930 -- 930 on tuesday, the 9th of april. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so on the run. new shocking details as the manhunt continues for habiba masood, who is suspected of fatally stabbing a mother bradford. manhunt mother in bradford. the manhunt continues and this morning it's been revealed that he was on bail for allegedly threatening to kill the victim . to kill the victim. >> yes. that's it. despite the advice of prosecutors, he was released on bail and that manhunt continues to find masum . manhunt continues to find masum. >> the real life that mr bates versus the post office this morning. former subpostmaster master alan bates finally goes before that public inquiry, which started four years ago. he's going to reveal what happened at the inquiry for the first time and tackling tax dodgers to fund the nhs. >> it's a radical plan. but

labour claimed they can fund the health service and education by simply clamping down on those who don't pay tax . who don't pay tax. >> yes, most of us pay our taxes properly , but there are big properly, but there are big companies and quite a few individuals who really don't. labour say if they're elected, they'll be able to claw back some 5 billion a year from tax dodgers. but it's much easier said than done . said than done. >> and stop rushing kids to change gender. a landmark report will reveal very shortly that children who believe they are transgender may actually have mental health issues. so isn't it time we stopped allowing kids or even forcing them to make these life changing decisions .7 these life changing decisions? >> is a scorching britain or is it march the hottest ever? apparently and the 10th straight month to set a temperature record, scientists claim it's due to climate change and we need to act now. they say with urgency. do we? that very heated

debate ahead. i don't about rain, but the wind . last night i got very little sleep whistled around the house. the windows were shaking. gale force, gale force winds . we're force, gale force winds. we're going to be having that debate shortly. i want to hear what you think as well. this morning our new system up and running. new system is up and running. gbnews.com your gbnews.com forward slash your say. be interacting with say. we will be interacting with you andrew and i can message you back when you message us live on air. we have to present the so show at same time of course. show at the same time of course. so not always be back so we may not always be back to you instantly, in touch you instantly, but get in touch won't gbnews.com forward won't you? gbnews.com forward slash that more slash your say all that and more first though, very latest first though, the very latest news with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, bev. good morning. it's 932. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines. a man suspected of stabbing a mother to death in bradford was

out on bail after allegedly making threats to kill her. the huntis making threats to kill her. the hunt is continuing across northern england today for 25 year old habiba masum, a bangladeshi national who came to britain on a student visa. he is wanted on suspicion of murdering 27 year old kulsum actor , who 27 year old kulsum actor, who was stabbed as she pushed her babyin was stabbed as she pushed her baby in a pram while out shopping. mr masum was conditionally bailed by manchester magistrates court in november. he pleaded not guilty to both assault and threatening to both assault and threatening to kill, and he was ordered not to kill, and he was ordered not to contact miss atcr. labour are set to announce a new crackdown on tax avoiders today in a bid to help fund the nhs. shadow chancellor rachel reeves will pledge to raise over £5 billion per year, which labour would use to tackle nhs waiting lists and fund free school breakfast clubs. the party has said it will also raise 2.6 billion over the next parliament by closing loopholes in the government's plans to abolish exemptions for non—doms. foreign secretary lord

cameron has met donald trump in florida as he looks to shore up support for ukraine. the two men discussed the war in ukraine, nato and the middle east, and is the first summit between a senior government minister and the former president since he left office in 2021. the post office horizon public inquiry resumes today, almost four years after it begun, with campaigner alan bates set to make his first appearance. the inquiry has been probing the circumstances that led the post office to wrongly prosecute. more than 900 subpostmasters, caused by errors in the horizon software system. mr bates will give his version of events ahead of appearances by senior executives from the post office and fujitsu , which post office and fujitsu, which built the computer software at the heart of the scandal . and the heart of the scandal. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts. now it's back to andrew and .

back to andrew and. bev. >> sit down. i was looking for my pen . good morning. thank you my pen. good morning. thank you so much forjoining us. i don't think you could hear the shout. sit down. andrew. sorry about that. oh, thank you forjoining that. oh, thank you for joining us. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with bev turner and andrew pierce occasionally. >> sit down. yeah, i do now , we >> sit down. yeah, i do now, we talked about this shocking murder yesterday . so the man murder yesterday. so the man suspected of stabbing the 27 year old mother to death when she was pushing the pushchair with her five month old baby in, was actually on police bail for allegedly making threats to kill her. how could this have happened ? happened? >> so masood was >> so habiba masood was conditionally bailed by manchester magistrates court in november and despite prosecutors objecting to his release at the time, so kusama akhtar was stabbed as she pushed her baby

in a pram while out shopping. >> the baby is unharmed. our reporter anna reilly is outside bradford police station, anna, there'll be serious questions to answer here about the decision to allow masoom to be released on bail . on bail. >> at the well. and good morning to you both. but just to bring you the latest on this that i've got, police that are investigating the death of col salma akhtar have arrested a 25 year old man on suspicion of her murder. he was arrested in the early hours of this morning in the aylesbury area . and they've the aylesbury area. and they've thanked members of the public and the media for widely sharing appeals for information in relation to cold osama's death. so just to repeat that a 25 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of kusama, akhtar , the man from kusama, akhtar, the man from oldham, arrested in the early hours of this morning in the aylesbury area that's come just

now from west yorkshire police. so that's the very latest on this case, it was four days in to the manhunt for her murder , to the manhunt for her murder, and that that is the very latest that we've got so far . that we've got so far. >> okay. thank you. anna. well, if you are just joining us, that was breaking news. a 25 year old man has been arrested in connection with the crime. the murder of this young mother who , murder of this young mother who, as we said, was, pushing her babyin as we said, was, pushing her baby in a pram. her name was kulsum akhtar. and as we just heard from anna there, the police have arrested somebody , police have arrested somebody, right? help to help us understand how this might work. next is human rights lawyer david. hey. good morning. david. thank you very much for joining us. so you've heard that breaking news as well. we were going to talk to you about, the human about the system here and how this this gentleman, this man, no gentleman, would have

been here on a visa, etc, in relation to his education, what happens now? they would appear they have arrested this man . they have arrested this man. >> good morning to you both. i mean, as you mentioned, and you know, more tragic news this morning or overnight of the, of the murder, and, you know, something that should have been very much avoidable. avoidable. but good news that someone has been arrested, obviously, we'll get more details of that in due course. so that's, you know, i think something that the police have done well in terms of obviously, you know, managing this quickly, many, many this quickly, but many, many questions, into questions, i think raised into how this happened in the first place, how this gentleman and again, i note your point on using the word gentleman, how this individual was here in the first place, and, and all the various things. and when we look at bail as well. so i think lots of questions that are going to need to be answered going forward. >> okay. thank you david. we're going to keep it brief because obviously a man now been

obviously a man has now been arrested and that pretty much changes editorial policy changes the editorial policy under we operate. we under which we can operate. we will up to speed with will bring you up to speed with any other details we know. any other details that we know. i logging i am just logging on to gbnews.com your gbnews.com forward slash your say going to hear say where we are going to hear from this morning. please do from you this morning. please do get involved our get involved with our conversation. up though. do conversation. up next though. do we to act now save the we need to act now to save the planet from climate change at march? out the 10th march? turns out was the 10th consecutive month to break break heat records and scientists are worried. from what i could see, it just didn't stop raining in march. that's right. >> and it's raining a lot now too. >> it's still raining and very windy. >> however, that doesn't mean the water companies aren't already talking about hosepipe bans will be an bans in summer, which will be an outrage bans in summer, which will be an out absolutely. bans in summer, which will be an out we' re utely. bans in summer, which will be an outwe're going debating

gb news. >> so, just to recap that breaking news. west yorkshire police has now confirmed a 25 year old man has been arrested

in aylesbury on suspicion of the murder of the 27 year old mother called salma akhtar , in bradford called salma akhtar, in bradford on saturday. she was, of course, wielding her five month old child in her pushchair when she was stabbed to death. >> okay now march apparently was the 10th straight month to set a new record for global heat, both in terms of air temperatures and ocean surface temperatures. >> and of course, many scientists are very worried about this because they say it's all down to climate change. >> so should we all adjust our lifestyles now to try and save the planet? we are joined by the director of the climate media coalition and friend the coalition and friend of the show, mccarthy , and the show, donna mccarthy, and the director of net zero watch, andrew montford to join us to debate this. now, gentlemen, do we all first of all, that we all agree, first of all, that the planet is heating up? if the answer yes, just nod. yes. answer is yes, just nod. yes. okay, good. we all agree that what we maybe don't agree on andrew, is whether this is man made climate change or just a made climate change orjust a natural phenomenon. andrew i

think there are both. both elements are in play, you know, carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and will tend to warm the planet, it's very difficult to say anything, from temperature records in particular. i mean, particularly surface temperature records, which are rather dodgy, you know, the past is always changing in, in the temperature records because they're always adjusting them. you know, it suggests that the data isn't very good. but yeah, i think i think there are there are many factors changing the temperature, but , the idea that temperature, but, the idea that we have some sort of a climate emergency going on is frankly just scaremongering. it's a fairy story, yeah. things aren't getting worse at all. if you actually look at the official reports of the intergovernmental panel on climate change, they find almost no changes in any meteorological phenomena at all, apart from heat waves and average temperatures. pretty much. those are the only ones.

oh, and ocean temperatures is the other one. but you know, all these things that we're led to believe, you know, you're showing pictures of, of forest fires at the moment. forest fires at the moment. forest fires aren't getting worse. they're getting better. fire weather is not getting worse. hurricanes are not getting worse. floods are not getting worse, and on and on and on. it is absolutely astonishing just how many meteorological phenomena the ipcc says they can't find any meaningful trends in, we need to get away from this idea that we're in an emergency, and this is this is causing great damage to society because we are making very foolish policy. decisions based on scaremongering and scaremongering is always a poor bafis scaremongering is always a poor basis for policy. >> okay? and that's what you're good at. you do the scaremongering . this is this is scaremongering. this is this is all, all your fault . all, all your fault. >> that's not fair. i come in with science and actually what andrew montford comes on with,

with us american billionaire funded propaganda. he is a national security risk to the united kingdom. he is funding an effort to stop britain acting to protect its national security. he just the lies about, he is just the lies about, flooding are extraordinary. the meteorology society or the megxit for every 1 degrees rise in temperature, we have a 77% rise in rainfall. that's in temperature, we have a 77% rise in rainfall . that's exactly rise in rainfall. that's exactly what is happening in britain. you talk to any farmers whose farmers whose fields have been flooded for the last six months, when we had 200% more rain this winter than normal . you speak to winter than normal. you speak to those farmers and ask them, are there is there an emergency? it's absolutely outrageous. what britain to do is put britain needs to do is put ignore people like andrew, who are propagandists oil are propagandists for the oil industry, actually do two industry, and actually do two things needs to things the britain needs to invest renewable energy and invest in renewable energy and stop the banks investing in new fossil fuel fuels, which are damaging britain. and secondly, we need to stop ensuring the global industry with new fossil

fuels. if we tackle that one thing, britain could make a huge contribution to this effort to protect ourselves. >> but we are a huge contribution. what compared to china? donna? hey, i mean, it's minuscule, what we can do minuscule, what we can do minuscule and. well, china is doing nothing to cut pollution. >> andrew, i didn't talk about britain's emissions, which are 1% of global emissions. yes, you're right, china is 20 times bigger than britain, so its emissions are 20 times bigger than ours. however, britain is a responsible for 15% of global investments in new fossil fuels and 50% of the global markets in fossil fuel insurance. so we are one of the we're the second largest centre of the fossil fuel industry in the world. and that gives us responsibility to act. and we're rich enough to act. and we're rich enough to act. and we're rich enough to act. and the positive thing, andrew, is renewable energy is cheapen andrew, is renewable energy is cheaper. and investing in the insulation for people's homes makes their bills cheaper. so it's a win win win.

>> andrew montford, are you bought and paid for by the fossil fuel industry? >> every time i come on gb news up >> every time i come on gb news up against donica, he says , up against donica, he says, you're funded by big oil. he's never actually said which oil company funds us because he doesn't know who funds us, because we deliberately look at the smoke, look at the smog , and the smoke, look at the smog, and they'll see the evidence. >> okay? the journalism's been done. >> tell me which. tell me which oil company funds me. >> tell me which. tell me which oil company funds me . come on, oil company funds me. come on, let's hear it. >> i asked him to look at these markets. it's actually the. it's very clear the american oil billionaires are making it the global warming problem. gentlemen, look at that . gentlemen, look at that. >> come on. name the oil company. come on. >> i'm asking every viewer here to look up the report on this one. they will list the. >> hey, hang on, you don. >> hey, hang on, you don. >> hey. you made a very serious charge that he's in the pay of oil companies. andrew's entitled you name the oil company you to name the oil company that's him. that's paying him. >> i what said is oil >> i what i said is oil billionaires are funding him.

and if you up on and actually, if you look up on the. not very convincing. i don't have the name firm, andrew, smog report. andrew, look up the smog report. >> got tell the evidence. >> you've got to support your claims. >> you've got to support your clailfs. >> you've got to support your claii have, i've given you the >> i have, i've given you the direct link to the list of names. i don't have the names off my head right now. i can provide but i can provide them to you, but i can give you the evidence. and what? what say, andrew, is. what i will say, andrew, is. do you think that you think it's right that britain, britain's policy, should be directed by a think tank? that won't declare who their funders are? if andrew can declare his funders, great. then we should be allowed here on to speak. >> but go on. as long as andrew montford, who does fund your think tank? >> we don't identify our funders because for two reasons. one, it would be illegal to do so. it's illegal under the data protection act. you can't give out people's private financial information in, in public without their families. we don't we don't prevent people, from

from identifying themselves as our funders. but it's , you know, our funders. but it's, you know, it's essentially it's people in the cities and charitable foundations. >> here's the thing, andrew. if you believe genuinely believed in what you're saying, andrew montford, you should be able to declare who pays you to say that? and also be able to stand up your evidence. i think anybody both sides of the anybody on both sides of the fence, because there also a fence, because there are also a lot people the green, the lot of people the green, the green zero agenda is very green net zero agenda is very profitable to some people as well, isn't it? so money is being traded on both sides of this debate ? this debate? >> absolutely. and thankfully, green energy is profitable and it is cheap, but i think you make a very serious point. if andrew just said another lie , he andrew just said another lie, he actually said he's not allowed to say who his funders are. how come every other think tank is allowed to say who their funders are? if you go to most of the progressive and renewable energy think tanks they list on their website, who funds them, why doesn't do it? doesn't andrew do it? >> on andrew, because you

