some there's going to be some distressing images coming up. >> that's right. a man, is in a life threatening after life threatening condition after being in being stabbed on a train in london in broad daylight. is this another sign of lawless britain? ray addison has more . britain? ray addison has more. >> police say the incident started here with two men fighting at shortlands station and ended with a frenzied knife attack in front of horrified passengers. i'll have the details from an eyewitness who was on board, gender critical and sacked a teacher who lost his job for what he said was his refusal to use a student's preferred pronoun. >> has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected . he joins us live claim rejected. he joins us live and exclusively next. >> and labour's plans for levelling up sir keir starmer will set out his vision to build a better britain this morning. we'll bring you that live . we'll bring you that live. >> and from april the 6th people will have the legal rights to make a statutory flexible working request from home for

the first day of employment. do we need to scrap working from home and just get back to the office? we're going to debate that very shortly. >> plus, blackpool council have overnight night a few weeks ago overnight, the zebra crossings became ngt colours. >> someone someone said there's a law against that. that zebra crossing should be black and white by law, but clearly not because they've painted these multi—coloured. yeah >> and the idea is because they can be really difficult if you're visually impaired and you walk with a dog, for instance, seeing white image seeing the black and white image is important. so we're going to be investigative be talking to an investigative journalist dived journalist who basically dived right subject and right into this subject and contacted council to contacted blackpool council to find out how much it costs. we'll be bringing you that as well. us know thoughts well. let us know your thoughts this morning. views at this morning. gb views at gb news.com. though, the news.com. first though, the very latest our anne latest news with our anne

armstrong. >> a very good morning to you. it's 932 i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. as you've just been hearing, police are searching for a suspect after a stabbing a london train stabbing on a london train yesterday afternoon. and a warning if you're watching on television are television, there are some distressing images, graphic distressing images, a graphic footage shared media footage shared on social media shows masked man attacking shows a masked man attacking another man on the floor with a large knife, while concerned passengers call for an ambulance. it happened just before 4 pm. between shortlands and beckenham junction on a train bound for victoria station. the victim has been taken to hospital with life threatening injuries and a manhunt is underway . last year's manhunt is underway. last year's recession was less severe than first thought. that's according to revised figures. the for office national statistics found the economy still shrunk for two quarters in a row, but the total contraction over that six month penod contraction over that six month period dropped from 0.5% to 0.1. a responding to the figures, the

chancellor, jeremy hunt, says the government's plan is working despite the bank of england predicting the longest recession in 100 years. >> in fact , gdp grew, albeit >> in fact, gdp grew, albeit marginally, last year. >> in fact, gdp grew, albeit marginally, last year . that's marginally, last year. that's obviously very welcome. but one of the ways that we're going to help that growth is by supporting families get back into work with a big child care offer and what will be a hammer blow to those families is that just this week, labour have said that they may refuse to guarantee that free childcare for every child over nine months. that will be a huge disappointment to many families. >> thames water shareholders are refusing to inject extra funding to keep it afloat unless the regulator allows bills to rise. the shareholders were due to invest half £1 billion before the end of the month, but they've withheld it because they say the business plan is uninvestable. it's understood shareholders wanted ofwat to allow a 40% bill hike over five years for customers, and leniency on penalties for

breaking regulations . drivers breaking regulations. drivers are being warned to expect long delays as millions set off on their easter getaway trips. the rac has warned that journeys on popular routes could take twice as long as the bank holiday weekend coincides with the beginning of the easter holidays. it's predicted around 14 million journeys are expected to be made , with many this to be made, with many this afternoon seeing some of the worst congestion . well, you can worst congestion. well, you can get the latest on all of our stories by scanning the qr code, which you can find on our later programs. and indeed, you can get the details on our website gb news .com/ alerts. now it's back to ben and . bev. back to ben and. bev. >> good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom on gb news this morning with me, bev turner and ben leo in for andrew pierce. now a manhunt is underway after a man armed with

a zombie blade attacked another man a train broad daylight man on a train in broad daylight in other passengers . if in front of other passengers. if you're watching on the a you're watching on the tv, a warning that the images we're about distressing. about to show are distressing. we've modify them we've chosen to modify them a little bit for your sake, in fact. yeah. >> so the images circulating on social media show a man wearing a face mask and wielding a large blade. police stopped the train and paramedics attended the scene, but the suspect got away. >> so the victim has been taken to hospital with life threatening injuries. it's another shocking example of lawless britain. knife crime rose in london alone by 22% last yeah >> our reporter, ray allison, is live now in bromley. good morning ray. thanks forjoining us. what's the latest ? any us. what's the latest? any closer to finding this, i was about to call him a gentleman, but clearly not this man. >> well, the manhunt is still underway, and police saying they're increasing their presence at this station. and others in the area. but commuters here at shortlands telling me that they've been deeply disturbed by this and all

too frequent now are instances of violence that they witness on the railway network. we know that the police were informed of this incident just before 4:00 yesterday, and the footage then posted on social media, this shocking footage of this man standing over another, the victim he's repeatedly stabbing and slashing at him with that large knife . and of course, large knife. and of course, members of the public, clearly disturbed in the carriage and calling emergency services. i spoke to one person who was in the next carriage on that train. they wanted their identity to be hidden because they're on this train line every day . they say train line every day. they say they asked us to call her sophie. this is what she had to tell us. tell me about yesterday's events . yesterday's events. >> i was on the train with my daughter and it was really, really scary. and i just i'm actually horrified that something like this happen something like this can happen in shortlands and in our lovely shortlands and bromley. i just. i can't bromley. and ijust. i can't believe it. i actually cannot believe it. i actually cannot believe it. i actually cannot believe it. and it's a shame that young people can actually

do this to each other. that young people can actually do this to each other . well, that young people can actually do this to each other. well, i'm guessing that they're young because, know, was because, you know, there was lots youngsters around, so lots of youngsters around, so i was the next carriage, i was was in the next carriage, i was walking through to find out what was happening . and obviously at was happening. and obviously at the time i didn't realise. and it's only afterwards that i realised and we all had to get off beckenham junction . off at beckenham junction. >> could you hear? >> what could you hear? >> what could you hear? >> i heard a lot of shouting , >> i heard a lot of shouting, screaming, panic, people on phones and there was a lot of people that ran off the train . people that ran off the train. but obviously i don't know if that's anything to do with what had actually happened or people just running because they're scared and that's it. >> where the train stopped at beckenham junction . what beckenham junction. what happened? can you describe the events that followed? what was panic? >> everyone was in panic. i thought someone had a heart attack and, there was people on phones. as i say, people ran through beckenham junction through beckenham junction through the doors and there was a panic . and then we a major panic. and then we realised that the train has come to a halt in terms of violence like this. >> we've been speaking to people

here and they're saying that instances of violence on british transport are increasing. is that recognise? >> is and it's really >> it is, it is and it's really upsetting. and i do have a son myself, so i just actually myself, so i just i actually don't want to move and do don't want him to move and do anything because it just worries me british transport >> well, british transport police say that the victim remains in hospital with serious injuries. his family has been informed. and of course, this manhunt is very much underway . manhunt is very much underway. >> okay. thank you. ray. we will, of course, keep everybody at home. posted on that story. if you hear anything, i've no doubt that ray will letter just such appalling footage. >> i saw it yesterday online. absolutely appalling. the absolutely appalling. and the total life . you total disregard for life. you know, it's just brutal what is going on. >> absolutely brutal. and i think it raises the issue very much of security on public transport as well. i want to see security guards on every single train and bus. if we're being encouraged to get out of our cars , this the risk you're on. >> but you have got involved in that. would you have tried? >> no, i don't think i would

actually if i was on that actually men, if i was on that train, would you have expected me involved? me to get involved? i was watching was exactly watching it and that was exactly what going through my mind what was going through my mind is would i have got is would we would i have got involved would i wanted involved or would i have wanted to my son on the floor to if it was my son on the floor being like that, then being stabbed like that, then absolutely. would want absolutely. you would want somebody get involved. somebody to get involved. but there or 4 men, as there were about 3 or 4 men, as we could see, just sat on the seats, actually not getting involved. knife like involved. but the knife was like this. it's like a machete. i don't how you could don't know how you could overpower somebody. >> in >> i've always said in situations that, i'd like situations like that, i'd like to i would get involved situations like that, i'd like to stopi would get involved situations like that, i'd like to stopi wibul get involved situations like that, i'd like to stopi wibul get iyou'vei and stop it. but also, you've got the risk reward. got to weigh up the risk reward. you certain least 2 or you need a certain at least 2 or 3 other people to help you, because goes you're because if it goes wrong, you're getting knifed as well. so it all depends. and it's to all depends. and it's easy to talk. know, you're talk. you know, when you're not in moment. talk. you know, when you're not in it moment. talk. you know, when you're not in it does moment. talk. you know, when you're not in it does gb moment. talk. you know, when you're not in it does gb views)ment. talk. you know, when you're not in it does gb views atent. talk. you know, when you're not in it does gb views at gb news. >> it does gb views at gb news. com is the email address. let us know to story know your reaction to that story right now. >> is going be >> this is going to be interesting. who interesting. a teacher who lost his job what he said was his for job what he said was his refusal to use a student's preferred has had his preferred pronouns, has had his unfair rejected. unfair dismissal claim rejected. >> remember this unfair dismissal claim rejected. >> lister remember this unfair dismissal claim rejected. >> lister taught1ember this unfair dismissal claim rejected. >> lister taught maths this unfair dismissal claim rejected. >> lister taught maths fors unfair dismissal claim rejected. >> lister taught maths for 18 kevin lister taught maths for 18 years college, swindon, kevin lister taught maths for 18 yea|he college, swindon, kevin lister taught maths for 18 yea|he then.lege, swindon, kevin lister taught maths for 18 yea|he then.lege, s'fordon, kevin lister taught maths for 18 yea|he then.lege, s'for gross but he was then sacked for gross misconduct up to the

misconduct in the lead up to the hearing, it quote, hearing, he said it was, quote, not the a teacher to not the role of a teacher to confirm gender transition of confirm the gender transition of a but carol kitching, was >> but carol kitching, who was the at the time, the school's head at the time, said dismissed his said he wasn't dismissed for his beliefs for the way beliefs but rather for the way he, and treated he, quote, harassed and treated the well. the student well. >> we are delighted to say that kevin joins us kevin lister joins us exclusively now after this, result yesterday . good morning result yesterday. good morning kevin, thank you so much for giving us your time. just initially your reflections, please, on the tribunal yesterday . yesterday. >> i am devastated. ijust yesterday. >> i am devastated. i just don't >> i am devastated. ijust don't know what to say. the statement that carol kitching has just said, that it was the way that i harassed and discriminated against student a it's nonsense and we you know, i'd like to think i demonstrated that, in the in the hearing, there was one conversation i had with student a that was at the end of, a class when she was, considering entering a girls maths competition. and i was encouraging her to do the, the competition. she got very emotional. i said, is it your

decision to transition that's upsetting you? yes. she said , upsetting you? yes. she said, and i explained to her the risks associated with as best as i possibly could, and she went away and said she'd think about it . then entered the it. and then she entered the girls competition. thought, girls competition. so i thought, well, it well, she had thought about it and concluded that she and maybe she concluded that she was after didn't was a girl after all, and didn't need boy and nothing need to be a boy and nothing much. happened , and then much. then happened, and then in, january. so this, this first conversation with student a was in september, then in january, her friend, student b, stays behind after class and demands on instructs me that i need to refer to student a as a male. and then, i tried to explain to her why i thought that was a bad idea, and why she should maybe try and, you know , help and be a try and, you know, help and be a friend. and with a critical friend. and with a critical friend rather than just a, you know, a, you know, a kind friend , you know, to be to be a critical friend. and i tried to give her a reason to why i thought it was you know, the

thought it was a, you know, the idea transitioning as bad idea of transitioning as a bad idea. and that's the only two conversations i had. the conversations i had. the conversation i had with student b, that five minute conversation at the end of the class where she me how to behave she instructed me how to behave and the only and basically the only instruction i had to use, incorrect pronouns was from student b. that was the sole thing that was used to support the claim of discrimination and harassment. >> so, kevin, apparently you wrote the students what they call their deadname, their previous gendered name on a whiteboard. and that was one of the pivotal moments that i understand. correct me if i'm wrong, that you lost the tribunal . tribunal. >> yeah. that's right. and to, you know, i'm trying to encourage the girls in the class to, to , to, to enter this, maths to, to, to, to enter this, maths competition and i write the girls names down and, and to be quite frank , it was about a week quite frank, it was about a week and a half after, she'd asked , and a half after, she'd asked, and, you know , did you know, did and, you know, did you know, did you know you were, were writing the previous name or were you

doing it deliberately to make a point? i didn't do it point? yeah. i didn't do it deliberately to make a point. it's i'm writing girls it's just i'm writing girls names up girls maths names to go up in a girls maths competition. i'd raised a safeguarding and i'd safeguarding concern and i'd asked, did we have parental consent before we supported this social transition? the only response i got from safeguarding is the college policy is not to tell the parents. >> so you're safe. you're just to be clear, when a teacher raises a safeguarding concern, it can be that there's concerns about the home life of that child, may be that they're at risk concerned risk somehow. you're concerned in that situation was that the parents might being kept in parents might be being kept in the dark about this pupil's decision , correct? decision, correct? >> yeah, yeah. and i didn't want to go and support that social transition that the safeguarding asked three things. it asked was the parental consent . was she the parental consent. was she making an informed decision and was she at risk of self—medicating with cross—sex hormones, which are easily available on online now. and so the college the college response

