Wanted to, but this is a much quicker way to do it for people who want to take that route. Police investigating the murders of an elderly couple in chelmsford in essex say they found human remains. The couples daughter, virginia mcculloch, appeared in court today charged with their murders. Shes been remanded in custody. Detectives believe lois and John Mcculloch were killed sometime between august 2018 and last week when concern for their welfare were raised at the former Prime Minister, liz truss has urged the government to cut taxes, shrink welfare spending and raise the retirement age. Speaking at the institute for government online event, liz truss defended decisions made when she was Prime Minister and she presented her mini budget shes argued its unfair to say shed pursued unfunded tax cuts. Nhs leaders say strikes by Junior Doctors and consultants this week will cause unprecedented disruption for patients. Consultants in england will walk out for 48 hours from tomorrow with Junior Doctors joining them on wednesday and picketing until friday. Emergency care will continue , Emergency Care will continue, but thousands of appointments will have to be postponed. And will have to be postponed. And finally, the folk musician Roger Whittaker has died today at the age of 87. All you are beautiful and i have loved you dearly , more have loved you dearly, more dearly than the spoken word can tell. Tell. Well, the singer songwriter was famous for that 1971 hit song, last farewell all. And of course, 1969 durham town. Roger course, 1969 durham town. Roger whittaker sold nearly 50 million records worldwide and was particularly popular in germany. Comedian matt lucas posted his tribute tonight on x saying, i adored durham town and the last farewell. Beautiful, warm, farewell. Beautiful, warm, catchy songs. Roger whittaker, catchy songs. Roger whittaker, who died today at the age of 87. Us gb news across the uk on your tv in your car, on your digital radio, and now on your Smart Speaker by saying, play gb news this is britains news. Channel hello, welcome to headliners. Hello, welcome to headliners. Im simon evans , joining me im simon evans, joining me tonight to squeeze tuesdays newspapers to a pulp. Two strong men of comedy josh howie and francis foster. Thats it. Lets see the pecs , francis, it. Lets see the pecs, francis, if you dont mind. There you go. Thats just the position you werent flexing there. No, i dont need to flex. No, i dont need to flex. Not with this body. Simon is coming out on the neck. Anyway we shouldnt get into homoerotic enterprises this early in the show. Lets check out tuesdays show. Lets check out tuesdays front pages. The daily mail kick off proof. You cant trust starmer on brexit and of course, Russell Brand dominating pictorially the telegraph doctors will be forced off picket lines and i think thats kate there under that life jacket. The guardian met warns it will take years to clear out rogue officers. That isnt one rogue officers. That isnt one picture. Thats liz truss. The picture. Thats liz truss. The mirror has new brand assault claim and poor old Roger Whittaker, top right at the eye news police examine new Russell BrandSexual Assault claims as live tour is at least. And finally the daily star. Hi love you boffins as always reveal emotional state just as vital as genesin emotional state just as vital as genes in determined thing your height. Well those were your front pages. So we will kick off front pages. So we will kick off unusually with our in depth look into the papers with the mirror. Josh yes. Josh yes. Josh yes. New brand assault claim. And new brand assault claim. And theyve got a picture of russell there. I think its strange that he would come out and do a photo shoot for them for that photo, but he looks furious enough, though. He looks very intense. He looks very intense. Yeah, hes tried a suit. I dont know what his look is there. Similar to your beard, josh . Im just saying the sort of dimensions of the beard that is the only way connected. The only way were connected. Dye my beard. And i dye my beard. And i dye my beard. You. Did you. Did you. Did you ever work with him . I know russell. Yeah, used to run a gig yeah, we used to run a gig together back the day. Did together back in the day. Did you . Interesting, because i wrote a the telegraph a piece today for the telegraph in i basically asserted in which i basically asserted that i didnt regard him as a circuit ever saw him circuit comedian. Ever saw him on or 2 people on the circuit. 1 or 2 people have oh, no, he did do have said, oh, no, he did do a little bit. He did do the circuit and i did the store with him. He did. He did do the circuit and the periphery. And then he had his own that like new own gig. That was like new material stuff like that. So material and stuff like that. So but could see he was but i could see he was definitely few years after you definitely a few years after you were the clubs like were doing the big clubs like the glees. I dont think he ever did and stand and did like the glees and stand and all places, he had an all those places, but he had an odd i mean, which is not to say that isnt a perfectly valid that it isnt a perfectly valid route to success that he took. You know, the criminal allegations to side. But it allegations to one side. But it was was odd was an odd he was an odd proposition, from the proposition, wasnt he, from the get go . I mean, he was it like i mean, he was it was like he was a star. Was going to be a star. And the stand up was part of that as opposed to the stand up being of what he being the centre of what he does. But anyway, yeah, this, this article this is the first person so this is the first person to forward the to actually come forward to the police theres an police saying theres an assault. Sexual took assault. Sexual assault took place london 2003. Place in Central London in 2003. Ago. 20 years ago. Yeah 20 years ago. Yeah and police saying they and the police saying they havent yet. Its all investigation yet. So its all heres another page. Heres another front page. Yeah, but they want to keep it over perhaps its it ticking over and perhaps its reasonable, they reasonable, francis, that they should in order to lure should do so in