>> go on andrew, because you can't both . the aren't can't do both. the two aren't mutually you can mutually exclusive. you can confess funds you confess or admit who funds you whilst standing by your argument. >> okay, so if they're individuals, you are not allowed to name them because the data protection data protection act says you're not allowed to give out people's private. why aren't they willing to do it themselves if they're willing to do it themselves ? we have. why aren't themselves? we have. why aren't they them doing that? >> but why aren't they? >> but why aren't they? >> andrew okay, because the first thing that happen is first thing that will happen is that, get a load of that, they will get a load of just stop people around on just stop oil people around on their offices spray painting them with paint. we've had our offices spray painted more than once. and so, yeah, of course people don't want that sort of harassment. i mean , these, you harassment. i mean, these, you know, there is a lot, a lot of thuggery around around the green movement. and so, yeah, they will they will vandalise your offices. so, yeah . why would why offices. so, yeah. why would why would people expose themselves to that? mean, yeah, mean to that? i mean, yeah, i mean donica has a that's donica maybe has a that's actually something different from what you actually told. >> what the global warming

policy foundation told the to media 2 or 3 years ago. one of the reasons they gave for not revealing who was funding them is children would be is that their children would be horrified couldn't horrified that they couldn't face children, look their face their children, look their children and say children in the eye and say they're funding you guys. look they're funding you guys. look the problem. let's let's get back the actual issue. is back to the actual issue. is that threat to britain from from these global and the science. i mean, you're actually right there. let's look at the science. and i'm not talking about the science from climate activists or climate scientists. i'm talking about the science from oil companies , oil, the oil from oil companies, oil, the oil company, scientists in the 70s and 80s. their own scientists told them if they stopped, did not stop promoting fossil fuel expansion. what is happening now in the planet of increasing temperatures, increasing rainfall would be a threat to our civilisation. their own scientists said it. >> all right, gentlemen, thank you so much . st giles' mccarthy you so much. st giles' mccarthy and the director of net zero watch, andrew montford . very watch, andrew montford. very lively and always illuminating. yeah. >> very interesting . the andrew

>> very interesting. the andrew montford was on strong ground and he couldn't name the oil companies funding him, but then couldn't , wouldn't tell us who couldn't, wouldn't tell us who was funding. and the people aren't funding and if you get some tin of paint over you from just uphill too bad. >> quite right. >> quite right. >> okay. we want to hear what you think, send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com forward your gbnews.com forward slash your say all the details. we say here are all the details. we are proud to be gb news the people's channel. as people's channel. and as you know, always to love hear know, we always to love hear your now there's a new your views. now there's a new way with us way of getting in touch with us at forward slash your at gbnews.com forward slash your say commenting can be say by commenting you can be part a live conversation and part of a live conversation and join our gb news community. you can talk to me, bev turner can even talk to me, bev turner or of members of the gb or any of the members of the gb news family. simply go to gb news. com forward slash your say . all right. i'm going to have a look at what you've been saying at home. now if you were tuned in yesterday, you'll know that i was registered was actually registered as my father my gb father because that was my gb news because news membership, because i signed dad up. signed my dad up. >> hello, dad. >> hello, dad. >> we think she secretly

transitioning. >> you've got the suspicion. >> you've got the suspicion. >> it not deliberate . so >> it was not deliberate. so i am now just logging in. it is very easy. we would love to see you do the same thing this morning. let us know what you thought about that, particularly that environmental that debate on the environmental issues. actually i thought issues. and actually i thought what hayes said, or of what donna hayes said, or one of them about the fact that them said about the fact that there thuggery on sides there is thuggery on both sides of debate. there of of that debate. there is any of these big issues always these big issues are always there's thuggery on both sides. >> just just to boil. have just lumped a load of paint over one of the political party's offices in the last 20. >> jonathan, pointing that a >> jonathan, pointing out that a lot activists receive lot of green activists receive funding china and as funding from china and russia as well. right. gary well. that's right. and gary says tax is okay for says net zero tax is okay for the people who afford it. the people who can afford it. talking of weather, here's annie with it . with it. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's going to be a very windy day for some of us today. there

are rain and wind warnings in force, and it's also going to be feeling a lot cooler than yesterday, particularly across the area of low the east as an area of low pressure with wristband rain pressure with wristband of rain wrapped around it. that's bringing and windy bringing the wet and windy weather areas. the weather to many areas. the strongest will be across strongest winds will be across western coasts through this afternoon. that's where we've got the wind warning in force. parts of wales, north—west england, also the south england, but also the south coast some strong coast seeing some very strong and winds could bring coast seeing some very strong and disruption. could bring coast seeing some very strong and disruption. but could bring coast seeing some very strong and disruption. but cou the ring travel disruption. but it's the rain across of scotland rain across parts of scotland that bring some that will likely bring some flooding issues and delays on the trains well. it the roads trains as well. it will be feeling much colder as well yesterday. only well than yesterday. highs only of around 13 or 14 degrees after temperatures reached the mid teens yesterday. teens through yesterday. however, tonight does teens through yesterday. how

southeastern further southeastern england but further west , the cloud will thicken west, the cloud will thicken through day. rain will through the day. rain will arrive parts of wales arrive across parts of wales and the southwest through the morning, push into morning, and that will push into parts ireland, parts of northern ireland, northern where parts of northern ireland, ncwillrn where parts of northern ireland, ncwill really where parts of northern ireland, ncwill really linger where parts of northern ireland, ncwill really linger and where parts of northern ireland, ncwill really linger and turn nhere it will really linger and turn quite persistent heavy. quite persistent and heavy. there's rain warning in force there's a rain warning in force for western areas for many western areas of scotland, here could see scotland, so here we could see some and disruption from some delays and disruption from the but temperatures will the rain, but temperatures will be average . be around average. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good morning. it's 10:00 gb news. >> good morning. it's10:00 on tuesday, the 9th of april. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. well the real life mr bates versus the post office. >> it's coming now. any moment now. the former subpostmaster alan bates will reveal his side of story appears at of the story as he appears at that office. public inquiry that post office. public inquiry

for very first time, for the very first time, tackling tax dodges to fund the nhs. >> it's a radical plan, but labour claim that they can fund the health service and education by clamping those clamping down on those who don't pay tax . on those who don't pay tax. >> yes, labour says that this money would fund more appointments, gp appointments and also breakfast clubs. free breakfast clubs for school children and they estimate they can bring in 5 billion a year by the end of the next parliament. but it's much, much easier said than done . than done. >> i'm breaking news. police have arrested a 25 year old man from oldham on suspicion of murder after the mother, cosima, actor, was stabbed in bradford while she was wheeling her five month old child in a pushchair and youth demands first strike. >> we brought you this story just last week. 11 people have

been arrested following a pro—palestinian protest at the labour party's headquarters. what will the group do next? >> they've been dubbed an unholy alliance of militant gaza protesters and environmentalists . they stroke yesterday. i'll have all the reaction from that event and some information on their future plans. >> yeah. so charlie broke that story last week about this coalition of these two protest groups. i didn't expect their first target to be labour headquarters. >> it'll be because they do not. they're not pleased that labour have not been robust enough about a ceasefire in gaza. that will be the problem . and will be the problem. and remember, there was the big row over the vote that was pulled by the going to the speaker that was going to lead huge labour rebellion. lead to a huge labour rebellion. so there's a number of so and there's a number of independent muslim candidates standing against labour very standing against labour in very strongly seats. so strongly labour held seats. so this still a sign that this

this is still a sign that this war is a problem for labour. >> yeah. well we'll find out from charlie in just a moment. >> don't forget. on our >> don't forget. get on to our website forward website gbnews.com forward slash your comments that your say for live comments that we will be reading first though the very latest news with sophia wenzler. >> bev thank you. good morning. it's 10:02. >> bev thank you. good morning. it's10:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . first to in the gb newsroom. first to some breaking news in the last half hour. police say they have arrested a suspect in a murder investigation after a mother was stabbed to death while pushing her baby in a pram. 27 year old kusuma akhtar died after being stabbed on westgate in bradford. police then launched a manhunt to search for a suspect. a 25 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of murder. labouris arrested on suspicion of murder. labour is set to announce a new crackdown on tax avoidance today in a bid to help fund the nhs. shadow chancellor rachel reeves will pledge to raise over £5 billion per year, which labour

would use to tackle nhs waiting lists and fund free school breakfast clubs. the party has said it will also raise £2.6 billion over the next parliament by closing loopholes in the government's plans to abolish exemptions for non—doms. shadow financial secretary james murray says it's wrong that some people are getting away without paying what they owe. >> we're setting out our plans today to crack down on that tax avoidance and to get that money into the public purse, because, you know, when people right across britain are paying more and tax, we think it's and more tax, we think it's wrong that minority are wrong that a minority are getting away without paying what they we've setting out they owe. we've been setting out for of years about for a number of years about ending non—dom status. ending non—dom tax status. the government said they wanted to follow lead years of follow our lead after years of saying wouldn't , but saying they wouldn't, but they're open loopholes they're leaving open loopholes in means people in that, which means that people can of can avoid paying hundreds of millions pounds of tax. so millions of pounds of tax. so we want close loopholes . want to close those loopholes. but that's part of a broader approach to investment in hmrc. >> secretary has met >> the foreign secretary has met donald in florida as he donald trump in florida as he looks to shore up support for

ukraine. lord cameron's meeting with mr trump follows reports claiming the former us president said he could end the russia—ukraine war within 24 hours if he was re—elected. the two men discuss the war in ukraine, nato and the middle east. it is the first summit between a senior government minister and the former president since he left office in 2021. meanwhile, the foreign secretary will hold talks with us secretary of state antony blinken in washington dc. the post office horizon public inquiry resumes today, almost four years after it began, with campaigner alan bates making his first appearance. the inquiry has been probing the circumstances that led the post office to wrongly prosecute more than 900 subpostmasters, caused by errors in the horizon software system. mr bates is giving his version of events ahead of appearances by senior executives from the post office and fujitsu, which built the company's software. at the heart of the scandal . the tory company's software. at the heart of the scandal. the tory mp at

the centre of the westminster honeytrap has reportedly resigned from his position as the vice chair of the 1922 committee. it follows william wragg claiming he was manipulated into sharing other politicians personal numbers as part of a westminster sixteen scam. he has since apologised, prompting the chancellor, jeremy hunt, to call him courageous for coming forward. scotland yard says it's continuing its investigation into the scam after major security concerns were raised by several members of parliament. the government says up to £11 million from water company fines will be reinvested in schemes to improve waterways and wetlands. the waterways and wetlands. the water restoration fund, which has now opened for applications, will offer grants to local groups, charities, farmers and landowners to help them improve rivers, lakes and streams where illegal pollution has occurred. it's the latest move by the government to crack down on water company pollution in the face of growing public anger over the state of england's

rivers and coastal waters , rivers and coastal waters, millions of people across america have witnessed a rare total solar eclipse. areas of mexico and the us were plunged into darkness as the moon passed into darkness as the moon passed in front of the sun, leaving crowds in awe of the phenomenon. meanwhile, back in the uk, many were hoping to see a partial eclipse as well. but heavy cloud cover many keen spectators cover left many keen spectators disappointed and campaigners are calling on the government to ban 25 pesticides which contain so—called forever chemicals, after the potentially harmful toxins were found in more than half of food and drink samples. pfoa chemicals are long lasting toxins which have been linked to serious health issues . they were serious health issues. they were found in more than 3300 samples tested by the uk government in 2022. out of all the items tested, strawberries were found to be the worst affected as 95% of the 120 tested samples contained pfas . and for the contained pfas. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb

news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts now it's back to andrew and . bev. back to andrew and. bev. >> 1007 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson bev turner now the post office, honzon bev turner now the post office, horizon public inquiry resumes today. >> almost four years after it began with unbelievable, isn't it? >> four years already. >> four years already. >> unbelievable. unbelievable with campaigner alan bates set to make his first appearance any moment now. he is, of course, the star of the itv drama mr. vegas. mr bates versus the post office. >> we'll talk now to the conservative mp for north norfolk, who is, of course, a former subpostmaster himself, duncan baker duncan. morning, for years. and yet we hear there's probably another two years . why on earth does years to go. why on earth does it take so long in this country to get these public inquiries done dusted ? done and dusted? >> well, it's a problem, isn't it? and we see it time and time

again with just about every scandal of this magnitude. and of , the real problem is, of course, the real problem is, andrew, there hasn't been many scandals magnitude, the scandals of this magnitude, the amount evidence that they're amount of evidence that they're sifting got to sifting through. you've got to remember quite literally remember it is quite literally thousands subpostmasterswho thousands of subpostmasters who have been caught up with this scandal. and that takes an awful long time to go through. but this week should be a real turning point. it's blockbuster who is now up to give evidence and of course, alan bates. this morning is going to be something which i think a lot of us have waited to see, and something that, you know, is going to keep the nation gripped again. but i hope at the end of it we really start to uncover quite what has happened. >> but there isn't an awful lot to uncover anymore, is there, duncan? really? it's pretty simple. subpar postmasters working hard, running their businesses in their community, stitched up by a faulty it system run by fujitsu, which we now know this isn't a criminal trial going on here. this is just working out what happened.

