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usual ways. email me gbviews@gbnews.com. later in the show. an astonishing report out that claims jobless immigrants have cost the uk economy . we have cost the uk economy. we wait for this an astonishing . wait for this an astonishing. £24 billion since 2020. i can't get my head around that. we'll have the author of that report in the studio to talk us through it, as well as an amazing video of a journalist who travelled to ireland and chartered the protesters there, who are shouting out about uncontrolled immigration into that country, who say ireland is full, loads coming up in the show today. but first, it's time for your latest news headlines with sam francis . news headlines with sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it'sjust good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 3:00 leading the news this afternoon . leading the news this afternoon. a body has been recovered in the river thames, which detectives strongly believe is that of chemical attack. suspect abdul ezedl chemical attack. suspect abdul

ezedi. earlier police had said they believed ezedi had gone into the river at chelsea bridge and that was based on cctv evidence. the body was recovered by the metropolitan police's marine unit at around 4:00 yesterday after a report from the crew of a passing boat, his former partner. we understand who was attacked alongside her two young daughters, remains in hospital but is no longer under sedation . in other news, the sedation. in other news, the sentencing of a man who murdered two students and a school caretaker in nottingham may have been unduly lenient and it will now be reviewed by judges. that announcement from the attorney general has been welcomed by the families of those who who he killed. in a joint statement, they've also called for the agency's previously involved with calocane to be held for account for what they've called serious failures . royal news and serious failures. royal news and prince william has issued a statement calling for the fighting in the israel—hamas war to end as soon as possible , to end as soon as possible, adding that there is a desperate need. he says, for increased

humanitarian support to gaza, the prince of wales said he's deeply concerned about the terrible human cost of the conflict in the middle east, with too many lives being lost . with too many lives being lost. it follows lord david cameron's warning to israel that the fighting, he says, needs to stop. labour has also called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in a major shift in the party's stance on the war. earlier, shadow foreign secretary david lammy said the world wants the fighting to stop the attack cannot go ahead. >> we are following our five eyes partners australia, new zealand and canada, who a few days ago made it clear that there has to be an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. we are mirroring that language and indeed the language now of the united nations. everyone wants the fighting to stop . the fighting to stop. >> rishi sunak is facing the prospect of another by—election after the mp for blackpool south, scott benton, had his appeal against his suspension from parliament, dismissed that he was suspended in april 2023

after suggesting to an undercover reporter for the times that he would be willing to break lobbying law for money. he denied any wrongdoing and appealed to a recommended 35 day suspension from parliament. but in its ruling today, an independent panel said they found no substance in his arguments. mps will now be voting on benton's punishment, possibly triggering that new by—election . in. and some by—election. in. and some breaking news just coming to us in the newsroom. the body shop, we understand is set to shut . we understand is set to shut. nearly half of its 198 uk shops. that's after falling into administration. it's understood that around 270 head office jobs will also be cut in moves that administer haters say they hope will re—energize the brand. the body shop employs around 2200 people across its shops in the uk . in other news today, the uk. in other news today, the prime minister has said that new funding packages for farmers

will protect the country's food security. and he says , ensure security. and he says, ensure fairer pricing in the sector. addressing the national farmers union conference in birmingham earlier, sunak unveiled earlier, rishi sunak unveiled new funding to increase productivity and to modernise technology such as robotics and solar power. he also pledged to cut red tape, making it easier for farmers to develop new buildings or open farm shops. mr sunak says britain's farmers are essential to the country's food security . security. >> the money would be good as long as they come through with it, but, um, it's all money that we've already had. >> and it was it was taken away. so they're just giving us back what what we already had previously. >> it didn't answer some of the questions . um, i don't think questions. um, i don't think sufficiently on things like storage of water flooding. you know, we need to do more things like that . like that. >> yeah, i thought it. >> yeah, i thought it. >> i thought it was good. i thought it was positive. um have we heard enough? possibly. well, possibly not really. to be honest. it's all about

