with after being charged with historical sex offences . next historical sex offences. next up, sir keir starmer warns cash strapped councils that there's no magic money tree and there's more bad news for rishi sunak also today and in shocking scenes that have captivated the nafion scenes that have captivated the nation and got you sending hundreds of emails into us here at gb news, 300 kids ran amok in at gb news, 300 kids ran amok in a shopping centre in milton keynes while on earth is going on in our country, and prince harry had to ask queen elizabeth for permission to have a beard when he got married. well, guess what now the army is lifting its 100 year ban on soldiers having facial fuzz. that's all coming up in your next hour. welcome to the show. i hope your isa is getting off to a cracking start. now you've got to check out this video of the 300 kids in milton

keynes in a shopping centre , a keynes in a shopping centre, a pre—organized pre—meditated event. clearly ransacking stores, shoving over security guards , laughing about it, guards, laughing about it, finding it funny, filming it. guards, laughing about it, finding it funny, filming it . a finding it funny, filming it. a country represented by these kids is a country. i would argue with a serious problem. where are the parents.7 where are the consequences? where are the parents? where are the consequences? where are the coppers? where is the respect act? i want you to get your emails in today. i've already had hundreds in before the show's even started. got had hundreds in before the sh0\rattling started. got had hundreds in before the sh0\ rattling offirted. got had hundreds in before the sh0\ rattling off of d. got had hundreds in before the sh0\ rattling off of your got had hundreds in before the sh0\ rattling off of your chairs you rattling off of your chairs this easter. i want you to know what to know from you. what should we do about a broken generation ? what should we do generation? what should we do about these kids? what should we do the parents? do about the parents? particularly if you live in the milton area, know. milton keynes area, let me know. the ways . email me the usual ways. email me gb views gb news. com but first, views at gb news. com but first, it's views at gb news. com but first, wsfime views at gb news. com but first, it's time for your latest news headunes it's time for your latest news headlines sofia wenzler . headlines with sofia wenzler. >> thanks, martin. good afternoon. it's 3:02. i'm sophia

wenzler in the gb newsroom . your wenzler in the gb newsroom. your top story this hour, sir jeffrey donaldson has stepped down as leader of the democratic unionist party after he was charged with sex offences of a historical nature . the dup has historical nature. the dup has also suspended mr donaldson from membership pending the outcome of the judicial process, which they say is in accordance with party rules. they've now appointed gavin robinson as interim leader, a 57 year old woman has been charged with aiding and abetting additional offences in relation to the same police investigation . sir police investigation. sir jeffrey was elected to parliament in 1997 and is the longest serving mp in northern ireland, one of the conservative party's major donors has received a knighthood as part of a surprise honours list from rishi sunak. mohamed mansour gave £5 million to the tories last year and is a senior treasurer for the party. he was knighted for what's described as services to business, charity and politics. other recipients include mp philip davies, who is

also a former presenter on this network. the timing of the list is unusual , network. the timing of the list is unusual, coming while parliament is in recess and on the eve of the easter bank houday the eve of the easter bank holiday weekend, we asked people in hull what they think of the tory mps receiving honours . tory mps receiving honours. >> i think much of anything, 1 or 2 of them most probably try, but to me my rmt of mps are like bananas who bunch together. they're all yellow. there's not a straight one among them. >> it's self—serving , isn't it? >> it's self—serving, isn't it? i mean, these people reward themselves for what? i don't i don't quite understand . i don't don't quite understand. i don't get it. >> it's just a con, really. you know, it's just, to give the concepts of the labour party money for they want favours in return. so this is this is a problem . problem. >> documents have revealed that the post office was aware of errors in its horizon it system , errors in its horizon it system, despite bosses proceeding with

prosecutions more than 900 subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to supposed losses flagged by a faulty computer system . a draft report computer system. a draft report carried out by deloitte was commissioned by the post office in 2016. it shows that top managers knew that financial discrepancies may not be the fault of subpostmasters, but they continue to fight them in court regardless. a spokesperson for the post office says it remains fully focused on supporting the inquiry. police are appealing for help in their search for a man suspected of raping two women in london in separate incidents, four years apart. the first attack took place in westminster in 2018, followed by another incident in shoreditch in 2022. the offences were being investigated as separate crimes, but forensic work helped draw a link between them. the met has released an e—fit image. anyone who thinks they may have information is urged to contact police or crime stoppers. in other news, the task of clearing baltimore's

port will take considerable time after president biden committed $60 billion to rebuilding the collapsed bridge. it's after a cargo ship crashed into one of the key bridge's foundations on tuesday . the enormous wreckage tuesday. the enormous wreckage remains in the port, with a ship measuring about as long as the eiffel tower. maryland's governor, wes moore , says governor, wes moore, says they're facing an incredibly complex job reopen the port, complex job to reopen the port, and soldiers and officers in the british army are now allowed to grow beards. after a century old rule was overturned. the changes come after an official review of the military's appearance policy under the new rules, beards and moustaches must be groomed, kept within a specific length and have routine checks. the defence secretary, grant shapps, praised the shift in culture, saying it's important the military keeps up with modern standards and there's been congestion on britain's roads as holidaymakers set off for the easter holiday . set off for the easter holiday. motorists have described horrendous queues stretching up

to 20 miles, in some cases adding an extra 45 minutes to journey times 2.6 million. car journeys are expected today , journeys are expected today, with the m25 and south—west routes particularly busy , the routes particularly busy, the rac says people en route to seaside destinations in devon and cornwall could be in for some, especially bad traffic . some, especially bad traffic. visitengland expects a total of 11 million trips over the weekend, injecting £3 billion into british tourism . and for into british tourism. and for 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 . it's. >> that's fun. >> that's fun. >> okay. thank you sophia . now >> okay. thank you sophia. now we start with the news that sir jeffrey donaldson has quit as leader of the democratic unionist party after he was charged with historical sex offences. gavin robertson has been appointed the interim party leader. and i'm joined now by our northern ireland reporter,

dougie beattie dougie, what's the latest story ? the latest on this story? >> well, it has been politically ground shattering here in northern ireland. sirjeffrey donaldson is the longest serving parliamentarian in northern ireland, and he brings a wealth of experience with him. now yesterday morning at about 10:00, i got word that these arrests had taken place. and to show you just how quiet it was kept, i was phoning members, senior members of the dup, asking and trying to stand this story up. and it wasn't until one of them said to me that he was due at a breakfast, function in lisburn, that he didn't turn up to, and he never, does up to, and he never, ever does that, started to that, that the penny started to drop. and then it started to gather momentum . now for senior gather momentum. now for senior party members know that party members not to know that this going on in the this was going on in the background. you background. it shows you how quiet was actually being kept quiet it was actually being kept and how seriously it was, because after he was arrested, he was taken to one of the busiest crime suites in northern ireland. so you can imagine if they weren't going to charge

him, they'd have done it very quietly. sir jeffrey started quietly. but sir jeffrey started his, his political rise as opposed back in the early 90s under david trimble in the ulster unionist party. he opposed the good friday agreement in 1998 and then near—enough to the day , left near—enough to the day, left that party and came in to the democratic unionist party. it's a very conservative party and it is the largest unionist party in northern ireland. so it holds quite a lot of power here. and the power sharing executive is only back into place just over a month and a half ago. and there is now looking at how friction will happen in amongst the party, because who is going to replace someone of that, political knowledge and wisdom while he is suspended from the party? he has he has been stepped down from the political leadership . gavin robinson has leadership. gavin robinson has taken that in, he is the mp taken that in, over he is the mp for this area. and you've got to

remember as well that the dup is the fifth largest party in westminster, so holds quite a lot of sway. and indeed that was brought the forefront with brought to the forefront with theresa may's coalition that she had that when she needed it, the unionists to back up her government . so it is quite government. so it is quite a political shake today , not just political shake today, not just in northern ireland but across the whole of the uk . the whole of the uk. >> okay, dougie beattie, thank you for that update. live from belfast . well, yesterday we belfast. well, yesterday we talked a lot about sir keir starmer and in particular his support for banning protests outside course we outside schools. of course we got batley, got him to talk about batley, but there was one other comment from sir keir starmer that i want to focus on now. and that's this because with the country drowning in around trillion drowning in around £27 trillion of debt , the labour of national debt, the labour leader warned that there is no magic money tree. that's the opposite. you remember of what jeremy corbyn used to dangle? i'm joined now in our studio in

westminster by our political correspondents, katherine forster. catherine, welcome to the studio. always a pleasure. is penny finally beginning is the penny finally beginning to drop that the country is potless ? and if people are potless? and if people are expecting suddenly a new regime, if the labour party get in to magic up a huge transition in the country, maybe starmer is starting to realise that's just a forlorn dream. >> yes , it's a bit like there's >> yes, it's a bit like there's no money left when labour left in 2010, they left the note for the conservatives. sorry, there's no money left and pretty much now, 14 years later, it looks like the picture is very much the same because . because much the same because. because national debt 2.7 trillion, as you say . and so despite all the you say. and so despite all the things that labour would like to do, they're starting to be fairly open now that it's not going to be possible for people to have transformed public services , lower taxes, all the services, lower taxes, all the things that we might like, all

the things that are not working well, can't be turned around very quickly. so yes, it sounds extremely likely there will be a new government by the end of the year. new government by the end of the year . but in new government by the end of the year. but in terms of things changing quickly, don't hold your breath because they simply are going to have the same financial constraints that the conservatives have. and there is going to be no quick and immediate transformation. unfortunately >> and it's worth pointing out that letter, that fabled letter which still haunts liam byrne to this day . in 2010, the country this day. in 2010, the country was a mere 980 billion in debt. now we're almost nudging three times that now. so the pot, the biscuit tin really is empty. i want to talk about another story now, and that's a poll out today. the reform party, seems today. the reform party, seems to be surging ahead . it was on to be surging ahead. it was on 14% nationally, but there's some more granular detail about where they're particularly landing. well, catherine, what's going on? yes >> so it's basically saying that amongst working class voters

there's, reform is now ahead of there's, reform is now ahead of the conservatives that also ahead of the conservatives in the north. they're also ahead of the north. they're also ahead of the conservatives when it comes to men voting. so this is really horrendous news for rishi sunak because of course, boris johnson got that 80 seat majority he threw reaching out to the red wall, taking those people that had votes , labour that lent had votes, labour that lent their vote to the conservatives and it sounds very much like they're not going to be lending those votes to the conservatives this they're be this time. they're going to be lending votes to reform. lending their votes to reform. it'll probably increase a labour majority. the conservatives beside themselves with worry about this. some suggestions now that they could try and effectively buy off nigel farage, because if nigel farage comes back to lead the party, they would go even higher in the polls. so some are saying, well, why don't we offer him, you know, uk ambassador to the united , he's got an

united states, he's got an incredibly good relationship with trump and that hasn't been ruled out. labour now piling in and saying, well, rishi sunak needs to say no , this absolutely needs to say no, this absolutely won't happen because they're saying comments that nigel farage has made about russia and ukraine, etc, etc. there's an election looming and my goodness, we're all feeling it, aren't we? >> we are. but it's great to talk about it. thank you for joining us studio katherine joining us in studio katherine forster. let's discuss forster. and let's discuss this further pollster further now with the pollster and of jl partners. and the director of jl partners. and that's scarlett mccgwire scarlett, welcome to the show. so we're just diving into some of that detail , there of that detail, there conservatives are way, way behind there at about 20, 21, 22, depending on which poll you believe, labour between 44 and 40. meanwhile, on the inside charging up in the turquoise hat, the reform party . what's happening. >> yeah. so polls have been remarkably static actually for more than the last year. more like for the last 18 months, with the conservatives about 20

points behind labour, the lib dems on about 10% and not much movement. there in fact, the only movement really headline only movement really in headline voting polls has been voting intention polls has been this surge in for this surge in support for reform. there are some debates amongst pollsters about where they where they've they started and where they've ended up, and whether they really are the sort of 14, really are on the sort of 14, 15% that we're now starting to be seeing recorded. think be seeing recorded. but i think what's indisputable is that all polls them polls basically show them doubung polls basically show them doubling since doubling their vote share since november. for november. and crucially for rishi sunak, this is disproportionately coming from conservative voters . they are conservative voters. they are barely peeling off any labour voters damage voters at all. so this is damage that they will do to the conservative party. >> was particularly >> and scarlett was particularly telling is when you dive into target amongst certain target areas amongst certain tranches of the electorate, we're just saying the seeds, they call them the working classes reform are actually ahead with the conservatives in ahead with the conservatives in a poll out today on 23% versus the conservatives on 22, this is, of course is mr and mrs. red wall. and last time round that's where the election was won and

lost. this is this should be of increasing concern to rishi sunak. >> it's not just the poll that was out today. there was also a poll out last week that saw reform just four points behind the conservatives. again , the conservatives. and again, leading, as you quite rightly said, class voters said, with working class voters and with male voters, that that's what had. it that's what that poll had. it spells real trouble. and what we know from our data as well is, yes, going be issue yes, it's going to be an issue in the red wall, but it's actually be an issue actually going to be an issue for all the for rishi sunak all over the country. voters not country. these voters are not geographically concentrated per country. these voters are not geo and hically concentrated per country. these voters are not geo and hical look1centrated per country. these voters are not geo and hical look aantrated per country. these voters are not geoand hical look a lot ated per country. these voters are not geoand hical look a lot just per se, and they look a lot just like disgruntled conservative voters. which means not only will hand seats to will reform help hand seats to labour by taking votes off the conservatives in the red wall, but they could also do the same to the sort of liberal democrats challengers in the blue wall, to precisely . precisely scarlet. >> they'll be facing a pincer movement reform the movement from the reform in the red wall, and from the lib red wall, and then from the lib dems the blue wall. net dems in the blue wall. the net effect that we were talking this week sir john week here in britain, sirjohn curtice , and there's now only curtice, and there's now only a 1% chance, he believes, of the conservative winning the next general election. so i guess now

we're looking at the size of the majority, the size of the wipe—out and the magnitude of what appears to be are coming. >> forest fire, barring a sort of massive black swan event. thatis of massive black swan event. that is exactly what we're looking at. i think most, not just pollsters, but most politics, most conversations there moved towards talking there have moved towards talking about how big a labour majority might be. and that's a really open ended question at the moment. i'd say that hinges on two things. how well two things. firstly, how well labour in scotland , how labour can do in scotland, how much snp's vote much of the snp's vote share they there and then they can take there and then secondly, how well secondly, on just how well reform general reform perform in a general election , the blackpool south election, the blackpool south by—election we've got coming up should very good marker to should be a very good marker to try and see how strong reform support . support really is. >> yeah. and then the big question, guess scotland, question, i guess scotland, we've time time again, we've seen time and time again, can into any can this translate into any seats at the general election. of course 4 million votes for ukip didn't quite work through the brexit party at one point. i mean, i stood for them polling at over 20. it didn't actually manifest itself in any seats. do

you think that could be different this time, scott? do you think the dissatisfaction with conservatives, with with the conservatives, with their own traditional base is so high? we could see a change, it's still a very tall order in our first past the post system. you're quite right to talk about how ukip performed in 2015. still resulting a single still not resulting in a single constituency. there was a poll a few months ago that showed if nigel farage specifically, rather than generic rather than just a generic reform party candidate, ran in clacton, that they could win, so we might, you know , maybe i we might, you know, maybe i don't think it's impossible, but it's definitely difficult for them, but nevertheless, they can have a huge impact on this election result without getting a single mp. >> great stuff. scarlett mccgwire . who's the pollster and mccgwire. who's the pollster and the director of jl parnis, thanks for joining us. the director of jl parnis, thanks forjoining us. and apologies for being interrupted by farage's laugh there, by nigel farage's laugh there, but won't mind now. but i'm sure you won't mind now. it's chance today to it's your final chance today to win our massive spring giveaway with gadgets , a shopping spree with gadgets, a shopping spree and a whopping £12,345 in cash