so what are they looking at? what are they having to sift through? seems very simple to me. and taxpayers money are paying me. and taxpayers money are paying inquiry, that is paying for this inquiry, that is a simplistic way to put it. and of course, you're not wrong. the bit that i think we really do want to start to see is just who knew what. within the post office organisation, the office organisation, it's the individual roles now, and what we're going to start to see is former chief execs, actually being questioned . and, now they being questioned. and, now they are the people, i think, who who did know what was going on. for instance, the real evidence i think, is, is that, horizon had a back door into it that people were able to, in fujitsu, change subpostmasters accounts without them knowing. and of course , all them knowing. and of course, all of that has always been shrouded in mystery. well, i want to know who did know what, because if they did know about that, and there is absolute concrete evidence that those accounts were being changed and those executives knew. and yet we still allowed these four individuals be prosecute

individuals to be prosecute looted when they knew the figures could have been manipulated. that is a real turning point to this date. we still don't know exactly who knew what, and i think that's where we're trying to get to . where we're trying to get to. >> and when we begin to get to that point, duncan , one of your that point, duncan, one of your colleagues, nadhim said colleagues, nadhim zahawi, said there at the very there has to be at the very least, criminal prosecutions, because least for because we know, at least for surpassed postmasters have taken their own lives. marriages have broken people have gone to broken up. people have gone to jail. they've their lives, jail. they've lost their lives, their reputations , and people their reputations, and people knew what was going they knew what was going on. they knew what was going on. they knew when prosecutions knew when these prosecutions were taking place that there was a lie in these a central lie in these prosecutions , which was that prosecutions, which was that only the postmasters could access that horizon it system. that was a lie. the post office knew it. fujitsu knew it. >> yeah, i believe you're right. i've said it in parliament many times before. we always seem to get to another crescendo with a new piece of legislation being passed. you know, the latest one was to be able to quash convictions, to hurry up and speed compensation up, and

speed the compensation up, and everyone goes, hurrah! we're moving i've said moving forward. i've said time and again the record, we and time again on the record, we will not get closure this will not get closure on this until individuals who knew what was face criminal was happening face criminal prosecutions. now, i don't know who individuals are, but i who those individuals are, but i have a pretty good bet that they would be not only at fujitsu, but also obviously within the post hierarchy as well. post office hierarchy as well. and is until we get to that and it is until we get to that position , andrew, that i think position, andrew, that i think we will only then start to see some closure. so what nadhim zahawi has calling for, and i nofice zahawi has calling for, and i notice that the post office minister, kevin hollinrake, is also said the same thing. i've been making that claim for quite a period of time as well, been making that claim for quite a period of time as well , that a period of time as well, that has to happen. we've had five people, five sub postmasters, who have now taken their lives, and until it will never , ever and until it will never, ever recompense people that have lost absolutely everything. of course, to everybody watching this has a particular personal meaning to me. i wasn't caught up with it . i meaning to me. i wasn't caught up with it. i must meaning to me. i wasn't caught up with it . i must stress, meaning to me. i wasn't caught up with it. i must stress, in 20 1415, when i was a subpostmaster

for most of the problems were then, eradicated in the horizon software. but to those friends and colleagues before me, we won't get closure until prosecutions and sentences actually are handed out because this is a miscarriage of justice of the wider scale within the, you know, british system. but that has particularly been, you know, portrayed from the boardroom. and i think that is the real problem with all this. >> and our key protagonists forced to turn up. duncan, are you compelled to attend, you'd have to ask a clever lawyer. i'm not. i'm just a former accountant and subpostmaster bev turner. but, i suspect it would be pretty poor form if these people who are being asked to turn up don't turn up. it's not a. i don't think they have to by law, but , the frustration, the law, but, the frustration, the frustration , though, because we

frustration, though, because we can see our inbox lighting up with the frustration for the taxpayer is. >> so this inquiry started in 2021. it will run until 2026. we need to have learnt whatever lessons now so that we're not making the same mistakes. what do you think of the fact that fujitsu are lined up to get the contracts to run the uk's digital id system, for instance, if they have been seen to be acted inappropriately here, potentially illegally , we need potentially illegally, we need to stop them getting any future contracts , don't we now? contracts, don't we now? >> yes. yes, absolutely . of >> yes. yes, absolutely. of course, there's total common sense that needs to be some actual punishment handed out. now on the one hand, again, something i've called for many times is that they should be made to contribute towards the compensation. and is an compensation. and that is an ongoing conversation which the from despatch box. the from the despatch box. the minister said times minister has said many times they will do but equally they will do that, but equally we to recognise that the we have to recognise that the position they're in with getting government contracts. now, let me just caveat that it is not easy on every street corner to

find a multinational corporation capable of delivering it services to the tune of what fujitsu can deliver. yes, of course there are other competing businesses that can do it microsoft, oracle and the like. but but it is not something that is ten a penny. so i have some degree of understanding. but please don't shoot me down when i say i recognise the problems of this. again, it is all about that nuance and balance, but there should be some kind of rectification that, you know, this of scale of problem this sort of scale of problem has occurred and somebody gets away it free. and away with it scot free. and that's why i, as i keep repeatedly saying, we have to get to the criminal proceedings, but won't be there yet. but we won't be there yet. >> yeah, we're on >> yeah, we're short on time, but to disagree. but i have to say i disagree. i think fujitsu should never be allowed have a government allowed to have a government contract again because got contract again because they got this system wrong, this it system so wrong, and it's clear they be it's quite clear they must be involved in way in the involved in some way in the dupuchy involved in some way in the duplicity deception which duplicity and deception which has led to this terrible position like alan position for people like alan bates. case, why position for people like alan bates. they case, why position for people like alan bates. they ever case, why position for people like alan bates. they ever be :ase, why position for people like alan bates. they ever be allowedy position for people like alan bates. they ever be allowed to would they ever be allowed to get a public contract again?

>> well, that may the case, >> well, that may be the case, but it you are dealing with individuals. probably the best part of 20 years ago now, andrew. and what's the shape of the thatis the organisation today? that is where going with and where we're going with this. and we'll find out how it goes. >> duncan, always lovely to see you.thank >> duncan, always lovely to see you. thank you so much. for you. thank you so much. mp for nonh you. thank you so much. mp for north norfolk former north norfolk and former sub—postmaster but sub—postmaster duncan baker. but that's point. he's saying that's the point. he's saying well was 20 years ago. people well it was 20 years ago. people have on. the point. have moved on. that's the point. people we people will move on again. we need get these things sorted, need to get these things sorted, done, well. done, dusted well. >> 2026 how many more subpostmasters will have died by 2026? subpostmasters will have died by 201well, how many of the >> well, quite. how many of the key protagonists died key protagonists will have died by mean, you have to by then? i mean, you have to sort these things now sort these things out now and have did see paul over now >> and we did see paul over now as the former executive as the former chief executive who is accused of knowing a lot about this, refusing to talk to the media. she left church. i noficed the media. she left church. i noticed the other she of noticed the other day she is, of course, former time course, a former part time vicar, the lord, miss vicar, pray to the lord, miss burnell's right. vicar, pray to the lord, miss burwe're right. bring you alan >> we're gonna bring you alan bates when he appears bates live when he appears at that inquiry morning. but that inquiry this morning. but still the government still to come, the government has the decision let has backed the decision to let russian athletes compete at paris i think paris in 2024. no, i think that's right decision.

that's the right decision. they're not the ones dropping the they're the ones the bombs. they're the ones who've the training. we'll who've done the training. we'll be discussing that be going to be discussing that in a minute. is in just a minute. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> it is 1019. >> it is 1019. >> you're with britain's newsroom and gb news andrew pearson. bev turner. we have in the panel the former adviser to bofis the panel the former adviser to boris johnson, lord kulveer, rangen boris johnson, lord kulveer, ranger, and our very favourite gb senior political gb news senior political commentator, nigel nelson. >> only senior >> is it the only senior political commentator? >> is it the only senior politicalyesnmentator? >> is it the only senior politicalyesmam. ator? >> yes, yes i am. >> oh, that's why you are favourite. >> very territorial. >> very territorial. >> yeah. if he wasn't, i wouldn't have said he was the favourite. >> we've got some junior ones as well but they're not quite of the nigel nelson. the standard of nigel nelson. right. are going mount right. labour are going to mount an raid on an inheritance tax raid on wealthy non—doms and this wealthy non—doms nigel. and this is solve everything. is going to solve everything. what they going to do and is what are they going to do and is it to work? it going to work? >> well, in a word, they're

going to the loopholes going to close the loopholes that sunak when that rishi sunak left when he decided labour's policy decided to nick labour's policy to non—doms . so the kind of to tax non—doms. so the kind of things that happen is that it means that under a labour government, have access government, you'll have access to inheritance tax purposes to for inheritance tax purposes of estates that are abroad if they're living and working in this country. but they have, say, trusts abroad or something like that , the idea is you'll be like that, the idea is you'll be able to get the inheritance tax on that . they'll also not get on that. they'll also not get a 50% discount for the first year they come here. so they will pay they come here. so they will pay the full amount of tax. >> i want to put two things to you. if this is such an easy way to raise some money, this non—dom stuff, why didn't labour in 13 years in power close, close down these non—doms? why didn't? they i think didn't? because they i think there suspicion if there was a suspicion that if you'd go the non—doms, you'd go after the non—doms, they'll take their money elsewhere. yeah. >> then there is. you never >> and then there is. you never knew that would work. i mean knew that tax would work. i mean , it works provided the , it only works provided the non—doms stay here. non—doms actually stay here. yeah the reason that it's come up now is that there was a study

by the, warwick university and the london school of economics and that suggested only 100 non—doms would actually leave the country as a result of this, everybody else would stay. now, we don't know. that's true. but i mean , but that was the i mean, but that was the estimate that was given. and on the basis of that, they're able then to put a figure on the amount the tax would raise. >> i've got to say, i love academic studies that tell you whether, know, business whether, you know, business people so successful people have been so successful will not, depending will stay or not, depending on taxation. we could taxation. and god, if we could only on those studies to only rely on those studies to tell will happen to the tell us what will happen to the economy as well, economists and everything, is everything, but really this is labour being squeezed because the conservatives and jeremy hunt where hunt put his position on where he nonetheless, he he would go. nonetheless, he knows a delicate thing. the knows it's a delicate thing. the conservatives knew how delicate it their principles and it was from their principles and values to go after wealth creators. let's be honest. yeah majority of these non—doms are creating and the money that creating jobs and the money that we need to generate the taxes to pay we need to generate the taxes to pay for the services that we

want. and even rachel reeves this morning was being pushed about what is the objective you're to achieve here? you're trying to achieve here? and it's growing the economy. you don't get that getting you don't get that by getting out wealth. you don't, you don't. it's dancing on a pin and drilling into this to fix a drilling down into this to fix a funding problem and funding problem that labour and the institute of fiscal studies, which is a respected, think tank , from clear. , says it's far from clear. >> going to raise anything >> it's going to raise anything like the 5 billion, she says. >> that's exactly why the >> and that's exactly why the previous labour government >> and that's exactly why the previoido_abour government >> and that's exactly why the previoido it. our government >> and that's exactly why the previoido it. it's government >> and that's exactly why the previoido it. it's exactly nent >> and that's exactly why the previoido it. it's exactly why didn't do it. it's exactly why this conservative government hasn't but this is the hasn't done it. but this is the opposition are currently squeezed into a position they don't want to say they're going to raise taxes because that will just be well, you know, we all know that's where you're going. the thing they've done the other thing they've done is say if there's magic money say if there's a magic money tree, the magic tree, there's the magic efficiencies isn't there tree, there's the magic effici

that many taxes. >> that's the investment it would cost that. but what you're talking about is that you have these 5000 investigators. and these 5000 investigators. and the idea is, according to the national audit office , if you national audit office, if you actually close down tax actually you close down the tax loopholes , you went after the loopholes, you went after the dodgers, you could raise this extra 5 billion could, i'm afraid it's another could. yeah. i mean, where the non—doms weren't absolutely certain. how many times have we had crackdowns on on tax cheats? >> how many times have you written the story? well, exactly. >> yes. i mean, you've got it on a safe. >> get on your computer. >> get on your computer. >> yeah. just just change a few words around treasury ministers. >> crack down on offshore. >> crack down on offshore. >> the point here is that what our labour trying to do, if they're trying to define what kind political what kind of political party, what kind of political party, what kind they're kind of economic model they're going this is not the going to use, this is not the way to do it. this is sort of saying, well, we're trying to fiddle about with non—doms. we're to fiddle about we're trying to fiddle about with efficiencies. tell us exactly think they exactly how you why i think they did in the first place. did this in the first place. >> think was petty and

>> i think it was petty and spiteful. it was because rishi sunaks wife was revealed to be a non—dom. >> oh, was he changed that status? >> i don't think unfair at >> i don't think it's unfair at all. it was always being all. and it was always being raised . and then they announce raised. and then they announce a tax to get the non—doms and tax or to get the non—doms and they can keep going on about the prime minister's because prime minister's wife, because you're going on you're going to keep going on about rich he is. about how rich he is. >> that was >> i mean, the bit that was really was when jeremy really nasty was when jeremy hunt the and used hunt nicked the money and used it for national insurance cuts, when he should have used it to actually when he should have used it to actuallwhen national insurance >> so when national insurance cuts people, well, cuts do help people, well, i mean, actually would like mean, people actually would like to nhs waiting list cut to see nhs waiting list cut rather more than they would. >> would , national insurance, >> would, national insurance, the labour plan, is this the labour plan, which is this will now fund. >> well labour aren't going to reverse those cuts in national insurance. >> no. they're not. no. that's right. so this money if it all works out this would fund 2 million more nhs ops a year that's paid for by nurses and doctors being paid over £1 billion to work over time. you'll get breakfast clubs and every primary school, and you'll get 700,000 more urgent dental appointments. >> but i think the non—doms

clear off and the non—doms clear on, and you don't find those efficiencies and you find you spend more money on them, have got clever lawyers and the taxing they do. >> so you're going to bring it. >> so you're going to bring it. >> exactly. also, nigel, >> exactly. but also, nigel, your point about nhs more money for the nhs, wes streeting for the nhs, even wes streeting has out yesterday and it's has come out yesterday and it's very this very much highlighting that this is situation, an is not a money situation, an it's how you the nhs, it's about how you run the nhs, it's about how you run the nhs, it's about how you run the nhs, it's about how you get better services, how you get the private sector involved. >> absolutely. private sector involved. >> absc so :ely. private sector involved. >> absc so this, this question private sector involved. >> abscso this, this question of >> and so this, this question of yes, want to see waiting yes, we all want to see waiting lists come but there needs yes, we all want to see waiting lists (a�*ne but there needs yes, we all want to see waiting lists (a root but there needs yes, we all want to see waiting lists (a root and but there needs yes, we all want to see waiting lists (a root and branch ere needs yes, we all want to see waiting lists (a root and branch changeis to be a root and branch change in how nhs is administrated. in how the nhs is administrated. so that money i mean wes so that money on the i mean wes streeting is was the appropriate thing. >> t- t— @ not sort of money to >> this is not sort of money to be just thrown at the nhs. the idea this is idea of this money is specifically targeted and you'll get nurses working get doctors and nurses working evenings weekends is cut evenings and weekends is to cut the waiting the the waiting list because the estimated you'll estimated line is you'll get 2 million ops a year. wes million extra ops a year. wes streeting has got a lot of other things. >> i mean, are you going to get gps to work weekends to i don't know, i don't it was not aimed at gps. >> it's aimed at getting the