delivering, isn't it? really? at the end of the day? well in the last hour, we've also heard that three green peace protesters will be charged for criminal damage after a demonstration at rishi sunak's home in north yorkshire last august. >> the crown prosecution service says that after a review of the evidence provided by north yorkshire they have now yorkshire police, they have now authorised those criminal charges against women, one charges against two women, one aged 33, the other 32 and a man aged 33, the other 32 and a man aged 38. and finally, lawyers for julian assange have claimed that they have evidence that the us developed a plan to try to either kill him. they say, or forcibly bring him to america. the protesters have been gathered outside the royal courts of justice today in support of the wikileaks founder , who was making his final appeal against extradition to the united states . it's part of the united states. it's part of his long running which his long running ordeal, which could final chance to could be his final chance to avoid spending the rest of his life a us jail. avoid spending the rest of his life a us jail . those are the life in a us jail. those are the headunes. life in a us jail. those are the headlines . for more, you can headlines. for more, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your

screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you sam. now we've got an action packed show today. now let's get stuck in on. of course, we start with a huge development in the search for chemical suspect chemical attack suspect abdul ezedi , and that's police ezedi, and that's police strongly believe his body has been found in the river thames. let's get straight now to our national reporter theo shikomba. theo welcome to the show, theo. so um, it was february the 9th. theo. when the police first announced they believed that abdul ezedi had indeed been found . been declared, probably found. been declared, probably deadin found. been declared, probably dead in the river today. it seems that actually moving towards the fact that he is dead and the body has been retrieved. what's the latest? yeah well, we are on the scene where they believe the body that they've found is of the suspect . found is of the suspect. >> abdul ezedi. we are by the

tower . >> abdul ezedi. we are by the tower. millennium pier. >> abdul ezedi. we are by the tower. millennium pier . and at tower. millennium pier. and at around 4:00 yesterday afternoon , around 4:00 yesterday afternoon, there was a metropolitan marine team which were passing by, and they came across the body , which they came across the body, which they came across the body, which they now believe is the chemical attack suspect abdul ezedi . they attack suspect abdul ezedi. they strongly believe that due to the clothes identifiable clothes that he's wearing and the items found on him, but at the moment it's not been fully confirmed whether or not it is him. but they do say they are in touch with his family to let them know of the news. it's now 19 days on following that attack in clapham and police have been working all around the clock on this manhunt to establish his whereabouts. his last known whereabouts were at chelsea bridge. um, just a few weeks ago. on that wednesday evening, several hours after the attack took place . and that's attack took place. and that's the last cctv we were shown on the last cctv we were shown on the 9th of february on that day when they said their main working hypothesis is that he went into the river, and that he

is probably dead. so now they are working to establish whether or not it is him because of the body being in the water. for some time now, they say they aren't able to use fingerprints to identify him, but will now be moving on to work with dna . um, moving on to work with dna. um, investigations and dental records as well to figure out if it definitely is him and they'll be working with the coroner to establish that fact. but they also gave an update today on the 31 year old woman. now, we know she was associated with ezedi and ex—partner. she was with her two children on that evening on the 31st of january. and she is now, um, well , better than she now, um, well, better than she was in the last couple of weeks. and she's no longer a sedated. but the police have said they haven't yet been able to speak to her as of yet, but she is better than she has been in the last couple of weeks now. their investigations will continue into the next couple of weeks, and of course we'll be waiting

to hear from them about the formal identification. in formal identification. now, in recent weeks, there have been questions to the metropolitan police how and why they have have not been able to find him in central london, considering there are so many cctv cameras across the capital and of course , he did have that distinct face injury , which we've been seeing injury, which we've been seeing injury, which we've been seeing in those cctv footage of that wednesday evening and of course, they said they're still working around the clock following all lines of enquiry, but then led to that cctv footage on chelsea bridge, where he was last seen. but the body found here by marine special list, is now being investigated to establish his formal identity. okay theo chikomba, thank you for that update. >> live at the scene at the river thames. now let's get reaction to that big story today. and i'm joined by peter kirkham, who's a former senior investigating officer with the metropolitan police. peter, welcome to the show. peter it was on february the 9th when we

