away . good morning to away. good morning to you. it's 930 on monday, the ist of april. this is 930 on monday, the 1st of april. this is britain's newsroom with me , ben, leo and the nana. me, ben, leo and the nana. >> nana akua nana akua. i'm here. yes. >> long waits in a&e reportedly killed 250 people a week in england. how is the nhs fit for purpose and we have.

>> the programs are just not good enough . good enough. >> it's been a long time. i watched the bbc. i think it's a rip off like myself, who's been the licence payer for many years i >>i -- >>ido >> i do question whether i get value for money out of it. >> basically it's just getting a bit too expensive for the quality people in loughborough. >> they're reacting to the end of the two year bbc licence fee freeze . do you think £169.50 is freeze. do you think £169.50 is value for money? the broadcaster says it'll look at ways to reform the fee after 2028 and working parents of two year olds in england can now access 15 hours of free childcare a week . hours of free childcare a week. >> shadow cabinet minister nick thomas—symonds called it a pledge without a plan. >> so the government is announcing these entitlements, but then you find working parents up and down the country can't actually access them . can't actually access them. would you like to walk with me? >> because i can point these people out to you? and again, i

was told when i asked that a swastika was not necessarily anti—semitic or disruptive to pubuc anti—semitic or disruptive to public order. >> doesn't seem right to me. >> everything needs to be taken within context, doesn't it? within the context, doesn't it? >> did you see that at the >> and did you see that at the weekend? shocking footage of a met police officer telling a jewish woman a swastika jewish woman that a swastika being on a placard at being brandished on a placard at the protest needed to be, quote, taken in context . the person taken in context. the person holding the placard was later arrested for public order arrested for a public order offence . offence. >> and as you know, it's easter. easter travel warning, busy roads, no trains and bad weather expected today. it's almost like every day theo chikomba is on the m20 five and ray addison is at euston station. theo, what's the latest ? the latest? >> and we'll have the latest here from the m25. as millions of people across the country make journeys, we'll have the latest with the delays . latest with the delays. >> i'm outside euston , where >> i'm outside euston, where engineering works has turned one of london's busiest stations into a virtual ghost town. this bank holiday monday.

>> nana. why do they do that ? >> nana. why do they do that? why do they choose the busiest time of the year to do engineering works? roadworks? 0h, engineering works? roadworks? oh, what? what's the thinking behind it? >> it's called being british. we like to make our lives difficult. as ever. let us know your thoughts on all our talking points . can gb points today. you can email gb views at news. com but first views at gb news. com but first let's get your latest news with sam francis. >> a very good morning from the gb newsroom. 933 and our top story this morning. new anti—hate crime laws have come into effect in scotland today which critics say could stifle free speech. the laws bring together existing legislation, making it a crime to stir up hatred against people with protected characteristics , protected characteristics, including disability, age,

sexual orientation or people who are transgender. but some police forces have raised concerns about the law, saying it could be weaponised by fringe activists to target political opponents . others, meanwhile, opponents. others, meanwhile, have warned that dealing with complaints could become a distraction for officers. the scottish conservatives say resources should be directed towards front line policing. new estimates suggest more than 250 patients may have died needlessly every week in 2023. that's due to long waits in england's hospitals, a report by the royal college of emergency medicine has revealed that more than 1.5 million patients waited in a&e for longer than 12 hours last year. it found the risk of death started to increase after a five hour wait, and became worse with longer delays. the department for health says it has, though, added thousands of hospital beds to hospitals and insists it's making progress on waiting times . and labour has

waiting times. and labour has criticised a plan to give working parents of two year olds in england an access to 15 hours of free childcare every week . of free childcare every week. it's part of an £8 billion package of support for families in effect from today, which the government says will increase to 30 hours in 2025. but some nurseries say there could be unintended consequences with the expansion of available places putting severe strain on the sector . and labour says it's sector. and labour says it's a pledge without a plan , warning pledge without a plan, warning that a lack of details means many families will struggle to access the promised nursery places . that's the latest from places. that's the latest from the newsroom for now. more on our gb news alerts. just scan the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts . now, to gbnews.com/alerts. now, though, it's back to ben and . nana. >> good morning and welcome to britain's newsroom on gb news. they say easter is all about

family. don't know nana so easter eggs. who better to present today's show with than my nana? nana. very good at it. no >> is she back in black? >> is she back in black? >> you never know . >> you never know. >> you never know. >> she might be right. >> she might be right. >> coming up on today's show, it's going to be a packed one. not least it's the easter bank houday not least it's the easter bank holiday monday today, of course. and as tradition follows, people holiday monday today, of course. and ibeeniition follows, people holiday monday today, of course. and (been visitingllows, people holiday monday today, of course. and (been visitingllows, markets have been visiting local markets to the arrival of spring. >> and just before the long weekend, east yorkshire held its first ever traders market first ever young traders market to people under 30. so to encourage people under 30. so that's not just ben to get started in the markets and trade in their local towns, our reporter anna riley has the event. she's at the event has the story for us. that's bananas. pick—your—own >> markets are the heartbeat of many british towns. >> are you fresh veg ? >> are you fresh veg? >> are you fresh veg? >> chill puddings for £3. strawberry seedless grapes and apple. >> but they must attract young people. if they are to survive. that's why the national market traders federation are supporting the next generation

of market stallholders through their young trader of the year competition in the average age of market traders is about 55, which as an industry, we need more young people and they're coming in. >> this is the 12th year we're doing this campaign. it is working, but we've got to keep doing this. we've got to keep fresh blood coming in. young traders bring young shoppers and it's great industry it's just great for the industry all for little all around. for little investment can be their own boss. something to proud of boss. have something to proud of and expand. there's and they can expand. there's loads out there loads of businesses out there that market that started off as market traders, likes of traders, even the likes of tesco's, so it's little steps. we start at the bottom, work your way up and you know you could be the next alan sugar. >> the first young traders market has been held in east yorkshire to boost business for entrepreneurs between entrepreneurs aged between 16 and stallholder in and 30. these stallholder in beverley appreciate the platform that the event has given them. >> can market seem a little bit , >> can market seem a little bit, old fashioned, yes, but now we've got younger people coming down. we can really develop them and make the high street that

little bit more interesting for the youth. >> it's a lot better if you have to grind out the hours, work in markets like these in the rain and the wind and the snow and i think it gives you more of a love for it. >> i think that's what's really good about young traders and doing markets. it's very supportive. it's not i mean it is competition, but people is a competition, but people don't feel that. don't really feel like that. i think it's nice to boost each other. >> most market places are run by councils have their councils who have been their pubuc councils who have been their public since public custodians since victorian times, but obviously important, particularly for rural create rural areas, to create employment opportunities and obviously self—employment and starting business is starting your own business is a great way to do that. >> and so any way that we can help as a council through our economic development and business support services to encourage do encourage younger people to do that start business that and to start their business here east riding is here in the east riding is obviously something we'd encourage. and without the customers, >> and without the customers, traders, young just traders, young or old just wouldn't exist . wouldn't exist. >> farmer fruits like to buy my plants from independent people. i want to see alive and see people come to beverley and okay, online has its place. but

if we keep doing online we shant if we keep doing online we shan't have any independent traders, we shan't have this and that'll be such a sad thing. >> the winner of the national that'll be such a sad thing. >> th> th> well, nhs data for england shows more than 1.5 million patients waited 12 hours or more in major emergency department last year, and the department for health and social care spokesman has told us this morning we are determined to continue improving experiences for patients making for patients and making access to faster , simpler and fairer. >> we're making progress in reducing a&e waiting times, including adding an extra 5000 permanent staffed beds this winter to increase capacity and help patients be seen as quickly as possible. >> well , lucy johnston

as possible. >> well, lucy johnston is the health and social affairs editor at the sunday express, and she joins us now , lucy, this this is joins us now, lucy, this this is this is really a worrying trend, isn't it? because basically , isn't it? because basically, before you used to call an ambulance and an ambulance would come. now you could wait up to 4 or 12 hours and a&e was a place where you could wait. you'd expect at least four hours. now people dying , waiting, some people are dying, waiting, some of waiting than 12. of them waiting more than 12. what's absolutely. it what's going on? absolutely. it is shocking and it's totally unacceptable. >> and it has been going on for some time. in fact, we did a bit of work on this earlier in the year and there are half, half a million people waiting more than 24 hours last year to in a&e. so thatis 24 hours last year to in a&e. so that is a huge, huge length of time. and the royal college of emergency medicine has done some calculations and has worked out that for every 72 people waiting around 8 to 12 hours in a&e,

there is one extra or unnecessary death and this isn't a place for people, for sick people to get better. there's noise, people are screaming, the lights are on. there treated or not treated in corridors, they're effectively being abandoned in those corridors. and the government really hasn't got a grip on the situation. despite its promises and despite the money, it's thrown at it. >> so, lucy, how many excess deaths are we running at a week? because the ons recently changed the way they calculated the figure didn't they, to some controversy. i mean, i think it was something about 45,000 last yeah was something about 45,000 last year. but then they fiddled the figures and it's gone down to what, 12 or 15? where are we at? >> well, the figures are, you know, it depends on who you ask and what data data set you're looking at. there was a set of figures that showed there was 53,000 excess deaths last year, highest levels, think, since highest levels, i think, since the second world war. but whatever you cut it, whatever way you cut it, whatever way you cut it, whatever way you look at it, we

have levels running at pandemic levels. if you look at the graphs, which i was looking at just just this morning, you can see that the levels of excess deaths are they're not. you wouldn't really notice there was a pandemic. and these people are not older as they were during the pandemic. these are younger people . these are people who are people. these are people who are in their middle ages and sometimes even younger still. and we have had various reports. in 2022, the british heart foundation produced a report showing just in that year, there had been almost 40,000 excess heart related deaths. but yet the government hasn't properly investigated the reasons why people are dying. younger people are dying in excess numbers and chris whitty, the chief medical officer, did a report and blamed the fact that during the pandemic there was a decrease in prescription and uptake in statin prescriptions. but since then there's been a subsequent

report showing there wasn't this decrease in statin prescriptions. so that doesn't explain it. and ministers have to really tackle this head on and get a grip of what is going on, because people are dying in thousands. >> but lucy, i mean, and i agree, whichever way you cut it, the numbers are absurd. even if they have changed the way you calculate it to try and make it look a little bit better, but the what about the bed blocking and the fact that ambulances are usually waiting queues and usually waiting in queues and things ? surely that is things like that? surely that is one the major reasons why one of the major reasons why they unload they can't unload the ambulances, there's ambulances, and why there's a situation people situation where people are hanging in the ambulances. hanging out in the ambulances. you've got waiting in you've got people waiting in corridors hospitals. what corridors and hospitals. what are try and solve are they doing to try and solve that? that's of the that? because that's one of the biggest reasons why this is happening . happening. >> well, they have put, i think a billion towards its towards the recovery plan to try and recover emergency services. but as these figures that you're bringing today show this hasn't

worked. the 5000 excess extra bedsis worked. the 5000 excess extra beds is not enough. and actually, what we need to look at is a fundamental reform and a change. throwing pots of money. the nhs is famous for throwing pots of money to try and fix problems which actually are deeply, there are deeply entrenched problems, so we have bed blocking and that's partly to do with social care. we don't have a place for people to get to leave in the community. 13,000 people are stuck in beds. we have , you know, not enough we have, you know, not enough beds anyway. not enough staff . beds anyway. not enough staff. it's a, you know, huge problem. and also there's the weekend effect just over easter. there will be excess mortality because the hospitals are running at reduced capacity and people aren't being discharged. so we have to think about modernising the nhs, bringing it in line with google , tescos and making with google, tescos and making it a proper 24 hour service that would do something and improving social care. these are just two

things, lucy. >> we're running out of time. unfortunately we're just about done. but in 15 seconds, why aren't we receiving the same coverage of deaths, excess deaths as we were during the pandemic? do you remember every news station, every newspaper had a death count on the number of deaths we're running of covid deaths we're running at similar or even higher numbers, whereas reaction ? whereas the same reaction? >> well, i, i absolutely agree. there should be press briefings, there should be investigations . there should be investigations. and it's all to do with what we're choosing to focus or what the government is choosing to focus on. but this should be a focus. and i agree, it's outrageous . yes. okay. outrageous. yes. okay. >> thank you so much. well, listen, in response, an nhs spokesperson said that the latest published data shows our urgent and emergency care recovery plan , backed by extra recovery plan, backed by extra funding with more beds, capacity in greater use of measures like same day emergency care is delivering improvements alongside continued work with our colleagues in community and social care to discharge

patients when they are medically fit to go home, freeing up beds for other patients. >> yeah, yeah. got it. got it right . up next, the bbc licence right. up next, the bbc licence fee is going up to almost £170 a yeah fee is going up to almost £170 a year. do you think it's value for

us. >> good morning. it's fast approaching 49 minutes after 9:00. this is britain's newsroom i'm nana akua, and that's ben leo. that's the two year freeze on bbc licence fee ends this month . month. >> yes, and it's due to rise in line with inflation. taking the annual licence fee for a colour tv to nearly £170, an increase of £10.50. >> well, the director general, tim davie , says that it was tim davie, says that it was right to ask questions about its future in worlds that is now full of choice, and the bbc would proactively research how to reform the licence fee post

2028. so here to debate it. if the bbc licence fee is value for money, is the former bbc executive presenter roger bolton and former brexit party mep rupert lowe welcome ? why should rupert lowe welcome? why should we start with should we start with you, roger? the bbc give it give us thoughts on the give us your thoughts on the licence itself , whether you licence fee itself, whether you think value money. think it's value for money. >> well , it's the cost. the >> well, it's the cost. the licence fee is a cappuccino. cappuccino each one cappuccino a week for each household . the week for each household. the problem is everybody has to pay. but that's what the cost is. and for that, you do get an incredible amount. i mean , you incredible amount. i mean, you get eight national tv channels, you the bbc iplayer with you get the bbc iplayer with everything's on there, you get bbc with radios for five, bbc sounds with radios for five, radio three and so on. you get all local radio, you've got regional television, you get the bbc website , including sport, bbc website, including sport, you get the bbc world service thatis you get the bbc world service that is partly funded from elsewhere, and you get apps like bite sized cbeebies, food news, sport and weather. so in terms of value money, yes it is.

