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52% of british muslims want to make it to illegal show a picture of mohammed, to display a picture of mohammed in the united kingdom. what do you think that? and what does think of that? and what does that say about how integration is in the united kingdom? is going in the united kingdom? >> yes, we'll read out some more of the shock findings from that polling, including that almost half muslims half of british muslims sympathise with hamas. has integration failed in this country ? gbnews.com forward country? gb news.com forward slash country? gbnews.com forward slash your say to have your say . slash your say to have your say. but first your headlines but first it's your headlines. >> very good afternoon to you. it's just gone 12:00 and we start with our top story of the day that the labour leader says the nhs is on its knees and he's promised to modernise the health service his wins the service if his party wins the next election. it's hoped the plan to digitise children's health records, known as the red book, will boost vaccination rates and improve access to health care. it would also see

parents receive automatic notifications for appointments and health information via the nhs app zakiya . starmer says the nhs app zakiya. starmer says the plan will bring the nhs into the future . future. >> everybody has that. red book knows that it can get lost, it can get forgotten. all the details have to be re—entered. it wastes a huge amount of time and this is an example of the sort of reform that we want in the nhs. obviously everybody will know the nhs is absolutely on its knees if we're elected into government, if we're privileged enough to come into government, we have to pick the nhs up, put it on its feet, but we also need it fit for we also need to make it fit for the and that's where the the future. and that's where the reform in. reform comes in. >> i just want to bring you >> and i just want to bring you some news that we're getting in from west bromwich this afternoon. launched afternoon. police have launched there for search an there an urgent for search an alleged attacker after a 15 year old boy was stabbed to death near a shopping centre in the town. paramedic and officers responded to that incident late last night at around 9 pm, but they were unable to save the

teenagen they were unable to save the teenager. the boy's family, we understand, has been informed since that attack. west midlands police are now urging the public to provide any relevant information to them, and they say they are increasing patrols over the coming days. we will of course, keep across that for you throughout the rest of this afternoon. in the meantime, that latest incident comes as another manhunt is continuing after a woman was stabbed and killed in bradford while she was pushing a babyin bradford while she was pushing a baby in a pram. west yorkshire police have released these photos. you can see here if you're watching on television, of a suspect wanted in connection with that attack, which happened the city which happened in the city centre on saturday afternoon, 25 year old habib masood, from the oldham area is described as an asian man of slim build and he was pictured on cctv wearing a coat with grey, white and black stripes. he is believed to have links to the burnley and chester areas, and police there are now warning people to approach warning people not to approach him and anyone with information they say please contact

they say should please contact 999. in other news, millions of senior citizens will feel the benefits of 8.5% increase to their pension today , worth up to their pension today, worth up to £900 for people claiming the full amount , £900 for people claiming the full amount, it means last year's rate of £10,600 will rise to £11,500. however, the liberal democrats say the so—called stealth taxes will wipe out over three quarters of that increase as more pensioners are dragged into paying income tax. well, the work and pensions secretary, mel stride, told gb news that the government is committed to supporting pensioners. >> we're committed , for example, >> we're committed, for example, to the triple lock, which as you know, is putting up pensions year on year by the greater of 2.5% or earnings or the level of inflation. and i think that's one of the proudest achievements, actually, of this conservative government that we brought because it's brought that in, because it's meant that since 2010, pensioners are £1,000 a year better off than they would have been had their pensions just gone up by earnings alone .

gone up by earnings alone. >> nhs staff, including paramedics and nurses, have been shown pornographic images, offered money for sex and assaulted at work. that's according to new research . a according to new research. a study of more than 12,000 health workers has revealed that widespread incidents of sexual harassment have taken place , harassment have taken place, with 1 in 10 saying it's something they have experienced at work . of those, almost at work. of those, almost a third reported sexual assault . third reported sexual assault. in response to the findings by unison, the government has said that nhs organisations have a responsibility to protect their staff . the deputy staff and patients. the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has denied claims that the government is failing to prepare for war. two former defence ministers say britain isn't ready for conflict , suggesting ready for conflict, suggesting some ministers are just hoping that threats will go away . james that threats will go away. james heappey and ben wallace cited examples from allies like sweden, where the public are given war preparation guidance , given war preparation guidance, including a booklet explaining what to do in time of war. the what to do in a time of war. the intervention from those two long

serving ministers comes as rishi sunakis serving ministers comes as rishi sunak is facing pressure to increase defence spending . and increase defence spending. and finally, before we hand back to tom and emily tonight, tens of millions will be looking to the skies for what's set to be the most viewed total eclipse ever. while the weather might eclipse the , for some it's a the excitement, for some it's a different story in canada, where the clear skies are set to bring near perfect viewing conditions in niagara falls, though, there has been a state of emergency declared to manage the biggest crowd of visitors ever expected to flock to the popular waterfalls. here in the waterfalls. and here in the uk, some us will get a glimpse of some of us will get a glimpse of a partial eclipse in the west and north, including in belfast, glasgow and liverpool from just before 8:00 tonight. >> that eclipse , that's the >> that eclipse, that's the latest from the newsroom. >> for now, you can of course sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code there on your screen, our website, screen, or go to our website,

gbnews.com/alerts . gbnews.com/alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:08 now. a nationwide manhunt is underway for a 25 year old suspected of stabbing a young mother and pushing her baby in a pram in broad daylight. >> yes, well, every police force up and down the country is searching for habiba masum. there he is. that's the chief suspect here. following the incident in bradford. he's believed to have links to the burnley and also the chester areas as well. >> it's cross strait to bradford now, where our reporter anna o'reilly is on the scene. anna, take us through what happened . take us through what happened. >> good afternoon. yes, we're here in the westgate area of bradford where the stabbing occurred. it happened on saturday afternoon in broad daylight, like you say, at around 320 in the afternoon . a around 320 in the afternoon. a 27 year old mother was the victim of the attack. she was

pushing her baby in a pram. as the attack happened, people around her in the area, witnesses tried to help her and save her life, but tragically, she died. now that nationwide manhunt is continuing, every police force in the country looking for habiba masum , a 25 looking for habiba masum, a 25 year old man he's described as slim and asian. cctv footage shows him wearing a coat with three different colours and a light grey or blue tracksuit, and a grey hoodie. police are saying do not approach this man if you see him, but report any sightings to them on 999 and anybody with information should come forward. we've been speaking to a local greengrocer, geo khan. he was a witness as to what had happened. he helped the woman at the scene and this is what he told us earlier. so when i looked, she was lying down and

the head was down and, you know, all i see at the back and the baby was the pram was there. >> and then i tried to check her nerves , his pulse, and, you nerves, his pulse, and, you know, she wasn't there. the police then within a few minutes, asian doctor comma , and minutes, asian doctor comma, and he goes, look, i am a doctor and let me check her. and he had his bag with him and he start checking and what we checking her and me and what we did, we turn her over and the blood over on the floor, blood was all over on the floor, on our body. and then there was a stubborn marks. well, not marks, but wound on the neck. it was disgusting. actually. i couldn't take it in, but i tried my best to, you know what i mean? calm myself down. >> just truly shocking what geo khan witnessed. he said that the woman was a customer of his shop, that he'd. that she'd been going there for several weeks. he said that she was a lovely

woman who was warm and always had a smile, and that his heart goes out to her family and of course, the child as well , who course, the child as well, who will be now brought up without a mother as a result of what's happened.pouce mother as a result of what's happened. police say that the victim was known to masoom. they haven't gone into detail as to what that relationship was, but that the two were known to one another. the community are understandably shocked and saddened by what happened over the weekend, and there's been local , all church the weekend, and there's been local, all church and religious groups that have been going out and giving reassurances to people in the community. we spoke to reverend duncan mcilwaine earlier of bradford cathedral, and this is what he said . said. >> what i think we want to do is to not allow this incident terrible though it is to drive a narrative about what bradford bradford is a city of faith, a city of hope. only last week,

dunng city of hope. only last week, during holy week, we were talking to people about how this is, a really great place of faith and of hope. and we don't want this to now skew a narrative about this, this brilliant city. >> reverend, speaking to us there, police have said that they can understand the shock and concern that this would cause in the community and that there will be a police presence that to reassure that continues to reassure people. and as that manhunt continues , we will be providing continues, we will be providing updates as we have them . updates as we have them. >> thank you very much indeed. anna riley there, our reporter in bradford, bringing us the shocking details of that crime , shocking details of that crime, interesting. some of the papers are reporting this morning a little more about the suspect here. that he was is a blogger from bangladesh, moved to the uk to study for a master's degree in digital marketing at the university of bedfordshire. and that's according to his linkedin

profile. so a little more information on this suspect, where he came from and what he was doing . so there you go. was doing. so there you go. >> absolutely. which does explain perhaps to some extent, how this is a uk wide manhunt, not limited just to bradford, of course. so, the police will be looking out in every police force across the country. yes. >> we'll bring you any updates when and if we get them. but of course, reiterate, do course, to reiterate, do not approach the suspect is the advice, call 999 advice, but call 999 immediately. if you do believe you've spotted him. >> well, in other news, perhaps in slightly better news for many people watching the state pension rises today by 8.5. that's an extra £900 a year for some, as the government's triple lock commitment remains in place. >> but here's the catch this comes as an estimated 2 million pensioners will be forced to pay income tax in the next four years due to the government's stealth tax freeze , the freeze stealth tax freeze, the freeze on tax allowances. so our pensioners really better off. that's the question. >> well, the man to do the maths

is our very own economics edhon is our very own economics editor, halligan, who's is our very own economics editowith halligan,who's is our very own economics editowith on-ialligan, who's is our very own economics editowith on the gan, who's is our very own economics editowith on the money1o's is our very own economics editowith on the money .)'s is our very own economics editowith on the money . so liam, here with on the money. so liam, are pensioners really better off? >> there's quite a lot of detail here, tom. it's quite an important day. it's, monday the 8th of april. it's the beginning of the new fiscal year, if you like the new tax year. and so it's the day when the new basic state pension comes in. and it's partly good news, but there is a catch , as emily says. let's just catch, as emily says. let's just have a look at some of the details. the first thing to say is that the triple lock applies. the triple lock was that coalition era policy brought in between 2010 and 2015 by the tories and lib dems, that the bafic tories and lib dems, that the basic state pension goes up by 2.5, or the rise of earnings or the rise of the consumer price index, whichever is greater. and it turns out that last september, that's the benchmark they use at which earnings

across the uk went up by 8.5. and that means that the basic state pension goes up from 8.5% by today. our basic state pension is pretty low by western international standard , but it international standard, but it has at least gone up. what are the details ? well, the basic the details? well, the basic state pension goes up. to £221, that's a week . from £203.85. that's a week. from £203.85. that's for those who qualified for it. since april 2016. and pensioners who qualified for the bafic pensioners who qualified for the basic state pension before april 2016. so they're older, they get £169.50 a week. now that's 8.5% higher than £156.20, which it was before. that's if you qualified from april 2016. so they're the basic headline numbers that apply from today. so what's the point that emily was making there in the introduction? the point that she was making is that because the personal allowance 12.5 grand,

roughly, after you earn that amount, you start paying income tax because that's been frozen all the way to 2028 and because the basic state pension is going up and because people pay tax, income tax , believe it or not, income tax, believe it or not, on the basic state pension, more and more people on the basic state pension will be dragged into that tax paying bracket. so the basic state pension headline is going up, but the tax that you'll pay on it is also going up a bit. and that will leave. we think about 2 or 3 million pensioners actually worse off over the next few years because of that frozen personal allowance, what we call a stealth tax, a tax increase that doesn't come from the increase in the headline rate that comes from the fact that where the tax starts is frozen , even though starts is frozen, even though inflation, prices, earnings and the basic state pension and everything else is going up . so everything else is going up. so the headline is good news. but as we're pointing out now, there

is a catch. >> and liam, there is a bit of a debate going on over as to whether pensioners should have to income tax on the state to pay income tax on the state pension and their tell pension and their income. tell us bit about that. us a bit about that. >> there certainly is. it's a huge amount of money when you think million pay think that 12 million people pay income tax, the basic principle of pensions in this country is that you don't pay tax when the money goes into the pension , but money goes into the pension, but you do pay tax when the money comes out of the pension. so if it's a state pension or a private you do tax private pension, you do pay tax on that pension. if indeed the return on pension is more return on the pension is more than the personal allowance, which is currently frozen, as i say , at about 12,500 pounds say, at about 12,500 pounds a yean say, at about 12,500 pounds a year, and another aspect of this is if it wasn't complicated enough , is that the government, enough, is that the government, of course, has just lowered the headune of course, has just lowered the headline rate of national insurance twice in a row, once in january, once again at the beginning of this month from 12% to 10% january, then from 10% to 10% in january, then from 10% to 10% in january, then from 10% to 8, this , in the last week or to 8, this, in the last week or

so. and there's jeremy hunt, the chancellor, telling the house of commons about that. but of course, the thing about a national insurance cut is that it doesn't apply to pensioners. it only applies to people who are actually in work. so pensioners will not get this same headline tax cut that people in work will get because the basic rate of income tax is staying where it is of course, and a lot of pensioners feel aggrieved about that. you know, some people in work, particularly a lot of younger people will say, hang on. the pensioners, often own pensioners, they often own their own they're quite own homes. they're often quite wealthy. the basic state pension is a universal is what we call a universal benefit. everybody gets it despite their income . so you despite their income. so you know, some well off people use the basic state pension to top up their wine fund or, you know, their annual skiing holiday, or they just give it to their grandkids, where of course, other people on the basic state pension, is a fair pension, there is still a fair amount pensioner poverty in amount of pensioner poverty in this those this country, particularly those who before april 2016, who qualified before april 2016, as we saw, because not many

journalists point this out, but they do get a lower basic state pension. i think the government's trying to square off pensioners. there are 12 million of them, as i say, who receive the basic state pension. they tend to vote. it's what we call the power of the grey vote. they in numbers, they vote in bigger numbers, bigger proportions than younger people do. and so that's why the government and indeed the labour party have been quite early to confirm ahead of an election that the triple lock will stay in place, whichever of them wins the general election and forms some kind of parliamentary majority. but despite that triple lock, despite the fact that lots of younger workers don't think the triple lock is fair, a lot of pensioners will still feel aggrieved because the bafic still feel aggrieved because the basic state pension is actually quite low. as i said, by international standards and also because some of them, several million of them are now going to start on basic start paying tax on that basic state pension the next few state pension in the next few years of that frozen years because of that frozen threshold. quite threshold. so it's quite a complicated , but i

complicated situation, but i hope we've managed to get across the gist of it. >> i think we have. thank you very indeed. halligan. very much indeed. liam halligan. there and business there are economics and business edhon there are economics and business editor. guess the question editor. so i guess the question to those you to our viewers and those of you at home gbnews.com forward slash your us know. do you your say let us know. do you feel better off because of this rise . do you think this is rise. do you think this is a generous rise? do you think it should be more ? do you think the should be more? do you think the triple lock is sustainable? let us know views. us know your views. >> , £900. it's a >> yes, £900. it's a considerable of money. >> yes, £900. it's a consofarable of money. >> yes, £900. it's a consof course of money. >> yes, £900. it's a consof course some of money. >> yes, £900. it's a consof course some off money. >> yes, £900. it's a consof course some of that ney. >> yes, £900. it's a consof course some of that might but of course some of that might be eaten away by a bit of tax for those that have private pensions on their state pensions on top of their state pension, that's not everyone. so some people will still have a tax free pension entirely. >> it doesn't that 12,500 >> it doesn't reach that 12,500 a well, let a year. exactly. well, let us know what you make it. but know what you make of it. but don't because up don't go anywhere because up next to be next we're going to be discussing which show next we're going to be discloverg which show next we're going to be disclover 50% which show next we're going to be disclover 50% of which show next we're going to be disclover 50% of british show next we're going to be disclover 50% of british muslims that over 50% of british muslims want to make it illegal to show an image of the prophet muhammad . we'll dig an image of the prophet muhammad .we'll dig into some of an image of the prophet muhammad . we'll dig into some of those .we'll dig into some of those other findings, too. shock polling, good afternoon, polling, this is good afternoon, britain on

gb news. >> good afternoon. britain it's 12:24. now 52% of british muslims want to make it illegal to show the image of the prophet muhammad in the uk. plus 28% just 28% said it would be undesirable to outlaw homosexuality in its entirety . homosexuality in its entirety. >> right? well, these views that differ from the general population were revealed in a new survey released by the henry jackson society. so from the henry jackson society, we're joined now by the director of communications and policy, megan gittoes. megan, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. tell us, why did henry jackson society decide to commission this polling? why is it important ? important? >> it's important. >> it's important. >> and we commissioned it