laboun >> it was labour's contract that allowed them to stop working weekends. >> think that when go >> well, i think that when we go back tony blair that tony back to tony blair that tony blair too much money at blair threw too much money at gp's and messed it around and never on what never quite got a handle on what gps doing, i think that gps were doing, i think that we've this government we've got this government already like already doing things like pharmacy which getting pharmacy first, which is getting additional for additional appointments for people, pressure off people, taking the pressure off gp possible. gp practices where possible. >> tens of >> yeah, adding tens of thousands of appointments, a month people. so think month to people. so i think there things happening right there are things happening right now deal with that now that will deal with that without money the additional money at the situation, not situation, which i think is not the answer. >> no, but what you're not doing is sufficiently bringing down the list. i that the waiting list. i mean, that this have significant this would have a significant impact waiting lists. if you impact on waiting lists. if you could it. and the other bit could do it. and the other bit that streeting was talking that wes streeting was talking about is using spare about yesterday is using spare capacity sector. capacity in the private sector. not very labour thing to do? not a very labour thing to do? no, controversial, no, very controversial, but spare in private spare capacity in the private sector carry ops. the sector to carry out nhs ops. the government do a bit of this, but not enough of it. he wants to expand that. right, right. >> let's move on gentlemen. william has stood down. william wragg has stood down. this course, is the guy at this of course, is the guy at the of this sixteen

the centre of this sixteen scandal in that appalling person . he was on a gay dating app, sent photograph to somebody that was then a stranger going to be blackmailed by them. he'd never met this person. and in order to not be blackmailed, he handed over people's phone over other people's phone numbers, mps, numbers, other mps, phone numbers. stepped down numbers. he's now stepped down covid committee covid from the 1922 committee role, he's believed to have role, and he's believed to have resigned the public resigned as chair of the public administration and constitutional affairs select committee. he should just walk away politics completely , away from politics completely, shouldn't away from politics completely, shoi'm1't away from politics completely, shoi'm sure he's in a difficult >> i'm sure he's in a difficult place the moment. personally place at the moment. personally when you go through these things, it's not pleasant. he has some has obviously made some fundamental errors and he'll need and he'll need support need time and he'll need support and he'll need to be spoken to given some good advice, because it's very hard to make that decision yourself when you're there. >> if you were one of the mps, though, who if you were a lord who and he'd given your number over to these people, would you be feeling quite so forgiving? >> just mps either. >> it wasn't just mps either. it was political. young was political. it was young researchers not being paid very much money being dragged into this . this. >> yeah,

ema this. >> yeah, a huge failure on >> yeah, it's a huge failure on his behalf , >> yeah, it's a huge failure on his behalf, and it you know those we've all lived in the westminster bubble. the pressure there is excruciating. >> does it make you sense? >> does it make you sense? >> it does make you do silly naked pictures to people. >> well, giving away the numbers of other people, i think it was more the sort of, you know, the confidentiality vie the trust that you have in your community. >> and i think he's breached that trust. so, yes, he has ipso really stupid. yes people, when they make mistakes, people are being very stupid. >> yeah, really poor judgement nigel. >> i'm told i'm told nigel the reason that he's not been suspended by the party is because of his mental health. he suffered from depression in 2022. i'm sorry. there's. if they. 2022. i'm sorry. there's. if they . they should suspend him they. they should suspend him because he is implicated. at least 20 people now in this blackmail blackmailers web . some blackmail blackmailers web. some fell for it, some resisted it. it was shocking . it was shocking. >> yeah. i mean, you're absolutely right. reckless. there is quite a bit of sympathy

for him at westminster. and one of the reasons for me, well, maybe not from you, but certainly from his fellow mps. and that's the reason he hasn't been suspended and the whip taken away. i think it's absolutely right that he steps down from the 22 committee and from his select committee . i from his select committee. i think that that would be be incompatible to carry on with that. but i mean, the sympathy is he was conned . he made a huge is he was conned. he made a huge mistake. it doesn't excuse the stupidity . vie. and he must feel stupidity. vie. and he must feel absolutely wretched at the moment , i'm absolutely wretched at the moment, i'm sure. >> and he'd spoken to gb news about six months to a year ago, actually, about the fact that he struggles with his mental health and we can have compassion for him. i think can. you can do him. i think we can. you can do both. think you can have both. i think you can have compassion for on the fact compassion for him. on the fact that struggles with life in that he struggles with life in general, poor general, but this poor judgement, covid being judgement, covid of being blackmailable corruptible in blackmailable and corruptible in that way, i think is really concerning in somebody in that position, it's not position, you know, it's not just about him, it's just concerning about him, it's concerning all concerning for all parliamentarians, we parliamentarians, because we have parliamentarians have a lot of parliamentarians of vastly different, experienced

backgrounds, which that's the point of parliament and people are vulnerable. >> and i think we have to look at what support mechanisms we have and because effectively, you know, as a new rafe come in, you're kind of left to your own devices and you're and it's amazing the amount of vulnerability people do vulnerability that people do have in parliament. so i think this a wake up call about this is a wake up call about how, in fairness to him as well, although i don't feel very fair to he first to him, he when he first arrived, greater manchester. >> he was 27, lonely, out of his depth, struggling with his mental health and in fact, when he and when he used to get back at the weekends, he stayed with his parents because he was clearly, clearly struggling with the whole responsibility of it. clearly, clearly struggling with the butyle responsibility of it. clearly, clearly struggling with the but where'synsibility of it. clearly, clearly struggling with the but where's the yility of it. clearly, clearly struggling with the but where's the primef it. >> but where's the prime minister in this? think for minister in this? i think for the of the other mps who he the sake of the other mps who he has and the other has exposed and the other political he doesn't political workers he doesn't want, by—election be want, a by—election should be stepping involved stepping come getting involved in to go, even in saying you need to go, even if it is with compassion for your mental health. you're not in state to be in this in a state to be in this position. not doing that? >> well, he is going bear in

mind he's going the next mind he's going at the next election. he's already announced that quitting, but that he that he's quitting, but if he forced him now, if he forced him out now, there'd be by—election there'd be a by—election >> and don't think the >> and i don't think the government wants another by—election. >> know what it's like at >> you know what it's like at the moment by—election after by in fact, people are getting tired because we know tired of this because we know there's general election there's a general election coming. know there there's a general election com a g. know there there's a general election com a general know there there's a general election com a general election|ow there there's a general election com a general election coming,e was a general election coming, i think might been think that might have been a different handling this. different way of handling this. >> should us, >> but he should have made us, i think, the prime minister should have a statement have made a statement on this story. he should have story. i do think he should have made i think he i he has made a i think he i think he has said but i can't remember. >> he said he said a few words yesterday. yeah, yeah. i mean, >> he said he said a few words yestproblemeah, yeah. i mean, >> he said he said a few words yestproblem at, yeah. i mean, >> he said he said a few words yestproblem at the ah. i mean, >> he said he said a few words yestproblem at the moment|n, >> he said he said a few words yestproblem at the moment is we the problem at the moment is we still know have still don't know or have any real who's it. real suspicion who's behind it. >> actually >> no, it's actually was it a foreign player? russia or foreign player? was it russia or china or was it somebody who was trying to some money? china or was it somebody who was tryi and) some money? china or was it somebody who was tryi and there's some money? china or was it somebody who was tryi and there's rumoursyney? china or was it somebody who was tryi and there's rumours that�* >> and there's rumours that it was conference was targeting the conference season last year, which is another interesting way that people the conferences another interesting way that pecthose the conferences another interesting way that pecthose of the conferences another interesting way that pecthose of us the conferences another interesting way that pecthose of us who've nferences another interesting way that pecthose of us who've nfererfory for those of us who've been for many conferences are great events, highly social, very political, lots going on, lots of 10,000 of people mingling, 10,000 people the kind of people if that's the kind of thing being targeted. thing that's being targeted. now you have you know, we always have security conferences, but security at conferences, but this activity hadn't this kind of activity i hadn't considered

this kind of activity i hadn't conokay,d this kind of activity i hadn't conokay, gentlemen, afraid >> okay, gentlemen, i'm afraid we've we could we've run out of time. we could have here another have been here for another half an you'll back have been here for another half an covid. you'll back have been here for another half an covid. nigel, back have been here for another half an covid. nigel, thankk have been here for another half an covid. nigel, thank you later. covid. nigel, thank you so the news so much. time for the news headunes so much. time for the news headlines with wenzler. headlines with sophia wenzler. >> bear. thank you. it's 1032. >> bear. thank you. it's1032. here are your headlines. police say they have arrested a suspect in a murder investigation after a mother was stabbed to death while pushing her baby in a pram. 27 year old consumer actor died after being stabbed on westgate in bradford. police then launched a manhunt to search for a suspect, a 25 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of murder. meanwhile, murder squad detectives are investigating after a woman was found stabbed to death in central london. the victim was discovered dead , having suffered discovered dead, having suffered multiple stab wounds in her home near hyde park . the metropolitan near hyde park. the metropolitan police say they have been working 24 over seven to identify and arrest whoever may be responsible for the attack . be responsible for the attack. labouris be responsible for the attack. labour is set to announce a new

crackdown on tax avoiders today in a bid to help fund the nhs. shadow chancellor rachel reeves will pledge to raise over £5 billion per year, which labour would use to tackle nhs waiting lists and fund free school breakfast clubs. the party has said it will also raise £2.6 billion over the next parliament by closing loopholes in the government's plans to abolish exemptions for non—doms . the exemptions for non—doms. the post office horizon public inquiry has resumed today, almost four years after it began, with campaigner alan bates making his first appearance. the inquiry has been probing the circumstances that led the post office to wrongly prosecute more than 900 subpostmasters, caused by errors in the horizon software system. mr bates is giving his version of events ahead of appearances by senior executives from the post office and fujitsu, which built the computer software at the heart of the scandal . and the heart of the scandal. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts . by scanning

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he's about to give evidence for the first time and this flipping inquiry started four years ago. >> in the letter, >> the nfsp in the letter, should that say from colin baken >> yes, it's dated the 13th of january. so cross out the words january. so cross out the words january 2nd hundred and put in the words baker. the word baker. yes, yes, please. and page 32. paragraph 102. it says in my letter to mr o'neill , dated the 9th of o'neill, dated the 9th of september, 2009. i think that should be 2004. >> the original letter ? yes, it >> the original letter? yes, it would be. yes. yes >> so can that be corrected to 2004? thank you. if you can turn to page 59, please, in the hard copy. do we see your signature

there ? there? >> yes you do. >> yes you do. >> and with those two typos corrected, are the contents of the statement. true to the best of knowledge and belief? of your knowledge and belief? they are. thank you very much, mr bates. i'm going to ask mr bates. i'm not going to ask you about every aspect you questions about every aspect of witness statement, you questions about every aspect of \it'sess statement, you questions about every aspect of \it's long:atement, you questions about every aspect of \it's long and 1ent, you questions about every aspect of \it's long and detailed , because it's long and detailed, and a copy of it will be uploaded to the inquiry's website today , so the public can website today, so the public can read it. can i start the statement can come down, please? can i start with a little bit about your background? you tell us in your witness statement. it's paragraph five. no need to turn it up . that before you turn it up. that before you became a subpostmaster, you worked for 12 years in the heritage and leisure project management sector, is that right? >> that's correct . >> that's correct. >> that's correct. >> and is it right that in the course of that work you developed experience in electronic point of sale pos systems? yes i do. you developed experienced in the development

of site specific business software and the provision of staff it training. >> that's correct . >> that's correct. >> that's correct. >> to what extent, if any, did that background assist you when you became a subpostmaster and were later required to work with the horizon it system? >> i think when horizon came in, i think i was quite positive about it because i knew what technology and these sorts of systems could do. so i was quite positive, but i found it a bit frustrating once the system was installed and we were operating , installed and we were operating, i found there were many shortcomings in the system, and knowing what these systems could do, it just seemed a bit of a lost opportunity. >> you were a subpostmaster for, i think , between the 31st of i think, between the 31st of march 1998 and the 5th of november 2003, yes, by my

reckoning . so a period of five reckoning. so a period of five and a half years or so. >> that's correct . >> that's correct. >> that's correct. >> and by comparison, if you don't mind me saying to other subpostmasters, that's a relatively short period, isn't it? >> it is . and sorry, in— >> it is . and sorry, it is, it? >> it is . and sorry, it is, but >> it is. and sorry, it is, but it's due to post office, not to myself. >> quite . and also, i suppose >> quite. and also, i suppose ironically , you spent more than ironically, you spent more than four times that period campaigning. >> oh yes. yeah >> oh yes. yeah >> and why has that been necessary , because . necessary, because. >> well, initially it was because post office terminated my contract, given me three months notice and not giving me a reason for doing so. purely because in my belief is that it is. i kept raising problems and concerns over its horizon system due to a number of faults i'd found over the years. >> you tell us in your statement

that you spent, that period of time seeking justice, accountability and redress for not just yourself and your wife, but also on behalf of a much wider group of people. is that right? yes i did, where, once i'd started my individual little campaign in there, we found others along the way, and eventually we all joined up and so the fsa was born and onwards meant the campaign . meant the campaign. >> you say in your witness statement that you have dedicated this part of my life to this cause , is that how it to this cause, is that how it has seemed or felt? well, firstly, that it's required dedication, but secondly, it's a cause. >> yeah, i think it's also stubbornness as well. but it's,

i mean, as you got to meet people and realise it wasn't just yourself and you saw the harm and injustice that had been, descended upon them. it was something that you felt you had to deal with. so, it's something you felt you had to deal with. it's something you couldn't put down and had couldn't put down and you had the support of the rest of the group in there as well. so that's right. >> do you take a moment to clear the frog in your throat? >> you have. and i. hopefully not a welsh one. there we go . sorry. >> talking of which, you ran a post office in north wales , i post office in north wales, i did. what was the name of the post office and in which town was it? >> craig adams post office in llandudno. >> just say that again . >> just say that again. >> just say that again. >> craig adams post office in london. no what kind of post office? >> teasing him about i see.

