Good. And letting you drive the show. Well , fantastic. Sounds about well, fantastic. Sounds about right. How are you at home celebrating International Womens day . Of course. I promise not to interrupt you at all. Of course, it is also mothering sunday this sunday, so dont forget. Please do send your mother some flowers. A text is not enough. Are you going to go and see your mum or just i am . Your mum orjust i am . Of course i am. Of course i am, mum. I will see you on sunday. Im going to see my mother and my grandmother. Well, that is brownie well, that is double brownie points anyway. Let us know what youre views at youre up to. Gb views at gb news. Com do approve news. Com do you approve of international do International Womens day . Do you be you think there should be a mens day . Two . Or is that every other year . Other day of the year . But first, headlines. First, your headlines. Thanks, emily. Good afternoon. Its 12 02. Im sophia wenzler. Its12 02. Im sophia wenzler in the g
Crisis in the channel gb views at gb views. Com is that email address . And just dont say address . Oh, and just dont say we you a bit of we dont give you a bit of variety as well. We have some stuff, believe it or not, on dancing chinese bears. Now your headlines with now its your headlines with. Ray thanks patrick. Good afternoon. 3 01. Heres the afternoon. 3 01. Heres the latest on our top story this houn latest on our top story this hour. Rishi sunak has been heckled by a publican after announcing an overhaul of alcohol duty. Alcohol duty. Prime minister. Oh, the irony that youre raising alcohol duty today as youre pulling a pint. The pm was touring a london beer festival after claiming the changes would benefit thousands of businesses. However, the of businesses. However, the british beer and Pub Association warns it will cost the industry an extra £225 million in tax. The new system focuses on taxing alcoholic drinks on their strength with duty on wine and vodka to rise. Rishi s
Her first time on the show as well. She is podcast host and well. She is a podcast host and author. Were going to go back in the day with singer and songwriter lewis, and songwriterjona lewis, and joining me for on the pole is former glamour model nicola mclean. But first, lets get the latest news headlines. Latest news headlines. Youre with gb news. Im sam francis in the gb newsroom. The headunes francis in the gb newsroom. The headlines at seven. Prince harry has said its a great day for truth and accountability. Thats as he was awarded more than £140,000 in damages over phone hacking claims against a tabloid newspaper group, the high court has ruled that there was extensive phone hacking by the mirror Group Newspapers between 2006 and 2011. In response , the 2006 and 2011. In response, the publisher says they apologise unreservedly for any historical wrongdoing. The judge also said wrongdoing. The judge also said journalists were involved in phone hacking at the time. Piers morgan
of at least three people. skies have turned red across nothern syria, iraq and parts of saudi arabia. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lord digbyjones, who s a former uk trade minister, and the broadcaster, henry bonsu. welcome to you both. but first, let s have a quick look at tomorrow s front pages before we start. the metro leads with teenage footballerjake daniels, who has become the first male professional to come out as gay since 1990. the i has the same story, and reports the huge wave of support jake daniels has received, calling it a chorus of approval . the financial times features the warning by bank of england governor, andrew bailey, that he s unable to stop inflation hitting 10% this year. the guardian also picks up on the governor s concerns he s issued what he calls an apocalyptic warning about food price rises, driven by the war in ukraine. that story leads the telegraph, as well they rep
But they will give us a huge indicator of our politicians fortunes as we hurtle towards the big contest. The Prime Minister tried to look cheerful on the campaign trail. But hes been under the cosh for many months. If the results are gruesome, could rishi sunak sjob be at risk . Will sir keir starmer be able to show convincing progress tonight . Labours been miles ahead in the National Polls for months though real life votes are what really count. Ed davey and his army of activists want to call time on the tories. In how many parts of the country will they get their way . Thousands of Council Seats are up for grabs, a by election in blackpool, Police Commissioners are being chosen too, and there are elections for those powerful mayors around the country it is the biggest test of Public Opinion before The General Election. Reeta chakrabarti will bring us the numbers as the hours tick by. These are the seats at the main parties are defending. Just under 1000 for the conservatives, and fo