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you for every step of this journey in 2024. gb news is britain's election . channel. britain's election. channel. >> welcome back. it's 323 and i'm martin daubney. this is gb news now. later in the show, i'll mark the first anniversary of humza yousaf becoming scotland's first minister. and it's fair to say he's not had the best of years. now, more than 2.5 million carjourneys than 2.5 million car journeys are expected to be made today. and guess what? the good old british weather is making life even more difficult for travellers . with storm nelson travellers. with storm nelson hitting parts of the country. well, our west midlands reporter jack carson is above the m6 motorway near walsall. jack, you get all the glamour gigs. what's the latest ? the latest? >> well, certainly here on the m6 traffic ease has eased a lot from the congestion we're seeing here earlier, particularly southbound here on the m6 there

was a lot of congestion around junction ten that now seems to have eased traffic southbound and northbound, seemingly flowing a lot better than it was earlier. we knew that rush was going to come earlier in the day as people started to head on their travels for good friday, we knew around 2.6 million people, according to research and data from the rac, would be travelling today on good friday. many of those may well still be yet to travel. of course , as it yet to travel. of course, as it gets later into the afternoon. now, are the evening now, where we are in the evening , probably show some pictures as well the m1 well of some parts of the m1 earlier for those people listening on that was listening on radio, that was really , really busy. a lot of really, really busy. a lot of congestion there as well. and it's been a point which a lot of motorways across the country have suffered today. we know there some accidents around there was some accidents around there was some accidents around the m4 that was causing some big congestion bristol congestion around bristol earlier , as well as west, the earlier, as well as west, the west the m20 , m5 as well west side of the m20, m5 as well as expected with those people making all of their journeys today. as i said, 2.6 million

people expected to make leisure trips today. a lot of those may be, including down to the likes of the port of dover. we know we say this every year, don't we? see the huge queues at the likes of dover? the advice will of course make sure to take the main routes into that port. some queues earlier this morning were around two hours, but they seem to have eased a little bit better now as well as we head towards the evening, when of course advice really is to course the advice really is to travel outside of maybe those traditional to try and get traditional times to try and get yourself the best chance of avoiding that congestion. but for a lot of people, they've still managed to fall into, fall into that trap and fall into that congestion. we know as well, because some issues on well, because of some issues on the railway lines, that's forced a few more people on the roads as , particularly between as well, particularly between london keynes, london euston and milton keynes, with the west coast main line. they're closed for, work on the line there. so that's caused some big issues and particularly as well, leaving a lot of manchester united fans stranded there . they've got a game there. they've got a game against brentford this

against brentford later this evening. train for them evening. the last train for them to be able to get back to manchester piccadilly leaves at pancras station minutes pancras station two minutes after a lot of after kick off. so a lot of manchester united fans that have travelled today having to travelled down today having to make arrangements , make alternative arrangements, they've travelled they've probably travelled down by issues on by car because of the issues on the railway lines. so that has maybe caused a bit more, fewer, more problems on the roads maybe than maybe traditional other good fridays. but the rac also say around 1 in 10 people say that around 1 in 10 people still haven't actually decided exactly when, over this easter period, they are maybe going to make their journey and make their make their travel, so that means that 3.3 million extra journeys on top of the likes of the 2.6 million journeys that we're seeing could be we're seeing today, could be taking place over the next few days. so certainly some days. so certainly still some busy of travel to come. busy days of travel to come. certainly just for today, though , traffic seems to be easing, but of course, still plenty of time for some congestion, especially if get especially if we get some unfortunate accidents and some of the motorways. these things can very quickly turn and traffic once again can well be

blocked up. martin >> thank you. jack carson above the m6 i'll be hitting the m4 tomorrow. here's my technique of avoiding traffic . i moan so much avoiding traffic. i moan so much about it. the missus drives. it works for me every single time. now. moving if you want to now. moving on. if you want to sum up the sorry state of this country, then a video of hundreds of kids running amok in a shopping centre. surely does that. the children clash with security staff in milton keynes. yesterday, police issued a dispersal order after the incident, which involved around 300 youngsters, went viral on social media. now it's fair to say this has raised your shackles. we've had hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of emails on this. if you're if you're listening on the radio, on your screens now, you can see 300 kids, all teens, all in their hoodies, shoving security guards, running amok, finding it all funny , disgraceful scenes. all funny, disgraceful scenes. they had to close shops. they sent staff home. they seemed totally out of control. now,

earlier on in the show, i specifically said, do you live in milton keynes? has this impacted you and you've been in touch in your droves? i'd like touch in your droves? i'd like to read out a few of those emails now. simon says this i used to live there and not that far away. now the decline in milton keynes over the last 20 years is absolute shocking. total breakdown of any social order. people don't understand how bad things have got in milton keynes. we've imported loads of social problems from london. we've come become an overflow. this place is going to the dogs. jess adds this is it. any wonder why i get all the way, by the way, also lives in milton keynes, jess says. is it any wonder why i scrimp and save to send my school to a private school , which i probably won't school, which i probably won't be afford? a labour be able to afford? if a labour government were to get in? we live a soon to be live in a village soon to be joined up to mk with thousands

of new houses . and to be honest, of new houses. and to be honest, martin, i'm simply too scared to let my son into central milton keynes on his own these days with his mates. i'm not remotely surprised what you're seeing on your screen. this has been a long time in the coming, andrew adds this this is not great at all. i live in milton keynes and my daughter works in that shopping centre. you can see on your screens yesterday the police just told her to close the shop. they closed the shop, she couldn't even work. they did not want to close the shop, but the police said that was the most effective strategy it feels to me. martin like the police have totally lost control of milton keynes and they certainly totally lost control of the shopping centre. yesterday, cas says this quickly. i also live in milton keynes and this looks like lord of the flies. it's totally and utterly out of control . and believe me, ladies

control. and believe me, ladies and gentlemen, that was a mere sample of the emails we've had in on this. it's complete . we in on this. it's complete. we got you going. and please send your emails in gb views at gb news. com. we'll get through as many as we can throughout the show. i'll also speak to a former metropolitan police officer who knows all about how to handle these sort of situations. and i'll speak to bobby seagull, a teacher , on the bobby seagull, a teacher, on the declining standards in the classroom. is it the school's fault, or actually, should the parents take more responsibility for the types of kids they're putting into the schools? and then we see these sorts of chaotic scenes on our streets. a video which i think sums up the state of our nation now. lots more still to come between now and 4:00. and i'll tell you why. the army has lifted a 100 year ban. but first, it's time for your latest news headlines with sam francis . sam francis. >> martin. thank you. and a very

good afternoon from the gb newsroom. just coming up to 332. and we start with the top story of the day . sirjeffrey of the day. sir jeffrey donaldson has stepped down as the of the democratic the leader of the democratic unionist party after he was charged with historical sex offences. he's also been suspended from the party pending the outcome of the legal process. a 57 year old woman has also been charged with aiding and abetting additional offences in relation to that same police investigation. sir jeffrey was elected to parliament in 1997 and is the longest serving mp in northern ireland. they've now, though, appointed gavin robinson as the interim leader. one of the conservative party's major donors has received a knighthood as part of a controversial honours list from rishi sunak . honours list from rishi sunak. mohamed mansour gave £5 million to the tories last year and is a senior treasurer for the party. he was knighted for what's described as services to business, to charity and politics. a man has been charged with two counts of attempted

murder after an alleged stabbing at kennington underground station in london. nicholas orlando green, who's 35, has been remanded in custody and will appear at highbury corner magistrates court tomorrow . he's magistrates court tomorrow. he's also charged with possession of also charged with possession of a bladed article and one count of sexual assault after a member of sexual assault after a member of the public reported being groped as the suspect left the station. and there's been congestion on britain's roads as holidaymakers set off for the easter holidays . motorists have easter holidays. motorists have described horrendous queues stretching up to 20 miles, in some cases adding an extra 45 minutes to journey times. some 2.6 million carjourneys are 2.6 million car journeys are expected today, with the m25 and south—west routes particularly busy. meanwhile, the rac says people en route to seaside destinations in devon and cornwall could be in for some, especially bad traffic, with visitengland expecting a total of 11 million trips over the weekend, injecting a projected £3 billion into british tourism .

£3 billion into british tourism. those are the headlines more in the next half hour in the meantime, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts. >> thank you sam. now, a controversial child gender clinic is closing for good this weekend , two years after a weekend, two years after a damning report highlighted major concerns. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

welcome back. the time is 337, and i'm martin daubney. and this is gb news. now, the controversial tavistock gender identity development service is

closing for good this weekend , closing for good this weekend, two years after a damning report highlighted major concerns. our reporter, ray addison, has been looking back at the history of the nhs gender clinic. >> the tavistock gender identity clinic will finally close its doors on sunday. it follows severe criticism that it gave some of the most vulnerable members of society treatment that lacked sufficient safety or clinical effectiveness . it was clinical effectiveness. it was the brainchild of psychiatrist doctor domenico di celli. inspired by a single case of a teenager who claimed she was a boy in a female body . boy in a female body. >> he told me when i was a child i had all this differences and my parents should have seen it. >> why didn't they do anything about it? but that implanted me the idea of creating a service for children and adolescents. >> from its launch in 1989, with just a handful of referrals, it grew into the largest children's gender clinic in the world, referring around 2000 for puberty blockers. but failing to

follow up to see how they were doing. it also ignored the concerns of staff, some of whom became whistleblowers , as formal became whistleblowers, as formal concerns were first raised in 2005 by therapist sue evans . 2005 by therapist sue evans. >> my concerns back then was actually around a 16 year, 16 year old child that i had seen referred after four sessions for a hormone therapy treatment. it is strange that such a powerful medication could be given on such a small level of assessment. >> yes, two thirds of the clinic's patients were female and they often had an underlying mental health condition . but the mental health condition. but the clinic stopped providing therapy and focused on a medical pathway. there was also concern that patient support groups such as transgender charity mermaids had undue influence, which they've denied. in 2018, a devastating report by doctor david bell concluded that the service was not fit for purpose . service was not fit for purpose. the following year, a legal challenge brought by former

patient keira bell questioned if children could properly consent to treatment that ultimately failed, but it caught the attention of the media. >> my hope was that outside of the noise of the culture wars, the noise of the culture wars, the fort would shine a light on this harmful experiment on vulnerable children young vulnerable children and young people . these drugs seriously people. these drugs seriously harmed more than one, harmed me in more ways than one, and they have harmed many more, particularly women. >> in september 2020, nhs england announced an independent review by doctor hilary cass. she found that options other than gender transitioning were not being explored , and staff not being explored, and staff felt under pressure not to question parents and children's assumptions. finally, in july 2022, nhs england announced it would be closing the clinic and opening new regional services offering psychosocial and psychological support. but not medical. for some, the closure will come too late , their bodies will come too late, their bodies forever changed by an nhs service which failed to protect them .

them. >> well, an excellent report on a hugely controversial talking point there. ray allison joins us now from outside the tavistock clinic. great work there. ray, the big question now is there are more than 15,000 people though, ray. waiting for gender identity clinic appointments with the tavistock closing. what happens to them now ? now? >> well absolutely. that number martin that 15,000. they're actually waiting for their first appointment. so they haven't been had that very first consultation at all. and so nhs england has replaced the gender clinic here at tavistock with a regional service . so the plan regional service. so the plan ultimately is to have eight clinics, all around the regions of england to provide those services for people specifically where they're based. now. at the moment, only two of those regional services are in operation, or rather one at the great ormond street hospital here in london is operating a

service and they're going to see a deluge of people coming onto their waiting lists. and also a second hub is about to open in the north—west of england. that's going to be managed by alder hey hospital. also, what we're seeing this has raised we're seeing and this has raised some concern. you saw sue evans in that report. there the original whistleblower back in 2005. there's been a number now of private clinics that are opening or due to open, including some, opened by former staff who worked here at the service. and there's concern too, certainly telling me that she was concerned that this they're obviously still allowed to prescribe these puberty blockers and they're kind of still going along some, maybe not all with the ideal. the ideology rather of that. tavistock was previously operating under. now of course, many people have been upset at this closure. you know, there was those that think that the clinic here was providing an absolutely essential service,

possibly even life saving for young people who are determined to transition and just feel like they can't go on unless they they can't go on unless they they transition to another genden they transition to another gender. others, of course, believe it was consumed by that ideology that i mentioned. this affirmation approach, agreeing with the young person, yes, you. you're in the wrong body and we're going to help you change. however, that concern we're going to help you change. how�*iter, that concern we're going to help you change. how�*it just that concern we're going to help you change. how�*it just overrodet concern we're going to help you change. how�*it just overrode the ncern we're going to help you change. how�*it just overrode the need, that it just overrode the need, the need for proper the clinical need for proper medical ethics and standards. ultimately we know here at tavistock children were receiving life changing puberty blockers, life changing hormone treatments instead of psychological treatment. no psychological treatment. no psychological treatment. no psychological treatment at all for the young people to explore other options other than transitioning. and right now , transitioning. and right now, 15,000 people are waiting on that list and they'll be waiting for these services around the uk. ray allison, excellent report on a complex issue from outside the tavistock clinic . outside the tavistock clinic. >> and a lot of people will be

arguing that perhaps we should have undergone more thorough psychological have undergone more thorough psychologbefore we're going appraisal before we're going down the route of hormones and surgery. great talking point to go over there. now, after 100 years, the army is finally lifting a ban on soldiers having beards. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