>> teasing him about i see. >> okay. >> okay. >> what kind of post office was it ? it? >> it was. well it was a three position counter in there. it was when we first bought the property, it was very much at the back of the property in there, and it was a bit run down, and it also had another side and, a retail side to the business, which was a whole variety of things crafts, knitting , haberdashery, a whole knitting, haberdashery, a whole range of things. so for the first year or two, we just ran the business as it was and slowly developed it from there, putting on a big extent in updating the, updating a lot of the stock. but more importantly , the stock. but more importantly, we actually saw it as a big potential to grow the post office business. and we brought it right to the front of the building. and with a large queuing area for, for people.

unfortunately it seems what post offices need and, so we invested quite heavily in developing the post office and that was at the time horizon came in. >> thank you. and i think you and your wife, suzanne , were 44 and your wife, suzanne, were 44 years old. >> so that was alan bates just at the start of his evidence, you might think he might have been there a little sooner, but after his fame, he's been after his tv fame, he's been talked to by jason beer, who is one of the lawyers for the pubuc one of the lawyers for the public inquiry. rather ponderous lawyer. i would have said, if you didn't mind me saying so ponderous. >> funny how they can be ponderous when they're being paid isn't it? that paid by the hour, isn't it? that was blood was boiling. was what my blood was boiling. i was what my blood was boiling. i was comments was what my blood was boiling. i was as comments was what my blood was boiling. i was as watching comments was what my blood was boiling. i was as watching thatments was what my blood was boiling. i was as watching that ,|ents was what my blood was boiling. i was as watching that , here well as watching that, here andrew got in touch to say there's no such thing climate there's no such thing as climate change. it's just about the seasons this in seasons are changing. this is in relation debate earlier , relation to our debate earlier, as north and as polarity is moving north and south getting south poles, we're getting wetter . and, what? wetter or hotter. and, what? >> we didn't get a chance to talk to donna about was that report, which came out a couple of ago, showing that of weeks ago, showing that our climate our carbon climate emissions, our carbon emissions, remember , are

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gb news. welcome back. so, just to recap on the breaking news at the start of today's show, west yorkshire police have confirmed that a 25 year old man from oldham been arrested oldham has been arrested in aylesbury suspicion of the aylesbury on suspicion of the murder year kulsum murder of 27 year old kulsum akhtar bradford on saturday. akhtar in bradford on saturday. >> now, 11 protesters have been arrested after a pro—palestinian demonstration at the labour

party hq in london. >> that's right, the group, known as youth demand , covered known as youth demand, covered the inside and the outside of the inside and the outside of the building in red paint. they claim that they are the party that are complicit. labour is in what they've described as the murder of palestinians in the gaza conflict. >> so loony lefties, or do they have a point and what might they do next? >> who better to tell us? and charlie peters, our reporter who broke story youth broke the story of how youth demand last week, demand came about last week, this a price this is labour paying a price here on war in here for its stance on war in gaza, refusing to back an unconditional ceasefire . unconditional ceasefire. >> and you've just heard the youth demand position on that stance . but they're more than stance. but they're more than just a pro—palestinian group. they're environmental they're also an environmental outfit. they take on what they describe as two concurrent genocides. they say they're campaigning against activism in the rosebank park in scotland, to the west bank, in palestine being the oil field. that's right. so they're campaigning against tory oil licences using their languages, and they're also campaigning against a two

way arms embargo on sales to israel. but i can reveal that in the next hour , i anticipate that the next hour, i anticipate that the next hour, i anticipate that the next hour, i anticipate that the next action from youth demand will occur. so they struck yesterday at labour party hq. they won't say where they're going to do something today, but they have told me in the last ten minutes that they're actionists they describe. actionists as they describe. their activists will be conducting another protest on the streets of london in the next hour. i got a hunch , i next hour. i got a hunch, i think central i think it think central london. i think it could we saw labour being hit could be we saw labour being hit yesterday. it could be. it could be the tory party today. they are very specific. when they mentioned the tory oil licences in their campaigning. it in their campaigning. so it could be the same again. and i have to stress that every time i speak to activists from youth demand, that demand, the group that we revealed they always revealed last week, they always stress how they as though stress how they feel as though democracy failed and they democracy has failed and they don't think that they can vote their way of what they their way out of what they describe these concurrent and describe as these concurrent and ongoing that ongoing crises. so they say that the way to deal with it is the only way to deal with it is that kind of behaviour.

>> saying people were listening on the they actually on the radio, they actually were inside hq inside the labour party hq two with spray guns with great red spray guns like a fire extinguisher, they're fire extinguisher, and they're causing it's going causing huge damage. it's going to be an expensive bill to be quite an expensive bill for labour. >> just be so ashamed. >> it will just be so ashamed. if was young 20 year old if that was my young 20 year old or are . what an or whatever they are. what an utter disgrace. look at that. it's just pure criminal damage . it's just pure criminal damage. did anybody arrested for did anybody get arrested for this, yesterday? this, charlie yesterday? >> 11 arrests yesterday and i and as far as and but i've as far as i understand the group made up understand the group is made up of the numbers of of low hundreds. the numbers of activists . so there could a activists. so there could be a fresh round, fresh cell sent fresh round, a fresh cell sent out today for that next demonstration . demonstration. >> ian, honestly, let's talk to lord walney now . former labour lord walney now. former labour mp, government's adviser on political violence and disruption and friend of the show. good to see you again. lord walney , what's your what's lord walney, what's your what's your response? very your response? i had a very emotional response watching those activists destroy my the inside of that building, the damage that they cause. what's your response? >> yeah, the level of criminal destruction is , is depressing.

destruction is, is depressing. and i think , i think we have to and i think, i think we have to be careful while, as broadcasters, as politicians , as broadcasters, as politicians, as commentators, not to end up amplify saying what is on on one level, pretty basic criminal damage. and i think there is a risk actually, that we can talk about this in excited tones and all. they're going to strike next. and and, and end up, having , gb next. and and, and end up, having, gb news and other channel channels as essentially a, a microphone, a loudhailer for this, pretty unedifying far left group. so i think that's one thing to be mindful of. it's interesting that this, my understanding and, your , your, understanding and, your, your, your correspondent has done some good, good work on this, has been, has shown the, the move of what is essentially an environmental group into,

campaigning for for, palestine. and that shows firstly, the, the level of, of interchange on on the far left, i think between, environmental the militant environmental the militant environmental campaigning and, and, and the gaza protest and also i think it shows a level of cynicism from these environmental campaigners who have been, i think, frustrated that their their actions in blocking roads have not been getting the publicity that they hoped that it would because of the dominance of the gaza protests in recent months, that they have essentially moved on to turf try to get to that turf to try to get a look in through combining the piggyback that attention. >> but, lord, what do you think ? >> but, lord, what do you think? can they go too far? is that what they've done today ? is it what they've done today? is it what they've done today? is it what did you just say? was it too much? >> too extreme? well, absolutely. >> absolutely. i think we need absolutely. >>be)solutely. i think we need absolutely. >>be reallyely. i think we need absolutely. >> be really firm think we need absolutely. >>be really firm as,|k we need absolutely. >>be really firm as, asne need to be really firm as, as a country , at all levels, at the

country, at all levels, at the political level, in the way that , the public discusses that, that whatever the that your strength of feeling about a cause stepping into criminality and vandalism is not acceptable and vandalism is not acceptable and that we need more of a focus on how to change the law through the ballot box and be proud of the ballot box and be proud of the parliamentary democracy that they have and not buy into this fake far left narrative which says, oh well, all democracy is irredeemably corrupted. and therefore we've got to take matters into our own hands. yeah, that's not acceptable. >> i just want to your point >> i just want to put your point to charlie peters here. are you amplifying and amplifying this and sensationalising it and giving them publicity frankly, them publicity that, frankly, could be have a negative impact for all of us? sure >> well, when we revealed this new alliance, this group last week between palestine action and this just stop oil spin off, it appear that police it didn't appear that the police or ministers were aware of this group. i'd push back on the

group. so i'd push back on the on a view that perhaps were amplifying it more that actually we're group where we're revealing this group where many critics are saying that insufficient action has been taken to counter these groups and actually to get proactive and actually to get proactive and pre—emptive with policing to infiltrate these groups which have sprung up out of the ground very suddenly. i mean, this, this, this organisation didn't really exist until middle of really exist until the middle of last it was only by last month, and it was only by virtue investigating left virtue of investigating left wing spaces that we wing online spaces that we were helping that. helping them with that. well, the is very interesting. helping them with that. well, the do is very interesting. helping them with that. well, the do knowis very interesting. helping them with that. well, the do know thatry interesting. helping them with that. well, the do know thatry inteof sting. helping them with that. well, the do know thatry inteof these we do know that a lot of these activists, certainly ones activists, certainly the ones that the street, are that i've met on the street, are young there's no young students. so there's no doubt they're revealing student finance to, subsidise their finance to to, subsidise their activities in the middle of the week, to kind of be funding their university education. >> well, precisely. their university education. >> but l, precisely. their university education. >> but a precisely. their university education. >> but a lot:isely. their university education. >> but a lot oley. that i've >> but a lot of them that i've spoken kind delayed spoken to have kind of delayed studies out and studies in order to come out and take these protests. one take part in these protests. one of people who was of of the people who was outside of laboun of the people who was outside of labour, labour party hq yesterday was an oxford university student. i spoke to another who was studying another one who was studying critical theory at leeds. so these supposed these were supposed to be clever. middle class, clever. they're middle class, they're critics they're well off. many critics are they're extremely are say they're extremely

entitled. that entitled. others are saying that they anti—democratic they are anti —democratic vandals. they are anti—democratic vandals. but one thing is for sure is they are not getting the level police oversight that level of police oversight that many expect they should. many critics expect they should. >> well, they're trying to put meaning in their otherwise meaningless , it seems, meaningless lives, it seems, doesn't and causing doesn't it, and causing disruption the way disruption in the way lord walney , thank you so much for walney, thank you so much for joining afraid we're joining us. i'm afraid we're short morning and short of time this morning and charlie peters well. thank charlie peters as well. thank you much. it dilemma for you so much. it is a dilemma for us as broadcasters, isn't it, how much publicity we have to that. >> but they're if they're a campaigning a campaigning group, we've got a job about them. job to tell people about them. >> to do. that's our job. >> and where are the police? get their arrest their. arrest them. >> them. >> bang them. >> bang them. >> arrest them, >> well, they've arrest them, but late, right? but a bit late, right? >> we've got to go to the weather. go anywhere. weather. don't go anywhere. see? in minute. in a minute. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. well, it's feeling much cooler out there today than yesterday . there are rain and yesterday. there are rain and wind warnings in force, but it will somewhat drier this

will turn somewhat drier this evening. this area evening. that's as this area of low which bring low pressure, which will bring some persistent rain to some through the day, through the rest of the day, gets replaced by this ridge of higher pressure this higher pressure through this evening . but evening and overnight. but before then, some very persistent rain to come for many areas northern england, much areas of northern england, much of as there of scotland as well. there is a rain warning in force for southern scotland, so rain warning in force for south could scotland, so rain warning in force for south could some)tland, so rain warning in force for south could some disruption there could be some disruption from rainfall . the winds are from the rainfall. the winds are also going to be strong also going to be very strong everywhere uk , but in everywhere across the uk, but in particular the coast particular across the west coast of west england as of wales, north west england as well. so it's going to be feeling chilly feeling particularly chilly exposed but across exposed to that wind. but across parts northern ireland, wales parts of northern ireland, wales and it and into southern england, it should be drier with a chance of some through the some sunny spells through the rest the afternoon. overnight rest of the afternoon. overnight tonight pushes tonight the low pressure pushes away dry and clear away and it turns dry and clear for the bulk of the uk overnight, but that will allow temperatures to fall away, so it's going to a chillier it's going to be a chillier night of with a touch night than of late, with a touch of for parts of of frost expected for parts of scotland as well as northern england. however, from the west we'll start to see cloud thicken through wednesday morning, so northern see northern ireland will likely see a bit of wetter start. that a bit of a wetter start. that rain will spread south

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gb news. >> it's 11 am. on tuesday, the 9th of april. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> thank forjoining >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you for joining us. >> murder arrest. >> so, bradford murder arrest. police a 25 year police have arrested a 25 year old from oldham on suspicion old man from oldham on suspicion of aylesbury after of murder in aylesbury after a mother, kulsoom akhtar, was stabbed in bradford, anneliese. >> the real life mr bates versus

the post office. he's there alan bates giving evidence at the pubuc bates giving evidence at the public inquiry into the post office scandal for the first time, he says the post office ended his contract because of issues he raised with them over the dodgy 40 horizon system . the dodgy 40 horizon it system. >> and that picture was his statement, as opposed to him now tackling tax dodgers to fund the nhs. it's a radical plan . but nhs. it's a radical plan. but labour claimed they can fund the health service and education by clamping down on those who don't pay clamping down on those who don't pay tax. do you think it's that easy? >> yes. labour are planning to spend 500 million to get more compliance officers into hmrc. they reckon they can claw back some 5 billion a year by the end of parliament. it's the sort of thing that incoming governments tend to pledge. much easier said than done . than done. >> stop rushing kids to change gender a landmark new report will reveal children who believe they are transgender may

actually have mental health issues. so time we stop issues. so is it time we stop forcing kids to make these potentially life changing decisions? >> and it was the total solar eclipse. millions of people across mexico, america and canada got to see the rare event last night. we'll be talking to one of them. >> well, i looked out my window. what did i and it was hopeless. it was just. well, it was cloud. cloud. >> an absolute bank of cloud. >> an absolute bank of cloud. >> there were certain parts of the uk where you could see a bit of it, i think. but, i think we have to wait till 2090 to have a full eclipse, which we can see here. good luck. i'm not sure i'll be around. >> no, maybe. >> no, maybe. >> neither . >> me neither. >> me neither. >> gb news will be. >> gb news will be. >> yeah. and to be honest, my other half and i went for a walk. it was sunset. it was lovely. and lovely. beautiful sunset. and i still would be able to see the eclipse in a couple hours.