order to lure out hesitant witnesses out further hesitant witnesses and if you and so on. I dont know if you think a reasonable think thats a reasonable approach. Might well be. Approach. It might well be. I think the difficulty is whether hes innocent or guilty. I dont hes innocent or guilty. I dont know. But the problem is, is how are you going to make this allegation stick . How are you allegation stick . How are you going to take it to court . How are you going to prove in court that the Russell Brand sexually or assaulted or allegedly sexually assaulted this person 20 years ago . They cant they cant possibly do so unless they have, you know, unless they have, you know, unless they have either witnesses or phone messages. I witnesses or phone messages. I suppose theyve discovered theyve got some texts changed, but theyre not theyre not decisive. I think its simply an decisive. I think its simply an attempt to make it Common Knowledge and to do the damage to him that way. I think thats the end game, isnt it . What for this particular person . I mean, who knows what motivates . And also for the people for the people who did the story for the times, and on, times, for dispatches and so on, theyve what i mean, my theyve achieved what i mean, my only hot on it would be and only hot take on it would be and actually something actually its something that i then saw russell saying is i dont conspiracy, then saw russell saying is i dont taking conspiracy, then saw russell saying is i dont taking the nspiracy, then saw russell saying is i dont taking the truth acy, that hes taking the truth and theyre trying him theyre trying to bring him down. Is that the down. What i do know is that the same who made lots of same people who made lots of money off him years and now money off him for years and now thats exactly my point. Now theyre not making money from him. Now hes. At the time him. Now hes. But at the time they were able facilitate him they were able to facilitate him on and shielding him. The criminality element. The criminality element. This is stuff to be decided in a of law in terms of in a court of law in terms of his behaviour. Yeah, he his bad behaviour. Oh yeah, he was. Absolutely the was. That was absolutely the ticket. And himself ticket. And he and he himself has i was has talked about aslef. I was hoping could more of a hoping we could do more of a sort of because that clip went viral earlier of andrew and bev turner having a big argument viral earlier of andrew and bev tu gb having a big argument viral earlier of andrew and bev tu gb news. G a big argument at gb news. Oh, exactly. Oh, exactly. Yeah. So you should. Yeah, yeah, idiot. Yeah, you idiot. You say that hes not . Because going not . Because going to get because then im going to get cupped because then im going to get clipped other i mean, there clipped the other i mean, there are equally. Are two equally. I think, extended conspiracy theories. One is that hes being brought down because he was over the target. But other the target. Yeah, but the other one been one is that he has been pretending to be over the target for years order to for some years in order to gather around a gather a ground around him, a sort tribe followers who sort of tribe of followers who will this as just will now see this as just further evidence that that. Do you see what mean . You need to you see what i mean . You need to see theories go. See conspiracy theories can go. Could be as mental everybody could be as mental as antithesis. As he is antithesis. Anyway, poor old roger yeah. Anyway, poor old Roger Whittaker different era. Yeah, well, knew his yeah, well, he knew his daughter as well. Weirdly, this daughter as well. Weirdly, this is the night of connections on the yeah his daughter the front. Yeah his daughter jessica. And im sorry, jessica. Havent spoken to for a few years, but its that weird thing of, like, call you of, like, do you call it . You havent someone havent spoken to someone for a few years . Yeah, its very sad. But shes lovely person. But shes a lovely person. Love that i used to love that. That voice whistling on the voice and that whistling on the radio. To on the radio. Moving to on the telegraph frances telegraph now, frances yes, indeed. Is tory indeed. So this is a tory government trying government to trying to essentially say to doctors that theyre not able to strike, that there needs to be a minimum amount of doctors and nurses in hospitals in order to protect and safeguard patient welfare. And im going to be honest with you, i agree with this. I look, you, i agree with this. I look, doctors and nurses , they is doctors and nurses, they is their right. If they wish to go and strike. But that cant mean that patient care is damaged to such an extent that youre putting them at risk. No, i think thats reasonable. Its very difficult for people in positions where lives are at stake to take usual industrial action. But that strike versus the right to die. Yes. Or whatever or live. Yes. Or whatever or live. And thats a particularly because you can have firefighters and so on. They can go strike we get the army go on strike and we get the army in. You dont want the army in. But you dont want the army coming to do your coming in to do your hip operation . No, no, no. You certainly dont. Problem certainly dont. And the problem is because of what has is as well, because of what has been with covid, it been happening with covid, it means that waiting lists are already horrendously long and every time there is a strike day, its just getting longer and longer and longer. And when it comes to things like cancer appointments, they could literally be the difference between life and death. Well thatis between life and death. Well that is absolutely correct. And weve seen a spike, weve already seen a spike, i believe, we, in in an believe, havent we, in in an upfickin believe, havent we, in in an uptick in cancer. At least at the very least, progressing further than it should have done . Yes, absolutely. Earlier. Done . Yes, absolutely. Earlier. You know, i dont know where the mortality is at. What about the guardian, josh . Warns it will take yeah. Met warns it will take years clear out rogue years to clear out rogue officers and they it turned out