was our policy is not to tell parents they couldn't answer. question two. couldn't answer question three. they gave me no guidance at all. zero. so i was basically supposed to go into the class and make up my, you know, my own rules as to what i was supposed to do and obviously the rules. >> you taught there for 18 years at college swindon. could at new college in swindon. could you other ? you think of any other? >> sorry, just correct that. >> sorry, just to correct that. so at new college, so i've been at new college, swindon for just over year at swindon for just over a year at that i taught previously, that point. i taught previously, so i've been teaching maths for it so i was it for 18 years, so i was relatively new to new college, swindon and i wasn't at all swindon and, and i wasn't at all aware of this completely trans affirmative, culture and policy that was, you know, way more extreme than, than, than ever. i had expected . had expected. >> could you think of any other instances in which you might raise a concern about a child? and the discussion is you and the discussion is that you don't tell the parents, i can't no, so that's the bit and the safeguarding policy of the

college , one of the things was college, one of the things was to engage the with the parents, it's just beyond me that that we can we can have something like that. the other thing that i said as well, in the safeguarding concern was, in light of the keyona bell case, then we need to be very careful and, and the keira bell case, one of the things that it said was that the, the, that the transitioning is basically experimental medication. there is no evidence in science behind it at all. and that was one of the things that i brought out in the things that i brought out in the hearing that it is a non—evidence based ideological precedent which has caused and can cause serious harm. >> what does what does this mean for you now, kevin, where are you left professionally? personally emotionally, so the college referred me to the dbs , college referred me to the dbs, and the dbs, put me on the on

the, on the children's barred list, so i can't i you know, i can't teach again ever. in the rest of my life. i can't drive a van for tesco's, you know, one of the things that i did was, to, to get my van driving qualification . but then a lot of qualification. but then a lot of the delivery companies actually require dbs clearance, so there's nothing i can do. >> we were slightly running out of time, but wouldn't it? >> i'm just thinking now, do you regret this? would it have just been say. yeah, been easier to say. yeah, whatever. don't if you been easier to say. yeah, what don't regret this at all. >> no, don't regret this at all. i would, i would do the same thing. i would safeguarding thing. i would put safeguarding first. happened first. what has happened is we have , the equality act have allowed, the equality act and any ideology completely and any ideology to completely usurp, you know, our obligations to, to safeguard and to ensure safe spaces for children. the whole thing has, has now become, you know , become upside down. you know, become upside down. >> okay, kevin. thank you so much for your time this morning. we wish you all the best, kevin lister there, the teacher who has thanks, kevin. has lost his job. thanks, kevin.

>> swindon said in >> new college, swindon said in a we are pleased a statement. we are pleased to confirm complaints confirm that the complaints of unfair and unfair dismissal and discrimination of discrimination on the grounds of religion been religion or belief have been dismissed. is a sensitive dismissed. this is a sensitive issue individuals issue and individuals are entitled personal entitled to their personal beliefs. a thorough investigation resulted mr investigation resulted in mr lister dismissed for lister being dismissed for actions that were deemed discriminatory, causing significant upset and potential harm to student amounting harm to a student amounting to gross misconduct , harm to a student amounting to gross misconduct, and not simply for gender critical for holding gender critical beliefs. is a big concern, beliefs. it is a big concern, especially for parents whose kids are starting school imminently. maybe this year or next, going to happen in next, what is going to happen in a couple of years when your children potentially come home from think they're from class, you think they're learning and learning a decent education and they , mum, dad, i want to they say, mum, dad, i want to change gender. what do you do? >> no doubt you will have some opinions on that. know. opinions on that. let us know. don't debate

gb news. did you know that on april the sixth, the new law will come into force, making it easier for workers to request flexible hours? yes. >> currently, staff need have

>> currently, staff need to have worked for 26 worked for their employer for 26 weeks to work from home. worked for their employer for 26 wee under to work from home. worked for their employer for 26 wee under the :o work from home. worked for their employer for 26 wee under the new rk from home. worked for their employer for 26 wee under the new rulesm home. worked for their employer for 26 wee under the new rules ,i home. worked for their employer for 26 wee under the new rules , they'll but under the new rules, they'll have the right to ask for it on their first day of employment . their first day of employment. so once and for all so is it time once and for all to working from home? to scrap working from home? joining former joining us now is former apprentice star ryan mark parsons journalist parsons and broadcast journalist judha parsons and broadcast journalist judita dasilva. good morning to you both, mark, come on then, work from home on the first day. what's that about ? what's that about? >> well, the whole thing >> well, i think the whole thing is ridiculous . >> well, i think the whole thing is ridiculous. i >> well, i think the whole thing is ridiculous . i can speak for a is ridiculous. i can speak for a lot of people my age. i'm 23, and i think it really stifles your professional development if you're not going into the office. and i looked at examples in the financial sector, for example, goldman sachs, which are acquiring all of their staff now to go into work for five days a week. and even with jp morgan, for example , as well, morgan, for example, as well, 2000 of their managing directors have go in to the office full have to go in to the office full time to train the junior staff. and i welcome these changes. the ceo of goldman sachs actually said working from home is an aberration, and i completely and utterly agree. i think the more

people that go into the office, the better. i think it's great for your professional development. i think it's great for socialising outside of work and even inside of work, getting to see people face to face. i think that's what business and networking is all about. instead of doing it two dimensionally behind a computer which behind a computer screen, which i think is utterly ridiculous, quite frankly . so that's what quite frankly. so that's what i think. thank you. >> mark judita , let me bring you >> mark judita, let me bring you in. this is the kind of thing that actually working mothers particularly were trying to campaign for decades. i would say it might be one of the best things that came out of lockdowns . lockdowns. >> indeed, i think it's actually perfect that you've got both of us talking about this, because he's mentioned that he's in his 20s and he's male. i'm not and i'm female . and it makes sense i'm female. and it makes sense that when you're younger and you don't have the same kinds of responsibilities that women have to agree. i to carry, i completely agree. i would love to be in the office, get the working environment , get the working environment, forge relationships. but when you big, big age and

you get to my big, big age and you get to my big, big age and you have other other things to contend working from home, contend with, working from home, it gives you the flexibility you need. where i keep working need. where i can keep working or you can deal with it. the, responsibilities and responsibilities of family and the constantly moving pieces you are constantly juggling. no one is saying you work less, you work in a more efficient way . work in a more efficient way. that enables you deal with that enables you to deal with all that would all the things that would normally to for normally require you to ask for time not come normally require you to ask for tintoday? not come normally require you to ask for tintoday? but not come normally require you to ask for tintoday? but no, not come normally require you to ask for tintoday? but no, i'm not come normally require you to ask for tintoday? but no, i'm still come in today? but no, i'm still working. but i might be working from my car. i'm on the phone while picking up a kid. i'm at the office while on my the doctor's office while on my laptop. why it it laptop. that is why it makes it more functional you are now more functional that you are now starting to accommodate the different that different facets of life that different facets of life that different . different. >> ryan, to interrupt you, >> ryan, sorry to interrupt you, ryan. means that ryan. this basically means that you blokes don't understand how much women actually much we women can actually achieve whilst we're looking after relatives, looking after elderly relatives, looking after elderly relatives, looking after , dealing with after the children, dealing with all that, and we still managed to do all work need to do all the work we need to do. that you're as do. it's just that you're not as good us. good as us. >> well, of course, i mean, look, listen, i think that's a really patronising argument. of course understand the

course men understand the responsibilities of women, but what i would say to working women is to find a solution to deaung women is to find a solution to dealing with your children that you're looking after. and you can, you know, i have friends that have children and they work and they manage to find childcare solutions. that's what i would say to that. and the idea, yeah , of working from a idea, yeah, of working from a doctor's office with a laptop. what are these distractions? you're talking. >> sorry, sorry . we're going to >> sorry, sorry. we're going to have to cut you short a fascinating debate. >> i want to have carry this on another day. guys, we barely scratched there. scratched the surface there. thank much for thank you both so much for your time. been a very rapid time. it's been a very rapid first half hour. don't go anywhere. here's weather anywhere. here's the weather with greg dewhurst. that was really . really. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good morning . welcome

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>> 10 am. on thursday, the 28th of march. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me. bev turner and ben leo sitting in standing in today for andrew pierce. >> good morning to you. manhunt underway. a man is in a life threatening condition after being stabbed on a train in

london in broad daylight. ray addison latest . addison has the latest. >> police say the incident started here with two men fighting at shortlands station , fighting at shortlands station, and ended with a frenzied knife attack in front of horrified passengers. i'll have details from a passenger who was on board that train . board that train. >> i will, so king charles is going to be giving us his mom day message today. he's going to thank those who extend the hand of friendship in times of need. in his easter message. >> and the teacher who was sacked for refusing to abide by a pupil's gender pronouns. kevin lister exclusively spoke to britain's newsroom this morning after losing a tribunal that accused him, and where he was found guilty of humiliating a pupil. here's what he said earlier i am devastated , i just earlier i am devastated, ijust don't know what to say, the statement that carol kitching has just said that it was the

way that i harassed and discriminated against student a is nonsense. >> let us know your thoughts on all the discussion points this morning . vaiews@gbnews.com. morning. vaiews@gbnews.com. we're also going to be letting you what the traffic might you know what the traffic might be like on this bank holiday. >> it's also meant to be a washout isn't it? is it? yeah, i think so. >> oh don't tell me that there was there stat saying was a there was a stat saying that the months have was a there was a stat saying that tthe months have was a there was a stat saying that tthe wettestronths have was a there was a stat saying that tthe wettestron' record 'e was a there was a stat saying that tthe wettestron' record in been the wettest on record in england, and i put a tweet out this morning saying, so much for global this morning saying, so much for glo but has sparked all >> but that has sparked all sorts angry responses from sorts of angry responses from the you know who brigade. >> ben. that >> very mischievous ben. that and more this morning. and a lot more this morning. first your latest first of all, your very latest news armstrong. news with karen armstrong. >> and a very good morning to you. it's 10:02 >> and a very good morning to you. it's10:02 i'm karen armstrong. well as you've just been hearing, police are

searching for a suspect after searching for a suspectrafter a on a london train stabbing on a london train yesterday afternoon. a warning if you're watching on tv, there are some distressing images to follow. a graphic footage shared on social media. it shows a masked man attacking another man with a large knife, while concerned passengers can be heard calling for help. it happened just before 4 pm. between shortlands and beckenham junction on a train bound for victoria station. the victim has been taken to hospital with life threatening injuries and a manhunt is underway , an manhunt is underway, an eyewitness told gb news reporter ray addison the attack took place in front of children. >> i was on the train with my daughter and it was really, really scary and i just i'm actually horrified that something like this can happen in our lovely shortlands and bromley, and i just. i can't bromley, and ijust. i can't believe it . i actually cannot believe it. i actually cannot believe it. i actually cannot believe it. i actually cannot believe it. and shame believe it. and it's a shame that young people can actually do this to each other. i was in the next carriage i was walking through find what was through to find out what was happening , and obviously at the happening, and obviously at the time i didn't realise and it's only afterwards that i realised

and to off at and we all had to get off at beckenham junction . beckenham junction. >> well, police >> well, former met police detective bleksley says detective peter bleksley says this sort of behaviour has become the norm for emergency services . services. >> it's a terrifying experience for anybody who's unfortunate enough to be on that train, i'm sure, but of course not out of the ordinary for the 999 responders, the paramedics and the police who will have attended this dreadful incident because this is the kind of thing they witness and see the results of only too often, i'm afraid, in great britain in 2024, last year's recession was less severe than first thought, according to revised figures. >> the office for national statistics found the economy still shrunk for two quarters in a row, but the total contraction over that six month period dropped from 0.5% to 0.1 percent, a responding to the figures, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, says the government's plan is working despite the bank of england predicting the longest

recession in 100 years. >> in fact, gdp grew , albeit >> in fact, gdp grew, albeit marginally, last year. that's obviously very welcome, but one of the ways that we're going to help that growth is by supporting families get back into work with a big childcare offer and what will be a hammer blow to those families is that just this week, labour have said that they may refuse to guarantee that free childcare for every child over nine months. that will be a huge disappointment to many families. >> meanwhile, the chancellor says he believes thames water is solvent despite shareholders withholding extra cash to keep it afloat. shareholders were due to invest half £1 billion before the end of the month, but they've withheld it because they say the business plans uninvestable they want the regulator, ofwat, to increase customer bills by up to 40% over five years. it comes after damaging data on the scale of raw sewage being pumped into britain's waterways was released this week dangerous levels this week amid dangerous levels of e.coli . but we are going to

of e.coli. but we are going to hear now from the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer. let's tune in for that and some advice for all of you. >> if you're thinking of getting in a round with ange , don't be in a round with ange, don't be tempted by her favourite drink , tempted by her favourite drink, the venom cocktail, or you'll live to regret it . thank you, live to regret it. thank you, richard, for your introduction . richard, for your introduction. we are so excited about the vision you have for the west midlands and as angela said, it's great to be here in dudley to launch labour's local election campaign. the path to changing britain to national renewal starts and begins . renewal starts and begins. here. and you can take it from me. we're not playing for a draw .

we're not playing for a draw. we're not playing for a draw. we're looking to win in dudley. looking to win in the west midlands, right across the country from hastings to hartlepool. a changed labour party on the march on your side return to the service of working people. >> but look, i do have to be honest , i was >> but look, i do have to be honest, i was hoping we'd be launching a different election campaign here today, but the prime minister bottled it. he wants one last drawn out summer tour with his beloved helicopter. so we need to send him another message , show his him another message, show his party once again that their time is up. the dithering must stop the date must be set. britain wants change and it's time for change. with .