last spoke. in fact, we spoke exactly when the police first announced that their leading hypothesis was that abdul ezedi had entered the river. and you spoke from great experience at great length about your hypothesis , and you predicted hypothesis, and you predicted almost exactly to the day. peter, it would be 10 or 11 days with the prevailing weather conditions that the body would most likely surface and be found. so you are right on that. but what happens next? >> well, many people might think that this is the end of the investigation . often it isn't, investigation. often it isn't, uh , it will shut down lots of uh, it will shut down lots of lines of inquiry relating to tracing him. >> uh, once it's confirmed that it is him whose body has been found. >> uh, but they'll still need to put the evidence together, um, for the coroner's court . put the evidence together, um, for the coroner's court. um, in relation to the, uh, his , um, relation to the, uh, his, um, being deceased , um, and they'll being deceased, um, and they'll also need to just make sure

there are no accomplices before at the time of or subsequent to the attack. uh, that need to be, um, picked up and investigated and dealt with. um, but it will be a much truncated investigation now compared to what it had been before . what it had been before. >> and, peter, we spoke , um, we >> and, peter, we spoke, um, we delved into your expertise about what happens in these, these situations. and we mapped out back then that the most likely chain of events were the flow of the river, the obstruction and the river, the obstruction and the river, the speed of the currents. because of the time of year , of course, the temperature year, of course, the temperature of the weather, all of these factors would have been in the play factors would have been in the play about where the police would have been locating their searchers . as it turns out, searchers. as it turns out, peter, this body surfaced because you said , didn't you, because you said, didn't you, that after this length of time , that after this length of time, gases in the body means that it's more buoyant than it floats to the surface, right ? to the surface, right? >> yes, exactly. that initial bodies tend to sink , um, and be bodies tend to sink, um, and be out of sight below the water,

um, surface . and in the thames, um, surface. and in the thames, it's just not safe or practicable to go looking for bodies below the surface unless you've got a very specific small area to do it in. um, but then the decomposition process takes place and gases within the body, um, tend to then bring the body to the surface as it becomes more buoyant . and that process more buoyant. and that process is somewhere between been, uh, ten days, two weeks, something like that. um, but it depends on a variety of factors , uh, not a variety of factors, uh, not least of which are there any obstructions that could have kept the body below the surface when left to its own devices? >> it would have , um, come to >> it would have, um, come to the surface and there are untold obstacles between chelsea bridge and tower pier. >> um, 15 bridges road, rail and pedestrian, with various um pillars and such like, um , at

pillars and such like, um, at least 24, 25 very large , uh, least 24, 25 very large, uh, jetties and piers. >> westminster pier, embankment pier , all the places where the pier, all the places where the tfl and sightseeing boats go from uh 6 or 7 very large more permanently moored vessel hms belfast , uh tattershall castle , belfast, uh tattershall castle, um 8 or 9 huge industrial uh sites, including a waste transfer station, a pumping station on a thames tideway sites, um , and getting on for 10 sites, um, and getting on for 10 or 12 built out areas where the shoreline has been built out. >> um, often held up, mostly held up, with piles , uh, driven held up, with piles, uh, driven into the uh, bed of the foreshore , uh, all of which foreshore, uh, all of which provide great opportunities for a body to get caught. >> so it's something over the norm is not at all surprising . norm is not at all surprising. >> and yet, peter , the thames >> and yet, peter, the thames