because since the conflict in the middle east started six months ago, after october 7th, we've of course seen concerning levels of anti—semitism , amongst levels of anti—semitism, amongst the general british public and as well some quite extremist views held on, property tests on university campuses and as well as anecdotal evidence, we're seeing a rise in hate crime across britain, so it was really important that we ran this poll, but we also had a control group of british public that we looked at as well to see if we could nofice at as well to see if we could notice any trends and where the anti—semitism might have been coming from . coming from. >> and what trends precisely did you notice what is of particular concern, because you asked a huge number of questions? >> yeah, of course , the >> yeah, of course, the particular trend that i would really love to highlight was that this poll found younger british muslims, the group

between 18 and 34 year olds and those with a university degree typically held more extremist views. this came from results views. so this came from results such as they're more likely to sympathise with hamas, and most likely to think hamas did not commit atrocities on october 7th. these answers came from, these groups found it more acceptable than not to protest outside of an nps home, and they're more eager to see it. a crime to show an image of the prophet muhammad. now, why that's interesting if the that's interesting is if the conversations we've been having in the news, in print, on broadcast and in wider society about anti—semitism , we talk about anti—semitism, we talk about anti—semitism, we talk about left leaning university spaces and the younger generation. we think about those groups using social media. >> they're more likely to attend protests. >> and so you can almost see where these anti—semitic views are spreading and where this kind of extremism , among the kind of extremism, among the wider british public is spreading. and some of the work we're doing is actually on

university campuses as well. >> megan, i do find it interesting, particularly that point that younger british muslims are potentially more likely to hold extremist views. now, when we talk about integration policy and we talk about integration and multiculturalism , a lot of multiculturalism, a lot of people assume that, recent immigrants to this country may have stronger views or may be more conservative, or perhaps have authoritarian views on many issues, but actually we're finding that it's, you know, third, fourth, fifth generation, younger british muslims who have stronger views. i'm particularly struck by, not only almost half of british muslims sympathise with hamas, but also very, very conservative and, dare i say, backward views on things like homosexuality . homosexuality. >> yeah. and this is particularly interesting if we look at, the protests outside of, schools in the north, particularly the north of england , that we've seen growing england, that we've seen growing over the last ten years, when we

talk about sex education and lgbt education among students. and, you know, i know that's a broader held view sometimes that these shouldn't happen in schools . but a lot of times these shouldn't happen in schools. but a lot of times this is just the acknowledgement that gay people and gay relationships exist and it's causing protests. so i think particularly in labour held seats, this could be a problem for the future if these views, you know, only a quarter of british muslims in this poll found it undesirable to outlaw gay marriage and, homosexuality . now that is going homosexuality. now that is going to transfer into the labour vote, particularly if we're seeing, that if labour are the next government, they have a number of plans that they want to implement when it comes to broader society and lgbt issues. now, wherever you stand on this, i went to a church of england school , so 20 years ago when school, so 20 years ago when i was in primary education, my sex education, even with the church of england, was quite liberal.

it was quite matter of fact, these relationships exist, these relationships exist. we have to take into account how societies changing now. so i think that will be a problem for labour. should they be the next government? >> yes. it's really, really fascinating how i think i've seen a statistic that really that really corroborates what you're saying here, where the labour party holds ten of the most pro lgbt seats in the country , but also ten of the country, but also ten of the least, and it's that division within the within the party's base that perhaps won't be clear until they're in government in opposition , you can hold opposition, you can hold together disparate coalitions, but in government that might be a lot, lot harder. well, megan, thank you so much for joining a lot, lot harder. well, megan, thank you so much forjoining us and talking us through your polling. really, polling. it's been really, really of really fascinating. director of communications at the henry jackson gittoes , jackson society, megan gittoes, thanks very much. >> i'm very worried about how a younger generation of british muslims would be are more likely to , or more likely to be pro—hamas, or more likely to be pro—hamas, or more likely to deny that any terrorism took

place, that really, really worries me, because you would have that young people have thought that young people would be more liberal because they've been through our education gone education system, they've gone into education. would into higher education. you would have thought that they would have thought that they would have opened to these have their eyes opened to these things. well, it's interesting actually. more actually. they're getting more hardline what are their hardline in that what are their eyes open eyes getting open to? >> people getting >> where are people getting their information because their information from? because another one of these statistics was few british muslims was how few british muslims believe that hamas raped anyone on october the 7th, when there's been quite a lot of evidence that they did well , been quite a lot of evidence that they did well, depending on where they get their information from, be it's not that from, it could be it's not that they're ignorant, but they might know a lot that isn't so. know quite a lot that isn't so. >> yeah. and the question that we're going to debating in we're going to be debating in the is, does this we're going to be debating in the show is, does this we're going to be debating in the show thatioes this we're going to be debating in the show that integration in polling show that integration in some parts of the country has failed? has it been a failure if people have 28, only 28% of british muslims in this poll, of course, say it would be undesirable for homosexuality, homosexuality to be outlawed. quite incredible. >> yeah, it's incredible given that in 1967 we made

homosexuality legal. in fact, margaret thatcher voted to make homosexuality legal back in the 1960s. homosexuality legal back in the 19605. i homosexuality legal back in the 1960s. i thought i thought i'd mention that because sometimes the left vilify margaret thatcher as some sort of evil homophobe . she she was one of homophobe. she she was one of the conservatives that voted to legalise homosexuality in the 1960s and is still well , 1960s and is still well, obviously, she was obviously and she was always banging on about climate change, she ? climate change, wasn't she? >> was quite the progressive. >> well, perhaps, perhaps on lgbt rights, more progressive than british muslim, than the average british muslim, to according this polling. >> do to >> yes. and do get on to gbnews.com forward slash your essay your views on essay to give us your views on what just heard. essay to give us your views on thwell, just heard. essay to give us your views on thwell, very|st heard. essay to give us your views on thwell, very shortlyd. essay to give us your views on thwell, very shortly we're >> well, very shortly we're going to speaking to the going to be speaking to the businessman, charlie mullins, obe, who's claimed that britain is nafion obe, who's claimed that britain is nation that's had is a sick note nation that's had wide pick up in the press after an interview on this very channel. but first, let's get your very latest news headlines.

>> 1232 good afternoon. from the newsroom, a look at the headunes newsroom, a look at the headlines this hour. the labour leader says that nhs on leader says that the nhs is on its knees and has promised to modernise the health service if the wins the next the party wins the next election. it's hoped that a plan to digitise the children's health records, known as the red book, boost vaccination book, will boost vaccination rates and improve access to health care . it would also see health care. it would also see parents receive automatic notifications for appointments and health information via the nhs app . millions of senior nhs app. millions of senior citizens will feel the benefits of an 8.5% pension boost today , of an 8.5% pension boost today, worth up to £900 for people claiming the full amount , it claiming the full amount, it means last year's rate of £10,600 will rise to £11,500. however, the liberal democrats say the so—called stealth taxes will wipe out over three quarters of that increase as more pensioners are dragged into paying more pensioners are dragged into paying income tax . nhs staff, paying income tax. nhs staff, including paramedics and nurses ,

including paramedics and nurses, have been shown pornographic images, offered money for sex and assaulted at work, according to new research. a study of more than 12,000 health workers revealed widespread incidents of sexual harassment, with more than 1 in 10 saying it's something they have experienced at work . of those, almost at work. of those, almost a third reported sexual assault in response to those findings by unison, the government says that nhs organisations have a responsibility to protect staff and patients. the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has denied claims that the government is failing to prepare for war. two former defence ministers britain isn't ministers say britain isn't ready for conflict, and suggests some ministers in government are just hoping that threats will go away. james heappey and ben wallace cited examples of allies like , where the public like sweden, where the public are given war preparation guidance, including a booklet explaining what to do in times of war. the intervention from those two long serving ministers comes as rishi sunak faces pressure to increase defence spending , and a british pressure to increase defence spending, and a british man pressure to increase defence

spending , and a british man who spending, and a british man who ran the length of africa says he's already planning his next adventure . russell kirk hopes adventure. russell kirk hopes his challenge will inspire others going through tough times to take up sport. the 27 year old crossed the finish line in tunisia yesterday after running for 352 days through 16 different countries and covering almost 10,000 miles. that's the latest from the newsroom . do latest from the newsroom. do sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts

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website. that's gb news.com forward website. that's gbnews.com forward slash your say. it's where everyone can get involved in the conversation. not just a one way traffic. it's two way. it's multi way. you can all reply to everyone can reply to one another. we can read them out. it's a lot of fun. now people have been getting in contact triple lock . contact about the triple lock. john says 8.5% increase. >> thank you chancellor john is pleased john is pleased. good, sharon says my husband and i are of the age where we are second class citizens of the uk pension scheme. we obviously don't have the same living costs as the younger pensioners. no pensioner, says, should pensioner, she says, should be paying pensioner, she says, should be paying on state pensions. paying tax on state pensions. >> well, sharon, technically , >> well, sharon, technically, technically they don't because the state pension comes under the state pension comes under the tax threshold. it's only if you have a private pension on top that you start paying tax. >> but it contributes right contributes to. >> well it might push your private tax and your private pension then therefore private tax and your private pensiortax. then therefore private tax and your private pensiortax. butzn therefore private tax and your private pensiortax. but but1erefore private tax and your private pensiortax. but but you ore private tax and your private pensiortax. but but you don't private tax and your private pen�*any ax. but but you don't private tax and your private pen�*any tax but but you don't private tax and your private pen�*any tax on but you don't private tax and your private pen�*any tax on the you don't private tax and your private pen�*any tax on the state ion't pay any tax on the state pension part of it. pay any tax on the state pension par no it. pay any tax on the state pension par no you don't, you don't. but >> no you don't, you don't. but let how you feel after let us know how you feel after

this busting increase. this inflation busting increase. do it's a enough. do do you feel it's a enough. do you feel better off? i mean, everything's up isn't it. everything's going up isn't it. in cost anyway. so money is going far than it used to. going less far than it used to. >> yeah. khan is not happy. he says pension increases are says all pension increases are a farce because the government has fixed it. so they'll claw back some the bribe will make some of it. the bribe will make no to my voting intentions. >> well, what are your voting intentions? khan let us know. let us know. but yes, please do continue to get in touch. gbnews.com forward slash your say. we've got memorised now say. we've got it memorised now so do as well. so hopefully you do as well. easy remember. and on the easy to remember. and on the ninth attack that we were discussing at the top of the show, the horrific knife attack stabbing lady with her baby stabbing of a lady with her baby in broad daylight. thankfully, the baby is unhurt but the woman has perished. sadly, he says yet another knife crime. steve says just when will this country wake up and hand out proper sentences? 20 years for carrying a knife, 40 years for stabbing life or even the death sentence, he says murder? those are he says for murder? those are steve's . steve's views. >> well, of course, gb news communaute. we can't say it

enough. communaute. we can't say it enough . it's the first day that enough. it's the first day that the whole channel has been using this new comment system, this shiny new comment system, and enjoying it and we hope you're enjoying it as are . well, there as much as we are. well, there you go. >> but news, has >> but in other news, has britain become a sick note nafion britain become a sick note nation now? the businessman charlie certainly thinks charlie mullins certainly thinks so, calling on the so, and he's calling on the government a solution to government to find a solution to what he calls work shy britain . what he calls work shy britain. >> yes. the founder of pimlico plumbers wants to save the nation's workless solve the nation's workless solve the nation's workless solve the nation's workless crisis , nation's workless crisis, believes the introduction of a state backed apprenticeship scheme could be the answer. >> well, joining us now is the business tycoon himself, charlie mullins. obe. charlie, thank you very much indeed. so what made you write this letter to the government? >> well, i think we've totally ignonng >> well, i think we've totally ignoring our youth of today to get into the workplace . get into the workplace. >> and apprenticeships just seem to be a thing of the, of the past . and i think it's time now past. and i think it's time now to have major shake up and get to have a major shake up and get whether they be lazy, whether they, know , what would you they, you know, what would you say? don't want to go and work

or think they're entitled not to go work. we need to get people back into work . and i'm not back into work. and i'm not talking people mental talking about people with mental health. need all health. obviously, they need all the help can get. i'm the help they can get. i'm talking just general talking about just general youngsters that are just hanging around with mental around and come up with mental health issues when you know it's just sick, no excuse and we just a sick, no excuse and we need to give them a future. we need to give them a future. we need to give them a future. we need to have a government funded apprenticeship give apprenticeship scheme and give them and them some form of drive and enthusiasm to get into the workplace and make , make a good workplace and make, make a good sort of living for themselves. >> do you think there needs to be a stick as well as a carrot here, charlie? because there are a job vacancies in the a million job vacancies in the united . as things stand, united kingdom. as things stand, lots of jobs on offer for people . but it seems like more and more people just aren't taking them . them up. >> well. well, you're certainly right. and carrot. right. stick and carrot. undoubtedly. i mean, you know, let's kid anyone. got let's not kid anyone. we've got a lazy culture out there and my mainly the younger generation that, you know, have gone through this covid and staying from home and people working from home and people working from home, and just feel

from home, and they just feel that they're entitled , to stay that they're entitled, to stay at draw benefits. and at home and draw benefits. and that be the case. that shouldn't be the case. i mean, you know, i think they should have benefits should have people on benefits for three months maximum if they've disabilities or they've got no disabilities or ill health or, you know, mental health issues or they're not caring for someone after three months, stop the benefits. they need to go to work for three months. and i think you'll find immediately there's probably 50% of people will come off of benefits. yes, we have got to give them some enthusiasm and some drive. and think people some drive. and i think people like me, people like sugar, people best. many of people like alfie best. many of these people have started with nothing and worked their way to where are and that's nothing and worked their way to wherethey are and that's nothing and worked their way to wherethey need and that's nothing and worked their way to wherethey need to and that's nothing and worked their way to wherethey need to do. and that's nothing and worked their way to wherethey need to do. and tineed what they need to do. they need to that by going to to realise that by going to work, you're part of society. you're contributing to something and make something yourself. >> mean, charlie , to the >> i mean, charlie, to the government's credit, they are trying to do something about this. they have spoken about how gps sometimes are too quick to hand out sick notes. but you think they need to go further?

you need you think there should be sort nationwide be sort of a nationwide apprenticeship scheme that goes far beyond what we have at the moment? >> exactly . you've said it in >> exactly. you've said it in one government, a government funded apprenticeship scheme . funded apprenticeship scheme. when you leave school, you either go university, the, either go to university, the, the, what have you call the, the rich ones, the ones that have, you know, got that type of money or you've got a job or you're going to a government funded apprenticeship and yes , apprenticeship scheme. and yes, it is too easy to go to the gp and that you've got and tell him that you've got mental ago, if you mental health. years ago, if you went , he had to convince went there, he had to convince you that you had mental health. you that had issues you know, that you had issues because, you know, you wouldn't sort in there say, sort of go in there and say, i've mental health. would i've got mental health. it would it telling you it would then be telling you that need a rest. that maybe you need a rest. maybe but maybe you need some help. but now in and tell now the people go in and tell the gp what their problem is. and know, know it's and you know, they know it's loaded. like the bad back loaded. it's like the bad back things and not things years ago. and i'm not you keep obviously when you know, i keep obviously when i finish the programme i'll get all bodies coming on all the busy bodies coming on telling me, you know, you're, you're like fashioned , you're like old fashioned, you're like old fashioned, you're ruthless and that. but the i'm talking

the system, what i'm talking about for you. go to about is work for you. go to work, learn trade , you'll earn work, learn a trade, you'll earn loads of money, you'll never be out of work. and you're part of society. and course, it will society. and of course, it will cut the mental health cut down on the mental health issues all this issues. because all this nonsense home nonsense of staying at home and netflix all day, or whatever you call it, and you know, all the tv shows, not not gb news, of course, that's what's highly educational . yeah, but, you educational. yeah, but, you know, there's some there's a load of rubbish out there that people just watching all people are just watching all night, going night, all day instead of going to yes, we need a to work. so yes, we need a massive shake up, you know, roland, return to the roland, to return to the minister and, offered my help and i don't want no money off him, you know what i mean? i mean, if they give me any money, i'll to charity anyway. i'll give it to charity anyway. but the thing is, but you know, the real thing is, you know, people into you know, to get people into work give them a future. work and give them a future. >> charlie, you're so >> yeah. charlie, you're so right. we've spoken so right. you know, we've spoken so much about mental health, and we do it lot. but to do talk about it a lot. but to some the best thing for some extent, the best thing for people struggling with people who are struggling with mental health can be the routine, reward , the reason routine, the reward, the reason to get out of the bed in the morning. that is a job.