eclipse in a couple of hours. and then looked out the and then we looked out the window just cloudy window and it was just cloudy and, he said, and, you know, he said, he said, i'll watch on the telly, i'll just watch it on the telly, which is advice which frankly, is advice for life gb news. life right now. gb news. com forward your is forward slash. your say is the email morning. you want email this morning. if you want to what you think to let us know what you think first the latest first though, the very latest news sofia. news with sofia. >> thanks, bev. good morning. it's 11:02. i'm >> thanks, bev. good morning. it's11:02. i'm sophia wenzler and gb news room. police say they have arrested a suspect in a murder investigation after a mother was stabbed to death while pushing her baby in a pram. 27 year old kusuma akhtar died after being stabbed on westgate in bradford. police then launched a manhunt to search for a suspect. a 25 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of murder. old man has now been arrested on suspicion of murder . meanwhile, suspicion of murder. meanwhile, murder squad detectives are investigating after a woman was found stabbed to death in central london. the victim was discovered dead, having suffered multiple stab wounds in her home near hyde park. the metropolitan police say they are working 24 over seven to identify and

arrest whoever may be responsible for the attack . the responsible for the attack. the post office horizon public inquiry has resumed almost four years after it began, with campaigner alan bates making his first appearance. the inquiry has been probing the circumstances that led the post office to wrongly prosecute more than 900 subpostmasters, caused by errors in the horizon software system . mr bates is software system. mr bates is giving his version of events ahead of appearances by senior executives from the post office and fujitsu, which built the computer software at the heart of the scandal . of the scandal. >> and horizon came in. i think i was quite positive about it because i knew what technology and these sorts of systems could do, so i was quite positive, but i found it a bit frustrating once the system was installed and we were operating, i found there were many short comings in there were many short comings in the system and knowing what these systems could do, it just

seemed a bit of a lost opportunity . opportunity. >> labour are set to announce a new crackdown on tax avoidance in a bid to help fund the nhs shadow chancellor rachel reeves will pledge to raise over £5 billion per year, which labour would use to tackle nhs waiting lists and fund free school breakfast clubs . the party has breakfast clubs. the party has said it will also raise 2.6 billion over the next parliament by closing loopholes in the government's plans to abolish exemptions for non—doms . shadow exemptions for non—doms. shadow financial secretary james murray says it's wrong that some people are getting away without paying what they owe. >> setting out our plans >> we're setting out our plans today to crack down on that tax avoidance and to get that money into the public purse, because, you know, when people right across are paying across britain are paying more and think it's and more tax, we think it's wrong that a minority are getting away without paying what they owe. we've been setting out for of years for a number of years about ending tax status. the ending non—dom tax status. the government said they to government said they wanted to follow after years of follow our lead after years of saying they wouldn't, but they're loopholes saying they wouldn't, but th

saying they wouldn't, but th

hunt, to call him courageous for coming forward . scotland yard coming forward. scotland yard says it's continuing its investigation into the scam , investigation into the scam, after major security firms were raised by several members of parliament. the government says up to £11 million from water company fines will be reinvested into schemes into to improve waterways and wetlands. the water restoration fund, which is now opened for applications, will offer grants to local groups, charities, farmers and landowners to help them improve rivers, lakes and streams where illegal pollution has occurred. it's the latest move by the government to crack down on water company pollution in the face of growing public anger over the state of england's rivers coastal waters. and rivers and coastal waters. and campaigners are calling on the government to ban 25 pesticides, which contain so—called forever chemicals, after the potentially harmful toxins were found in more than half of food and drink samples. pfoa chemicals long lasting toxins which have been unked lasting toxins which have been linked to serious health issues ,

linked to serious health issues, were found in more than 3300 samples tested by the uk government in 2022. out of all the items tested , strawberries the items tested, strawberries were found to be the worst affected as 95% of those tested samples contained pfas. and for the latest stories , sign up to the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts now it's back to andrew and . it's back to andrew and. bev. >> to 1107 with britain's newsroom on dup news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so just to recap that breaking news from earlier this morning, yorkshire police morning, west yorkshire police have confirmed that year have confirmed that a 25 year old been arrested in old man has been arrested in aylesbury of the aylesbury on suspicion of the murder of 27 year old kulsoom akhtar bradford on saturday. akhtar in bradford on saturday. >> now in other news, labour is pledging a £5 billion crackdown on tax dodgers to fund the party's pledges for nhs and school breakfast clubs .

school breakfast clubs. >> meanwhile, pressure is continuing to mount on deputy leader angela rayner to come clean on her tax affairs relating to her second home. she has, of course, denied any wrongdoing . wrongdoing. >> well, joining us now is senior politics at the senior politics editor at the new eaton . new statesman. george eaton. george, morning you. george, morning to you. >> morning. >> morning. >> wonder if it was good >> i wonder if it was good politics to announce a major crack down on tax avoidance by rachel reeves , the shadow rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, when there are still ongoing questions as to whether the deputy labour leader may have taken part in some tax avoidance of her own . avoidance of her own. >> good. good question, i think labour will certainly regard the coincidence of timing as, as, unfortunate, but i, i doubt many voters are really across the details of the, the angela rayner story. >> and with this move, rachel reevesis >> and with this move, rachel reeves is filling the black hole that was left after jeremy reeves is filling the black hole that was left afterjeremy hunt that was left after jeremy hunt poached labour's plans to aboush poached labour's plans to abolish non—dom status to extend

the windfall tax on oil and gas companies . and we know that companies. and we know that cracking down on tax avoidance is popular with the public, and labour has to reassure them that it knows how it's going to fund its spending pledges. so i think they were still right to make this move, even if the, the angela rayner story, as you say, is, is an unfortunate distraction for them. >> and i wonder, george, if it is cutting through more perhaps than people think, because it's just been revealed that labour is cancelled. the delivery 21 is cancelled. the delivery of 21 facebook featuring angela facebook ads featuring angela raynen facebook ads featuring angela rayner, the deputy leader, because perhaps the focus groups or whatever, however they check these things are showing that actually it is cutting through because it's not about whether she owed £1500 or £3000 on a capital gains on the sale of that house. it's is she telling the truth ? the truth? >> yes. and it'll be interesting to see where this where this story goes when parliament returns from recess next week .

returns from recess next week. it is uncomfortable for labour. angela rayner is obviously the deputy leader and has been one of the party's most prominent media performers. keir starmer, david lammy have been asked about , the story in recent days. about, the story in recent days. so i think the, the it's a judgement call for labour at the moment . the, the line from keir moment. the, the line from keir starmer is that angela rayner said that the legal advice was that she did not owe , capital that she did not owe, capital gains tax. there's a judgement call for labour as to whether, they , they offer more, more, they, they offer more, more, more transparency on that. i think it really depends how, how effective the conservatives are at, at, at prolonging this story. >> are you uncomfortable with this, george , with the fact that this, george, with the fact that it doesn't appear that i mean, she is known for being direct, straight talking, blunt . that is straight talking, blunt. that is her appeal. and yet she's been hidden , almost hidden from view.

hidden, almost hidden from view. and it does seem if she if she'd come a bit more, been a bit more transparent beginning this probably could have away probably could have gone away six weeks ago. >> a complicated one >> it's a complicated one because, you know, the real question is, is what, what was the main residence for tax purposes, regardless of , her purposes, regardless of, her daily comings and goings between different, different properties? this is an incredibly sort of intricate and complex area of tax law , so it's really, as i tax law, so it's really, as i said, a judgement call for laboun do said, a judgement call for labour. do they offer greater transparency over it? by by, offering more detail or even publishing the legal advice in full or do they try and tough it out? it it helps to state the obvious that on any given day, there are innumerable problems for the for the government. you know, rishi sunak has never been more unpopular. we're obviously coming up to the local elections

where the conservatives are expected to suffer very bad results. so i think although the angela rayner story is a problem, it would be much more of a problem if labour didn't have a poll lead of about 20 points and the conservatives weren't that points and the conservatives were make that points and the conservatives were make easier that points and the conservatives were make easier for that points and the conservatives were make easier for them hat will make it easier for them to try the political try to turn the political focus elsewhere over few elsewhere, over the next few weeks, looking weeks, i'm looking at our message coming in here our gb message coming in here on our gb news website. >> george . and i think the >> george. and i think the laboun >> george. and i think the labour, the deputy leader, the angela rayner story . sorry, angela rayner story. sorry, i don't think he's going to move anyone's vote as it were. i don't think if you were a labour fan, the idea that angela rayner might have dodged £1,500 in tax a few years ago going to make a few years ago is going to make any as to where you any difference as to where you place vote, do you place your vote, but do you think announcement by think this announcement by rachel reeves about tax is the kind of big issue that might affect people's votes , affect people's votes, particularly, i suppose, if you are a wealthy person ? are a wealthy person? >> yes, i think i think a few

things on this. it's the economy is going to be a huge issue at the next election. so it's essential for labour to explain how it's going to pay for its spending plans. when people are feeling squeezed from the cost of also of living crisis and also worried the state of worried about the state of pubuc worried about the state of public services, i think they will idea that labour will like the idea that labour is raising more from, tax avoiders , as it will be, of avoiders, as it will be, of course, the move to close loopholes will be will be unpopular with some. but in general tax rises are popular with with the public, although they they do prefer if they're paid by the wealthy rather than them. so here's an issue i think is how much of this will affect small businesses. you know, how much are they going to have to jump much are they going to have to jump through more hoops now? that's that's a more thorny issue, perhaps because it's all it's easy talk about it's very easy to talk about cracking on on on tax cracking down on on on tax avoidance by large companies. but what about smaller businesses ? more complex businesses? more a more complex area. you and i have been >> george, you and i have been around the political block quite around the political block quite a times. had a pound a few times. if i had a pound for time written

for every time i've written crackdown on offshore tax havens, tax havens, crackdown on tax avoidance, crackdown on tax evasion and very rarely does the money come in that they expect. and i've seen the institute of fiscal studies are being very sceptical sorry . rachel sceptical about sorry. rachel reeves forecasts it will bring in £5 billion. do you share their scepticism ? their scepticism? >> look, it's you're exactly right that there are two things parties love to say. one is we'll raise more for tax avoidance. the other is favourite is efficiency savings in now think it's an ambitious in now i think it's an ambitious target. i don't think it's entirely because entirely implausible because the national , obviously national audit office, obviously independent, has said you could raise 6 billion by by closing the tax gap, but it's ambitious to raise 5 billion by the end of the parliament. you're going to have to recruit more. i think labouris have to recruit more. i think labour is talking about 5000 extra workers where they're going to have to be recruited. they're going to have to be trained. raising trained. it's complex raising and really common trained. it's complex raising anthese really common trained. it's complex raising anthese areas really common trained. it's complex raising anthese areas andeally common trained. it's complex raising anthese areas and the common trained. it's complex raising anthese areas and the hmrc|on figures. >> labour said the gap between

the amount of tax owed and what the amount of tax owed and what the government actually collects is 36 billion. that was 21 to 22, 36 billion sounds a lot of money, like a lot of money. it's actually what we paid to create the useless track and trace app. that was 36 billion, but it doesn't the grand scheme of doesn't in the grand scheme of things, that much things, it's not that much money. know sounds money. like, i know that sounds ridiculous , but 36 billion? how ridiculous, but 36 billion? how far would that go in the nhs? not far. not that far. >> well i think i think 36 billion would, would make quite a difference in the end. i mean this budget's about 200 billion. so i mean it's but they're not, they're not talking about about 36 billion. it's i think they say up 5 billion in say it's gone up by 5 billion in the relevant year. what the last relevant year. so what they're say they're trying to do is say they're trying to do is say they're to narrow the, they're trying to narrow the, the, the wider tax gap that that's the most. but it's still ambitious because, as we know, you know, there's an entire industry devoted to finding new, new loopholes and, and new ways to, to avoid tax . so it is a bit

to, to avoid tax. so it is a bit of a game of cat and mouse. yeah. and the question is, can labour really get enough people in place to raise 5 billion by the the parliament? as i the end of the parliament? as i said, i don't said, it's ambitious. i don't think it's necessarily implausible . implausible. >> she of course she of course george will be historic, an historic figure, because it's pretty labour pretty damn clear that labour will next election and will win the next election and comfortably, will be our comfortably, she will be our first chancellor of first ever woman chancellor of the exchequer, that make the exchequer, will that make any the way the any difference to the way the treasury is run, do you think, because often been as treasury is run, do you think, b

on in terms of how she'll shake up the, the treasury. well, there's going to be she's she's made growth the priority for the next labour government. so it'll be interesting if she tries to take a more radical approach in terms investment, in terms of terms of investment, in terms of saying, look, let's be less cautious if we really think that the investment will ultimately, generate growth and pay for itself in a sense, then let's not, let's abandon the, the what you might call the sort of treasury conservatism around around that. but i think the treasury be delighted to treasury would be delighted to have rachel reeves, because to form a bank england form a bank of england economist, she's much, on economist, she's very much, on the, on on the same page as them. they'll certainly be more comfortable with her than they were with, say, kwasi kwarteng, who, know, who sacked the who, you know, who sacked the head tom head of the treasury, tom scholar. think they i think scholar. i think they i think they'll with, with they'll be happy with, with rachel chancellor all right. thank you, george. great to >> thank you, george. great to see senior politics editor see you. senior politics editor at george at the new statesman, george eaton . now, andrew, eaton there. now, andrew, strongly agree on this one. the government disagree with. sorry

i can't even agree on what i'm saying. i have a mistake. very windy in the night last night. kept me up most of the night. right. me and andrew strongly disagree on this the disagree on this one. the government the government has backed the decision athletes decision to let russian athletes compete at paris in 2024. quite right too. those poor athletes aren't the ones dropping the bombs . we'll debate that next bombs. we'll debate that next with britain's newsroom on .

