed in i'm really seriously running out of food bev i now have left i have half a loaf of bread and this morning i was really excited. i found egg. but the thing is, i've got two dogs, so i'm thinking for their breakfast, i'm going to have to scramble an egg and they're going to have to do with that. but i can actually walk to the village it's 2 hours through the village it's 2 hours through the valley, but it is extremely and sliding. so i imagine it

will take even longer. so i'm basically spending my time sitting inside to keep warm reading agatha christie, that's how i'm coping with my enforced snowed in lockdown. i mean , it's snowed in lockdown. i mean, it's it just sounds sort of it just sounds sort of lovely, geoff, to be honest, just sitting with that view and reading a book but you know, can you this is all right i'm going to ask you a very london question here. you get deliveries , presume you get food deliveries, presume you can't just do your saying spray shop and get them to bring to these remote areas of devon can you oh you're so london i love it. no you don't mean that i can never get a delivery out at the best of times. nothing delivers. you have to you have to travel out for everything, really. but no, things are pretty impasse . no, things are pretty impasse. well, the roads are nowhere near as salted and as greeted as they as salted and as greeted as they as they normally are. in fact, people are saying that normally at this time, when there's this much the are pretty much snow, the roads are pretty quickly. this year, no . are quickly. but this year, no. are pretty impassable . and if you do

pretty impassable. and if you do go out, you're slipping and sliding around. so now it's just me and my toast for today, i'm afraid my gosh . all right. well, afraid my gosh. all right. well, thank you very much. stay fed. so i don't know what to say, really. i feel like sending you a little parcel, but royal mail is on strike. that's no good. let's go now north to our gb news yorkshire and humber. reporter riley, who is at reporter anna riley, who is at leeds train station , a little leeds train station, a little less severe there. i know it looks like a chilly day, but you've not got snow on ground. how's the mood at leeds train station? a lot of disgruntled wannabe commuters , i imagine got wannabe commuters, i imagine got good morning but yes, no snow here. a bit of ice . it is very here. a bit of ice. it is very chilly. that's for . yes, i'm chilly. that's for. yes, i'm here at the picket line at leeds station. we've got members , the station. we've got members, the rmt union in here on strike there are still a limited number of trains that are going, but it

is inconveniencing passengers. and i've been speaking to workers here on the picket line. they've said they understand that it they've said they understand thatitis they've said they understand that it is frustrating for passengers, people not being to get to work, people not being able to go out and do the christmas shopping. but they say this is the way that they feel that the government and network rail are going to listen. and it's not just about pay for them. they've told me it's about them. they've told me it's about the conditions as they've said that they want to put in that driver only is the proposal that's been made to them and that's been made to them and that's something that they feel that's something that they feel thatis that's something that they feel that is completely unsafe . that is completely unsafe. they're saying now a lot of trains , stations, there's no trains, stations, there's no tickets there's only ticket machines, there's no one to buy a ticket from . so they're saying a ticket from. so they're saying it's as much about the as it is the pay with the cost of living at the moment. certainly the pay with the cost of living at the moment . certainly the at the moment. certainly the message from national rail to passengers throughout this christmas and winter will certainly be check before you travel with the amount of that are happening . i know that the

are happening. i know that the people who are striking that. do you think get a sense that the pubuc you think get a sense that the public are going to lose sympathy with them? feel free to tell them. that bev turner twitter poll this morning which is running asking whether the strikes should be postponed until the new year. at strikes should be postponed until the new year . at the until the new year. at the moment, 75% of gb news viewers think that the strikes should be postponed and to at least allow the public one more christmas after the last two that have been disrupted with our loved . been disrupted with our loved. yes i mean, that was a question that i posed earlier to gas guys jackson he's the rmt yorkshire and humber regional lead and he said he does feel that there is still a public and that this is the only way that the union is going to be listened to. so from his he said that the public are still on the side. but yes, like you say that twitter poll and people spoken to passenger eyes , some of them did understand

what said, yes, it is the first christmas where out of lockdown. now we just want a normal time andifs now we just want a normal time and it's going to be difficult for people to see their families, but they are not saying this only way that saying this is the only way that they that their voices they feel that their voices going heard and that going to get heard and that they're to continue they're going to continue to these strikes until they get the results they want . okay. results that they want. okay. thank anna. anna reilly thank you, anna. anna reilly there at leeds train station and well do vote in our poll and let me know what you think, won't you? what a mess. after the break, i'm going to be joined by my panel the first time this my panel for the first time this morning, broadcast and are indica political commentator indica and political commentator evans will get their teeth stuck into stories of day. into the big stories of the day. but for a quick. tonight.

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delighted said to be joined by broadcaster a pocket rocket and the indica is here. it's only about this big so and smiling assassin commentator susan evans. oh, i like smiling. as i say. i wasn't thinking , you say. i wasn't thinking, you know, what are you saying? you always come in. you look all lovely and demure and elegant, and then you bang. and for somebody to rise. right, ladies? okay meghan, we've got okay harry and meghan, we've got to trail is to talk about this. the trail is it running the next series, it been running the next series, the next step in, what would you call it, the next section? the next series? no serious, isn't it? anyway propaganda. the next propaganda . and so we've had the propaganda. and so we've had the first three episodes, we've got the next three episodes starting on thursday . we've these on thursday. we've had these trailers narinder what do you make of it? i'm here for it. i'm all for it. i support them. i'm not saying meghan's the greatest person, but we separate the racism to what she is as a person because people to be confused, both of them . and i confused, both of them. and i think the new the new stuff that we've seen with harry saying they protected my brother refuse

i think truths need to be told i am here for it. harry is telling the truth and we need to we need to be told. what are they, william? from why ? didn't they william? from why? didn't they protect harry? why with a throne offered to the wolves , as she offered to the wolves, as she said in this trailer thing is we i know you saying about we need separate she is from this idea of racism but she is she is obsessed with racism. oh, i wouldn't say obsessed the whole documentary. i mean, the that they cast in great britain they were cast in great britain is racist hotbed with is this great racist hotbed with all slavery. history all kind of slavery. a history of slavery and that informs everything privately but all truth is completely irrelevant. so i have to say, i started to watch this documentary in the first episode. i thought, well actually, this isn't quite as bad as the media's been making out, perfectly out, and they're perfectly entitled to put forward what they is their truth, they think is their truth, whether truth whether it's actually the truth is, course, another matter, is, of course, another matter, but absolutely entitled but they're absolutely entitled to when to their own. but when they started basically attacking great britain for its ancient history of slavery, completely forgetting, of course , as usual,

forgetting, of course, as usual, to say that we were one of the eight. it's not ancient and brexit as well. the idea that hackneyed, ridiculous idea , that hackneyed, ridiculous idea, that brexit was a racist act and i'm sorry it was your country, america has a far worse record on racism than great britain, but you had nine. and in fact, you know , security does secure. you know, security does secure. we have confirmed that the amount of death threats she received as result of the clovis uk deny is i synergy because i voted for brexit no but no she never and i listened . i know never and i listened. i know i am going to get death threats if i don't referee you know indicate that's that's the voting that had. so listen voting that i've had. so listen this out there make death this is out there who make death threats anybody. i don't threats against anybody. i don't know needed. problem know what i needed. my problem with and obviously harry's learnt me about learnt this phrase has me about subconscious bias somebody taught bisou taught him subconscious bisou says problem with says lot the problem with subconscious that he's subconscious bias is that he's totally . the whole totally unprovable. the whole point of this subconscious is you want to even arrive at yourself. so another person cannot held cannot you cannot be held to account for that you might be

doing subconsciously. it's the great using great unprovable, but then using you have the question you have nothing. the question to is why have you all to ask is why have you all watched it? and felt their pain? no why feel that they, no idea. why not feel that they, if come through if they've come through abuse or they that they've they've they feel that they've they've been unfairly treated ? why did been unfairly treated? why did you not feel like i did? i didn't feel the pain. i didn't. they've unfairly treated. they've been unfairly treated. what having watched them. what i felt having watched them. and it thinking, and i went to it thinking, you are narcissistic loons. and are both narcissistic loons. and then and then i watched it. and then and then i watched it. and then was like, okay, maybe there are two sides to this story. do i think that she has to live with this obsession? i need my truth to be told. that's the bit that i'm not sure. i think i think there's a naivete about whether always going whether they're always going to keep i feel keep everybody happy. i feel that thinks, as long that she thinks, well, as long as an actress liked her, as she was an actress liked her, she became royalty. became she became royalty. you became contrary. actually, she didn't live that. you like to when live with that. you like to when she we that she became royalty, did we that living what i struck. you living and what i struck. no you mentioned narcissism. know, mentioned narcissism. you know, there and that there they are. and that beautiful that us beautiful house that most of us would right arm and leg would give our right arm and leg to actually live in. they're to actually live in. and they're talking about we've managed

talking about how we've managed to this beautiful home to create this beautiful home over do it over here. we could only do it in. spent two and a half in. they spent two and a half million. they gave it innovating. they gave them back. all things. all all these things. they're all waking would you like waking to be. how would you like to ? every day? they to be abused? every day? they gave it back. oh, i am to renovate. gave it back? no, they've been abused on a worldwide level. you wouldn't that about lies. she a lot of bad press but she didn't she was. i think what happened was they became though of course that was but it was about for me it wasn't about race it was abouti it wasn't about race it was about i said, this is not for you. but it was under the media. so it was more about her not being rich, was about her not being rich, was about her not being aristocracy. it's about her culture of bowing to her not the culture of bowing to the well, do know the queen. well, do you know what that's done for years. what that's been done for years. and you i think and that was you know, i think she's it's a bit old she's just it's a bit old fashioned, actually. why are we? no one is better than me. why is the why not better me? the why she not better than me? what's that? they what's wrong with that? they logic. have taught her logic. you could have taught her etiquette. could have taught etiquette. she could have taught out. mean, heavens, i've out. i mean, heavens, i've taught when when i taught when i when i was a broadcast. you to learn how

broadcast. you have to learn how to different people in to address different people in pubuc to address different people in public not rocket public life. it's not rocket science. book, there's science. there's a book, there's a breaths. it a company called breaths. it tells everything need tells you everything you need to know. she needed to do was do a little bit of good old fashioned ritual. that's how i thought. maybe we it easy. why maybe i we can make it easy. why are picking it's harry's are we picking on it's harry's fault could her fault that harry could her torture and also she's torture as well and also she's saying i want to learn saying i don't want to learn because everyone is because because everyone is equal don't to bow equal to me. i don't want to bow down anyone in a way i would down to anyone in a way i would have killed. but that's the point, isn't it? it a lot to point, isn't it? it is a lot to don't marry into the royal. exactly well could kind of exactly well she could kind of she in love with she she fell in love with him she could marry it's royal family but don't expect the privileges that with we'll be that go along with it. we'll be right. got to move on, right. we've got to move on, ladies. unveil ladies. rishi sunak will unveil crack tackle asylum case crack down to tackle asylum case backlog. this is obviously big backlog. this is obviously a big for of people. the tory for a lot of people. the tory backbenchers we will backbenchers are saying we will not unless we can not an election unless we can clamp down on the boat clamp down on the on the boat people and so they now going people and so they are now going to measures. will to introduce some measures. will it to introduce some measures. will h enough? to introduce some measures. will it enough? no, it's it go far enough? no, it's absolute nonsense. we've had absolute nonsense. so we've had this they're about this they're talking about introducing good money. introducing a lot of good money. so from so people coming from safe countries no right countries will have no right joining effects. i do hope.