sometimes that's the best way to get your mind back into an area out of the doldrums. to banish the black dog and to get back, as a functioning member of society . charlie, i'm afraid society. charlie, i'm afraid we're going to have to leave it there. but you so much for there. but thank you so much for coming good luck coming on, and good luck with your campaign. >> should instead of having >> we should instead of having national service, should. national service, we should. we need we don't need need tradesmen. we don't need soldiers. we need tradesmen. thank soldiers. we need tradesmen. tha no. cheers, charlie . thank >> no. cheers, charlie. thank you very much for coming on. >> is true when you >> yes, it is true that when you talk about how lot young talk about how a lot of young people work and people aren't going to work and how there is a disproportionate number young people number of young people who are off with mental health, number of young people who are off doth mental health, number of young people who are off do demonise.�*|ealth, number of young people who are off do demonise. theyl, number of young people who are off do demonise. they say, number of young people who are off you do demonise. they say, number of young people who are off you don'tnonise. they say, number of young people who are off you don't understandy say, number of young people who are off you don't understand the y, oh, you don't understand the plight of young people. you're saying that everyone on saying that everyone who is on benefits isn't working and doesn't work all doesn't want to work and all this, actually , if you look this, but actually, if you look at the statistics, it is crazy how this has increased. >> and the worst thing we can do, the worst thing we can do for people who are who are suffering from very real mental health is say, just health problems is say, oh, just stay yeah, stay in stay in bed. yeah, just stay in bed and block out the world. that's how the best thing

that's not how the best thing people probably for people can do is probably go for a out bed. a walk, get out of bed. >> i mean, people would >> i mean, a lot of people would say, not. that is not say, absolutely not. that is not enough. but hey, i'm not saying it's only thing. it's the only thing. >> saying it's only >> i'm not saying it's the only thing good thing they need to be good mental health as well. mental health services as well. but just giving people reasons to is to not get up in the morning is not my view. not a good thing in my view. >> there you go. let us >> well, there you go. let us know what you make of it. but in just a moment, going be just a moment, we're going to be discussing scotland just a moment, we're going to be dis(coping scotland just a moment, we're going to be dis(coping not scotland just a moment, we're going to be dis(coping not coping otland just a moment, we're going to be dis(coping not coping with|d are coping or not coping with the sheer volume of complaints they're guess they're receiving from guess what? the new hate crime laws. around 8000 made just in around 8000 reports made just in one week. we'll have more on that shortly

right. well, it is 1250, and police scotland simply cannot cope with what's being described

as a deluge of hate crime reports . under the snp's reports. under the snp's controversial new hate crime laws . laws. >> well, that's according to officers on the front line. now, around 8000 hate crime reports were made in the first week of legislation coming into force, with further warnings. it's being exploited to fuel personal and political vendettas . and political vendettas. >> well, joining us now is the journalist and author ella whelan , ella, thank you very whelan, ella, thank you very much for joining whelan, ella, thank you very much forjoining us. it's interesting to see just how many key figures, including frontline police officers, are coming out in the press to say this isn't working. >> yeah , well, also and >> yeah, well, also and politicians humza yousaf and some of the, you know, some of his ministers and people quite close to him using words like hysteria and, you know, sort of pinning all the blame on scots and saying that they are publishing, you know, reporting vexatious complaint and that it's really all their fault. but, i mean, what did any what did anyone expect? if you have,

you know, legislation which is so , so broad in its scope for so, so broad in its scope for vexatious complaints. so, unending in its sort of intense surveillance and intervention into people's private lives, it was a sort of no brainer that this was going to happen, i, you know, hope that scotland is not full of, people who genuinely think that this, legislation is necessary and have been tell tailing. i'm sort of hoping that most of the complaints are vexatious, and those people trying to reveal the ridiculousness of this sort of, law overreach. but there's, you know, as many people, julie bindel, for example, feminist writer and campaigner, have pointed out, you know , things pointed out, you know, things like, the police's ability to deal with rape and assault in scotland is at the very best inadequate and so trying to heap more pressure on police time , more pressure on police time, deaung more pressure on police time, dealing with hate reported hate

incidents , on online or incidents, on online or elsewhere is obviously going to suck resources from where it's really needed. so this is a both practically and politically. i think probably more importantly, politically, this is a total disaster. >> total disaster. and do you think, ella, that the people of scotland are now less safe as a result of these new laws? if all of these resources are going into policing online speech and the like, and the issue of misgendering may become more of an issue in terms of police resources, then as you say, violent assault. >> well, the misgendering thing is a bit weird because i'm i don't think anyone's quite clear as to whether or not you will actually be clapped in irons for misgendering, because obviously jk did a great service jk rowling did a great service to everyone by challenging police scotland to arrest her for saying a man as a man and a woman as a woman on social media, and they sort of very embarrassingly said, oh no, we're not going to arrest jk rowling because that would have been an utterly ridiculous

event, so we don't actually it's not clear whether the law actually works in the way that it was sort of hyped to work, but i also having just totally criticised the law and i wouldn't want to suggest that scotland or indeed england or anywhere was is sort of a perfect place for free speech. before this kind of legislation came in or was suggested, and attacks on freedom of speech are long standing and actually police time has been sucked up by, surveilling social media, for example, for quite some time, you know, down here in england, our government has, you know, the communications act from 2003. we've just had the online safety bill. we've got the police, crime, courts and sentencing bill that stops protests. mean, literally, protests. i mean, literally, i don't have enough fingers to count on toes to count the amount of legislation that puts, sort of a kibosh on our ability to speak freely. >> you're so right to mention all of those acts and we've covered, of course, people who've had knock on the door who've had a knock on the door from police tweets that from the police for tweets that

they've this new they've written before. this new act of parliament in scotland, although i think the threshold has somewhat been lowered. has now somewhat been lowered. and absolutely has now somewhat been lowered. and to absolutely has now somewhat been lowered. and to pick absolutely has now somewhat been lowered. and to pick up absolutely has now somewhat been lowered. and to pick up upon;olutely has now somewhat been lowered. and to pick up upon the tely right to pick up upon the ambiguity of this act, not knowing is within and knowing quite what is within and what is without the terms of the act. it's really concerning situation. but ella whelan, thank you much for talking us thank you so much for talking us through really appreciate thank you so much for talking us throttime. really appreciate your time. >> w— your time. >> reasonable person >> yes, what a reasonable person would likely to result would consider likely to result in hatred so very , so nebulous. in hatred so very, so nebulous. >> i should just mention that i've been looking at some of these comments on gb news .com/ your say, and is entirely your say, and it is entirely correct. lots of people have picked on the pensions picked me up on the pensions issue , something called serps. issue, something called serps. the related the state earnings related pension scheme that people get thatis pension scheme that people get that is more than the basic state pension. of course that's taxed because that comes over the threshold in many cases. but the threshold in many cases. but the basic state pension is not, if you get it alone. well, much more in the next hour. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

news. >> hello again. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. most of us will see some wet and windy weather as we go through the next 24 hours or so, in association with a feature that has been named by the french service, storm french met service, storm pierrick . but it is going to pierrick. but it is going to bnng pierrick. but it is going to bring some unsettled to bring some unsettled weather to many us. watch out for some many of us. watch out for some heavy, thundery downpours across parts east as we go parts of the south east as we go through evening. otherwise, through this evening. otherwise, it's across it's strong winds across southern and western coastal parts could a bit of parts that could cause a bit of a and then some heavy, a problem and then some heavy, persistent rain pushing its way across northern england across parts of northern england and into scotland. as we go through and into the through tonight and into the early of tomorrow early hours of tomorrow because of wet windy early hours of tomorrow because weather, temperatures really aren't going to drop much for many of so mild start many of us, so a mild start tomorrow, pretty unsettled. tomorrow, but pretty unsettled. one two heavy, persistent rain continuing across parts of scotland could be some wintry ness over the higher ground here. some outbreaks here. otherwise some outbreaks of of northern of rain for parts of northern england wales, and england and into wales, and a few spots elsewhere too. few showery spots elsewhere too. but something a bit drier,

perhaps even a bit brighter, across parts of northern ireland, wales and ireland, western wales and southwest england. as we go through afternoon, through the afternoon, temperatures down temperatures will be down several degrees to several degrees compared to today. highs of around 13, possibly 14 celsius at best. after a bit of a chilly start on wednesday morning, it is going to turn wet and windy again from the some wet weather the west as some wet weather pushes its way in in association with another system that's going to its way through on to push its way through later on in there should be in the week. and there should be something dry trend across something of a dry trend across southern at least, southern parts, at least, and temperatures southern parts, at least, and tempeintures southern parts, at least, and tempein the; southern parts, at least, and tempein the low 20s. highs in the low 20s. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:00 on monday, the 8th of april. >> as a nationwide manhunt

continues, gb news can confirm the prime suspect in the horrific murder of a young mother in bradford entered the united kingdom on a student visa i >> -- >> payday. millions of pensioners will see a rise of £900in pensioners will see a rise of £900 in their state pension from today, as the benefit is raised by 8.5. that's more than double the rate of inflation. do you feel better off and there's growing pressure on angela rayner as more questions are asked about her tax affairs. >> a senior labour mp, a shadow cabinet minister nonetheless has defended her by saying many families live in two homes. >> write state pensions inflation busting rise in those. do you feel better off? are you happy with it? 8.5. are you one of those who is going be of those who is going to be

paying of those who is going to be paying more income tax paying a little more income tax than you're used to? >> because of course, the income tax threshold applies to pensions as liam halligan was explaining in the last hour, if you get more than 12,500 pounds in pensions , you don't pay, of in pensions, you don't pay, of course, into your pension as you put in, but you do pay as you take out, now , obviously no one take out, now, obviously no one who only receives the basic state pension will be paying any tax, but there are other pensions can get on top pensions that you can get on top of that. or instead of that, that that will of course be subject to tax. >> and a lot young people say >> and a lot of young people say that the triple lock to go. that the triple lock has to go. it's it's not fair . it's not fair. it's not fair. it's not fair. it's not fair. it's just a benefit for pensioners. and they to pensioners. and they point to the wealthy pensioners out there that don't deserve this extra cash. 8.5% boost, 10.1. >> last time there is there is a question. there is a question on how sustainable this is going forward. if the if the state pension grows by 8.5% or similar huge numbers each year, but the economy is only growing by 0.1,

eventually if you follow that graph, it just the sums don't add up. you need to. you need to grow the economy in order to fund things like this . so it fund things like this. so it really has to come in concert with economy growing measures. >> let us know what you think. could you see time where the could you see a time where the pension triple lock is no more gbnews.com your gbnews.com forward slash your say say today, but say have your say today, but let's the news headlines. let's get the news headlines. >> tom and emily thank you very much. and good afternoon to you . much. and good afternoon to you. it's just after 1:00. the top stories. the labour leader says that the nhs is on its knees and has promised to modernise the health service if his party wins the next election. it's hoped that a plan to digitise children's health records, known as the red book, will boost vaccination rates and improve access to health care. it would also see parents receive automatic reminders for notifications and appointments on health information via the nhs app. sir keir starmer says

the plan will bring the nhs into the plan will bring the nhs into the future . the future. >> everybody has that. red book knows that it can get lost out, it can get forgotten. all the details have to be re—entered. it wastes a huge amount of time and this is example of the and this is an example of the sort of reform that we want in the obviously, everybody the nhs. obviously, everybody will know the nhs is absolutely on its knees if we're elected into government, if we're privileged enough to come into government , we have to pick the government, we have to pick the nhs it on its feet. but nhs up, put it on its feet. but we also need to make it fit for the future. and that's where the reform comes in. >> tom and emily >> well, as tom and emily mentioned, top of the mentioned, at the top of the houn mentioned, at the top of the hour, we now know that the prime suspect in the murder of a woman hour, we now know that the prime su bradford :he murder of a woman hour, we now know that the prime su bradford cameerer of a woman hour, we now know that the prime su bradford came to er of a woman hour, we now know that the prime su bradford came to britain woman in bradford came to britain on a student visa . west yorkshire student visa. west yorkshire police have released this photo of 25 year old habiba masum, from oldham area. he's from the oldham area. he's described as an asian man of a slim build . described as an asian man of a slim build. he was described as an asian man of a slim build . he was seen wearing slim build. he was seen wearing a jacket with grey, white and black stripes. you can see that footage there if you're watching on television . the victim was on television. the victim was known to and attacked on known to him and was attacked on a shopping street while a main shopping street while pushing in pram.

pushing her baby in a pram. despite efforts from an off duty doctor and passers by, she did die from her injuries later in hospital, the 25 year old, a digital marketing student at the university of bedfordshire, is still at large, with police warning he could still be armed. and they're also warning people not to approach suspect and not to approach the suspect and urging anyone with information to . a new poll to contact police. a new poll has found that 74% of british muslims would not object if abortion were outlawed. a survey of 1000 british muslims carried out by jl partners also found that just 28% would object if homosexuality was banned. homosexuals was decriminalised in 1967, which is currently supported by 62% of the general public. supported by 62% of the general pubuc.the supported by 62% of the general public. the research was commissioned by the henry jackson society, which says the results reveal attitudes among british muslims are very different from the bulk of the british population . millions of british population. millions of senior citizens will feel the benefits of an 8.5% pension

boost today, worth up to £900 for those claiming the full amount , it for those claiming the full amount, it means last year's rate of £10,600 will rise to £11,500. however, the liberal democrats say so—called stealth taxes will wipe out over three quarters of that increase as more pensioners are dragged into paying more pensioners are dragged into paying income tax . nhs staff, paying income tax. nhs staff, including paramedics and nurses , including paramedics and nurses, have been shown pornographic images, offered money for sex and assaulted at work. that's according to new research. a study of more than 12,000 health workers reveals widespread incidents of sexual harassment, with 1 in 10 saying it's something they have experienced in the workplace. of those, almost a third reported sexual assault in response to those findings by unison, the government says nhs organisation have a responsibility to protect their staff and their patients and the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has denied claims that the government is failing to prepare for war. two former

defence ministers say britain isn't ready for conflict , and isn't ready for conflict, and suggests some ministers are just hoping that threats will go away. james heappey and ben wallace cited examples of allies like sweden, where the public are given war preparation guidance, including a booklet explaining what to do in a time of war. the intervention from those two long serving ministers comes as rishi sunak faces pressure to increase defence spending , while former head of spending, while former head of the british army, lord richard dannatt, told gb news this morning that it makes sense for all of us to prepare for conflict. >> looking at the situation in europe, the security situation in europe with russia's aggression against ukraine being the predominant factor at the present moment, it makes sense for a country like ourselves to think about the worst, to prepare for the worst, to make sure that we're in a good place. if the worst should happen. >> and finally, the prime minister has denied that the foreign office is elitist and dismissed suggestions that it should remove colonial era

paintings. it comes after a new report from a group of former diplomats said the foreign , diplomats said the foreign, commonwealth and development office is anchored past office is anchored in the past and should be replaced by a new department with, they say, fewer colonial era paintings on the wall. in a downing street wall. well, in a downing street statement, the foreign office said that was doing vital said that it was doing vital work and should be proud of britain's history. that's the latest from the newsroom for now. more in half an hour. until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan that code there your screen to there on your screen or go to news.com.au alerts . news.com.au alerts. >> right. it's 107 news.com.au alerts. >> right. it's107 and a nationwide manhunt is underway for a 25 year old suspected of stabbing a young mother in bradford, pushing her baby in a pram in broad daylight. >> it's a really shocking case this. well, it's been confirmed now by gb news that habib masum entered the uk on a student visa

to study a master's degree at the university of bedfordshire . the university of bedfordshire. >> well, every police force up and down the country is searching for masum, and he is believed to have links to the burnley chester areas as well. >> joining us from the scene of the crime bradford is our the crime in bradford is our reporter, anna o'reilly. anna, just exactly what just break down exactly what took place here on the high street on saturday afternoon. >> yes, well, it happened here on saturday afternoon around 320. it's the westgate area of bradford, very close to the city centre . it's an area lined with centre. it's an area lined with shops and it's also a residential area as well. there's a number of flats around here in terms of what happened. a 27 year old woman was pushing a pram with her baby in the pram and as that was happening, she was approached and stabbed fatally in the neck. we've heard that there's a nationwide manhunt that is continuing, as you've mentioned, that for

search habib mashour, a 25 year old man, as we've heard , who old man, as we've heard, who came over to the uk on a student visa. we've heard that just days ago, the suspected attacker shared a video on his youtube channel, vlogging his trip from manchester to barcelona. he captured his trip from the moment he boarded the flights, landing in the spanish city before encouraging his 14 subscribers to continue following for upcoming videos. he's also shared his clips to 4300 followers on facebook, telling them how to prepare a hospital bag for your newborn baby. another video showed him setting up a child's cot. he shares travel vlogs of his adventures and life in the uk and online. as part of this, he presents an image of himself as an enthusiastic traveller who enjoys discovering new culture. there's another post online shows him admiring the wide range of bangladeshi made clothes in primark , before

clothes in primark, before trying on a range of winter jumpers . he trying on a range of winter jumpers. he then films a display showing children's clothes on offer and leaves with two full bagsin offer and leaves with two full bags in another video from january, he's seen filming himself walking through a housing estate as snow falls and wands followers who are new to the uk not to stay out in the cold too long as they could get chest problems. as you've said, police all over the country are searching for him. police are saying if you do sight him, do not approach him. they do not know if he still may be armed but report any sightings to 999. now earlier we spoke to geo khan. he is a shopkeeper and he helped the victim in her time of need. this is what he had to say. >> so when i looked , she were >> so when i looked, she were lying down and the head was down. and you know, all i see at the back and the baby was the pram was there . and then i tried

pram was there. and then i tried to check her nerves , pulse and, to check her nerves, pulse and, you know, she wasn't there. the police then within a few minutes, asian doctor coleman , minutes, asian doctor coleman, he goes, look, i am a doctor and let me check her. and he had his bag with him and he start checking her. and what checking her. and i mean, what we did, we her over and the we did, we turn her over and the blood all over on the floor, blood was all over on the floor, on our body. and then there was a stubborn marks. well, not marks, but wound on the neck. it was disgusting. actually. i couldn't take in, but i tried my best to, you know what i mean? calm myself down. >> so a truly shocking account there from mr khan, the shopkeeper of what he witnessed on saturday afternoon. now, the last images on cctv tv show mazher that he was wearing a coat with three different colours and he was in a light grey or blue tracksuit bottoms .

