Without you and your views. Let me know your thoughts on all of the stories well be discussing today by visiting gb news. Com forward slash york. Join the conversation with me there or message us on our socials. Were gbnews first up though, folks, heres the news with sofia. Darren. Thank you. Good afternoon. Its 1 01. Im sophia afternoon. Its1 01. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. Chancellor jeremy hunt has vowed to compensate victims for the infected blood scandal with a £10 billion package. Hunt claimed it was part of a fulfilling a promise he made to a constituent who died after contracting hepatitis c. The scandal has been the subject of the biggest ever Public Inquiry in the uk, after tens and thousands of people were infected with contaminated blood and blood products. Infected with contaminated blood and blood products. Nhs infected with contaminated blood and blood products. Nhs staff and blood products. Nhs staff
It cant give up. What makes you who you are. If you give that up who you are. If you give that up , then the terrorists win and we can never let them win. Well the can never let them win. Well the us president also supported the Israeli Defence forces claims that the explosion at the hospital in gaza last night was caused by a failed rocket attack on israel by another terror Group Operating within gaza. Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Officials in gaza, though, are still blaming the israelis for the explosion, which they say killed nearly 500 people. Rishi sunak described the hospital explosion as shocking but called for calm heads and said intelligence analysts would establish exactly what had happened. Establish exactly what had happened. Now hundreds of happened. Now hundreds of pro Palestinian Protesters have gathered outside downing street tonight. Gathered outside downing street tonight. Shouting justice. People are holding up placards calling for an end to the massacre of civilians.
Comments on religious tolerance. Comments on religious tolerance. This came in a state of the nafion this came in a state of the nation address at mansion house. This evening. He highlighted the politeness and respect we should show to one another in the practise of different religions. Practise of different religions. Now consumer news and milk, cheese and egg prices fell last month , easing pressure at the month, easing pressure at the supermarket. Tills but fuel pnces supermarket. Tills but fuel prices rose sharply. That comes as the uks overall inflation remained at 6. 7, despite expected nations it might fall again, according to the office for National Statistics , oil for National Statistics, oil pnces for National Statistics, oil prices are higher because of the war in ukraine and now events in israel and palestine have sparked further increases as and theres a red weather warning in place for rain and wind. Its been issued by the met office for parts of scotland. It means very
Guards. If ambush that killed two prison guards. If youve ambush that killed two prison guards. If youve ever ambush that killed two prison guards. If youve ever found yourself stuck on hold , how yourself stuck on hold, how about waiting 800 years . That is how long people in britain spent waiting to talk to the taxman. Last year , a damning report from last year, a damning report from the governments spending watchdog found taxpayers were on hold to hmrc for around 7,000,000 hours in that tax yeah 7,000,000 hours in that tax year. It was less than half that time before the pandemic. Fewer calls are now being answered and those who do manage to get through spend longer on the phone amid whats being called a declining spiral of customer service. And Junior Doctors in service. And Junior Doctors in england have entered mediated talks with the government with a view to end their long running dispute over pay. The British Medical Association said that its Junior Doctors committee had ente
Of the nation, and we also dont tend to praise the french too often an heroic french nun has seemingly taken matters into her own hands in tackling an eco protester who was trying to stop the building of a new chapel. All of this comes on top of a lunatic suggestion from the National Infrastructure commission we to commission that we ought to aboush commission that we ought to abolish entire domestic abolish our entire domestic gas grid. Nation starts grid. State of the nation starts now. Now. Ill be joined by a pugnacious panel this evening, the former editor of the sun. You know him well, kelvin mackenzie. And the author and academic lisa mckenzie. Are not mckenzie. Im told they are not related. As always, i want to related. As always, i want to hear from you. Its a crucial part programme. Email me part of the programme. Email me mail. News. But now mail. Margaret gb news. But now its for of the its time for the news of the day with polly middlehurst. Jacob thank you and good evening