We back well be talking to we come back well be talking to the lawyer of david hunter who has now been released from prison so called prison after that so called mercy killing of his wife. Very emotive it. Emotive topic. Lets do it. Patrick, thank you. Patrick, thank you. Good afternoon from the gb newsroom. Its 3 01 members of the uks largest Teaching Union have accepted a 6. 5 pay rise for teachers in england. The for teachers in england. The National Education union says. National Education Union says. 86 of its members voted to accept the latest pay offer, with a 60 turnout. It comes after Union Members staged eight days of strike action in state schools since february in a dispute over pay education secretary Gillian Keegan has welcomed the decision as good news for teachers. Parents and children. The Prime Minister children. The Prime Minister says the planned expansion of oil and gas drilling in the nonh oil and gas drilling in the north sea is entirely consistent with the gover
Five. Weve waited for years. Prime ministers have come and gone. Careers have risen and fallen. But as the rain poured down on downing street and the nafion down on downing street and the nation looked on expectantly, it finally happened. Someone emailed gb news saying they agreed with benjamin butterworth. The wokeist non gender aligned person in britain is back for more, and his old sparring partner Albie Amankona has jetted back from holiday to join the fun too. But im afraid theres no ben leo this week. Theres no ben leo this week. But lovers of annoyingly overconfident young right wingers need not despair. The one and only Alex Armstrong is present and correct now, keeping a measure of order and making her debut on the show. The brilliant freelance journalist georgia gillooly. Now folks, you all know the drill. We outline our argument about a chosen topic, then we all pile in and the first starts to fly. And of course, we want your views as well. Much more important than ours. Se
Addison. Thanks, darren. Its exactly 602. Our top stories. This hour. The Prime Minister says voters and their families would be at risk under a Labour Government posting in a long thread on x, rishi sunak claimed that labour doesnt have a plan and said that would give, quote, our enemies the chance to take advantage of our weakness. The tories are trying to make security a key dividing line between themselves and sir Keir Starmers party. After pledging to raise defence spending to 2. 5 by 2030, while sir keir starmer says the voting age should be lowered to 16. Both major parties have been pitching their messages to voters on the first weekend of this Election Campaign, with the government focusing on the economy. Speaking to reporters, the labour leader said young people deserve to have a say. I want to see 16 and 17 year olds voting. They can go out and work, they can serve in our armed forces and of course, if they are out and working, forces and of course, if they are out and work
Maintains intrigue. Whats more, ukraine, together with the usa, will produce its own weapons. Official kyiv is already preparing an Industrial Base for the production of pppo systems. This is another result of the bilateral meeting. Implementation of this initiative will save the time of delivery of weapons and our capabilities on the battlefield. And so it can become a new turning point in the war. Gods facts of the week. The only news. A meeting between president s zelenskyi and duda was supposed to take place on the sidelines of the un general assembly, but it did not take place, which only increased the degree of tension that flared this week between ukraine and poland, who quarreled over grain. The closest european neighbors were stunned. Well, hungary is fine, but slovakia and poland unilaterally are great. Positions of the eu banned the import of ukrainian grain. President zelenskyy reacted emotionally from the podium of the united nations, said that some are in europe undermine
Made in a president ial bid about wanting to eliminate the Energy Department saying after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy, i regret recommending its elimination. This is about three hours and 30 minutes. Good morning. Where did he go . Hes in the front row with his wife. Okay. Im looking for him. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome you all to our second cabinet level confirmation hearing of this inaugural week. Id like to start by thanking senator cornyn, our senior senator from texas for being here to speak on behalf of our nominee. Always good to have you before our committee and also our fellow committee member, senator manchin from West Virginia is prepared to also offer introductory remarks for our nominee. Governor perry, i would like to extend a warm welcome to you and to your family. Know that i appreciate your desire to serve, your willi willingness to become our next secretary of energy. Ive enjoyed th