grey or blue tracksuit bottoms. he's described, as you can see in pictures as of slim build and of asian descent. so anybody that sees him a wan to stay away but instantly report any sightings to police on 999 as this manhunt continues. >> thank you very much indeed, anna o'reilly, for bringing us that. you're in bradford. thanks very much. very interesting to see how he wished to this chief suspect here wish to project himself on his social media. so blog posts about living in the uk and travelling and setting up a baby's cot. yes. and then to go on to commit such a heinous crime like this if he is found to have have done so shocking , shocking. >> very, very shocking. absolutely. thank you so much to anna for bringing us all of that. now, in political news, the shadow foreign secretary, david lammy, has defended his party's deputy leader over her controversial ownership and indeed, sale of a former council house. >> yes, this comes as fresh reports alleged that angela

rayner did not provide all the correct information surrounding her with pictures and her taxes with pictures and social media posts suggesting she had a second home and was actually living at her ex—husband's house with her children. >> well, now, labour leader sir keir starmer is insisting this is all just a tory scheme to distract voters. >> angela rayner has been asked no end of questions about this. she's answered them all, she said. she's very happy to answer any further questions from the police or from any of the authorities. i don't need to see the legal advice. my team has seen it, but i will say this that on the day that the a&e figures, people waiting more than 24 hours in a&e, we now know that they are ten times as high as they were five years ago. idea the tories ago. the idea that the tories want to be focusing on what andrew rayner, how much time she spent with her ex—husband ten years ago, i can tell you, here at this hospital, nobody but nobody is interested in that. they're very, very interested in what are going do about what are you going to do about the caused by this the a&e problem caused by this

government ? government? >> well, this is, of course, after david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, went on a broadcast round yesterday where he said that perhaps angela rayneris he said that perhaps angela rayner is only being targeted here because she's a northern woman. well, is that precisely the case? let's discuss this all now with novara media's aaron bastani aaron, it does seem that there is a case to answer here, and at the very least, it seems very odd that sir keir starmer, a man who presents himself as the most forensic lawyer in the world, that he hasn't asked to see any of the evidence or the advice here. well, i think it's quite instructive , tom, that he quite instructive, tom, that he said he hadn't seen it. i, i think that's a caveat for any eventualities in the future. >> look, it's not a huge deal. it's not as important as, you know, the nhs falling apart. but clearly we don't have a public sector. we don't have public services without taxes. clearly politicians, public figures

should be setting the tone. and i think , look, it shouldn't be i think, look, it shouldn't be the end of the world for angela rayner if she does have to pay some back, it shouldn't be the end of her political career. she shouldn't but shouldn't get fired, but it shouldn't get fired, but it should should possible should be. it should be possible to look, things can to say, look, these things can be complicated. be quite complicated. it was a long ago . i think she'll long time ago. i think she'll probably have to pay capital gains something maybe gains as something maybe, maybe like £10,000. the like £10,000. that's the ballpark region. it's not something that's, you know, implausible. to implausible. she could come to some agreement with some kind of agreement with hmrc, pay that over five years. it's that outlandish . it's really not that outlandish. it's really not that outlandish. i mean, that to me would be a sensible to resolve this. sensible way to resolve this. i find starmer's response strange , find starmer's response strange, but also, like i say, telling. he's given himself a little bit of a get out of jail card if you were paying attention. yes >> so i think it does appear so he can sort of, he can say if it does come to pass, that angela rayneris does come to pass, that angela rayner is found to have committed some kind of crime in this or not done things by the books, according to hmrc, he can say, i didn't see the tax say, well, i didn't see the tax advice i know for sure advice so i didn't know for sure

either he can cover his either way so he can cover his back. guess . back. i guess. >> i think that's entirely right. it's also strange for him to say that the i mean, i don't would this be a police matter? i mean, this the who was mean, this is the guy who was the was the head of the cps. the who was the head of the cps. you he the most you know, he was the most senior, lawyer the country, senior, lawyer in the country, the public the director of public prosecutions. would prosecutions. i presume it would be hmrc, and be an issue for hmrc, and i don't see what criminal law she would have broken. maybe i don't know, maybe there's some sort of deception that's gone on, but i can only presume a can only presume there is a question to question with regards to electoral law and which was her primary residence with regard to declarations that had been made when she was standing for election . election. >> so that be the case. >> so that could be the case. but that doesn't but obviously that doesn't involve cash and that would be a more situation . but i more minor situation. but i suppose that could be the criminal here. criminal element here. >> well, maybe, but i think i mean, i don't know, but i think the home that she was, you know, apparently in which is not this one was still in the same constituency. i mean, you could put it to oversight, put it down to an oversight, a complex situation. again, complex family situation. again, i should be a way

i think there should be a way for rayner, that found to for rayner, if that is found to be case, we have to it back. >> but, aaron, this, this, this reminds me a little bit of something that seemed perhaps not a number of not that large to a number of people is, did someone people, which is, did someone have birthday cake or did they have a birthday cake or did they not have a birthday cake? while the same number of people were sitting around a table indoors together ? was it a piece of together? was it a piece of paper or a piece of cake on the table? i mean, was boris johnson 7 table? i mean, was boris johnson ? that seemed relatively trivial. course, what trivial. but of course, what made that grow and engorge and become as a become all dominant as a political story perhaps wasn't so much about the act of that one day, that one afternoon. but how it was responded to, and some might say , hey, how, how, some might say, hey, how, how, how various things were said that then were changed and, and the and the story just escaped the and the story just escaped the principal actors. could it be the case that the cover up in this instance, if there is one, could be worse than the crime , could be worse than the crime, you know, look, i don't know. i

mean, the thing is, with, with politicians, if something can be put down to incompetence rather than mendacity , it's generally than mendacity, it's generally the and i think, by the case. and i think, by the way, was the case with way, that was also the case with bofis way, that was also the case with boris don't think way, that was also the case with bori should don't think way, that was also the case with bori should be don't think way, that was also the case with bori should be somet think way, that was also the case with bori should be somet lhliof this should be some sort of career ender for angela rayner. if it is, it is found to be a problem. like i say, they problem. and like i say, they aren't sums money. aren't huge sums of money. but realistically, avoidance and realistically, tax avoidance and this is not tax avoidance, this would be something else. but tax avoidance is massive political avoidance is a massive political issue labour tried to issue that labour have tried to bang repeatedly. bang the drum on repeatedly. quite opinion, quite rightly, in my opinion, you of moral you lose a lot of moral credibility and authority on the issue. if all of sudden you issue. if all of a sudden you say, actually, this isn't say, well, actually, this isn't a particularly deal, a particularly big deal, somebody in somebody who earns what in excess do not like excess of people do not like hypocrisy, i just excess of people do not like hypoin sy, i just excess of people do not like hypoin because i just excess of people do not like hypoin because i i just excess of people do not like hypoin because i wanti just excess of people do not like hypoin because i want toist excess of people do not like hypoin because i want to ,t excess of people do not like hypoin because i want to , read butt in because i want to, read exactly what the shadow foreign secretary, lammy , had to secretary, david lammy, had to say on this and get your reaction. he said, look, i think there's a different arrangement and the prime and expectation for the prime minister than there is in this context. we're not yet in government. do we land on government. why do we land on this northern woman who an this northern woman who had an arrangement with her husband, a blended family? why we focus blended family? why do we focus on do you think

on her? aaron? what do you think he's there he's suggesting? there >> i look, i have no time for this. i'm a bit of a rarity, on the left. i mean, to be fair, i think many people on the left also have no time for this. david lammy is a particularly, conspicuous example of somebody who tries mobilise kind who tries to mobilise this kind of grievance politics, and also, i find it particularly funny, look, when people have attacked gb news with regards to ofcom complaints and whatnot. david lammy, present your show on lbc. angela rayner has presented shows on lbc so that double standard is really replete through public life. quickly on bofis through public life. quickly on boris johnson and of course kate, kate i at the time i you know, it's bad and like you say tom, it was because of the wider context of people having to put up with so many privations and that was the stark contrast. but it really is extraordinary to me, going on with me, now what's going on with lammy that somehow he thinks that her majesty's opposition is, is, is, is allowed to play by a different set of rules, that has not been how david

lammy has played politics. he has always said that, you know, there should be, you know, the application to people application of rules to people regardless station regardless of their station colour or creed. and now he's asking for something quite different, if different, i think. look, if rain this, it's not the rain has done this, it's not the end world. doesn't end of the world. it doesn't need overdramatised need to be overdramatised just pay need to be overdramatised just pay back. move pay the money back. let's move on. worried for labour's own on. i'm worried for labour's own sake. incapable sake. they seem incapable of even problem . even countenancing that problem. but let's see. >> seems strange given that they hired biggest fixer hired government biggest fixer sue gray, who's supposed to be incredibly competent in all matters related to sort of fiscal propriety and responsibility and indeed competence. this seems like a relatively incompetent response, no matter how it all plays out in the end. but aaron bastani, thank you very much for joining us and talking through what is quite a complicated issue of tax affairs principal affairs and indeed principal residences, of residences, i must say, a bit of a pathetic defence from david lammy. >> yeah. you're >> yeah. oh, you're picking on a northern woman classic tories. i mean, just, you know, reveal the evidence. >> i it's very, very odd as if, as— >> i it's very, very odd as if, as if and the most instructive

thing here is that keir starmer is saying i don't need to see the evidence. yeah. >> since when does he not want to see the evidence, as you say, mr forensic starmer, he should be this considering be all over this considering his, as his, previous employment as well. but, let us know what you make of that gbnews.com forward slash your say very shortly we're going be discussing we're going to be discussing though extraordinary though the extraordinary findings 52% of british findings that 52% of british muslims want to make it illegal in this country to show an image of the prophet muhammad in this country . does this show country. does this show a failure of integration? we're going to be having that debate. so don't anywhere. this is so don't go anywhere. this is good on gb good afternoon. britain on gb news britain's election .

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jackson society, which is a counter—extremism think tank, found that 46% of british muslims said they sympathise with hamas. >> the poll also found a huge divide between british muslims and the general public over social issues, such as homosexuality, and the traditional role in the household of women. >> yes, well, joining us is director of the new culture forum, peter whittle, who thinks the findings are quite worrying and political commentator joana jarjue, who thinks that we need to not overreact to these figures, well, peter, the question really is these findings from this polling of attitudes among british muslims, do they show that integration has failed ? has failed? >> well, yes, because the problem is, emily, with your with the way you put the question is that somehow or other , you know, it is sort of other, you know, it is sort of up to us to make sure that people integrate, i would say that when people come to this country, it is up to them to

make sure that they integrate and what we're seeing by this poll, you've highlighted some things, but some of the other findings are absolutely shocking . i would add, for example, that the headline finding was that only 1 in 4 british muslims actually believe that hamas, for example, carried out murder and rape on october the 7th. i mean , rape on october the 7th. i mean, that's not just an opinion. that's a denial of reality. but to go back to the points that you originally highlighted, which was that, 52% of muslims think that, that we should, make it illegal to show pictures of muhammad . and i would add as muhammad. and i would add as well, something like 32% would like sharia law , to be like sharia law, to be introduced in britain. now what i would say, is that there are already something like 80 councils of sharia already

operating in the uk, why would you come to a country and then want to change? its very legal system, i think that what this report , which is shocking but report, which is shocking but not surprising, shows us, is that in fact, attitudes amongst the wider muslim population, are more extreme than maybe many people would like them to be. i use that advisedly, because we're always being told that there is a kind of small minority or whatever . but, minority or whatever. but, frankly, as as tom mentioned there on issues like homosexuality, on issues such as, in the home, huge, divergence and okay, peter, let's throw that over to joanna because it is incontrovertible in this that on many of these questions , it's not a small questions, it's not a small minority on some issues like the wishing of to outlaw homosexuality. >> that's a majority party. >> that's a majority party. >> well, tom, i think that in

situations like this, we have to look at it holistically . look at it holistically. >> so we're talking about homosexuality when it comes to the muslim community. >> i'm catholic, and i know that, know, the catholic that, you know, the catholic church has very strong views on homosexuality. so it seems as if when we have these types of conversations, the muslim conversations, we use the muslim community as a scapegoat, as the only that have only community that have backward views when it comes to this. >> hang on, joanna, do a majority of catholics want to make homosexuality illegal? sorry. a majority of sorry. do a majority of catholics want to make homosexuality illegal in the uk? >> i'm not saying that the majority of catholics do , but majority of catholics do, but what i'm saying is that the muslim the only what i'm saying is that the muslthat the only what i'm saying is that the muslthat has the only what i'm saying is that the muslthat has quotethe only what i'm saying is that the muslthat has quote unquote, faith that has quote unquote, backward views when comes backward views when it comes to things homosexuality . but things like homosexuality. but also, i'm not going to take this one poll and take it as gospel in terms of what the majority of the muslim faith thinks. >> i know there have been other polls, though, haven't there? >> peter. joanna, >> peter. peter. sorry, joanna, but peter have other but peter, there have been other polls worrying polls that have shown worrying trends . trends. >> it's like it's not a trend. actually, since i've been

looking at these polls, you know, basically the numbers stay roughly the same. and actually what is interesting as well is that one of the great tropes of multiculturalism , which we all multiculturalism, which we all are meant to believe going way back , was that somehow younger back, was that somehow younger people over a period of time would become less, you know, sort of radical, or should we say they would, slightly change their cultural attitudes and beliefs. it's not happening. so when it comes to hamas or any of these other issues, the younger you get, of people polled , the you get, of people polled, the more radical they are. >> okay, let's throw that back to joanna now, joanna, what do you make of that ? you make of that? >> look, i don't deny that there is a pocket within the muslim community that are extreme. and i think that that's the same to be honest, when it comes 2% across board. and we be honest, when it comes 2% acrosrof board. and we be honest, when it comes 2% acrosrof things d. and we be honest, when it comes 2% acrosrof things like 1d we we think of things like this, we also consider, also have to consider, sorry, can finish ? we also have can i just finish? we also have to consider that since the october 7th attacks, there's also been a 600% increase in islamophobia. that's not to say

that there isn't pockets of the muslim community that have also been anti—semitic, i just been anti—semitic, but i just think look at how think that when we look at how certain groups of society behave, we shouldn't just pick just the muslim community and say, okay, we've seen this poll and they're the ones that are the problems. there's actually problems across the board. and that's that trying that's the point that i'm trying to pretend as if to make. so to pretend as if integration happened integration hasn't happened just because is just disingenuous. >> thanks, joanna. but peter. okay, so we've got this polling. i think a thousand muslims were polled on this, what do we do with this data? >> well, what i would say is, first of all, we should be far more. we should stop being frightened of being called racist or islamophobic . we racist or islamophobic. we should be able to criticise. we should be able to criticise. we should absolutely . and this is should absolutely. and this is down to the government. in the end, it should absolutely lay it on the line that this, country has a particular culture. it has a it is nominally christian. fair enough. but therefore what