flows in inexorably and the body has moved downstream. now the body has been recovered. we've already heard, um, that the body is unlikely to yield any information from the fingerprints, presumably because the skin is too bloated to give a likely reading. is that the case? and then i'm assuming now that more reliable and methods that more reliable and methods that cannot be, um, done away with by perishing, such as dental records, they will now come into play. >> yeah, for sure . >> yeah, for sure. >> yeah, for sure. >> dental records, uh , dna >> dental records, uh, dna profiling . profiling. >> there'll be dna still loads of dna around the body . um, of dna around the body. um, there may be, um, operations if they've been broken bones and things like that in the medical records. uh, so there might be something consistent with that, as you say , dental records. uh, as you say, dental records. uh, so they will be able to establish beyond doubt that it's him. um uh, if it is him, um, what happens with the skin? i don't know if you've ever stayed a little too long in the bath,

but your skin starts on your hands, and whatever starts to go white. and that's the beginning of the process whereby , uh, of the process whereby, uh, after a day or two, the whole skin will come away , uh, from skin will come away, uh, from the body and the prints are in the body and the prints are in the skin. so uh, that renders fingerprints , uh, useless. after fingerprints, uh, useless. after a few days . a few days. >> and that's because the outer skin is , um, water can get into skin is, um, water can get into that. and it lifts off where as a subcutaneous fat doesn't. and all these things are part of the complex picture that officers will be working on. and, peter, you've worked on lots of these cases before. presumably now you've worked on lots of these caseis3efore. presumably now you've worked on lots of these caseis bread presumably now you've worked on lots of these caseis bread and;umably now you've worked on lots of these caseis bread and buttery now you've worked on lots of these caseis bread and butter for)w you've worked on lots of these caseis bread and butter for the this is bread and butter for the investigating police. they'll have drilled set of have a well drilled set of formalities follow. formalities to follow. >> for sure. um, putting >> yeah. for sure. um, putting the file together , getting all the file together, getting all the file together, getting all the things, all the eyes dotted and the t's crossed , uh, getting and the t's crossed, uh, getting things ready for a coroner, getting things ready. uh, for a review of the case. just to make sure there's nothing outstanding that needs to be done before it's put away . uh, yeah. well, it's put away. uh, yeah. well, well drilled and well practised

and something that a relatively small number of officers will be tidying up for a relatively short period of time . um, the short period of time. um, the pubuc short period of time. um, the public are able to , um, rest public are able to, um, rest assured that he's not out there. likely to do anything similar to, uh, his family. the victims and others are going to be able to, um, know know that he's not going to come back for them or anything like that . and so anything like that. and so that'll give them peace of mind. although if he's been part of their life , lives, uh, the fact their life, lives, uh, the fact of his death can be an added distress , uh, for them and that distress, uh, for them and that that will be something that a family liaison officers , uh, are family liaison officers, uh, are taking into account. and working to minimise . to minimise. >> well, peter kirkham , thank >> well, peter kirkham, thank you for joining >> well, peter kirkham, thank you forjoining us. and once again, giving us your expert insight. peter kirkham, as a former senior investigating officer with metropolitan officer with the metropolitan police conducted, um, a police and had conducted, um, a large number of these marine retrieval processes before and

called this almost a tiny right. um you said that time ago on february the ninth, it would be ten, 11 days before the body surface and using evidence and experience and not internet conspiracy theories. peter kirkham, you were bang on. thank you for your time. always a pleasure . now time's running out pleasure. now time's running out on your chance to win £18,000 in cash in our latest great british giveaway as lines close this friday day. so make sure that you get your entry in on time. and here's how you could win that wonga. >> it's the final week to see how you could be the winner of the great british giveaway. >> there's an incredible £18,000 in cash to be won. totally tax free cash that you can do whatever you like with. >> that works out to be an extra £1,500 to play with each month for a whole year. >> you could put it towards monthly treats, save it for a rainy day, or just use it to take the pressure off. in 2024. but hurry as lines close at 5 pm. on friday for another