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news channel. >> welcome back. >> welcome back. >> it's 347. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news now at 4:00 of the latest on the controversy surrounding angela rayner. but before that, the british army has overturned a 100 year ban on beards after the king signed off on the decision to allow both officers and soldiers to have facial hair. now, if you recall, prince harry famously had to ask for queen elizabeth's permission to have a beard when he got married in his army uniform. now the latest move will bring the army into line with the royal navy and the raf, who already permit facial fuzz. well, i'm joined now by the former defence minister, bill rammell. bill, welcome to the show. always a pleasure, and i hope you're having a wonderful easter. what's your take on this? is this long overdue? is it a step too far? is it showing a slip in standards, or is it about moving with times ?

with the times? >> it's very much about long overdue moving with the times. it's a sensible change of course, as long as the beard is neat and well trimmed . of neat and well trimmed. of course, soldiers should be able to, do that whilst serving in the army, as you said, as they currently can in the raf, and the navy , but what i would say the navy, but what i would say is never underestimate the conservatism with a small c, of the senior military who blocked sensible changes. >> i mean, i remember when i was trying to push through the, the rights of women to fight in frontline combat roles and the resistance from the senior military was, frankly, breathtaking arguments like, when you're in the field of combat , if a woman when you're in the field of combat, if a woman fell, men who are chivalrous would naturally try to pick her up when that was against the rules of engagement. it was like arguments from the dark ages and given the recruitment crisis that we've got in the army , we need to blow

got in the army, we need to blow away these outdated policies . away these outdated policies. and the change on beards is one of those. >> but interestingly, i know we're digressing , bill, but when we're digressing, bill, but when that same topic came into the us military and they looked into whether women on the front line was a good idea, there were a lot of studies that did prove that men were putting themselves in in situations , in danger in in mock situations, in danger in in mock situations, in training situations when they were trying to retrieve a body, so that that claim did have some veracity. as i recall back to this point, there was different. >> there was different uk research. and actually i think that change has now been pushed through, by ministers. and i think it is out outdated. but, you know, there's lots of these blockages on recruitment. and when you look at the fact that every army training centre has failed to meet its recruitment targets for each of the last five years, and that every eight soldiers who leave the army, just five join, this is a real challenge. and we need to be stopping these blockages on

sensible recruitment. >> but bill, are you seriously suggesting that the army's recruitment crisis can be solved by saying, hey, come on, if you've got a beard, come and join the army, isn't it about other things? for example, for example, calling white men unwanted or for example, this continued drive towards diversity aligned with the fact that gdp spending on defence is so pitifully low. we now have the smallest army since the napoleonic times. >> well, we have the smallest army, frankly, because of the mismanagement by the current government , we are spending government, we are spending above the nato requirement of 2% of gdp. and i'm not saying that if you allow people with beards to join, the army, you'll suddenly resolve the recruitment crisis . it's about suddenly resolve the recruitment crisis. it's about pay and conditions. it's about the way soldiers are treated. but having these artificial blockages in place is a further hurdle. another one. i'll give you an example , is staggeringly, it example, is staggeringly, it takes 12 to 18 months in the

recruitment process before a soldier can start basic training. that's crazy . you training. that's crazy. you know, we're losing potential talent who could be serving on the front line. >> now, bill, i want to talk about one thing that that a lot of people have been saying this is and about is about and it's about attracting muslims to the attracting more muslims to the army. now, i've been in touch with senior regimental people today , and they say today, and they say it's absolutely about absolutely not about that, because muslim men can already have beards and be in the army. i just want to make that point clear. that's that's your understanding too, right ? understanding too, right? >> is much my >> that is very much my understanding. i'm 64, understanding. and look, i'm 64, but i notice amongst young but what i notice amongst young guys their 20s and 30s is, is guys in their 20s and 30s is, is almost to a person. they've got almost to a person. they've got a beard, so this is about a sensible change, to remove one of those blockages to recruitment . recruitment. >> okay. superb. thanks for joining us. former defence minister bill rammell. have a fabulous easter. now, before we move on, i will read out a few of your and on this one of your emails. and on this one topic of that video in milton

keynes , it's absolutely kicked keynes, it's absolutely kicked off scenes yesterday in a shopping centre, 300 kids running amok, shoving security guards , laughing about it, guards, laughing about it, closing down the shopping centre , the police and security guard seemingly totally overwhelmed , seemingly totally overwhelmed, armed and underpowered about what to do with it . doug has what to do with it. doug has beenin what to do with it. doug has been in touch and said this. these children should have been rounded up and given 50 hours of supervised service supervised community service s when all forms of discipline have been taken away from parents, what do you expect children have become unruly because certain elements in society have pushed for and passed laws that put the child in charge . parents have no right in charge. parents have no right to discipline their children any more, and the child knows this. this is what society has taught them, and this is the payback you reap. what you sow. john says this the answer to this type of problem is not to find the parents. as you suggested

earlier, martin, for each so—called child i personally regard them as hooligans caught behaving in this manner. their child benefit should be stopped for at least three months and doubled for a second offence. i'm sure that this will impact directly on the reduction of such anti—social behaviour. mike says this here's a novel idea make children responsible for their actions as as is the case, if they are over ten years old, put them before the court and ban them from any social for media six months. alice says this people these days don't want kids or have any parenting skills. some parents just use their kids as cash cows and not, and they're not interested in them at all. i believe that most people have children too early in life . virginia adds this in life. virginia adds this parents should be fined and the kids be put into community service for one month. cleaning the streets. this is disgusting.

if we don't clamp down now, we are heading down into a very dark place. well, that's certainly got you going . please certainly got you going. please keep them coming in. vaiews@gbnews.com. and that's all for this hour. but stay with me as i'll be updating you on the sir jeffrey donaldson situation. stepping down as the leader of the dup plus we'll have a full insight into reform surging in the polls. could they represent a red wall revolution for the tory parties? i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel. but before all of that, it's time for your easter weather forecast with craig snell . snell. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there! welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. well, this easter weekend for many of us we will see some sunshine, but there be rain there will still be some rain around. this will courtesy of

this area of low pressure. it's going around for the going to hang around for the long but with winds long weekend, but with winds coming from the south, coming in from the south, it should little less should feel a little bit less cold than been of late. cold than it has been of late. so for the rest of good friday showers becoming increasingly restricted more western restricted to more western and northern of the country, northern parts of the country, central and eastern parts turning dry overnight could just see a few misty patches come dawn and also a touch of ground frost, with temperatures falling down to about 3 to 4 degrees. but where we do see the chilly conditions , first thing saturday conditions, first thing saturday morning we will see some sunshine. just keeping an eye on this area of rain. it could just fringe far of east fringe the far east of east anglia for a time, but i think for most really, it's for most of us really, it's going a day of sunny going to be a day of sunny spells a few showers, spells and a few showers, showers, a little bit fewer and further compared to further between compared to today the main focus across today with the main focus across parts northern parts of scotland and northern ireland. in the sunshine ireland. but in the sunshine feeling pleasant enough, highs reaching around 14 15 reaching around 14 or 15 degrees. then looking ahead to easter day again, another day of sunny spells and showers. showers probably again

restricted to northern ireland with fewer and further showers the further east you go in the sunshine feeling pleasantly warm , highs reaching around 16 degrees and then looking ahead to easter monday , it looks like to easter monday, it looks like another band of rain moving up from the south. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you . >> a very good afternoon to you. and a happy good friday. it's 4 pm. welcome to the martin p.m. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live the heart broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk today, sir jeffrey donaldson has quit as leader of the democratic unionist party after being charged with historical sex offences . rishi sunak is under offences. rishi sunak is under fire after a businessman who gave the tories £5 million was then awarded a knighthood and in

shocking scenes that have really got you going out there today, 300 kids ran amok in a shopping centre in milton keynes, as you can see on your screens now, simple question is this what on earth is going on in our country or our children totally out of control and the great easter getaway has well and truly started. and for some drivers it's very, very slow going indeed. carmageddon on the roads. that's all coming in your next hour . once the show, i'll next hour. once the show, i'll be having a cracking easter. so for this video in milton keynes is really , really affected you is really, really affected you out there today. hundreds and hundreds of emails, including loads from people living in and around milton keynes who are just telling me the whole place has gone to the dogs in recent years. it's socially changed,

becoming an overspill for social problems from outside the area , problems from outside the area, children running amok, parents not seeming to give a tinker's about it. and the consequence we saw throw in the narcissistic nature of social media, throw in a feckless backdrop, the backdrop. the result is what we saw yesterday running amok, security guards getting shoved over the police closing shops rather than nicking these people .send rather than nicking these people . send your comments in. i want to read as many out as i can before the end of the show. vaiews@gbnews.com of course is your email address. but before all of that, it's time for your latest news headlines with sam francis . francis. >> martin, thanks very much and good afternoon from the gb newsroom . a look at the newsroom. a look at the headunes newsroom. a look at the headlines just after 4:00. as martin mentioned , sir jeffrey martin mentioned, sir jeffrey donaldson has stepped down as leader democratic leader of the democratic unionist party after he was charged sex offences of

charged with sex offences of a historical nature. the dup has also suspended mr donaldson from its membership pending the outcome of that legal process, which they say is in accordance with the party's rules. a 57 year old woman has also been charged with aiding and abetting additional offences in relation to that same police investigation. sir jeffrey was elected to parliament in 1997 and is the longest serving mp in northern ireland. the party have now appointed gavin robinson as their interim leader. now appointed gavin robinson as their interim leader . one of the their interim leader. one of the conservatives major party donors has received a knighthood as part of a controversial honours list from rishi sunak mohamed mansour gave £5 million to the tories last year and is a senior treasurer for the party. he was knighted for what's been described as services to business, to charity and politics. other recipients of honours include mp philip davies, who's also a former presenter on this network, and the timing of the list is unusual, coming while parliament is in recess and on the eve of

the easter bank holiday weekend. well, we've been speaking to people in hull to see what they think of the tories receiving honours. >> i think much of anything, 1 or 2 of them most probably try, but to me majority of mps are like bananas bunched together. they're all yellow. there's not a straight one among them. >> it's self—serving, isn't it ? >> it's self—serving, isn't it? i mean, these people reward themselves for. for what? i don't i don't quite understand . don't i don't quite understand. i don't get it. >> it'sjust i don't get it. >> it's just a con, really. you know , it's just, they give the know, it's just, they give the concepts of the labour party money for they want favours in return. so this is this is a problem . problem. >> you know the news today. police are now appealing for help in their search for a man suspected of raping two women in london. the attacks took place four years apart, first in westminster in 2018, followed by another incident in shoreditch

in 2022. the offences were being investigated as separate crimes, but forensic work helped draw a link between the two. detectives say it's highly likely the suspect has also committed other attacks. the metropolitan force has released an e—fit image for those watching on tv. you can see that image here. anyone, they say, who thinks they may have is being urged have information is being urged to contact police call crime to contact police or call crime stoppers . in the us, the wall stoppers. in the us, the wall street journal has today published an edition of its paper with a blank front page marking one year since their reporter, evan aaron evan gershkovich, was jailed in russia. the 32 year old was detained by the fsb last year on suspicion of espionage, though no evidence has ever been presented for those charges. and despite president putin's hints of a potential exchange, no deal has been reached so far here in the uk. meanwhile, the archbishop of canterbury has called on people to pray this easter for the jailed easter weekend for the jailed journalist, soldiers and

officers in the british army are now allowed to grow beards after a century old rule has been overturned. the changes come after an official review of the military's appearance policy. under the new rules, beards and moustaches must be groomed, kept within a specific length and have routine checks. the defence secretary, grant shapps, has praised the shift in culture, saying it's an important step for the military keeping up with modern standards . well, there's modern standards. well, there's been congestion on britain's roads today as holidaymakers set off for the easter holidays. motorists have described horrendous queues stretching up to 20 miles, in some cases adding an extra 45 minutes to journeys. 2.6 million car journeys. 2.6 million car journeys are expected today, with the m25 and southwest routes particularly busy. the rac says people en route to seaside destinations in devon and in cornwall could be in for some especially bad traffic , and some especially bad traffic, and visit england is expecting a total of 11 million trips over

the weekend, injecting £3 billion into british tourism and the uk's eurovision song contest entry. olly alexander has rejected calls to withdraw from the song contest, issuing a joint statement signed by eight other contestants. more than 450 artists and organisations are among a group calling itself queers for palestine. they signed an open letter demanding the years and years singer pull out of the competition in protest over the inclusion of israel. in response, olly alexander said that while he supports a full ceasefire in gaza, he says boycotting the contest would not help to achieve that goal. the collective reply was signed by artists representing the eight participating countries, including ireland, norway , including ireland, norway, portugal and finland . for the portugal and finland. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to our website gbnews.com/alerts .

website gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you sam. now we start with the news that sir jeffrey donaldson has quit as leader of the democratic unionist party after he was charged with historical sex offences. gavin robinson has been appointed the interim party leader. i'm joined now by our northern ireland reporter dougie beattie in belfast. dougie a dramatic story. what's the latest ? story. what's the latest? >> well, this has been a political earthquake in northern ireland. sirjeffrey donaldson ireland. sir jeffrey donaldson is the leader of unionism, the largest unionist party in northern ireland. and absolutely nobody seen this coming. in fact, at 10:00 yesterday morning, i was aware that those arrests had taken place. and when i tried to stand that up and amongst senior dup members, most were absolutely surprised by it. and one of them actually

said to me, look, he was due to do a breakfast event and he didn't attend . and then the didn't attend. and then the penny started to drop. and last night my phone was ringing off the hook by people want to know what i knew from inside that party? an emergency meeting of the party officers was called this morning at about 10:30 outside belfast, not in the dup headquarters here behind us. and of course, that statement then arrived at about midday saying that sir jeffrey had been, put out of the party as as their, rules apply and that he was suspended from the party and that , gavin suspended from the party and that, gavin robinson and other mp had taken over. now, sir jeffrey is the longest serving , jeffrey is the longest serving, politician in northern ireland. in westminster. it is. the dup is the fifth largest party in westminster, so he does hold quite a lot of power .

westminster, so he does hold quite a lot of power. and he has that massive experience that comes with him. so that is why it is so politically shocking here, because the parties in northern ireland are in a enforced coalition, four party coalition and sinn fein's first minister michelle o'neill , has minister michelle o'neill, has released a statement basically saying that she wants that to continue for the importance of the people of northern ireland and wishes to continue with that four party coalition that for northern ireland is vitally important because, as you know, ihave important because, as you know, i have reported on it often. we have been over two years without government in northern ireland because of the protocol. and then the framework document . and then the framework document. and about a month and a half ago, sir jeffrey managed to persuade his party to come back into power . and what what's really at power. and what what's really at the heart of this is the dup, about 27 months ago was split between the paisleyites, which was very much the right hand

conservative side of the dup, and then the moderate ground, and then the moderate ground, and they would be fearful that that split would appear again and this news today is, is definitely earth shattering for the political parties inside northern ireland. and we'll have to see what happens when that court case begins at the end of april . april. >> huge story there from belfast. thank you forjoining belfast. thank you for joining us and giving us a full update. that was dougie beattie . now, that was dougie beattie. now, rishi sunak has been criticised after gave $5 million after a man who gave $5 million to the conservative party was awarded a knighthood. well, businessman mohammed mansoor, who's a senior treasurer at the party, was knighted for business, charity and political service. well, i'm joined in our studio in westminster by our political correspondent catherine forcer. catherine, welcome back to the show. pleasure to have you, as ever. don't honours get given out all the time to people who give loads of money to political

parties? and why is this any different ? different? >> well, it certainly seems that way. we had cash for way. of course we had cash for honours under labour, way. of course we had cash for honou we? under labour, way. of course we had cash for honou we? but under labour, way. of course we had cash for honou we? but rishi er labour, way. of course we had cash for honou we? but rishi sunak, ur, way. of course we had cash for honou we? but rishi sunak, you didn't we? but rishi sunak, you know, it's good friday and yet again , bad headlines and of again, bad headlines and of course this man mohamed mansour £5 million donation that he gave that at the time was the biggest single donation to the conservative party for 20 years. so a very, very big deal. but this comes just 2 or 3 weeks after the almight we row that we had over the £10 million that frank hester had given . and then frank hester had given. and then the comments about diane abbott emerged , and the conservatives emerged, and the conservatives are keeping that money of course they are. they've got a general election to fight. but really, it's just that the bad headlines for rishi sunak just go on and on and on. and indeed the bad news for the prime minister and anneliese dodds hit out at the prime minister earlier on for recommending this honour. >> should we have a listen to

what said? what she said? >> be an almost >> it seems to be an almost automatic now under the automatic pass now under the conservatives and particularly the individual. mr mansoor, who was last year, last january, the biggest ever donor to the conservative £5 million at that stage, the biggest individual donation that had been given then seeming to have that automatic pass through to receiving a high honour under rishi sunak. i think if anything, it demonstrates yet again his weakness that he is focused on internal party issues all of the time, rather than on the needs of our country . the needs of our country. >> well, i seem to recall tony blair giving a lot of honours away to his mates. but anyway, i digress . mohamed mansour wasn't digress. mohamed mansour wasn't the only person who was honoured i >> -- >> no, christopher nolan, the director of oppenheimer, and his wife, a number of conservative mps. tracey crouch, a former sports minister, mark spencer, the farming minister and philip davies, of course, who used to

present on this channel he was on a little bit earlier. let's see what he had to say. >> philip, the one question i have to ask is what have you done to deserve it ? done to deserve it? >> well, that's not really for me to answer, dawn , is it? me to answer, dawn, is it? >> to be perfectly honest, i didn't award this to myself. it was awarded to me, so it's not for it's not for me to for me. it's not for me to decide that. that's for the people. and, people will have their own opinion about whether any honour is merited or not. and you only have to look at social you'll social media, and you'll see that some people think it's the best rishi sunak's best decision that rishi sunak's ever some people think ever made, and some people think it's disgrace. it's an absolute disgrace. and twas thus i suppose, but twas ever thus i suppose, but it's not for me to say whether i deserve it or not or what i've done. it's for, like i say, i didn't award it to myself. >> do you think you deserve it? >> do you think you deserve it? >> i think probably >> well, look, i think probably i mean, i've never been this i mean, i've never been in this position before, and people feel. but i think certainly from my view, i always i my point of view, i always i certainly feel that lots certainly feel that there's lots more, deserving people than more, more deserving people than me, to be to be honoured, but, you know, i'm still immensely

proud . proud. >> a feisty exchange there earlier on. and talking of which , yesterday chris hope sat down with sir keir starmer and asked him again about angela rayner and the council house. this is something that just isn't going away in a hurry. >> this story has been rumbling for on weeks. it's not going away because we still haven't got to the bottom of it now. angela rayner has said repeatedly that this was all checked out by the lawyers , by checked out by the lawyers, by the advisers. there's no capital gains tax to pay. sir keir starmer has accepted that he's seen said his team have seen the legal advice. he's satisfied , legal advice. he's satisfied, but the questions won't go away, partly because the conservative party are making hay with this as you would expect, and partly because this is a woman who ultimately could be our next deputy prime minister now, the numbers, the amount of money potentially that she might have owed about 1500 pounds, not a

lot . nadhim owed about 1500 pounds, not a lot. nadhim zahawi, of owed about 1500 pounds, not a lot . nadhim zahawi, of course, lot. nadhim zahawi, of course, had to give over about 5 million, but but the point is, she is housing secretary . she she is housing secretary. she would expect other people to answer these questions and the bafic answer these questions and the basic issue is if there were no capital gains tax liable, that's either because this house that she sold, she'd improved it so much there was nothing to pay or that she had declared it as her main residence , even though it main residence, even though it sounds like she didn't live in it now, she could choose to explain it. it's got to be one or the other. and i think until she does , these questions are she does, these questions are going to continue being asked. >> so thank you. katherine forster always excellent. now i'm joined former labour i'm joined by the former labour minister denis macshane. now, denis, welcome to the show . hope denis, welcome to the show. hope you're having a cracking easter this far. the angela rayner situation isn't going anywhere in a hurry as we just said, miss rayner was meant to be, sir keir starmer's trump card a way to get the working classes on

board. could she become the biggest millstone? however, around his neck ? around his neck? >> no, martin. i mean, good luck to the conservative party and the very, very ultra conservative press and media cranking this up £70,000 or something technical profit compared to rishi sunak, giving an honour to a guy who gives him £5 million and moves up into becoming a knight. >> all this frank hester chat with his appalling racist and misogynist and incitation to sort of attack an mp , and the sort of attack an mp, and the conservatives are still brushing it away. they haven't even returned the money. so i mean, good luck, good luck , good luck. good luck, good luck, good luck. let me tell you something. most mps are registered in two or even three places to live. it's a nature of the job. i don't believe angela rayner is my soul. i don't know, i don't obviously don't know much about it, but it is quite clear that a lot of lawyers have gone over this, another tory mp in manchester said he's open up the

investigations again and the police always do that when they're put under pressure. politically, this is a political stunt. i don't really think it's never been mentioned to me on any doorstep canvassing in the last few weeks. i just don't think this is much of an issue. >> i don't think that seems to be a concurrent theme, though, dennis, the labour do dennis, when the labour party do something. oh, there's nothing to bit like the to see here. a bit like the beers the curries in durham. beers and the curries in durham. nothing but nothing to see here. but yet when happens with the when it happens with the conservatives, it's always heads must must roll. must roll, heads must roll. isn't this about double standards? >> well , not standards? >> well, not on my part, because i've consistently argued when i was in government. i'm consistently written until we get democracy to pay for democracy, there'll always be a stink over this funding. and it doesn't matter if it's labour or the conservatives. the tories are just a little bit naughtier martin. i mean, i think you might agree, on this, as are as were the liberal democrats, that they existed as a party and that is why i just wish to god we

could abolish all of this and simply say, no honours, no nothing, no external money. democracy pays for democracy. >> okay. and out on the road yesterday, sir keir starmer in dudley said something you think you'd never hear from the labour party? certainly not his predecessor, jeremy corbyn. there's money tree, he there's no magic money tree, he said, of course is said, which of course is absolutely true. the biscuit tin is empty , £2.7 trillion in is empty, £2.7 trillion in national debt . denis macshane is national debt. denis macshane is this an acknowledgement that there's no money left? and if people expect there to be some sort of quantum shift, some rapid miracle, some regrowth of pubuc rapid miracle, some regrowth of public services when labour party get in, sir keir starmer is planting the seeds not of the magic money tree, but of reality i >> -- >> indeed so. but the guy did it first was gordon brown. you remember him, martin? you probably a bit of a young man then. and he said he would, apply then. and he said he would, apply conservative spending limits for the first two years of the labour government in

1997. and he and tony blair never looked back. now there were huge angers, revolts. i can remember 70 of my colleagues rebelling on load , parent of rebelling on load, parent of benefits being held at a standstill , benefits being held at a standstill, but it was the right decision and the labour party looked stronger for it. so i actually do think that surely rachel reeves made pretty clear in her big speech a couple of weeks ago, and constantly making clear labour can't be a spendthrift party. we've inherited the distrust disaster we've inherited the empty , we've inherited the empty, barrel of nothing from the conservative party. it's going to be. it's a huge repair job. to be. it's a huge repairjob. the country now faces , and i the country now faces, and i think they're making up their mind that they're not going to entrust it to, serve man. sir and sir philip davis, bless philip. i like him very much. and rishi sunak and all the rest of they want a change. of it. they want a change. >> well, denis macshane, they've inherited a biscuit tin that's empty. thanks to lockdowns that all the parties voted for, including party .

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welcome back. it's 425. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, later in the show, with most of the country looking forward to getting stuck into some eggs, going to some easter eggs, i'm going to be joined by an award winning chocolatier. to chocolatier. looking forward to that. chocolatier. looking forward to that . now, more chocolatier. looking forward to that. now, more than 2.5 million car journeys are expected to be made today. and guess what? it's britain. the good old british weather is making life even more difficult for travellers as storm nelson hitting parts of the country . well, our west the country. well, our west midlands reporterjack the country. well, our west midlands reporter jack carson the country. well, our west midlands reporterjack carson is midlands reporter jack carson is above the m6 motorway near walsall. living, living the dream there, jack. what's the latest ? latest? >> well, we just surviving a bit of a rain shower here above the m6 martin. but here particularly traffic seems to be moving a lot smoother than it was earlier. there was a lot of congestion, particularly around junction ten this morning when a lot of people , of course, would have people, of course, would have been setting their been setting off for their journeys. been journeys. and it's actually been quite across quite a similar picture across the we'll see

the country. we'll probably see some pictures now if you are listening on radio to the m1, which was definitely had some congestion earlier, a lot of slow traffic. that was slow moving traffic. that was very much the case earlier this morning and around lunchtime. it's going to continue to be the for case much of this afternoon as well. before we get to the evening when particularly the highways will a lot highways will become a lot quieter, the advice quieter, that is the advice really around the country, if you are travelling to travel within the evening, times around the outside of those peak times to try and miss that congestion. but of course there have been accidents across the country as well, particularly around the m4 and bristol. that area had some congestion and some serious slow moving traffic there. and on the west side of the m25 as well around the m1 in hertfordshire, that also had some slow moving traffic. so that's very much been the case on the roads today. and that advice, you know, for those people that are travelling and setting off to check things like your tire pressure to give yourself the

least chance of an accident and least chance of an accident and least chance of having a breakdown, which of course we know how quickly things can change if something does happen on the motorways as well . there on the motorways as well. there have been more cars on the road because of also, disruption of within the railway lines as well, particularly the west coast line between milton coast main line between milton keynes and london euston. that's closed for the next well today and for the next three days. so that's forced a few more people on the so looking a bit on the road. so looking a bit quieter now. but the quieter now. but across the country do some, some, country do expect some, some, some today martin. some congestion today martin. >> thanks jack carson and happy driving out there on the roads. now, if you want to sum up the sorry state of this country, then a video of hundreds of kids running amok in a shopping centre it up. the centre surely sums it up. the children clash with security staff keynes yesterday staff in milton keynes yesterday , police issued a dispersal order which order after the incident, which involved around 300 youngsters. well, now by norman well, i'm joined now by norman brennan, who's a former london police officer and of course is the director of the law and order foundation . welcome to the

order foundation. welcome to the show, norman. always a pleasure. hope you're having a very happy easter. country is broken. easter. the country is broken. this yesterday sums up . this video yesterday sums it up. >> absolutely. there's not a day that goes by martin that i don't see somewhere on social media or in the media or i'm told of group of feral youths running amok in our streets, in supermarkets , on buses, on trains. >> some of them are armed , it's >> some of them are armed, it's not normally at this higher number, but i'm afraid that. and it's a shameful thing to say. we have got a lost generation, as well as these 300. >> i mean, they're in school uniforms. some of them . uniforms. some of them. >> we have 4000 gangs in britain. martin 4200 in london. they number upwards of a couple of dozen. we have county lines. the majority of these young boys and youths are armed, out of control . and it appears that

