Good evening from the gb newsroom. Itsjust good evening from the gb newsroom. Its just gone 6 00. The top story this hour. Northern irelands first minister has apologised to the families of alleged informers who were killed by the ira , and who were killed by the ira, and she says shes wholeheartedly committed to healing the wounds of the past. Its after a Major Investigation found more lives were probably lost than saved by a double agent during the troubles , codenamed stakeknife, troubles, codenamed stakeknife, he was working covertly for the british army inside the iras internal Security Unit operation canova, which was conducted by Bedfordshire Police, examined more than 100 murders and abductions linked to that unit. Chief constable john bucha, whos now with the Police Service in Northern Ireland, says theres strong evidence of very serious criminality. Very serious criminality. A stakeknife was undoubtedly a valuable asset who provided intelligence about the ira at considerable
Go at stand up, but is he sorry . She they whatever. I just read read the pronouns on his badge as convincing being a comedian as convincing being a comedian as he is at being a woman. Ill be discussing with my panel of comedians this is your saturday night showdown discussing all of tonights topics are my Brilliant Panel. Joining me tonight, hotshot lawyer andrew eborn and the top comedians, Diane Spencer and quincy. But first, lets get quincy. But first, lets get your latest News Headlines from ray addison. Ray addison. Good evening. Im ray addison in the gb newsroom. Our top stories. The Prime Minister says he plans to pay for cuts to National Insurance contributions by kerbing the benefits budget. Rishi sunak told the sunday times hes concerned by forecasts which show welfare spending is set to rise by more than £100 billion a year until 20 2829. Mr sunak said 2. 5 million working age people have been signed off as unfit to work and, quote, that just doesnt strike me as a system t
Worrying. Meanwhile, shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth says its staggering that rishi sunak has taken so long to recognise the comments as racist. Theyre absolutely reprehensible comments. Rishi sunak should now apologise to diane abbott and the £10 million the tory party have taken from this individual. Rishi sunak this individual. Rishi sunak should order that money to be paid back if these comments are racist, as they are, if they recognise these comments are wrong, they should pay the money back. In other news, children in england who identify as trans will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers. The government said it welcomed the landmark decision, which they say is in the best interests of children. Puberty blockers, which pause physical changes in young people, will now only be available to children as part of Clinical Research trials and social Media Influencer andrew tate insisted that hes innocent of the charges laid against him as he was released from Police Cus
Retracted her comments about professor kate tsang after a government investigation found the allegations were baseless. The allegations were baseless. The thousands of staff at greggs bakeries are to get more than £17 million in bonuses, as its after the high street chain saw profits rise by 27 in the last yeah profits rise by 27 in the last year. Staff can expect to see the extra award in their pay packets at the end of the month, recognise their hard work and if we can say so, its the icing on the cake for the workers who already get a share profits already get a share of profits each year. So scientists have revealed the case of a hyper vaccinated man whos reportedly received. 217 covid jabs. The 62 received. 217 covid jabs. The 62 year old from germany received the Staggering Number of vaccinations for private reasons, he said over 29 months, researchers heard about the man in a newspaper and asked if they could study his bodys response to the multiple jabs. Could study his bodys
By abuse of position. Police say by abuse of position. Police say an incident at Buckingham Palace is not being treated as terror related. Armed officers detained a man in the early hours of yesterday morning after a car crashed into the gates. He was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage , then released criminal damage, then released on bail and has been sectioned under the Mental Health act. Under the Mental Health act. Pro Palestinian Protesters are being warned they could be lending credence to extremists. Lending credence to extremists. The communities secretary is urging people to question which groups are organising the marches. Michael gove , who is marches. Michael gove, who is due to publish a new official definition of extremism , told definition of extremism, told the sunday telegraph theres no excuse for ignorance and good hearted demonstrators need to be aware that they risk fuelling hate and intimidation. Londons hate and intimidation. Londons Jewish Community has bra