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inside that development suggest that it's still being kitted out ahead of people moving in. but as we speak, ladies and gents, i'm getting sent information live from the scene, which appears to show the area being evacuated . um, in the next 20 evacuated. um, in the next 20 minutes or so, i'll be speaking to a councillor from rushmoor council who is saying that the development is being canned and if that's the case, this will be a massive victory for a cohesive community that rallied together. did the right thing and said enoughis did the right thing and said enough is enough. we do not want 300 asylum seekers placed in our community opposite a technical college of thousands of teenagers , workers given bedding teenagers, workers given bedding , sofas, microwaves , everything , sofas, microwaves, everything for free at the expense of the taxpayer in an area where their kids can't even afford to buy a flat. all of that coming up, it's going to be fantastic. but before that, rishi sunak has

given farmers a simple message i've got your back . well, he's i've got your back. well, he's become the first prime minister to speak at the national farmers union annual conference. now this comes after a recent poll suggested that the tory vote in rural areas is set to collapse . rural areas is set to collapse. >> so we'll also provide funding today, £15 million to redirect that surplus into the hands of those who need it . so, in those who need it. so, in conclusion , supporting farmers, conclusion, supporting farmers, changing our approach and strengthening food security . and strengthening food security. and that's why i say to all of you and to britain's farmers, just as i did in my very first speech in parliament. i've got your back. >> well, we've all heard of a charm offensive that's a farm offensive. and let's cross now to birmingham, speak to our west midlands reporter, jack carson, who was at the conference. jack, welcome to the show. rishi on the front foot trying to convince the farmers to stick with the conservatives. the big question is, jack, how did that

message land ? message land? >> well, certainly a mixed reaction from them, from the from the room. martin. certainly a lot of the farmers that i've spoken to today, they are aware, of course, that this is an election year. this is a pivotal yeah election year. this is a pivotal year. in fact, minette batters, the nfu president today, recognising of the importance of this year how much? of course, this year how much? of course, this year how much? of course, this year could be important for the future of british farming. as we head towards that inevitable and inevitable general election. and these can these both conservative labour, lib dem and other political parties around the country put together their manifesto shows? of course, they are an apolitical union, the national farmers union. so they're looking for those key targets say, targets that they say, particularly year , about particularly this year, about backing farming backing british farming and backing british farming and backing farming are being britain's future around food sustainability. food security. highlighting here at the conference today how important, of course that is. and rishi sunak tried to put his pitch to the farmers today that he is the man in charge to do that. of course, the government

committing millions of committing tens of millions of pounds day, 427 million and pounds a day, 427 million and the largest ever grant offer coming in the next financial yean coming in the next financial year, more than £200 million, of course to increase the course, to try and increase the likes of productivity and the likes of productivity and the likes of productivity and the likes of a £15 million fund to try and help tackle food waste. rishi sunak also today committing to that £2.4 billion a year of funding to go towards farming , he says he a year of funding to go towards farming, he says he he's making sure that every single penny of that funding goes towards farming. he's committed to that as well as now introducing what's called annual uk wide what's called an annual uk wide food security index. he does want that to become statutory when time in parliament when the time in parliament allows essentially present allows to essentially present the data every year to monitor those food security levels , as those food security levels, as he does want to make sure that the farmers know that they are celebrated by this government. they are backed by this government. as you heard him, there of his speech there at the end of his speech saying, got back, but saying, i've got your back, but take listen to what a few of take a listen to what a few of the farmers told me in reaction to his speech. >> the grants. well, we'll look at new machines in at them getting new machines in and to make life a bit

and trying to make life a bit easier them. but the easier with them. but the general never really general public never really get to hear from farmers saying , to hear from farmers saying, like what we're going through and how it's difficult for us. so i think it's good. >> i don't think it's had anything out of miss. the anything out of miss. yeah. the money would be good as long as they come through with it. but um, all money that we've um, it's all money that we've already it was it was already had. and it was it was taken away. so they're just giving us back. what? what we already had previously. so um. but yeah , i'm not sure it didn't but yeah, i'm not sure it didn't answer some of the questions . answer some of the questions. >> um, i don't think sufficiently on things like storage of water flooding. you know, we need to do more things like that . like that. >> yeah. so as you heard there, a bit of a mixed reaction from some of the farmers to rishi sunak promises and commitments today. but certainly not, um, you know, resting on on his laurels , trying to, you know, laurels, trying to, you know, reassure people in the room, particularly around the likes of labour on food, that they are working their partners working with their partners across union and