of for value money, yes it is. the problem with it is obviously that there's greater competition now . and more people are now. and more people are choosing not to use a lot of the bbc services, although on the whole we just talk about television and forget the rest. so i think debate should be so i think the debate should be about need bbc? what, about do we need a bbc? what, you what can it do? how do you know, what can it do? how do we pay for it? and it's when you start to say how and how much would we pay for it. do we have an argument? >> so rupert, the problem some people the so—called people have is the so—called campaign bias being campaign of woke bias being fed to for example, to viewers. for example, an episode at the to viewers. for example, an episend at the to viewers. for example, an episend of at the to viewers. for example, an episend of last at the to viewers. for example, an episend of last year at the to viewers. for example, an episend of last year featuredthe tail end of last year featured students revolting at their school over their slavery links . school over their slavery links. there was an episode of casualty in which a non—binary character proudly discussed her top surgery. people want to be surgery. people don't want to be forced to pay £170 a year for this kind of woke claptrap, do they? that's the issue. >> well , i as they? that's the issue. >> well, i as you probably know, i've long been of the view that the bbc is now an outdated monopoly , not since the civil

monopoly, not since the civil war have britons liked monopolies. not since the crown had a monopoly on power. and the bbc. i mean, hear what roger says, but at the end of the day, there's absolutely no reason why there's absolutely no reason why the bbc can't stand on its own two feet. and if people want to watch the sort of rubbish that the metropolitan elite turn out, which in my view is divisive, it creates envy, it creates disunity and it doesn't represent real middle england. so i, i say time now to stop a forced, payment of £170 responsibly defund the bbc. i'm not suggesting we should just collapse it. it should be defunded , stand on its own two defunded, stand on its own two feet. and if, as roger says, it's such good value, people will make that choice and pay for it. if not, they won't. >> well, listen, roger, let me problem. >> let me give you, if i may say there's a problem with that. and by the way, i thought you ought

to know the percentage. you should try and relatively should try and be relatively objective 2 or 3 objective and to pick 2 or 3 cases and make allegations as a campaign is really campaign of wokeness is really not journalism. not good journalism. >> you talking about? >> what are you talking about? sorry, actually sorry, sorry, i haven't actually said you don't said anything. so you don't know, you don't know know, do you? you don't know what i think. i haven't told you what i think. i haven't told you what think, what you're what i think, what you're assessing, you're saying assessing, what you're saying is an introduction. >> but was campaign. >> but there was a campaign. there that there isn't. but setting that aside, you're not going to aside, if you're not going to pay, aside, if you're not going to pay, not going to pay pay, if you're not going to pay the fee, you look the the licence fee, you look at the alternatives. if you want to reduce advertising, you'll destroy and destroy your business, and you'll else you'll find that everybody else in doesn't want you'll find that everybody else in to doesn't want you'll find that everybody else in to happen, doesn't want you'll find that everybody else in to happen, because nant you'll find that everybody else in to happen, because bbc will that to happen, because bbc will mop up the advertising you talk about. >> subscription shouldn't be allowed the allowed to mop up the advertising. point is advertising. and the point is that they be disbanded. that they would be disbanded. you the whole that they would be disbanded. you it the whole that they would be disbanded. you it will the whole that they would be disbanded. you it will do the whole that they would be disbanded. you it will do it.the whole that they would be disbanded. you it will do it. no whole that they would be disbanded. you it will do it. no no ole that they would be disbanded. you it will do it. no no no thing. it will do it. no no no no. but listen, we, the taxpayer or the licence fee payer has paid for the bbc to have the expansive network that it has. and actually we would probably suggest disbanding it. but let me talked value for me you talked about value for money. just run you through money. i'll just run you through some programmes. some of the programmes. >> let me just no, >> so we've got let me just no, i was just saying to sorry,

i was just saying to you sorry, please advertising address i was just saying to you sorry, ple'point advertising address i was just saying to you sorry, ple'point thatertising address i was just saying to you sorry, ple'point that the ing address i was just saying to you sorry, ple'point that the industry ass i was just saying to you sorry, ple'point that the industry is; opposed. >> the rest of the industry is opposed largely to the bbc taking because it taking advertising because it would models and would destroy their models and it destroy now, if it would destroy you. now, if you're you want an you're saying you want an alternative, licence fee, alternative, the licence fee, you to address point. you have to address that point. >> literally >> no, i was literally addressing it, but you interrupted. the point is this. okay, just going okay, so i'm just going to address value money address your value for money point. okay. i'll read you point. okay. so i'll read you some the story. what's got on some of the story. what's got on the squad? think the bbc fraud squad? i think it's animal park. it's a repeat animal park. probably repeat homes under probably a repeat homes under the a repeat bargain the hammer a repeat bargain hunt a literally goes on. a repeat. it literally goes on. they're all repeat. so in, you know , for people watching, know, for people watching, they're going get what they're only going to get what they're only going to get what they but to address they see. but to address your your question model in your question about the model in advertising, shouldn't be advertising, they shouldn't be allowed just sorry. allowed to just sorry. >> address that point . if >> let me address that point. if you take 30% off the bbc's licence fee, which is happened in real terms over ten years, you will get more repeats. but the but discussion shouldn't the but the discussion shouldn't focus on television . what focus only on television. what about the radio channels? about all the radio channels? what local radio? what what about local radio? what about regional television? how about regional television? how about bbc website? about the bbc website? what about the bbc website? what about service?

about the world service? >> listen. of roger. >> listen, listen. all of roger. >> listen, listen. all of roger. >> we're going to go to the weather, but we want to carry on with this. so stay with us, rogen with this. so stay with us, roger. and also you stay with us. plenty more still to come, stay britain's newsroom. >> yeah, we're going to get your weather now with greg dewhurst back btec. back in btec. >> you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar . sponsors of weather on . solar. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest weather. over the next few days, it does remain unsettled. we do have rain pushing north today. heavy . pushing north today. heavy. showers following, but there will be some warm sunshine. we can divide the country into three today. cloud and rain across this central swathe of the uk. quite a cold feeling day to the north of fairly to the north of this fairly cloudy, some skies and cloudy, some bright skies and into south of this mixture

into the south of this a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers. some of will showers. some of them will be heavy some and thunder heavy with some hail and thunder in too. could be some in there too. could be some local disruption are local disruption if you are stuck under this area of cloud and it'll quite cold. and rain. it'll be quite cold. temperatures seven eight degrees, sunnier degrees, but in any sunnier breaks we see highs around breaks we could see highs around 13 15 degrees. not feeling 13 to 15 degrees. so not feeling too bad in the sunshine as we move through into the evening time. across time. further showers across england perhaps some time. further showers across englan spells perhaps some time. further showers across englan spells of perhaps some time. further showers across englan spells of rainperhaps some time. further showers across englan spells of rain along�*s some time. further showers across englan spells of rain along theme longer spells of rain along the south for a time, this south coast. for a time, this area rain continues push area of rain continues to push its way northwards into scotland, ireland also scotland, northern ireland also seeing rain seeing some spells of rain dunng seeing some spells of rain during early hours. some seeing some spells of rain durin spellsearly hours. some seeing some spells of rain durin spells in.y hours. some seeing some spells of rain durin spells in between some seeing some spells of rain durin spells in between winds clear spells in between winds falling light, we could see 1 or 2 mist and fog patches developing temperatures a little lower compared to of late, but still above freezing. lower compared to of late, but still then above freezing. lower compared to of late, but stillthen abcmixedzzing. lower compared to of late, but stillthen abcmixed day|. lower compared to of late, but still then abcmixed day on and then it's a mixed day on tuesday , we'll see a mixture of tuesday, we'll see a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers. showers taking showers. the showers taking their time to bubble up, some of them on heavy side at times, them on the heavy side at times, but many places across england and dry, though and wales staying dry, though turning . very turning cloudy. very cloudy across scotland as across parts of scotland here as well. outbreaks of rain through the some hill possible the day. some hill snow possible too, temperatures 6 or 7

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gb news. >> good morning to you. it's 10 am. on monday, april the 1st. this is britain's newsroom with me, ben, leo and the lovely nana akua. >> oh. that's nice of you. long waits in a and e reportedly killed 250 people every week in england. is the nhs fit for purpose ? purpose? >> and the bbc licence fee goes up this month after a two year freeze. you just heard us debating about it. we're going to return with that in just a moment. but is it worth the £170 just under per year? these people in loughborough don't think quality of the think so. quality of the programmes are just not good enough.

>> it's been a long time. i've watched the bbc. i think it's a rip off. >> it's like myself who's been the licence payer for many years. i do question whether i get value for money out of it. >> basically it's just getting a bit too expensive for the quality . quality. >> yeah, stay with us. we'll continue that discussion with roger and rupert. but next up, working parents of two year olds in england can now access 15 hours of free childcare a week. shadow cabinet minister nick thomas—symonds called it a pledge without a plan. >> so the government is announcing these entitlements, but then you find working parents up and down the country can't actually access them , and can't actually access them, and the over 50s are putting a shift in, as employment levels in the age group are at an all time high and growing quicker than any other . any other. >> and as you know, it is easter. and of course it's always travel chaos. busy roads, no trains are bad weather and bad weather expected. theo chikomba is on the m25.

>> as the traffic builds up and the easter getaway is underway, we'll have the latest from the m25 as millions are set to travel across the uk today. >> and of course, let us know your thoughts on all today's topics. you've already got riled and ready about this bbc licence fee topic. emails flying in, lots of you saying why should i pay lots of you saying why should i pay £170 a year to fund the likes of gary lineker preaching about anything and everything on twitter? >> 1.3 million. >>1.3 million. >>1.3 million. >> he earns 1.3 a year. yeah. all right . for some. well, all right. for some. well, that's what your licence fee is paying that's what your licence fee is paying for. are you happy with it? nana is also touched on the fact that the schedule is full of repeat. repeat, repeat of repeat. repeat repeat, repeat different also, a different shows. also, i mean a campaign group that campaign group has said that they're flooding with they're flooding viewers with wokeism trans net wokeism stories on trans net zero, climate change, whatever

else, keep those emails coming in. going resume that in. we're going to resume that bbc just a second. but bbc debate in just a second. but first, here's news first, here's your news headunes first, here's your news headlines francis. headlines with sam francis. >> ben nana, thank you very much. and good morning. 1002 and the top stories from the gb newsroom this morning. new laws to tackle hate crime. have come into effect in scotland today, which critics say could threaten free speech. the laws bring together existing legislation, making it a crime to stir up hatred against people with protected characteristics, including disability, age , including disability, age, sexual orientation or people who are transgender . but some police are transgender. but some police forces have warned that the law could be weaponised by what they've called fringe activists to target political opponents . to target political opponents. but others are concerned that deaung but others are concerned that dealing with complaints could become a distraction for officers. the scottish conservatives have said that resources should instead be directed towards frontline policing. well, we've been asking people on the streets of

edinburgh what they think about the new laws . the new laws. >> are you going to be going out and encouraging snitches and people to go and speak up about, about people who's having you know, having a private conversation, you know, the keys in the word private. >> the police themselves have said that they going , only said that they are going, only going respond where going to respond where complaints been raised. and complaints have been raised. and our would be that there our concern would be that there are campaign groups out there that raise that would be looking to raise complaints silence complaints in order to silence people don't like, not people that they don't like, not interpretation of the crime interpretation of the hate crime speech. could be used very much >> now could be used very much against us, it's a recipe against us, and it's a recipe for disaster. >> new estimates have suggested that than 250 patients may that more than 250 patients may have died needlessly every week in 2023 due to long waits in england's hospitals, a report by the royal college of emergency medicine revealed that more than 1.5 million patients waited in a&e for longer than 12 hours last year. it also found the risk of death started to increase after a five hour wait and became worse with longer

delays. the department for health has said that. it's added though thousands of hospital beds, and insists it's making progress on waiting times . some progress on waiting times. some households across the country will feel the effects of a cash boost from today, as new economic policies come into effect. the national living wage is increasing to £11.44 every houn is increasing to £11.44 every hour, giving a pay rise to around 3 million of britain's lowest paid workers . small lowest paid workers. small businesses will also benefit from a raised vat threshold and fully funded apprenticeships for young people . business minister young people. business minister kevin hollinrake told gb news this morning economic this morning that economic conditions are improving. >> we understand it's been difficult but things are improving. we the economy improving. we see the economy turning this year. turning a corner this year. we'll see interest rates dropping, taxes dropping, of course, for the course, £900 a year for the average person in terms of tax reductions with the national insurance cuts. so all those things are all good news for people. of course, there's more to do, but things really are turning a corner. >> meanwhile, working parents of

two olds in england are now two year olds in england are now entitled to 15 hours of free childcare a week . it's part of childcare a week. it's part of an £8 billion package of support for families in effect from today. the government says the scheme will increase to 30 hours for children over nine months in age by september 2025. labour, though, says it's a pledge without a plan, and some nurseries are also warning that the expansion of available places will put severe strain on the sector . shadow places will put severe strain on the sector. shadow minister nick thomas—symonds told gb news that hundreds of families will still struggle to access the promised nursery places. >> the government is announcing these entitlement cuts, but then you find working parents up and down the country can't actually access them now, of course , if access them now, of course, if labouris access them now, of course, if labour is privileged enough to form a government, we will stand by these entitlements. we will not take these entitlements away or reduce them. but what we will do is put forward an actual way of accessing them, of making them a reality for everybody who

is entitled to them . is entitled to them. >> millions of households will see their bills rise as firms roll out their annual price increases on what's being dubbed national price hike day road tax, broadband mobile bills, water and the tv licence are all going up, as are council taxes in england, wales and in northern ireland, the average council tax bill will increase by £106, while water bills will jump by £106, while water bills will jump by by £106, while water bills will jump by 6. consumer experts, meanwhile , are saying that those meanwhile, are saying that those who might be worried about the cost of their bills should check for better deals . but it's not for better deals. but it's not all bad news. energy bills are due to fall to their lowest rate in two years after the regulator, ofgem, has cut its price cap by 12.3. it means the average household bill for gas and electricity will fall by around £238 over the course of a yean around £238 over the course of a year, or about £20 a month. however, around 10 million households are still being urged

to submit metre readings to avoid possibly overpaying . and avoid possibly overpaying. and finally, before we head back to ben and nana, ten flood warnings and more than 100 flood alerts remain in place across england as the wet easter weekend winds die down. it comes after 2 million journeys were expected on the roads, with rain and thunder forecast to bring travel disruption. forecasters are still expecting more rain across the south of england today, with the south of england today, with the risk of hail and thunder. the most severe delays to travel are expected between now and midday . that's the latest from midday. that's the latest from the newsroom for now. in the meantime , you can sign up to gb meantime, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts . gbnews.com/alerts. >> good morning. welcome aboard. if you're just tuned in, this is gbh news. it's just if you're just tuned in, this is gbh news. it'sjust coming up if you're just tuned in, this is gbh news. it's just coming up to nine minutes after 10:00. you're with britain's newsroom. i'm nana akua, and this is ben leo.

>> now, let's see what we've been saying at home. not least about this bbc debate that's been raging. julie says good morning , julie. the bbc should morning, julie. the bbc should be it has never been be shut down. it has never been fit for purpose. from mid fit for purpose. from the mid 19505, fit for purpose. from the mid 1950s, started 1950s, when itv started importing american importing good old american programmes, john also says i used to love the bbc or auntie beeb as we were brainwashed to say i now absolutely, absolutely detest it. it represents everything that's bad about britain. >> and tony says the increase is expensive if you don't watch it, why should you pay for something that you don't use and you wouldn't do that with any other product? and christine says the licence fee should be stopped and the bbc to be defunded. i don't watch bbc, why don't watch the bbc, so why should its rubbish? should i pay for its rubbish? i'm looking to find i'm literally looking to find somebody who says something good here, i'm gonna i'll here, well, i'm gonna i'll provide an element of balance there. there's a wrong there. there's a lot wrong with there. there's a lot wrong with the impartiality. the bbc, not least impartiality. however, some. however, they do do some. i enjoy match of the day. i enjoy their fa cup coverage, certain elements of radio two i enjoy. so i don't think they are bad for britain. i think that's

doing some heavy lifting. but nobody's nobody's actually saying. >> i mean, in my view, i'm not saying disbanded the bbc. i think it would make a great training school, but i cannot think it would make a great trairwhy.;chool, but i cannot think it would make a great trairwhy. it|ool, but i cannot think it would make a great trairwhy. it has but i cannot think it would make a great trairwhy. it has aut i cannot think it would make a great trairwhy. it has a plethoraot think it would make a great trairwhy. it has a plethora of see why. it has a plethora of stations. i mean, i've looked bbc 1, radio asian bbc radio 1, radio five, asian network, bbc four, bbc network, bbc radio four, bbc two, three, radio bbc two, bbc three, radio four, bbc world bbc 1 world service, bbc radio 1 extra, bbc radio scotland, bbc world service, bbc radio 1 extra, 1,3c radio scotland, bbc world service, bbc radio 1 extra, 1, dance,o scotland, bbc world service, bbc radio 1 extra, 1, dance, bbcytland, bbc world service, bbc radio 1 extra, 1, dance, bbc and d, bbc world service, bbc radio 1 extra, 1, dance, bbc and allibc world service, bbc radio 1 extra, 1, dance, bbc and all the radio 1, dance, bbc and all the regional stations which i actually think they should potentially but, you know, potentially keep. but, you know, because community potentially keep. but, you know, becaurstations. community potentially keep. but, you know, becaurstations. but community potentially keep. but, you know, becaurstations. but let'scommunity based stations. but let's continue our debate the continue with our debate as the bbc licence fee is value for money. is the former bbc executive and presenter roger bolton, brexit bolton, and the former brexit party mep , robert low. i'm going party mep, robert low. i'm going to come back to rupert , now, to come back to rupert, now, rupert, why should we get rid of the bbc? because a lot of people are saying we should get rid of it . it. >> well, as i said, it.— >> well, as i said, no, it. >> well, as i said, no, no, i think it's now not fit for purpose. i think arguably when reith first, introduced his a very highly protestant decent man. and at the end of the day, i think there was between the wars, there was a logic for it.