well, had this white list well, we've had this white list since teeth in and albania since teeth in two and albania has onit since teeth in two and albania has on it since february has been on it since february 2003. tell me that 2003. so try and tell me that this something new because it this is something new because it simply isn't. and i think this is the problem that. the conservatives, talk conservatives, scott, they talk a immigration, they a good on immigration, but they don't actually do anything and as far as them potentially losing an election unless they thought this is concerned. well, i disagree , actually. i think i disagree, actually. i think they're going to lose the election and the one thing that might be able to save them just might be able to save them just might be able save them is if they. yeah, of course can hear because it is so important to the british public. i think there's a real truth here for me that the time to get albania to i'm reading off the list they're in they are actually a safe country and they're not in any kind of turmoil what if they are there is a lot of albanians a corrupt government they are being sold it is being sold as slaves. it is criminality . being sold as slaves. it is criminality. i'm in fear that there's people there and they're being used by criminals and they're not going to be to claim a safe haven here. and we are pushing them out . well, i'm

pushing them out. well, i'm we've got look after the people. i was i was at a concert on sunday night was watching julie from the stage she's albania she is great stories she's. she's around the corner. i don't think she's albanian. i think she's and like, this is the and you're like, this is the same this is safe country. same. this is a safe country. these may not be safe these people may not be safe once they get with these trafficking gangs. well, don't get the get involved with the trafficking. don't trafficking. well, they don't have sometimes they have a choice. sometimes they you coerced a really you know, they coerced a really i'm that we need why i'm just glad that we need why are we lumping albanians is that all criminals? they're not all criminals . there's criminals criminals. there's criminals from nationalities . a lot of from all nationalities. a lot of them are. well, lot of them them are. well, a lot of them you want name if you have paid a people trafficker to you people trafficker to take you across in a boat, you're automatically a criminal. i'm sorry. only that, you're sorry. and not only that, you're a dangerous criminal is a dangerous criminal who is shoring horrendous industry shoring up a horrendous industry that causing devastation to that is causing devastation to lives. i think that we're picking on albanians money to a criminal to get in a small boat. i'm sorry. a lot of people pay criminals to do that. it's criminals to do that. it's criminal thing. anyway, to look at numbers the at the numbers. look the numbers. so 45,000 migrants have

crossed the channel so far this yeah crossed the channel so far this year. yeah 12,000 of them. albanian asylum seekers. only 50 have been processed this year, with not one of them granted asylum. that's because we don't have enough caseworkers. the problem the caseworkers, we need to get more caseworkers. we need to get more caseworkers. we need to experienced caseworkers to get experienced caseworkers who know they're doing, not who know what they're doing, not just on a universal just newbies on a universal problem. problem is problem. and the problem is these haven't got these people haven't got a decent and that's decent claim and that's why they've sent in the they've been sent back in the fact it's only 100 is absolutely shocking. we managed to prosecute nearly people prosecute nearly 50,000 people for licence for not paying their tv licence . yet we can't manage . yeah, and yet we can't manage to deal that with since to deal with that with since november include all of asylum seekers. it's not and you know and we're putting them up in hotels costing the taxpayer and we're putting them up in hotels costing the taxpaye r £4.7 hotels costing the taxpayer £4.7 million a day. how much is the cost of all the ukrainians that when take let me ask you when we take and let me ask you a how much the cost a question. how much the cost and to keep the ukrainians we've taken 200,000. you think taken 200,000. so you think you're it's mixing you're mixing? it's not mixing that. so moving over you. that. so we're moving over you. i'm mixing i'm sorry. you're mixing basically pay tens of

basically ruling of pay tens of thousand pounds to people traffickers to come here. and who are therefore not poor with ukrainian refugees. there is . a ukrainian refugees. there is. a war going on and they are in just a year, a war that we shouldn't really be involved in. it's costing us a lot of money. well might that i well might think that i disagree. putin to be. i disagree. i think putin to be. i don't think so. not right. okay. let me see what some of our viewers have saying . this is in viewers have saying. this is in response to the strikes. i want to ask you what you think about the mount said, i'm not the strikes. mount said, i'm not a supporter strikes . if a supporter of the strikes. if something are. however, if something they are. however, if something they are. however, if something they are. however, if something the rmt union can be an this money that an asset, this money true that the have given the shareholders have been given billions making billions during this last making period. that is wrong. billions during this last making petrue, that is wrong. billions during this last making petrue, the that is wrong. billions during this last making petrue, the government rong. billions during this last making petrue, the government should if true, the government should ensure that shareholders do not get dividends the workers get dividends when the workers are being a are not being given a fair increase. strikes narinder. am increase. strikes narinder. i am here working class. i'm here for the working class. i'm here for the working class. i'm here for the strikers. i am with them all the way. do not give in. why is rishi sunak? why hasn't he sat down with ? he is hasn't he sat down with? he is friendly mick lynch is that this morning? i am ready that morning? i am ready for that conversation. rishi sunak is conversation. but rishi sunak is happy for all of us to suffer.

do you differently about do you feel differently about the as to the nhs the train as opposed to the nhs 7 the train as opposed to the nhs ? no, all of them the same. we all need to make a we've all got to live in we woke bills to live in crisis. we woke bills to live in crisis. we woke bills to pay, we've they've to pay, we've got food, they've got kids, got food pay got kids, we've got food pay for. we're all suffering. and i think hang on in there, rishi where all that's what i want where all you that's what i want to okay. rishi sunak to know once. okay. rishi sunak is mark harper. is in the minister, mark harper. he's the prime has been sacked and we. sorry, the prime and we. i'm sorry, the prime minister be doing minister can't be doing everything. guy. this minister can't be doing evvery|ing. guy. this minister can't be doing evvery important guy. this minister can't be doing evvery important rightly. this minister can't be doing evvery important right now. is minister can't be doing evvery important right now. the is very important right now. the allegation now this report, if rishi sunak has to do all the work, there's no point in having a cabinet save a few a cabinet that would save a few bob but that's not let's not go back.i bob but that's not let's not go back. i mark harper transport secretary is right i think particularly the particularly on rail strikes the tide and people are tide is turning and people are getting fed with this. getting totally fed with this. they've had a 9% pay rise offer and know three, 4% and then 4, 9, one. yes, nine. that's not good enough. it's still you can see also inflation is going to, i think, plummet this company. that's not their fault. well, it's not so. well, they won't be

making a pay grade. you did you see the footage the footage of pat cullen from the royal college of nursing coming out with her from her meeting yesterday with steve barclay. she had coming out of her she had steam coming out of her ears that obviously been handled so badly. and steve barclay's said, we will sit down and we will talk to his. they sit down yesterday evening as she came out, she said, i tried to talk about pay and he just said, we're not talking about well, we're not talking about well, we're about penny barclay. we're not about penny barclay. barclay's and barclay's is a very calm and very considerate. not the very considerate. he's not the kind parliament kind member of parliament minister to on his minister to just sit on his heels and be belligerent for the sake of it . not that heels and be belligerent for the sake of it. not that kind heels and be belligerent for the sake of it . not that kind of. so sake of it. not that kind of. so what he doing in the tory what is he doing in the tory government? are happy to give billions away on ppe michel mode this everything they've given away can't working away loads why can't working class people of this britain the backbone this country the backbone this country given the pay backbone this country given the pay they need agree more if we'd handled covid differently if we hadnt handled covid differently if we hadn't had lockdowns, we would not in this problem. but not be in this problem. but working people have working class people have to. rich don't have to work, rich people don't have to work, but every i disagree with you on

that. but the fact is this is a cost of lockdown crisis are paying cost of lockdown crisis are paying the price and many nhs growth a lot of them were working incredibly hard over over the covid period but a lot of also sat at home on of them were also sat at home on that, twiddling thumbs, that, twiddling their thumbs, doing had to be doing nothing that had to be paid and it's being paid eventually and it's being paid eventually and it's being paid for. and you know, your caller mentioned shareholders . caller mentioned shareholders. yes. this always comes up. you know, companies that can't afford pay when they've afford a pay rise when they've given shareholders dividends. but instance, mail now is but for instance, mail now is losing million a day losing 100 million a day and shareholders getting any dividends. stop dividends. they've had to stop them ladies . them. right. thanks, ladies. round one. now after the break on this show last week, we spoke about oxfordshire county approving plans to lock into one of six zones to save the planet from global warming. well, protests , this decision will be protests, this decision will be taking place in february. if you're watching on the tv , i you're watching on the tv, i don't think that's oxford . this don't think that's oxford. this is about oxford . we're going to is about oxford. we're going to be speaking to one of the organisers next. that's all after morning's news with .

after the morning's news with. great thanks , bev. 1033 here's great thanks, bev. 1033 here's the latest from the gb newsroom a month of rail disruption has started with rmt union members staging their first wave of 48 hour strikes. network rail proposed a 5% pay rise this year and another 4% at the start of 2023. 63% of members turned that down. the union boss, mick lynch, described the offer as substandard . only 20% of substandard. only 20% of services are currently running in some parts of the uk have no trains at all. transport secretary mark harper says the union should reconsider its position . i would call on them position. i would call on them to look again at this offer and add and accept it. and it's interesting in their ballot yesterday only just over half of their workforce actually rejected it . almost 40% of their rejected it. almost 40% of their workforce even with a very clear instruction from their union leadership , actually voted in leadership, actually voted in favour of it. so i think the tide is turning on people saying that the we've made a that the offers we've made a reasonable taking into account

both travelling public but both the travelling public but also the interests of taxpayers . well, the chancellor says the country's long term economic growth means difficult decisions need to be taken now as uk unemployment has risen again, reaching 1.2 million. it's after own. as figures show the rate of unemployment rose to 3.7% in the three months to october . that's three months to october. that's up from 3.6% in the previous penod. up from 3.6% in the previous period . around 158,000 nhs period. around 158,000 nhs operations were cancelled for non—clinical reasons in england last year . non—clinical reasons in england last year. nearly a fifth of those were called off due to staff shortages. with nhs vacancies at a record high , vacancies at a record high, other reasons include a shortage of beds, equipment failure and admin errors. the cold of beds, equipment failure and admin errors . the cold across admin errors. the cold across parts of the uk continues after the met office. provisionally the met office. provisionally the coldest night and day of the yeah the coldest night and day of the year. aberdeenshire was the coldest place in the uk ,

coldest place in the uk, recording a low of —15 degrees. the lowest minimum temperature since february 2021. the snow andice since february 2021. the snow and ice warning is in place for northern scotland and northeast england from midnight until noon thursday . we're on tv , online thursday. we're on tv, online and on dab plus radio . you're and on dab plus radio. you're watching gb news. beth will be back just a moment. okay. here's a quick snapshots of today's markets. the pound will 1.2 to 6 $8 and 1.16 for ,5. the price gold standing. at £1,454.44 per ounce. and the footsie hundredths . at 7450 footsie hundredths. at 7450 points .