control. and it appears that there's no parameters. they can do and behave and be how they want and wish , and nobody can want and wish, and nobody can get in their way. and if they do, there will be severe consequences. when did we allow our children to be so indisciplined and as so far out of control as they are today, and you're absolutely right. the finger needs to be pointed at their parents. >> what about policing? norman, back in your day , no doubt back in your day, no doubt they'd have been short shrift with these yobbos you'd have beenin with these yobbos you'd have been in their and you'd have been in their and you'd have been nicking but yesterday been in their and you'd have been seemed but yesterday been in their and you'd have been seemed to but yesterday been in their and you'd have been seemed to standrt yesterday been in their and you'd have beenseemed to stand by esterday been in their and you'd have beenseemed to stand by andrday they seemed to stand by and watch again. >> i'm ashamed to say i've been in policing and law and order for 45 years. >> it wasn't perfect in my day . >> it wasn't perfect in my day. i've got to tell you, we didn't take any of this nonsense. we truly didn't. were in truly didn't. we were there in our police our numbers. the police have lost there aren't lost the streets. there aren't enough of them. they go from one court next. they're enough of them. they go from one court from next. they're enough of them. they go from one court from pillarthey're enough of them. they go from one court from pillar to ey're enough of them. they go from one court from pillar to post, one pulled from pillar to post, one demonstration they demonstration to the next. they can't police their own can't even police their own areas. and when they do, it's fire policing one fire brigade policing one emergency to the next, to the next, and they don't get time to

investigate crime. the victims are sick and because they are sick and tired because they feel feel let feel failed. the public feel let down don't feel down because they don't feel safe. what does it say about our criminal justice system when the streets are lost , the police are streets are lost, the police are broken. the criminal justice system , magistrates and judges system, magistrates and judges and juvenile courts are more social workers than arbiters of right and wrong and punishment and deterrent. and we have parents failing to play their part. we have a lost generation where too many children see no consequences for their appalling bad behaviour. >> yeah, norman brennan once again echoing what a lot of people are saying out there, speaking pure common sense. normal course. a former london police officer and the current director of the law and order foundation . thanks forjoining foundation. thanks for joining us the now, westminster us on the show. now, westminster city hall are under fire as they scrambled for a seemingly last minute window display and ramadan lights are staying up

over easter weekend in london this is the martin dalby show. but first, it's your latest news headunes but first, it's your latest news headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much. and good afternoon to you. the headunes and good afternoon to you. the headlines just after 4:30, sir jeffrey donaldson has stepped down as the leader of the democratic unionist party after he was charged with historical sex offences. he's also been suspended from the party pending the outcome of the legal process . he's a 57 year old woman has also been charged with aiding and abetting additional offences in relation to that same police investigation. sir jeffrey was elected to parliament in 1997 and is the longest serving mp in northern ireland. the party have now appointed gavin robinson as the leader . major donors the interim leader. major donors would not get an automatic pass to receiving honours, according to receiving honours, according to the party's chairwoman,

angela dodds was speaking after one of the conservative party's major donors was recommended for a knighthood by rishi sunak mohamed mansour , who gave £5 mohamed mansour, who gave £5 million to the tories last year he was knighted for what's described as services to to business charity and politics. a man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after a stabbing at kennington underground station in london. nicholas orlando green, who's 35, has been remanded in custody and will appear at highbury corner magistrates court tomorrow. he's also charged with possession of a bladed article and one count of sexual assault, after a member of the public reported being groped as the suspect left the station . and suspect left the station. and there's congestion on britain's roads today as holidaymakers set off for the easter break, motorists have described horrendous queues stretching up to 20 miles, in some cases adding an extra 45 minutes to minutes to journey times 2.6 million. carjourneys are million. car journeys are expected today , with the m25 and expected today, with the m25 and

the south—west particularly busy , the rac says. people en route to seaside destinations in devon and in cornwall could be in for some, especially bad traffic. visitengland is expecting a total of 11 million trips over the weekend, injecting £3 billion into british tourism . billion into british tourism. those are the headlines. more coming up at 5:00. in the meantime, you can sign up to gb news alerts just scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts. >> thank you sam. now it's exactly one year since humza yousaf became scotland's first minister, and after the turbulent last 12 months, i doubt today is a very happy anniversary for him. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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>> it is hard for me to find the words to describe just how honoured i am. >> it's been a year since humza yousaf was sworn in as scottish first minister after a fraught leadership race left the snp. >> divided from the get go, his premiership was obscured in the shadow of an investigation into the snp's finances, leading to the snp's finances, leading to the arrest of former first minister nicola sturgeon, who was later released without charge. >> i am absolutely certain that ihave >> i am absolutely certain that i have done nothing wrong and thatis i have done nothing wrong and that is a position that i will continue to maintain as an emboldened scottish labour prepares for a general election and asks. >> sarwar says humza yousafs incompetence is now showing through and his party is catching on. >> is a weak leader leading a divided party, an incompetent government and one that has run out of road. >> every area of public policy, every demographic, every part of

our country, every corner and every community can point to their own reason on why this snp government has utterly failed them . them. >> a year into his tenure, humza yousaf has seen the snp's slump in the polls and he's faced defections in both parliaments. the mp for east kilbride, lisa cameron , crossed the floor to cameron, crossed the floor to the tories in westminster while his leadership race mate ash regan defected to alex salmond's alba party, becoming their first holyrood msp. >> the independent strategy that the snp are putting forward, i don't, i don't think it's a credible, independent strategy michael shanks and when it comes to the voters putting their money where their mouth is, scottish the scottish labour annihilated the snp at the rutherglen and hamilton west by—election, securing 58.6% of the vote. >> add to that an abandonment of the section 35 legal challenge and courts blocking the last realistic path to independence, while 2023 has left little room for browbeaten nationalists to

chalk up a win. of course, humza yousaf has other ideas and has offered up one election prospect that his supporters can't ignore. >> we have the opportunity to ensure that scotland is tory free. >> so how do scottish voters think humza yousaf is handling the top job? it's all about the youth vote, i think, and i think he's a person who will be good to reach out to the young voters. >> yeah, i think it's more of the same and pretty much predictable. >> haven't good track >> we haven't had a good track record the past. record in the past. >> his track record, his track record most of the record and just most of the government, a council tax freeze and trail doing away and a scotrail trail doing away with peak rail fares has gone some way to keeping the public on side. >> but as this recent polling from shows, his support from yougov shows, his support is much lower than keir starmer. rishi and even his rishi sunak and even his predecessor nicola sturgeon. there's no denying the winds of change are blowing a gale in this tumultuous year of scottish politics. but as ever, nothing provides greater clarity than the voice of the people on

polling day, tony mcguire, gb news. >> well, let's get more on this. i'm now joined by michael simmons, who's the data editor at the spectator. welcome to the show, michael. i hope you're having a cracking easter. so, humza yousafs polling , humza yousafs polling, astonishingly, is less popular than nicola sturgeon . she's than nicola sturgeon. she's currently on bail and only one living person has donated to the snp in 2023. michael has there been any good bits ? been any good bits? >> well, i think on the whole, no, i mean, things have gone pretty badly for, humza yousaf, as you say, he's got this terrible personal polling and the snp are, are going down in the snp are, are going down in the polls and, you know, scandals don't seem to be going away. >> and where there might be some comfort for, humza yousaf is labour sort of closing in on the snp? looks like it might be slowing down and maybe that this kind of flaw of the snp vote

propped up by the, you know, forever referendum people might be sort of high enough to keep the snp at a kind of a winning base. so he might take that as some good news. but as his, you know, personal leadership, has that with that got anything to do with that? probably not. >> and is the dream of >> and michael is the dream of independence now just a retreating prospect of the snp can't poll. well then surely with it that single issue withers away. >> yeah, i think certainly, you know, in the medium terms, it's hard to see how independence would come about. it's kind of odd, actually, because independence still holds sort of fairly highly and there's some occasional polls where it's on more than 50, although the average is still towards. no. but i think, without any path to a referendum, a legal referendum, there's just no way to see it happening . and if the to see it happening. and if the snp are going to lose seats, they're not going to be able to bnng they're not going to be able to bring that about. but

they're not going to be able to bring that about . but actually, bring that about. but actually, what's than is i what's more than that is when i speak to, you know, independence supporters scotland , there supporters up in scotland, there isn't really this feeling that there nicola sturgeon there was under nicola sturgeon that it was just around the corner. nobody thinks it's about to happen, even the die hard supporters. and without that kind momentum could kind of momentum and you could see ebbing see the issue sort of ebbing away as you'd expect. >> the scottish labour leader, anas war has been putting the boot in, saying he's failing on the basics of government, pointing to nhs waiting lists, falling educational standards, low economic growth , soaring low economic growth, soaring drug addiction is another issue. do you think , michael, this do you think, michael, this seeming obsession that gaza is more important than glasgow ? more important than glasgow? >> yeah. well, i think, this is something that, certainly makes humza yousaf unpopular with people, that he's already unpopular with. you know, there's been these issues with scottish government funds being redirected towards parts of the un that help gaza. but equally,

i think there people are cutting him some slack on this issue because he has this family connection where, his mother in law's family were stuck in gaza. so i think in a way, you know, people are slightly, sympathetic to that. however you have to take that against this, you know, terrible domestic record where a lot of scots would say they would like and not just humza yousaf, other ministers within the government within the scottish government to effort into, you to put more effort into, you know, improving things at home. >> okay. thank you forjoining >> okay. thank you for joining us. michael data editor us. michael simmons, data editor at perhaps at the spectator on perhaps a year to forget for humza yousaf. now ramadan lights are staying up over easter weekend in london with little to no easter displays. is britain still a christian country? this is this is the martin daubney show on gb news. i'm martin daubney

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pushing them, filming the whole thing , finding it to be top thing, finding it to be top locks. the police, seemingly powerless . nothing happened. powerless. nothing happened. asking huge , huge questions. asking huge, huge questions. does this video signify what's happening to our country? a broken britain, hundreds have emailed in. let's go through a few of them now. pete says this. this is simply lawless britain. this is simply lawless britain. this is simply lawless britain. this is essentially broken window theory in reverse. guys. what i mean by that is if you don't arrest shoplifters, then you get an increase in shoplifting that eventually leads to mobs running into stores and taking whatever they want. if the police don't, police if they are too scared to stop and search, then this is what you get. yvonne adds this it's very simple to me. martin. national service is a solution to these want away kids . they to these want away kids. they lack discipline. they won't get it at home. the police are afraid to do it. so let's put

them in the army . then. they'll them in the army. then. they'll soon learn. jack totally backing that point up here. jack says this martin, i'm an ex—gunner. i served 27 years in the military. to me, it's a no brainer. three months in a military boot camp run by ex—military. we will soon sort these delicate little angels out. let me know if you're up for it. martin. i'd volunteer to be one of those boot campers. there we go, jack is up for it. emma said this all the same kinds of kids, isn't it? take a look at their faces , it? take a look at their faces, not the milton keynes kids of the 1980s where i grew up. are they okay? moving on. westminster city hall was seen to have changed their window display from ramadan to easter in a matter of hours after tory councillor paul swadel pointed out islamic holy month had been honoured and that there was no corresponding easter display. and this comes after ramadan lights were put on display

across central london, which prompts a concern over support for other major faiths during important christian festivals. well, i'm joined now by tim dieppe, who's the head of public policy at christian concern . policy at christian concern. welcome to the show, tim. i hope you're having a peaceful and blessed easter. how disconcerting is it to christians when they see ramadan lights during this important christian period? do you see it as an invasion ? is it a step too far? >>i far? >> i think it's, it is kind of symbolic, isn't it? >> very powerfully symbolic that here we are in easter, the most important christian festival when we celebrate the resurrection of jesus, which is the foundation of our faith, which has formed the foundation of civilisation and the of western civilisation and the foundation of our culture and laws and values for centuries. and here we are. and then, like you say, oxford street is lit up for ramadan over easter time and then westminster city council, seem to forget about easter. >> they had a display ready for

ramadan and nothing for easter. >> and it's very interesting because it seems like people are more concerned celebrate more concerned to celebrate ramadan mark ramadan than ramadan or mark ramadan than they are easter. and that's kind of a very interesting cultural moment to see that islam seems to be gaining in terms of influence and people wanting to respect people to respect it, people wanting to give credit and so on, and give it credit and so on, and christianity in the decline and people wanting to disrespect it and about it, and forgetting about it, extraordinarily , and sort of extraordinarily, and sort of having to, you know, last minute, you know, get a display there in westminster city hall, so is concerning, so i think it is concerning, i think it is, something that sort of marks how islam is growing in our society and gaining influence different influence and in many different ways across society. and this is one sort of one of those kind of moments where we see that , okay. moments where we see that, okay. >> thank very much. we're >> thank you very much. we're going it there. going to have to leave it there. we've of time. we've simply run out of time. tim who's head of tim dieppe, who's the head of pubuc public policy at christian concern spokesman concern now a spokesman for westminster , has sent us westminster council, has sent us this comment. the council supports festivals from different faith communities throughout the year and the ramadan lights form part of that

activity . and we hope this would activity. and we hope this would inspire muslims and people of other faiths to come up with their own ideas to celebrate important events. it's spreading awareness in such a nice way through art and light. installation so it's an interesting point. that is, it's an interesting point. you know , an interesting point. you know, and you know, tim dyer there. so this is an oversight. it's being forgetful. is it is it just an oversight or is it something more. do you think this is a deliberate erosion of the christian values of this nation? are we actually still a christian nation? has the church been a part of that downfall? they seem to care more about climate change and refugees welcome and issues that don't even impact most of christian followers. you seem more obsessed with slavery and reparations and guilt trips. is this why it's falling away ? do this why it's falling away? do these ramadan lights bother you? or is this all a bit of a storm in a teacup? let me know your

thoughts. vaiews@gbnews.com. and of course, after this we'll have much more on that video in milton keynes. so many emails coming through, it's unbelievable. an astonishing response from you people out there, including many, many who live in milton keynes, who say they simply don't recognise their own town anymore. well, that's all from me this hour, but stay with me and i'll be joined by a travel expert shortly. getting updates on the travel chaos across britain as millions hit the road for the bank holiday weekend. some are calling it carmageddon. let's hope it's not quite as bad as that. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel. now's your weather craig now's your weather with craig snell . all. for. snell. all. for. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there! welcome to your

latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. well, this easter weekend for many of us, we will see some sunshine, but there some rain there will still be some rain around . this will courtesy of around. this will courtesy of this low pressure. it's this area of low pressure. it's going for the going to hang around for the long but with wind long weekend, but with wind coming the south, it coming in from the south, it should feel a little bit less cold than it has been late . cold than it has been of late. so for the rest of good friday showers becoming increasingly restricted to more western and northern country , northern parts of the country, central and eastern parts turning dry overnight could just see misty patches come see a few misty patches come dawn, and also a touch of ground frost, with temperatures falling down to about 3 to 4 degrees. but where we do see the chilly conditions, first thing saturday morning we will see some sunshine . just keeping an eye on sunshine. just keeping an eye on this area of rain. it could just fringe far east of east fringe the far east of east anglia for time, i think anglia for a time, but i think for of us really , it's for most of us really, it's going to be a day of sunny spells a showers, spells and a few showers, showers and showers a little bit fewer and further between compared to today , with the main focus today, with the main focus across parts of scotland and northern ireland. but in the sunshine feeling pleasant

enough, highs reaching around 14 or 15 degrees. then looking ahead to easter day again. another day of sunny spells and showers. showers probably again restricted to northern ireland with fewer and further showers the further east you go in the sunshine feeling pleasantly warm, highs reaching around 16 degrees and then looking ahead to easter monday. it looks like another band of rain moving up from the south. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers. sponsors of