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>> her body disappeared. >> her body disappeared. >> she disappeared about two years ago. now we're joined by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson, and gb news presenter emily carver is here doing a bit of extra doing a little bit extra for you? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> why not? nice. >> yeah. >> consider’ nice. >> yeah. >> consider this nice. >> yeah. >> consider this research for this afternoon. >> it will me. this afternoon. >> lord it will me. this afternoon. >> lord rangerill me. this afternoon. >> lord ranger vanished1e. this afternoon. >> lord ranger vanished .3. >> lord ranger vanished. >> lord ranger vanished. >> he was with doing the papers earlier. >> it's a busy yeah, he's >> it's a busy lord. yeah, he's a busy lord right now. >> do we want to talk about council nigel, is council fat cats? nigel, what is this a headline this about? there's a headline on the front page of the telegraph here. that council staff now. morning earning more than £100,000 a year. yeah. >> a it's a survey that, >> there's a it's a survey that, that that thousands of them are earning only this kind of money, 188 of them are earning more than £165,000 a year. >> that's more than the pm, which is more than the than the prime minister gets , question prime minister gets, question really is whether you think whether you think the job of a chief executive at a council is a is a really big job or not, not as big a job as prime minister well, the thing is, but

our prime minister has a weird kind of low wage. yeah. if you compare that with i was looking up some other countries that macron over in france gets 174,000, biden . gets £315,000. 174,000, biden. gets £315,000. the prime minister beats spain, the spanish prime minister only gets £77,000. >> i think the prime minister of singapore gets something like 700. >> well, there you go. >> well, there you go. >> there. yeah. and the and the chinese, chinese leader who's got people look got billions of people to look after, £20,000, i think probably manage. >> i think it's probably a bit of extra for the chinese president. >> yeah. well, i think the problem is, is that yes, council tax is going up across the board nearly most councils. but nearly in most councils. but also how many stories have we read about council chief executives driving their councils into bankruptcy. yeah the inefficiency birmingham that we all have to deal with the tax rises, the incompetence, the potholes. but there is an argument that you accept market rates when it comes to the private sector . so is this the private sector. so is this the market rate? is this what council chiefs, if they are

doing a good job, deserve? >> there's the difference >> emily. there's the difference with the market with the market. the market though the though would kick out the useless, inefficient chief executive company , executive of a private company, whereas stuck with the whereas we get stuck with the useless executive. whereas we get stuck with the useabsolutely executive. whereas we get stuck with the useabsolutely .ecutive. whereas we get stuck with the useabsolutely . council. >> absolutely. council. >> absolutely. council. >> i have no problem with people working a good working hard and making a good salary. me give you an salary. but let me give you an example. remunerated example. the highest remunerated staff identified this staff member identified in this analysis, departing official from council, which from hampshire council, which was warned it may go bankrupt this year and has already announced cuts to museums , waste announced cuts to museums, waste tips and services. that's what makes people's blood boil . makes people's blood boil. >> i mean, i'm sure people get really angry about it. they do say, and especially if your council is not doing the job, it's meant to do, you're collecting rubbish. collecting the rubbish. >> which is how how >> yeah, well, which is how how most of us is our first point of call. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and i mean, i mean local authorities, the big things is the is planning the three p's, which is planning potholes that's the three p's, which is planning pothclocal that's the three p's, which is planning pothclocal residents that's the three p's, which is planning pothclocal residents care at's the three p's, which is planning pothclocal residents care about. what local residents care about. yes. and we want to make sure we've got all those things in order and bins and getting the bins getting the bins bins and getting the bins collected more than twice a week, twice, twice week. week, twice, twice a week. >> where do you live? i mean,

we're lucky if you have it once a fortnight . a fortnight. >> yeah, we our bins every, >> yeah, we get our bins every, every still we're very every week. still we're very lucky i think in our council. yeah. again i think that bev yeah. but again i think that bev made that point. it is the rate for the job and it's very difficult to see just to compare it to the prime minister, who is not paid the rate for the job. he's paid well under that, that these people are paid for the rate for the job, whether they're good enough at it is a different matter. >> i the problem is when >> i think the problem is when councils bankruptcy , councils go towards bankruptcy, they upon central they often call upon central government to bail them government to then to bail them out. and then we all have to suffer as a result of mismanagement. >> right? russia sending athletes, to the olympics this yeah athletes, to the olympics this year. nigel, it's so dishonest. >> this. >> this. >> well, they're not called russia. they called. what do they call them? >> what are they, athletes? >> what are they, athletes? >> actually neutral >> they're actually neutral athletes , but they operate athletes, but they operate under athletes, but they operate under a don't they? a different flag, don't they? >> federation . >> yeah. called the federation. >> yeah. called the federation. >> a neutral flag, so, >> there is a neutral flag, so, for instance, way that this

for instance, the way that this is going to work is they is going to work is that they have flag. they don't have a neutral flag. they don't represent their countries when they get a medal. the country doesn't get the medal. the athlete does. and if they stand on the podium , there is what on the podium, there is what they call a neutral national anthem with no words . so it's anthem with no words. so it's not the it's not the russian. >> it's very bland . but also >> it's very bland. but also they're investigated in the run up as well to check that they're not supportive of russia's invasion of the train. yeah i believe yeah. so they're checked on too. yes. on those grounds too. yes. >> how can you check that though. >> they've got links, >> well, if they've got links, media all that sort thing. >> yeah. does matter if >> yeah. does it matter if you've banned a country from international you've banned a country from intethatonal the athletes are >> that means the athletes are banned too. and the football teams cricket teams, teams and the cricket teams, you can't. hard measure, teams and the cricket teams, you can'you hard measure, teams and the cricket teams, you can'you have hard measure, teams and the cricket teams, you can'you have to hard measure, teams and the cricket teams, you can'you have to think measure, teams and the cricket teams, you can'you have to think about|re, teams and the cricket teams, you can'you have to think about how and you have to think about how powerful the sporting was powerful the sporting ban was over apartheid. and. >> absolutely. yeah. >> yeah, absolutely. yeah. i mean, the reason we've mean, the only reason we've changed last changed our stance last time round no, no, they round we said no, no, no, they mustn't compete . yeah. but of mustn't compete. yeah. but of course that we did change our stance wimbledon . so last stance over wimbledon. so last yean stance over wimbledon. so last

year, year that russian and year, last year that russian and belarusian athletes were allowed. tennis players were allowed. tennis players were allowed to actually appear there. so it's kind of as a compromise goes, it's not the athletes fault. no, i get that necessarily that ukraine's been invaded. and should they then be banned from , you know, i mean, banned from, you know, i mean, andrew, do you think they should be banned altogether? >> so no neutral flag, no jade green no . green flag? no, no. >> and you see, whatever, whatever it is, putin will take credit if they win medals, he will say it's a russian victory. it's a victory . the russian it's a victory. the russian state. doesn't matter if state. it doesn't matter if they've neutral, how they've got a neutral, but how much of a sanction is it really? >> mean, it's had absolutely >> i mean, it's had absolutely zero impact thus far. does it really is really make a difference or is it signalling from it about virtue signalling from countries want to show that it about virtue signalling from coun disapprove? nt to show that they disapprove? >> disapprove >> i usually disapprove of virtue signal, but some virtue signal, but on some things you things i think you have, you like a of signalling like a bit of virtue signalling on >> yeah. >> yeah. >> enough. and bottom >> fair enough. and the bottom line probably line is they've probably got better facilities better sports facilities in russia here anyway. better sports facilities in russmost here anyway. better sports facilities in russmost of here anyway. better sports facilities in russmost of the here anyway. better sports facilities in russmost of the european anyway. the most of the european countries right. shall the most of the european coutalk�*s right. shall the most of the european coutalk about, right. shall the most of the european coutalk about, davidht. shall the most of the european coutalk about, david cameron? we talk about, david cameron? what's he been up to? emily? >> well, he's meeting donald

trump now. he's the first british government minister to meet donald trump at a meet donald trump at such a summit the president left summit since the president left office to be a fly on the wall because they despise each other. yes. so he's apparently going to be much telling donald be very much telling donald trump that the republicans need to blocking aid to ukraine, to stop blocking aid to ukraine, more money to nato. well, he's going to be recommitting our stance with regards to nato, and it'll be interesting to hear if we do get to hear what said about the middle east. yeah. what is trump's position with regards to what's going on in gaza? >> and i wrote about this a long time ago. nigel when he was prime minister, he made it absolutely clear to his ministers, don't you ministers, you don't you don't have any relationship trump have any relationship with trump because backing hillary because he was backing hillary clinton she was clinton when even though she was the that's right. yeah. mean, >> that's right. yeah. i mean, i think in a situation like this, it's right. he should it's quite right. he should go across him he's across and meet him because he's likely the next president likely to be the next president of states . and i was likely to be the next president of the states . and i was likely to be the next president of the house states . and i was likely to be the next president of the house of ates . and i was likely to be the next president of the house of commons i was likely to be the next president of the house of commons when in the house of commons when obama across and met obama came across and met cameron, when he was the leader of opposition . yeah. having of the opposition. yeah. having having met gordon brown, having already met gordon brown,

gordon very upset gordon brown was very upset about it. that's right. he'd gone to see cameron. is gone to see cameron. but it is right. actually that. and right. you actually do that. and of has met the of course, cameron has met the secretary state, antony secretary of state, antony blinken. they're talking secretary of state, antony blinkeisrael they're talking secretary of state, antony blinkeisrael and ey're talking secretary of state, antony blinkeisrael and gaza talking secretary of state, antony blinkeisrael and gaza .alking secretary of state, antony blinkeisrael and gaza . we're about israel and gaza. we're talking about ukraine. so it seems right that he should actually do these things. >> i guess the question is, though, some people are though, i mean, some people are saying against protocol. saying it goes against protocol. i'm government i'm not sure the government insisting normal, insisting this is normal, but whether actually have insisting this is normal, but wheimpact actually have insisting this is normal, but wheimpact on actually have insisting this is normal, but wheimpact on what|ally have insisting this is normal, but wheimpact on what donald/e insisting this is normal, but wheimpact on what donald trump any impact on what donald trump will do with regards to aid to ukraine, he's only going to be foreign secretary for about five more minutes, because it's then going be, god help us. i have going to be, god help us. i have a theory cameron will a theory that david cameron will be again. be prime minister again. >> , i think by magic, as >> oh no, i think by magic, as if by magic. >> it'sjust if by magic. >> it's just what has appeared . >> it's just what has appeared. hello, hello. >> lovely to see you. >> lovely to see you. >> we had to borrow the other end of the table. >> at the moment, we want a tory prime seal. >> your not david >> your family, not david cameron, interesting, >> your family, not david camerorwhat interesting, >> your family, not david camerorwhat cameron's, to though, what cameron's saying to trump earlier on is trump or has said earlier on is borders matter and he's trying to sell the idea to trump of

protecting the integrity of international borders, not just the borders of ukraine, but the southern border of the united states. the english channel, trying to feed it into this whole narrative that actually, sometimes it's worth spending money to protect the integrity of international borders. that might be a language that donald trump can understand. >> well, donald trump will probably say, i can't believe that me on that you're lecturing me on borders that borders when it's the thing that i strongly about, i feel most strongly about, surely. teach me surely. what can you teach me with ? with you migrants? >> he'll probably say, i'll solve the southern border first is what he'll say. is probably what he'll say. >> this idea >> but there's this idea that there be an bill there could be an omnibus bill where ukraine is put where funding for ukraine is put in with funding for fixing the southern border in the united states, although there has been a lot of controversy over that given that given that trump was apparently ringing round , apparently ringing round, rebellious, republican congressmen trying to get them to block funding for fixing the southern border in the united

states until after he became president, what skulduggery ? president, what skulduggery? >> what else is on the show? >> what else is on the show? >> well, if that's true, that is outrageous because one would like trump, like to believe that trump, worried about the security worried most about the security of he worries about the united states, clearly much . states, but clearly not so much. >> does want biden to claim >> does he want biden to claim the else our the win? what else is on our show? >> t on our t on our show? >> what else is on our show? >> what else is on our show? >> rayner oh my goodness, >> angela rayner oh my goodness, new don't if new polling. i don't know if you've seen polling out you've seen it. new polling out today two today showing that more than two thirds want thirds of the public do want angela to release the angela rayner to release the advice she's received going away on tax. >> out people t— >> turns out people care. >> turns out people care. >> yeah, turns out people care. only of people think that only 16% of people think that she should continue to hide this advice from keir starmer and from the public. >> story, tom, that 20 odd facebook ads in featuring angela rayner been pulled by the rayner have been pulled by the labour not story that's going away. >> and the irony here that if >> and the irony here is that if at of all of this, at the start of all of this, she'd have just said, look, i got in muddle, i registered got in a muddle, i registered the i'll pay back the wrong home, i'll pay back some agree wouldn't some tax. i agree this wouldn't have went for have been a story that went for on this has for six weeks. >> okay. and you will be going on for three hours midday

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>> breaking news. >> yes, some breaking news. first yousafs first minister humza yousafs brother in has charged brother in law has been charged with and extortion . with abduction and extortion. this is following an incident where a man fell from a block of flats and later died. is ramzi al—nakhalah. he's 36 and he's expected to appear at dundee sheriff court later today. >> that's humza yousaf, who is the first minister of scotland. yeah, interesting . yeah, interesting. >> absolutely, right. we're looking at your comments here. now, you might have heard us giggling and laughing there because andrew was telling me a story about when a reader of his newspaper sent him a pot of jam. apricot. well, adrian , apricot. now? well, adrian, adrian has got in touch and said, i hope it was raspberry or blackcurrant jam and not strawberry. could sent strawberry. they could have sent you well. andrew you some scones as well. andrew no, they said it was apricot and it went all down your suit didn't did and it did and didn't it. it did and it did and the suit was pretty much ruined. >> thanks very much for the jam though, i thought and watching and we've been and talking about we've been talking about angela rayner and tom harwood come in and tom harwood has just come in and given interesting given us an interesting statistic people statistic on how many people think should release

statistic on how many people thintax should release statistic on how many people thintax returnsshould release statistic on how many people thintax returns .ioulci release her tax returns. >> and has said, bev, >> and paul has said, bev, that's rejects any impact that's me, rejects any impact from the tax controversy facing labour's leader . from the tax controversy facing labour's leader. in her labour's deputy leader. in her view, people will still back the party. but paul says many on low incomes from working class incomes and from working class roots rain his roots will disagree. rain his decision to buy a council house took a public from her took a public asset from her community as millions lack affordable no one affordable good housing. no one should vote for the red tories. that's a really interesting take. >> yeah it is. my issue with her again and again is this look she is the most she's gritty, tough outspoken calls it as it is was the first called the tory scum. always calling on tory. boris had to resign over a cake for god's sake. at a party. >> she made such a lot of that, didn't she? >> didn't she? >> didn't she? >> and here we are. she's not been transparent about whether >> and here we are. she's not bee|was nsparent about whether >> and here we are. she's not bee|was nsjshould,)out whether >> and here we are. she's not bee|was nsjshould, should ether >> and here we are. she's not bee|was nsjshould, should or|er she was or should, should or shouldn't paid capital shouldn't have paid capital gains sold that gains tax when she sold that home, had home, when her husband had a house flippin road , where house up the flippin road, where was she living? the neighbours say lying starmer say she's lying and keir starmer says he doesn't need to see the information. >> see, we saying yesterday >> see, we were saying yesterday

that would that we thought maybe it would play that we thought maybe it would play a little bit, play in her favour a little bit, because remind people play in her favour a little bit, beca she remind people play in her favour a little bit, becashe was remind people play in her favour a little bit, beca she was thatemind people play in her favour a little bit, beca she was that she,i people play in her favour a little bit, beca she was that she, she ople play in her favour a little bit, beca she was that she, she lives that she was that she, she lives in council and that she in a council house and that she was her disabled was caring for her disabled child she was a tough child and that she was a tough working mum. in some ways it might the public, might resonate with the public, but completely point, but i completely take the point, though, fact that though, about the fact that people hang on a people say, well, hang on a minute, my council minute, i bought my council house. right. had minute, i bought my council ho pay right. had minute, i bought my council ho pay my right. had minute, i bought my council ho pay my cafe.]ht. had to pay my cafe. >> you have to pay your tax. whether it's and say , oh, whether it's and people say, oh, it's £1,500 a 2000, it's it's only £1,500 a 2000, it's not . they are going to not the point. they are going to be levelling taxes on us in a few months time. and also david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, it doesn't secretary, said it doesn't matter if you're in opposition, you have to be judged you don't have to be judged the same you're in government. same as if you're in government. i'm do. we all i'm afraid you do. we all have to judged same. all to be judged the same. we all have our taxes and we have to pay our taxes and we shouldn't break because if you don't pay them, breaking don't pay them, you're breaking the said in her the law, mark has said in her possible future position as chancellor exchequer, chancellor of the exchequer, rachel should not be rachel rafe should not be focusing issues surrounding rachel rafe should not be focusing needs|es surrounding rachel rafe should not be focusing needs justurrounding rachel rafe should not be focusing needs just because|g women's needs just because she's a . the role of chancellor a woman. the role of chancellor of the exchequer is and of the exchequer is not and should not gender specific. should not be gender specific. and fact that i and that's about the fact that i think going be think she's going to be providing clubs at providing breakfast clubs at