change. with. labour. >> because the choice at these elections is exactly the same as it will be later this year. stability with labour or more chaos with the tories. unity or division? renewal or decline ? a division? renewal or decline? a changed labour party ready to serve the interests of working people, or a conservative party that has forgotten how to serve anything other than itself . and anything other than itself. and we can all see the consequences . we can all see the consequences. their failure is visible in every community in britain. the sewage in our rivers , the sewage in our rivers, the ambulances that don't come, the schools crumbling over our children's heads, mortgage and rent payments through the roof. and now , on top of this, this and now, on top of this, this yeah

and now, on top of this, this year, your council tax rising . a year, your council tax rising. a new tory stealth tax coming soon to your letterbox, £300 per household. and they hope that you won't notice. in fact, they tell you that they're cutting your taxes while at the same time they're rifling through your back pocket . give with one your back pocket. give with one hand and take even more with the other. and on and on and on it goes. say the right thing. do the exact opposite. say we're all in this together, but decimate your public services. say there's no downside for business, but rush through a careless brexit deal . say this careless brexit deal. say this is for ordinary people, but crash the economy to give tax cuts to the richest 1. a party thatis cuts to the richest 1. a party that is now so desperate, so broken by its failure to address your problems that it has

completely cut itself adrift from the responsibility of service, reduced with no record to defend, to exploiting britain's problems for the politics of division . but look, politics of division. but look, here's the good news they don't get to choose . you don't have to get to choose. you don't have to take it anymore. you can stop them. and that's the beauty of democracy, the power of the vote rests in your hands. and on the 2nd of may, you can reject the chaos. 2nd of may, you can reject the chaos . you can reject division. chaos. you can reject division. you can reject decline and vote for national renewal with . labouh because make no mistake, labour has a plan to get britain's future back. a plan to drag politics in this country, back

to service , tilt our economy to service, tilt our economy back towards the interests of working people. get us building again, working again , growing again, working again, growing again, working again, growing again by unlocking the pride and potential of communities like dudley. and that's what we'll . dudley. and that's what we'll. that's what we'll be campaigning on during these elections. and look, i know some of you may have heard this kind of thing before in fact, as ann said, this is the reason we came to dudley to launch this campaign , dudley to launch this campaign, because of course, it was right here that the former prime minister, well, actually the former former prime minister, if i'm going to be accurate, gave his big levelling up speech a project. he said would turn the tide on regional inequality in this country and give a fair share to towns like dudley . and, share to towns like dudley. and, you know, people say to me , the.

you know, people say to me, the. is to prey on people's fear. you know, people say to me, the. is to prey on people's fear . yet is to prey on people's fear. yet in some ways , preying on their in some ways, preying on their hopesis in some ways, preying on their hopes is just as bad. and that's what the tories did with levelling up. of course, it struck a chord . of course, struck a chord. of course, a town like dudley wanted that hope to be real. not just the promise of a better future . we promise of a better future. we all need that. it's also how that project knowingly spoke to what towns like this have lost the way of life that disappeared appeared when the factories or pits closed. the community, the security, the chest out pride that grows when you are certain your contribution is respected. that what you do, what you make matters, and not just for your family , but for your community, family, but for your community, your country, and even beyond our shores. a pride that looked out to the world and said, this

is our place , this is who we are is our place, this is who we are now. it was still here, but the same is true of shipbuilding in towns like hartlepool, car manufacturing across the region, mining everywhere from the chalk and clay of essex to the coal seams of the midlands and the north. i mean, look at the names of our football clubs, stoke city, the potters star bridge just down the road, the glassboys and stockport, the hatters . now that pride is still hatters. now that pride is still there, of course it is. and why not? i think stockport gunning for promotion , but over the for promotion, but over the years it's a pride that's become a little less sure of the ground beneath its feet , in need of beneath its feet, in need of a stronger foundation, a government willing to see communities like this not as a charity case or a political client, but as a source of

growth and dynamism, ready to be unlocked. a partnership where politics offers you service rather than turning its back once it's counted your vote. now, we understand that in the labour party. trust me, what towns like this have been through over the decades? it's our history, our communities, and in many cases, the story which has shaped our families . which has shaped our families. my which has shaped our families. my dad was a toolmaker. he worked in a factory. he always felt particularly in the 80s, that he was looked down upon and disrespected, but equally , my disrespected, but equally, my sister is a care worker now, so i will never accept that it's only the work of the past which deserves our pride and respect. and that was the great lesson of the pandemic. it showed exactly who made up the backbone of britain the carers, the couriers , the driving, the teaching

assistants, the warehouse workers, the supermarket staff, the nurses and the paramedics , the nurses and the paramedics, the nurses and the paramedics, the working people of this country. my labour party stands with you and that's my biggest frustration with these 14 wasted years. it's not just the stagnation, not just the price working people have paid . it's working people have paid. it's also the countless missed opportunities to give working people the power to drive our country forward, to bring people together outside of a crisis. unlock that pride, people have for their community, and harness it to change our country. now, levelling up is a good ambition for britain. taking back control if it means control for

communities , not politicians in communities, not politicians in westminster, that is absolutely essential for growth . but moving essential for growth. but moving forward requires not just a new plan , but also a fundamental plan, but also a fundamental shift in how we govern . shift in how we govern. britain's got an economy that hoards potential and a politics that hoards power. and it's no coincidence, no accident, that hoards power. and it's no coincidence, no accident , that coincidence, no accident, that this leaves us with more regional inequality than anywhere else in europe . so if anywhere else in europe. so if we want to change our economy , we want to change our economy, we want to change our economy, we must also change our politics. and both these goals require things we know the tories will never deliver. economic stability, a commitment to service , a recognition that to service, a recognition that the sticking plaster approach to investment that cost britain more in the long run, that economic growth is not something that those at the top hand down

to the rest of the country , and to the rest of the country, and that a more dangerous world needs a more dynamic government prepared to step in alongside business and communities to deliver the security that working people need. but perhaps most of all, it needs an end to politics that is done to communities , not with done to communities, not with them. no more political hero complexes, no more fantasies , no complexes, no more fantasies, no more easy answers that require nobody. politicians or anybody else to lift a finger . change else to lift a finger. change comes from us all. i mean that the tory era of politics has performance art is coming to an end . but to performance art is coming to an end. but to get performance art is coming to an end . but to get britain out of end. but to get britain out of this hole, we all need to roll up our sleeves. national renewal

is a partnership, and i'm not here to tell you everything will be easy. that's what happened. four years ago. labour will give you a plan . we'll give you new you a plan. we'll give you new powers to make a difference in your community. but look around your community. but look around your country . we need you . after your country. we need you. after everything you've been through in the past 14 years, i know this is a hard request to make. i know how little faith there is in politics to make a difference. but in your heart of hearts, i expect you know that this is what britain needs right now and coming together. after all the chaos and division behind a credible long firm plan, a plan to back your potential , match your plan, a plan to back your potential, match your ambition, unlock your pride so together we get britain's future back.

so here's what voting labour means this year. the change we offer for your community and our country. the new foundation we lay together that will give your family more security. unlock your community's potential and generate economic growth from the whole country. it's a plan that starts as it must with economic stability. i mean, just look at the tories now once again in desperation, committing to the mad menace of unfunded tax cuts. £46 billion to abolish national insurance with no way of funding it. other than risky borrowing or cutting your pension and nhs, they're the only choices, whether they admit it or not. it's like they think liz truss never happened . and

liz truss never happened. and maybe for their bills, for their for mortgage, their cost of living, it didn't. but out here beyond the walls of westminster, working people have paid an enormous price. no policies have to be paid for. every pound is precious . and this labour party, precious. and this labour party, with rachel reeves as chancellor will value every pound as if it's yours . because at the end it's yours. because at the end of the day , it is. of the day, it is. >> that was sir keir starmer launching his election campaign, speaking in the west midlands. hopefully you're still with us, after that, what are you suggesting ? suggesting? >> well, he he doesn't for me, i'm afraid he has a kind of voice that he's very easy to, to zone out of , you know, he spent zone out of, you know, he spent a lot of time there telling us how bad the country is in for me. wasted words. people are well aware of how difficult things are at the moment. don't tell tell us what

tell us that. tell us what you're going to actually do. i didn't hear lot of me didn't hear an awful lot of me on bones of that. there was on the bones of that. there was a of brush strokes as a lot of broad brush strokes as there with keir there often is with keir starmer. there often is with keir sta well, that the problem? >> well, isn't that the problem? that's disillusionment that's the disillusionment from the this the the electorate that this is the uni conservative and uni party, the conservative and labour are pretty much the same thing . net zero, uncontrolled thing. net zero, uncontrolled mass migration, gender ideology. labouh mass migration, gender ideology. labour, it's argued, would go further on that high tax , low further on that high tax, low growth. and he talks about liz truss raising mortgages . i'm truss raising mortgages. i'm sorry sir keir. you were wrong. inflation crippled the entire world. was liz truss in charge in the us when mortgage rates spiked to 7.8. no, no she wasn't. >> he's playing with a very straight bat isn't he. he didn't say anything to controversial at the moment. i think the feeling is just keep simple . talk is we just keep it simple. talk about nostalgia. it's very nostalgic speech . there he was nostalgic speech. there he was talking, wasn't he, about his father being a toolmaker ? father being a toolmaker? >> i haven't heard that before. >> i haven't heard that before. >> in factory. no, that's >> in the factory. no, that's that's a one on me, but that's a new one on me, but also, if you're to talk also, if you're going to talk about factories toolmakers, about factories and toolmakers, what going to

what are you actually going to do about people's jobs in those sorts of industries which are being stolen by ai and the tech revolution ? tell us that don't revolution? tell us that don't just hark back because he's not going to rip all that out and go back to the good old days when a man did a good day's work with his hands. that's not what he's suggesting, but he's not telling us he's actually to us what he's actually going to do. only things from >> one of the only things from that did inspire was him that that did inspire me was him talking in talking about the pollution in our waterways and rivers, because by seaside in because living by the seaside in sussex, times sussex, the amount of times southern water. going to southern water. and i'm going to call again, the they call you out again, the way they behave is absolutely vile. every other pumping sewage other week, pumping raw sewage into the sea where me and my kids can't swimming. so if kids can't go swimming. so if they're sort that out, they're going to sort that out, then maybe that's thing. then maybe that's a good thing. but as for everything else, you need party, the water company are not here. a big debate on this. yesterday, 4,000,000 hours of raw sewage pumped into our seas and rivers last year. and there was a story the there was a story doing the rounds today. >> you see that? there was >> did you see that? there was a massive e.coli in the massive amounts of e.coli in the river for the boat. river thames for the boat. when's race? this when's the boat race? this

weekend. if weekend. so yeah, good luck if you're toes into you're dipping your toes into that water down there. >> right. up next we're to >> right. up next we're going to have reaction the have your reaction to the interview the top of interview we did at the top of the show with this former teacher, lister, was teacher, kevin lister, who was sacked wouldn't call teacher, kevin lister, who was sipupil wouldn't call teacher, kevin lister, who was sipupil by wouldn't call teacher, kevin lister, who was sipupil by the wouldn't call teacher, kevin lister, who was sipupil by the pronouns dn't call teacher, kevin lister, who was sipupil by the pronouns that call a pupil by the pronouns that they preferred. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> welcome back. good morning to you. it's 1025. this >> welcome back. good morning to you. it's1025. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me. ben leo in for andrew pierce and bev turner. >> we're going to go back to the west midlands now. labour are launching election launching their local election campaign launching their local election canwe gn get the country's >> we will get the country's future back . but your future back. but your destination, your decisions, the pride that defines who you are that belongs to you.

and there is a power in that . a and there is a power in that. a power which i believe can change this country . let power which i believe can change this country. let me put it this way . at some point in your life, way. at some point in your life, many people here will have heard a doubting voice inside saying, no, this isn't for you. you don't belong here. you can't do that normally used at half past working class. people certainly hear that voice. trust me . and hear that voice. trust me. and in a strange way , perhaps it's in a strange way, perhaps it's that kind of insecurity. industrial communities feel when they look to the future . but they look to the future. but imagine if instead, a whole country said, you do belong in. imagine if a whole country said, we back your potential . imagine we back your potential. imagine if a whole country commits properly to unlocking the pride you have for your community.

then look what we could build a britain where every contribution is equally respected, where you don't have to change who you are just to get on where whatever your background, you can feel certain that your effort will be rewarded. the future will be better for your children. a britain strong enough for you to invest your hope, your potential, your pride. a country we can build together . that is we can build together. that is the change we offer. that is britain's future . to get it britain's future. to get it back. vote labour on the 2nd of may. thank you very much . may. thank you very much. >> thank you . thank you >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you very much. thank you . fantastic to see you . all.