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offences . sir keir starmer warns offences. sir keir starmer warns cash strapped councils that there's no magic money tree and there's no magic money tree and there's even more bad news for rishi sunak today. and in shocking scenes, it's really got you going. 300 kids ran amok in a shopping centre in milton keynes. what on earth is going on in our country? i'll be asking a school teacher soon. is it their fault? and the great easter getaway has well and truly started? and for some drivers it's very slow going. it's carmageddon out there and that's all coming in your next hour. welcome to the that's all coming in your next hour . welcome to the show. hour. welcome to the show. always an absolute pleasure to have your company, especially on this good friday. i hope you're having a peaceful, restful time and not overdoing it on the chocolate . don't forget the nhs chocolate. don't forget the nhs said eat egg at said don't eat an old egg at once while we get through a couple later on in this hour, i

want to hear from you. the show has just much yours as it is has just as much yours as it is mine. there's one topic today really, and really, really rankled you and it's video in milton keynes it's this video in milton keynes 300 kids, social meetup 300 kids, a social media meetup shoving security guards, ransacking shops, powerless police looking on. so many questions are being asked who's culpable? where are the parents? where is the respect? where are the consequences? or the schools to blame? are they not disciplining children enough ? i disciplining children enough? i speak to bobby seagull later in this hour. he knows a thing or two about discipline in classrooms. let me know your thoughts the usual way. vaiews@gbnews.com. but first, let's get stuck into your latest news headlines with sam francis . news headlines with sam francis. >> martin, thank you and very good afternoon to you. it's just gone 5:00 and leading the news this hour, sir jeffrey donaldson has stepped down as the leader of the democratic unionist party after he was charged with sex

offences of a historical nature. the dup has also suspended mr donaldson from its membership pending the outcome of the legal process, which they say is in accordance with party rules. a 57 year old woman has also been charged with aiding and abetting additional offences in relation to that same police investigation. sir jeffrey was elected to parliament in 1997 and is the longest serving mp in northern ireland. they've now appointed gavin robinson as the interim leader , one of the interim leader, one of the conservative party's major donors has received a knighthood as part of a controversial honours list from rishi sunak mohamed mansour gave £5 million to the tories last year and is a senior treasurer for the party. he was knighted for what's described as services to business, to charity and to politics. s other recipients include the mp philip davies, who is also a former presenter on this network. the timing of the list is unusual, though, coming while parliament is in

recess and on the eve of the easter bank holiday weekend , easter bank holiday weekend, police are appealing for help in their search for a man who suspected of raping two women in london. the attacks took place four years apart, first in westminster in 2018, followed by another incident in shoreditch in 2022. those offences were being investigated as separate crimes, but forensic work has helped draw a link between the two. detectives say it's highly likely the suspect has also committed other attacks . the committed other attacks. the metropolitan force has released this e—fit. if you're watching on television and they're asking anyone who thinks they may have information to contact police or call crime stoppers . and in call crime stoppers. and in other news, police have issued an urgent appeal to help them locate a disabled boy's specially modified van that has been stolen from a family in east london. the cariaso family's 13 year old son, elijah, has a rare muscular condition and survives with the

help of medical equipment. if you're watching on tv, you can see these cctv pictures of the van asit see these cctv pictures of the van as it was being stolen in hackney in the capital. it took the family nine months to restore that van and it's used to transport specialist medical equipment . to transport specialist medical equipment. elijah's mother, anisa, told gb news earlier that she's hoping the van is returned before elijah's birthday, which she said could be their last houday she said could be their last holiday together . holiday together. >> it's not the van that you took, but it's our freedom as a family, his freedom as to whatever life he's got. he's got a limited time here and we just hope that you pull something in your heart to look at this as not a material thing, but look at this as what you could give to elijah into whatever life, whatever we could squeeze in to whatever we could squeeze in to whatever limited time we've got and to the us now, where the wall street journal has published an edition of its paper with a blank front page

marking one year since their reporter, evan gershkovich, was jailed in russia. >> the 32 year old was detained last year on charges of spying, though no evidence has ever been presented for those charges and despite president putin's hints of a potential exchange, no deal has so far been reached here in the uk. meanwhile the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has called on people to pray this easter weekend for the jailed journalist . well, today we've journalist. well, today we've learned that soldiers and officers in the british army are now allowed to grow beards after a century old rule was overturned. the changes come after an official review of the military's appearance policy . military's appearance policy. under the new rules, beards and moustaches must be groomed, kept within a specific length and have routine checks. the defence secretary, grant shapps, has praised the shift in culture, saying it's important that the military keeps up with modern standards as there's been congestion on britain's roads today as holidaymakers set off

for the easter break, motorists have described horrendous queues stretching up to 20 miles in some places. 2.6 million car journeys were expected today, with the m25 five and southwest routes particularly busy. the rac says that people en route to seaside destinations in devon and cornwall could be in for some especially bad traffic , and some especially bad traffic, and visit england. the tourism board expects a total of 11 million trips over the weekend, bringing in some £3 billion to british tourism . and finally, olly tourism. and finally, olly alexander has rejected calls to withdraw from the eurovision song contest this year , issuing song contest this year, issuing a joint statement signed by eight other contestants . more eight other contestants. more than 450 artists and organisations are among a group calling itself queers for palestine, and they've signed an open letter demanding that the years and years singer pull out of the competition in protest over of israel. over the inclusion of israel. well, in response, olly alexander said that while he does support a full ceasefire in

gaza, boycotting the contest would, he says, not help to achieve that goal . the achieve that goal. the collective reply was signed by artists representing eight participating countries, including ireland, norway , including ireland, norway, portugal and finland. those are the headlines more coming up in the headlines more coming up in the next half hour. in the meantime, do sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the code there on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts. now though, it's . martin. it's back to. martin. >> now we start with the news that sir jeffrey donaldson has quit as leader of the democratic unionist party after he was charged with historical sex offences, and gavin robinson has been important appointed interim party leader. and i'm joined now by our northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie, who's live in belfast. dougie, an astonishing story. what's the latest ? latest? >> well, it is astonishing and it has been a real political

shock in northern ireland this morning and especially inside the dup itself. i mean, this story started, i got word of it yesterday, early morning yesterday, early morning yesterday, that this was happening . i was trying to happening. i was trying to contact members of the dup and was basically told it was nonsense , that that wouldn't nonsense, that that wouldn't happen. then. sirjeffrey didn't appear at a breakfast meeting and by 10:00 last night my phone was red hot from senior members inside the dup wanting to know what i knew. but this morning, at about half past ten, the party, executive met. the party officers met this morning outside belfast and there it became very apparent that what we were hearing was true. now, sir jeffrey donaldson has been at the head of unionism in for northern ireland quite some time. in fact, he is the longest serving politician in northern ireland. and he brings with him an amazing amount of experience.

so you can imagine the shock that this has been. i mean, people like julian smith were tweeting today saying, about how much he had brought to the table about putting stormont back together again after that two year break. the ulster unionist party saying that the dup leadership was really a matter for the dup, while acknowledging the hurt is going to happen the hurt that is going to happen to the families that are involved in this . and of course, involved in this. and of course, sinn fein's michelle o'neill , sinn fein's michelle o'neill, the first minister of northern ireland, saying that basically that that they had to keep continuing with the four party coalition that runs northern ireland. so you can you can see from this point how much disruption will be put in place inside northern ireland by this shocking news this morning of these historical charges. now that sir jeffrey put the party back together here after about 27 months ago, it basically had

a civil war within itself between the right wing of the party and that middle ground. and really and truly, they have managed he has managed to do that and steer the ship, bringing them back in in the last sort of month and a half. but it must be said now that there are others inside northern ireland that are maybe, perhaps looking at this as an opportunity to realign unionism and take a different route with it and give it a different sense of belonging, because the dup always had that conservative side of things. so this morning we are we that news of the arrest was made public. and of course the bail conditions and stuff around that remain basically private. but today and this evening there will be many talks going on, particularly behind us here. this is actually gavin robinson's , constituency gavin robinson's, constituency office as well as dup headquarters and gavin is a very, very popular member of the

dup. but he also sits in an area that he is under electoral pressure from the alliance party, a thousand votes could swing it the other way and if we have a general election in the next year, if the dup do not clean this up very, very quickly, they could be looking at losing quite a few seats. >> okay, thanks for that update from belfast. that's dougie beattie our northern ireland reporter. now, we talked a lot yesterday about sir keir starmer and his comments about banning protests outside schools. of course we got him to talk about the batley grammar school , which the batley grammar school, which i'm very proud, but there was one of the moment, one of the comments sir keir that comments from sir keir that i want to focus on now, and it's this because with the country drowning around £27 drowning and around £27 trillion of national debt , the trillion of national debt, the labour leader warned those in dudley that there's no magic money tree. well, i'm joined now in our in our studio by our political correspondent catherine forsyth . catherine, catherine forsyth. catherine, sir keir on the election trail , sir keir on the election trail,

soft election trail in dudley. but if councillors, they're expecting a maundy thursday money handout severely disappointed is this reality bites time. we are massively in debt and whatever people think about the party, the country being transformed by a labour government, the biscuit tin is simply empty. >> yes, i think it is reality biting. and as labour said to the conservatives back in 2010, sorry , there's no money left and sorry, there's no money left and we're in pretty much a similar situation now with a potential incoming labour government. so although voters seem to be absolutely fed up to the back teeth after the conservatives, ruling and taxes at a 70 year high public service is not in a good place , it's clear that no good place, it's clear that no matter who is in charge after the next election, there isn't a lot of money. we've got a massive national debt as you say, and turning the economy

round a creating the factors for growth, etc. takes time. so anybody who thinks that voting in labour, sir keir starmer, that suddenly they'll be able to get a doctor's appointment, that taxes will fall, that we'll get growth back, is in for a big disappointment. it's going to be very, difficult for very, very difficult for whatever, colour of party is in power after the next election. >> and talking of which, there could be a third colour in this race, reform party , some race, the reform party, some some out some staggering polling out today , a major headache for today, a major headache for rishi sunak is growing . not only rishi sunak is growing. not only the nationwide polling of 14, but when you dive into the detail, catherine, there's a real problem for rishi sunak amongst the working class voters. >> yeah, dreadful news for rishi sunak. it feels like all the news for rishi sunak is bad. these days, so working class voters now more likely to vote for reform than the conservatives northern voters more likely to vote for reform. men more likely to vote for

reform . and of the people who reform. and of the people who voted conservative in 2019, only about half of them are planning to do so again. and a huge third of them are planning to go straight to reform. only about 12% thinking of going across to laboun 12% thinking of going across to labour. but of course, reform is probably not going to get many or maybe any seats. but they're likely to stop the tories getting a whole load of seats that they might otherwise have won. and this really could be an existential crisis for the conservative party >> midlands working class white men . it's almost like lee men. it's almost like lee anderson personified. i wonder how much of lee crossing the floor to reform has given them this boost. and what about the big one? there's talk in the press today of attempts to neutralise nigel, because if that man were to come back, when i say neutralise offer him a peerage, offer him an

ambassador's job. they're scrambling around with a with a nigel shake problem , and they nigel shake problem, and they seem like headless chickens. >> they're very worried. and there's a leaked recording of danny kruger from new danny kruger from the new conservatives , saying, you know conservatives, saying, you know how how devastating , reform how how devastating, reform could be for them and saying that he was sympathetic to their sort of diagnosis of the problem , that the conservatives weren't conservative enough , though he conservative enough, though he did say, you know, that they were reform out to destroy the conservatives. and, of course , conservatives. and, of course, they're doing very well as it is. if nigel farage comes from his sort of semi hands off role as chair comes back and leads the party, then inevitably , the party, then inevitably, they're going to go higher in they're going to go higher in the polls. so yes, some suggestions that they could potentially buy them off effectively give him usm us uk ambassador sorry to the united states, especially given he's clearly got an incredibly good relationship with donald trump, who may well be president come

november. so yeah, the conservatives must think they just cannot seem to catch a break at the moment. and it just feels like things are going from bad to worse to even worse. >> something else i know you were very involved in this sort of the angela rayner, of course, is another sort of just won't go away. there's a whiff of badness around it around the council house you told me house passed. you just told me a story about when first spoke story about when she first spoke about the commons. about this in in the commons. you've got some, some, some insight into her mind. >> well , it insight into her mind. >> well, it was a couple of weeks ago because this story has been around as you say, been rumbling around as you say, for it's technical. for weeks. it's a bit technical. but basically she may she says she doesn't . she says she's had she doesn't. she says she's had all the correct advice, but some estimates that she might owe about 1000 and a half, pounds in capital gains tax. and the first time she had to speak to journalists about this was a couple of weeks ago at a press gallery lunch in westminster, she was asked, repeat avidly about this and what struck me