footsie hundredths. at 7450 . it's very extraordinary when you've got so many opportunities to be happy, a son and a daughter, because 16 bathrooms, you can and she goes through the past saying nothing and she's like an ex—girlfriend. you've got a restraining order taken out against seriously. it's just, why are you so obsessed with me? move on with your life anyway. angela thank you very, very much. angela loving the royal commentator. extra tonight. i'm probably. we should get through the end. right. let's have a quick pummel of the old project before we hand over

to dan. and we've got them. yes. so we got what was just as well was nick kristof has been on why does swab and the telegraph then they have a mandate to tell the world what to do. well you go, christopher. yes. well, they certainly don't have a christopher. yes. well, they media buzz, let's go straight to the front pages. the metro is leading on that tragic incident that polly just spoke about, where three boys died after plunging into frozen lake. it names the ten year old jack johnson as one of the victims on the air. the nhs

hello. welcome back to best times today on gb news. lots of you getting into quite a full the strikes . if it were a feud the strikes. if it were a feud that would be but this is ridiculous even do the 23rd and the 24th all the small businesses who are relying on this not against the unions, but they are only hurting the customers and businesses rely on them. let me know what you think, won't you? now it has been almost three years since london began adopting low traffic neighbourhoods as a way to try to reduce through traffic in residential areas . i don't in residential areas. i don't about you, but it's caused chaos where i live with the ultra low emission further expanding next yeah emission further expanding next year. sadiq khan is continuing his goal of making the capital net zero carbon by 2030. so with the scheme being rolled out in other areas of the country, what is its true impact ? reporter is its true impact? reporter

alex porter been finding out these residential streets. oh what some people like about elton's with barriers forcing traffic away encouraging people to walk or cycle others say that this is the reality of elton's claiming that they just push cars to other roads . asher moses cars to other roads. asher moses owns an electric taxi company and says elton's open for business team at the three locations. you can't enter the hilton. it you into a dead end but drivers want to come here because they're scared of getting a ticket. there's not signage to let us know what's an ltm. so the elton the fine is that where we've just through we've just come through and we've just come through and we've just come through and we've just got we've just come through and we've just go t £60 fine leigh we've just got £60 fine leigh you've seen for ten you've seen a copy for ten years. how much. have you been paying years. how much. have you been paying fines ? i think this paying in fines? i think this year it's , probably five year alone it's, probably five or 600 times right now. i country's in crisis. we need remove them to allow vehicles , remove them to allow vehicles, move through these low neighbourhoods to get our moving

again and stop penalising the consumer we're going to do the same trip the long way round a trip that normally takes 40 seconds. it's going to take us 15 minutes. whether elton's reduce traffic and improve air quality is widely debated. but duncan dallimore from cycling uk says the evidence that they work is clear. if you introduce a traffic today, it's to change traffic. people's traffic behaviours or travel behaviours the following day. we're creatures of habits and it takes some time for us to adjust behaviours. but what the research shows is that when you introduce these schemes and not only reduces traffic and air pollution , the scheme, but it pollution, the scheme, but it also does so around the boundanes also does so around the boundaries when it comes to short journeys , i'm sure a lot short journeys, i'm sure a lot of people might may think that with it may encourage people to perhaps cycle a walk instead of driving but for a lot people who are doing longerjourneys, perhaps delivery drivers , perhaps delivery drivers, there's no way that elton's forced them to change their

habhs. forced them to change their habits . we have a massive habits. we have a massive percentage of our journeys in the uk that are under a mile and many of those are driven. so even if we're only shifting some of those short one two mile journeys from drive ing to walking or cycling then there's a massive benefit to these schemes. elton's are not the only way that sadiq khan hopes to reduce emissions. only way that sadiq khan hopes to reduce emissions . recently, to reduce emissions. recently, he that ultra he announced that the ultra emission zone be emission zone will be significantly expanding next august . but for businesses which august. but for businesses which are trying to be green, like moses's electric cab company, it makes elton's even more frustrating with clean green , frustrating with clean green, we're safe, we're professional drivers. why are being electric taxi drivers being penalised when they invest taxi drivers being penalised when they inves t £70,000 in the when they invest £70,000 in the main strategy? another of rail strikes this week will force even more drivers onto london's roads . and with only seven more roads. and with only seven more years for the mayor to reach his of making the capital net zero carbon even more radical changes may be needed and that's porter going news . let

may be needed and that's porter going news. let me may be needed and that's porter going news . let me know what you going news. let me know what you think, won't you? gbviews@gbnews.uk my are back here this morning. they're in the and suzanne evans rides twitter now this is one of these stories i'm always a bit told when we talk about twitter because there were a lot of people this who aren't even on twitter. right? so let's just start by saying they're in. what for you is the benefit twitter? what's the beauty it? what what's the beauty of it? what does that's good. i think does it do? that's good. i think it's you're it's that you're having a conversation with yourself and with the hope of someone joining in. so you're talking to yourself with me. yourself and. join in with me. you mobile. so have you mean mobile. so you have followers , right? so a lot of followers, right? so a lot of people be watching you on, people might be watching you on, but what you don't but maybe you do what you don't have feel have followers. i feel more free. i'm going to lie like free. i'm not going to lie like facebook like family, facebook is like family, friends. and be judged friends. and you will be judged on you won't judge, but on twitter. you won't judge, but you feel bit free to say you just feel a bit free to say what you want. i absolutely. and i think for me, as well. so twitter, we're going come on twitter, we're going to come on to this big story to this quiz, this big story about buying twitter about elon musk buying twitter and meaning in terms and what that's meaning in terms of censorship for me, twitter bnngs of censorship for me, twitter brings together might brings people together who might need each other right,

particularly lockdowns. particularly during lockdowns. so were a lot us so when there were a lot of us going, you my godsend and going, you were my godsend and i've this. i i know i've said this. i mean, i know it's a bit fun giggling little it's a bit fun giggling a little bit, but you were you bit, you know, but you were you know when we were we were stuck in our homes and i'd follow i found you and you were like saying we to help found saying we wanted to help found the exactly. but you the page. well exactly. but you see also support see i needed people also support you and sanity check me wasn't was the government was that so when the government said you can't go to the hairdressers you i was hairdressers or you can't? i was like, i the only one thinking like, am i the only one thinking there's something with there's something wrong with this? suddenly i would this? and then suddenly i would put like you put it out there. and like you say, you were many girls say, people, you were many girls that way, goodness. and that way, thank goodness. and i still messages to this day still get messages to this day from i couldn't from people saying. i couldn't say my family, but say anything to my family, but i came online and that you were and i was actually talking to people. so, suzanne, what's happened obviously, happened now? because obviously, elon twitter and elon musk has bought twitter and whatsapp that whatsapp is coming out is that there enormous amount there has been enormous amount of we knew. but of censorship we knew. but crikey, confirmed is crikey, having it confirmed is remarkable. really remarkable. it's really interesting because what elon musk course, now musk is doing, of course, now he's got access all the he's got access to all the documents that. so got documents of that. so we've got let go back a bit. it's let me just go back a bit. it's twitter 1.0. yeah so twitter,

the old before elon musk bought it, twitter 2.0 post. elon musk. so of course elon's now got all to all the data and all the documents from twitter 1.0 and my goodness, it's yeah, it's really interesting a lot of us perhaps on the right of politics, felt very strongly that twitter was very left wing, very . and it was trying to shut very. and it was trying to shut us down, that it was stopping us getting followers , that it was getting followers, that it was what's called shadow banning our profiles and making our posts unable to trend is the phrase that you don't know what that means. it means basically get loads and loads of retweets become quite, quite prominent and twitter categoric , he's and twitter categoric, he's denied this. well elon musk has turned over the files and what the conspiracy was all true so i think that's really fascinating. and then, of course, you've got the issue of twitter banned. president trump when he was still president . now, we might still president. now, we might not like president. there are lots of politicians. i'm sure we all don't like, but i think if

you have a democrat elected politician that should be allowed to be in any public square need to separate . he square need to separate. he would let me just let me finish let me just finish . and there let me just finish. and there were tweets on twitter, had meetings long before the capital incident, which i know you're going to talk about. suspect nannder going to talk about. suspect narinder long before that, they obviously didn't him and wanted him shut down and they were looking for an excuse and the musk put forward have shown musk has put forward have shown this and there was one person in one meeting, interestingly a chinese national who raised the issue , look, this is the issue, look, this is the democratically elected leader of the free world. can we really shut him down like this? dismiss it totally dismissed once again proving that twitter 1.0 was woke very wing, very anti democratic in a sense. so and very interesting and fascinatingly in cahoots with the government about that with many british yes british decision makers as well. there were politicians saying basically, can you do this? can

you do left wing politicians? and twitter said, oh, yes, of course, tug my forelock. yeah, all i will is the word woke for like keeping things in check. you can have, as you said, the leader of the free world in violence . they should violence . violence. they should violence. what happened to capitol hill ? what happened to capitol hill? what happened to capitol hill? what was that? that was because donald trump, you can't deny the leader. he wasn't who had a right to lead has no responsibility. he was personally responsible . i can't personally responsible. i can't believe you denying that . my believe you denying that. my god, the man was on twitter saying , let's do this, but. saying, let's do this, but. okay, but if but if we now know that behind the scenes there were emails being exchanged saying, let's just wait, we want to get of donald trump, has to get rid of donald trump, has to get rid of donald trump, has to give reason to do so. to give us a reason to do so. and that was the reason stay. so does that undermine does that not undermine the credibility? buried credibility? well, he buried himself, they himself, though. didn't he? they didn't to write that didn't force him to write that they to anything he they force him to do anything he is the whole point of twitter. he was free to do that and he did it. and twitter have got a responsibility you did it. and twitter have got a responsibilityyou please responsibility you to please die. capital raise. die. you did the capital raise. just that phrase. twitter just unpack that phrase. twitter

have assuming have a responsibility assuming that case and i think can that is the case and i think can dispute that because twitter is essentially it's essentially a platform it's not a not ethical council. a it's not an ethical council. trump banned social media trump was banned social media has to be either appalling, brutal. has to be either appalling, brutal . children are dying brutal. children are dying because of social allowed to have accounts and. twitter did nothing about them. twitter, it's still let accounts of known terrorist acts appear online with real obvious incitement, violence, and twitter didn't shut them down. well, donald trump is a terrorist in that. but of course he's , i mean, you but of course he's, i mean, you know that the thing that i think is so shocking for me as well is if they are arbiters of, as you say, morality and they see themselves in that way, but also what in the lockdowns is they became offices of, the became the offices of, the science. then they've been science. yeah. then they've been agreed. wrong to agreed. they became wrong to take down people like robert malone, believe has got malone, who i believe has got his back morning. his account back this morning. i believe that a day before charlie. when a lot of brits charlie. so when a lot of brits and international immunologists and international immunologists and biologists signed the great barrington declaration and they were we've seen the emails between the cdc and saying that