now, with news available everywhere, no young people really watch the bbc. now, i've got two questions for roger. i mean, we've had to listen to quite a lot of what he's had to say, question one is why does the bbc still continue not to accept that hamas is a terrorist organisation? when the government has actually labelled it the question the it as such? and the question the other question i've got for him is, does he agree that the bbc licence fee, which is currently, i'm right in saying, the only i'm right in saying, is the only debt for which you can get a criminal record or indeed go to prison does he prison for non—payment. does he think today's society think that in today's society thatis think that in today's society that is correct, that the bbc licence fee should be singled out and treated differently to any other debt ? because i don't, any other debt? because i don't, so i'd be interested to know what he has to say about that. with regard to local radio stations, i did have a radio station, local radio station, when i was chairman of southampton. the fans to southampton. the fans used to call it radio rupert, and we used to try and compete against the local bbc stations , which the local bbc stations, which are funded through this monopolistic levy. and

ultimately, if the bbc wasn't there, i think you'd end up with much more competition and much more local radio, which was based on what the local community wants. nana, as you just said. so those are my two questions for roger, because as ben, just said, they're not impartial. they're not impartial . and i'd like to hear the answer to those two questions. well, when first of all, when the country is divided as it is, if you're in the middle of the road, which is the bbc, you get run down both ways. you know, it's not surprising that the allegations have been partiality are levelled. now when the country on so many country is so divided on so many ways. the first question i ways. on the first question i asked mean hamas. roger, asked ben, i mean hamas. roger, let let him answer. hamas is let him let him answer. hamas is a organisation. it's a terrorist organisation. it's the not to tell people the bbc's job not to tell people what things but report. what things are, but to report. ihave what things are, but to report. i have problem with them i have no problem with them saying an organisation that saying it's an organisation that commits and does a whole commits terror and does a whole range things. this was range of other things. this was the we faced with the the question we faced with the ira. problem these ira. the problem about these organisations is that there are lots of things and every side in a debate wants you to label their opponents in a particular

way. if you want me say hamas way. if you want me to say hamas is disgusting organisation is a disgusting organisation that commits terror happy, i don't it matters if the don't think it matters if the bbc calls it a terrorist organisation. it's the job of the bbc to report on the terror that it does. >> it's the job to report the truth and if an organisation is a terrorist organisation, it's not judgement, the truth. not a judgement, it's the truth. they should be reporting that surely they should report the terrorist activities that hamas does. >> but hamas is also a number of other things. so you've got to be very careful . you simply be very careful. you simply don't label give one name to an organisation , but they are organisation, but they are a terrorist organisation. >> i mean, roger, if i may interject, the bbc never went around saying so—called isis that according to the uk government, a terrorist organisation , they didn't do it organisation, they didn't do it with that and they're dancing around hamas for some bizarre reason and they still keep doing it. >> it's a it.— >> it's a very it. >> it's a very difficult. >> it's a very difficult. >> it's a very difficult issue. it's not the bbc job. it's easy, not in your view, to find in my view. so we disagree. but all

i'm saying is the important thing from the bbc is to report what the hamas does and it should report, okay, but it should report, okay, but it should report, okay, but it should report that hamas is committed to the eradication of the state of israel. and it's important that you get people who might be supporters of hamas to listen and face that fact. and if the best way of doing it is simply describe these is simply to describe these things horrors that things and the horrors that hamas commits , that's the better hamas commits, that's the better way dealing it. on the way of dealing with it. on the second about local radio second point about local radio and so on, what you've got going on unfortunately , is on there, unfortunately, is a market failure. >> think the second point, >> i think the second point, sorry, about getting sorry, was about getting a criminal record for not paying for the bbc. yeah, so we can address local radio anyway because that was an aside wasn't it? rupert. yeah. no, no. he asked about the whether it's right people should right that people should be criminalised paying the criminalised for not paying the licence fee. >> well first of all, you can't go to jail for not paying the licence fee. you can be fine if you don't. >> if you if you know, you can technically you can go to prison misinformed. >> you can. no it's not. >>— >> you can. no it's not.

>> no , no. sorry. >> no, no. sorry. >>— >> no, no. sorry. >> you've got that wrong. let me assure you. no you cannot. no no no.cani assure you. no you cannot. no no no. can i complete. forgive me? >> please complete it. >> please complete it. >> which is? you can't go to prison directly failing prison directly for failing to pay you pay the licence fee. if you don't the licence fee, you don't pay the licence fee, you can be fine. if you don't pay a fine like with everything else, you go prison at the you can go to prison at the moment . moment. >> as far as i know, in the last you can go to prison for not paying you can go to prison for not paying the licence fee because you.so paying the licence fee because you. so you can be going to prison for not prison for being fined for not paying prison for being fined for not paying licence fee. prison for being fined for not pay ifg licence fee. prison for being fined for not pay if you licence fee. prison for being fined for not pay if you don't|ce fee. prison for being fined for not pay if you don't payee. prison for being fined for not pay if you don't pay a. prison for being fined for not pay if you don't pay a fine, you >> if you don't pay a fine, you in prison. but at the moment, same thing in the last two years nobody to prison. and nobody has gone to prison. and look, don't like don't look, i don't like it. i don't like the licence fee. in principle. don't like principle. i don't like a regressive but do want regressive tax, but i do want pubuc regressive tax, but i do want public service broadcasting. i do bbc. and when you do want the bbc. and when you look at the alternatives, it's difficult. i mentioned advertising. the other thing that mentioned that rupert mentioned was subscription . the problem subscription. the problem is subscription. the problem is subscription according subscription at about according to house of lords, there are to the house of lords, there are about 4 million households in this country that don't have direct access to the internet. so you switch off the bbc so if you switch off the bbc like that and go digital, there

are 4 million households at the moment won't be able to access it. so before you can honestly say you're a subscription , we say you're a subscription, we have to solve that problem. >> well, how many how many pensioners would that save? getting knocks on the door from bbc, bailiffs for not paying the licence fee. roger, if i could just ask you a question. no, no, no, you go on. >> you remarks like this, let me answer them because they're very provocative. there provocative. go ahead. there are about at the about 850,000 people at the moment have pay the moment who don't have to pay the licence fee. would think there licence fee. i would think there should more should be should be more who should be exempt. think the licence fee exempt. i think the licence fee is flawed. i think everyone is very flawed. i think everyone should but when you should be exempt. but when you look resiled, bbc look the bbc, resiled, bbc resiled roger on on on making licence fee the licence fee free for older people they resiled on that they made an undertaking and then resiled on it. no, no the government if you go back as part of the government gave the bbc the responsibility of effectively operating social policy and funding, the licence fees for the pensioners . this fees for the pensioners. this was a government decision to squeeze the bbc further . you

squeeze the bbc further. you know, it squeezed it by 30% over the last ten years and licence fee. but listen, please, can i just say to you, margaret, failure does exist. and what about children's programmes ? about children's programmes? only the bbc, for example, produces children programmes. the rest of cartoons from the states in local radio. we've had , because of the channel five produced milkshake every morning from 6 am. every morning they have milkshake. >> he knows he has to watch it with his kids. >> i do, unfortunately, but in terms of irish, okay, if you go to the statistics and look at original programming, which is and you'll find the bbc and so on, you'll find the bbc is now, is virtually alone. now, what we've say to ourselves is we've got to say to ourselves is not the licence fee first, the bbc first is do we still need pubuc bbc first is do we still need public service broadcasting? let's debate about let's have the debate about that. is the bbc still that. secondly, is the bbc still a good way of delivering it? and thirdly, how do we pay for it? but start the wrong thirdly, how do we pay for it? but of start the wrong thirdly, how do we pay for it? but of this start the wrong thirdly, how do we pay for it? but of this discussion,a wrong thirdly, how do we pay for it? but of this discussion, whichg thirdly, how do we pay for it? but of this discussion, which is end of this discussion, which is the licence which is the licence fee, which is flawed, it's well, you flawed, but it's well, you i don't think that that's i think, you know, just saying that i think you're kind of evading the question .

question. >> rupert, final word to you . >> rupert, final word to you. >> rupert, final word to you. >> well, i personally i think it's >> well, i personally i think wsfime >> well, i personally i think it's time to responsibly defund the bbc as i've written articles on it. it's time to act. so, auntie, basically, and i think allow people choice. they have plenty of other channels. roger talks about people not having access to the internet , if you access to the internet, if you drive around most parts of the uk, you find people have got a sky dish that in itself gives them access to news, it gives them access to news, it gives them access to sport . and at the them access to sport. and at the end of the day, i listen to richard sharpe , over the richard sharpe, over the weekend, talking complete rubbish about means testing the bbc licence fee. i mean, honestly , nana and ben, why honestly, nana and ben, why would you go into such detail to find out data monopoly. it's nonsense. it's complete nonsense. it's complete nonsense. and it's time to simplify people's lives. let them choose. how many other countries have a state broadcasting monopoly run by a

woke metropolitan elite that does not represent the majority of british people? simple. >> well, listen, we're going to have to leave there because we're running out of time. we're gonna have to leave it there because. sorry. hold on one second, roger. we're running out of but it's such a of time. but it's been such a pleasure talking you both, pleasure talking to you both, i must thank you, really good must say. thank you, really good to you. that's, rupert to talk to you. that's, rupert low and roger bolton. you know, they talk about. >> can guarantee they talk >> i can guarantee they talk about impartiality. i can guarantee not have guarantee you would not have that on that kind of debate anywhere on the you've got such the bbc, where you've got such a plethora from each end plethora of views from each end of spectrum about any topic of the spectrum about any topic you the bbc in a you can think of the bbc in a discussion about closing this channel down. gb last year channel down. gb news last year had three person panel had a three person panel on newsnight that we should newsnight saying that we should all shut down, shut down, all be shut down, shut down, shut it's just outrageous. shut down. it's just outrageous. >> be fair, >> well, listen, to be fair, if they've been scrutinised way they've been scrutinised the way we would already be we have, they would already be shut i'm going i'm not shut down. i'm going to i'm not going say a few but do going to say a few names, but do you who i'm talking about? you know who i'm talking about? >> they their own >> and they mark their own homework as well. they don't report to ofcom we do. >> well, listen, we'll carry on with that. keep your messages

coming gbviews@gbnews.com. just to be clear, the director general bbc, tim davie, general of the bbc, tim davie, is to proactively research is going to proactively research how to the licence fee how to reform the licence fee after 2028. >> right. coming up, king charles made his first significant appearance significant public appearance since at since his cancer diagnosis at the easter service in windsor yesterday. looks well , i yesterday. he looks well, i should greeting the public. should say, greeting the public. we're discuss. we're going to discuss. >> shouldn't touch people >> he shouldn't touch people because he's got well, he's got, you he's possibly a you know, he's possibly a weakened system. you know, he's possibly a wet okay. i system. you know, he's possibly a wetokay.i goingstem. you know, he's possibly a wetokay.i goingste discuss >> okay. we're going to discuss that the break. that and more after the break. stay with

us. it's 1023. you're with ben us. it's1023. you're with ben and nana on britain's newsroom on gb news, should we go to some? well, let's get our panel in. first author and broadcaster emma woolf and former labour adviser matthew laza. i was just going to say good morning. let's going to say good morning. let's go to some positive royal news. with return of his majesty with the return of his majesty the absolutely. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> the easter service >> so the easter service yesterday, he was expected to.

>> were pre—briefing , which >> we were pre—briefing, which was going to sit in a separate but, you know, part of the church obviously he church because obviously so he didn't, of didn't, you know, the risk of infection, but instead and infection, etc. but instead and he wasn't going be able to do the usual walkabout, but instead he fans, he surprised those loyal fans, loyal , loyal he surprised those loyal fans, loyal, loyal monarchists waiting outside by going over and chatting to them. how do you think he looks? >> he is he thriving? >> is he is he thriving? >> is he is he thriving? >> well, i thought he looked. i mean, he's clearly you know, we know he's receiving treatment mean, he's clearly you know, we knc cancer. receiving treatment for cancer. >> think he looks >> so i mean, i think he looks well considering think. he well considering i think. but he shouldn't have done it though. >> mean, i, we love him to >> i mean, i, we all love him to bits this is unwise, bits and this is unwise, i suppose if you've got a well i think yeah, that's what thought. >> but you know, with the compromised immune system, but, apparently the doctor said that, that right in the that it was all right in the end. that's what i read in one briefing. >> you know, do i think. i think it was a clear risk. he shouldn't have done it. really because. but that just goes to show what man is. show what a lovely man he is. >> let's about the >> let's think about the majority. i have, you know, majority. and i have, you know, lots lots of respect for the lots and lots of respect for the king kate, of course, king and for kate, of course, for what they're both going

through. think through. but let's just think about majority people about the majority of people in this are getting this country who are getting on the going have their the bus and going to have their chemo coming back on chemo treatment coming back on there, out there, like people are out and about. he has the about. yeah, he clearly has the best advice available. best medical advice available. he having the best he clearly is having the best treatment great for treatment and that's great for him. most people to get him. but most people have to get on lives. and, you on with their lives. and, you know, he was able to meet the public. think he's public. i don't think he's massively public. i don't think he's ma youely public. i don't think he's ma you don't think i mean, >> you don't think i mean, i won't even share autocue won't even share the autocue scroller with leo now scroller with ben leo now because a problem with because he's got a problem with his that's. because he's got a problem with his thank that's. because he's got a problem with his thank you. s. because he's got a problem with his thank you. nana. that's >> i'll thank you. nana. that's what laughing as what we were laughing at as we came back in the break, came back in from the break, because, nana didn't want to touch the autocue scroller because a little bit of because i have, a little bit of an not as an upset tummy. not as extravagant just extravagant as you've just described. want hear extravagant as you've just descriithat want hear extravagant as you've just descriithat kind want hear extravagant as you've just descriithat kind of want hear extravagant as you've just descriithat kind of stuff.t hear extravagant as you've just descriithat kind of stuff. ben, ear about that kind of stuff. ben, are you blushing, no. >> hope. not >> this is hope. it's not norovirus. >> w- >> it's too early in the morning. so how morning. it's 1025. so how do you morning. it's1025. so how do you the looked? did you think the king looked? did he i think so. >> yeah, i think so. >> yeah, i think so. >> mean, i think looked i, >> i mean, i think he looked i, you think he looked you know, i think he looked clearly you know, not on clearly like, you know, not on his tip form, his absolute tip top form, but he looked me than he looked to me better than i was expecting, be honest, and was expecting, to be honest, and i i i think that's a good sign. i think fact that, he did go think the fact that, he did go over to people over and speak to people is a sign that the treatment is sign that he, the treatment is going reasonably. >> disappointed that

going reasonably. >> didn't disappointed that going reasonably. >> didn't disprincess�*d that going reasonably. >> didn't disprincess of:hat we didn't see the princess of wales, she wales, catherine, because she was an appearance. >> yeah. they stayed at home with we're told with the kids, and we're told that's the case for that's going to be the case for a while now. after the video a week ago, that not, you week ago, that she's not, you know, keep know, she's not going to keep making public appearances. remember the visit to the farm shop, to me was shop, which seemed to me was kind staged in the middle kind of staged in the middle of all think. now all the photo row, i think. now now the video and the now we've had the video and the announcement, me announcement, it seems to me that they are going to keep the kate william going to kate and william are going to keep public eye together. keep out of public eye together. >> no, this this story was >> well, no, this this story was just horrendous. was just horrendous. emma. this was this somebody holding that somebody was holding a swastika mean, swastika banner. and i mean, should we you the video? i should we show you the video? i think wise that everyone think it's wise that everyone listen. if you're at home, have a you're live a watch. listen, if you're live on radio, we'd like to walk with me because i can point these people out to you. >> again, i was when >> and again, i was told when i asked that swastika was not asked that a swastika was not necessarily anti—semitic or disruptive public order. necessarily anti—semitic or dis|that'e public order. necessarily anti—semitic or dis|that doesn't)lic order. necessarily anti—semitic or dis|that doesn't seem der. necessarily anti—semitic or dis|that doesn't seem right to me. >> everything needs to taken >> everything needs to be taken in doesn't in context, doesn't it? >> it's context of why. >> but it's a context of why. why does why does the why does it? why does the swastika context ? swastika need context? >> what exactly are you confused about? >> what confused is how you don't. in what context? a swastika is not anti—semitic. this is what i want to know