you. fantastic to see you. all. thank you very much . thank you . thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you . thank you. >> right . >> right. >> right. >> i'm now going to take a number of questions from the press. and i've got a list here. i'm going to start with mark from the express and star. do we have mark. mark, can i just say before you start , our before you start, our condolences, pete madeley, one of your journalists passed away . of your journalists passed away. last time i saw you was very ill, please pass our condolences to his family and to all of your staff. it must be a very, very difficult time for everybody at the express and star. >> yeah, well, thank you very much. that's much appreciated . much. that's much appreciated. aged 35 years ago, this was a bustling for living town for the big department stores. you could buy anything, since then , under

buy anything, since then, under both labour and conservative governments, it's been at best managed decline. it's suffered more than most towns have in this country, the moment the government has proposed the levelling up plans for, an eton college building and for the university, an eton college at a sixth form to give children from depnved sixth form to give children from deprived backgrounds a chance to get eton education and demolish the hippodrome theatre, to build a university campus. my questions are can do they become the thriving town it was in the 1970s, the thriving town it was in the 19705, 19805. the thriving town it was in the 1970s, 1980s. and what are your thoughts on these regeneration proposals that the present government is putting forward? are they enough and what would labour do differently, the answer to the question is yes. it can become a thriving town and place again, and i'm determined that it will. and the phrase you used then managed to decline is the phrase that should eat away at all of us, because that is the feeling in too many places across the

country. but for that to happen, we need a viable plan and we need to do the hard yards . and need to do the hard yards. and as angela said, levelling up is not a slogan. it's got to be a viable plan. and the hard yards of a plan that will actually work across the country. the number one mission of an incoming labour government will to be grow the economy, but not just to grow the economy , which just to grow the economy, which is vital, but to grow it in every place across the country , every place across the country, not to have it grown in some parts of the country and redistribution to be the one word answer for other places. so we work to rebuild dudley we will work to rebuild dudley and all the other places and cities across the country with the hard yards and the viable plan that we put forward this morning. thank you, mark, very much. got louis from itv much. i've got louis from itv central. hello louis. >> so first of all, i mean, some voters across towns like dudley, right across the midlands are still really unsure about whether labour really does have their best interests at heart. there's still a bit of

convincing to do there. i think . convincing to do there. i think. what can you say today that will convince people that that you do have their best interests at heart and given the fact that we are here in dudley today , i are here in dudley today, i wonder to what does the black country mean to you? >> look, i think i mean, >> well, look, i think i mean, this such a good question this is such a good question because most because one of the most important in politics is important things in politics is being that you get it. you being clear that you get it. you understand how people feel about about themselves, their family, their community, their place . their community, their place. and across the black country, it is important that we feel it. and across the black country, it is important that we feel it . we is important that we feel it. we understand it. that emotion that comes with place and we talk about managed decline. but alongside that, it's a huge pride. everywhere i go in the black country, there's an amazing pride people have in their street . their place, their high street. it means something to them. in many ways. i feel they're screaming out for a government that simply matches their ambition and comes up alongside it. so in terms of the emotional connection, i completely understand. the answer then is , understand. the answer then is, well, if you do understand how

well, if you do understand how we feel, what we want, the ambition that we have, and you're prepared to come up alongside us, have you got a viable plan do it? and that's viable plan to do it? and that's why local growth so why the local growth plan is so important, because local important, because that is local . it's based place. it's . it's based in place. it's about people with skin in the game playing their full part, but alongside a national strategy that works, that is hard yards . strategy that works, that is hard yards. so my strategy that works, that is hard yards . so my frustration of hard yards. so my frustration of the past 14 years, but particularly since 2019, is that in saying levelling up, the government was tapping into something real that people yearned for, but they didn't have a viable plan and they didn't do the hard yards? that's unforgivable. and we intend to turn that around and make sure that we can make that connection real and change places across the country. thank you for the black country. thank you for your . i'll go please, your question. i'll go please, to beth. okay. your question. i'll go please, to [so 1. okay. your question. i'll go please, to [so there y. your question. i'll go please, to [so there we go. so keir >> so there we go. so keir starmer, the labour leader launching his party's local election campaign in the west midlands, saying rishi midlands, saying that rishi sunak bottled it on calling a general election , said that

general election, said that bofis general election, said that boris johnson got it right on levelling up, taking a barb at rishi sunak for not doing enough to follow in his footsteps, and saying that the tories rule over the last 14 years were completely wasted. does that inspire you? beverley turner ? inspire you? beverley turner? >> well, i thought you were going to ask our audience then. ben, does it inspire me? not particularly. i can't lie . i particularly. i can't lie. i still don't know enough of what the vision is. what he's talking about, as i said, is a historical vision. how great britain was in the 1950s and 60s is all i heard. but we're not going back there. so what does that vision look like? what is his ideology? what are his values? does he stand on values? where does he stand on the march of technology? this is the march of technology? this is the things going the things that are going to affect people's lives. and i don't hear concrete policy ideas. >> they're also, crucially, lots of you in the inbox saying that there's no mention at all of migration, which arguably , when migration, which arguably, when it comes to the pressures on the nhs, our housing is one of the main catalysts for the issues we've got at the moment, collins

says on email. good morning. colin has just said that colin starmer has just said that his father was a toolmaker. colin starmer has just said that his fa her was a toolmaker. colin starmer has just said that his fa he certainly)olmakeh colin starmer has just said that his fa he certainly did1akeh colin starmer has just said that his fa he certainly did an ar. well, he certainly did an excellent job. and john says so everyone how labour will everyone saying how labour will win the next election, how long can it be before can we expect it to be before they nhs and the boats they fix the nhs and the boats crossing you crossing the channel, do you think, daniel has said to think, and daniel has said to vote for this man is open vote for this man is to open pandora's box? >> he doesn't do anything but talk. well, daniel, he would say, can't do anything yet say, i can't do anything yet when number 10. then when some in number 10. then watch kind things watch the kind of things that i will do. says. starmer will do. wendy says. starmer harps on about the last harps on and on about the last 14 conservative 14 years of conservative government, say government, but he doesn't say that labour bankrupted the country, leaving a note saying that money in the that there's no money in the pot. what a load of flannel reform way for me, reform all the way for me, right? keep your messages coming in gbviews@gbnews.com. still to come. this morning, the zebra crossing scandal in blackpool. that's right. we'll tell you all about it in just a moment. this

gb news. very good morning. 1038. so a manhunt is underway after a man armed with a zombie blade attacked another man on a train in broad daylight yesterday, in front of passengers . front of passengers. >> yeah, you've probably seen the horrendous footage online, but video circulating on social media man wearing face media shows a man wearing a face mask and wielding a large blade. and can hear passengers and you can also hear passengers screaming with terror on the video and one lady calling the police . police. >> so police stop the train. paramedics attended scene, >> so police stop the train. parethe dics attended scene, >> so police stop the train. parethe suspectnded scene, >> so police stop the train. parethe suspect goti scene, >> so police stop the train. parethe suspect got away. ;cene, >> so police stop the train. parethe suspect got away. thee, but the suspect got away. the victim has been taken to hospital life threatening hospital with life threatening injuries. our reporter fi harrison ray harrison is in bromley. ray i think we're just waiting for ray to come now. there's a manhunt going on, basically that's been going on, basically that's been going on, basically that's been going on for 24 hours or so now. >> so this guy is on the loose. if you've seen this massive blade, it's about ten inches at least. yeah, it must be the thing that shocked, shocked me about that footage when i watched it was the pure brutality of that moment of another human being inflicting so much , almost calm.

so much, almost calm. >> i know he was enraged, but it was a calm, premeditated. he didn't. he could have stopped at any point from stabbing that quy- >> guy- >> it's 9”!!- >> it's the complete disregard for life which we see frequently too much. unfortunately, ray addison's live in bromley now. we have morning. ray, we have him. good morning. ray, any man who is any update on this man who is on the loose? and are the public at risk ? risk? >> well, good morning to you both. well public here very concerned by this latest of concerned by this latest act of violence on the transport network. all too frequent. they say it's just a three minute journey from shortlands to beckenham junction. however in that time, a frenzied knife attack took place. i spoke to someone who was in the next carriage on that train . she carriage on that train. she wants her identity to be hidden. this is what she had tell us. this is what she had to tell us. tell me about yesterday's events. >> i was on the train with my daughter and it was really, really scary. and i just. i'm actually horrified that something like can happen something like this can happen in our lovely shortlands and bromley, and i just. i can't bromley, and ijust. i can't believe it. i actually cannot believe it. i actually cannot believe it. i actually cannot believe it. and shame believe it. and it's a shame that young people can actually do this to each other. well, i'm

guessing their young guessing that their young because, there was because, you know, there was lots around . so lots of youngsters around. so i was in the next carriage , i was was in the next carriage, i was walking through to find out what was happening. and obviously at the i didn't realise, the time i didn't realise, and it's afterwards i it's only afterwards that i realised and we all had to get off at beckenham junction. >> what could you hear? >> what could you hear? >> a lot of shouting, >> i heard a lot of shouting, screaming in panic, people on phones and there was a lot of people that ran off the train. but obviously i don't know if that's anything to do with what had actually happened or people just because they're just running because they're scared that's it. scared and that's it. >> well, the train stopped at beckenham junction . what beckenham junction. what happened? can you describe the events well it events that followed? well it was panic. >> everyone was in panic. i thought someone had a heart attack and, there was on attack and, there was people on phones. say, people ran phones. as i say, people ran through beckenham junction through beckenham junction through the doors and there was a major panic. and then we realised that the train has come to in terms violence to a halt in terms of violence like this. >> been speaking people >> we've been speaking to people here that here and they're saying that instances british instances of violence on british

transport increasing . is transport are increasing. is that something that you recognise? >> it is, it is. and it's really upsetting. and i have a son upsetting. and i do have a son myself, i i actually myself, so i just i actually don't want to and do don't want him to move and do anything it just worries anything because it just worries me . me. >> well, british transport police are saying the victim remains in hospital with serious, life threatening injuries that manhunt is very much underway with an increased police presence at stations. >> thank you ray, great stuff on the ground in bromley. >> thank you ray, great stuff on the ground in bromley . sadiq the ground in bromley. sadiq khan, one of the safest cities in the world, he says. london breaking in the couple of breaking in the last couple of minutes, attacker minutes, a serial sex attacker on loose in the capital. in on the loose in the capital. in addition to that chap with the zombie we'll move on zombie knife. but we'll move on to a little more to something a little bit more positive, that's positive, shall we, bev? that's right he's to right, king charles. he's set to call the and the call for the kindness and the importance friendship in his importance of friendship in his maundy thursday later today. >> it's going to be broadcast dunng >> it's going to be broadcast during a service in worcester cathedral. year, queen cathedral. and this year, queen camilla will in for the camilla will stand in for the king, from public king, who's resting from public dufies king, who's resting from public duties after undergoing treatment cancer. duties after undergoing treatm gb news royal correspondent cameron walker joins us now. good morning. cameron was the

king referring to in his message the health predicaments of himself and the princess of wales. do you think ? wales. do you think? >> good morning ben. well, of course, it's quite an important eventin course, it's quite an important event in the royal calendar. and king and the king is head of the church of england. it's understood he's not going to be referring directly to his cancer diagnosis indeed the princess diagnosis or indeed the princess of wales, but he has recorded, as you say, a video message. it was recorded earlier this month inside buckingham palace. the queen will be here in worcester very shortly and will distribute that maundy money on his behalf. 75 men and 75 women. that's one for every year of the king's life will be given a red purse and a white purse containing those commemorative coins, and that maundy money. but the king's message is going to stress the importance of acts of friendship and especially in times of need. he will say how jesus set an example of how we should serve and care for each other , and how as a nation, we other, and how as a nation, we need and benefit greatly from

those who extends the fate of the hand of friendship to us. now, of course, maundy service is a is a very important event in the royal calendar. as i say, it's the start of the easter weekend. queen camilla coming here very shortly. >> okay. thank you. cameron. short but sweet. let's cross live now to the west midlands, where our political editor, christopher about to christopher hope, is about to ask labour ask a question as labour launched election launched their local election campaign for tory party. >> this is a tory party that has lost any sense of the national interest and is now passing budgets in their own party interests . that happened at the interests. that happened at the last budget. if they get the chance, they'll do it again. the only purpose of that is to salt the ground for an incoming labour government. it's very important understand important people understand that. so we'll pick it up, we'll support public services and support our public services and our local authorities, and we will they're in a will make sure they're in a better after a labour better position after a labour government. they weren't when we picked but what's picked it up, but what's happened now unforgivable , happened now is unforgivable, which is to leave your country

after 14 years of government in after 14 years of government in a worse place than you found. it is unforgivable whichever political party you're in. but that's the state we're in. thank you very much, ian. i've got . chris >> christopher gb news, sir keir starmer, you said you want no more political hero complexes. but in recent weeks , david lammy but in recent weeks, david lammy rachel reeves reeves has praised margaret thatcher. today you praised boris johnson's levelling up policy. you've got to take back control act . to take back control act. obviously, johnson is not your political hero, but why are you praising? but why are you praising? but why are you praising tories? what your critics just say you're a tory in disguise . in disguise. >> well, look, when i speak about margaret thatcher, i was singling out , leaders. prime singling out, leaders. prime ministers who i believed had a sense of mission, a sense of driving purpose. now, i don't

agree with her mission or a driving purpose. in fact, she did very destructive things across the country, including in the black country. and people are still paying the price of that. are still paying the price of that . but i do are still paying the price of that. but i do think it's important to distinguish between leaders who have a driving sense of purpose, what they're trying to achieve, a sense of the hard yards of 5 or 10 years in government and leaving something better afterwards than those that drift. and what have you got moment ? what that drift. and what have you got moment? what is that drift. and what have you got moment ? what is the got at the moment? what is the driving philosophy of rishi sunak survival ? what sunak apart from survival? what is he? i mean, people ask me, what does labour stand for? what does stand it's does rishi sunak stand for? it's just he's just treading water. he's waiting, . he knows the waiting, waiting. he knows the country wants change. he knows they wanted on the may the 2nd to have a general election. but he's treading water, preserving himself, party interest. and i think that's i think this is unked think that's i think this is linked to the point amy was made. i think that's why a lot of are losing faith in of people are losing faith in politics. have to turn politics. and we have to turn that around. chris, it's very, very for boris very important as for boris johnson, look, hands up, i'm no fan. and i do to tap into

something like levelling up, which really am levelling up as an idea, has been around a very long time. regional inequality wasn't first discovered in 2019. it's been deep for many , many it's been deep for many, many years. but in tapping into that and promising that that would all change with the slogan and then not having a viable plan and not doing the hard yards. thatis and not doing the hard yards. that is why politics is broken. that is why politics is broken. thatis that is why politics is broken. that is why politics is broken. that is why people don't believe in their politicians. because he pretended it could happen . he pretended it could happen. he didn't do the hard yards. and that's why i think everybody is pleased to see the back of him. thank chris. nick. thank you. chris. nick. >> so there we go. so keir starmer being quizzed by gb news political editor christopher hope , he said, aren't you just hope, he said, aren't you just a tory in disguise, sir keir? which is an accusation levelled at him by the corbynistas the likes of aaron jones, because of course, keir starmer . sir keir course, keir starmer. sir keir was one of jeremy corbyn's biggest supporters. but as with many things, policies, green