in fact she's saying these are fringe epidemiologists that wouldn't have done an awful lot had it not been that then twitter cooperated a collaborated those people to take down. that is wrong. that is wrong . so and that's said is wrong. so and that's said that for me i've always been very much of the opinion of if you've got nothing to fear, you've got nothing to fear, you've got nothing to fear, you've got nothing to hide naively. now, the last two naively. now, in the last two years i realised that whoever is in charge can exercise a lot of power on what we do and don't hear. power on what we do and don't hear . and when it comes to what hear. and when it comes to what i find really frightening as well is the fact that they say well is the fact that they say we know there's certain things we know there's certain things we cannot clamp on. for we cannot clamp down on. so for instance, we we can't instance, we know we can't remove racist content, remove certain racist content, which have a case that which you might have a case that this this the hate material shouldn't there. they could shouldn't be there. they could get of word ivermectin. get rid of the word ivermectin. they algorithms to get they have the algorithms to get rid words. why rid of certain words. so why can't find the n—word? yes. can't they find the n—word? yes. you have power, you know, they have the power, but using it but they aren't using it properly. this is a worry, too, wasn't it, in the digital services bill that's going through idea through parliament, this idea that legal that content that was legal but harmful legal be taken

harmful but legal could be taken down. think that's down. and i think that's fundamentally if you've got if you're going have a benchmark you're going to have a benchmark it's to what it's got to be is what somebody's saying, in which case, yes, get rid of it. take it down and arguably prosecute that person if it's a serious breach of each country's legal code. breach of each country's legal code . but, yeah twitter, at the code. but, yeah twitter, at the end of the day , can't be a moral end of the day, can't be a moral arbiter on society simply because it's internet signal. and of course, we have so many different internet and it might do do think that what's wrong is wrong? i think it can be and it might. and you know what? and it might. and you know what? and it might be that actually there might be that actually there might cases might be legal cases now literally out of this literally will come out of this and it will foushee needs to be taken to court. and i thought, oh, that that oh, phenomenal that he said that on twitter. right. richard on twitter. yeah, right. richard littlejohn trashed . littlejohn stations trashed. yeah, absolutely. richard littlejohn written a piece in the about you love this the mail about you love this pashinyan your pashinyan about this is your coffee writing about this. have your coffee. morning reading coffee writing about this. have your coffee. morning readin g £7 your coffee. morning reading £7 billion waste it on diversity and inclusion. he said it's time to stop banging the drum for

workplace array. all right . workplace array. all right. well, is it 7 billion on all of the billions nicola talked about? but he wants to talk about? but he wants to talk about richard what to do about this piddly 7 billion on diversity which you haven't been. well what about the billions and billions his asking around the billions on bp the billions on this everything is gone. but richard littlejohn wants talk about diversity we do need diversity. we do need inclusion. people need to feel included and feel peace . so included and feel peace. so let's go back. i think this conversation is not possible without out where we came from. why did we have these departments in the first place? who was saying we need to have a workforce which represents the public? that was all right, wasn't it ? so i'll obviously wasn't it? so i'll obviously i would be the first person to say, you know, tolerance inclusion, diversity. i totally with all those things in principle . but the fact is, when principle. but the fact is, when you start using them to a point where you are being into florent and exclude shooting other

people, then you have got a problem and this is what's happening. i have i've got friends who work in the civil service and they some of them are absolutely appalled by some of the work that's that's going on. we'll be quick googling, for example . so, for example , the example. so, for example, the idea that you should very clearly state your pronouns , you clearly state your pronouns, you know, that nobody should assume nannder know, that nobody should assume narinder that the three of us are women, for example, unless they have our express permission, which is, in my view, total nonsense and flippin obvious what all three of us are . and, and, and the money you say . you said nothing. the say. you said nothing. the 7 billion is nothing. but i'm sorry. it's not just the money ehheh sorry. it's not just the money either. it's the propaganda that is going . it's not 7 billion, is going. it's not 7 billion, just gone out the door. i think i know all the swap. well, people actually, let's be in a way enforce a dangerous propaganda mind to us because it's not just about the sheehy, it's not just about the sheehy, it's also about racial discrimination and make it if you were in newcastle. i'm from

newcastle. i was new brownface in a whole workplace . they in a whole workplace. they didn't understand anything . i didn't understand anything. i suffered racism. it's about that too. but it's not as he she . too. but it's not as he she. that though isn't that do we not think ? how old are you? except think? how old are you? except my 50. oh and body my male? 50. oh you and body look good for 50 botox fellas. oh, you fabulous . so look good for 50 botox fellas. oh, you fabulous. so i was oh, you look fabulous. so i was going say so i think this going to say is so i think this is our generational issue i think absolutely you will have grown up totally being you will have had places to be because you did. yes, you did. and i think this was raised with the lady hussey debate as well. you know, there was anger. know, there was there was anger. and allow, say, who is i? 57 and if allow, say, who is i? 57 and lady hussey, who's 83, that conversation to our children is ridiculous. the idea that you could be brown skinned and born here that of course you can mum that's not where he thought about. yeah we had the whole. yes. so do you think that maybe this work has been done that was diversity training and opportunities which we needed and then we've an and now we're then we've got an asian prime minister, we've got a fantastic want him and people

still didn't want him he didn't get it but didn't get stopped get it but he didn't get stopped because did it because of his melanin, did it like wasn't a barrier to his like it wasn't a barrier to his success? have been if success? it would have been if there voters, if voters are there were voters, if voters are going to vote and it would have been no, we don't choose. he would been since he was would have been since he was voted mp by his voted in as an mp by his constituents in north yorkshire . on, this is ridiculous . come on, this is ridiculous oh. at one stage we had the three great offices of state. the chancellor, the foreign secretary and home secretary secretary and the home secretary and racism. i mean, and say no racism. i mean, that's very i don't don't miss quite i mean, of course there is racism. but my point is racism now in this country is absurd. literally in the minority . oh, literally in the minority. oh, no, it's almost, you know , more no, it's almost, you know, more women in maternity wards, black and brown women , will die than and brown women, will die than white women. or, you like literally in the reason there's been a lot of research done into that. and that is also partly because genetic issues in the black and i will always have an excuse. well, i'm saying that's not an excuse, but it is a fact. i'm afraid that bme have i'm afraid that bme people have higher of heart disease higher rates of heart disease and diabetes, so i think that.

but you know what i think something very different about living a community. see living in a community. see ghetto issue also affects ghetto issue that also affects your longevity . i actually your longevity. i actually i don't , i also have looks quite don't, i also have looks quite a lot and so it's that maternity issue with black women more likely to die in childbirth. thatis likely to die in childbirth. that is because they don't get listened cut birth listened to right. cut birth rates , don't listen to people. rates, don't listen to people. yeah, absolutely. but like i said, but that across the said, but that is across the board. is a sense you board. but there is a sense you have to assertive in those have to be assertive in those environments and black environments and that black women assertive. women often aren't assertive. women women. she's women or indian women. she's just that's a whole just shut up. but that's a whole different issue. but in terms of the money on the work rate, i just wonder what point those just wonder at what point those people been campaigning just wonder at what point those pec racial been campaigning just wonder at what point those pec racial equality3een campaigning just wonder at what point those pec racial equality3eergoingiaigning just wonder at what point those pec racial equality3eergoing tolning for racial equality are going to celebrate say, i'll is still celebrate and say, i'll is still not right and we could natter all morning, couldn't wait. it's out our first it's out of our first hour. it's already. going to be right already. i'm going to be right back weather back with you off the weather and alex deakin and this is and i'm alex deakin and this is your latest update from your latest weather update from the another cold one the met office. another cold one today, most parts. we do today, dry for most parts. we do have some snow showers continuing over northern scotland there was the scotland and there was the possible the possible of some into the southwest later on from this

area of pressure that's just area of low pressure that's just slowly creeping towards the uk. meanwhile across northern scotland, this weather front is popping scotland, this weather front is popping the snow showers up. we've seen lot of snow across shetland and the snow showers now heading down into the parts of the mainland . so we could see of the mainland. so we could see a further several centimetres snow even at low levels, snow here, even at low levels, but over the hills but certainly over the hills below, along by strong wind, quite cloudy over central areas, quite cloudy over central areas, quite murky for some, but quite misty, murky for some, but generally dry and bright for the vast majority . but it is cold vast majority. but it is cold temperatures struggling get much above . the winds above freezing. the winds picking up in the southwest are some weather in some wet weather comes in here now. some question marks now. still some question marks about we see this, about how much snow we see this, but could cause but it could cause some disruption the disruption as we see the potential for some snow over cornwall. some in western parts of devon in particular, perhaps even as as hampshire, that even as far as hampshire, that could be a little bit of snow through the overnight period. so don't to up to don't be surprised to wake up to a bit here in morning a little bit here in the morning everyone's going wake coat everyone's going to wake a coat of temperatures well of frosty temperatures well below freezing again, minus double figures where there's snow on the ground could

snow lying on the ground could be in particular, be icy again. in particular, we've these snow showers we've got these snow showers continuing scotland and continuing northern scotland and increasingly down the eastern side potential side of england. the potential for some showers across for some snow showers across parts of yorkshire towards the borders of scotland. again many places will just be dry and bright and cold on wednesday with temperatures starting below freezing, just about to getting about but feeling colder as the winds start to pick up. particularly cold wind blowing across southern areas . it will across southern areas. it will stay fairly damp through much of across channel continued across the channel continued risk of snow showers in northern scotland through wednesday night and into thursday. so again, it could be quite icy here. we do have office yellow warnings have met office yellow warnings in so make sure you check the met office website for details that that's all for me for now .

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2015. in those seven months, the case report found a culture of denial on the cabinet, refused to accept the findings of the report, which found that councillors were report, which found that certainly don't have a mandate to do that. but i mean, it's a commonly held view that they think they do anyway. right. dan watson is here to massage you on monday. that's right. down the legend himself. how could you chuckle in a way that when i ask whether or not meghan markle's got psychology problems, what are you going to coming up on your show? oh, yes. i love that interview, actually, with angela levin. you were very naughty,

but it was illuminating. patrick we've actually got meghan mccain stateside on this tonight. plus, david mellor here because he believes that harry and meghan should actually be banned from attending king charles's coronation . so that's in the coronation. so that's in the clash. i'm very excited , though. clash. i'm very excited, though. patrick and robinson is in the studio tonight. the original queen of maine. and she's going to be here to explain why she said no

is met all morning welcome back to this end of day on job news thank you for tuning in. it's the season of strikes, i'm afraid, as members of the rmt. now we're at network rail and 14 train operates striking in a month of disruption, we can have debate about whether it's right that nhs strike despite the serious weather conditions and how can we support rough sleepers during these past winter months plus ? my panel winter months plus? my panel will be back to discuss the news stories from the day. that's all coming up after look at latest coming up after a look at latest news . thanks, beth. 11:02am. news. thanks, beth. 11:02am. radisson in the gb newsroom a month of rail disruption has begun. rmt union members , their begun. rmt union members, their first wave of 48 hour strikes, only 20% of services are currently running in. some parts of the uk have trains at all.