that means is that we should be able to criticise religion freely. remember, we've just passed the three year anniversary of a teacher up in batley in yorkshire, who did show a picture of mohammed to his students, simply as part of the rac class. he's still in hiding, right? his life is being destroyed. so for my friend to here talk about things being just like a pocket, why are we picking on, islam or muslims, playing the victim card , i would playing the victim card, i would add again, we have got to be absolutely clear the victim absolutely clear the victim absolutely clear the victim absolutely clear of what we are as a country . you've also got to as a country. you've also got to say to people, if you like shana say to people, if you like sharia law and you want sharia law to be, live under sharia law, then there are many countries in the world that have shana countries in the world that have sharia law. okay, let's do that. >> back to joanna. >> back to joanna. >> look, i'm not saying that people wanting to change the law to sharia. i'm catholic, for god's sake. like i'm christian. i don't want to see sharia law

in the uk. i'm not saying that there isn't a pocket that are pushing that, but what pushing for that, but what i find disingenuous is that find really disingenuous is that when talk about integration find really disingenuous is that wha1 talk about integration find really disingenuous is that wha whole,.k about integration find really disingenuous is that wha whole, we bout integration find really disingenuous is that wha whole, we will integration find really disingenuous is that wha whole, we will pickgration find really disingenuous is that wha whole, we will pick one on as a whole, we will pick one side of society that we think are an easy target and say, well, the uk isn't integrated because them , the uk isn't because of them, the uk isn't integrated because of this particular when what i'm particular pocket. when what i'm trying say is that, trying to say is that, especially after the october 7th attacks, which poll attacks, which this poll focuses on, can see that there has on, you can see that there has been an increase in islamophobia as that's not as well. and that's not islamophobia of me. kind of virtue signalling, signalling and saying anybody who criticises islam is islamophobic, talking about islamophobic, i'm talking about actual hate crimes. so to just completely that and completely disregard that and not kind of, take into account that it comes from both sides and different pockets of society and different pockets of society and not integrating with each other . and might i say that some other. and might i say that some of this islamophobia, the majority of it has been targeted on muslim women? joanna we can't shy away. >> we can't shy away from looking at this data and thinking about what the consequences of such attitudes

could be. but thank you very much. appreciate both of your input. much. appreciate both of your input . sorry, peter. we'll speak input. sorry, peter. we'll speak to you again. i'm sure peter whittle and joanna joana jarjue great stuff. whoa. >> well, gosh, i'm sure you have views on that at home. remember the new address gbnews.com forward slash your say to get involved in the discussion. >> nailed it tom there we go. nailed it. thank you day one and keep your views coming in. i've just messaged in the just actually messaged in the break a little message break i had a little message inviting continue. inviting everyone to continue. writing to us. posting to us. oh, it's a lot of fun. >> gb news communist committed that to memory now. it's marvellous . now, that to memory now. it's marvellous. now, we'll be discussing the total solar eclipse that will be sweeping. perhaps the most populated areas in recent history that any eclipse has . in recent history that any eclipse has. so if you're in nonh eclipse has. so if you're in north america or even liverpool or cornwall or glasgow, you might be a little bit excited. but first, let's get your latest headlines. got him excited .

headlines. got him excited. >> tom and emily, thanks very much. just after 1:30 and the top story from the newsroom. this hour, the prime suspect in the murder of a woman in bradford came to britain on a student visa. west yorkshire police have released these photos. you can see here if you're watching on television of habibullah masoom from the oldham area. he's described as an asian man of slim build. he was last seen wearing a jacket with grey, white and black stripes . the victim was attacked stripes. the victim was attacked on a main shopping street while she pushed her baby in a pram and despite efforts from an off duty doctor and passers—by, she later injuries in later died from her injuries in hospital. the 25 year old suspect, a digital marketing student at the university of bedfordshire, is still at large. police are warning he could still be armed and are warning people not to approach the suspect. they're asking anyone with information to contact police on 999. one of 212 year old boys charged with murdering a man on playing fields in wolverhampton has admitted

possessing a machete at the scene. the victim, 19 year old sean c zahawi, was found stabbed to death last november. sean c zahawi, was found stabbed to death last november . the two to death last november. the two children, who can't be named because of their age, have both pleaded not guilty to murder and they now face a trial of up they will now face a trial of up to four weeks. currently set to start on the 29th of april. the labour leader says the nhs is on its knees and has promised to modernise the health service if the party wins the next election. it's hoped that a plan to digitise children's health records, known as the red book, will boost vaccination rates and improve access to health care. it would also see parents receive automatic notifications for appointments and health information via the nhs app , and information via the nhs app, and millions of senior citizens are set to feel the benefits of an 8.5% pension boost from today . 8.5% pension boost from today. that's worth up to £900 for those claiming the full amount . those claiming the full amount. it means last year's rate of £10,600 will rise to £11,500.

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i >> -- >> good afternoon. britain. it's just coming up. oh it's just gone 20 to 2. that's a pleasing alliterative time. >> 140. >> 140. >> 20 to 2. 140. there we go. that's the friendly yet banter debate we have here on gb news on good afternoon britain. now we're getting to your views because we've got a brand new comment on the website. comment section on the website. it's very exciting. gb news communist . it's very exciting. gb news communist. but it's not just a conversation between and you , conversation between us and you, but also to everyone, between everyone watching the show as well . and it's great see well. and it's great to see those comment threads developing. >> each other. >> be nice to each other. >> be nice to each other. >> absolutely fisticuffs, but >> absolutely no fisticuffs, but on we've been on pensions and we've been talking about that record increase in pensions that is going into people's pay packets from today. ian says pensions may have gone up, but don't forget that council tax has also increased. so yes , it's true to increased. so yes, it's true to say that the pension increase is more than inflation. but there are other things that eat into that increase. the which which

ian points to andrew says he's just written on the yours. >> he says this report on muslims wanting sharia law. some muslims wanting sharia law. some muslims should be a concern for anyone who lives in uk . this anyone who lives in the uk. this is the uae, he says. is the uk, not the uae, he says. this is proof that people do not integrate. and also on pensions. william says why is the new full state pension nearly half of the age 21 or over? national living wage of £11.44 per hour, even though 35 years of national insurance has been paid into by pensioners who are increasingly being targeted for more tax and being targeted for more tax and being accused of being greedy. yes, i would agree with you that sometimes , sometimes the sometimes, sometimes the narrative around older people and pensioners can get a little bit aggressive. >> now, ray has said that britain is a nation founded on christianity and should remain so. that was pointing to their poll of british muslims . but poll of british muslims. but interestingly, that poll asked the question should we disestablish the church of england and i found the result a little bit strange. perhaps,

people can can have their own theories on this. the british muslim population was less in favour of disestablishing the church england than the church of england than the british population as a as a whole. >> that is very interesting . i >> that is very interesting. i wonder. i mean, i've got various theories. >> i mean, i think you probably want to disestablish the church of england. i think justin welby is doing, doing his bit to disestablish of disestablish the church of england want that. england do not want to do that. >> absolutely >> i absolutely do. >> i absolutely do. >> oh, you're an anti disestablishmentarianism >> oh, you're an anti disestairayner�*ntarianism >> oh, you're an anti disestairayner on rianism >> oh, you're an anti disestairayner on angela rayner. angela rayner on angela rayner. >> he wanted to use word >> he wanted to use that word i did rayner. rich says did on angela rayner. rich says starmer, nobody is starmer, claiming nobody is interested rain interested in seeing rain as evidence. , since she's evidence. i am, since she's about be part of the next about to be part of the next government, under government, she should be under scrutiny. others scrutiny. she calls for others to resign if they have a questionable and that questionable background and that is people is the truth, isn't it? people don't why she don't like hypocrisy. why is she shying away from just revealing the evidence done the evidence if she's done nothing wrong, just show and jack. >> jack agrees. he says i don't like her hypocrisy, but there are pressing things are much more pressing things to challenge labour on, such as how they'll their net they'll pay for their new net zero policies and would challenge them on the massive subsidies to renewable companies , most of which foreign

, most of which are foreign owned. wants a focus on owned. jack wants a focus on policy rather than personality. >> yes , and we do often focus on >> yes, and we do often focus on personality, don't we? as the british press . british press. >> but but but isn't it isn't it important to think about what would this be like if it were a minister in the conservative government and they were saying that you've potentially avoided capital gains tax on the sale of a second property, that you have improperly . i can improperly registered. i can only imagine this would be a bigger story where about someone in versus someone in opposition. >> absolutely. would wall >> absolutely. it would be wall to coverage , as you to wall coverage, as you mentioned earlier, you know, harks boris johnson harks back to the boris johnson partygate kate gate, kate gate. >> still i still don't >> so i still i still don't i still don't understand how keir starmer could have a beer as part of a work meeting and that be allowed. and he get away with saying i had a beer at work. but bofis saying i had a beer at work. but boris johnson couldn't have a cake at work. just don't get it. >> it does seem to me that the mainstream narrative mainstream media narrative around story around this angela rayner story is one cares. no fuss should is no one cares. no fuss should be this. don't draw be made of this. don't draw attention to it. it's not a big

deal attention to it. it's not a big deal. well, let's see it's deal. well, let's see if it's a big deal. let's see the evidence. >> i have a feeling like we might come to this story, i might come back to this story, i think, in other news, the think, well, in other news, the killers 23 year old cody killers of 23 year old cody fisher sentenced today . fisher will be sentenced today. the semi—professional footballer was murdered in a nightclub on boxing day back in 2022. >> yes. a jury at birmingham crown court found the 23 year old remi gordon and 22 year old cammy carpenter guilty of his murder . our cammy carpenter guilty of his murder. our west midlands reporter jack carson has the story . us. story for. us. >> first, this is the moment remi gordon was arrested by police just two days after murdering 23 year old cody fisher in a nightclub in birmingham. >> fisher was a talented footballer , having played for footballer, having played for stratford town and bromsgrove sporting , and stratford town and bromsgrove sporting, and was enjoying a night out on boxing day in 2022 when he was fatally stabbed in the chest . his murderers remi the chest. his murderers remi gordon and cammy carpenter killed cody in a pre—planned act of revenge on the dance floor of the crane nightclub in digbeth,

birmingham. two days before his death, cody fisher was out with friends on christmas eve in a different nightclub when he accidentally bumped into gordon's this cctv footage gordon's back. this cctv footage shows the two in conversation fisher believed he'd done nothing wrong, but was threatened with violence after the confrontation, remi gordon found a picture of cody online and asked his friends to help identify him. seen here messaging a group chat only 45 minutes after the initial incident , gordon says he's due incident, gordon says he's due to shank him up. cody's simple mistake would turn out to be the catalyst for his murder. fast forward to boxing day and cody fisher can be seen in this footage arriving at the crane nightclub a few hours later, his murderers remy gordon and cammy carpenter turn up and smuggle a weapon through security . gordon weapon through security. gordon had found out from friends in the hours before cody was going to be there. just before midnight, cctv shows violence breaking out. it's at this moment, fisher is fatally stabbed in the chest with the knife penetrating a valve in his

heart. he's later pronounced dead at the scene . west midlands dead at the scene. west midlands police detective inspector michelle thurgood led the investigation, getting a call to say somebody's been murdered in a nightclub in the dark that has over 2000 people, is a challenge in itself. >> however, with the assistance of cctv , itv and then from the of cctv, itv and then from the appeal that we put out to the public, we were able in the preceding days to piece together who are potential suspects. >> and then in terms of the suspects with absolute minutia detail, watch , watch and rewatch detail, watch, watch and rewatch the cctv , which was a process the cctv, which was a process that took months, not days . that took months, not days. >> alongside gordon and carpenter, the jury cleared 19 year old friend of gordon's, regan anderson , of murder and regan anderson, of murder and manslaughter, but found him guilty of affray . guilty of affray. >> we'll have all been that person that's either been pushed or pushed somebody in a crowded premise and normally it might be a few cross words, it might be

an apology and that's the end of it. >> but i guess we'll never understand why renee gordon took such an affront to this . that such an affront to this. that led to the events of boxing day. in a tribute by cody's mum tracy fisher, she said he was brave, fearless and the most genuine soul she knew , adding it was a soul she knew, adding it was a pleasure and honour to call him my son. >> jack carson gb news. >> jack carson gb news. >> well, thanks to jack for that report. we'll be learning the sentencing a little bit later this afternoon. >> yes, but still to come. it's a total eclipse of the sun . a total eclipse of the sun. >> see, i knew the story that was coming. i know you like that song, but it's a very exciting eclipse, isn't it? it is . it's eclipse, isn't it? it is. it's going to be a total eclipse for a huge number of people. and what's really interesting is to look at where hotels have been booked out across the united states. we're to a states. but we're going to get a glimpse in the united kingdom in lots of the west of the lots of parts of the west of the uk well. get much more uk as well. we'll get much more on this. on that after this. >> it's unlucky if you're in the

east. well, millions of people are preparing for a total solar eclipse in north america. later today. but i think you're going today. but i think you're going to be able to see it. if you happen to be on the west of this country. joining us now is the space expert andy lound. andi, please explain how big of a deal this is. >> this is a very big deal. thank you for having me again, because this is quite exciting. the fact that the eclipse is crossing a huge populated area of states and into of the united states and into canada means that more people than , by just being than ever before, by just being on the ground, are going to be able to see it. merrick was easily accessible, so there's going millions of people going to be millions of people travelling to actually get there, and there could be well over a, you know, 100 million people might get an opportunity to actually observe this eclipse. apart from that , the

eclipse. apart from that, the because scientists want to study the eclipse in serious detail. normally you have to travel to vast destination , but the vast destination, but the eclipse is actually going to cross over areas where scientists and establishments are very local. so they're going to be able get access to it to be able to get access to it much more easily, which means a lot science ever lot more science than ever before is going to be done. >> and andy, it is fascinating to see how interest to see just how much interest there this. here's there is in this. here's a little that we've got of little video that we've got of bookings airbnb. the app bookings on airbnb. the app where you can book a hotel. now look at how this happens. we're on the 4th of april 5th of april sixth. you see line sixth. you can see that line that orange there. that's that orange line there. that's that's curve of the shadow that's the curve of the shadow of the eclipse. clearly clearly many, many thousands of people booking hotels to be in that flight path on that orange line . flight path on that orange line. >> yeah. isn't that fantastic? what a great graphic though . and what a great graphic though. and that's a graphic that alone can show you where the line of totality is, which is absolutely fabulous. yeah , it's kind of fabulous. but yeah, it's kind of you've got the astronomers who

amateur astronomers, professional astronomers who are eclipse chasers, who chase around looking at around the world looking at these things. and when you've observed a eclipse, trust observed a total eclipse, trust me, you want to keep doing it because a spectacular . because it's such a spectacular. although you do it for saving. i did it for science reasons. although you do it for saving. i did it for science reasons . you did it for science reasons. you actually get very emotional by doing it because of what actually , and actually is happening, and that's so yes, that's really important, so yes, it's also becomes very much a communal event. everybody joins in. and when the biggest science eclipse i was involved in was in libya in 2006, working with the british with libyan british council, with the libyan government, and british government, polish and british scientists whole scientists and the whole community wrapped up in community just got wrapped up in it together. it was a very unifying as a human unifying thing as a human species, and that's what the eclipse can do for you . eclipse can do for you. >> but very quickly, where in the will we be able to get the uk will we be able to get a slight glimpse of this? yes you'll be able to get a possibility of seeing the very end of it as the sun is setting, you'll able see the you'll be able to see the partial was probably partial eclipse was probably after main after 9:00 and the main main areas cardiff , areas aberdeen, cardiff, edinburgh, glasgow, leeds, liverpool and manchester.