pledges, he turned on that and flip flopped. >> our inbox isn't massively impressed by that speech, let me tell you that. but keep your views coming. gb views that gb news. now going to get news. com now we're going to get stuck scandal about stuck into this scandal about zebra crossings in blackpool being all of the being painted all of the colours. there we go. lgbtq+ appeared overnight. the locals are not happy about it. you're with britain's newsroom on

gb news. welcome back to britain's news with me. bev turner and ben leo sitting here for andrew pierce today. so week, blackpool today. so last week, blackpool council released this tweet. it got unexpectedly 2.2 million views, it shows and it pictures. one of their zebra crossings that was given a rainbow makeover in solidarity with the seaside resorts. lgbt community. >> so the council eventually turned the comments off the tweet. there were so many people

expressing their outrage at this, but one man was undeterred and submitted a freedom of information request to find out how costs. well, the how much it costs. well, the crossing been vandalised and crossing has been vandalised and sprayed paint he sprayed with black paint and he joins us now. journalist callum smiles. good morning callum. thank you for joining smiles. good morning callum. thank you forjoining us. good thank you for joining us. good to see you. so what made you so feel so strongly, callum, that you needed to get to the bottom of this, because we are well, we've threatened through threat of violence if we don't pay our taxes, we go to jail and yet our taxes, we go to jail and yet our taxes get, you know, put on the roads to make zebra crossings, unicorn crossings . and it unicorn crossings. and it outrages me for, you know , a outrages me for, you know, a number of things. firstly, it's a waste of taxpayers money. secondly, it impairs drivers. it is dangerous. and, you know, you look at things like guide dogs, dogs are colour—blind . what are dogs are colour—blind. what are they going to do when they see that? are they going to just walk there, you know, the person they're into

they're guiding aimlessly into they're guiding aimlessly into the going to the road? are they not going to do apparently scares do it? apparently it scares horses. so many horses. there are so many reasons as to why this is ridiculous. and i just quickly read on. >> and what was the cost to the council ? council? >> well, so i did this freedom of information request, in the email i got back, it says the total cost is £35,000 for six separate crossings . the money separate crossings. the money has come from a fund that is specifically there to improve pubuc specifically there to improve public spaces and can't be used for potholes, any other for potholes, or any other highways maintenance. now roads are public spaces and across this country , you know our roads this country, you know our roads right now have more holes in them than colanders they those pubuc them than colanders they those public spaces need fixing . now, public spaces need fixing. now, the average cost in england for a reactive pothole repair is £71.40. so that money could have fixed 490 potholes for planned works. the average cost is £45.83, so that could have fixed

763 potholes. instead. my taxpayer money or you know, unfortunately people in blackpool is going on spreading this woke agenda. and callum did they did they consult the council. >> did they consult any of the residents about this? did they say, guys, is this a good way to spend 35 k are you happy with this ? this? >> clearly e— this? >> clearly not, because if >> well clearly not, because if they'd consulted they'd have consulted them, people hold on, hold people have gone hold on, hold on, we've cost of on, hold on. we've got a cost of living crisis. wanting to living crisis. you're wanting to charge in taxes you charge me more in taxes and you want towards this ? no. want to put it towards this? no. these people consult these people never consult anyone to push anyone when they want to push this . they had no this ideology. they had no mandate for it. and unfortunately, away unfortunately, they get away with it. >> what i find amazing is how the council have failed to read the council have failed to read the room, because the public response to this was pure outrage. now all those people are not homophobic. all those people are not transphobic . people are not transphobic. nick. these are going to be normal people with, as yourt shirt says , full of common shirt says, full of common sense, who will include and embrace who wants to embrace anybody who wants to live the life they want to lead .

live the life they want to lead. but the feeling, i think, is that, as you say, it's an ideology which is being paid for. how did the council get it so wrong ? so wrong? >> well, the question we should be asking is when the hell did council councils get it right? you firstly, this isn't you know, firstly, this isn't the first council to do it. the first time i saw this was driving in driving through kingston in london, you london, and i actually, you know, that shocked. i know, i was that shocked. i wasn't looking in front of me. i wasn't looking in front of me. i was like, the hell is that was like, what the hell is that on road? that's just on the road? so that's just that's driving. so that's just one man driving. so if everyone does that at if everyone else does that at some we're gonna apologies. >> great effort on this >> but great effort on this story. it's fantastic. we're gonna have to leave it there though. pushed time. gonna have to leave it there thouif1. pushed time. gonna have to leave it there thouif you pushed time. gonna have to leave it there thouif you didpushed time. gonna have to leave it there thouif you did see red time. gonna have to leave it there thouif you did see any time. gonna have to leave it there thouif you did see any messages and if you did see any messages in there which in the background there which you apologies. in the background there which you intended. apologies. nothing intended. >> britain's >> okay. this is britain's newsroom news. go newsroom on gb news. don't go anywhere . anywhere. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello. very good day to you. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by

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gb news. way. >> good morning to you. it's 11 am. on thursday, march 28th. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. with me. ben leo in for andrew pierce and bev turner. very good morning. >> thanks for joining very good morning. >> thanks forjoining us. so there a manhunt there is a manhunt underway. a man is in in a life man is in life in a life threatening condition after being horribly on being stabbed horribly on a train in london yesterday in broad daylight . ray has

broad daylight. ray addison has more . more. >> police say the incident started here with two men fighting at shortlands station and ended with a frenzied knife attack in front of horrified passengers . i'll have details passengers. i'll have details from a woman who was on board that train . that train. >> never teach again. that's the outcome of former teacher kevin lister's tribunal, after he apparently humiliated a student by not using their preferred pronouns. here's what he told us earlier i am devastated, i just earlier i am devastated, ijust don't know what to say. >> the statement that kyle kitching has just said, that it was the way that i harassed and discriminated against student a it's nonsense and easter getaway chaos drivers are being warned of carmageddon with 14 million getaway trips set to cause gridlock on the roads. >> will you be one of those? jack carson is in birmingham . jack carson is in birmingham. >> yeah, 2 million people expected to travel just today

and that just increases over the easter weekend. i'm above the m6 and i'll have all of the details for you and the king's monday message today. >> he'll thank those who extend the hand of friendship in times of in easter message of need. in his easter message. >> have you got a big easter weekend planned with your little ones? >> ben? i'm working. oh, do you know what i love? easter. it's my favourite. my favourite time of the year. me too. we get traditionally on sunday. traditionally on easter sunday. we and we call we have boiled eggs and we call them egg dippers. juvenile. but croissants , nice juices and stuff. >> i love easter, we have a big birthday celebration in my house. my house this weekend. my mother's 80. my dad is 88. over the weekend, in fact , one of the weekend, in fact, one of them is their birthday today, but i can't remember which one. happy birthday dad, happy birthday mum or dad, whichever one it is today, i know, but we're going to celebrate all over the weekend. hope fun! hope you're doing something fun! do you're going do let us know what you're going to vaiews@gbnews.com.

to be doing! vaiews@gbnews.com. first the latest first though, the very latest news anne armstrong. news with our anne armstrong. >> very good morning to you. it's 11:02 i'm >> very good morning to you. it's11:02 i'm aaron >> very good morning to you. it's 11:02 i'm aaron armstrong it's11:02 i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. the labour leader says britain wants change as he outlined his party's election campaign. speaking at an in the west midlands, an event in the west midlands, sir keir starmer pledged a national renewal , promising to national renewal, promising to axe zero hour contracts and give new powers to local mayors to rejuvenate the high street ability with labour or more chaos with the tories unity or division , renewal or decline division, renewal or decline a changed labour party ready to serve the interests of working people , or a conservative party people, or a conservative party that has forgotten to how serve anything other than itself. >> police are searching for a suspect after a stabbing on a london train yesterday afternoon. >> a warning if you're watching on tv, there are some distressing images to follow. graphic footage shared on social

media shows a masked man attacking another man with a large knife, while concerned passengers can be heard calling for help. it happened just before 4 pm. between shortlands and beckenham junction on a train bound for victoria station. the victim has been taken to hospital with life threatening injuries and a manhunt is underway, an eyewitness told gb news reporter ray addison . the attack took ray addison. the attack took place in front of children . place in front of children. >> i was on the train with my daughter and it was really, really scary and i just i'm actually horrified that something happen something like this can happen in our lovely shortlands and bromley, and i just, i can't bromley, and ijust, i can't believe it. i actually cannot believe it. i actually cannot believe it. i actually cannot believe it. and it's a shame that young people can actually do this to each other. i was in the next carriage i was walking through to find out what was happening, and obviously at the time realise and it's time i didn't realise and it's only afterwards that i realised and had to off at and we all had to get off at beckenham junction. and we all had to get off at becformerl junction. and we all had to get off at becformerl jun�*police detective >> former met police detective peter lee says it's peter bleksley lee says it's become the norm for emergency services .

services. >> it's a terrifying experience for anybody who was unfortunate enough to be on that train. i'm sure, but of course not out of the ordinary for the 999 responders, the paramedics and the police who will have attended this dreadful incident, because this is the kind of thing they witness and see the results of only too often, i'm afraid, in great britain in 2024. the chancellor says he believes thames water is solvent despite shareholders withholding extra cash to keep it afloat. >> half £1 billion was to be invested before the end of the month, but shareholders now say the business plan is uninvestable . they want the uninvestable. they want the regulator, ofwat, to increase customers bills by up to 40% over five years. rowers in this weekend's boat race have been advised not to enter the water because of high levels of e coli, as a result of failings by thames water, the company, which serves nearly a quarter of the uk's population , has debts of uk's population, has debts of more than £15 billion.

>> treasury will continue to monitor very carefully what's happening at thames water. our understanding is that the company is still solvent and today's news should not have an impact on the services received by customers . obviously, there by customers. obviously, there are parts of the country where the service has not been up to scratch, including in my own constituency , and local mps will constituency, and local mps will continue to hold thames water to account in those situations. but overall , we will continue to overall, we will continue to watch the situation very carefully . carefully. >> last year's recession was less severe than first thought. that's according to revised figures. the office for national statistics found the economy still shrunk for two quarters in a row, but the total contraction over that six month period dropped from 0.5% to 0.1, the government says it's proof their plan is working . divers have plan is working. divers have recovered the bodies of two workers in baltimore after tuesday's bridge collapse. state police say they were found trapped underwater in a truck

near the midsection of the fallen key bridge. the collapse of the bridge, a major highway across the harbour, has forced the port of baltimore to close . the port of baltimore to close. millions of people are being urged to send metre readings to their energy supplier this weekend to ensure they don't overpay. the average household energy bill is to fall to its lowest point in two years from next month , after ofgem lowered next month, after ofgem lowered its price cap, it will drop 12.3% next monday, taking a typical £1,900 yearly household bill to just under £1,700. an average saving of about £20 each month . and if you're planning on month. and if you're planning on travelling this easter weekend, well, you might want to set your alarm clock to go off early . the alarm clock to go off early. the rac is warning of long delays , rac is warning of long delays, with journeys on some of the most popular routes taking twice as long as they should, with the bank holiday weekend coinciding with the easter holidays, some

14 million journeys are expected over the coming days. 14 million journeys are expected over the coming days . much of over the coming days. much of the congestion is expected to begin this evening, and drivers are being advised to consider travelling outside of peak times . well. you can get the latest on our stories by signing up to gb news alerts the qr codes on your screen right now, or you can go to gb news .com/ alerts. now back to ben and beth . now back to ben and beth. >> it's 1107. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with me, ben leo in for andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so a teacher who lost his job for what he said was his refusal to use what's been claimed, his refusal a student's refusal to use a student's preferred pronoun has had his unfair claim rejected. unfair dismissal claim rejected. and now he will never teach again. >> yeah. we spoke to the teacher, kevin lister, earlier on the this he on the show. this is what he said . said. >> her friend, student b, stays behind after class and demands on. instructs me that i need to

refer to student a as a male and i tried to give a reason to why i tried to give a reason to why i thought it was a, you know, the idea of transitioning is a bad idea. and that's the only two conversations i had that was the sole thing that was used to support the claim of discrimination and harassment . discrimination and harassment. >> so this is sorry. no, no. ladies first. >> no. well in a statement, new college swindon have said a thorough investigation resulting in mr lister being dismissed for actions deemed actions that were deemed discriminatory , causing discriminatory, causing significant upset and potential discriminatory, causing signif to nt upset and potential discriminatory, causing signif to nt studentnd potential discriminatory, causing signif to nt student ,d potential discriminatory, causing signif to nt student , amounting to harm to a student, amounting to gross misconduct and not simply for holding gender critical beliefs. yeah. >> so joining us now in the studio is barrister sam fowles, who's going to lay out the legal, intricacies around this case. was it as simple as kevin lister being sacked because he wouldn't use the pupil's pronouns? >> definitely not. i mean, i had the misfortune to read this case this morning because it's several pages of it. >> it's quite long and it's not pleasant reading . when you read

pleasant reading. when you read what kevin lister did to this poor kid , this was a course of poor kid, this was a course of conduct in which he repeatedly he did what, in my view, seems to be humiliate , patted the kid to be humiliate, patted the kid in front of the class and eventually , over the course of eventually, over the course of the year, he initially , yes, he the year, he initially, yes, he had his concerns. he reported them to the safeguarding officer, the safeguarding officer, the safeguarding officer investigated said officer investigated it and said nothing see here. carry on nothing to see here. carry on with your job. he took it upon himself to intrude in the student's private life, to try and get the student's friends to intrude life, intrude in their private life, to humiliate front of to humiliate them in front of the of the class. and what happened actually was the other kids in the class called him out and on it and stood up to him. >> well, he says one of the child, do you think that child's parents should know that they were considering living in a different gender? >> in this case, the child's parents did know, so there wasn't . wasn't. >> they should though. >> they should though. >> it's up to the >> so i, i think it's up to the child, that's where you and i