network rail proposed a 5% pay rise this year , another 4% at rise this year, another 4% at the start of 2023. but 63% of rmt members turned that down. transport secretary mark harper says the union should weaken its position. i call on them to look again at this and accept it and it's interesting in their ballot yesterday only just over half their workforce actually rejected it. almost 40% of their workforce, even with a very clear instruction from their union leadership, clear instruction from their union leadership , actually voted union leadership, actually voted in favour it. so i think the tide is turning on people saying that the offers we've made a reasonable taking into account both the travelling public but also the interests of taxpayers . well, mick lynch is the general secretary of the rmt . he general secretary of the rmt. he says the current offer is unacceptable, but he still optimistic the government is my message is that we need to get a deal we need to get round the table and they need to show some

goodwill and expertise and some facilitate to try and create document or a set of documents that we can all support. and at the moment, they know that what they're putting forward to us is through their agents in the rail delivery a network rail, delivery group, a network rail, they know that that's good they know that that's not good enough can get there. i'm enough by we can get there. i'm an optimist. the office national statistics says . the number of statistics says. the number of working days lost to has reached the highest level more than a decade. data shows 417,000 working days were lost because widespread industrial action in. it's the highest figure november 2011. it as bus drivers royal mail workers and nurses are among those over the coming days . the chancellor says the long term economic growth means difficult decisions need to be taken now as uk unemployed has risen again, reaching 1.2 million. the figures show the rate of unemployment rose to 3.7% in the three months to

october. that's up from 3.6% in the previous period , around the previous period, around 258,000 nhs operations were cancelled for non reasons in england last year. nearly a fifth of those were called off due to staffing shortages of nhs vacancies at a record high. other reasons for cancellations include a shortage of beds , include a shortage of beds, equipment failure and admin . equipment failure and admin. a six year old boy is fighting for his life in hospital after he fell through an icy lake in solihull . three other boys, aged solihull. three other boys, aged eight, ten and 11, have died after pulled out of the water in. floral tributes , soft toys in. floral tributes, soft toys and lighted candles were left by mourners at a vigil night. and lighted candles were left by mourners at a vigil night . a met mourners at a vigil night. a met police officer will appear at the old bailey this afternoon accused of nine offences relating to woman. they include six counts of rape, false imprisonment, indecent assault and possessing a firearm.

overall, pc david carrick faces a total of 53 charges against 30 women between 2003 and 2020. a 47 year old has died. the 47 year old, rather, has denied 44 of the charges . the cold snap of the charges. the cold snap across parts of the uk continues after the office provisionally recorded the coldest night and day of the year. aberdeenshire was the coldest place in the uk recording a low of —15 degrees. the lowest minimum temperature since february 2021. snow and ice warning is in place for northern scotland and east england from midnight until noon on thursday. meteorologist john hammond told us we don't yet know if they'll be white christmas . know if they'll be white christmas. no obvious sign of dramatic change in the weather to something much milder as we run up to christmas . there might run up to christmas. there might be a little bit of a milder interlude early next week, but it will only day or so and it will only be a day or so and now it looks as if that cold will sweep back in again. so in

of christmas, i don't get too far ahead myself. there's absolutely clear sign of whether it's going be a white one. and i'll and alcoholic's be given ketamine after trials proved effective in reducing alcohol usage. th e £2.4 million trial usage. the £2.4 million trial led by the university of exeter will be delivered across seven nhs sites in the country. researchers say the second phase of the trial showed that ketamine based therapy was safe and tolerable for. heavy drinkers . you're watching gb drinkers. you're watching gb news bring you more as it happens. so let's get back to beth . beth. grey. good morning. welcome to bev turner. today on gb news train strikes. don't forget underway today after members of the rmt rejected the latest pay

offer of 9% from network rail. but the union boss mick lynch calling it a standard. let me know on twitter if you think the strikes should be until the new year. strikes should be until the new year . i'm strikes should be until the new year. i'm going to be overseeing a debate on this with two very different people with very opinions in just a moment. but let me know whether you think they to gb news gb they right to strike. gb news gb news uk. i'm going to be joined also back at the table with my opinionated guests about 20 minutes to look at the day's biggest stories, including news that alcoholics are set to given ketamine as a replacement drug. and oxford county council's green lockdowns. and of course, this show is nothing without you and your views today on twitter. we this poll with christmas around the corner. should the unions postpone the strikes until the new year. cast your vote now at the moment . 75.6% of vote now at the moment. 75.6% of you think yes , they should you think yes, they should postpone them. i did a little opinion piece on this at the top

of the show, which you can see on the gb news app. and basically, i was of arguing that these unions need to take the pubuc these unions need to take the public with them if they're going have any long term going to have any long term changes strikes go changes. now, strikes will go ahead members of the ahead today after members of the rmt latest pay rmt rejected the latest pay offer from network rail union boss lynch called the offer boss mick lynch called the offer of a 5% pay rise. this and 4% next year. so stand this comes as cabinet minister oliver dowden warned that the government cannot eliminate the risks of a wave of strike action. this month . so joining action. this month. so joining me now is our gb news political reporter, olivia utley. olivia we would just considering what we would just considering what we you and i, the effect these strikes and what that's going to move people, just explain to our viewers happening. yes. so what's going on is, of course, the unions are claiming that these strikes aren't cause acted, but it's looking more and more like they are. so one of the fallout from that is that over the next few days and weeks, there are going to be

64,000 delayed outpatients appointments and 6000 delayed operations . and under nhs operations. and under nhs guidelines people need to be notified at least two days in advance if they're appointment is going to be cancelled . but is going to be cancelled. but because of the royal mail strikes are taking place at the same time, people just aren't receiving their letters saying that their appointments cancelled. so a struggling in to hospital with train strikes and then discovering that their appointment isn't going ahead after all. so it is beginning to feel though the unions have feel as though the unions have timed to achieve maximum timed these to achieve maximum chaos , really. although of chaos, really. although of course the unions do keep denying that it so , isn't it? denying that it so, isn't it? because as we've said a lot of people we do we do empathise with workers working working long hours, trying to make ends . at the moment, we do empathise with the fact that we've seen the biggest transfer of wealth in history in last years. in history in the last years. and yet the timing of this now with the weather, with christmas around the corner , really feels around the corner, really feels like they are going to lose pubuc like they are going to lose public sympathy. do we have any

idea from number ten was going to say whether they care we maybe ask the question, do they care number ten? yes with the government like we had any news really in terms of whether they they think this really matters. well, it feels as though there are two separate things going on here. and the numbers, anna street different to street is quite different to each got the rail each them. you've got the rail strikes government strikes where the government have year, 4% have offered 5% this year, 4% next year, which has been rejected mick lynch . now 9% rejected by mick lynch. now 9% pay rejected by mick lynch. now 9% pay rise. it's pretty close to what inflation levels are and of course we know that inflation is expected to go next year. expected to go down next year. so government is hoping on that front that public sympathy will ebb away quite quickly for the railway workers. also, the sticking point, there isn't really pay. it's about safety on the and whether driver the train and whether driver only trains. okay. yeah that's quite a strong line there because driver have because driver trains have been in operation rail for in operation on other rail for 40 years or so and there've been no such at all. so just first of all, this is an it's dry all, this is an it's not a dry driverless train train. i've only trained . yes. so the trains

only trained. yes. so the trains that the rmt on at the moment have other staff on them as well, sort of staff, guards, etc. yeah. what the government want to do is push ahead with more driver only trains arguing that the technology is so much better than it was 40, 56 years ago. we don't need those guards anymore. and the unions are digging their heels in on that point. so for them, less point. so for them, it's less about pay and more about this safety issue, the safety issue, which the government argue isn't government would argue isn't a safety issue at all. it's just the wants to obviously keep the rmt wants to obviously keep it numbers boosted and it keep its numbers boosted and to it needs a full workforce to do it needs a full workforce . so i think the government it feels, isn't too worried from from a public angle about that strike. separately got the nurses strike, which there is a lot more sympathy with the pubuc lot more sympathy with the public for nurses. remember, the clock costs for the nhs during lockdown . people know nurses lockdown. people know nurses people experienced from nurse in hospital all the time and feel that they are underpaid paid. the nurses are demanding a 19% pay the nurses are demanding a 19%

pay rise, which the government has reiterated over and over again is just impossible and would an inflationary spiral. but it feels as though number ten is certainly worried about that. but then you've got steve barclay, health secretary, barclay, the health secretary, has hugely with pat has clashed hugely with pat cullen, the general secretary of the arm the rcn . yeah. and the arm of the rcn. yeah. and it's very difficult to how we're going to get through that intransigence . i was just intransigence. i was just mentioned before when we were doing our stories with panel that cullen's interview when she came out from the meeting with steve barclay last night. she was trying be calm. she was clearly furious and she seemed to be suggesting that she's been invited. but she didn't. she'd been boasting that discuss she wanted to talk about pay. and steve barclay wouldn't even talk about all. not even to about pay at all. not even to say, i'm so sorry. about pay at all. not even to say, i'm so sorry . know we about pay at all. not even to say, i'm so sorry. know we can only give you 1. we can only give you 2. the fact that he wouldn't talk about at all, that just smacks of arrogance and a complete lack of will to find a solution. it's quite an solution. yeah it's quite an interesting because interesting development because see barclays allies would argue

that the prime minister has made it clear that the sort of pay rise that nice looking for 19% is impossible. we have the is impossible. we don't have the money and if it had to be money for it and if it had to be replicated the whole replicated across the whole of the which it the public sector, which it would point it would would at some point it would cause this inflationary spiral. but his critics argue that. i know people who've worked for steve in government and steve barclay in government and you've had quite a difficult working with him and there were certain people left the department when he got department of health when he got given the job again after a stint having to raise coffee in that. and pat cullen called that. and so pat cullen called him whether that's him a bully boy. whether that's fair , i know. but there fair, i don't know. but there definitely is a very toxic relationship between those two, which makes the route out of this nasty strike seem a lot harder , doesn't it? and you've harder, doesn't it? and you've got to be the person to do health . they never seem to get health. they never seem to get the right person in the health department. we had jeremy hunt, who was deeply unpopular. we matt was deeply matt hancock, who was deeply unpopular of unpopular. it's a bit of a poisoned chalice that job. you think, olivia? well, it's a very one, because on the one hand, conservative say

conservative governments say over again that what over and over again that what they to reform the nhs . they want is to reform the nhs. the nhs isn't working, that it's broken need to grasp broken and that we need to grasp the of reform. the nettle of reform. so for that you someone quite sort that you need someone quite sort of line, quite punchy, of hard line, quite punchy, a bit of political heavyweight, bit of a political heavyweight, a a bruiser. but on the a bit of a bruiser. but on the other hand, then you have these meetings with strikers, with nurses people in the nhs nurses with people in the nhs who feel they're underpaid . and who feel they're underpaid. and for need a more for that you need a more conciliatory for that you need a more concjob ory really tough to that job is a really tough to get right. it is. olivia, thank. now with temperatures currently dropping below freezing cold and icy weather sweeps the nation . icy weather sweeps the nation. important recognise to important that we recognise to help the homeless during these winter months in leicester an emergency protocol has already been put place helping rough sleepers off the streets. but are we, the public, doing to support joining me now is support them? joining me now is fiona collett of street link, who encouraged the public to report rough sleepers their app to help them get . good morning to help them get. good morning fiona . thank you very much for fiona. thank you very much for joining . it fiona. thank you very much for joining. it is at times like this i think when the temperatures plummet and we're

all trying get home with our coats round on night, that we might give a little extra to the homeless and how difficult life is for them. well, how is it when you are homeless at this of the year? yeah, it's very difficult to be homeless at any time of year . difficult to be homeless at any time of year. it's never easy for people to be on our streets. but of course it is exceptionally dangerous in cold snaps like we're right now. we're seeing all over the country. local authorities invoking their emergency protocols. the temperatures have fallen below freezing . most of fallen below freezing. most of the country and extra effort is going in to help bring people from the cold. it means that outreach workers are out doing shifts, extra accommodation is being opened up, but also really rely on the public , help us to rely on the public, help us to help outreach to find people so that they can bring them in to that they can bring them in to that accommodation is available. so me about street link. fiona and how does that work ? so and how does that work? so street link is a services

website . there's an app street website. there's an app street link to all uk as well as a phone line. so if you see somebody sleeping rough. well, first of all, perhaps go and say hello , see how they're doing. hello, see how they're doing. see if maybe they might need more urgent assistance . they may more urgent assistance. they may need you to call 999111, but if not. but they're looking for help . please do let straight help. please do let straight know we have a telephone line cell screens now, but that is exceptionally busy at the moment. so there's also the website and the app that encourage people to use on those services. we're asking people to fill in as much detail as possible about where exactly they've seen somebody precisely as can please so that our outreach workers can find them as as a description of the person that alert get sent to the local outreach team in that each local authority who will go out as soon they can to try to find the person and to bring

them in to accommodation . this them in to accommodation. this might sound like a bit a silly question, fiona, but depict a homeless people wants to be found in that way. just should you just position it for the of the homeless person you you report their whereabouts via the app report their whereabouts via the app . yeah it's not a silly app. yeah it's not a silly question at all that people don't always want to help usually in this very very cold weather people are looking to come in and find somewhere and safe to stay . but it's fair to safe to stay. but it's fair to say that outreach workers spend a lot of time building with people who are sleeping rough to build up trust and to help to win them over to say actually that there is a journey that they could go on to come off the streets and into a long term accommodation but it isn't easy people don't always want to accept help in this very cold weather usually they're much more willing to come in so please do make those alerts . please do make those alerts. okay. thank you so much, fiona.