>> so obviously north wales as well. if you're in the north wales area , you will be able to wales area, you will be able to watch the sun, if you can get a good access because it should be low in the sky by then and i think the maximum is about just over the so you'll over 40% of the sun. so you'll see just little curve of the see just a little curve of the of moon almost if the sun's of the moon almost if the sun's had a bite taken out of it. so there is an opportunity, weather permitting, of course. >> exciting indeed. thanks >> very exciting indeed. thanks so much. andy lound space expert. i'm excited, i wish i could see it now. i should have gone off to the states, get a trip off to belfast even or liverpool or glasgow or yeah, it was eclipse chasers. i can't imagine. it's very emotional . imagine. it's very emotional. people say it feels like the end of world, for time . of the world, for a short time. but coming up, we're going to have the very latest in the manhunt 25 old manhunt for the 25 year old suspected stabbing suspected of stabbing a young mother bradford . mother in bradford. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather

solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello again. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office . most of us will see some wet and windy weather as we go through the next 24 hours or so, in association with a feature that has been named by the french service. storm french met service. storm pierrick . but it is going to pierrick. but it is going to bnng pierrick. but it is going to bring some unsettled weather to many us. watch out for some many of us. watch out for some heavy, thundery downpours across parts east as we go parts of the south east as we go through this evening. otherwise, parts of the south east as we go thrc strong is evening. otherwise, parts of the south east as we go thrc strong winds1ing. otherwise, parts of the south east as we go thrc strong winds acrosstherwise, it's strong winds across southern and western coastal parts that could cause bit of parts that could cause a bit of a then some heavy, a problem and then some heavy, persistent way a problem and then some heavy, persistparts way a problem and then some heavy, persistparts of way a problem and then some heavy, persistparts of northern way a problem and then some heavy, persistparts of northern england across parts of northern england and into scotland. as we go through into the through tonight and into the early of tomorrow because early hours of tomorrow because of cloudy, and windy of the cloudy, wet and windy weather, temperatures really aren't going to drop much for many of a mild start many of us, so a mild start tomorrow, a pretty unsettled tomorrow, but a pretty unsettled one. two heavy, persistent rain continuing of continuing across parts of scotland could be some wintry ness over the higher ground scotland could be some wintry ness otherwise gher ground scotland could be some wintry ness otherwise somejround scotland could be some wintry ness otherwise some outbreaks here. otherwise some outbreaks of rain for parts of northern england into wales, and england and into wales, and a

few spots elsewhere too. few showery spots elsewhere too. but something a bit drier, perhaps even a bit brighter, across parts of northern ireland, wales and ireland, western wales and southwest we go southwest england. as we go through afternoon, through the afternoon, temperatures down temperatures will be down several compared to several degrees compared to today, highs of around 13, possibly celsius at best. possibly 14 celsius at best. after a bit of a chilly start on wednesday morning, it is going to turn wet and windy again from the as some wet weather the west as some wet weather pushes its way in in association with another system that's going to push its through on to push its way through later on in and there should be in the week. and there should be something trend something of a drier trend across least, across southern parts, at least, and rising with and temperatures rising to with highs the low 20s. highs in the low 20s. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors

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horrific murder of a young mother in bradford entered the uk on a student visa. payday >> millions of pensioners will see a rise of £900 in their state pension from today, as the benefit is raised by a whopping 8.5. but there's a catch and we'll have the details of that. >> and scotland's new hate crime law. police say they cannot cope after receiving thousands of complaints in just the first week. it sparked fears other crimes won't be investigated properly. well, you've got senior officers essentially warning , warning well, you've got senior officers essentially warning, warning in scotland that because of the deluge of hate crime complaints, they're not going to be able to properly investigate other crimes. or at least they'll have to back. we've already got to cut back. we've already got police being paid to go police officers being paid to go on overtime just trawl on overtime just to trawl through various

through all of these various investigations that they to do. >> it is the most extraordinarily cack handed implementation of a law that i think people have seen for a very, very long time. so much so there's been a new poll out of people in scotland, twice as many people want to see this new law repealed as were in favour of its implementation. it's quite a quite an extraordinary situation there. and, and it could be quite damaging for the snp's electoral prospects in the upcoming election . yes. upcoming election. yes. >> do you think this is an absolute own goal from humza yousaf ? i mean, they packaged yousaf? i mean, they packaged this law as being progressive , this law as being progressive, how it's all about tolerance, how it's all about tolerance, how it's all about tolerance, how it's going to make scotland a better place to live that, you know, inciting hatred , stirring know, inciting hatred, stirring up hatred will be long gone in scotland by all their new enforcement centres that they've set up. it's crazy, it's crazy. and now the police are saying the people who actually have to deal complaints, who deal with these complaints, who actually have enforce actually have to enforce the law, saying, hang on, law, they're saying, hang on, how are going to

how on earth are we going to manage this ? thousands and manage this? thousands and thousands of complaints, the majority probably are majority of which probably are spurious, but all of which have to be investigated ? to be investigated? >> and how much police time is this going to use up? what should be doing instead? should they be doing instead? please involved the please do get involved in the conversation. gb news .com/ your say that's the new address where we can all get involved in the conversation and interact with each other. it's great fun. >> yes i mean gary's just said scotland's become a joke. so there you go. instant feedback. get touch your get in touch after your headunes. headlines. >> tom and emily, thank you very much. and good afternoon to you from the newsroom . 2:00 and we from the newsroom. 2:00 and we start with some breaking news out lincoln this afternoon, out of lincoln this afternoon, where 28 year old man been where a 28 year old man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife in march last year, nicholas metzen stabbed 26 year old holly bramley at least four times before cutting her body into over 200 pieces, which he then

stored in their shared flats. kitchen, lincoln crown court heard that he attempted to conceal that crime by buying, cleaning supplies and paying his school friend £50 to help dump his wife's body parts in a nearby river. holly bramley's remains were discovered in that river over a week later by a passer by. in other news today, the labour leader says that the nhs is on its knees and has promised to modernise the health service if the party wins the next election . it's hoped that a next election. it's hoped that a plan to digitise children's health records, known as the red book, will boost vaccination rates and improve access to health care. it would also see parents receive automatic reminders for appointments and health information via the nhs app. sir keir starmer says the plan will bring the nhs into the future. >> everybody has that red book knows that it can get lost, it can get forgotten . all the can get forgotten. all the details have to be re—entered. it wastes a huge amount of time and this is an example of the

sort reform that we in sort of reform that we want in the nhs . obviously everybody the nhs. obviously everybody will is an will know the nhs is an absolutely on its knees if we're elected into government, absolutely on its knees if we're elected into government , if elected into government, if we're privileged enough to come into government, we have to pick the nhs up, put it on its feet, but also need to make fit but we also need to make it fit for the future. and that's where the comes in. the reform comes in. >> well, as we've been hearing throughout the course of this afternoon, in afternoon, the prime suspect in the in the murder of a woman in bradford to britain on a bradford came to britain on a student west yorkshire student visa. west yorkshire police released this photo police have released this photo here. if you're watching on television . of the 25 year old television. of the 25 year old suspect, habiba masum , from the suspect, habiba masum, from the oldham area, he's described as an asian man of slim build, was last seen wearing a jacket with grey, white and black stripes. the victim, known to masum , was the victim, known to masum, was attacked on a main shopping street while pushing her baby in a pram. despite efforts from an off duty doctor and passers by, she did later die from her injuries in hospital . the 25 injuries in hospital. the 25 year old, a digital marketing student at the university of bedfordshire, is still at large. the police are warning that he

could also still be armed and they're warning people not to approach, and they're asking anyone to anyone with information to contact police on 999. a new poll has found that 74% of british muslims would not object if abortion were outlawed. a survey of 1000 british muslims carried out by jl partners also found that just 28% would object if homosexuality was banned. homosex was decriminalised in 1967, which is currently supported by 62% of the general public. supported by 62% of the general pubuc.the supported by 62% of the general public. the research, commissioned by the henry jackson society, says that the results reveal attitudes are very different from the bulk of the british population . the the british population. the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has denied claims that the government is failing to prepare for war. two former defence ministers say britain isn't ready for conflict , isn't ready for conflict, suggesting the government are just hoping that threats will go away . james heappey and ben away. james heappey and ben wallace cited examples of allies

like sweden, where the public are given war preparation guidance, including a booklet explaining what to do in a time of war. former head of the british army, lord richard dannatt dannatt, told gb news this morning that makes sense this morning that it makes sense for all of to prepare for for all of us to prepare for conflict . conflict. >> looking at the situation in europe, the security situation in europe with russia's aggression against ukraine being the predominant factor at the present moment, it makes sense for a country like ourselves to think about the worst, to prepare for the worst, to make sure that we're in a good place. if the worst should happen . if the worst should happen. >> the prime minister has dismissed suggestions the dismissed suggestions that the foreign office is elitist and outdated, after a group of former diplomats called for a rebrand in a report titled the world in 2040. the former officials said the foreign office is anchored in the past and be moved from and should be moved from westminster to somewhere with fewer colonial era paintings on the wall. but in a statement today, downing street said the department is doing vital work and that britain should proud

and that britain should be proud of future . and harold. of its future. and harold. harold bishop is returning to neighbours 15 years after his emotional farewell to the long running soap opera . at the age running soap opera. at the age of 85, actor ian smith is now the series longest serving actor. his return comes after his first departure in 1991, when his character harold, was dramatically swept out to sea. he later returned after it was discovered that he'd actually been picked up by a passing ship , and had spent years living with amnesia in tasmania as a salvation army worker named ted. the circumstance of his latest comeback well remain unknown . comeback well remain unknown. that's the latest from the newsroom. for now . more in half newsroom. for now. more in half an hour. until then, you can, of course, sign up for gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or to news.com . your screen or go to news.com. slash alerts. for now, though, it's . emily. it's back to tom and. emily. >> right. it's 208. you're

watching and listening to good afternoon britain. now a nationwide manhunt is underway for a 25 year old suspected of stabbing a young mother in bradford who was pushing her baby a pram. and this all baby in a pram. and this all happenedin baby in a pram. and this all happened in broad daylight? >> been confirmed >> yes. it's now been confirmed that habib masum entered the uk on a student visa to study a master's degree at the university of bedfordshire. >> well, every police force up and down the country is searching for masum, and he is believed to have links to the burnley chester areas. believed to have links to the burlet's chester areas. believed to have links to the burlet's go chester areas. believed to have links to the burlet's go live ster areas. believed to have links to the burlet's go live nowareas. believed to have links to the burlet's go live now to as. >> let's go live now to bradford, the scene of the crime, where our reporter anna o'reilly is for us. and anna, what happened where you're stood at? >> yes. well, it was here on saturday afternoon, as you say, in broad daylight at 320, just near this shop behind us, the westgate international food store, that a 27 year old woman was pushing her baby in the pram and she fatally had had stab

wounds. she was stabbed by her attacker. and after that, a manhunt was launched for habib masum, a 25 year old man who was alleged to be the attacker, as as you mentioned earlier, that nationwide manhunt is going on. he was last seen in the area wearing a duffle coat with three different colours and a grey hoodie. he's described as slim and of asian build. so police are saying that he may still be armed and not to approach him if there's a sighting, but to call them on 999. now we've looked into, habib muslim's online presence as well, which shows him portraying himself as an enthusiastic traveller who enjoys discovering new cultures as he shares his travel vlogs of life in the uk. now, just days ago, the suspected attacker shared a video on his youtube channel, vlogging his trip from

manchester to barcelona. he captured his trip from the moment he boarded his flight to landing in the spanish city of barcelona, before encouraged his 14 subscribers to continue following for more upcoming videos. he's also shared clips to his 4300 followers on facebook , telling them how to facebook, telling them how to prepare a hospital bag for your newborn baby. in another video, he was seen setting up a child's cot . another post shows him cot. another post shows him admiring the wide range of bangladeshi made clothes in primark before trying on a range of winter jumpers. he then films a display showing children's clothes on offer and leaves with two full bags. in another video from january, he's seen filming himself walking through a housing estate estate as the snow falls. a >> in the problem, there a bit of interference on your microphone, so we're just going

to see if we can fix those technical difficulties. but emily my goodness, this was someone who saw himself clearly as a bit of an internet star with his 14 subscribers, putting, putting about travel videos and, well, but actually looking at him there in at shirt , sort of doing mundane shirt, sort of doing mundane things , he didn't look like things, he didn't look like someone who was going on to be a monster to stab , stab someone to death. >> it just shows the way you portray yourself online doesn't always reflect what you are as a human being. >> it's a very strange , shocking. >> there he goes. it's great that anna riley did some digging and found those, those clips there. very interesting indeed to see him portray himself as an enthusiastic traveller who'd gone from manchester to barcelona on a trip, who enjoyed learning about new cultures, a family man, a family man, yes, making a cot there only to then stab a woman in front of her baby on a high street in broad

daylight. absolutely shocking. thank goodness the baby was unharmed . but that poor woman unharmed. but that poor woman who has been stabbed 320 in the afternoon in bradford on a high street, and that shopkeeper who came out who who knew the woman? she was a regular at the shop. and then to find that outside your shop. absolutely, truly shocking stuff. we will bring you and we'll go back to anna at some point and bring you the very latest on that . at the very latest on that. at the moment, manhunt very much moment, the manhunt is very much ongoing. to our other top story. >> today, the state pension rises by 8.5% today with that triple lock pension commitment kicking in. >> yes, the government says the increase will provide a meaningful difference for those reliant on this pension. is this right? well, news east right? well, gb news east midlands reporter has been speaking to pensions pensioners at club in at erewash indoor bowls club in derbyshire. there we go. got it out. >> all right. yeah. very. yeah i'm not moaning about it. the wife does but i don't. it's not

enough for the people, the poor pensioners who's only got the pensioners who's only got the pension coming in. obviously it's an owl but they give it in one and take it away with the other. yeah, sure. >> i think it's a good deal the government have done it's credit. the only, the credit. i think the only, the only is the people that are only snag is the people that are put into the tax barrier. now that's problem. i think that's the only problem. i think it will of people that it will put a lot of people that didn't to pay tax , having didn't have to pay tax, having to pay tax in future. so i think that's the only snag . that's the only snag. >> so that's that's the question that a lot of people have been asking. the snag is that taxes paid on pensions. but obviously if you only receive the basic state pension, you don't pay tax. it's those who have other pensions on top of the basic state pension. >> what proportion of pensioners have more than just the state pension ? oh, most pensions. yes, pension? oh, most pensions. yes, most. so most will be brought into the income tax or paying more income tax than they used to. >> but again they are getting. so say a pensioner is in so let's say a pensioner is in the position to be the fortunate position to be in

a band, say 40. that a higher tax band, say 40. that means instead of £900 it's what, £450? that's still that's still more money than otherwise they would have had. >> yes. well, a lot of people will say that our pension, our state pension isn't adequate. it's not generous enough compared to international comparisons , although emily is, comparisons, although emily is, in europe at least, are far more generous. >> i've been looking at this because very we do because i think very often we do britain down by comparing the bafic britain down by comparing the basic state pension in the uk with other more contributory versions of pensions in other countries. so if you look at the bafic countries. so if you look at the basic state pension equivalent in italy, that's ,6,800 a year. that's a lot less than in the uk, in spain, ,8,600 a year, a lot less than the uk, even germany , ,9,700 a year. that's germany, ,9,700 a year. that's less than the uk. in fact, the only major european country that has a higher basic state pension than the uk is france. but their pension scheme is £14 billion a

yearin pension scheme is £14 billion a year in deficit. >> when do you want to compare our economy to that of italy? no, you don't . bigger economy. no, you don't. bigger economy. we are a bigger economy. people might expect wrongly or rightly, that the pension would be more generous. >> absolutely. but i think it is . it's to and it was . it's wrong to say, and it was true a decade ago our true a decade ago that our pension lower. think pension was lower. i don't think it's to any more that it's true to say any more that the uk is on the basic the uk is lower on the basic state pension measurement than most major european countries. >> if you're home receiving >> if you're at home receiving the state pension, do you think it's generous? are you quite happy? one of the chaps that was, say it's was, oh, that's not to say it's generous. chaps who generous. one of the chaps who was seemed was just interviewed seemed happy. with the happy. he seemed happy with the uplift. content. uplift. yeah. quite content. although might have just been although he might have just been having the bowls having a nice day at the bowls club. might have been, club. so he might have been, you know, unbothered in general. but keep coming on keep your views coming in on this. speak to will hollis? >> who i believe is still >> yes. who i believe is still at bowls so perfect. at the bowls club. so perfect. perfect speak to. perfect person to speak to. will. seem that most will. did it seem that most people were generally fairly chipper announcement ? chipper about this announcement? >> yes. well, there's an ancient proverb . to find a tree, you proverb. to find a tree, you must go to a forest to find a