because again, i suppose some this is what i want to know bdon'te again, i suppose some this is what i want to know bdon't know n, i suppose some this is what i want to know bdon't know how;uppose some this is what i want to know bdon't know how everybody some this is what i want to know bdon't know how everybody would i don't know how everybody would feel about that sign that has happened. >> i cannot i'm here working to the bronze commander, and it is not my responsibility . not my responsibility. unfortunately, my role to walk down the road well, listen to scotland yard spokesperson said that this clip is a short excerpt of what was a ten minute conversation with an officer. >> during the full conversation, the officer establishes that the woman the person was concerned about had already been arrested for a public order offence in relation to a placard. the officer offered to arrange officer then offered to arrange for any other officers, other officers to attend the and accompany the woman to identify any other person she was concerned about amongst the protesters, but after turning to speak supervisor , she had speak to his supervisor, she had unfortunately left emma well , i unfortunately left emma well, i it's a very it might be a short clip of what was a ten minute conversation, but i think the ten that short clip was enough. >> i don't think the public should need to ask the

should even need to ask the police to stop someone carrying a swastika. we all know what this means. this is not about taking it in context. apparently that said. that was what the officer said. it taken in context . it needs to be taken in context. no, i'm afraid there are some symbols all know what no, i'm afraid there are some symlmean all know what no, i'm afraid there are some symlmean . all know what no, i'm afraid there are some symlmean . it's all know what no, i'm afraid there are some symlmean . it's offensive what no, i'm afraid there are some symlmean . it's offensive torat they mean. it's offensive to jewish it's jewish people, but it's offensive of this offensive to all of us. and this is this is yet another example that seen of this sort of that we've seen of this sort of soft policing certain sides soft policing on certain sides of the political divide, of the of the political divide, not even the political divide, just the, the ideological divide that we've seen with the pro—palestinian marches , which pro—palestinian marches, which are allowed to go ahead despite are allowed to go ahead despite a minority , you know, a small minority, you know, inciting violence, holding hateful banners and slogans and things like that. i don't think there's much i don't think there's much i don't think there's much i don't think there's much that the police can defend themselves. >> matthew laza suella braverman has been vindicated, has she not? quite controversial not? in her quite controversial column year, column, she penned last year, about so—called policing. about the so—called policing. >> yeah. look, i think the yeah, i mean, i think it's in terribly unfortunate that the woman felt that she had to go and approach a police officer, as emma says, to go and get and get it removed. police

removed. and it's not the police aren't automatically clamping down. i'm glad, as the police say statement, that say in their statement, that that one person had already been arrested public order arrested for a public order offence, there offence, and that there was a mechanism. i to mechanism. i mean, i think to be fair guy, cop didn't fair to the guy, the cop didn't know i he went to know that he i think he went to speak supervisor, which speak to a supervisor, which they're the ten they're saying is in the ten minute but look, i mean minute video. but look, i mean it the should be it clearly the police should be proactively clamping down on people who are waving swastikas. i a far right i think if it was a far right demonstration, be it, demonstration, they'd be on it, waving rightly, waving swastikas, quite rightly, they they be all they would be. they would be all over need to be all over it. so they need to be all over it. so they need to be all over whenever appears. over it whenever it appears. whoever a swastika, whoever is waving a swastika, i mean, tommy robinson barely mean, tommy robinson can barely appear public without appear in public without being wrestled if wrestled to the ground, even if he turns up at something. he just turns up at something. >> is. >> which is. >> which is. >> which is. >> which fine. >> which is fine. >> which is fine. >> would >> flag would be. >> flag would be. >> well, i mean, i think >> yeah, well, i mean, i think you're an england you're not holding an england flag. it shouldn't be an offence, holding swastika, offence, but holding a swastika, whether you're tommy, tommy robinson as robinson never has, as far as i know. but anybody who , who waves robinson never has, as far as i k|swastika,inybody who , who waves robinson never has, as far as i k|swastika, whethernho , who waves robinson never has, as far as i k|swastika, whether their who waves a swastika, whether their allegiances far right a swastika, whether their al|their|ces far right a swastika, whether their al|their allegiance, far right a swastika, whether their al|their allegiance, whetherght or their allegiance, whether whether tommy whether you agree with tommy robinson not, he nixed by robinson or not, he was nixed by about in about 40 officers in a completely over the top incident just for turning up to a cafe and going for breakfast. >> so, yeah, you've got people holding yeah. look, holding swastikas. yeah. look, i think the nazi think representing the nazi

regime, holding regime, anybody holding a swastika protest like this swastika at a protest like this is clearly doing it, for incitement. >> they're clearly doing it when there's jewish people there as well. so the police well. so. so the police should be clamping to be proactively clamping to clamping down on absolutely. clamping down on it. absolutely. wherever from , whether wherever it comes from, whether it's from people when pro—palestine the pro—palestine cause or from the far , we shouldn't have far right, we shouldn't have people waving swastikas our people waving swastikas in our streets people streets and making jewish people the . the problem. >> when i looked at >> the problem when i looked at that had officers that was that you had officers on corners and they on each of the corners and they he was drinking his cup of drink on each of the corners and they he hes drinking his cup of drink on each of the corners and they he he was nking his cup of drink on each of the corners and they he he was talkingis cup of drink on each of the corners and they he he was talking to :up of drink on each of the corners and they he he was talking to her. if drink on each of the corners and they he he was talking to her. and nk on each of the corners and they he he was talking to her. and he as he was talking to her. and he was he was arrogant drink around. passive around. he was passive aggressive in his behaviour. >> quite why he's >> i don't quite sure why he's having initially. having a drink initially. >> there's literally no justification for him then saying swastika is not in saying a swastika is not in context. so i mean, if you cannot see that where there's a march that is pro—palestinian, where there is a lot of, you know, embitterment towards jewish a lot of jewish people and a lot of anti—semitism and anti—semitic chanting that a swastika would be out of context. exactly. >> we're not asking one police officer to rush up sort of officer to rush up and sort of tackle 40, you know, nazi protesters. but we are asking our police officers to have a

modicum of common sense and understanding system. and if they and a system and if they're going to go and police those marches, they need to understand the basics. i think to the basics. i think they need to understand basics. the understand the basics. the politics it. politics behind it. >> have they not had a two hour onune >> have they not had a two hour online training module they're getting the hate. getting in scotland on the hate. >> not understand a >> do they not understand what a swastika which swastika is? because in which case be case they shouldn't be police officers and absolutely officers and you're absolutely right nana. they should not be holding it holding their coffee. it's it was wind was arrogant. it's a wind up. all right. >> matt. thank you very >> emma. matt. thank you very much. we're get much. we're going to get your news now sam news headlines now with sam francis. >> ben nana, thanks very much. 1031 the headlines from the newsroom this half hour new anti—hate crime laws have come into effect in scotland today, which critics say could stifle free speech. the laws bring together existing legislation, making it a crime to stir up hatred against people with protected characteristics , protected characteristics, including disability, age, sexual orientation or people who are transgender. but some police

forces have raised concerns that the laws could be weaponised by fringe activists to target political opponents . new political opponents. new estimates suggest more than 250 patients may have died needlessly every week in 2023 due to long waits in england's hospitals, a report by the royal college of emergency medicine has that more than 1.5 has revealed that more than 1.5 million patients waited in a&e for longer than 12 hours last yeah for longer than 12 hours last year. it also found the risk of death started to increase after a five hour wait and became worse, with longer delays . the worse, with longer delays. the department for health, though, says it has added thousands of hospital beds and insists it's making progress on waiting times . but labour has criticised the government's free childcare policy in england, claiming ministers have made a pledge without a plan from today, eligible parents and carers of two year olds will be entitled to 15 hours of free childcare a week. it's part of an £8 billion package of support for families,

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the gb news financial report, and here's a look at the markets this morning. >> the pound will buy you $1.2623 and ,1.1700. the price of gold is £1,789, and £0.20 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is currently at 7952 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> write more to come, including let me just read you this quick email from steve. good morning steve, he says. so the copper to do with the swastika was having a coffee. so what? get a grip. don't you not have coffee whilst you're working? yes but my point was, somebody's a was, when somebody's making a serious of somebody serious allegation of somebody carrying swastika placard, i carrying a swastika placard, i don't coppers to be don't expect coppers to be standing there looking into their cups, swirling around , their cups, swirling around, getting the last strands of their coffee down their their throat whilst the person is quite distressed and alarms making a complaint to you. quite distressed and alarms ma it1g a complaint to you. quite distressed and alarms ma it was complaint to you. quite distressed and alarms ma it was passive nt to you. quite distressed and alarms ma it was passive aggressive. so >> it was passive aggressive. so if the video you'll if you watch the video you'll see you know, if see maybe, you know, like if somebody's then see maybe, you know, like if

somsortiy's then see maybe, you know, like if som sort of; then see maybe, you know, like if som sort of look then see maybe, you know, like if somsort of look at then see maybe, you know, like if som sort of look at the then see maybe, you know, like if som sort of look at the timethen see maybe, you know, like if somsort of look at the time orn you sort of look at the time or start looking on your phone. it you sort of look at the time or stanrude.ing on your phone. it you sort of look at the time or stanrude. it] on your phone. it you sort of look at the time or stan rude. it was your phone. it you sort of look at the time or stanrude. it was passive)ne. it was rude. it was passive aggressive. that's we're aggressive. and that's why we're pointing perhaps aggressive. and that's why we're pointinyou're perhaps aggressive. and that's why we're pointinyou're listeningrhaps aggressive. and that's why we're pointin you're listening on as aggressive. and that's why we're pointinyou're listening on radio. maybe you're listening on radio. you haven't the video, but you haven't seen the video, but i a good look i suggest you have a good look at it. >> right today, at it. >>rigm >> right from today, judges and magistrates can hand out more lenient sentences to people described quote , described as having a quote, difficult and or deprived background. i thought they did that so are we getting that already. so are we getting soft criminals? going soft on criminals? we're going to very to debate that very, very shortly. britain's

us. >> good morning. this is britain's newsroom. it's fast approaching 39 minutes after 10:00. let's have a look at what you've been saying at home. because we were discussing loads of loads of things, weren't we? what about? what are we talking about? previously, licence fee . previously, bbc licence fee. swastikas. read swastikas. swastikas, i'll read you some of the stuff that's been going down. marion, about the bbc says i literally don't watch the bbc or listen to it on radio. why should i subscribe to something i don't get any benefit it's rubbish, and benefit from? it's rubbish, and he says, i think the licence is

definitely not value for money. the repeat factor is ridiculous. they put films on from 100 they still put films on from 100 years ago. that's true, the woke factor is also another turn off. >> yeah, and colin says we pay £10.99 per month for netflix. my wife and i watch this channel most nights, and we hardly ever watch the bbc make them a subscription channel. the bbc and let the public decide if they wish to watch it. let the market decide. >> well, look, evelyn says, one of the best things that happened to me meeting her last year was when received my free when i received my free tv licence . very seldom to licence. i very seldom listen to the nana said, most the radio and as nana said, most of programmes are repeats. of the programmes are repeats. also, quality the also, the quality of the programmes deteriorated over programmes has deteriorated over the years. time for customers to realise what they're realise exactly what they're paying realise exactly what they're paying for. rubbish. most of the time it's a shame because the bbc was a great british institution . institution. >> i remember it growing up. i treasured it very dearly. but something's happened and it's argued in the last ten, 15 years. >> think it's more than 10 or >> i think it's more than 10 or 15 years. i'd give it maybe 30 years. think . i don't know years. i think. i don't know

what's happened culture what's happened to the culture within like within it, but it feels like they've been captured a sort they've been captured by a sort of that has of wokeist ideology. that has meant they are almost meant that they are almost preaching. think think preaching. and i think i think also internet has played a also the internet has played a large in it because we large part in it because we can get information from get our information from elsewhere. can feel elsewhere. so we can we can feel now someone is telling us now if someone is telling us something a one sided something from a one sided perspective, we so perspective, because we have so many sources. i think the many other sources. i think the internet huge part internet has played a huge part internet has played a huge part in of demise . in the sort of demise. >> okay, we'll keep these emails coming mean, there's >> okay, we'll keep these emails comingof mean, there's >> okay, we'll keep these emails comingof them, an, there's >> okay, we'll keep these emails comingof them, so there's >> okay, we'll keep these emails comingof them, so apologies for scores of them, so apologies for not all out, but not reading them all out, but you definitely fired you are definitely fired up about we're going about this issue. so we're going to on let's to keep focusing on it. let's move new story now. move on to a new story now. judges magistrates, they judges and magistrates, they can now out lenient now hand out more lenient sentences, than previously. but to people described as having, quote, a difficult or deprived background. >> now, there aren't many examples on the list, but poverty is included as an example of this. mitigating factor. so are we getting soft on criminals? well sir philip davies, sir philip davies is a conservative mp for shipley and he's here now. sir philip, congratulations, i want to ask you, though, what do you think

is going on here? >> thanks, nana. well, i mean, actually, this story probably perfectly illustrates why gb news is so important. because i suspect the bbc and channel 4 and sky news won't be alerting their viewers and listeners to this. but from today, as you said, judges and magistrates will be able to not just able to. they'll be obliged to really, give lower sentences to people from difficult and depnved people from difficult and deprived backgrounds. that includes poverty, low educational attainment, negative experiences of authority , experiences of authority, experiences of authority, experience of being a looked after child, and people who've experienced discrimination. so, in effect, what we're saying here, nana, is that, you know, we'll be sending a burglar to jail for a lower sentence because they were in care as a toddler, or they had in a run in with teachers when they were ten years old. i mean, it's a complete nonsense , i mean, first complete nonsense, i mean, first of all, it's patronising to people from poorer backgrounds that, you know, they should be. it's no surprise that they're

committing crimes compared to other people. mean, what a other people. i mean, what a load patronising tosh that load of patronising tosh that is. i so it's worse is. but i mean, so it's worse than people might think. i mean, some people might think, well, you know, somebody who's poor, they've some they've gone in and done some shoplifting should shoplifting that poverty should be into when be taken into account when they're sentenced . i mean, they're being sentenced. i mean, i don't think it should be, but i don't think it should be, but i can understand why some people might think that. but somebody's poverty account when they taken into account when they commit a rape or they commit a murder or anything like that. i mean, the whole point here is that, the sentencing council are actually saying that you should be treated less favourably in respective of what the crime is. wow. >> so, philip, i remember years ago working for my local paper and then latterly on the national newspapers, the amount of times in cases i'd been , of times in cases i'd been, observing and reporting on where the judge or the magistrate had said, well , i the judge or the magistrate had said, well, i could the judge or the magistrate had said, well , i could have given said, well, i could have given you i'll you this sentence, but i'll reduce you've got reduce it because you've got some kids to look or or, some kids to look after or or, you you had a rough you know, you had a rough childhood. take as childhood. i'll take that as mitigating this

mitigating circumstances. this isn't . it's been isn't a new thing. it's been going for, i'd argue, decades i >> -- >> yeah. -_ >> yeah. no, you're absolutely right, ben. it's not entirely new in this, but this is this is codifying. this is actually obliging judges and magistrates to do this. this is part of the sentencing council guidelines, in the sense that if somebody doesn't do this in court, they're subject to an appeal. and presumably the criminal would win their appeal. you know, if it makes it clear that somebody who is pregnant, know, if it makes it clear that somebody who is pregnant , should somebody who is pregnant, should be treated more favourably by the courts, you know, so, in effect, what you're going to find and you already get this to a certain extent, ben. you're right. going to happen right. but it's going to happen more people, who more and more people, women who commit offence, commit a serious offence, for example, to example, are going to deliberately get themselves pregnant. happen pregnant. i've seen it happen already in between committing the crime and being sentenced, because they know it will come with a lesser sentence. now that that cannot be right, judges and magistrates are told that they've got to act without fear or favour. affection or ill