fiona there from st lancashire . fiona there from st lancashire. now we're going to take a quick break. don't forget about twitter poll that is around the corner that's christmas around the corner. should we be postponing the strike the strikes after the break around that corner ? i'm going to be that corner? i'm going to be telling you what the results are of all a twitter poll. and i'll be back with my panel as well to discuss the stories of day, discuss the stories of the day, including babies will including news that babies will be cancers as be tested for rare cancers as part a major screening part of a major screening program dna . but does it program of dna. but does it raise issues about our data and what information we should be handing health handing over to health authorities ? this we're going to authorities? this we're going to be discussing all that with susan evans and her indicator after a short . former brexit secretary david davis admitted that british people have been taken for a ride by the government's agenda

that will fail, i mean bluntly will get punished at the polls. it won't matter whether least stands the tory nothing else. he won't get elected. none of us will. but at the same time, they don't like taking big intake of her. right. and they feel with this this this new in and people they've taken for a ride. and if they've taken for a ride. and if the government doesn't fix it, the government doesn't fix it, the government doesn't fix it, the government won't last. this is that happens? you are, of course, the former deputy chair, ukip, immigration is an issue that you're deeply passionate about. you think the tories have lost control? they've of course

. they have. they've absolutely lost control. we've had nearly 50,000 people coming across in small boats across the channel we have no borders. this country's an open state. it's absolutely insane . and we've had absolutely insane. and we've had 100 have been prosecuted hid and sent back just to hundreds . sent back just to hundreds. 49,000 people plus have been prosecuted not having a tv licence. you know , the licence. you know, the government wants to do something. it can, but it can't stop these mostly men, let's be honest. and we all when i was

growing up, young men, refuge columns, real genuine refugees , columns, real genuine refugees, it was women and children. this is a completely different demographic. these are economic saying, yeah, because they're economic migrants coming in as well. and as far as the next election is concerned, i mean, the way i see it, the conservatives have probably blown it, to be honest . i don't blown it, to be honest. i don't think they've got a cut in hell's chance of winning the election anyway . but one thing election anyway. but one thing that might just save them from electoral that might just save them from break very good morning. it's 1122.

very good morning. it's1122. this is tennis today on gb news. guests are back here on our sort of festive for breakfast of all new indycar is taking place with commentator susan evans now let's talk about this ketamine for alcoholics trial alcoholism costs the uk economy a fortune june every year. if we're talking about our priority, right. if alcohol was a drug that was introduced today would never be legalised . but boy, it never be legalised. but boy, it can be fabulous in but this trial is interesting, isn't it, suzanne in terms of helping alcoholics, what are they going to do? well, if you think alcohol addiction, a lot of money wait till you see what i whole generation ketamine whole generation of ketamine addicted drug costs i'm absolutely appalled by this i can't put it any more strongly than that. i mean, you spent than that. i mean, if you spent any around addiction any time around addiction clinics people with addictions, clinics, people with addictions, as as i clinics, people with addictions, as asi you clinics, people with addictions, as as i you know that as i as i have, you know that the way to replace the easiest way to replace an addiction replace it with addiction is to replace it with one. stop an addiction to one. to stop an addiction is to replace one. it replace with another one. it seems that all that's seems to me that all that's happening here is, we're turning alcoholics into drug . i've just

alcoholics into drug. i've just been up. so what does it say about, though well, i'm saying that the never i've just been looking up some of the side effects of ketamine hallucinations, delusions, flashbacks, confusion, numbness, impaired vision , respiratory impaired vision, respiratory failure, talk , cardio, increased failure, talk, cardio, increased heart rate . it's easily heart rate. it's easily tolerated. so you need more of it to keep going. aggression, intensity . it is a it to keep going. aggression, intensity. it is a pain it to keep going. aggression, intensity . it is a pain which intensity. it is a pain which can be extremely dangerous. now, why are we doing this? to try and cure . stop people becoming and cure. stop people becoming alcoholics . there's a tried and alcoholics. there's a tried and tested, proven of stopping yourself becoming an alcoholic and that's to stop drinking and go to aa meetings but the hasn't worked out well and there's a study with the with rp. if there were 86% remained sober with a trial because they were drugged up on drugs that's the only they were sober. they were so out of it they couldn't reach for a drink you can't just treat with a serious mental health problem by giving them all if

it's going to save, i think it's worth a try , won't it? will worth a try, won't it? will ketamine kill them instead ketamine will kill them instead go to aa for goodness sake. get with program . stop yourself with the program. stop yourself drinking a simple solution and this is a nice way of looking at it doesn't promote that and i know why it doesn't it's because aa has got the word god in it and they assume that means convention or religion. it's actually nothing to do with conventional religion. aa was founded by a group of drunks. they found answer. it's they found the answer. it's a great thing do that's that's what we should be doing not medical you know i was in a&e with a man in the room. i was in the hand and he was drinking it because he was desperate for a drink. wow. yes and i was thinking, what if you do, which is drinking it, do you ? it's is drinking it, do you? it's a severe addiction, but but as i say, replace it with another. we don't know substance. we don't know what do you think you would do? you know, and i think that this is worth a try. you know, i come from, you know, the

integrated as in the punjabi community. there's a big alcohol problem. and think anything is worth a try. aa doesn't always work and it's proven not work. so i think it must people die from alcoholism you know at least aa is drug free. it's pain free, it's side effect free. it does have years of efficacy the aa people can commit to it. i guessi aa people can commit to it. i guess i share this similar concern . if you if you are an concern. if you if you are an alcoholic, the chances are you have an addictive personality anyway . if you are given anyway. if you are given ketamine which is a very strong you know, i kind of think it's been a horse trying to me been a horse trying to carry me to then are likely to to then you are likely to replace one addiction with another. very low another. i think the very low dose, low of ketamine, this dose, very low of ketamine, this is done, but not just throw ketamine down their throats and putting it through their veins. it doesn't render the tolerance relaxes. actually doses will relaxes. so actually doses will have get higher higher. have to get higher and higher. the this, i think the issue about this, i think it's trying pushing by it's worth trying by pushing by turning alcoholics into drug addicts not thinking about addicts and not thinking about the that the enormous impact that alcoholism has on families . oh,

alcoholism has on families. oh, no, it's awful. you just basically the families and friends of alcoholics suffer almost as much as the alcohol growing. often and, you know, you might have a husband or wife who's an alcoholic and then suddenly you find their a kit and we don't know i think you're making most sweeping and we really don't know that yet. right. what about this then, ladies? next generation. ladies? the next generation. this is this is another piece research which going to be research which is going to be done, to be done, which is going to be 100,000 children on the nhs who are going to have their blood screened for any sort of genetic . there we screen for about 200 treatment diseases over the next two years if it conditions to be put that undergo further test confirm a diagnosis before receiving treatment . do you like receiving treatment. do you like these sorts of one size fits all blanket expensive pieces of research ? i think i can see both research? i think i can see both sides, but thing that came out to me straightaway was knowing as a baby or child that actually

you're going to have cancer, you're going to have cancer, you're going to die. and it's terrible to know the i think just the moral obligation to why is it that actually will actually be found out that you're going to have cancer and leukaemia? we can actually at the moment there's no cure for. yeah, that's awful . what do you yeah, that's awful. what do you think? i think is obviously think? so i think is obviously the that medicines going and the way that medicines going and yes , on the one hand you have yes, on the one hand you have this potential idea that you find you've got some terrible illness that can't be treated . illness that can't be treated. on the other hand, this programme is ultimately an ideally going to allow treatments based on your individual genetic code and that is a growing science and. i think it's absolutely fascinating . i was actually part fascinating. i was actually part of a genetic trial like this until i got cancer myself and then i to be taken off it because obviously was counterintuitive because i have a genetic disorder called lipoedema something i struggled since i hit puberty and there's a wonderful research programme very similar to this going on at

st george's hospital in south—west london. so i it's absolutely the future if a downside i see to it i think it might mean that once you've had this screening you find it very difficult to get health or life insurance later down the line. i think the insurance companies and not so you obviously cancer free now suzanne . oh charlotte free now suzanne. oh charlotte and how long is that been ? five and how long is that been? five years. oh, well done , yeah, years. oh, well done, yeah, that's amazing. how so? can you get insurance now? yes, i can. yeah it's completely free. was extremely lucky because i was caught very, very early. so it was a simple treatment . every was a simple treatment. every time i read somebody being diagnosed with breast cancer let too late of lockdown, i see . i too late of lockdown, i see. i think. my, my fear about this is that we are we are already a nafion that we are we are already a nation of hypochondriacs. i'm not kidding in that you would genuinely but what i'm saying is if we're having if we start with every newborn baby looking at

what potentially be problematic for them from a health point of view. i think what does that do to us psychologically? it might be that there are some treatments that some conditions that you identify as having a dna sequence that may not be in life. there will be also it might be a mild and benevolent disease, which is which is ticked up by these , i suppose ticked up by these, i suppose maybe it's finding similar in others points i now. well know they might develop this sort of cancer or they might not. so they might. well, they might not. i think how it sometimes ignorance is a sort of it can be i mean i had a i had a dear friend who sadly died from a sudden brain problem and actually he'd never told us, but he always knew could happen. right. well, i'm feeling teary just talking about it. right. well, i'm feeling teary just talking about it . and when just talking about it. and when he did die, we didn't know. but. but he obviously had known . and but he obviously had known. and i maybe that explains i think maybe that explains absolutely absolute joy to vive and his determination to live every day by you know and it is