pensioner. we've come to erewash indoor bowls club in long eaton, derbyshire, where the chairman earlier told me that it's around 80% of the club members that are receiving the pension. and on any given day, that's the kind of thing that they might be talking about. especially on talking about. but especially on a when a new rate comes in, a day when a new rate comes in, depending on you're on the depending on if you're on the old original pension or if you're on the new pension, it's between about £13 and £17 extra a that this new uplift a week. that this new uplift will give a lot of people were celebrating the security that the triple lock gives the triple lock, which is either a, pensions rising by inflation by average growth of earnings or simply 2.5. in this case, it's 8.5. the average growth of earnings is. now, while some people are really happy about that , others have raised how that, others have raised how they feel despite getting a little bit extra. they feel that taxes are what's really taking it away. and the chairman, a guy called ray cowell, has been

describing some of the problems that people face and where the pension fits into that are they're facing, obviously, the rising cost of living, but car tax, council tax , television tax, council tax, television licence, all of these things are increasing in price. >> and if you add all those together, i'm sure you'll find that there are a lot greater than the 8.5% that we're being given less. the 20% tax that most of us are going to pay on it, and do you think that extra little bit of money will help and will it help enough for the average pensioner? it will help, but don't think it would be but i don't think it would be enough. they'll see enough. i think that they'll see a of their standard of a lessening of their standard of living coming year. living this coming year. >> well, for most people , they >> well, for most people, they do seem happy to receiving be receiving a little bit more money, but a lot of the people that spoke to me said they do have private pensions, they do have private pensions, they do have savings and they do really feel that feel for people that are surviving state pension alone. >> no, that's a really important

point. there are still some who do rely just on the basic state pension, although it is a minority of pensioners now, thank goodness . will hollis thank goodness. will hollis thank goodness. will hollis thank you very much for joining us there. and i hope you do get a get a chance to play some bowls at the bowls club . bowls at the bowls club. >> probably been >> it's probably already been invited. yeah. he'll probably, you now be getting you know, right now be getting ready limbering up a good ready limbering up for a good game. played bowls have i >> you've played bowls have i played the in the played bowls in the in the garden on a, you know, on garden on a, on a, you know, on a lawn. >> yes. >> yes. >> there you go. no, absolutely. >> there you go. no, absolutely. >> but not in, not at an official club. official bowls club. >> have oh have you that >> oh i have oh have you that there's a, there's a, there's a great lawn in cambridge great bowling lawn in cambridge that that that i've been to. on that sounds . sounds delightful. >> tom. you'll have to teach me. perhaps you'll invite me for a round. you call it a round of bowls. >> do you know what i wish i could remember? i should i should think of. you know should think a game of. you know what like petanque. should think a game of. you know wh.oh, like petanque. should think a game of. you know wh.oh, i like petanque. should think a game of. you know wh.oh, i haven't tanque. should think a game of. you know wh.oh, i haven't played >> oh, i haven't played petanque. the, petanque. yeah, that's the, the french . french perhaps. french. french version, perhaps. oh, stop oh, inferior. anyway, let's stop wittering on, because very shortly we'll be bringing you the the angela rayner the latest on the angela rayner tax turmoil, with both sir keir starmer and david lammy coming

out defend the deputy labour out to defend the deputy labour leader. is there something they're hiding? this is good afternoon we're gb afternoon britain. we're on gb news.

channel. well, earlier in the show, we were talking about this shocking new polling of attitudes within the british muslim community. they did a survey of about 1000 muslims across section from across the country. >> and we should say. because a lot of times people say that opinion well they've only opinion polls. well they've only asked a thousand people. this is only they do is they ask only what they do is they ask a representative sample of people. so it's 1000 people that's broken down by by a representative of group of ages, genders, areas . genders, areas. >> obviously, no survey can be 100% perfect, but they do their best to try and find a representative sample. but some of the things that came out of

this, only 1 in 4 british muslims believe hamas committed murder and rape on october 7. almost half of british muslims sympathise with hamas, 52% want to make it illegal in this country to show an image of the prophet muhammad, and only 28% say it would be undesirable for homosexuality to be outlawed in the uk. now, spoken to a the uk. now, we've spoken to a few people about this over the course of the show, and we debated whether this shows the integration in this country has failed. lots of you have been getting in touch. we're going to go to some of your views in a little but want your little bit, but just want your reaction worried reaction on that. how worried should that of these should we be that some of these views be so widely views appear to be so widely held among the british muslim community? >> absolutely. gb news. com forward slash your say is the way get touch. wendy for way to get in touch. wendy for instance, has said why should we, why should we not see the picture of mohammed? why not? and that's a very fair question. we are a liberal democratic country. i mean, people might think it's distasteful . well, to

think it's distasteful. well, to show a picture of mohammed. some people might not. but why should it be illegal? >> and all know what happened >> and we all know what happened to at the batley to the teacher at the batley grammar still grammar school who's, still in hiding because he dared to show a picture of the prophet muhammad in an educational religious studies class. but keep your views coming in. we will get to some more in a little bit. but first, let's turn our attention to politics. the shadow foreign secretary, david lammy, has defended his party's deputy leader over her controversial ownership of a council house and its sale. >> well, it says fresh reports allege that angela rayner didn't provide all the correct information surrounding her taxes, with pictures and social media suggesting that she media posts suggesting that she had a second home and was actually living in her husband's ex—husband's house as her primary residence. now, this matters because it means that when she sold the other house, it wasn't her primary residence. that's the allegation. which means she would have had to pay tax on it. tax she didn't pay. >> yes. so david lammy has come

out and he argues this is completely normal, insisting she's done nothing wrong and even suggesting she was targeted as a northern woman, so there you go. a little bit of identity politics. >> why not? let's get some more on this now with gb news political correspondent katherine forster. catherine this is a story that is not going away . it's been rumbling going away. it's been rumbling on for some time, but it's becoming a bit of a problem for sir keir starmer. >> yes, it is, because they keep being asked about it, because the information that angela rayner has given that no capital gains tax was due, the question that hasn't been answered is why was that? so we had the shadow foreign secretary, david lammy , foreign secretary, david lammy, defending her yesterday, saying basically , just pick on basically, just pick on a northern woman, why don't you that this is a smear campaign designed to distract from tory chaos? fast forward a day. we

have sir keir starmer trying to talk about the nhs , but being talk about the nhs, but being instead asked about angela rayner's tax affairs. let's have a look at what he had to say. >> angela rayner has been asked no end of questions about this . no end of questions about this. she's answered them all, she said. she's very happy to answer any questions from the any further questions from the police or from any the police or from any of the authorities . i don't need to see authorities. i don't need to see the legal advice. my team has seen it , but i the legal advice. my team has seen it, but i will say this that on the day that the a&e figures people waiting more than 24 hours in a&e, we now know that there are ten times as high as they were years ago. the as they were five years ago. the idea tories want to be idea that the tories want to be focusing on what andrew rayner, how much time she spent with her ex—husband ten years ago, i can tell you, here at this hospital, nobody but nobody is interested in that. they're very, very interested going interested in what are you going to do a&e problem to do about the a&e problem caused government ? caused by this government? >> and of course, he's right. this is not the top of most

people's priorities, is it? but of course, angela rayner would go after people on the opposite side of politics. and if she suspected that they had behaved badly , she and she is badly, she and she is potentially the, you know, expected to be in power fairly soon. now. david lammy says different rules apply at the moment , but different rules apply at the moment, but if labour get into power and she is deputy prime minister and these are questions that she will be expected to answer, a couple of things from what sir keir starmer said. first of all, he's repeating the line that he doesn't need to see the evidence. his team has seen it so in some ways, if more information later emerges , he is information later emerges, he is sort of in the clear. the other thing was that he started off by saying, you know, angela rayner has been asked no end of questions about this. she's answered them all. well, she's been asked no end of questions, but she most certainly has not answered them all. and that is why they are still being asked

fundamentally. and i'll try and whiz through it. it's a bit complicated, but for people who haven't been following this story, a council story, she bought a council house before she got married. then when she got married, she had a house about a mile away with her. then husband. when she went on to sell her house in 2015, she says there was no capital gains tax to pay. now, she says it was her home. she paid bills there. neighbours say that basically she didn't live there. her brother lived there , there. her brother lived there, that she lived at this other house with her husband and children. would expect children. as you would expect down road. the question down the road. so the question is was no capital gains tax is why was no capital gains tax liable? now there can only be one of two reasons. either she spent so much doing up the property that there was none liable for that reason , in which liable for that reason, in which case just say so, or that she claimed it had been her main home. when it sounds like it really wasn't. now you can do that.

really wasn't. now you can do that . you can opt to say which that. you can opt to say which is your main home, but a married couple can only have one main home. the amounts of money that she potentially might owe may only be about 1500 small fry compared to nadine's zahawi with his 5 million that he had to pay back. but but you know, angela rayneris back. but but you know, angela rayner is an important political figure . so these questions, i figure. so these questions, i think, will not go away until when and if we actually get the answers. >> well, thank you very much indeed for talking us through that. katherine forster, political correspondent, very interesting indeed to get the context for all of this. there's been a lot said in the past about how sir starmer isn't about how sir keir starmer isn't all that close with angela raynen all that close with angela rayner, he tolerates rayner, and that he tolerates her. rayner, and that he tolerates hen do rayner, and that he tolerates her. do you remember a bit of party harmony? >> do you remember the terrible local results local election results that labour in 2021, when the labour had in 2021, when the labour had in 2021, when the labour party ? labour party? >> not only i often think about them , it was around the time them, it was around the time that the conservatives were having the vaccine boost. >> they were winning the hartlepool by—election off the labour party. it was almost a

peak of boris johnson's popularity . well after those popularity. well after those elections, tried to popularity. well after those elect to s, tried to popularity. well after those elect to demote tried to popularity. well after those elect to demote angela tried to popularity. well after those elect to demote angela rayner. tried to demote angela rayner. he tried to do a reshuffle of his shadow cabinet, but by the end of the day i mean angela rayner say what you want about her. she is a tough cookie . her. she is a tough cookie. she's a negotiator. she's stayed, she stayed in the commons office with keir starmer battling him back and ended the day with more jobs than she started. she ended with about 5 or 6 jobs. >> yes. didn't she have a very, very title? very long title? >> incredibly she >> incredibly long title? she remained deputy leader of the labour party, she was was labour party, she was she was shadow minister for this, that and the other, she, she, she held so many portfolios by the end of the day. i mean, say what you about her, but she you want about her, but she definitely got one over on keir starmer that occasion. starmer on that occasion. >> biff >> yes. he tried to biff her, but not. but she said, absolutely not. i am going to get a promotion actually. thank keir actually. thank you keir starmer. important to starmer. i'm very important to you and your success potentially at election. let us at the next election. let us know what you make of this story though. you think has though. do you think it has legs? do care about it? for

legs? do you care about it? for me, the element of me, it's the element of hypocrisy. rayner is the hypocrisy. angela rayner is the first out of the traps first to come out of the traps to demanding other to start demanding that other people tax people release their tax affairs, smacks affairs, and there's it smacks of here. and also keir of hypocrisy here. and also keir starmer mr forensic. well he hasn't been very forensic about that.is hasn't been very forensic about that. is he trying to cover his backside essentially he extraordinary comes to this. >> extraordinary says oh >> extraordinary that he says oh i don't need to see it. i don't i've been assured i don't need to see that. what leader says that? questions be that? well, questions to be answered. there >> well, yes. let us know. gbnews.com slash your gbnews.com forward slash your say . but gbnews.com forward slash your say. but coming up gbnews.com forward slash your say . but coming up police gbnews.com forward slash your say. but coming up police in scotland say they simply cannot cope what's described cope with what's being described as it is a as a deluge. well, it is a deluge hate crime reports deluge of hate crime reports following the introduction of that new law by that controversial new law by the snp in scotland. we'll have more of after your latest more of that after your latest headunes. headlines. >> very good afternoon to you from the newsroom . just after from the newsroom. just after 2:30, the headlines and we start with some breaking news coming out of cardiff this afternoon where the major crime police

team have arrested three women on suspicion of murder. that's after a 48 year old man was killed on sunday evening. we understand a 28 year old and 243 year olds, all women , remain in year olds, all women, remain in custody as officers are continuing their investigation there, which they say is in its early stages as a police cordon is still in place at that scene . is still in place at that scene. and officers, they say, will be increasing their patrols in the area over the coming days. south wales police are now appealing for any witnesses who would have beenin for any witnesses who would have been in the kyrees area of the west of the city, between 11 pm. and midnight last night to come forward with any information , high street information, high street retailer ted baker has announced this afternoon it's cutting 245 jobs in the coming weeks. it's also been revealed that an additional 15 stores will be shut, with 11 of those to close next week . after the chain went next week. after the chain went into administration last month, the company remains in the process of finding a new partner to run its and online

to run its retail and online sectors , and the post office sectors, and the post office minister says people responsible for the horizon it scandal should go to jail . kevin should go to jail. kevin hollinrake was speaking after meeting dozens of those affected by the scandal, which saw postal workers wrongly jailed due to faulty software. the horizon inquiry is resuming this week with alan bates, who was the focus of an itv drama due to give evidence there tomorrow . give evidence there tomorrow. that's the latest from the newsroom for now . more in the newsroom for now. more in the next half hour you can. until then, sign up for gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts

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crime laws in scotland. and it's quite striking because police scotland are essentially saying they cannot cope with what's being described as now a deluge of hate crime reports under the snp's controversial new law. and that's to according officers on the front line. so they should know what they're talking about. >> yes, around 8000 hate crime reports made first reports were made in the first week legislation into week of legislation coming into force, warnings force, with further warnings that it's being exploited to fuel and political vendettas. >> they were warned . joining us >> they were warned. joining us now is neale hanvey, leader of the alba party in the house of commons. neil, thank you so much for joining us. now i understand forjoining us. now i understand you were investigated yourself under new scottish hate under these new scottish hate crime laws. the police decided that they didn't have enough to investigate. no crime was was there . there. >> yeah. well it's very difficult for me to speak with any confidence about what it actually was. the police investigated because the message was given to a member of my team

in my office, and that they had investigated a tweet or tweets that i had put out, and they had decided that there was no further action to be taken and no criminal, behaviour from myself. however that leaves me wondering whether there's a non—crime hate incident now recorded against my name, and it gives me absolutely no clarity about who made the complaint or their motivations for doing so. >> and this is the fundamental problem, isn't it? clearly, police time has been spent on this . on police time has been spent on this. on you're an elected member of parliament. you you've tweeted something that someone has complained about and it's now had police time in scotland spent on this. the most extraordinary situation, a similar situation to j.k. rowling, who, if i'm not mistaken, we still don't know if a non—crime hate incident has been reported about her. this whole system is incredibly opaque. >> yeah, absolutely. and i think

it's deliberately so , actually. it's deliberately so, actually. i mean, the scottish government were left in no doubt that these types of vexatious complaints would be possible as a result of the imprecise language that they'd used in the drafting of this bill. they promised many, interested organisations that there would be further clarity provided in the explanatory notes that would go alongside the bill. the first minister, as justice minister at that time, rowed back on those commitments, and therefore there is no clarity about this. and that's why there's been so much uncertainty about whether you can be prosecuted for misgendering and other related issues. and i would say that that was absolutely deliberate. that was the intention was to keep it opaque, because it means that not only would it have a chilling effect on police ethical discourse, but it would also mean that somebody would have to test the legislation and go through that whole rigorous

process of legislation, or of criminal prosecution, only to find out that the provision of protecting free speech would have kicked in and prevented their criminal prosecution. but that just underscores that the purpose of these types of opaque , legislation that's been several of them by the scottish government under the snp and the greens are deliberately intended to chill political discourse and target people who object to their queer theory, ideology backed policies. >> neil, do you think you should be able to tweet anything , i be able to tweet anything, i think well, that's that's a slightly separate discussion. i mean, i think the explanatory notes in legislation should be used , used to, delineate where used, used to, delineate where the line is and those and the types of behaviours that would come in, within the criminal, qualification. however, the what could have been done in this legislation is that there could

have been, a carve out for protecting political discourse, for example, around the heated debate over the queer theory policies , so—called trans policies, so—called trans issues, and that would have helped, feared included philosophical belief and therefore gender critical beliefs within the meaning of the legislation that would have clarified , many of the positions clarified, many of the positions that have been of concern. but they chose not to do that. the now first minister did agree to do some of those things. when the bill was being drafted. but i think he was instructed by trans rights activists or as i call them , queer theory call them, queer theory activists. and the then first minister, nicola sturgeon, to withdraw those clarifications or clarifying points. and that's why the bill is such a mess. or they now act . they now act. >> yeah, it does seem that this has had a remarkable lack of oversight, as you say, a very opaque bill. and lots of people