disagree . well, and that's what disagree. well, and that's what that teacher will say as well. it's not up to just them. the parents need to know. and kevin was really keen to point out that his concern was that that stage, the weren't stage, the parents weren't involved . involved. >> the court was very >> so the, the court was very clear in finding that the parents were both involved and supportive. but i get you're raising a bigger issue and i probably gave you a little bit of a glib answer there. to be fair, it's not a simple as they always should know. they sometimes know. they sometimes should know. they always shouldn't every always shouldn't know. in every case different and every case case is different and every case is difficult. and what safeguarding of children means is you look at the individual child's context and you put the individual child first. >> so are you saying suggest that i have to, as a parent in every case, i argue, parents should know under what circumstance cases. shouldn't a parent know that their child who's not old enough to consent to tattoos or even drink, or even go and fight for their country? what stratosphere country? in what stratosphere are to consent to are they able to consent to change their gender and all the

arguable harms that comes with it? well, i have seen and argued cases where the greatest threat to the child is the parents themselves. >> so that's the that's the answer. sometimes what all the parents i know, i'm sure all the parents, you know, are fantastic parents, you know, are fantastic parents, brilliantly supportive to their kids. that's not every parent. and particularly in the case of trans children. >> but it is so subjective that issue as whether the parent is wishing that child any harm. so for instance, if you have a child who is concerned and conflicted about their gender identity, you could say, i think what you're saying is it could be that the parents are not going to respond well to that. they're going to confirm they're not going to confirm what that child wants. i would say quite good to say sometimes it's quite good to have people who love you, not confirming a thing. confirming such a thing. >> well, to be honest, i'm more what i'm more worried about is where they beat the child up. and these are the sort of and these, these are the sort of cases i'm talking talking about the safeguarding i'm the safeguarding cases. i'm talking there there talking about. there are there are seen of

are cases that i've seen of trans children had to run trans children who've had to run away have and some away that have and in some cases been suicide because been driven to suicide because their parents are bullying them in the same way this in much the same way this teacher bullied the poor kid in this, in this, this case. >> but does that not suggest , >> but does that not suggest, therefore, that some trans children might be conflicted and emotionally troubled because of their upbringing, and therefore there needs to be a multidisciplinary approach to that individual. >> there does and there is. and there was a multidisciplinary approach to the in in the case of kevin lister. and there was a lot of experts who all looked at this, all talked to the child, offered the child support, and in some cases talking therapies and really looked at it in the round and found that, yes, this child knows what they're doing. they weren't on puberty blockers. were socially blockers. they were socially transitioning. they weren't. there was no chemicals involved at . the only kevin at this stage. the only kevin lister's job was to teach that kid maths. and that seems to be according to case, the only

thing that he didn't manage to do successfully, because under his tutelage, the child's performance maths declined. performance at maths declined. so you've got someone not doing that actual job, only a teacher's job though , is that teacher's job though, is that now that we are dealing with this situation, we said to kevin lister, if you could have your time again, wouldn't it have just just confirm just been easier to just confirm and along this? and just go along with this? >> said, no . he said he >> and he said, no. he said he absolutely believes that he was it right for him to teach in it was right for him to teach in the way that he did. and he said he didn't go out of his way to cause any distress to this individual. and conversation individual. and the conversation about they were girl about whether they were a girl or because of or a boy arose because of a submission to a maths, a girls only maths test. and he spoke to the child to say, are you sure you want to enter this? because they identifying they were then identifying as a boy, not the facts boy, so that's not the facts that the court found and the what the court found was the child said they were uncomfortable with being entered into that maths test by him. >> and in response he wrote

their dead name up on the board in front of and in front of all their peers. and there wasn't one conversation. there were multiple conversations throughout the year. kid throughout the year. this kid seems incredible, by way, seems incredible, by the way, because this kid isn't responding him by screaming responding to him by screaming and shouting. they're responding to taking him aside after to him by taking him aside after class saying, look, this class and saying, look, this isn't okay. you're distressing me. >> he says. those conversations were had with the friend child b rather than child a, there's a conversations with both child b and child a, and eventually six children were were interviewed by the school and they said, we've got a list of problematic statements. >> and this is the other problem. i think, with what he did with teachers needs to teach children and they need to teach the children, whether they're gay, whether they're straight, whether they're religious, whether they're religious, whether they're religious, whether they're agnostic , whether they're agnostic, whether they're agnostic, whether they're agnostic, whether they're tories, whether they're can't treat they're labour. you can't treat a child differently just because you're political ideology doesn't fit with them, he would argue. >> he's teaching them to abide

by the laws of reality and biological fact. surely you can't expect a teacher to perpetuate what he would argue is a harmful myth that will lead them down a dark path of , you them down a dark path of, you know, potentially harmful surgery, a life of self—harm , surgery, a life of self—harm, etc, etc. does he not owe it as a teacher to try and protect his students? he's a maths teacher. >> he doesn't know anything about he's zero, about this stuff. he's got zero, absolutely zero credibility to talk about any of this. it's like me coming on here and trying to talk to you guys about astrophysics. you know , it's he astrophysics. you know, it's he is absolutely not qualified to be anything to do with be doing anything to do with this straight. >> let me get this straight. so if he'd just refused to abide by the pronouns, would still the pronouns, would he still have the law? have been sacked under the law? what? protected because he what? is he protected because he says the says he's concerned about the future profession? so if future of the profession? so if there's teachers watching future of the profession? so if ther now teachers watching future of the profession? so if ther now who teachers watching future of the profession? so if ther now who don'ters watching future of the profession? so if ther now who don't wantitching future of the profession? so if ther now who don't want toring future of the profession? so if ther now who don't want to abide this now who don't want to abide by their pupils preferred pronouns, under pronouns, are they safe under the law? >> i think it depends how long they how long do it for and they how long they do it for and how manifest it. how they how they manifest it. so for something like he what he

did, which is a course of conduct, then yes, that's going to be problematic. and that is under the law that's discrimination, if it's a few slip ups, everyone makes mistakes and i don't think anyone's going to get get on top of them for that. >> so. >> so. >> yeah. well we could talk about we've got we've run out of time, sam. honestly, i find time, sam. but honestly, i find it it's it so fascinating. and it's about conversation about this is a conversation about this is a conversation about all else. it's about power above all else. it's about power above all else. it's about who has the power in the classroom. and i'm sorry , call classroom. and i'm sorry, call me but i like me old fashioned, but i like teachers power teachers to have power in the classroom also, of classroom whilst also, of course, compassion course, exercising compassion and kindness to any pupil who is clearly struggling with their identity. sam, always great to see you. thank you so much . see you. thank you so much. >> all right, still to come, how does london celebrate easter ? does london celebrate easter? the christian festival, of course remind you, course i need not remind you, but this case, under sadiq but in this case, under sadiq khan with ramadan of khan with ramadan lights. of course. lying in course. here they are lying in oxford street. you with britain's newsroom only gb britain's newsroom only on gb news. britain's news channel .

>> good morning. 1120 bev and ben. this morning, while andrew is on his holidays now, we're joined by broadcaster and journalist carole malone. and author broadcaster nichi author and broadcaster nichi hodgson first, hodgson in the studio. first, though , yes, the queen though, yes, the queen has arrived at worcester cathedral for annual maundy service. >> and doesn't she look nice? there are. you know what i'm there we are. you know what i'm a massive fan of queen camilla because abuse she because the absolute abuse she got for decades in the wake of because the absolute abuse she got she.iecades in the wake of because the absolute abuse she got she. yeah,s in the wake of because the absolute abuse she got she. yeah, she's1e wake of because the absolute abuse she got she. yeah, she's reallye of the she. yeah, she's really reinvented herself. she's worked hard it some would argue, hard at it and some would argue, as compared to, say, meghan markle. >> her nickname, you know, was the most hated woman in britain. that was her for a very that was her moniker for a very long and when you watched long time. and when you watched the get the crown, from where i get a lot royal historical lot of my royal historical knowledge from these days, let me oh, that character me tell you, oh, that character is very unsympathetic, nikki. >> well, you know, you >> well, you know, when you think came from as think where camilla came from as the other woman. >> absolutely. obviously, the other woman. >> .know,tely. obviously, the other woman. >> .know, they've obviously, the other woman. >> .know, they've obvitogether you know, they've been together for they it's a for so long now, they it's a true match and their

true love match and their relationship stood the test of time. other thing about time. and the other thing about camilla she does of camilla is she does loads of good behind scenes. you good work behind the scenes. you don't about don't actually hear a lot about the she on. the things she works on. she does with does a lot of stuff with children literacy, children and literacy, with women and domestic violence. >> rumours though, >> the rumours are though, she's quite . she doesn't like. quite lazy. she doesn't like. >> well, i can imagine that. i get that vibe. she doesn't want to it, and she goes away for to do it, and she goes away for penods to do it, and she goes away for periods time her own to do periods of time on her own to do any work. >> she's she's having to >> i mean, she's she's having to do it now because they're all pitching you know. >> yeah, i don't mind that. i need a holiday every. >> yeah, right. talking of holidays , it's easter so holidays, it's easter carol, so of celebrate with of course we celebrate this with ramadan lights. yes, of course, of course we do. >> in fact, this so oxford >> in fact, this is so oxford street is awash with ramadan lights. i've got no lights. now, i've got no objection to that whatsoever. none. i'm happy to say it. however, i'm wondering where the happy are. all happy easter lights are. all over the city of london and elsewhere. the christian tradition that doesn't appear to be one, this ramadan one has been, has been, what's the word? sponsored by a very, very rich businessman, and that's fine. and sadiq khan gave permission

for it, but it's interesting that there are. and there's also a ramadan, big sign lights in westminster city hall offices and no easter one bizarre. and this just adds to my belief that christianity is being eroded in this. >> so we had the they sound really inane examples in their own, but we had the hot cross buns >> yes. and that and then easter eggs, eggs, eggs and cadbury's. >> nikki is there. is there an erasure of the christian faith? >> well, there is, because nobody's church . people nobody's going to church. people don't believe anymore. christianity is on its way out in country. i mean, you can in this country. i mean, you can say that we, you know, we were formed principles, formed on christian principles, but practising but in terms of practising faith, in dire faith, the church is in dire straits and people don't care anymore. you know, people still , anymore. you know, people still, you know, some people still get their some their children baptised, some people married in people still get married in church, actually deep faith people still get married in ch god. actually deep faith people still get married in ch god. nownctually deep faith people still get married in ch god. now people deep faith people still get married in ch god. now people don'tfaith people still get married in ch god. now people don't have in god. now people don't have it in god. now people don't have it in country. in this country. >> surprising if we don't >> is it surprising if we don't celebrate ? you know, celebrate the faith? you know, if people who go into the workplace get told to take their crucifix you i'm crucifix off? you know, i'm wondering you the wondering if you know, the business gesture eggs. business of these gesture eggs.

i we'd ever miss with i wonder if we'd ever miss with an islamic tradition, the way we mess with the christian one. and cadbury's yesterday denied and said this is not our fault. this is a company, a company that's doing this, but it is cadbury's fault. that's a cop out because cadbury's say to cadbury's could actually say to companies, you call these easter eggs we don't sell to eggs or we don't sell them to you. eggs or we don't sell them to youso cadbury's position on >> so the cadbury's position on that supplied that was that they supplied these an independent these eggs to an independent store, and that independent these eggs to an independent store,chose that independent these eggs to an independent store,chose to that independent these eggs to an independent store,chose to putat independent these eggs to an independent store,chose to put in independent these eggs to an independent store,chose to put in theependent these eggs to an independent store,chose to put in the window store chose to put in the window of their shop was entirely up to them. >> so was it on the box? >> so was it on the box? >> no it wasn't, it wasn't on the box. and cadbury's were very clear saying for 100 years, we use easter eggs and we won't stop easter egg, which was the shop. independent shop. it was an independent outlet store. i think was. outlet store. i think it was. i'm going quote it, but i'm not going to quote it, but it an independent outlet it was an independent outlet store takes eggs store that takes chocolate eggs and them for a slightly and sells them for a slightly cheaper prices. in lincolnshire . cheaper prices. in lincolnshire. so they were very clear to say, this isn't us, but is this happening ? yes. i just wonder happening? yes. i just wonder though, nikki, thinking though, nikki, when i'm thinking about that, isn't this just about that, isn't this just about historical how the about historical and how the wheel turns? because christianity was on the decline? very much so, because it it had

grown a little bit old and stuffy people. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> they relate to it. and >> they can't relate to it. and maybe churches and the maybe the churches and the communities cut through maybe the churches and the commun younger cut through maybe the churches and the commun younger people|rough maybe the churches and the commun younger people .ough maybe the churches and the commun younger people . and with the younger people. and then, we've had an then, of course, we've had an influx islamic ic influx of more islamic ic communities, and they have then pushed their communities and their religions to the forefront. and maybe that wheel will inevitably turn at will just inevitably turn at some point. >> and i fully, i fully expect it. well, i mean, you just have to look at the dedication of a lot muslims well to their lot of muslims as well to their faith. they go to faith. the lengths they go to you know, in ramadan to fast, i don't pay certain taxes don't know, to pay certain taxes , to look after the community. not lots of not everybody, but lots of people. know, half my people. my, you know, half my family are very family are muslim. they are very faithful. religious faithful. they're very religious . and they fully believe, you know, power of god and know, in the power of god and the power of heaven. i just absolutely do not. and most people country who people in this country who are christian anymore. christian don't anymore. and i can't it. can't relate to it. >> i don't think that's true can't relate to it. >you i don't think that's true can't relate to it. >you know,n't think that's true can't relate to it. >you know, i'vehink that's true can't relate to it. >you know, i've done hat's true can't relate to it. >you know, i've done art's true can't relate to it. >you know, i've done a couple . you know, i've done a couple of shows we've talked of shows where we've talked about and, the about christianity and, and the phones alive phones were alive with christians know, phones were alive with christ not know, phones were alive with christ not allowed know, phones were alive with christ not allowed to know, phones were alive with christ not allowed to celebrate we're not allowed to celebrate in way we want. course we in the way we want. of course we believe we want to believe in god. we want to celebrate they believe in god. we want to celethe te they believe in god. we want to celethe people they believe in god. we want to celethe people who they believe in god. we want to celethe people who g01ey