schools. say, mark, providing breakfast clubs at scho being say, mark, providing breakfast clubs at scho being a say, mark, providing breakfast clubs at scho being a parent say, mark, providing breakfast clubs at scho being a parent is say, mark, providing breakfast clubs at scho being a parent is not mark, that being a parent is not necessarily woman's issue. and necessarily a woman's issue. and breakfast also men breakfast clubs also help men who go to work. who are fathers to go to work. yeah. just and john says yeah. just saying. and john says plenty benefit claimants who plenty of benefit claimants who should be made to for the should be made to work for the councils doing whatever to match the received. will councils doing whatever to match the a received. will councils doing whatever to match the a lot received. will councils doing whatever to match the a lot of �*eceived. will councils doing whatever to match the a lot of money.. will councils doing whatever to match the a lot of money. it's will councils doing whatever to match the a lot of money. it's theill save a lot of money. it's the little things that compound a lot people getting in touch lot of people getting in touch about and the fact about russia and the fact britain is no longer raising an objection athletes objection to russian athletes taking part in the london 20. >> paris olympics >> no, it's the paris olympics later. yeah, phil says keep politics out of sport. sick to death, of having to bow to 3030 people. what's happened to people. look what's happened to football and formula one over the taking knee. the issue of taking the knee. but while i agree with but paul says while i agree with beth that not athletes beth that it's not athletes dropping the bombs, it's imperative is ostracised imperative russia is ostracised from russian from the world and russian people putin has people understand putin has caused this while he continues attacking ukraine. that's one of the points about the sporting ban. russian people think why aren't we? why haven't we got a russian flying? why isn't aren't we? why haven't we got a rus russian flying? why isn't aren't we? why haven't we got a rus russian nationalwhy isn't aren't we? why haven't we got a rus russian national anthemt the russian national anthem ringing? because you're international ringing? because you're interpresident. ringing? because you're inteyeah,ident. ringing? because you're inteyeah, butt. ringing? because you're inteyeah, but putin would just >> yeah, but putin would just say i am, you know, the rest of the. it won't stop he the. it won't stop him. he would. spin that,

would. he would still spin that, i a different way, i guess, in a different way, right. think come to the right. i think we've come to the end show for today . oh no end of our show for today. oh no we haven't. it's only quarter. >> what is wrong with that ? up >> what is wrong with that? up next. shall i step in here? >> she obviously wants some apricot jam. >> up next, north america , >> up next, north america, because we want to see that total solar eclipse last night was watched by millions across the us , mexico and canada. the us, mexico and canada. beverly and i both peered up into the sky, thinking we might see it here, but you know what? it was too cloudy. so we're going to go to connecticut. although bev might have gone because although bev might have gone beca|you're britain's time you're with britain's newsroom

gb news. while north america was dazzled. if that's the right word, i'm not sure it is. by a total solar eclipse last night that was watched by millions across the united states, mexico canada i >> -- >> so this rare event, which

won't, won't happen again for another 20 years, left a large fibbon another 20 years, left a large ribbon of land in complete darkness as groups gathered to watch . watch. >> so exciting, isn't it? well, joining us now to talk us through this is the engineer and wildlife scientist daniel gillies, camping out in gillies, who was camping out in the snow with his two dogs so he could see eclipse . well, could see the eclipse. well, morning to you, and i'm not quite the is. quite sure what the time is. where you how was where you are, how exciting was it? it worth camping out? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. and good morning. it was, it was extremely cold, below freezing , extremely cold, below freezing, but it was an amazing experience. >> daniel , experience. >> daniel, can you just explain to us? obviously, we didn't get to us? obviously, we didn't get to see it here, particularly because it was very, very cloudy at 8:00 last night. this is england, after all. the uk . and england, after all. the uk. and what could you see what happened i >> -- >> yeah, yeah. so we were able to, see totality where we were located, like shown there in the photo, it started out a beautiful, perfectly clear, sunny day , as the moon moved in sunny day, as the moon moved in front of the sun, it began to

get gradually darker, you could feel it getting colder and the wind began to pick up. and then eventually , once we hit eventually, once we hit totality, the best way i could describe it is it was sci fi, it just looked completely otherworldly. >> and what time of the day was that for you there in connecticut , so i was that for you there in connecticut, so i was up in vermont, and i'm in east haven and it was sometime around 3:00 in the afternoon at totality, and it went from daytime to , to and it went from daytime to, to dark. you could see stars, you could see prominences off the sun. it was just absolutely incredible. >> and how long did it last for? >> and how long did it last for? >> for where we were located? it was 2.5 minutes long. >> amazing , was 2.5 minutes long. >> amazing, and how many of you were out watching ? were out watching? >> there were probably about 50 or 60 people at the location that i was at. maybe another handful that were camping, so a few other folks who braved it out as well. >> and of course, you're not supposed to look at the event with your, bare eyes. are you?

you have to wear these special glasses, daniel. >> yeah, yeah. so, i had a pair of , eclipse glasses. i >> yeah, yeah. so, i had a pair of, eclipse glasses. i had a filter for my camera , everyone filter for my camera, everyone out there looking a bit nerdy, wearing the eclipse glasses . wearing the eclipse glasses. but, you know, better safe than sorry. once totality comes, though, you can take them off. and that's when you get that. that beautiful, view . that beautiful, beautiful view. >> daniel, and cats >> and, daniel, dogs and cats are sensitive to, weather are very sensitive to, weather changes. and these were the dogs. okay? did they realise something was happening? >> you know, my dogs were, were asleep. they slept right through the event. but some of the other dogs that were there at the event, there were a lot of them, got a little bit excited, but overall, the animals were pretty calm . calm. >> and what do you think it is about these sorts of events that captures the human imagination ? captures the human imagination? >> oh, you know, i think one of the most amazing things is just how many of us are watching it together at one time. and to then get get that image that you

can you imagine being through this event if you didn't have knowledge of what was going on? it's unbelievable able, so it's just unbelievable able, so it's just unbelievable able, so i think it's that, that unbelievable nature of it that really captivates people. it's something that you have to experience at least once in your life. >> yeah. and there are some people for whom this is being an eclipse yeah. is a is eclipse chaser. yeah. is a is a job i was reading about, one guy who, took a short notice flight from berlin in germany via london to get to montreal just to watch this . to watch this. >> it's amazing, more or less. did the same thing on saturday night. packed up the car and decided which direction to go based on the weather, so it made a 10 or 12 hour drive up from virginia to vermont, pretty much the last minute chasing the eclipse . eclipse. >> so would you go travelling to another country? daniel to watch it, to watch an eclipse like that? now, you've seen this one. >> oh, yeah. as long as you're

there to go see totality, i would highly recommend it. and i would highly recommend it. and i would absolutely travel to go do this in the future . this in the future. >> does just makes you wonder. it's awesome, isn't it? the power of the moon and the sun . power of the moon and the sun. >> yeah. it's wonderful, isn't it? it it, you know, makes you realise how little an insignificant we are, daniel as well, doesn't it? that man we kid ourselves that we're in charge of the universe. we're not the most definitely. all right, thank you so much. daniel gillis there, who is an engineer and wildlife scientist who was joining us from connecticut. >> if i, if i thought it was just a couple of 2 or 3 hours, i'd do that. you wouldn't go camping if your life depended on it. camp. okay. it. no, i wouldn't camp. okay. >> what. no but i would >> that's what. no but i would drive >> that's what. no but i would dnve or >> that's what. no but i would drive or in drive somewhere or stay in a tent . i was no, i drive somewhere or stay in a tent. i was no, i did it once. >> once. >> did you? yeah, a long time ago. time ago. right. ago. long time ago. right. louise got in touch on louise has got in touch on gbnews.com forward slash usa saying that she really enjoys gb news, especially bev and andrew, so thank you very much, louise. and am i not the only one

bizarrely awestruck? only one not awestruck by the solar eclipse? says dross. it gets a bit darker for a short time. that happens every night. am i missing something ? no. missing something? no. >> i think it's quite awesome, actually. >> yeah. when you see it like that, it's almost spooky. >> really. it does seem like something tv. something out of off tv. >> paul says even, >> yeah, and paul says even, enough eclipse . it enough about the eclipse. it lasted minutes, depending lasted 2 to 4 minutes, depending on it on your location on gb news. it has hours two has lasted 18 hours with two smiley well, quite smiley emojis. well, we quite like it, you know, it does make you realise that's the first time i've seen it properly. yeah, too. and said yeah, me too. and matt said andrew, please get better coffee and don't let her drive home because i completely lost track of she completely lost track time. >> the weather was very windy last night. that storm last night. was that storm kathleen? it kathleen that kathleen? was it kathleen that kept awake all night? kept me awake all night? >> know it's called. >> have gm" f have stupid names, >> they have those stupid names, don't >> they have those stupid names, dorand, robert has got in touch >> and, robert has got in touch about whether russian athletes should olympics, and should be in the olympics, and he says ban the russian athletes. people that athletes. the same people that object. russia bombed the uk, object. if russia bombed the uk, they we bomb they would say, we can't bomb russia people to russia as the people are not to blame. is attacking

blame. russia is attacking another be another country. there should be banned from all sports. >> think that's absolutely right. >> and said , thank you >> and samantha said, thank you so much gb news. you are a breath of fresh air. i think bev and you are completely and andrew you are completely crazy good fun. enjoying crazy but good fun. i'm enjoying listening . listening to you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> well, think crazy. >> well, i think she's crazy. i'm sure am. i'm sure i am. >> we're all crazy own >> we're all crazy in our own different ways. talking of which, emily, they are up which, yes, emily, they are up next for good afternoon britain. two other people who are crazy all in our own individual ways, but we are the gb news family. we'll see you tomorrow morning at 930. >> you tomorrow. >> see you tomorrow. >> see you tomorrow. >> over here. you >> totally sane over here. you don't be crazy to work here. >> but it helps. it helps, helps. >> it's coming up on the show. labour cracking down tax labour are cracking down on tax dodging, labour are cracking down on tax dodgingdeputy leader, for the deputy leader, angela raynen for the deputy leader, angela rayner, according to new polling, two thirds of voters believe she should publish her tax advice. what do you think ? tax advice. what do you think? >> and when you break it down to labour voters, it's still 62% of those voted for the labour party in the last election . they think in the last election. they think she should publish her tax advice to people care about this

question. it is. it does seem that this is a growing scandal, but another scandal. in other news, almost 200 council workers across the country now earn more than the prime minister. is this a good use of your tax bills when it comes to council tax, which is of course, rising this year? >> and of course we'll be live at the post office inquiry because the superstar subpostmaster is giving evidence. he will tell all about what exactly happened at the post office. all of that after your weather. mr alan bates? yes >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. well, it's feeling much cooler out there today than yesterday. there are rain and wind warnings in force, but it will somewhat drier this will turn somewhat drier this evening. this

evening. that's as this area of low pressure , which will bring low pressure, which will bring some persistent rain some some persistent rain to some through day , through the rest of the day, gets replaced by ridge of gets replaced by this ridge of higher through this higher pressure through this evening and overnight. but before then, very before then, some very persistent rain to come for many areas of northern england, much of well. there is a of scotland as well. there is a rain warning in force for southern scotland, southern areas of scotland, so there be disruption there could be some disruption from rainfall. are from the rainfall. the winds are also strong also going to be very strong everywhere across the uk, but in particular the west coast particular across the west coast of wales, north—west england as well. so it's going to be feeling particularly chilly exposed across exposed to that wind. but across parts ireland, wales parts of northern ireland, wales and into southern england it should be with a chance of should be drier with a chance of some through some sunny spells through the rest overnight rest of the afternoon. overnight tonight, low pressure pushes tonight, the low pressure pushes away it turns dry and away and it turns dry and clear for the bulk of the uk overnight, but that will allow temperatures to away , so temperatures to fall away, so it's going be a chillier it's going to be a chillier night of with touch night than of late with a touch of expected parts of of frost expected for parts of scotland as northern scotland as well as northern england. however, from the west we'll start to see cloud thicken through wednesday morning, so northern ireland will likely see a wetter start. that a bit of a wetter start. that rain into south rain will spread into south wales, southwest, through

wales, the southwest, through the first hours of the morning and across the and then elsewhere across the country later on. after a country later on. so after a brighter start, likely brighter start, you'll likely see and cloudier skies see some rain and cloudier skies later on in day. rain later on in the day. the rain will turn quite persistent across western areas of scotland will turn quite persistent acrwell. estern areas of scotland will turn quite persistent acrwell. and'n areas of scotland will turn quite persistent acrwell. and hereeas of scotland will turn quite persistent acrwell. and here there'scotland will turn quite persistent acrwell. and here there'scorainj as well. and here there's a rain warning in force, but it does introduce milder air, so it introduce much milder air, so it will a warmer day . will be a warmer day. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on tuesday, the 9th of april. >> lock them up, alan bates. the superstar subpostmaster has come out swinging at the post office inquiry. mr bates says bonuses should be clawed back and prosecutions should be made . prosecutions should be made. >> council fatcats. it's revealed that a record number of town hall staff are pocketing

more than 150 grand a year. this despite households being slapped with soaring council tax bills . with soaring council tax bills. >> i like that picture. and as labour announces plans to crack down on tax evasion, the public thinks the party has questions to answer on tax avoidance. new polling finds two thirds of voters think angela rayner should publish her tax advice. >> now we're going to go live to downing street to show pictures of the anticipated arrival of the president of rwanda, paul kagame . he will be visiting kagame. he will be visiting number 10 this hour , shaking number 10 this hour, shaking hands with the prime minister and no doubt discussing the particulars of the rwandan plan . particulars of the rwandan plan. a plane is still yet to get off the ground. >> yes , it's currently 1201. he >> yes, it's currently 1201. he is due to arrive at 12, so he is