emotional and that makes you think also from child's point of view are accessing the dna information for the moment they are born and they might grow up and then to say i wish i didn't know second—hand is hanging over me that i might have a sort of cancer one day. i need to get through my twenties and my thirties, my forties. might thirties, my forties. i might not to sixties. and i not get it to sixties. and now i do seem to me i do. but then we are all going die. no one is, you know. we're going all die one maybe way. there's one day. maybe this way. there's just of looking at it. just so many of looking at it. they're going their life they're going to live their life to full. yeah, i think the to the full. yeah, i think the issue this is, i mean, for issue for this is, i mean, for instance, looking my instance, just looking at my charity lipoedema if we can charity lipoedema uk, if we can find a genetic reason for disease that can pinpoint disease that we can pinpoint and it's girls it's almost exclusively girls get that we can get this disease that we can before they hit puberty, we can help them through that process and treat maybe even find a and treat or maybe even find a cure psychological cure that's. psychological suffering that i suffering and physical that i went, maybe this is to help find cures, but eventually hope so there's a long period of time there's a long period of time there that we have got there that right we have got a good debate. i'm next i'm going

to be asking should we postpone the nhs strikes with the bad weather and christmas coming up this christmas comes this winter christmas comes up every but know what every winter, but you know what i i me know you i mean? i me know what you think. right? it's think. are they right? it's strike. all. after your strike. that's all. after your morning's right. thanks morning's with right. thanks beth . 1131 here's the latest beth. 1131 here's the latest from the gb newsroom a month of rail disruption has started with rmt union members . their first rmt union members. their first wave of 48 hour strikes. only 20% of services are currently running in. some parts of the uk have no at all. network rail . have no at all. network rail. a 5% pay rise this year with another 4% at the start of 2023, but 63% of rmt members turned that down the general secretary of the rmt mick lynch says current offer is unacceptable , current offer is unacceptable, but he remains optimistic. so the government is my message is that we need to get a deal . we that we need to get a deal. we need to get round the table and they need to show some goodwill

and some expertise and, some facilitation to try and create a document or a set of documents that we can all support. and at the moment, they know that what they're putting forward to us is through in the rail through their agents in the rail delivery group and network rail, they know that's not good they know that that's not good enough. believe get enough. i believe we can get there. an optimist . well, there. i'm an optimist. well, there. i'm an optimist. well, the term the chancellor says term economic growth means difficult decisions need be taken now as uk unemployment has risen again , reaching 1.2 million. the figures show the rate of unemployment rose to 3.7% in the three months to october. that's up from point 6% in the previous penod up from point 6% in the previous period , around 258,000 nhs period, around 258,000 nhs operations were for non—clinical reasons. in england last year , reasons. in england last year, nearly a fifth of those were called off due to staff shortages. but with nhs vacancies at a record high, other reasons include a shortage of beds , equipment failure and of beds, equipment failure and admin . the snap across parts of

admin. the snap across parts of the uk after the met office recorded the coldest night and day of the year , aberdeenshire day of the year, aberdeenshire was the coldest in the uk recording a low of —15 degrees, the lowest minimum temp since february of 2021. the snow and ice warning is now in place for northern scotland . north east northern scotland. north east england from until noon on thursday . on tv, online and england from until noon on thursday. on tv, online and on dab plus radio. you're watching gb news. we'll be back in just a moment moment. okay let's get a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2278 an d ,1.1651 will buy you $1.2278 and ,1.1651 price of gold standing . price of gold standing. £1,455.39 per ounce. and the

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benjamin butterworth and susanna evans. so you really don't want to go anyway, right? for very good morning. it is 1137. this is bev turner today on gb news. so as we enter the harsh winter our nation is experiencing the biggest strike action in years thousands of nhs operations and appointments have been cancelled already and up to 100,000 members of the royal college of nursing are expected to walk out on thursday . so i'm to walk out on thursday. so i'm asking, should we postpone in the as a result of the the strikes as a result of the bad weather. joining me now is political commentator emma and a socialist party industrial organiser and trade unionist rob williams. good morning to you both. rob you've been out on the picket line this morning do you support all of this disruption ? support all of this disruption? well i support the strikes . i'm

well i support the strikes. i'm over here in west london . so over here in west london. so sorry about their noise, but support in low paid care workers . the issue is, isn't it? i think your has just said the impact of staff shortages that in the nhs on a daily basis the operation that are being cancelled. don't forget noel's workers actually taken action yet. that's the norm in health service. so the question should be asked, isn't it? the onus is on the government. it's not about health postponing that action because of the disruption. it's really the government should be getting on the table and negotiating a peace settlement that's , you peace settlement that's, you know, choice to keep in line with the cost of living crisis, with the cost of living crisis, with health workers. the government met the health unions yesterday and refused to talk about pay . it's absolutely about pay. it's absolutely ridiculous so. that's what needs to be done . ridiculous so. that's what needs to be done. emma ridiculous so. that's what needs to be done . emma webb, let me to be done. emma webb, let me bnng to be done. emma webb, let me bring un did didn't good the steve barclay even refuse used to discuss the issue of pay with cullen from the royal college of

nursing did it. what was the solution here . well, look, i solution here. well, look, i think even the labour party saying that the pay rises that are being here are unreasonable and on and it's the same as with the rail strikes , you enter into the rail strikes, you enter into negotiations have to start from the perspective and the first starting point is that you know you need to making reasonable asks and these pay rises 19% pay rise is just simply not reasonable. the british people were asked over the last two years throughout covid, out of solidarity to the nhs and that we're entering into this cost of crisis, this cold snap where people will be at home, able to afford to turn on their heating or people falling over and not having ambulances come and pick them up, not being able to take pubuc them up, not being able to take public transport because those are taxis not arriving of are also taxis not arriving of the snow. this is straightforwardly putting people's lives at risk is against the hippocratic oath . i against the hippocratic oath. i frankly think that it's unfair. and so when comes to

negotiations , think the negotiations, think the government will be absolutely right to not not only to say that these strikes should be postponed . it's not for us to postponed. it's not for us to say that . but i think that from say that. but i think that from the perspective of who are striking, they shouldn't be striking, they shouldn't be striking at all. think it's striking at all. i think it's against the interests of patients. and if i simply i'm sorry if i don't buy the idea that this going to affect patient care because it wasn't going to affect patient care , going to affect patient care, then striking would make no sense at all. rob, to you . sense at all. rob, back to you. look, this is the first strike in england and wales and the only study the royal college of nursing, the union leaders in the health unions have shown this week that they are willing. you could that they're desperate to avoid the need for members to go on strike. this isn't . these go on strike. this isn't. these aren't workers who want to take action this week they've been dnven action this week they've been driven to the person they mentioned about covid. don't forget who's in the frontline in covid. don't forget who's health

workers . many of them were put workers. many of them were put in huge risk. many them 40 didn't last . in huge risk. many them 40 didn't last. the pandemic put themselves on the line because of the general good in society who cared for a very ill prime minister. don't forget during that i'm worried . thanks. these that i'm worried. thanks. these are workers have lost a fifth of their income in the last decade . a fifth of their income. that's how much they've lost. and the pay rise that being imposed on them goes nowhere near the cost of live in great. at the moment, real inflation is over 14% at the moment. these workers do not want to take action . unfortunately, they've action. unfortunately, they've been driven to it by this pay squeeze , by this cost of living squeeze, by this cost of living squeeze, by this cost of living squeeze that has taken place. emma the health workers were a plaudit, but they weren't genuinely thanked for their. plaudit, but they weren't genuinely thanked for their . do genuinely thanked for their. do you agree with that ? i don't you agree with that? i don't think anybody would disagree with the need for them to have an increase their pay. i think

everybody is suffering at the moment. everybody could do with little bit more money in their pockets . one of the reasons why pockets. one of the reasons why they're going to is they're not going to by way is because the government are taxing to their taxing everybody up to their eyeballs . you know, i think eyeballs. so, you know, i think we can agree that that nurses shouldn't going foodbanks, shouldn't be going to foodbanks, that pay rise. that nurses do need a pay rise. but also we need to we to consider the fact that the general public. this why general public. this is why i mentioned the solidarity that we were to show the nhs were asked to show with the nhs because, know, the general because, you know, the general pubuc because, you know, the general public are suffering hugely the moment. it's not just nurses who have not had their pay rise in with inflation. everybody is suffering. and the money that goes to pay. those salaries comes the public purse. it comes from those those increases taxes. so, you know, we have that's the reason why i say we have to reasonable when we're talking how much money is being demanded here. and as i said , demanded here. and as i said, the labour party has said that 19% is an unaffordable pay rise. the problem is that the nhs seriously needs reform even . wes

seriously needs reform even. wes streeting himself said this we need a health of national health service, not a national health strike . you know, we really we strike. you know, we really we need to be getting value for money here and we're not we need to reform the health service because at the moment we're just endless amounts of money into a black it's not helping black hole. and it's not helping the so, yes, those the situation. so, yes, those who are the least paid who are the least well paid within the service , like within the health service, like nurses be earning more nurses should be earning more money. absolutely. maybe of that money. absolutely. maybe of that money should be redistributed from those who are in roles like equality diversity, inclusion and in management positions when clearly the management of the nhs isn't exactly efficient. well, do you think the health care workers would some sympathy with what emma was saying that? actually, some some unity with what emma saying there and the nhs to be ready and its nhs needs to be ready and its parameters changed. so the funds are redistributed fairly . are redistributed fairly. listen, i think the reform that emma wants is the total opposite to what nurses they will be to introduce much more the market reintroduce, you know , all the

reintroduce, you know, all the private sector, privatisation we've had that. we do want that andifs we've had that. we do want that and it's an absolute scandal, by the way, that new really are covering up for that diligent at times in those issues. there is a scandal that labour isn't supporting strikes and you know really doesn't appear on seeing the health workers. however the majority of working class people are and i would appeal to them , are and i would appeal to them, you know, show the support because i know this strike is going to be a strike that is going to be a strike that is going to be well supported. if you're out and about tomorrow, go to your nearest hospital . go to your nearest hospital. support health workers who support the health workers who would action, also all would take action, and also all the workers. on monday . the other workers. on monday. yesterday in northern ireland , yesterday in northern ireland, it was a northern ireland wide l strike. so the words of other the failed policy of the last couple of decades. the red herrings about diversity you know what a what are they daring is. the reality is that we have hundreds of thousands workers who are taking action

reluctantly and they want it they not need a pay rise. they also want to defend your service from people like this who want to ruin and give it over to the private sector. that's what all the money's going, by the way, to the ends of the privateers , to the ends of the privateers, the profiteers get them out of. our support the nurses . our nhs, support the nurses. okay. thank you both. emma webb and trade unionist rob williams there. let me know what you think . there. let me know what you think. gbviews@gbnews.uk back on the breakfast bar. here we are into and susan evans just responds to debate on the sofa rob he spoke so much sense . much rob he spoke so much sense. much sense. i know where emma was coming from, but she's missing so much of the points because what need a pay rise and what they need a pay rise and it's not about the start and put 90% that's their start and point they know they're not going to get we need to negotiate get that we need to negotiate and that's what need to get and that's what they need to get round the we now get round the like we all now get round the like we all now get round table let's stop the round the table let's stop the strikes and give them the pay rises round the table and have a good old argument unless it's starting , £32,000 starting salaries, £32,000 on