believe in god. we want to celethe people who go to are the people who do go to church. a catholic church. i mean, i'm a catholic and easter lot to me, and easter means a lot to me, and easter means a lot to me, and one of the most and this is one of the most important events in the christian calendar. see, christian calendar. you see, you know, the of know, there's the birth of christ , which not allowed christ, which we're not allowed to anymore. and to call christmas anymore. and then of then there's the death of christ, allowed christ, which were not allowed to celebrate. suggests a time to celebrate. it suggests a time of actually of gesture. somebody actually said know said to me yesterday, you know what? got to do it? what? if eggs got to do with it? i well, egg is i said, well, the egg is symbolic. it's not supposed to be a chocolate it's be a chocolate egg, but it's symbolic of the symbolic of new life, of the resurrection. but of resurrection. and but a lot of people know and they resurrection. and but a lot of peoplunderstandn and they resurrection. and but a lot of peoplunderstand because nd they resurrection. and but a lot of peoplunderstand because they're resurrection. and but a lot of peo beingarstand because they're resurrection. and but a lot of peo beingarstand inecause they're resurrection. and but a lot of peo beingarstand in schools1ey're not being taught in schools anymore. of schools don't anymore. lots of schools don't have assemblies anymore. anymore. lots of schools don't havand semblies anymore. anymore. lots of schools don't havand you )lies anymore. anymore. lots of schools don't havand you make nymore.point. >> and you make a great point. actually in a weird way, i admire islam for way they admire islam for the way they take when it comes take no nonsense when it comes to their faith. you know, christianity, let people walk christianity, we let people walk all over it. well, this is it. >> can't one. can't >> you can't be one. you can't be foot and one foot out be one foot in and one foot out in islam. you can't, i mean, i think thing think the thing about christianity, taking christianity, i actually taking carroll's point there, what's disturbing is we, know, disturbing is that we, you know, the bedrock society is the bedrock of our society is kind and all kind of christological and all our the things our references, all the things that we kind of celebrate and go to christian. and younger to are christian. and if younger people understand those, people don't understand those, they disconnected they are disconnected from our society of

society in this kind of fundamental , you know? but fundamental way, you know? but that just that disconnection is just growing. know, i mean, growing. you know, i mean, i just i don't know how you grow the christian faith when there've problems there've been so many problems with that, with abuse, with the way that, lgbt people are treated and women are like women bishops and god, that took so long. >> you've got when you've >> when you've got when you've got welby, the got justin welby, you know, the head church in head of the anglican church in the all the time the house of lords all the time when be, know, it when he should be, you know, it doesn't that his doesn't matter to him that his congregations by congregations are plummeting by the more interested in the day. he's more interested in being politician being a politician and interfering you interfering in that way. you know , if have people at know, if you have the people at the interested in the top not interested in promoting the religious, no wonder that people it's, you know, people aren't know, that young people aren't catching on. >> need some, like, cool >> so we need some, like, cool vicars, need some. vicars, don't we? we need some. >> we have the odd one. we do get them time to time, and get them from time to time, and they media star. and they become a media star. and then kind like up then they kind of like drill up a little of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of interest. >> you what might also >> i'll tell you what might also do. know whether do. i don't know whether you've seen russell has seen this, but russell brand has had something had is undergoing something of a christian had is undergoing something of a chr god, >> god, please. >> god, please. >> drag along. will. >> so he'll drag along. he will. problems >> will along a whole >> he will drag along a whole generation into christianity. >> in islam, you can't be half in, half out. i mean, i don't

consider myself religious in that i do. i've that sense, but i do. i've always said publicly i've got some sort affinity with some sort of affinity with jesus. and christians jesus. so, yeah. and christians on, twitter, they've on, say, twitter, they've lambasted saying lambasted me for that, saying you be half in, half out, you can't be half in, half out, but well, that's interesting. i'm i mean, i'm not allowed to. i mean, obviously a obviously there's always a variety strengths faith variety of strengths of faith within a community. >> i don't mean it that. >> i don't mean it like that. you there's people you know, there's some people that more than that that tie to it more than others. but think what this is others. but i think what this is to is, kind of like to do is, is, is kind of like the power and the growth of islam across world. islam across the world. remember, like, think about all the countries where huge swathes of think of muslims are increasing. think about where about in our prisons where people converting islam. people are converting to islam. you of religion you know, in terms of a religion that can bring people in, it's unparalleled. >> well, talking about gear >> well, talking about a gear change, it's party weekend coming you're over a coming up. now, if you're over a certain you're thinking certain age and you're thinking about little of about having a little bit of frisky there's warning. about having a little bit of frisky isn'tthere's warning. about having a little bit of frisky isn't there? warning. carol, isn't there? >> is so this story. i >> this is so this story. i wasn't sure that quite wasn't sure that this was quite right to talking in the right to be talking about in the morning. very morning. really. we're very broad minded here. >> you your breakfast, >> put you off your breakfast, but realised i'm in the but then i realised i'm in the age talking about but then i realised i'm in the aand talking about but then i realised i'm in the aand it's talking about but then i realised i'm in the aand it's saying talking about but then i realised i'm in the aand it's saying thatlking about but then i realised i'm in the aand it's saying that the; about but then i realised i'm in the aand it's saying that the 50sout , and it's saying that the 50s between 50 and 70, there's there should have safe sex education.

so they call them the silver surfers. and because of a lot of people are going to retirement homes and taking viagra and women are on hrt, that they're at it like , what's the word? at it like, what's the word? >> i think this happens in retirement homes. yes yes. >> and cruises. >> and cruises. >> yes, i know cruises, but what's happened? >> retirement homes have a huge problem. yeah. >> rise in stis. and i'm >> massive rise in stis. and i'm just thinking seriously just and i'm thinking seriously gonorrhoea. i mean, well, this has been syphilis. >> yeah. it's been happening for a little while. this. nikki, i don't you a don't know whether you as a journalist have been into journalist have been tapped into this i find it this topic. i have. i find it fairly fascinating . fairly fascinating. >> yeah, i have, because i used to lot sexual health to do a lot of sexual health stuff even years ago, stuff and, even ten years ago, this phenomenon, let's this was a phenomenon, let's say, there's this say, you know, there's this problem homes in problem in, nursing homes in general about problem in, nursing homes in geneabout about problem in, nursing homes in geneabout , about problem in, nursing homes in geneabout , the about problem in, nursing homes in geneabout , the patients about problem in, nursing homes in geneabout , the patients having sex, about, the patients having sex, about, the patients having sex, nursing homes as well. yeah, homes well . yeah, nursing homes as well. yeah. because and then, you know, kinds of know, there's all these kinds of things don't talk about things that we don't talk about with have have all with all have to have with all the a minute. i mean, the people a minute. i mean, he's a little lie down. >> just thought they went to >> i just thought they went to the head down, play the top of the head down, play scrabble, and. >> don't do that at >> no, no, they don't do that at

all. got porn all. they've all got porn collections have to be collections that have to be disposed after die. disposed of after they die. and all this of stuff. oh, all this kind of stuff. oh, yeah. a lot. yeah. i've worked a lot. >> true. is. you know, >> it's true. it is. you know, there's, is the this there's, this is the this poll came out of university came out of the university of warsaw is saying warsaw that this guy is saying people asexual people do not become asexual with age, and he's saying, this guy, need more role models guy, we need more role models like samantha jones. now, if we all we wouldn't all look like her, we wouldn't have. all look like her, we wouldn't have . we have have. we wouldn't have a problem, sex. however problem, having sex. but however , we don't all look like her, but. >> but it is genuinely a problem. nikki isn't it? the numbers are kind of quite shocking on this and this. these, generation. they these, this generation. they can't. pregnant. can't. they can't get pregnant. they're it. can't. they can't get pregnant. the'and it. can't. they can't get pregnant. the'and so it. can't. they can't get pregnant. the'and so and it. can't. they can't get pregnant. the'and so and that's it. no. and so and that's traditionally services traditionally where sti services target or how sti services target or how sti services target people they target target people or they target people hiv. people around hiv. >> seen >> i mean we haven't seen a resurgence or an uptick in hiv in that in that category of people. so that's quite that's quite fascinating in itself . i quite fascinating in itself. i mean, the other thing i was going to say is that they've just been diabolical tory cuts to sti services for the past 20 years. >> stop it. just you cannot bnng >> stop it. just you cannot bring tories into the into bring the tories into the into 70 year old sex. >> it's interesting. there's an

engush >> it's interesting. there's an english poll said half the men at 70 admitted to being very sexually active and a third of women. >> that's a lot. but that's always intriguing , carol, always intriguing, carol, because men always lie and women always lie as well. women take take number men take the number down and men increase number. that's why increase the number. that's why you . you get that discrepancy. >> so it's probably he's going to it. he's going to have to have it. he's going to have to have it. he's going to have to have it. he's going to have have to have to have it's gonna have to have to have it's gonna have to a lie to you to see your grandparents weekend. to a lie to you to see your grandp might weekend. to a lie to you to see your grandp might have veekend. to a lie to you to see your grandp might have justand. to a lie to you to see your grandp might have just raised the >> we might have just raised the topic. i've up over topic. you can i've rung up over the leg of lamb. the over the leg of lamb. >> i've always said i don't i don't >> i've always said i don't i dont up don't want to end up in a retirement i'd rather retirement home. i'd rather be gone before then. >> if you the >> i don't know if you the places to be right. things are looking up. >> viagra in there. >> get some viagra in there. possibly you are right. possibly if you are right. >> i know that lady. thank you so much . i've got a bit of >> i know that lady. thank you so much. i've got a bit of a bit of sweat on here. right. of a sweat on here. right. thanks, carol. thanks, nikki. it's news it's time for your news headunes it's time for your news headlines aaron headlines now with aaron armstrong. right? armstrong. are you all right? yeah . good. yeah. good. >> and it's 1131. very good morning to you from the gb newsroom. police are searching for a suspect who stabbed a man

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this time in london on a platform in the capital city. we want to ask what's going wrong in our capital. have the police lost control of our streets ? lost control of our streets? what be about this? is what can be done about this? is sadiq blame? is to blame? >> and it does seem that these are increasingly common. we do heah are increasingly common. we do hear, of course, about about, people who have been killed by stabbings , fairly frequently stabbings, fairly frequently now. but more common than that, of course, are the threats and the attacks and some of which are now being caught on video and are being published on social media. it seems that this is a growing problem in the caphal is a growing problem in the capital. most perniciously compared to elsewhere in the country, where it doesn't seem to be quite so right. >> sadiq khan says that london is one of the safest cities in the world. however, mark white, in addition those two stories in addition to those two stories you've he's you've just talked about, he's put story in the last hour put out a story in the last hour saying there's a serial sex attacker on loose in london, attacker on the loose in london, and women and girls should be very wary. >> brilliant. very wary. >> bdo iant. very wary. >> bdo you know what >> now, do you know what i think? anecdotally, a lot of my

female are feeling on female friends are feeling on edge. yeah, our feeling unsafe. less safe than they used to for a number of different reasons. >> now, of course, sadiq khan is right that the that london is one of the safer large cities in the world. but that's when you include a list of cities, quite frankly, in countries that are a lot less wealthy and a lot less far developed than the united kingdom is, that have a lot less sense of rule , of law and order. sense of rule, of law and order. and so quite frankly, that's a that's a strange comparison to make going backwards, comparing ourselves to the whole world, or perhaps to just develop countries and what else on the show. well, we're also looking at angela rayner's tax affairs, because has because this morning she has been doing the rounds saying that, well, launching the labour party local election campaign, but it's been rather overshadowed by the police having another look at what happened with the sale of one of angela rayner's houses quite some years ago. no tax was paid on that sale .

on that sale. >> is she a bit of a hypocrite here? she's saying, oh no, the british public should believe me when i haven't done when i say i haven't done anything i'm not going anything wrong. i'm not going to pubush anything wrong. i'm not going to publish affairs. in publish my tax affairs. but in the has called for a the past she has called for a tory politicians to reveal their tax. the bill. >> the bill was only 1500, only £1,500. but that's not the point, is it? it's the principle. >> well, i mean, £1,500 goes quite a long way to many, many families and, frankly, to, to be so obfuscatory around the idea of publishing this or not, not even showing allegedly not even showing sir keir starmer the tax advice that she's received. >> it raises some, some quite key questions. well, there will be no obfuscatory nonsense between 12 and 3 with emily and tom. >> they will be getting to the bottom of all that, all that and more from midday. for now, though, with britain's newsroom on to me and on gb news come back to me and ben.