just simply don't know where they stand. a really, really , they stand. a really, really, messy situation north of the border. hanvey , border. well, neale hanvey, thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate your time thank you very much for joining us. ron..y appreciate your time thank you very much for joining us. ron. good reciate your time thank you very much for joining us. ron. good afternoonjr time thank you very much for joining us. ron. good afternoon britain. here on. good afternoon britain. >> just did >> i mean, they just simply did not through . not think it through. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> or why did scottish why did the scottish parliament allow this through in this form. >> do you know what think it >> do you know what i think it might be a lot of people just don't want to have on their parliamentary voting record. i voted against the law trying to stop hate in scotland. and you get these websites of mps get all these websites of mps and how they and it's like, how did they vote? voted in favour of hate. that's what the websites would probably so you get all probably say. and so you get all these squeamish mps who these squeamish mps or msps who don't want to say they're a hateful person, so they can't possibly vote against this legislation, matter how legislation, no matter how terribly is terribly the legislation is drafted . drafted. >> but what i would say about neil's saying there should have >> but what i would say about neil'ssomethingere should have >> but what i would say about neil'ssomething carvedrld have >> but what i would say about neil'ssomething carved out1ave been something carved out for political discourse, particularly around the issue of transgenderism the debate transgenderism and the debate around well, you need transgenderism and the debate aroun outs well, you need transgenderism and the debate aroun outs forvell, you need transgenderism and the debate aroun outs for everything. )u need transgenderism and the debate aroun outs for everything. yes. zed carve outs for everything. yes. so would how so that would just show how useless, view , this useless, in my view, this legislation is, what political

debate is acceptable in law and what political debate is illegal in law. >> i mean, carve out a trans issues as being special, can you? >> but in other news, and this is exciting, millions of us are preparing for a total solar eclipse in north america later today. today , it's going today. later today, it's going today. later today, it's going to begin over the cook islands in the pacific ocean. it will then move across mexico and 13 us states, but you might be able to see it in the uk too. >> and let's have a look at the united states. now. this a united states. now. this is a graphic bookings on graphic of hotel bookings on airbnb. you can see the airbnb. and you can see the orange banana that comes about on the 7th of april. that is where there is 100% booking rates. you can see it growing and growing and boom, the 7th of april, there it is . that tracks april, there it is. that tracks the path of the eclipse. really quite remarkable . quite remarkable. >> it is indeed lots of eclipse chasers out there booking in on airbnb . should we speak to the airbnb. should we speak to the astronomer, broadcaster and author ? mark, this author mark thompson? mark, this is very exciting indeed, and you can that graphic there can see from that graphic there of airbnb bookings that there's a people who very

a lot of people who are very eager to see this. >> yeah, absolutely . >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> and it reminds me of the, the eclipse in cornwall in 1999, where i headed off, to the south—west of the country, to try and get to see an eclipse in the uk . the uk. >> and equally places got booked out, but unfortunately not only were b&b bookings, 100, so was cloud cover for most of us. >> now, why is this such an exciting event for so many people? what is so special about seeing a solar eclipse? >> well, you know, i think it's the rarity of the event. now we get eclipses , we get lunar get eclipses, we get lunar eclipses and solar eclipses, solar eclipses in particular, because the, the moon blocks the light from the sun from reaching the earth. so we get a perfect alignment of the three. and there's a wonderful word that describes that called a syzygy. so during a solar eclipse, you see the dark black silhouette of the moon passing in between the sun and the earth, and it blocks out the sun from view for a

penod out the sun from view for a period of time. if it's a total eclipse, as it will be in america, that gives us a america, and that gives us a rare study the outer rare chance to study the outer atmosphere of the sun, which is the corona, and hopefully you know, get opportunity know, we'll get an opportunity to, little bit more to, to learn a little bit more about still few about it. it's still a few questions to and questions we need to try and answer properties of answer about the properties of the corona, gives us a the corona, but it gives us a great to study that. great opportunity to study that. but gives members the but also it gives members of the pubuc but also it gives members of the public chance see public a great chance to see a rare , amazing, wonderful rare, amazing, wonderful spectacle in the sky. >> mean, we know how many >> i mean, we know how many people travel to see the northern lights every year , and northern lights every year, and that's something that isn't as rare catch a glimpse of as an rare to catch a glimpse of as an eclipse. you can just imagine eclipse. so you can just imagine just is for just how exciting this is for lots people . i mean, there is lots of people. i mean, there is it's almost become a bit of a sport, to chase eclipses? >> absolutely. there are >> yeah, absolutely. there are people around the world who spend their holiday budgets , spend their holiday budgets, travelling around to see solar eclipses. and i can understand it. you know, they are the most spectacular things to, to observe, to witness, to experience. i remember again back in cornwall, the, the experience of middle of the day

and the levels of light just drop , quite. not instantly, but drop, quite. not instantly, but very quickly, you hear birds calling and heading to roost. it's the most bizarre experience. you understand why people, thousands of years ago actually used to sacrifice people because they thought the gods were angry with them, so, you you kind you know, you can kind of understand. thankfully, we're we're past that now. you can understand people back understand why why people back then, ancestors would have then, our ancestors would have thought then, our ancestors would have tho and just quickly , >> and mark, just very quickly, for that don't want for those of us that don't want to potentially thousands for those of us that don't want to poundsyotentially thousands for those of us that don't want to pounds travelling thousands for those of us that don't want to pounds travelling to>usands for those of us that don't want to pounds travelling to north s of pounds travelling to north america, will be able america, we will be able to get a little of this in some a little glimpse of this in some parts the uk too. parts of the uk too. >> if you're in the sort >> yeah, if you're in the sort of the north—west of the country. so up in scotland, north—west of england, over in wales of wales and parts of and most of ireland, get to see a ireland, you'll get to see a glimpse of the eclipse as it starts , you just see sort of starts, you just see sort of a chunk of the moon starting to encroach on the sun as the sun sets. now it's going to be very low in the sky. you'd be better off to be high up on high ground if to maximise the if you can, to maximise the chance seeing it. but the chance of seeing it. but the really message really important message is do

not directly sun. not look directly at the sun. the is to try and, the best way is to try and, either use eclipse glasses which have got sort of a looks like tinfoil, but it's not. it's called mylar , or if you've got called mylar, or if you've got a colander from your kitchen cupboard, hold it up against the sun let the sunlight sun and let the sunlight fall through that will through the holes. and that will project onto pritt project a nice image onto pritt stick thompson. stick mark thompson. >> grabbing my >> well, i'll be grabbing my colander up the colander and dashing up to the scottish highlands immediately colander and dashing up to the scott thiinghlands immediately colander and dashing up to the scott this show.|ds immediately colander and dashing up to the scott this show. markimediately colander and dashing up to the scott this show. mark thompson, after this show. mark thompson, thank you very much. astronomer, broadcaster and author. >> yes, mike has written to us on your he says we visited on your say. he says we visited siberia all places to witness on your say. he says we visited sitotal all places to witness on your say. he says we visited sitotal eclipse)laces to witness on your say. he says we visited sitotal eclipse of :es to witness on your say. he says we visited sitotal eclipse of the to witness on your say. he says we visited sitotal eclipse of the sun tness on your say. he says we visited sitotal eclipse of the sun in ass a total eclipse of the sun in 2008. it's one of those bucket list items you have to witness to feel how eerie it is. that must have been amazing. yeah well, we've got some breaking must have been amazing. yeah well, now; got some breaking news now. >> killers of 23 year old >> the killers of 23 year old cody have sentenced cody fisher have been sentenced today. the semi—professional footballer was killed in a nightclub on boxing day back in 2022. 23 year old remi gordon and 22 year old cammy carpenter have both been given a life sentence, with a minimum of 26 and 25 years respectively, for

his murder. our west midlands reporter jack carson will have the very latest for us very soon, so they've both been sentenced one for 25 years, the other for 26 years. >> well, life with a minimum of 25 and 26 years. shocking, shocking crime that was it was an absolutely shocking crime. >> and i think so many people have seen this affect them. i've seen gb views the, the, the seen the gb views the, the, the your say section of the gb news website actually full of comments with, just just how shocking this murder was cut down in his prime, just on the dance floor. >> on the dance floor or just outside? just just by that nightclub. i'm really, really , nightclub. i'm really, really, really, no words to describe what a callous act of murder this was. and i think that a lot of people will think that, potentially these these sentences. 24, 25 years for what are fairly young individuals. they'll be out in their 50s. and i think a lot of people might

think , gosh, is that right? think, gosh, is that right? >> yeah. should life mean life ? >> yeah. should life mean life? well, it was the 23 year old remi gordon and 22 year old cammy carpenter, who have been given with given a life sentence but with a minimum and 25 years minimum of 26 and 25 years respectively, for his murder. we're going to bring you very latest updates from jack carson , latest updates from jack carson, our reporter, very shortly. >> moving on now, another >> well, moving on now, another bad day for boeing as an engine cover on a southwest airlines flight ripped off during takeoff of this aircraft yesterday . of this aircraft yesterday. >> yes, the 737 800 aircraft had to make an emergency landing. luckily, no one on board was injured, but the pictures are rather frightening and it's not the only problem boeing have faced in recent months. is this an image of. this is an image of what happened. a video clip of the. is it the wing that's just been torn off? >> well, you can see it's the engine cover there and it's starting to fly, and it just continues to rip off. this must have been incredibly frightening. i like to, when i'm on an aeroplane, look out at the wing and sort of see how things

are going. but my goodness, this must absolutely must have been absolutely terrifying. there must have been absolutely terri another there must have been absolutely terri another boeing there must have been absolutely terri another boeing flight,iere was another boeing flight, alaska airlines this time, that was forced to make an emergency landing after the window and a chunk of the fuselage blew out 16,000ft in the air. you can see the shocking images there up in the shocking images there up in the night sky, 16,000ft up, when a bit of the aircraft just fell off. again, no passengers on board were injured there, but another terrible headache for boeing. >> yes, if you're a nervous flyer, that must be an absolutely horrifying . well, absolutely horrifying. well, joining us now is travel and aviation sally gethin, aviation expert sally gethin, sally, this isn't what you expect to happen when you board a boeing. >> well, actually increasing people are starting to expect an incident on boeing. and you can imagine what's going on on social media with this. the year started on the wrong foot for boeing. as you just pointed out, with the incident with alaska airlines. and there have been

several incidents in recent months. this is just the latest one. so confidence, amongst the travelling public has really taken a hit. >> and what's the worst that could have happened here? sally, we're seeing the engine cover being ripped off there. could that caused a life that have caused a life threatening malfunction of the plane ? could this have been far plane? could this have been far worse than it ended up being? >> well, the, the, the start, the trigger to it, which was the cowling to the engine, which you could see was just coming away gradually in that, coverage that in itself is not, a critical you know, there's sometimes that can come apart a little bit. it shouldn't, but it has happened in the past. but the problem is so much of it came away and it then impacted the wing . and the then impacted the wing. and the problem was that the pilots at the on flight the front, on the flight deck couldn't actually see physically that had be that happening. they had to be told passengers and the told by the passengers and the flight attendants. so they asked air and they did air traffic control and they did an immediate return back to the

airport . airport. >> now, the most remarkable thing potentially sally , amongst thing potentially sally, amongst all of these stories, i mean, a part of the aeroplane falling off on that alaska airlines flight , this sort of cover of flight, this sort of cover of the engine here being ripped off, too, isn't the most remarkable thing that every single passenger on each of these flights survived, that there was no sin , this, danger there was no sin, this, danger to life. there i suppose it shows that the safety on board aircrafts, ironically , is still aircrafts, ironically, is still very, very good. >> it is still very , very good, >> it is still very, very good, having said that, you know, there's nothing completely fail safe about any particular incident. the really serious one was the alaska airlines, one that you pointed out there. but actually, i would be concerned for the safety of that aircraft once the debris hit the wing and if anything was ingested into an engine as well . that's engine as well. that's particularly worrying, but it

didn't happen on this occasion. and passengers were rerouted . and passengers were rerouted. but that's definitely not what you want to see when you're taking off. no. >> absolutely not. rather terrifying actually . thank you terrifying actually. thank you very much. sally. sally gethin, there an expert on aviation. thank you very much indeed. gosh i wouldn't want to have been on that plane either of them. although i do keep going back to this, you're much more likely to have a safe journey in an aeroplane you are in a car. aeroplane than you are in a car. >> you it's one of the >> you are. it's one of the safest forms of transport that we developed. but safest forms of transport that we chances developed. but safest forms of transport that we chances of veloped. but safest forms of transport that we chances of survival but safest forms of transport that we chances of survival if but the chances of survival if something does that's true something does go, that's true are pretty slim to none. >> i imagine you fall out of >> i imagine if you fall out of the not scare you, the sky. but not to scare you, if heading on a on if you're heading off on a on a jet, much, much safer on jet, you're much, much safer on an aeroplane you are on a an aeroplane than you are on a horse in a car, or certainly horse or in a car, or certainly on motorbike. a horse. on a motorbike. on a horse. well, there you go. that's it from us for today. but up next it is, of course, martin daubney. martin, coming daubney. martin, what's coming up show then ? up on your show then? >> great show guys. >> great show guys. >> so yeah, we'll have the full

reaction to the two murderer sentenced for life for the killing of cody fisher on boxing day. >> also british muslims. astonishing survey by the henry jackson society saying 52% want to ban cartoons of the prophet muhammad. of course, that is what drove the batley school teacher into hiding. where the director coming and director of research coming and telling prove we telling us does this prove we are living in parallel societies and the scottish hate crime bill, the scottish police federation been over whelmed federation has been over whelmed with complaints. we'll speak to its chair and say isn't it time to solve actual crimes rather than inventing new ones? that's all coming up three till 6 pm. on my show. but first, it's time for your latest weather forecast i >> -- >>a >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello again. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. most of us will see some

wet and windy weather as we go through the next 24 hours or so, in association with a feature that has been named by the french service, storm french met service, storm pierrick . but it is going to pierrick. but it is going to bnng pierrick. but it is going to bring some unsettled weather to many us. watch out for some many of us. watch out for some heavy, thundery downpours across parts east as we go parts of the south east as we go through evening. otherwise, parts of the south east as we go thrcstrong evening. otherwise, parts of the south east as we go thrc strong winds1ing. otherwise, parts of the south east as we go thrc strong winds acrosstherwise, it's strong winds across southern and western coastal parts could bit of parts that could cause a bit of a problem , and then some heavy, a problem, and then some heavy, persistent way persistent rain pushing its way across of northern england across parts of northern england and into scotland. as go and into scotland. as we go through into the through tonight and into the early hours tomorrow because early hours of tomorrow because of wet and windy of the cloudy, wet and windy weather, temperatures really aren't going much for aren't going to drop much for many a mild start many of us, so a mild start tomorrow, but a pretty unsettled one. two heavy, persistent rain continuing across parts of scotland . could be some wintry scotland. could be some wintry showers over the higher ground here. outbreaks here. otherwise some outbreaks of rain for parts of northern england into wales, and england and into wales, and a few spots elsewhere too, few showery spots elsewhere too, but something drier, but something a bit drier, perhaps bit brighter, perhaps even a bit brighter, across parts of northern ireland, western wales and southwest england. as we go through the afternoon, temperatures will be down several degrees compared to

today, around today, highs of around 13, possibly 14 celsius at best. after a chilly start on after a bit of a chilly start on wednesday morning, it is going to turn wet and windy again from the west as some wet weather pushes its way in. in association with another system that's going its way that's going to push its way through on in the week. through later on in the week. and should be something of and there should be something of a across southern a dry trend across southern parts and temperatures parts at least, and temperatures rising low 20s. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. away. >> a very good afternoon to you and a happy monday. >> it's 3 pm. >>— >> it's 3 pm. >> and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. and we're broadcasting live from the heart westminster , all across heart of westminster, all across the uk. on today's show, remy gordon and cami carpenter have been jailed for life for the

murder of codie fisher in a birmingham nightclub knife attack on boxing day, and police are hunting for habiba masum after a mother was stabbed in broad daylight on saturday. and gb news can reveal that the bangladeshi born man entered the uk on a student visa. next, the controversy over angela rayner's tax affairs just will not go away. sir keir starmer says no one's interested , but that's one's interested, but that's just not the case. labour's deputy leader is still under huge pressure about the sale of a house nine years ago. will it matter ? and the state pension matter? and the state pension has gone up by 8.5% today. and that's great news for millions of brits . but i'm asking the of brits. but i'm asking the question can the country really afford to keep the triple lock? and speaking of money, as more train drivers go out on strike once again today, some merge at the pay dispute has cost the industry more than £2 billion. is it time for them to get back

to work, or are they