average that's not that's average that's not bad. that's not bad. emma was absolutely right when she was talking about the huge amount of waste in the nhs going into going into management. should be on the management. it should be on the front line, going to the front line, it's going to the wrong right. okay. j.k. wrong places. right. okay. j.k. rowling whenever she she speaks rowling, whenever she she speaks now or writes anything down, it seems to cause enormous controversy. i bet she. just longs for days when just longs for the days when she just wrote books, wrote very received books, doesn't but she has doesn't she? but she has launched a support centre for female of sexual female victims of sexual violence . now, this is called violence. now, this is called bears place. it will add to edinburgh listing rape crisis centre, which is by a trans woman. she's funding new support and counselling services for survivors of sexual violence in. edinburgh why do you think the industry feels the need to set this up when there was one already there? i i mean put me right on this and sure she's unwell. what i don't understand is really honestly why are people open arms like j.k. rowling. she why are you so threatened and by such a tiny , threatened and by such a tiny, minuscule percentage of men who

want to become women who think they are women. what's wrong that a tiny, minuscule percentage of men, tiny rapists, most are not rapists? hey we've got to put this into some context here. she's she's pushing this rape crisis service in in scotland. scotland about to pass the gender recognition bill which will allow people in scotland to self—declare whether they are a man , a woman. they are a man, a woman. therefore, in you could have an existing rape crisis centre, which is by trans women which possibly have more or more in line with this kind of thinking you could have a bloke turn up who is a rapist, say, i'm a woman, i've been abused, let me in to create mary hell in, that rape, i think the bar is so low i don't care for the woman that gets raped. it matters . i think gets raped. it matters. i think that a lot of fear mongering that a lot of fear mongering that she is doing the right thing here. there we are . this thing here. there we are. this whole freedom division . no, i

whole freedom division. no, i think it's the people want us to say that men should called women and vice versa or the ones who creating division she is doing service for women in scotland who are to feel very threatened by this law and very unsafe and good on. i for1 a.m. by this law and very unsafe and good on. i for1 am. very pleased that she has made squillions out of harry potter that she can actually i thought i thought the boring books actually but you it's a very symbolic act isn't it, that she's doing even though it only be one crisis centre. yeah. the statement that she's making is very powerful in support . women very powerful in support. women only spaces, particularly women only spaces, particularly women only spaces, particularly women only spaces for victims of sexual violence. yeah but, but she's doing because she's going on this premises saying that someone's going to turn up and pretend to be a woman no matter what the public arena but that has happened again and again when seen umpteen. i mean there was a class case the other day of a man dressed as a woman who expose themselves. the report

said , to two young girls in the said, to two young girls in the dressing rooms. no you're talking about mums doing street . they do that all the time anyway so you know whipped by the kind of pokery that they couldn't even say whether this was a man or a woman. well, it was a man or a woman. well, it was quite clearly a bloke in a dress, but they were to frighten to report it and i don't believe i mean, just small things about himself anyway , we were talking himself anyway, we were talking about elon musk on in the twitter debate know and he's saying that work is going to destroy very fabric of society. you mean you mean making people accountable if we cannot even make him people accountable, it's not going to destroy its entire principle that we held for thousands and thousands making people accountable for our men . and there are women and our men. and there are women and there are a tiny minority. we need make humans feel need to make humans feel included . the whole humans included. the whole humans deserve to be included. right? well tweeted. but you also have a defined role. and if that goes to talking about including , it's

to talking about including, it's crucial if you live in oxfordshire . he lived on oxfordshire. he lived on borrowed time. so we about this last week we were going to have a guest on them today we couldn't get hold of them but they all to be here tomorrow. that organising protest about in february so. i do want to discuss with both so discuss this with you both so was story that broke last week was a story that broke last week but she county council but also she county council introducing filters and introducing traffic filters and dividing several zones dividing city into several zones and this will limit the number of that can cross of times that you can cross those in a year there's those zones in a year there's been such a huge which i am personally delighted about. well don if you one of the backlashes so i guess were here on gb news and so the county have hit back and so the county have hit back and said we just want to clarify this now i don't know about you, but i don't find very reassuring. susan evans no instead of trump instead of gays, suggestion was that gays, the suggestion was that would gay you would be gay is that you couldn't get they said, couldn't get through. they said, no, no, we're not going no, no, no, no, we're not going to do we're not. that's to do gays. we're not. that's stupid. we're going to do so. we're going to do instead. is just cctv cameras. are just enough cctv cameras. we are going a fine when you go

going to get a fine when you go through though that through that as though that would easier. yeah, would be easier. yeah, we're going snap pictures. going to snap on the pictures. i hope climate to stop people hope the climate to stop people just getting car just to just getting in the car just to go round the corner to the shop. is it true that yeah it's not just that it's not going anywhere. do you not think do do that people absolutely that though people absolutely defend to that to defend their rights to that to jump defend their rights to that to jump their and drive jump in their car and drive around corner but then that jump in their car and drive arwrecking corner but then that jump in their car and drive arwrecking the ier but then that jump in their car and drive arwrecking the environment. at jump in their car and drive arwrecking the environment. you is wrecking the environment. you can't up, walk, have can't just walk up, walk, have some don't be some exercise, don't be something it just to go something you call it just to go round never get in round the corner, never get in the on. i have to get in the the car on. i have to get in the car to what might be a couple car to do what might be a couple of miles trip. but i've got two kids, bags, shopping in kids, swimming bags, shopping in the boots. i've got to drop something off friend's house. i'm my i'm going to pop in to see my and something around the and take something around the women we can't women mothers. we can't bleep disabled tweeting about the election included on election i've included that on the people. there's the list lazy people. there's a lot with five four cars lot of with five four cars i thought wow i might get in the car to go down the column thinking go sorry thinking you got in the go sorry to to the cornwall, get in to go to the cornwall, get in and see. then why should taxes is like any. but should is like any. but why should everybody behaviour to everybody behaviour have to change accommodate change to accommodate lazy

people? i. i can people? i but then i. i can understand why they're doing , understand why they're doing, but i don't like the idea that you're lock me down you're going to lock me down again . didn't happen on my again. didn't happen on my watch. yeah, i understand watch. yeah, but i do understand the for less use of cars. the need for less use of cars. can i get a word edgewise here? you see, buying i think this is the most obscene thing. arguably fascist , restriction of the most obscene thing. arguably fascist, restriction of legal movement that i can recall wins this protest, but because i want to be on february, i'm absolutely livid. i'll be there too. i remember there was actually a consultation about this in oxford in 2019 and the people of oxford unanimously voted against it. they said, we don't want this to happen. the council has gone ahead and they're doing it anyway. it's they're doing it anyway. so it's also very anti—democratic . there also very anti—democratic. there was some of us when we the amount of traffic that was taken off roads because everyone was fearful of covid back in those lockdown in covid times we said whom i can see climate lockdowns coming next. oh you're a conspiracy theorist. absolutely. and look , it's happened and. i'm

and look, it's happened and. i'm sorry. we pay a fortune in in in vehicle excise duty. you want to destroy the world? taxes you don't want to save the world. i have a car. not enough. i am entitled to drive my car whenever i want and wherever i want. and that is a fundamental of the right to movement in this country . and what gets me is the country. and what gets me is the same councillors that don't want me going in my car. we're probably happy to have open to let anybody in. oh my goodness is the because it should be you that critical that dictatorial advantage . public transport advantage. public transport misery it any i don't need to be quite like all they're trying to do is not so shoes get you on a bicycle all over is because it's good for the environment why can't you guys see the action for the world for the future. we need to save you everyone need to save you know everyone came yesterday yo you out that one house and they're all getting the calls get getting if it's not helping people are lazy get up up on the bike get up and get up on the bike actually . yeah you can't do

actually. yeah well you can't do it rain in the i'm in in it in the rain in the i'm in in the rain and ice and snow with two shopping bags. the people they you walking. yeah they we saw you walking. yeah i listen i love a walk. don't get me wrong. nothing. nothing a lot more than a good walk. i want to do in total. but i want to do it when i to walk, where when i want to walk, where i want walk. and i do want the want to walk. and i do want the because you think about how because if you think about how how appalled you are in was with covid lockdowns. yes going covid lockdowns. yes you going to same as this, to feel just the same as this, right? ladies, in oxford right? ladies, i've is in oxford more pastoral like say, we more pastoral and like i say, we will get the organiser will hopefully get the organiser the on show tomorrow the protest on the show tomorrow . maybe he's bound and gagged by oxford council. not oxford county council. he's not here about it right here to talk about it right there the car. susan it's there in the car. susan it's been brilliant you here. been brilliant having you here. thank this is our thank you so much. this is our poll morning. this poll gave you this morning. this is the strikes. been is about the strikes. been talking them all with talking about them all day with christmas quarter. christmas round the quarter. should postpone should the unions postpone strikes until the new year and nearly 77% of have said yes nearly 77% of you have said yes . it just shows, isn't it, that they are losing the sympathy of they are losing the sympathy of the public and the support and thatis the public and the support and that is what we need for significant change. right. we

were all done for today. i will be back tomorrow morning at 10:00. but gb news stay with mark longhurst is next. a lovely day . well i'm alex deakin and day. well i'm alex deakin and this is your weather update from the met office another cold one today dry for most parts. we do have some snow showers continuing northern scotland and there is the possible reality of some into the southwest later on from this area of low pressure that's just slowly creeping towards the uk across northern scotland. this weather front is pipping scotland. this weather front is pipping the snow showers up . pipping the snow showers up. we've seen a lot of snow. of course, shetlands and the snow showers now heading down into the parts the mainland. so we could see a further several centimetres of snow here, even at low with certainly at low levels with certainly over hills below, over the hills below, along by a strong wind quite cloudy over central areas , quite misty, central areas, quite misty, murky for some, generally murky for some, but generally dry and bright, too, for the vast majority. but it is cold temperatures struggling to get much freezing . the winds much above freezing. the winds picking southwest as picking up in the southwest as some weather comes in here. some wet weather comes in here. now marks now still some question marks about much snow we from about how much snow we see from this, it could cause some

this, but it could cause some disruption the disruption as we see the potential for snow over potential for some snow over cornwall , southern and western cornwall, southern and western parts of devon in particular, perhaps as far hampshire, perhaps even as far hampshire, that be a little of that could be a little bit of snow overnight period. so snow the overnight period. so don't surprised up to a don't surprised to wake up to a little here in the morning . little here in the morning. everyone's going to wake up a coat of frosty temperatures well below freezing again, minus double figures the snow double figures where the snow lying ground could be icy lying on the ground could be icy again got snow again, we've got these snow showers continuing across northern scotland and increasingly down the eastern side of the potential side of england. the potential for showers across for some snow showers across parts yorkshire towards borders of scotland. again places will just be dry and bright and cold on wednesday, with temperatures starting freezing, just about to getting about but feeling colder as the winds start to up, particularly cold wind blowing across southern areas , it will across southern areas, it will stay fairly damp through much of tomorrow across the channel isles, continued risk of snow showers in northern scotland through wednesday night into thursday. again, it be quite thursday. so again, it be quite icy here. we do have office

yellow warnings in place, so make sure you check out the met office website for details on that that's all for me for now bye bye . safe country. he had starstruck them all through you. did he say that ? well, in the news last that? well, in the news last week . need well do you want it week. need well do you want it now. yeah because i mean for instance why go to fast track . instance why go to fast track. he did he absolutely said that . he did he absolutely said that. well why don't you read the papers then? like i do all