will. and this is actually making sure i always thought we were equal before the law. and these new guidelines are making sure that we are anything but equal law. far as sure that we are anything but equ concerned, law. far as sure that we are anything but equ concerned, it's|w. far as sure that we are anything but equ concerned, it's a. far as sure that we are anything but equ concerned, it's a complete i'm concerned, it's a complete outrage. these unelected outrage. and these unelected bunch judges and do gooders bunch of judges and do gooders on the sentencing council , need on the sentencing council, need to be put back in their box. >> isn't the truth of this , and >> isn't the truth of this, and it is the elephant in the room that don't enough that they don't have enough prisons , they don't have enough prisons, they don't have enough space in prisons. and is space in prisons. and this is just an excuse. and we've just an excuse. and also, we've seen legal system , the seen how the legal system, the crown prosecution service has been operating. there's backlogs , there's delays, there's all sorts of things going on. isn't this the reality and the truth of this, that they simply don't have enough prisons to put people in them? >> yeah. we don't have enough prisons . i >> yeah. we don't have enough prisons. i agree that. but prisons. i agree with that. but that the basis of these that isn't the basis of these changes. are changes based that isn't the basis of these chiprinciple, are changes based that isn't the basis of these chiprinciple, not|re changes based that isn't the basis of these chiprinciple, not based nges based that isn't the basis of these chiprinciple, not based on s based that isn't the basis of these chiprinciple, not based on on ased on principle, not based on on a pragmatic view about the number of prison places. this is enshrining. this is this is not just going to be a temporary thing we can build some thing until we can build some more prisons. this is going to be is going to be how

be it. this is going to be how we sentence people going we how we sentence people going on . on into the future. >> so yeah, i think they're doing just to try and avoid doing that just to try and avoid putting prison because doing that just to try and avoid putting they prison because doing that just to try and avoid putting they haven't1 because doing that just to try and avoid putting they haven't got:ause doing that just to try and avoid putting they haven't got the e they know they haven't got the space. finding of space. so by finding a way of mitigating that, they can then justify it . justify it. >> no, they're doing it because they want to send people they don't want to send people to prison, but they don't want to prison, but they don't want to send people to prison because the, the liberal judicial establishment don't believe in prison. that's basically it. they don't believe in prison. it's to do with prison it's nothing to do with prison places. these people don't believe in sending people to prison, and they will any prison, and they will find any way to not do so, no. i way possible to not do so, no. i want more criminals sent to prison. but unfortunately, that is not a common view amongst the judicial establishment. >> yeah, it's a joke. i spoke to a knife crime campaigner over the weekend, and i said you could solve knife crime pretty much having a zero much overnight by having a zero tolerance approach. possession ten using it 20 years, ten years, using it 20 years, you know, straight to prison. and he said, well, we can't do that because we've only got 500 prison exactly it's prison spaces. exactly it's like, well, what kind of country

do you want to live in? do you want live in a crime ridden want to live in a crime ridden hellhole down hellhole that's going down the line francisco where line of san francisco where anything want anything goes? or do you want to get your in order? get your house in order? >> yeah. the thing is, though, ben, place situation ben, the prison place situation is a forjudges. the is not a matter forjudges. the judges send people to judges should send people to prison or not send people to prison or not send people to prison based on the evidence and based facts the case. based on the facts of the case. that their problem. the that is not their problem. the problem terms of the prison problem in terms of the prison places one the for the places is one for the for the government to sort out. so that isn't excuse fact of isn't an excuse that the fact of the matter is, is that judges, and don't like sending people to prison. now, i contact my local police and i said, if you i wanted to reduce crime in my area by 50, what would i do? and they would say, send the ten they would say, send the top ten most prolific offenders to prison the same time. and prison all at the same time. and if to it by 80, if you want to reduce it by 80, send the top 20 prolific offenders the area to prison offenders in the area to prison all at the same time. so we know that prison works. i mean, it's not sending people to not it's not sending people to prison. problem. prison. that's the problem. it's letting . that's the letting them out. that's the problem, do need send more problem, we do need to send more people but this is people to prison, but this is a massive step in wrong direction. >> okay . all right. so, philip,

>> okay. all right. so, philip, very quickly, in five words, what do of the that what do you make of the that bombshell poll saying the tories what do you make of the that bongoingl poll saying the tories what do you make of the that bongoing to oll saying the tories what do you make of the that bongoing to getsaying the tories what do you make of the that bongoing to get 98 ng the tories what do you make of the that bongoing to get 98 seats. tories are going to get 98 seats. >> we'll see. there's only >> well we'll see. there's only one poll that matters. so on on one poll that matters. so on on on election day i mean i you know, i mean, the thing is, the i think there's a lot of people who haven't made their mind up. there's a lot of people who are really annoyed, really frustrated the government. frustrated with the government. i those people, i am often one of those people, too, but comes to an too, but but comes to an election, people have to think about they they about what do they do? they really starmer have really want keir starmer to have a inflict a load a 200 majority to inflict a load of wokester. >> it looks like it. >> it looks like it. >> it looks like it. >> it looks like that's what they . they want. >> let's see when >> well, let's let's see when people, comes to do people, when it comes to it, do people, when it comes to it, do people really want that? that's that's the they've got that's the question they've got to thank sir philip. >> thank you sir philip. appreciate with us appreciate your time with us this morning. you very this morning. thank you very much. on the much. coming up next on the show, jam packed much. coming up next on the show, bad jam packed much. coming up next on the show, bad weather] packed much. coming up next on the show, bad weather and:ked much. coming up next on the show, bad weather and crowded roads, bad weather and crowded airports. it must be easter weekend, of course, with britain's on gb news. britain's newsroom on gb news. stay .

us. >> good morning. if you've just tuned in. welcome on board. this is britain's newsroom with me. nana akua and ben leo. well, of course it's easter. happy easter to all of you. by the way, have you eaten all your easter eggs? or you perhaps trying get or are you perhaps trying to get back because back or get somewhere because the disruption the easter travel disruption continues as heavy rain is expected to disrupt more than 2 million journeys? >> look those pictures . >> look at those pictures. absolute nightmare on train stations. >> who would do that? why do people do this? stay at home. >> yeah. >> don't. yeah. >> don't. yeah. >> home. stay your >> stay home. stay with your family. >> e“- family. >> they're predicting >> the rac. they're predicting that 2 million car journeys will be this monday be made this easter monday today. it's not just the today. but it's not just the road and railways. our airlines have also been hit well. >> travel journalist and broadcaster simon calder joins us now from waterlooville. waterloo station simon calder okay, it doesn't looks quite peaceful where you are. i'm not

seeing the hubbub and what i'm expecting to see the hullabaloo. what's it like ? what's it like? >> it's actually working well here. i'll tell you why. >> that's because there's trains and they're leaving many of them on from, london waterloo, on time from, london waterloo, among the busiest stations in the uk is not closed. >> if you go just a couple of miles north from here to london euston , another really important euston, another really important station, the hub for the west coast main line. >> well, you will find that there aren't actually any trains going north beyond watford junction , the whole line is junction, the whole line is closed, south of milton keynes . closed, south of milton keynes. >> which means that if you're trying to get from, southern scotland, from north west england, north wales, the west midlands well, you're england, north wales, the west midgoing well, you're england, north wales, the west midgoing to well, you're england, north wales, the west midgoing to be well, you're england, north wales, the west midgoing to be able well, you're england, north wales, the west midgoing to be able wedo you're england, north wales, the west midgoing to be able wedo it u're england, north wales, the west midgoing to be able wedo it one not going to be able to do it on the route, it's been the usual route, it's been closed since, good friday. was closed since, good friday. i was actually late on thursday actually there late on thursday night. my goodness, a awful lot of people trying to make their journeys before it closed. and some that we've some of the crowds that we've been have actually been been seeing have actually been on routes. on alternative routes. >> , a lot of people are >> so, a lot of people are travelling via sheffield,

travelling via sheffield, travelling into london to pancras, now that's on east midlands railway , they've got midlands railway, they've got not quite enough space and certainly at the station at the london end, they've had to have marshalling in place because it's so busy on top of what it's so busy and on top of what we knew about, such as this four day closure, there's been so many things going wrong, particularly on the great western region. >> so we've had a whole litany of problems on all their lines , of problems on all their lines, whether it's going to exeter and beyond into devon and cornwall , beyond into devon and cornwall, whether it's bristol or today, you can't get to swansea or you couldn't earlier on because of problems with overhead wires and, various other issues . so and, various other issues. so wherever you're going, if it's by rail, hope for the best, but be prepared for delays and disruption. i'm afraid, the system isn't doing its absolute best today , simon. best today, simon. >> and what about the, airports ? >> and what about the, airports? there were some pictures from faro airport on the algarve,

which looked absolutely chaotic , which looked absolutely chaotic, to say the least. what was happening there? >> it was absolute chaos . >> it was absolute chaos. >> it was absolute chaos. >> exactly as you say. so, this this started building up yesterday morning. >> what happened was there was some problem the some kind of problem at the border , shortage staff. some kind of problem at the borsomebody|ge staff. some kind of problem at the bor somebody had staff. some kind of problem at the bor somebody had forgotten do >> somebody had forgotten to do the rosters or whatever it was for easter sunday, some people had gone sick, who knows? frankly. we know is frankly. but what we do know is what happened , you got immense what happened, you got immense queues building up with arrivals, particularly from the uk, because of course, we insist that our passports are checked and stamped , since the and stamped, since the democratic vote to leave the european union as a result of that. well, we've just seen, massive queues building up three hours typically that had some knock on effect on the flights that were going out as well. and so we had delays building up dunng so we had delays building up during the day. a lot of people got back in the early hours of this morning, frankly, because they were, just not, the planes

were just getting more and more delayed. >> mr simon calder always a pleasure. thank you so much. i literally know why people pleasure. thank you so much. i litethisy know why people pleasure. thank you so much. i litethis to know why people pleasure. thank you so much. i litethis to themselveshy people pleasure. thank you so much. i litethis to themselves on 3eople pleasure. thank you so much. i litethis to themselves on easter, do this to themselves on easter, but stay tuned. there's but listen, stay tuned. there's plenty to come here on plenty more to come here on britain's newsroom. stay tuned. don't to stay in touch don't forget to stay in touch with us. we'd love to hear your thoughts the topics thoughts on all the topics we're discussing. greg dewhurst is next . weather. next with your. weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , our sponsors of weather solar, our sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest weather. over the next few days it does remain unsettled. we do have rain pushing north today. heavy showers following, but there will be some warm sunshine. we can divide the country into three today. cloud and rain across this central swathe of the uk. quite a cold feeling day to the of this fairly to the north of this fairly cloudy, some bright skies and into south of this a mixture

into the south of this a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers. of them be showers. some of them will be heavy with some hail thunder heavy with some hail and thunder in could be some in there too. could be some local disruption . if you are local disruption. if you are stuck under this area cloud stuck under this area of cloud and be quite cold. and rain it will be quite cold. temperatures seven eight degrees, any sunnier degrees, but in any sunnier breaks see highs around breaks we could see highs around 13 degrees. so feeling 13 to 15 degrees. so not feeling too in the sunshine as we too bad in the sunshine as we move through into the evening time . further showers across time. further showers across england and wales. perhaps some longer spells of rain along the south coast. for a time, this area of rain continues to push its northwards its way northwards into scotland, ireland scotland, northern ireland also seeing of rain seeing some spells of rain dunng seeing some spells of rain during the early hours. some clear spells between clear spells in between winterfell night, we could see 1 or 2 mist and fog patches developing temperatures a little lower compared late, but lower compared to of late, but still largely above freezing. and it's day on and then it's a mixed day on tuesday day, we'll see a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers , the showers taking showers, the showers taking their time to bubble up, some of them on the heavy side at times, but many places across england and staying though and wales staying dry, though turning cloudy. very cloudy across here across parts of scotland. here as well. outbreaks of rain through the day. some hill snow

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gb news. >> very good morning to you. it's 11 am. on monday, april the 1st. this is britain's newsroom with me, ben, leo and nana akua. >> well, on the menu . long waits >> well, on the menu. long waits in a&e, reportedly killing 250 people every week in england. so is the nhs fit for purpose sewage spills surge? >> the increased amount of sewage being pumped into our waters is becoming a health risk for swimmers . for swimmers. >> yes, holiday makers across the country have been warned to stay out of the water. this bank

houday stay out of the water. this bank holiday weekend because of the sheer amount of sewage that's being pumped into our seas. all of that, plus the price of water is going up from today. and that's no april fool . that's no april fool. >> it'sjust that's no april fool. >> it's just criminal, that's no april fool. >> it'sjust criminal, isn't that's no april fool. >> it's just criminal, isn't it? well, stay tuned because we'll be discussing easter travel chaos as busy roads , no trains chaos as busy roads, no trains and bad weather could be any day. to be fair, expected today theo chikomba is on the m25 and ray addison is at euston station. theo, what's the latest ? >> 7- >> as the 7 >> as the easter break comes to an end, we'll have the latest from the m25 as queues begin to build up all around the country. we'll have the latest travel updates on the roads shortly. and outside euston station, where major engineering works , where major engineering works, have hugely affected one of london's busiest stations , i'll london's busiest stations, i'll have the latest on this bank houday have the latest on this bank holiday chaos . holiday chaos. >> okay, and we've heard plenty from you on this already. the bbc licence fee is going up this month after a two year freeze.

is it worth nearly £170 a year? these people in loughborough don't think so. >> quality of the programmes are just not good enough. >> it's been a long time. i've watched the bbc. i think it's a rip off like myself. >> who's been the licence payer for many years. i do question whether get value for money whether i get value for money out of it. >> basically it's just getting a bit too expensive for the quality. >> keep those emails flying in gb views at gb news. com and one topic that's very close to my heart nana is this water situation . oh, i'm so state of situation. oh, i'm so state of our rivers, our seas. >> it's disgusting. it's an embarrassment. it's a global embarrassment. it's a global embarrassment. it's a global embarrassment. i don't think the rest of the world are looking on us favourably at all. >> are nation, literally >> we are a nation, literally swimming what swimming in its own filth. what do of that? and you're do you make of that? and you're going be paying for it, going to be paying more for it, for privilege . for the privilege. >> well stay tuned. we'll be

discussing here on discussing all of that here on britain's newsroom. but let's first with first get your latest news with sam francis. >> ben nana, thank you very much. and good morning from the gb newsrooms. just gone 11:00 leading the news this hour. new laws to tackle hate crime have come effect scotland come into effect in scotland today, which critics say could threaten free speech. the laws bnng threaten free speech. the laws bring together existing legislation, making it a crime to stir up hatred against people with protected characteristic , with protected characteristic, including disability, age, sexual orientation or people who are transgender. but some police forces have warned the law could be weaponised by fringe activists to target political opponents. the scottish conservatives , though, say conservatives, though, say resources should be directed towards frontline policing. we've asked people on the streets of edinburgh what they think about the new laws . think about the new laws. >> are you going to be going out and encouraging snitches and people to go and speak up about,

about people who's having you know, having a private conversation, the keys conversation, you know, the keys in the word private. >> the police themselves have said that they are going, only going respond where going to respond where complaints raised. and going to respond where conconcern raised. and going to respond where conconcern would raised. and going to respond where conconcern would be raised. and going to respond where conconcern would be thatzd. and going to respond where conconcern would be that thered our concern would be that there are groups there are campaign groups out there that to raise that would be looking to raise complaints in to silence complaints in order to silence people don't like, not people that they don't like, not interpretation of the hate crime speech. >> now, could be used very much against us, and it's a recipe for disaster for. >> in other news, this morning, the head of the nurses union has accused the government of packing hospital corridors with patients, and she said that the quality of care is not only undignified but fatally unsafe . undignified but fatally unsafe. it comes as new estimates suggest more than 250 patients may have needlessly died every week in 2023 because of long waits in england's hospitals , a waits in england's hospitals, a report by the royal college of emergency medicine has revealed that more than 1.5 million patients waited in a&e departments for longer than 12 hours last year. the department for health, though, says it has

added thousands of hospital beds and insists it is making progress waiting times . the progress on waiting times. the number of small boats crossing the english channel illegally is up the english channel illegally is up by the english channel illegally is up by 43, compared to the same time last year. official figures from the home office show that 442 people made that crossing in nine small boats on easter sunday. that's despite difficult weather conditions, with lifeboats scrambling to assist some of those arriving today. strong winds have now made the journey completely impassable, the new figures reveal a reversal of last year, which saw 36% fall compared to record arrivals in 2022. some households will feel the effect of a cash boost from today, as new economic policies come into effect. the national living wage is increasing to £11.44, giving a pay is increasing to £11.44, giving a pay rise to around 3 million of britain's lowest paid workers and small businesses will also benefit from a raised vat threshold and fully funded