>> welcome back. good morning to you. it's 1140. >> welcome back. good morning to you. it's1140. you're >> welcome back. good morning to you. it's 1140. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. with me . ben leo in for andrew with me. ben leo in for andrew pierce and the lovely bev turner. >> lovely andrew pierce. never says that about me. right. new research shows that a quarter of households with more than one car now considering car are now considering getting rid second due rid of their second vehicle due to increased premiums , road tax to increased premiums, road tax increases and of course, the wonderful low emission zones. >> yes. so we're joined now by motoring journalist amanda stretton, who joins us live. good morning amanda. this kind of gives weight behind the feeling for a lot of motorists who feel like they're just constantly getting stuffed and stifled behind the wheel . stifled behind the wheel. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> i think motorists these days are just feeling more and more and more squeezed, costs are rising, whether those be direct costs to them as you say, through things like insurance or petrol prices , which are still petrol prices, which are still very, very high, or the indirect

costs, you know, road taxes going up, road quality is going down. >> parking is impossible. parking costs are going up. it is increasingly difficult for motorists to actually see the sense in keeping two cars if they feel they can get away with one. >> i like the quote i think it was jordan peterson who said it about the car is a radical symbol of freedom and independence , which i just think independence, which i just think is so true. do we need reminding and amanda of what we lose if we lose our autonomy behind the wheel ? wheel? >> i think there's two points there. first of all, as you say, there's our our autonomy behind there's our our autonomy behind the wheel. i mean, thinking back to when, certainly i was young, passing my driving test was hugely significant because it gave me freedom. so that's one point. the second point, though, is i think what it's actually doing to our communities because it's much our it's not so much about our autonomy and freedom. >> it's about the fact and it's about the way we live our life. >> i 4 or 5 miles outside >> i live 4 or 5 miles outside of , and driving in oxford

of oxford, and driving in oxford is so impossible now, either with, ltns or with parking. >> i actually have not driven into oxford for probably nearly a year, and that is having a detrimental on businesses on the way our town cities feel the way they operate , so it's changing they operate, so it's changing more than just our freedom and liberty. it's changing our environment. >> i'm glad you brought up the oxford example, amanda, because thatis oxford example, amanda, because that is one of these so—called 15 minute cities. it's being trialled as a place. i went to oxford recently. i have to say i found the park and ride system very good in oxford. i went for the weekend. you parked your car outside the city, get on a bus and then it takes you in. now what that mean? it means what does that mean? it means that shop loads of that i can't shop with loads of bags. couldn't have managed bags. i couldn't have managed with a kid in it with a buggy with a kid in it and done the shopping. i would have found more difficult in have found it more difficult in a instance. a wheelchair, for instance. who's people ? who's fighting for these people? >> well, again, this is the problem. i mean, there's a lot of people who are in a very similar situation to me, that

are just finding it impossible, it's actually depressing it's actually quite depressing because it's totally, as i say, changing the way we live and our environment, as well as obviously hurting our pockets as well . well. >> you talked about the park and ride, the park and ride nearest to is the same one that that, to me is the same one that that, london use. so that's london commuters use. so that's generally full at about 730 in the morning. >> unless i want to head into >> so unless i want to head into oxford at around it's not oxford at around then, it's not really a feasible option for me. and i have no other public transport options in the village that nobody is that i live. so nobody is fighting . it just seems to be fighting. it just seems to be a downward spiral. fighting. it just seems to be a dovweard spiral. fighting. it just seems to be a dovwe knowiral. fighting. it just seems to be a dovwe know councils are cash strapped. >> we know pressure on the pubuc >> we know pressure on the public only increased public purse is only increased and the problem is the way everything is looking at the moment. everything is just being botched, patched up , nothing. botched, patched up, nothing. there is no major significant investment in infrastructure and actually making it better for anybody. i think people are really just starting to get a bit miserable with the situation i >> amanda, you say councils are cash strapped, but they're spending millions and millions on 20 mile hour zones, on 20 mile an hour zones, increased cycle lanes. i went to

brighton shopping the week brighton shopping the other week . i was charged £22 an hour for parking in one of their council run car parks. i mean, what is the end game? is this intentional? and if so, where doesit intentional? and if so, where does it end up? >> well, we've also got the added complexity of an environmental crisis that we are all well aware of. >> and we know people have got to be encouraged to start thinking about mobility differently their cars differently and using their cars in a different way. >> and i am a total advocate of that. >> so in everything i say, i hope that doesn't , that message hope that doesn't, that message isn't confused in any way. however we can't just swipe everybody down with the with the same with the one bullet solution, if you like, which is just to raise costs. we have to encourage people by actually providing them with a decent, usable, affordable alternative. and that is where we're actually struggling at the moment, because i certainly am not seeing a huge evidence of it in my area. i know there are other

areas that are are better , but areas that are are better, but it is a real problem. >> amanda, i don't know whether you saw the research earlier this week about number this week about the number of young people who like the idea of car subscription service . of a car subscription service. so this is where you don't own your own car, and it's not like hiring or leasing a car. it's where you pay a monthly fee and then you can pick up a car if there's one available. maybe the young people know something i don't know, but that sounds like my nightmare . my nightmare. >> it's funny, isn't it? how perception is so different . this perception is so different. this car subscription model has actually been growing in popularity over the last few years, and it really benefits people who live in cities who find it very easy to walk to wherever there is a subscription, sort of drop off collection point, they can therefore use cars to drive in and out and to actually make trips, you know, for longer trips, you know, for longer trips, if you like, more often out into the country rather than within a town as well, and it also sort of feeds into the sort

of the, the more, the mindset of younger people, they're much happier to sort of they're much more comfortable with this subscription model. fits in subscription model. it fits in more mobile phone. you more with the mobile phone. you pay more with the mobile phone. you pay your money, you use it when you and this isn't you want it. and this isn't a this isn't such a an anathema to the young people, of course, to people of my generation. i'm only going to speak for myself and not for you too, i like owning my own car. like owning my own car. i like knowing there want it knowing there what i want it and. yeah. >> and if you need it in an emergency to get the kids to a&e, you've got your car again. it's it's parents. it's families. it's parents. it's families. it's parents. it's the elderly who want that flexibility. amanda, to it's the elderly who want that flexyou:y. amanda, to it's the elderly who want that flexyou .. amanda, to it's the elderly who want that flexyou . you anda, to it's the elderly who want that flexyou . you know to it's the elderly who want that flexyou . you know what to it's the elderly who want that flexyou . you know what else that see you. you know what else that car subscription see you. you know what else that car ben, cription see you. you know what else that car ben, you'll] see you. you know what else that car ben, you'll own nothing. >> ben, you'll own nothing. >> ben, you'll own nothing. >> and by 2030, you'll own nothing. you will be happy. nothing. and you will be happy. >> well, you know what? when you don't anything, you have no don't own anything, you have no assets nothing to assets to conserve, nothing to protect, know , you're more protect, you know, you're more influenced you look in china, influenced if you look in china, if you misbehave, if you get a parking ticket, if you row with your neighbour, you'll then, according social credit according to their social credit score, to score, refused access to financial to travel financial services to travel between cities. so, you know,

it's well having it's all very well having subscription services and not owning stuff. however, fear owning stuff. however, i do fear in 20, 30 years if you don't obey like good little citizen, obey like a good little citizen, you won't have access to those kind of things. >> obey us like a >> now you must obey us like a good viewer and come good little viewer and come back because with because we're sticking with drivers. live drivers. we're going to see live pictures of birmingham. we're being carmageddon pictures of birmingham. we're beirnation's carmageddon pictures of birmingham. we're beirnation's roadsarmageddon pictures of birmingham. we're beirnation's roads as1ageddon pictures of birmingham. we're beirnation's roads as we addon pictures of birmingham. we're beirnation's roads as we allon the nation's roads as we all rush out the easter getaways. rush out to the easter getaways. look wonderful look at those wonderful privately owned cars. this is britain's dup

news. >> welcome back. it's 1150 on britain's newsroom. only on gb news with me. ben liu in for andrew pierce and bev turner. >> the king has said that it is with great sadness that he can't attend royal maundy service attend the royal maundy service today at worcester cathedral. attend the royal maundy service tod yes.: worcester cathedral. attend the royal maundy service tod yes.: worinster cathedral. attend the royal maundy service tod yes.: worin azr cathedral. attend the royal maundy service tod yes.: worin a pre—recorded >> yes. and in a pre—recorded message played out at the service, he reaffirmed his coronation quote, to coronation pledge, quote, not to be served but to serve. sounds very and meghan. also very harry and meghan. he also said how jesus set an said how jesus has set an example to take care of

example for us to take care of each other. >> and he also goes on to say how we need to need and benefit greatly from those who extend the hand of friendship to us, especially the time of need. especially in the time of need. yeah, it's i think he looks quite frail there, actually. i think that's he looks more frail than we've been used to seeing him there. obviously he can't attend the service today. queen camilla is there. we would just like to send gb news his best wishes to the whole family to get well. >> yeah, i do feel just. i would say i do feel very sad about the current situation the royal current situation with the royal family. huge family. i'm not a huge monarchist, do know monarchist, but do you know what? of the only last what? it's one of the only last remaining , i what? it's one of the only last remaining, i didn't be remaining, i didn't used to be class tradition. now, that class and tradition. now, that identifies our great country and when, they're gone, when, if and when they're gone, which there maybe is which i think there maybe is some agenda to it some sort of agenda to do, it would a sad day. let's would be a very sad day. let's go mageddon carmageddon go to, jack mageddon carmageddon 18.5 million drivers are expected to take to the road this weekend as the easter holidays begin. yeah, and as mentioned, jack carson on the mentioned, jack carson is on the ground live from spaghetti junction. going on? junction. jack, what's going on? >> yeah. good afternoon to you.

all good morning. rather, we're here above the m6. you can probably see some of the congestion that's already been caused by a couple of accidents this morning going northbound towards spaghetti junction. that is going to make some of the traffic worse. of course, we know over this easter period, 14 million leisure journeys are expected to take place. 2 million just today, that increases to 2.6 million, tomorrow. and the rac also saying that 1 in 10 people still haven't really decided exactly when they're going to travel. so over the course of the next four days, there could be an extra 3.3 million journeys also taken . 3.3 million journeys also taken. so those precautions, of course, to take before you make some kind of easter travel, of course, try and limit the course, to try and limit the likes of an accident, of course. very well recommended , but also very well recommended, but also what you've got as a combination, particularly if you're travelling . today is the you're travelling. today is the end of the school holidays, which also going to have that which is also going to have that traffic. people trying make traffic. people trying to make an getaway, particularly an early getaway, particularly around airports, when you've got

that and also that mix of business and also those families trying to make use flights use of maybe cheaper flights before official easter before the official easter penod before the official easter period kicks in on the trains over next few days, you can over the next few days, you can have problems, particularly on the west coast main line between london milton keynes, london euston and milton keynes, because . because of because of trouble. because of planned engineering works on the line, there . so more people will line, there. so more people will be travelling on the roads because of issues on some of the parts of the network, on the railway lines. so yeah, be careful if you are travelling today and expect that congestion i >> -- >> okay. imam >> okay. jack carson from spaghetti junction, thanks very much. say maybe get much. i would say maybe get pubuc much. i would say maybe get public but in light public transport, but in light of the last 24 hours of events over the last 24 hours in london, i in london, maybe not, i wouldn't. can't . wouldn't. you can't. >> there's, there's train works all really ? yeah. all weekend. on really? yeah. our whole family are going up to chester this weekend . we all chester this weekend. we all wanted to take the train rather than up the roads. and than clogging up the roads. and all the trains are cancelled . all the trains are cancelled. great. broken britain, right? thatisit great. broken britain, right? that is it from britain's newsroom for today. thank you ben, it's been lovely. up next, good afternoon britain with tom and emily. have a one awful

easter weekend. happy easter. >> well, should angela rayner pubush >> well, should angela rayner publish her tax affair? she's so far refused to do so. but would publishing them, you know, show that she's innocent ? why not? that she's innocent? why not? she's asked tories to reveal that their tax affairs in the past, but also the manhunt continues for the machete wielding stabber on london's pubuc wielding stabber on london's public transport, will be across the capital to see if anyone has spotted him and report from the scenes of the crimes. >> well, that's all to come, so stick with us for good afternoon britain on. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good day to you. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. another unsettled ahead with some

unsettled day ahead with some heavy and some strong heavy rain and some strong winds too, because we are still under the influence of pressure the influence of low pressure like been through much like we have been through much of this week. so a blustery and showery for many of us. showery theme for many of us. the strongest winds today will be coast , the be across the south coast, the heaviest rain likely to be across parts of northern across eastern parts of northern ireland. we do have a couple of warnings out. the showery rain as it pushes its way northwards across england across much of england and wales, the risk of wales, brings the risk of some hail some thunder. hail and some thunder. meanwhile, across parts of scotland we could see sleet scotland we could see some sleet and the higher ground and snow over the higher ground temperatures will be around or a little below average for the little bit below average for the time feeling time of year, but feeling noticeably in those noticeably colder in those strong showery rain strong winds. more showery rain to come as we go through this evening, all of it pushing its way northwards , and will way northwards, and there will be little drier be something a little bit drier and clearer for a time and perhaps clearer for a time developing go through the developing as we go through the early good friday early hours of good friday could allow for touch of frost and a few patches of fog to develop , few patches of fog to develop, particularly across parts of northern particularly across parts of northe are going to hold up a places are going to hold up a few degrees above freezing. otherwise, as we go through good friday and again, it is going to

be a blustery start and some showers developing go showers developing as we go through day . some of them through the day. some of them could once more be with could once more be heavy with some hail and thunder some further hail and thunder mixed but there should be mixed in, but there should be some or perhaps even some drier or perhaps even brighter spells in between the showers temperatures are showers and temperatures are actually going to be up a few degrees compared to today. and actually going to be up a few degr

gb news. away. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on thursday. the 28th of march. >> there we go. breaking a 19 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed on a train between beckenham junction and shortlands railway stations in south london on wednesday.

>> rayner tax dodge angela rayner refuses again to publish her tax history, insisting the pubuc her tax history, insisting the public should believe her when she says she's done nothing wrong. despite this, the police are now looking again at the sale of one of her houses and king charles has spoken of his great sadness at missing the traditional maundy thursday service due to his cancer treatment. >> queen camilla has been pictured alone at worcester cathedral . cathedral. >> now a suspect has been caught in the shocking case of a knife attack in broad daylight on an overground service in london. >> yes, and only hours later we heard of two more victims of knife crime , this time at knife crime, this time at kennington station, again in south london. more centrally

shocking, shocking.