was not so much the word she used, but the words that she didn't. and also she got really quite emotional because we think of her as being very sort of take no prisoners straight talking, very feisty, which she is. but she really quite is. but she was really quite emotional. she was all almost in tears at one point, i would say, and she was saying, look , look, and she was saying, look, look, i was a care worker. my son, was born very prematurely. he's registered blind . i have another registered blind. i have another son, a teenager. my brother was also helping me. he had his own struggles. he'd served in the armed forces and a real outpouring of very , very outpouring of very, very personal, quite embarrassing. it felt to me, i think, to other journalists there, quite embarrassing . but her basic embarrassing. but her basic message was back off, give me some privacy. i've done nothing wrong. but the problem is she can say that till the cows come home. but unless she's going to explain why there was no capital

gains tax paid on the house, that she owed owned when she appeared to live largely in another house, i don't think these questions are going to go away now. maybe she she had the house that she sold, which was her home as her main residence . her home as her main residence. there's nothing illegal about that. but she and her husband combined. you can only have one main residence between you. and so these questions have still not been answered. and so i think they will carry on being asked, despite the fact that she clearly doesn't like her. >> do you think this is a case of standards? because of double standards? because we hear from the hear all the time from the labour heads must hear all the time from the lab0|if heads must hear all the time from the lab0|if any heads must hear all the time from the lab0|if any conservative must hear all the time from the lab0|if any conservative istt roll? if any conservative is seen to have performed any kind of indiscretion with, with parties during covid, any financial irregularities around donors. and yet now, sir keir starmer, i was astonished yesterday said i don't need to see the detail of what happened to angela rayner. this is the guy used to be in charge of the cps. they seem to believe, i

think, that they can just brush it away and it will go away. will away or will this will it go away or will this keep i think keep rumbling on, i don't think it will go away. and that's partly because the conservative party obviously sees leverage in this , and i think worth saying this, and i think worth saying too, the amounts are small. i mean, nadine zahawi had to hand back £5 million last year. we're probably talking about £1,500 here. but of course it does matter because she's housing secretary. she would expect other people to be held to account, and she might well be deputy prime minister in just a few months from now . so, sure, few months from now. so, sure, the amounts are small, but i think the principle is important. and yes, sir keir starmer quite canny, i think, in the way he chose to phrase that in that he said my team have seen the advice. i don't need to . so slight being supportive but slightly hands off so that if further information should emerge , he'd be able to say, emerge, he'd be able to say, well, i wasn't aware.

>> so thank you forjoining me >> so thank you for joining me today. katherine forster have a cracking easter. now you don't want to miss our big interview with former immigration with the former immigration minister robert jenrick on patrick christys and patrick christys tonight. and he's criticised rishi sunak, claimed the prime minister wasn't interested in talking about legal migration while he was in the cabinet. >> well, i didn't feel that the prime minister understood the importance of legal migration to the british public. it was an issue that i have cared about for a long time. i shared that conviction with suella braverman, the home secretary at the . she and i met the the time. she and i met the prime minister approximately every fortnight to talk about home office issues like stopping the boats, like security and policing never wants . did we policing never wants. did we have a conversation about legal migration because the prime minister didn't want to talk about it , and minister didn't want to talk about it, and that's on patrick christys tonight, nine till 11. >> now, 300 kids ran amok in a shopping centre in disgrace . shopping centre in disgrace. awful scenes yesterday in milton

keynes, where are the parents and are schools to blame? i'll be discussing that soon. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

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easter getaway. hell with drivers in three hour queues and airlines cancelling 400 flaming flights. i'll bring you all the latest with a travel expert coming up soon. before that, if you want to sum up the sorry state of this country, then a video of hundreds of kids running amok in a shopping centre yesterday surely sums it up . the children clash with up. the children clash with security staff in milton keynes , security staff in milton keynes, as you can see on your screen now, police issued a dispersal order after the incident, which involved around 300 youngsters who simply ran amok. now to find out if classrooms have anything to do with this, i'm joined by maths teacher and great friend of the show, bobby seagull. bobby, welcome to the show. hope you're having a great easter so far, my friend. before we get on to where schools are culpable or not in this, can you explain to me as a teacher with great experience , have children experience, have children changed? are the types of kids coming into classrooms change? is there a bigger problem with

discipline and respect now as to opposed to before? >> good afternoon martin, so i've been a teacher now in secondary and sixth form. for more than a decade. and, you know, i've spoken to you many times. i'm usually a very positive advocate for young people. the force of change people. and the force of change they can be. but the reality is over my ten years in teaching, there has been a gradual degradation of pupil behaviour generally. not just that i've seen, but my friends were teachers and we've seen nationally, like the video, you know, on the know, you're showing on the channel. i when channel. and i think when you try look causes, there try to look at the causes, there are multiple one i are multiple things. one is i still parents need to still think that parents need to take greater responsibility for, you know, i think it's a privilege to have children. if you have children, you need to make are make sure that you are supporting managing them, looking after them, and giving them possible to them the best possible chance to be adults. and be responsible young adults. and clearly, images and clearly, some of the images and the that these the video show that these parents being parents are not being responsible , i also think the responsible, i also think the pandemic role in, pandemic has played a role in, in, sort of worsening behaviour

because i think we've seen that young people in the lockdown, they want to say listening to rules and regulations in schools, they were just doing things phone. things on their phone. socialisation skills were down. i contributed to i think this is contributed to worsening think worsening behaviour and i think technology i love technology again, i love technology. i think it's you know, it's got it's a powerful good but if you're looking at all video here, all these video clips here, there young people there are lots of young people on phones recording it, on their phones recording it, sharing media, on sharing it on social media, on tiktok they tiktok and snapchat, and they almost on to create almost being egged on to create further because they can further havoc because they can share clips on social media. they my ten years in teaching, i definitely think on the whole behaviour is getting more and more challenging, which is why we're seeing teachers leaving the teachers don't the profession. teachers don't leave like leave because they don't like teaching maths english teaching maths or english history, of history, but because of behaviour class . and, in behaviour in the class. and, in fact, martin, last week or this week, i think a survey came out, reported from 9000 teachers and they found that 1 in 5 teachers in england were a pupil. in england were hit by a pupil. that's remarkable. in 5 that's remarkable. 1 in 5 teachers a pupil . teachers were hit by a pupil. and i think 15% of secondary teachers experienced sexual

harassment from pupils. this is absolutely unacceptable. again i love working with children. i'm really positive about them. but these stats show a really, really sad picture of what's happening in england right now. >> bobby, i totally agree. my missus is a ta and she's often attacked at school by the youngest kids in a primary school. that's how serious it is. my mum was also a teacher back in the 80s. in some of the roughest and toughest comprehensive in all comprehensive schools in all of nottinghamshire . but things have nottinghamshire. but things have changed back those changed because back in those days, if a kid kicked off days, bobby, if a kid kicked off in class, they they had the power to be able to grab him by the scruff of the neck, get him out doon the scruff of the neck, get him out door, shove them out of out the door, shove them out of the contain the way and contain the situation. if a teacher situation. but if a if a teacher did that bobby, they'd did that today, bobby, they'd lose quicker than lose their job quicker than their their feet touch the their their feet could touch the floor. problem? floor. is that the problem? classrooms have gone soft. >> so again this is a challenging one because i definitely think like when i was in school, i once had a teacher throw a, you know, the chalkboard dusters at my head or two towards me. there was a

student being naughty. i don't think that's the right thing to do, but i definitely think nowadays there's sort nowadays there's the sort of balance between pupils balance of power between pupils and have flipped and teachers have flipped completely because before, maybe teachers power , but teachers are too much power, but now you have no power now you just have no power again, seen many incidents again, i've seen many incidents in time pupils will do in my time where pupils will do things normally things that would normally warrant , even warrant suspension, even possibly expulsion, but all it happens is get talked to by happens is they get talked to by senior management, and then ten minutes back minutes later they're back in your they're smirking your class and they're smirking away course, away because they, of course, chaos so chaos in your classroom. so i think needs be big think there needs to be a big redress the between, redress of the balance between, pupil and teacher power, because teachers should, you it's teachers should, you know, it's their classroom and that student, when they're causing disruption, they're just disruption, they're not just impacting they're impacting that student. they're impacting that student. they're impacting 30 students. impacting all other 30 students. we're talking about academic results down. behaviour is results going down. behaviour is the biggest that results going down. behaviour is the people jest that results going down. behaviour is the people ast that results going down. behaviour is the people as teachersiat results going down. behaviour is the people as teachers not makes people as teachers not want to stay in or join the profession. >> i totally agree with that. and the aspiration of the whole group sinks when we have disruptive individuals amongst them. a smart them. bobby, you're a smart fella. i respect your opinion. you've minute. are we you've got a minute. what are we going about this? how going to do about this? how do we this we sort this out? >> i think it's trying to give

more power back to teachers in terms of sanctioning and punishment , terms of sanctioning and punishment, and also responsibility the parents. responsibility to the parents. so terms punishment so one is in terms of punishment , so one is in terms of punishment i , so one is in terms of punishment , i think there's we're a bit too soft in terms of often if there's misbehaving child, there's misbehaving child, there's conversation there's misbehaving child, therthey conversation there's misbehaving child, therthey come conversation there's misbehaving child, therthey come conve into on there's misbehaving child, therthey come conveinto the and they come back into the class. no, if someone's causing chaos shouldn't chaos in class, they shouldn't be that be allowed back in that classroom in that particular lesson. i lesson. and then secondly, i think parents need to take greater responsibility because they're who are raising they're the ones who are raising they're the ones who are raising the children at home. mom and dad don't take responsibility . dad don't take responsibility. then what are they there for? so i think, yeah, teachers should have more power the classroom i think, yeah, teachers should havewhetherower the classroom i think, yeah, teachers should havewhether it'sr the classroom i think, yeah, teachers should havewhether it's fines|e classroom i think, yeah, teachers should havewhether it's fines or:lassroom and whether it's fines or sanctions, but parents definitely you know, sanctions, but parents defithaty you know, sanctions, but parents defithat proverbialyou know, sanctions, but parents defithat proverbial smack ow, sanctions, but parents defithat proverbial smack on the get that proverbial smack on the wrist because they're clearly get that proverbial smack on the wriscaringuse they're clearly get that proverbial smack on the wriscaring ife they're clearly get that proverbial smack on the wriscaring ife they' seeing'ly not caring if you're seeing incidents like milton keynes with incidents like milton keynes witiokay. seagull an >> okay. bobby seagull always an absolute pleasure to speak to you. easter and you. have a fantastic easter and i'll overlook ham i'll even overlook that west ham shirt background, shirt in the background, as i always do . always a pleasure to always do. always a pleasure to have you on the show. there's lots still to come between have you on the show. there's lots and still to come between have you on the show. there's lots and 6:00, to come between have you on the show. there's lots and 6:00, andyme between have you on the show. there's lots and 6:00, and i'll between have you on the show. there's lots and 6:00, and i'll be joined now and 6:00, and i'll be joined by award winning chocolatier, by an award winning chocolatier, and might get stuck into

and i might even get stuck into into some tasty easter eggs myself . yum. but first, it's myself. yum. but first, it's time for your latest news headunes time for your latest news headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much. just coming up to 532, the headunes just coming up to 532, the headlines this half hour, sir jeffrey donaldson has stepped down as the leader of the democratic unionist party after he was charged with historical sex offences . a 57 year old sex offences. a 57 year old woman has also been charged with aiding and abetting additional offences in relation to that same police investigation . sir same police investigation. sir jeffrey was elected to parliament in 1997 and is the longest serving mp in northern ireland. that party have now appointed gavin robinson as the interim leader. appointed gavin robinson as the interim leader . one of the interim leader. one of the conservative party's major donors has received a knighthood as part of a controversial honours list from rishi sunak . honours list from rishi sunak. mohamed mansour gave £5 million to the tories last year and is a

senior treasurer for the party. he was knighted for what's been described as services to business, to charity and politics. a man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after a stabbing at kennington underground station in london. nicholas orlando green , who's 35, has been green, who's 35, has been remanded in custody and will appear at highbury corner magistrates court tomorrow. he's also charged with possession of also charged with possession of a bladed article and one count of sexual assault after a member of sexual assault after a member of the public reported being groped as the suspect left the station . police have issued an station. police have issued an urgent appeal to help them locate a disabled boy's specially modified van. cctv footage shows the moment the grey van was stolen from a family in east london. the canaso family in east london. the cariaso family's 13 year old son, elijah, has a rare, muscular condition and survives with the help of specialist medical equipment. the custom ford transit was used to transport his vital medical equipment . and there's been

equipment. and there's been congestion on britain's roads as holidaymakers set off for the easter break. 2.6 million car journeys are expected today, with the m25 and the southwest routes particularly busy. the rac says that travellers at seaside destinations in the southwest , in devon and southwest, in devon and cornwall, faced particularly busy conditions. cornwall, faced particularly busy conditions . visitengland, busy conditions. visitengland, the tourist board, expects a total of 11 million trips over the weekend. the could inject up to £3 billion into the british tourism industry. those are the latest headlines . sign up to gb latest headlines. sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or you can visit our website gb news. common alerts. >> thank you sam. now, i've been asking you throughout the show for your emails. on, for your emails. earlier on, we did about the army did a story about the army banning its 100 year ruling on

been banning its 100 year ruling on beer. so now you can have face been so now you can have face fuzz if you want to join the army. have some couple of really fascinating emails here for some beard trivia to go with your easter ivor says this easter egg. and ivor says this the main military the main reason military personnel beards . and personnel never grew beards. and guess why was so that a proper seal was created around the face when wearing respirator brackets gas masks. sadly, these people are now at risk should they need to don a gas mask for any reason. there you go. you live and learn. last bit of easter trivia there. and secondly, kev says this facial fuzz trivia number two. did you know that sailors in the royal navy are allowed beards but they're not allowed beards but they're not allowed moustaches? royal marines are part of the navy, but they are allowed moustaches. there we go. you live and learn. two things. indeed. i've also been asking you throughout the show for your opinions on that video just spoke about with

bobby seagull teacher. that video in milton keynes of the children running totally amok. and we've had absolutely hundreds of emails on that point , here's one from jeff. he says all these idiots are wearing school uniforms. go, go , go to school uniforms. go, go, go to the school to get the kids name and shame them , get them street and shame them, get them street clean or any or doing any disgusting job. you can think of the parents trying to make excuses for them, get them to do community well . so community service as well. so there you go. you're getting stuck into that one now. after my show tonight, six till seven dewbs chaired by dewbs& co is being chaired by dawn neesom , who is standing in dawn neesom, who is standing in for michelle dewberry and she joins me now. welcome to the show, dawn. on menu ? show, dawn. what's on your menu? >> a cracking . >> a cracking. >> a cracking. >> swastikas in pubs , hmm'hmm >> swastikas in pubs, hmm'hmm gongs. >> swastikas in pubs, hmm'hmm gongs . i've got a few easter gongs. i've got a few easter surprises as well that involves some of the worst. the worst hot

cross buns you've ever seen in your life, and facial hair. >> and that's all about facial hair in the army. no doubt. you like a bit of facial hair, dawn. >> what personally, i've had a shave this morning. martin. come on, give me a break. yes. i like a man that looks rugged. you look smooth. it has look very smooth. there. it has to said. to be said. >> that's always will. >> that's it. may always will. have dawn neesom have a great show. dawn neesom katherine michelle have a great show. dawn neesom katherine six michelle have a great show. dawn neesom katherine six till michelle have a great show. dawn neesom katherine six till micheon dewberry six till seven on dewbs & co now, it's not a happy easter for everyone, of course, because some drivers are stuck in three hour queues while airlines have cancelled 400 flights. chaos on the planes, trains and automobiles. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news