apprenticeships for young people . business minister kevin hollinrake told gb news earlier that economic conditions are, he says, improving . says, improving. >> we understand it's been difficult but things are improving. we see the economy turning a corner this year. we'll interest rates we'll see interest rates dropping, taxes dropping, of course, year the course, £900 a year for the average person in terms of tax reductions with the national insurance cuts. so all those things are all good news to people. of course, there's more to really are to do, but things really are turning . turning a corner. >> meanwhile, working parents of two year olds in england are now entitled to 15 hours of free childcare a week . it's part of childcare a week. it's part of an £8 billion package of support for families, in effect from today. labour, though, says it's a a plan, and a pledge without a plan, and some nurseries are warning that the expansion of available places will put severe strain on the well shadow minister the sector. well shadow minister nick thomas—symonds told gb news that hundreds of families will still struggle to access those promised nursery places. >> the government is announcing

these entitlements , but then you these entitlements, but then you find working parents up and down. the country can't actually access them now, of course, if labouris access them now, of course, if labour is privileged enough to form a government, we will stand by these entitlements. we will not take these entitlements away or reduce them. but what we will do is put forward an actual way of accessing them, of making them a reality for everybody who is entitled to them . is entitled to them. >> millions of households will see their bills rise as firms roll out their annual price increases on what's being dubbed national price hike day , road national price hike day, road tax, broadband mobile bills, water and the tv licence are all going up, as are council taxes in england , wales and northern in england, wales and northern ireland, the average council tax bill will increase by £106, while water bills will jump by 6. however, consumer group which say there are ways to cut costs, they say if you're out of contract , that switching

contract, that switching providers can save some people up to £187. and finally, it's not all bad news, though energy bills are due to fall to their lowest rate in two years after the regulator, ofgem, has cut its price cap by 12.3. it means the average household bill for gas and electricity will fall by around £238 over the course of a yean around £238 over the course of a year, or around £20 a month. however, some 10 million households are still being urged to submit metre readings to avoid possible overpayments . for avoid possible overpayments. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts now, though, it's back to ben and . nana. >> so we brought you the news that the nation is literally swimming in its own sewage. and then nana and i were quite moved by that headline bulletin from

sam, just there and saying that its national price hike de road tax, broadband mobile bills , tax, broadband mobile bills, water and the tv licence are all going up. >> it's not 1st of april to you. yeah, it's not an april fool ehhen yeah, it's not an april fool either. it's actually true. >> what is going on? >> what is going on? >> i don't know this country has gone mad. well, listen, lots of you in touch with all you have been in touch with all the thoughts we were discussing. one of them about crime one of them was about crime because talking about because we were talking about how have changed in the how things have changed in the world of crime, and how they're trying a way not trying to find a way of not putting if putting people in jail if they've something by they've done something bad by looking circumstances. they've done something bad by looking says, circumstances. they've done something bad by looking says, so:ircumstances. they've done something bad by looking says, so you nstances. they've done something bad by looking says, so you come:es. they've done something bad by looking says, so you come from and jeff says, so you come from a background just a bad background and you just get on the wrist out here, get a tap on the wrist out here, just about all that just about all crimes that affect out by affect us are carried out by those difficult those with difficult backgrounds. mugging, backgrounds. burglary mugging, shoplifting, uninsured or tax vehicles, serious frauds, vehicles, etc. serious frauds, smuggling drugs and light and the like doesn't touch us. i mean, honestly, it's ridiculous, isn't it? >> pete says of course the system is soft. soft on crime. just look at the conviction rate for murder now almost certainly reduced to manslaughter. no one commits murder nowadays, the

rudy giuliani, the former mayor of new york, he had it right back in the day, i think. what was tenure? of post, was his tenure? sort of post, september 11th. >> was something two, >> was it something like two, three, three, two strikes in or out or. >> was called it was called >> it was called it was called the theory, where the broken window theory, where a little as smashing a a crime as little as smashing a window a pebble didn't go window with a pebble didn't go untouched. after every untouched. you went after every crime . and in turn, that ensures crime. and in turn, that ensures that crimes , murders, that it harder crimes, murders, robberies, muggings, don't escalate. you only need to go to qatar or somewhere like that where you remember when we had the world cup and went to the world cup and people went to qatar even they said, no qatar and even they said, no drinking, this, that . drinking, no this, no, that. >> there were no >> you know what? there were no arrests of people arrests from any of the people from country who went from this country who went to qatar. you why? because qatar. you know why? because qatar. you know why? because qatar about it. and qatar was serious about it. and if that, you were six if you did that, you were six months straight months in jail straight off. there oh , well, because there was no oh, well, because you or because you've got children or because got, you or because you've got chiliknow,' because got, you or because you've got chiliknow, people ;e got, you or because you've got chiliknow, people need got, you or because you've got chiliknow, people need to got, you or because you've got chiliknow, people need to get:, you know, people need to get real with yeah. real with this. yeah. >> it's national price real with this. yeah. >> day. it's national price real with this. yeah. >> day. so national price real with this. yeah. >> day. so ifational price real with this. yeah. >> day. so if you're price real with this. yeah. >> day. so if you're avoiding hike day. so if you're avoiding crime, remember your bills crime, just remember your bills are going as well. and don't are going up as well. and don't consider the consider taking a swim in the sea because it's full of filth.

well is. well it is. >> we're discussing that later. well it is. >> �*nowe discussing that later. well it is. >> �*nowe cshocking that later. well it is. >> �*nowe cshocking that report but now a shocking new report from college of from the royal college of emergency and said that emergency medicine and said that more than 250 patients week more than 250 patients per week may have died needlessly in england last year due to very long waits in a&e for a hospital bed . bed. >> yes, an nhs data for england shows more than 1.5 million patients waited 12 hours or more in major a&e departments last yeah >> now a department for health and social care spokesperson said we are determined to continue improving experiences for patients and making access to care faster , simpler and fairer. >> okay, joining us now is the former chief medical officer at bupa, doctor andrew vallance—owen . good morning, vallance—owen. good morning, doctor, what's going on here? is the nhs is past the point of no return. it seems like it . return. it seems like it. >> no, i don't think the nhs is past the point of no return . past the point of no return. but. but there are very serious problems in many parts of the service, and they tend to come together with the sort of

figures you've had today. really the beds problem, many years ago , strategic decisions were made with a consensus actually , with with a consensus actually, with the profession and everybody that beds could reduce in the nhs because of new, you know , nhs because of new, you know, new drugs, new new technologies, they might not need the beds. i remember myself, when the seatbelt law came in, and not having to work in the accident room, clearing up people's faces after they'd been through windows. so. so was a windows. so. so there was a consensus. windows. so. so there was a consensus . but then, because of consensus. but then, because of new treatments for cancer , we new treatments for cancer, we now have more treatments and better treatments for things like cancer. and because of the, demand side going up, we find ourselves with not enough beds and huge pressure on them . and huge pressure on them. >> but look, the a&e situation is just literally one of the things. i mean, you've got waiting lists with 7.5, 7.8 million, sorry, and 18 week

treatment target, which has not been met since 2016. people waiting the even the cancer treatment that you talked of, you know, although those things have got better. the wait was supposed to be 62 days, but now only 58.3% of those are achieved. it's it just feels that despite nhs numbers , staff that despite nhs numbers, staff numbers increasing and things like that, it's just not getting better . and yet if you were to better. and yet if you were to go private, it may well be the same hospital , the same doctors same hospital, the same doctors and day. you and the same day. literally, you can the treatment. and i'm can get the treatment. and i'm just wondering what is going wrong with the nhs that they cannot sort of simply simulate what is going on in private hospitals and do something similar with the nhs. >> yeah, it's a i mean , i agree >> yeah, it's a i mean, i agree and i think it's a, it's a terrible situation, as you say . terrible situation, as you say. there's no question about that. private hospitals don't have a&e. you know, they don't do accident and emergency work. they do routine elective work for people with hip replacements and hernias and those sorts of

things so they can't help the a&e system. apart from taking some patients on the waiting lists, the very, very long waiting lists in the nhs to help ease the pressure, they're the problem in a&e , though, is problem in a&e, though, is partly, as i say, there's not enough beds , but hospitals are enough beds, but hospitals are at 95% capacity, but also that those beds are filled with patients who really ought to be getting home or getting into care. and the care side is just as bad. the occupancy in care homes , which have reduced homes, which have reduced heavily in numbers because of council cuts , so we've got this council cuts, so we've got this sort of, you know , treacle where sort of, you know, treacle where it's just impossible to move, to move anything. doctor, yeah. one of the things i'm going to . yeah. >> sorry. go on, finish your point. sorry. i thought you'd finish. >> i was just going to quickly say that there is an argument for separating accident emergency patients emergency for ill patients to walk in centres next door to

each other if necessary . so if each other if necessary. so if people want to walk into the a&e department, and this happens in australia , yeah, they get put australia, yeah, they get put into the main area where you'll need to get those sick patients deau need to get those sick patients dealt with up onto a ward as dealt with and up onto a ward as quickly as possible, that the incentive a four hour incentive is for a four hour wait, and which hasn't been achieved for ages. and that sort of encourages the more priority in a sense, for walk in patients to be done. sorry it's a complicated area, but but i think that would be one way to try and separate the two areas so that a&e can deal with acutely ill patients properly. >> so i think part of the problem is the fact that the nhs is, is by some people, treated like a cult. whenever i've suggested some sort of reform where it's means tested, for example , if you earn over 70 k a example, if you earn over 70 k a yeah example, if you earn over 70 k a year, you get access to this , year, you get access to this, this and this. otherwise you have to go private. if you earn 20 a year or you're 20 k a year or you're unemployed, you access unemployed, you get access to the whenever anyone has the lot. whenever anyone has suggested something remotely

akin accused of akin to that, they're accused of wanting to destroy the soul of britain . how can we get over britain. how can we get over this problem of treating the nhs like a religion and finally deal with it as we should be? >> yeah, i think people are pretty determined to want to carry on with payment through tax and free at the point of use. but there are strong arguments. for instance , the big arguments. for instance, the big pressures on general practice. there are strong arguments , i there are strong arguments, i think, being put that maybe a small charge, as they have in france, for instance, or going to see a gp, would perhaps discourage people who don't need to go or who go to a walk in centre, maybe in the same way that would be, one thing that could be done, but, you that would be, one thing that could be done, but , you know, could be done, but, you know, there's been this big, commission for health care on the nhs , which has come up with the nhs, which has come up with some the basic some ideas, but the basic funding , we just need to be more funding, we just need to be more efficient. you know, better at what we do. there is a big

thing, in my view, a very strong management cadre, who are paid rather more than people like junior doctors for at the same age. we should give more priority to the front line, get more nurses in. we're nearly up where we want to be. more doctors to really get on with, with managing the treatment they spend 30% of their time. some doctors on admin . you know, this doctors on admin. you know, this is where andrew. >> doctor andrew i mean , look, >> doctor andrew i mean, look, we all know this, but why don't they do something about it? >> i mean, we literally have the same conversation in 5 or 10 years or whatever with this sort of cow that nobody wants of sacred cow that nobody wants to you know, anything to talk, you know, do anything with keep it in with and wants to keep it in exactly the same. nick littlemore, talk to you about that at another time. i'll that at another time. so i'll thank so much. andrew thank you so much. doctor andrew valentine thank you so much. doctor andrew va response, an nhs spokesperson in response, an nhs spokesperson said published data said the latest published data shows urgent emergency shows our urgent and emergency care by care recovery plan, backed by extra funding with more beds capacity and greater use of measures same day emergency measures like same day emergency care, is delivering improvements

alongside continued work with our colleagues in community and social care to discharge patients when they are medically fit to go home, freeing up beds for other patients so that is clearly the problem. it's the bed blocking. >> there's a lot of very dedicated and committed staff working but envy of working in the nhs, but envy of the world. and hardly. i don't think so. also, you can probably get of a of di get rid of a few of those di officers on 150 zero. yeah, right . okay. up next find out right. okay. up next find out which party leader the tories have called a, quote, big threatening bully. can you guess you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. stay with .

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arrivals surged by 43. that's from our home and security editor mark white. that's after 442 small boats crossed the channel yesterday on easter sunday. that now brings the total for this year of 5435 channel crossings since the beginning of the year. that's well in excess of the 3790 odd who'd crossed the channel by small boat at this point in 2023. let's get the thoughts of author and broadcaster emma wolf and former labour adviser matthew laza on that breaking story just now. matthew, this is out of control, isn't it? >> well, i think it's a huge political problem for rishi sunak, who promised, as we how can forget stop the it can we forget stop the boats. it was words. was on his was three words. it was on his lectern, on his backdrop lectern, it was on his backdrop and absolutely no, no, it's foolish because not foolish because they have not stopped fact, stopped the boats. in fact, the number boats arrivals number of small boats arrivals as is breaking today as markers is breaking today have increased . so clearly this have increased. so clearly this is going to be massive is going to be a massive political and although political headache. and although rwanda may or may not have a

flight taking off before the election, whenever we have the election, whenever we have the election later, in the election later, later in the yeah election later, later in the year, still going year, clearly we're still going to boats arrivals. to have small boats arrivals. and the and every day during the election going election campaign that's going to in his face. election campaign that's going to it in his face. election campaign that's going to it does in his face. election campaign that's going to it does seem, in his face. election campaign that's going to it does seem, though, ace. election campaign that's going to it does seem, though, that >> it does seem, though, that our parties want our political parties don't want to talk about to sort of really talk about it. so minutia , the detail, the so the minutia, the detail, the numbers, i mean, they couldn't wait how people wait to tell us how many people were covid or were dying of covid or this or that and us a number that and giving us a number update but now nobody update every day. but now nobody i mean, we'll probably be the first broken this story. first to have broken this story. nobody really nobody would have been really pushing gb news pushing it if we at gb news hadnt so. pushing it if we at gb news hadn't so . why do you think hadn't done so. why do you think you're right? you're absolutely right? >> getting updates >> we were getting daily updates of the covid of the numbers during the covid dunng of the numbers during the covid during pandemic, and during the covid pandemic, and actually that's an astonishing amount. over 440 boats yesterday. calmer yesterday. the weather's calmer at , a little bit at the moment, a little bit calmer. this is only going to increase over the summer. we're going to see this all summer long. and you say, matthew, long. and as you say, matthew, it's real political it's a it's a real political headache look rwanda headache for and you look rwanda i really even if one flight i mean really even if one flight manages to take off. but i mean we're looking at june now possibly if this ping pong goes back and forth and back and forth between the chambers,

forth between the two chambers, but even going to but that it's not even going to touch sides of of this touch the sides of the of this entire tour of the thousands who are coming over. >> yeah, it's it would take, it would take even if, even if you think the deterrent effect is going going to going to work, it's going to take deterrent take time for the deterrent effect and the effect to work. and the government time, government hasn't got that time, even it holds out, the even if it holds out, the deterrent effect working deterrent effect isn't working because the because people know i mean, the people know we because people know i mean, the peo at, know we because people know i mean, the peo at, you know we because people know i mean, the peo at, you know, know we because people know i mean, the peo at, you know, thatn we are at, you know, that our immigration policy shreds. immigration policy is in shreds. >> robert the >> well, robert jenrick, the former he former immigration minister, he was the was on with patrick christys the other revealed that other night and he revealed that he meetings other night and he revealed that he sunak meetings other night and he revealed that he sunak every meetings other night and he revealed that he sunak every couplejs other night and he revealed that he sunak every couple of with rishi sunak every couple of weeks and very weeks about migration and very rarely would happen. if rarely would that happen. and if they wouldn't want to they did, he wouldn't want to talk migration with mr talk about migration with mr jenrick, crazy. talk about migration with mr jen when crazy. talk about migration with mr jen when you've crazy. talk about migration with mr jen when you've made that your >> when you've made that your number you can number one pledge, you can imagine just imagine that if you were just trying under the trying to sweep it under the carpet but you can't stand with stop the boats and then try and pretend you haven't created a problem doing problem of what are they doing in what is actually going in >> what is actually going on in the are there is the channel now? are there is there of proper border there any kind of proper border force policing? >> it's frightening. >> okay, look, it's frightening. >> okay, look, it's frightening. >> was talking >> i mean, robert was talking about league about a migrant league table that published so we that would be published so we could see who was coming from where. but to be honest, i'd rather them coming