i think it was about 8 or 9 months ago or something the met had hundreds of officers they were still paying who were on restricted duties or but they cant fire them. These are the ones against Sexual Assault allegations and part and very yeah. Part of it and very yeah. Or all levels but its really hard to fire a Police Officer maybe they should send those guys confront the bully guys out to confront the bully dogs. Thats it. Another win win situation. Canine team. Yeah. Situation. Canine team. Yeah. Yeah. So there has been recent in the last 12 months theres been a 66 increase in in in this uptick of people being able to finally be fired. But theyre basically saying, look, is going to take look, this is going to take us years. Think its that years. And i think its that theyve of opened a can theyve sort of opened a can of worms here theyre sort of worms here and theyre sort of saying we dig the more saying the more we dig the more stuff were finding and whatever. Its this kind whatever. But its not this kind of of were just of overnight thing of were just going to fire everybody whos already now already i suppose now they generally wear cams, generally they wear the cams, right . Wear body cams. Yes, they wear body cams. Yes, indeed. Theres a lot more evidence is being accrued the evidence is being accrued of the kind will get evidence is being accrued of the kincfired, will get evidence is being accrued of the kincfired, whereas will get evidence is being accrued of the kincfired, whereas previously at evidence is being accrued of the kincfired, whereas previously it you fired, whereas previously it probably bit a he said probably was a bit of a he said she said kind of situation, i suppose. Well, suppose. Was it. Well, well, absolutely simon also we absolutely, simon but also we need into account as need to take into account as well this is a this is well that this is a this is a job where you are put under horrendous levels of stress, which means that you do and say things in order to cope. Its things in order to cope. Its a famous, you know , adage that famous, you know, adage that doctors, nurses and Police Officers have dark , dark sense officers have dark, dark sense officers have dark, dark sense of humour, humour. Absolutely so, yeah, we need to be careful that we dont start metaphorically throwing the baby out with the bath water. And people who say off colour things or off colour comments or jokes, murdering babies as a metaphor for a bad joke. I mean. Yeah, exactly. So its important to exactly. So its important to know where to draw the line on this issue. Well, im assuming theyre talking more about about officers who have actually committed what would amount to an in any kind of. Yeah, an offence in any kind of. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. And theyre automatically and theyre not automatically fired. The problem. Fired. I think is the problem. There story here build there is a big story here build hs2 promised north leaders hs2 has promised north leaders tell number 10. I mean it seems ridiculous they built as far as birmingham read some like it birmingham i read some like it took 71 billion spent so took 71 billion theyve spent so far to get to birmingham took 71 billion theyve spent so far i to get to birmingham took 71 billion theyve spent so far i thinkjet to birmingham took 71 billion theyve spent so far i think the 0 birmingham took 71 billion theyve spent so far i think the equivalent am took 71 billion theyve spent so far i think the equivalent in| and i think the equivalent in france they spent about 6 billion for the same thing and bought it in like in two years as opposed to this , isnt it . As opposed to this, isnt it . Its all about the badges and the trains birmingham. The trains to birmingham. This is slower is actually going to be slower than that we had than the train that we had before. See, dont see problem before. Sthat. Dont see problem before. Sthat. Why see problem before. Sthat. Why doe problem before. Sthat. Why do you3roblem before. Sthat. Why do you wantem before. Sthat. Why do you want to go with that. Why do you want to go to birmingham anyway . Birmingham, glee, all need i mean, seriousness , all mean, in all seriousness, all they do improve they needed to do was improve they needed to do was improve the just the the wi fi or just improve the 4g, the wi fi or just improve the 46, the 56 , the wi fi. All along 46, the 56, the wi fi. All along you been happy. Yeah, you would have been happy. Yeah, everyone youre everyone is happy once youre and an extra character, and maybe an extra character, you get conditioning, you get a air conditioning, better , better better sandwiches, better sandwiches, this kind of stuff. You know, make the environment better train better while youre on the train. That would have been fine, but i know. Very quickly, the i dont know. Very quickly, the daily this you, daily star. This is you, francis, with a story about height and optimism. Is that right . Yeah. Well essentially, if you have your height is not only dependent on genes and diet, but it also is revealing of your emotional state. So if youre a happy , happier, go youre a happy, happier, go lucky person , then youre more lucky person, then youre more likely to be tall , which is why likely to be tall, which is why nick dixon is very short, i have to say. I always like to have my to say. I always like to have my stool as elevated as possible on this show. It brings my spirits up. That is it for part one. Coming up, we have postmasters, pensioners all pensioners and programming. All set to be fattened up for christmas. In a couple christmas. See you in a couple of minutes gb news radio. So josh, we will kick off with the mirror first in this section, keir starmer is fat shaming brexit . Well all good news, everybody. Were rejoining the eu. That were rejoining the eu. That is the definitive statement. Well, thats certainly stephen fry says the labour are afraid to even talk. Even talk about it. Yeah, well i guess. I guess not feel it in our bones. Yeah, exactly. So but talk about it. Yes. And its , its about it. Yes. And its, its interesting to see how the different are covering different papers are covering this. Had on like this. The daily mail had