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going today is that disgraced video from shopping centre video from the shopping centre in keynes, 300 kids in milton keynes, 300 kids totally out of control. who is responsible now? more than 2.5 million carjourneys are million car journeys are expected to be made today . and expected to be made today. and guess what the good old british weather is making life even more difficult for travellers. with storm nelson still hitting parts of the country . well, joining me of the country. well, joining me now to talk things through about this disruption is a travel expert, sally gethin . sally, expert, sally gethin. sally, welcome to the show. happy easter. always a pleasure to see you. chaos. the planes, the trains and the automobile . shall trains and the automobile. shall we start first with the situation on the roads ? situation on the roads? >> yeah. so 2.6 million car journeys are expected today and actually the rac is expecting possibly up to 14 million across the weekend. >> so you can imagine what that's going to do. it's being the rac is calling it carmageddon . and there are up to carmageddon. and there are up to 20 mile long queues on some

motorways, particularly the m4 and the m5 . and obviously the and the m5. and obviously the m25 is also a trouble spot on the western side. so yeah. and the, the, the delays are occurring at the peak times really between 10 and 3 pm. so if you're out on the road, it's best to try and leave early. or if you can leave in the evening. but, also , you know, the port of but, also, you know, the port of doveris but, also, you know, the port of dover is experiencing problems. they're coming down a little bit now. it was like three hour delays earlier today , but now delays earlier today, but now it's around the 90 minute mark. but then when you get through, the border control, you also have to deal with the french border checks, which are much more stringent at the moment. >> now, sally, i'm trying to persuade my missus that it's the best idea to leave tomorrow to make my journey. mainly, i'd like a few sherbets tonight. tell me that's the right thing to isn't it? to do, isn't it? >> if you're going out on >> well, if you're going out on the roads, tomorrow is the roads, actually, tomorrow is the roads, actually, tomorrow is the second busiest, day for

travelling . so 2.34 million travelling. so 2.34 million trips tomorrow and sunday, i think what it is, is that we've had the easter break coincide with the schools breaking up and all those families hitting the road and trying to get away at this time. and also, you know, last year was really bad with congestion, as i mentioned about the port of dover , i think this the port of dover, i think this year people think, well, you know, i deserve a break. i really need to get away. and yeah, it's causing bottlenecks and that's it. >> so, sally gethin, i'll definitely be telling the missus it's a much wiser idea to go tomorrow than tonight. thanks for that. now, what about flight delays ? there's some there's delays? there's some there's some devastation going on there. is , well, there are some, is there, well, there are some, flights affected due to some, unions and strikes on the european continent. so if you're going to austria or spain, you could be badly affected by that . could be badly affected by that. i mean, in terms of, uk airports

, 2 million passengers are expected to leave uk airports and they've all got to come back at some point. and they're they're likely to come back, obviously at the end of the easter break. but going through to there's, to next week. so there's, there's certain airports that are really expecting a lot more in terms of , the travel and in terms of, the travel and that's particularly, bristol airport and, newcastle and edinburgh and of course, manchester is expecting many people to i mean, one thing to think about with airports and especially with heathrow, that we've got border force strikes coming up, after the easter break as well. so you can expect this disruption to, to occur even after the easter break. >> yeah. although let's not forget sally gethin, the last time border force were on strike, things were actually better at airports because better at the airports because the stepped in. the armed services stepped in. sally, could i ask you about a story that we saw on the papers

today? concerned is a bit about a drone, a drone over, well, in the airspace around heath row. what on earth the drones doing in british airspace like this near airports? >> it is a bit of a shock to the system to read about this, but if you remember, several years ago, prior to the pandemic, there was big drone scare at gatwick, which grounded flights for days. i mean, the security industry is always on the back foot trying to catch up with the drone technology and to track them. in the meantime, the them. now, in the meantime, the regulator, the caa, has introduced stringent drone introduced very stringent drone rules. so you've got to actually register your drone. if it's over 250g in weight and pass an exam, right, to fly it. so how could this happen ? well, it it could this happen? well, it it does seem to have happened. and it got so close to the aircraft itself. it seems from the pilot's, account that it looked as if, you know, somebody was trying to get very close , trying to get very close, footage of the aircraft was

actually flying down one side of it, only five feet away from the from the actual aircraft itself. and it was on the approach path coming from greece, trying to enter a stack. so to, to go into a holding pattern before it came into the airport. so the passengers probably wouldn't have been aware of it at all, but definitely does need reporting. and the problem is tracking down the culprit. now how to do that? and like i said, it's very hard for, security and tech companies to be able to track those rogue drone operators. >> okay. fascinating stuff, sally gethin, thanks for the update. utterly moronic people flying a drone near a near a plane , of course, that gets plane, of course, that gets sucked into an engine. could be chaos. have the full chaos. they should have the full force the law thrown them. force of the law thrown at them. surely nothing really stays surely now nothing really stays easter travel chaos, easter apart from travel chaos, like delicious chocolate egg. like a delicious chocolate egg. and shortly i'll be joined an and shortly i'll be joined by an award winning chocolatier. i'm martin daubney on

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news channel. >> welcome back 550. you're on the final furlong . i'm martin the final furlong. i'm martin daubney on gb news. now. here's the best part of the show. we're looking forward to it all day. lip licking good? yes, i'm about to get stuck into some delicious easter eggs, but this isn't just a me to stuff my a chance for me to stuff my kisser full of chocolate. no, i'm going to find out lots about chocolates a expert chocolates from a real expert david greenwood—haigh is an award winning chocolatier and he joins me now . welcome to the joins me now. welcome to the show and a very happy easter to you . now then, let's get down to you. now then, let's get down to some brass tacks. can we? how big is the easter egg market? how important is it to the chocolate industry ? chocolate industry? >> it's £8 million. it's10% of all the chocolate consumed in the uk is consumed at easter. it's a really important . it's a really important. >> that is a lot of chocolate. now, i've noticed the price of everything is going up at the

moment, but easter eggs seem to be going through the roof. anything extreme inflation? >> yeah, we've got, climate change is obviously causing problems and it put huge pressures on the this year's crop . crop. >> so that started the speculators in the city hedging, and buying cocoa. and then holding on to it to drive the price up. it's gone from 3,000 usd a tonne to two days ago. it was $10,000 a tonne. >> so there's been a trebling in price of cocoa powder that goes into it. that's why we're all complaining that the price of our eggs have gone up. david. that's it. it's climate change andifs that's it. it's climate change and it's city traders trying to ruin . ruin it. >> well, problem is the >> well, the problem is the cocoa farmers in ghana don't get any more money. so they're still receiving $1,600 a tonne. >> all right. so what's the perfect chocolate , dave? perfect chocolate, dave? >> the perfect chocolate i would say is a single origin

chocolate, made by one of the small batch makers. maybe someone like bullion in sheffield or duffy over in grimsby, there's two fabulous girls in manchester called dormouse who make some amazing chocolate, but there are lots of others. but there are three stand out chocolate makers there that are doing small artisan paying that are doing small artisan paying the proper price to farmers . okay, making a paying the proper price to farmers. okay, making a real difference now , david, this is difference now, david, this is a question i've long wanted the answer to is there the perfect way to open an egg? >> because this, my old son, is how i do it. i do it just like that, right? and then i do it just like that . and i put it in just like that. and i put it in my kisser. and i get my kids to do that. and a little tip if you're watching at home, be careful. put your eggs in careful. if you put your eggs in the it's like the fridge, it's like headbutting breezeblock. headbutting a breezeblock. >> i've at a quite a swiss >> i've been at a quite a swiss houday >> i've been at a quite a swiss holiday camp in wales. and where

some of the villas are £800,000 each to have a seaside villa, and i've been teaching children how to taste chocolate properly, rather than just eat it, and i didn't teach them that technique . maybe tomorrow's lessons. i'll include that . include that. >> i'm deadly serious. that is how i open easter eggs with my kids . it becomes like part of kids. it becomes like part of the fun. and i quite like it. if you throw it in the air and do like proper diving header. like a proper diving header. although the cat can get injured, some injured, well, you may lose some chocolate. injured, well, you may lose some chocolcourse . >> of course. >> of course. >> superb stuff. i'll tell you what, mate. it's been great talking to you. so is this. is this like your christmas? and you make loads of wonga off easter, do you? >> yeah, but the factories are now making christmas, so the easter eggs we're consuming now were made in june. easter eggs we're consuming now were made in june . so. and they were made in june. so. and they were made in june. so. and they were some of that would have been made with cocoa when it was cheapen been made with cocoa when it was cheaper. yeah >> well they don't survive that long run. they don't survive that long run. so i'll tell you that long run. so i'll tell you that much. you're free. david greenwood—haigh, very that much. you're free. david green'foryd—haigh, very that much. you're free. david green'for joining h, very that much. you're free. david

green'forjoining us very that much. you're free. david green'forjoining us and very that much. you're free. david green'forjoining us and award'ery much forjoining us and award winning chocolate and much forjoining us and award winni get :hocolate and much forjoining us and award winni get stuck ate and much forjoining us and award winni get stuck into and much forjoining us and award winni get stuck into that and much forjoining us and award winni get stuck into thatanya we'll get stuck into that in a minute. right that minute. right after that headbutt. taste headbutt. it's going to taste even now. had even better now. i've had loads of emails show. thing of emails this show. the thing that's really going is that's really got you going is the milton keynes scenario. let me quickly tell you, bob says this we have a lost generation because they've grown up online. smartphones should an age smartphones should have an age limit 18 years. and then, limit of 18 years. and then, jeff is saying calm down, martin. don't you remember the mods, the rockers, brighton and hastings? what about the punk rockers? you're all getting your knickers in a twist over nothing. we'll have a very happy easter. i'll see you back on monday. i've been martin daubney. time daubney. but first, it's time for forecast with for your weather forecast with craig snell. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar . sponsors of weather on . solar. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello there! welcome to your

latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. well, this easter weekend for many of us we will see some sunshine, but there will still be some rain around. this will courtesy of this area of low pressure. it's going hang the going to hang around for the long weekend, with winds long weekend, but with winds coming the south, it coming in from the south, it should feel a little less should feel a little bit less cold than it has been of late. so for the rest of good friday showers becoming increasingly restricted and restricted to more western and northern of the country, northern parts of the country, central and eastern parts turning dry overnight could just see a few misty patches come dawn, and also a touch of ground frost, with temperatures falling to down about 3 to 4 degrees. but where we do see the chilly conditions first thing saturday morning, we will see some sunshine. just keeping an eye on this area of rain. it could just fringe the far east of east anglia for a time, but i think for it's for most of us really, it's going a day of sunny going to be a day of sunny spells a few showers, spells and a few showers, showers, little fewer and showers, a little bit fewer and further compared to further between compared to today, with the main focus across scotland and across parts of scotland and northern ireland. but in the sunshine, feeling pleasant enough , highs reaching around 14

enough, highs reaching around 14 or 15 degrees. then looking ahead to easter day again. another day of sunny spells and showers. showers probably again restricted to northern ireland with fewer and further showers the further east you go in the sunshine feeling pleasantly warm, highs reaching around 16 degrees and then looking ahead to easter monday. it looks like another band of rain moving up from south. from the south. >> warm feeling inside >> that warm feeling inside from boxt of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather

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story. a pub in cornwall has had its nomination for camra pub of the year award revoked. but why? because it had a swastika on display. but it was brought back from the world war two by a british soldier who wanted it in the pub. as a reminder of the victory over the nazis. is context. everything or are some symbols just beyond the pale and plus talking military stuff, plus, talking of military stuff, the got rid of a 100 the army has got rid of a 100 year ban on beards. is this year old ban on beards. is this the the army's the answer? the army's recruitment crisis. more beards? well, we have a proud owner of a beard on the panel. not me, by the way, on the panel this evening. and he has some interesting views on that subject. and it of course, subject. and it is, of course, good a time for most to good friday, a time for most to have a day off, sit back and enjoy a nice hot cross bun. but what flavour? chocolate salted caramel, blueberry or even bacon? can i just have a normal one please? hello, people are kicking off left, right and centre about this. are we desecrating an easter tradition or just bit of hot cross or is it just a bit of hot cross bun