rather stop them from coming anyway. a table so anyway. so to have a table so we could the worst. could see the worst. >> apart from anything, >> quite apart from anything, it's not safe for it's not safe. it's not safe for people to crossing in that way. >> well, one who says >> well, one man who also says he stop the boats is he wants to stop the boats is richard tice, leader reform richard tice, leader of reform uk , who has this morning. uk, who has this morning. >> yeah. himself a >> yeah. got himself in a spanner hasn't got spanner hasn't he. he's got himself spat with the with spanner hasn't he. he's got himself holden, it with the with spanner hasn't he. he's got himself holden, the th the with spanner hasn't he. he's got himself holden, the chairmanh spanner hasn't he. he's got himself holden, the chairman of richard holden, the chairman of the who dubbed the tory party who has, dubbed him a threatening, bully i think is the exact phrase , after is the exact phrase, after richard tice said, pipe down, to, tories , you know, part of to, tories, you know, part of this sort of twitter spat. so it's getting pretty nasty. >> well, you're always losing the argument when you start name calling . calling. >> yeah. so i mean, if i was reform about the reform talking about the small boats would having, boats crisis, i would be having, you know, political parties you know, the political parties have labour have a ticker. every labour party screen party staff member, screen savers, to party staff member, screen sav< local to party staff member, screen sav< local elections to party staff member, screen sav< local elections or to party staff member, screen sav< local elections or and to party staff member, screen sav< local elections or and then the local elections or and then you know, they love a countdown clock. i was, if was a bit clock. if i was, if i was a bit of i'd be having a of reform, i'd be having a counter website about counter on their website about every day with counter on their website about eve small day with counter on their website about eve small boats day with counter on their website about eve small boats arrivals. with counter on their website about eve small boats arrivals. so th the small boats arrivals. so it's sign obviously , the it's a sign obviously, the tories are very worried that

they're of getting into they're sort of getting into this telling them, they're sort of getting into this each telling them, they're sort of getting into this each otherng them, they're sort of getting into this each other to them, they're sort of getting into this each other to pipe , they're sort of getting into this each other to pipe down they're sort of getting into thithreatening:her to pipe down they're sort of getting into thithreatening bully. pipe down they're sort of getting into thithreatening bully. take down they're sort of getting into thithreatening bully. take your] pick. >> richard tice . he's clearly >> richard tice. he's clearly got his pecker the moment. got his pecker up at the moment. yesterday attacking yesterday he was attacking jonathan gullace. he saying, jonathan gullace. he was saying, we information we know embarrassing information about you. yeah, that one was kicking new deputy chairman kicking the new deputy chairman of yeah , exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> but i think there's >> but look, i think there's been the past days and been over the past few days and really unfair focus on reform candidates because we're candidates because if we're going casting stones, going to start casting stones, what i don't sex, what about, i don't know, sex, you corruption , sex you know, sex, corruption, sex crimes amongst the tories. what about amongst about anti—semitism amongst labour mps? we don't need to start candidates in start looking at candidates in this . this way. >> i think we saw this with ukip, didn't we? back in the day 2015, amount of there 2015, 2016, the amount of there are wrong'uns amongst 2015, 2016, the amount of there are politiciansng'uns amongst 2015, 2016, the amount of there are politicians .g'uns amongst the politicians. >> that's all i'm saying. >> that's all i'm saying. >> i think we do need look at >> i think we do need to look at the and what the candidates and see what we're getting and you know we're getting and where you know what, parties. what, what across the parties. >> think across all >> well, i think yes, across all the because, know, the parties, because, you know, these people are putting themselves these people are putting the|global; these people are putting the|global representatives and our global representatives and to our interests. our global representatives and to so our interests. our global representatives and to so wantyur interests. our global representatives and to so want to interests. our global representatives and to so want to know sts. our global representatives and to so want to know ifs. our global representatives and to so want to know if they've >> so i want to know if they've got some it's now got some weird it's now a nightmare age of social nightmare in the age of social media, because it just sheer media, because it just the sheer resources through resources it takes to go through years of social

years and years worth of social media people put media posts from people who put themselves forward to to, to, themselves forward to be to, to, to be mps. >> in the old you just had >> in the old days, you just had to check that to kind of, you know, check that if letters if they, you know, what letters they'd newspapers. they'd written to newspapers. now you have to check a mountains and mountains of tweets. but it's really important because all the parties diligence and parties due diligence and obviously the party, obviously the bigger the party, the got to obviously the bigger the party, the able got to obviously the bigger the party, the able to got to obviously the bigger the party, the able to do got to obviously the bigger the party, the able to do that. got to be able to do that. >> it's an issue smaller >> so it's an issue for smaller parties reform, happy with parties reform, not happy with that, piece in the that, so—called hit piece in the mail yesterday mail on sunday yesterday on their . i mail on sunday yesterday on their. i think we can i suspect we know where we can guess where. >> that story was brief from. and it it may not be far away from tory headquarters. >> emma, this this >> well, emma, this this story here, is about eligible >> well, emma, this this story here, and about eligible >> well, emma, this this story here, and carers eligible >> well, emma, this this story here, and carers ofgibleyear parents and carers of two year olds 15 olds will be entitled to 15 hours funded childcare per hours of funded childcare per week, the first week, now it's one of the first part sort billion part of sort of £8 billion package. that package. is that is that a useful use way spending our useful use way of spending our money step forward . money is a good step forward. >> the policy was great and it's incredibly useful. if it was actually had any substance behind annoys me behind it. what really annoys me about kind of story is that about this kind of story is that when was announced last when this was announced last yeah when this was announced last year, hunt was, oh, we're year, jeremy hunt was, oh, we're going fund this of going to fund this amount of childcare 15 a week.

childcare for 15 hours a week. my childcare for 15 hours a week. my nursery , many, many my son's nursery, many, many child carers i know said, hang on a minute. we don't have the resources. we don't have the staff that the turnover in early years childcare. it's not properly funded, it's not properly funded, it's not properly costed. nurseries simply deliver . lots of simply can't deliver. lots of parents need this. lots of working parents are desperate for more for a few more hours and if they can't get it, it's going to cynicism , isn't it, emma? >> it's going it's the >> it's just going to. it's the cynicism what cynicism between what politicians say and what's delivered on the i think delivered on the ground. i think is the number is really is perhaps the number one voters at one issue with voters at the moment nurseries not moment and your nurseries not even the easter holidays. >> it's closed for days. >> it's closed for 17 days. >> it's closed for 17 days. >> know, are >> and, you know, so what are you impacting work ? you is that impacting your work? what are you going to do? >> well, i may or may not have a three year old in the boat behind the studio today. mean, three year old in the boat bthink the studio today. mean, three year old in the boat bthink gb studio today. mean, three year old in the boat bthink gb newso today. mean, three year old in the boat bthink gb news are day. mean, three year old in the boat bthink gb news are amazingian, three year old in the boat bthink gb news are amazing to, i think gb news are amazing to allow to bring, allow people to bring to bring, you know, their little ones in. >> let in. >> they let me in. >> they let me in. >> they let you in. >> so they let you in. >> so they let you in. >> only about 15. we >> he only looks about 15. we were ben. liam. >> he only looks about 15. we weri'm ben. liam. >> he only looks about 15. we weri'm 16 ben. liam. >> he only looks about 15. we weri'm 16 next ben. liam. >> he only looks about 15. we weri'm 16 next week. ben. liam. >> he only looks about 15. we werno. 16 next week. ben. liam. >> he only looks about 15. we werno. is next week. ben. liam. >> he only looks about 15. we werno. is it.xt week. ben. liam. >> he only looks about 15. we werno. is it. oh, eek. ben. liam. >> he only looks about 15. we werno. is it. oh, lookien. liam. >> he only looks about 15. we werno. is it. oh, lookienyou.�*n. >> no. is it. oh, look at you. >>— >> no. is it. oh, look at you. >> and father. the father of >> and the father. the father of two. his workplace. >> and the father. the father of two he's his workplace. >> and the father. the father of two he's working.norkplace. >> and the father. the father of two he's working.noryear:e. >> and the father. the father of two he's working. noryear old, >> he's working. 16 year old, father two. should we

father of two. but should we move rayner? other move on to, angela rayner? other students? was chinese students? she was chinese origins. this story. i've got origins. so this story. i've got the story. where is it? >> well, it's in the guardian. yeah. so, chris skidmore, who was resigned as mp, but was resigned as a tory mp, but he university's minister he was the university's minister a weeks ago. we had a few weeks ago. we had a by—election couple months by—election a couple of months ago. the ago. yeah. he was the universities minister. and he says because the says that now because of the clampdown visas. what the clampdown on, visas. so what the tories brexit, the tories did after brexit, the tories did after brexit, the tories allowed to tories allowed this to be to encourage students, encourage foreign students, international come to international students come to study in britain, pay your fat fees to subsidise british students whose fees have been frozen for years and then will give you a two year stay on visa afterwards. they've now changed their minds. they've done a u—turn they've u—turn on that. they've withdrawn two years withdrawn this extra two years for who come the for students who come the sort of studying and of post studying visa, and he thinks going an thinks that's going to be an issue of people coming issue in terms of people coming and here the university. >> just try sneak last >> just try and sneak this last story about water story in about the water companies, just really companies, because i just really want about this sewage want to talk about this sewage dumping which dumping in bathing spots, which is 50. we need is up nearly 50. i think we need to that. seriously to address that. seriously >> do, but this >> yeah, we do, but this shouldn't be political. shouldn't even be political. this about the this shouldn't be about the lib dems over dems attacking the tories over this. water this. you know, the clean water is basic human right. this is

is a basic human right. this is a prerequisite. in the uk in 2024, whether it's our drinking water, whether it's our waterways, whether it's our garden here, my three year old screeching in the back behind the studio. sorry. the studio. i'm so sorry. whether it's beaches, we whether it's our beaches, we shouldn't human shouldn't be talking about human waste effluent, raw sewage in our waterways, the entire water industry needs root and branch reform. and as for the fat cats or the water fat cats? well, we've had a fish. yeah, the fat fish bosses getting their huge dividends £1 million dividends and their £1 million bonuses. ludicrous . bonuses. this is ludicrous. >> consumers are getting stifled because the gas and the because unlike the gas and the electricity they choose because unlike the gas and the electricompanyy choose because unlike the gas and the electricompany to choose because unlike the gas and the electricompany to go choose which company to go to. meanwhile, service goes meanwhile, the service goes down, they pump filth into the riverways waterways and the riverways and waterways and the money goes to these offshore owners. >> absolutely. i mean, if you look at the if you look at these, thames these, the graphs of thames water, particularly if you look at graph this bit at the graph of like this bit owes this bit, which owes money to this bit, which owes money to this bit, which owes bit, and owes money to this bit, and they've only got one source of, of you me and of income. it's you and me and all our water all of us paying our water bills. think thames bills. so i think thames water, we've of off we've had a couple of days off over the bank holiday, over the thames water issue, it's thames water issue, but it's going back. thames water issue, but it's

goiimatthew, back. thames water issue, but it's goiimatthew, b'me put this to >> matthew, let me put this to you. whenever i've discussed this have this in recent days, people have said is said the infrastructure is not there the waste, there to deal with the waste, but that a result of mass but that is as a result of mass uncontrolled migration. >> think think uncontrolled migration. >> populationthink think uncontrolled migration. >> population going think uncontrolled migration. >> population going up, nk look, population going up, you've reservoirs. look, population going up, you'can't reservoirs. look, population going up, you'can't have reservoirs. look, population going up, you'can't have one reservoirs. look, population going up, you'can't have one without rs. you can't have one without the other. build other. you've got to build reservoirs. to reservoirs. you've got to improve electricity grid improve the electricity grid and that you that hasn't happened. so you can't other. >> well, sadly, bazalgette's toilet down toilet system, was flushed down the river. thank you. so, emma and that's all we've got and matt, that's all we've got time for now. let's get your latest news headlines with sam francis . francis. >> good morning from the gb newsroom . it's just >> good morning from the gb newsroom . it'sjust gone >> good morning from the gb newsroom . it's just gone 11:30. newsroom. it's just gone 11:30. leading the news this morning. scotland's minister for victims and communities has suggested that people could be investigated for misgendering someone online. that's under a new hate crime law now in force. the legislation makes it a crime to stir up hatred against people with protected characteristics, including disability, age, sexual orientation or people who are transgender. but some have

criticised the law, with one of scotland's police constables revealing that many officers are still yet to complete training courses . new estimates suggest courses. new estimates suggest more than 250 patients may have died needlessly every week in 2023 due to long waits in england's hospitals, a report by the royal college of emergency medicine has revealed. more than 1.5 million patients waited in a&e departments for longer than 12 hours last year. it also found the risk of death started to increase after a five hour wait and became worse with longer delays. the department for health says, though it has added thousands of hospital beds and insists it is making progress on waiting times . progress on waiting times. labour has criticised the government's free childcare policy in england, claiming that ministers have made a pledge without a plan. from today, eligible parents and carers of two year olds will be entitled to 15 hours a week of free childcare. but some nurseries say the funding is not enough to

meet the demand on their waiting lists or to cover increasing staff costs , and energy bills staff costs, and energy bills are due to fall to their lowest rate in two years after the regulator, ofgem , has cut its regulator, ofgem, has cut its price cap by 12.3. it means the average household bill for gas and electricity will fall by around £238 over the course of a yeah around £238 over the course of a year, or around £20 a month . year, or around £20 a month. that's the latest. more from the newsroom at 12:00. until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts just scan the code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . com slash alerts. >> for exclusive, limited edition and rare gold coins that are always newsworthy, rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and news financial report, and here's a look at the markets this morning. >> the pound will buy you

$1.2614 and ,1.1699. the price of gold is £1,785.83 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 7952 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report just a quick clarification in the previous chat about the small boat arrivals . arrivals. >> it was 442 people of course, and not boats . i know things are and not boats. i know things are bad but not that bad just yet. in nine small boats there's 442 people arrived by small boat across the channel yesterday , across the channel yesterday, which is a 43% rise on the same penod which is a 43% rise on the same period last year. right. tom and emily are with us for good afternoon britain. what's in store, guys? >> well, of course we're going to touching enormous to be touching on that enormous number to be touching on that enormous nurbut' to be touching on that enormous nur but there's something else >> but there's something else thatis >> but there's something else that is happening in our airtime. and this is one of the best things about presenting from it's when from 12 till three. it's when real news starts to happen. protests occur , stories are protests occur, stories are broken will be live the broken and will be live on the ground edinburgh because ground in edinburgh because today, april fools day, of

course, that the new course, is the day that the new hate crime law comes into force in scotland and there'll be a big protest there. >> and it's very interesting concerning because we've heard from the president of the association for scottish police, and he is adamant. >> he is warning the scottish government that essentially the police do not have enough time to be policing our online activity because that's what this will come down to. he says. this legislation will be hijacked by activist fringe . hijacked by an activist fringe. so essentially anyone saying, oh, you were mean. you're stirring up hate. and then the police have to investigate. they've already said they'll investigate every single crime that how much that comes to them. so how much time is that going to take? and at same time, you know, the at the same time, you know, the police going police aren't going after the real criminals. so going real criminals. so we're going to into getting to be delving into this, getting different opinions on this, because some people different opinions on this, becalthis some people different opinions on this, becalthis is some people different opinions on this, becalthis is a some people different opinions on this, becalthis is a markyme people different opinions on this, becalthis is a mark ofa people think this is a mark of progress, be getting progress, but we'll be getting into exactly is into the detail. what exactly is this this hate law going this hate is this hate law going to criminalise speaking to someone the snp who of someone from the snp who of course have pushed this through the scottish parliament?

>> and it's so interesting because every element of because it's every element of life, even within a private home, if two parents are discussing something and the child thinks that's not right on, they can report their parents to the police and have that assessed as a hate incident. >> you could stop that quite easily . no phones, no recording easily. no phones, no recording instruments at all in the house. it's ridiculous. get rid of it all together. >> extreme. >> extreme. >> we're also going to be having a bit of debate over cannabis, a bit of a debate over cannabis, because germany is decriminalising it for personal use, asking whether decriminalising it for personal use, should asking whether decriminalising it for personal use, should happen 1g whether decriminalising it for personal use, should happen here.ether decriminalising it for personal use, should happen here. yes,�* that should happen here. yes, we've got going to have two sides of that debate. >> interesting . there's an >> it's interesting. there's an angle almost has angle that almost no one has picked on story , picked up on on this story, which is, you know, how the uk very will say the very often people will say the uk is in risk of breaking international law. that's that's an absolutely outrageous thing to do. there's, there's allegations that migration policy in the rwanda bill might break international law. well, there international law on there is an international law on drugs. it's called the single convention on narcotic drugs. it

was signed by just about every country in the world in 1961. it's an international treaty preventing the use of, drugs for recreational use . and by most recreational use. and by most accounts, germany's just broken that international law by legalising cannabis. so perhaps not all international law is created equal. >> i just i just feel like we're missing out on a lot of tax dollars. colorado was dollars. you know, colorado was the in america . it the first to move in america. it transformed their city. they had so much money for public so much more money for public services. i think most of america has done it now. you know, take the view. know, i take the view. >> enough cannabis on >> there's enough cannabis on the it the the streets. if we give it the green light this way, it's green light in this way, it's such debate because such an amazing debate because it's . it's everywhere. >> now you go to any city in the united kingdom, can probably united kingdom, you can probably smell a bit of cannabis. why aren't why aren't we taxing that? why aren't we taxing that? why aren't that? aren't we regulating that? >> you need to look >> but i think you need to look look at san francisco and see what's happened then look at san francisco and see whamightypened then look at san francisco and see whamightypeneya then look at san francisco and see whamightypeneya rethink then look at san francisco and see whamightypeneya rethink because look at san francisco and see wha mi it's peneya rethink because look at san francisco and see wha mi it's aeneya rethink because look at san francisco and see wha mi it's a slippery, ink because slope. >> but in fran, they pretty >> but in san fran, they pretty much all that fentanyl for free. >> all of free. » all of free. » going io free. >> going to be|nd free. >> going to be an active you see it's going to be an active discussion. that more discussion. all of that and more on afternoon with on good afternoon britain with tom though , tom and emily, for now though, this is britain's newsroom .

>> it's 1140. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. with me, ben liu and nana akua . with me, ben liu and nana akua. >> now, the average household water and sewage bill will rise by 6% a year from today. >> and it comes as the lib dems have accused water companies of committing, quote, environmental vandalism. with the amount of sewage discharged in our waters. gb news south of south—west of england. reporter jeff moody england. reporterjeff moody joins us now from north devon. good morning jeff, what's the water like where you are ? water like where you are? >> good morning to you. well not very good. it's on the list of beaches where you really shouldn't swim . i mean, shouldn't swim. i mean, everybody's out in force this weekend, this bank holiday weekend, this bank holiday weekend, trying to enjoy the most of that weather. but just here devon there are here in devon alone, there are 29 beaches where it's been

deemed unsafe to swim. plenty of people out at moment walking people out at the moment walking their dogs, but luckily nobody seems to be in the water for a swim now. the problem has arisen because of the sheer amount of rain that we've been experiencing over the last few days, and when that happens, our sewage system is so antiquated. it's a victorian system that really fit for purpose, really isn't fit for purpose, and the water companies have a very stark choice. they either let the sewage flow up through the drains onto the streets, or they discharge it into the water. that's the option they've been taking , which has resulted been taking, which has resulted in our waters becoming more and more unhealthy. there's a real serious risk of salmonella, e coli and all sorts of nasties to all this. on the day that our water rates are going up, that's no april fall. the average rise in prices up to 6% over most of the country. the water companies say that this is inevitable. they have to do something about this. and this is the way

they're going to do it by raising the prices. but of course, it begs question, course, it begs the question, why taken so long? why why has it taken so long? why are they only looking into this matter now? it's been something that's been very in that's been very much in the pubuc that's been very much in the public for several years public eye for several years now, looks like this is now, and it looks like this is the opportunity that they now, and it looks like this is the addressing:unity that they now, and it looks like this is the addressing it1ity that they now, and it looks like this is the addressing it .ty that they now, and it looks like this is the addressing it . people they now, and it looks like this is the addressing it. people on( now, and it looks like this is the addressing it . people on the are addressing it. people on the whole are fed up with it. they're fed up with the rising prices, and they're fed up with the that on a warm, sunny the fact that on a warm, sunny easter weekend, they can't even go in the sea. >> are jeff, are there warnings that people shouldn't go in the water there, or is it just up to the individual to do that? because you'd think that knowing what we know, that there's an issue. do actually have issue. do they actually have warnings beach ? warnings around the beach? >> i haven't seen one around this beach at all. i mean, there are very often i've been to many beaches over the last couple of years reporting for gb news, and i've seen those signs everywhere. more more everywhere. more and more cropping up. but i can't see any on beach today. i think the on this beach today. i think the emphasis does be on on emphasis does seem to be on on everybody look it up online everybody to look it up online to and find themselves. to and find out for themselves.

but there but you're right, there certainly more of an certainly should be more of an indication of just how unhealthy the the moment . the waters can be at the moment. >> jeff, any info on the thames water situation ? well, i mean, water situation? well, i mean, it's ongoing, isn't it? it's ongoing. we're not really sure exactly what's happening at the moment other than the fact that there's a lot of talk them there's a lot of talk of them being nationalised and there's a lot of a lot of anger about the fact that people are taxpayers are being asked to bail the are being asked to bail out the situation . it really does seem situation. it really does seem very desperate, doesn't it? and it's certainly feeding into people's sense that something is very much amiss at this in this country. you know, if the money that we've been paying every month towards our water bills isn't going to make sure that the system is healthy in itself , the system is healthy in itself, then then what is it for? yes. talk. great talk about nationalisation. whether it will happen, i don't know. i mean , happen, i don't know. i mean, labour has said that they're not considering at considering nationalising it at the moment because they feel that it would be too expensive to do so. so it seems to be an

ongoing problem with with very little results at the moment. okay jeff. >> well, it's crystal clear, isn't it? unlike the water, there should be nationalised i think so, jeff moody, thank you so yeah , on this bank holiday >> so yeah, on this bank holiday monday, don't go the rivers monday, don't go near the rivers or waterways or seas for or the waterways or the seas for a because of a dip because it's full of filth. it's national price filth. it's also national price hike day. your and your tv hike day. your water and your tv licence up along licence is going up along with your tax. oh, and by the your council tax. oh, and by the way, 443 people crossed the channel to england yesterday illegally you're paying £12 illegally and you're paying £12 million a day for their accommodation. >> forget not go on >> so don't forget to not go on the trains or the roads because of awful weather. than of the awful weather. other than that isn't it? of the awful weather. other than tha other isn't it? of the awful weather. other than tha other than n't it? of the awful weather. other than tha other than that,’ of the awful weather. other than tha other than that, have >> other than that, have a lovely holiday monday. lovely bank holiday monday. we're going to have a little break now, but stay with us because up because have you been caught up in chaos? in the easter travel chaos? vaiews@gbnews.com? we're going to read some more of your

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britain's newsroom with me. nana akua and ben leo. it's just coming up to 49 minutes after 11:00. lots of you have been in touch topics been touch on the topics we've been discussing. have look at discussing. let's have a look at what saying what you've been saying about the , because i'm the sewage, because i'm absolutely disgusted by it. >> for weeks. >> i have been for weeks. i sound a broken record. sound like a broken record. >> it's awful. it's >> well, it's awful. it's embarrassing. companies embarrassing. water companies are too concerned paying are too concerned with paying out investors and out returns to investors and investing in preventative measures. essential service industries have industries should never have been sold off to the private sector. i'm with you. >> yeah. and jacqui says, how sector. i'm with you. >> �*we 1. and jacqui says, how sector. i'm with you. >> �*we blame|acqui says, how sector. i'm with you. >> �*we blame the ui says, how sector. i'm with you. >> �*we blame the government for sector. i'm with you. >> water ame the government for sector. i'm with you. >> water scandal government for sector. i'm with you. >> water scandal when'nment for sector. i'm with you. >> water scandal when'nmein for the water scandal when it's in private hands? well, i mean, they're regulated for they're regulated by ofwat for a start. seem to be start. and they seem to be utterly toothless. yeah gary says how can these robbers take a bonus from the customer ? i a bonus from the customer? i thought a bonus was for higher productivity and achievement and for them, priority is reducing pollution, which is pollution, which sadly is destroying our environment. >> well, that's not their priorities. their priorities to their shareholders, which the their shareholders, which is the issue of issue here. it's a conflict of interest. so to them, they're getting bonuses bringing interest. so to them, they're gettingiving|ses bringing interest. so to them, they're gettingiving their bringing interest. so to them, they're gettingiving their shareholders . back, giving their shareholders. i think it's over £78 billion in

dividends whilst receiving only 62 billion. so they are obviously spending our money on foolishness, now, karina says funny how now the thames is full of sewage. people are taking notice. surfers against sewage has been around for years in devon cornwall south devon and cornwall and south west water bills, which have been the uk. been the highest in the uk. because we're paying for the beach clean up. it's a joke. it really that campaign group really is. that campaign group actually against sewage, actually surfers against sewage, they've job they've been doing a great job for not only just for many years, not only just trying protect integrity trying to protect the integrity of cleaning up of our waters, but cleaning up the and pollutions. >> well pollutions. >> so yeah, well done to those guys. >> yeah, well thank you for all your as well. keep your messages as well. keep them coming right coming obviously. but right now easter upon travel easter is upon us and travel disruption in full force. disruption is in full force. today, the rac predicts more than 2 million carjourneys today, the rac predicts more than 2 million car journeys will be made. yeah, rather them than me. >> and to make matters worse, there are planned rail engineering works across the country. that no trains country. that means no trains for many trying to get back after the long weekend. so gb news south east england reporter ray addison is at euston station and national reporter theo chikomba is by the m25. sounds

pretty busy down there, theo, but ray, is it the same situation at euston ? situation at euston? >> no, not at all, i'm afraid. >> no, not at all, i'm afraid. >> guys , welcome to euston >> guys, welcome to euston station, one of london's busiest train stations and your gateway to the north west. however, today you can only go to a place called watford junction. let's take a look at the departures board over there. you can see there every 15 minutes. you can head watford junction as many head to watford junction as many times as you like, because all of the other destinations have been cancelled today. you can see over there they're disrupted and cancelled section of the board. so they're not board. so actually they're not bothering anything bothering to write anything because many because there are so many disruptions and cancellations. so where can't you go because of these major engineering works? well, west coast routes well, avanti west coast routes and london northwestern railway, they are completely gone today. so destinations such as so that's destinations such as birmingham, wolverhampton, liverpool, milton keynes , liverpool, milton keynes, northampton and as far as glasgow and edinburgh as well.

and that's all the way through until 5 am. tomorrow. so the first train coming in here will be about 5:35 am. tomorrow at euston. now i think it looks a little bit busy in the background. it's not too bad, is it? this is actually normally you'll have about 25,000 people coming through here every single day. of the footfall we're day. most of the footfall we're seeing is because of the underground station that you just saw there. so this should be peak hours for euston , but it be peak hours for euston, but it certainly isn't at the moment. barely commuters, most barely any commuters, most people, as we know, heading to watford other watford junction, other disruptions across the country as well due to this engineering work on the bank holiday, london liverpool street and colchester . liverpool street and colchester. that's off the elizabeth line as well, between paddington well, between london paddington and stratford abbey wood, cardiff and carmarthen . there's cardiff and carmarthen. there's major disruption and thank you to james for messaging in and telling us about the transpennine express well. transpennine express as well. major on that line. major disruption on that line. >> thank you very much, ray theo chikomba, you're there by the m25, it business as usual

m25, is it business as usual there or does it feel particularly busy ? particularly busy? >> well, it's quite the opposite to where ray is in central london, at euston station, here on the m25. for those watching us on television, you might be able to see just over my shoulder the cars moving very slowly . normally on this portion slowly. normally on this portion of if you're going of the road, if you're going anti—clockwise on the m25 heading towards the dartford crossing, normally be crossing, you would normally be going around miles an hour, going around 60 miles an hour, but moment a lot of these but at the moment a lot of these cars completely still. and cars are completely still. and that's we're expecting that's because we're expecting millions of people on the roads today. many of those returning home following their easter getaway, and others actually using this opportunity to get away as schools are closed right across the country . but the across the country. but the major disruption that we have seen in the uk today is on the m42 in warwickshire , between m42 in warwickshire, between junction nine and ten, there was a collision this morning and we understand warwickshire police have been there conducting investigations and other delays investigations and other delays in the country. on the m5 in

somerset and on the m6 in cheshire and greater manchester. we're expecting long delays over there, but on roads like this it can be a fraction of a second if you aren't paying attention just here, just in the last hour or so, a lorry and a small car collided. fortunately, there weren't any serious injuries, but of course many people are expected to check before they travel. >> theo ray, thanks very much. appreciate it. that's all from us on britain's newsroom. have you enjoyed yourself? nana. >> it's been fun. i'm a britain's newsroom virgin, but obviously me in. obviously you've broken me in. yeah, right. well listen up next. tuned for good next. stay tuned for good afternoon britain with tom and emily. it's been a pleasure. as eveh emily. it's been a pleasure. as ever. i look forward to seeing you on friday, actually, because i'll a zigi thing and i'll be doing a zigi thing and i'm tomorrow bev. i'm back tomorrow with bev. >> here's afternoon, britain. >> well, there we are. but >> well, well, there we are. but coming good afternoon coming up on good afternoon britain. we're to be live britain. we're going to be live outside edinburgh as outside holyrood in edinburgh as protests erupt due to this new controversial hate crime law

that comes into force today . that comes into force today. >> and it's not just protest erupting, but a war of words between the tories and reform uk, the tory party chairman has called the reform uk. leader a bully. why is that? and what is the war of words between these two parties? we dive into precisely what's going on. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather. well through the rest of the day it's a mixed picture. sunshine and showers, particularly in the south. some of these heavy further of further further pulses of rain further north. and it's all thanks to low pressure which continues to dominate the weather pattern through week ahead, through the week ahead, bringing in systems off the in various systems off the atlantic. some wet and windy weather at times for the rest of the day, this band of cloud and rain affecting parts of northern ireland, north wales into

northern england, southern scotland will remain here for much of the day. cool much of the day. quite cool under bright skies. much of the day. quite cool under bright skies . to the under this bright skies. to the north this, some spells north of this, some sunny spells across northwest highlands . across the northwest highlands. sunshine and heavy showers across and across the rest of england and wales . temperatures here and the wales. temperatures here and the best of the sunshine up to around 15 or 16 celsius. showers, rumbles on through into the evening time, but they do start to fade away into the early hours. this band of rain continues to affect parts of scotland, particularly in the east, showers east, and then further showers pushing their way eastwards through the english channel. some these could be heavy at some of these could be heavy at times under clear spells, temperatures to low temperatures dipping to low single figures in the countryside, most it countryside, but for most it will be quite a cloudy start to tuesday. best of the brightness across this central swathe of the mist fog the uk. some mist and fog patches soon clearing away and then through tuesday itself. it remains quite cloudy and damp across northern eastern across northern and eastern parts . elsewhere, parts of scotland. elsewhere, some bright spells, some scattered showers and then later on in the day, some cloud and rain pushing into the south—west. temperatures up again to the teens, little

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gb news. away. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on monday, the 1st of april. >> protests are up in edinburgh as scotland's new hate crime law comes today. despite comes into force today. despite warnings the new legislation could be weaponised by fringe activists, waste time and activists, waste police time and have a chilling effect on free speech. >> all out war the tory party chairman labels reform uk leader richard tice a threatening bully, as tice claims he has, and could release embarrassing personal information . on the personal information. on the tory deputy chairman, jonathan gullis. this comes as a shock poll shows reform could cost the tories up to 50 seats and as

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