across the european union and across the european union and across europe. of course, we are seeing those protests, aren't we, martin? in the likes of poland greece, particularly poland and greece, particularly today, we've seen them in france and over the past few and germany over the past few weeks, certainly doesn't want to repeat kind protests repeat of those kind of protests here, where we know that there have some, have already been some, of course, the port of course, down at the port of dover imports , dover around food imports, around costs that they around the costs that they believe that farmers aren't getting a fair price, labour, certainly not escaping some criticism, though, either at this conference, minette batters, speech talking batters, in her speech talking about welsh government , about the welsh government, wants sustainable farming scheme. the farming schemes essentially reward farmers if they give up part of their land for maybe some more environmental or sustainable food projects . but in order to food projects. but in order to access that funding in wales , access that funding in wales, 20% of farming land must be forfeited for the likes of tree planting and wildlife habitation. rishi sunak trying to commit that difference to the room today that if a conservative government was in charge after the next election , charge after the next election, in those kind of policies, will not be introduced, those mandatory levels of land for the

likes of sustainable projects, they won't be introduced if rishi sunak is in power. >> okay. jack carson , thank you >> okay. jack carson, thank you very much. i must say, looking very much. i must say, looking very smart and your country squire attire there will be debating this later on the show. is it time for a farmers revolt in britain? a farm ageddon like we're seeing on the continent? we'll have all that coming up in the next hour. i'll be joined by a former, as i who will a former, as i said, who will give verdict what give his verdict on what the prime today. prime minister has said today. is enough ? and there's plenty is it enough? and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gb news. helped to make news. com you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news in the country. so news website in the country. so thank you very much. tons to come between now and 4:00, including from including live updates from farnborough . got some fantastic farnborough. got some fantastic news for you. it's also my view that ursula von der elianne has been a terrible president of the european commission, but guess what? now she another five what? now she wants another five years that top plum job. what years in that top plum job. what a fix. but first, here's your latest news headlines with sam

francis . francis. >> martin, thank you very much. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. the headlines at 330. police say they strongly believe a body recovered from the river thames after a major search is that of chemical attack. suspect abdul ezedi . earlier, police had abdul ezedi. earlier, police had said they believed ezedi had gone into the river thames at chelsea bridge based on cctv evidence. the body was recovered by the metropolitan police's marine unit at around 4:00 yesterday after a report was received from the crew of a passing boat. the suspect's former partner, who was attacked alongside her two young daughters, remains in hospital. but we understand is no longer under sedation . the sentencing under sedation. the sentencing of a man who murdered two students and a school caretaker in nottingham may have been unduly lenient, and it will now be reviewed by judges. that announcement from the attorney general has been welcomed by the families of those who were killed. in a joint statement, they also called for the agencies involved

agencies previously involved with valdo calocane to be held to account for their serious failures . to account for their serious failures. rishi sunak to account for their serious failures . rishi sunak faces the failures. rishi sunak faces the prospect of another by—election after the mp for blackpool south, scott benton, had his appeal against a suspension from parliament dismissed. he was suspended in april 2023 after suggesting to an undercover reporter that he would be willing to break lobbying rules for money. he says he's deeply disappointed that his appeal has been rejected and criticised the authority of the commons standards committee. labour has now called for benton to resign rather than wait for the outcome of a vote by mps on his likely suspension in the last hour, we've learned that the body shop is set to shut nearly half of its 198 uk shops . that's after its 198 uk shops. that's after falling into administration . falling into administration. it's understood that around 270 head office jobs will also be cut in moves that administrators say they hope will re—energize the brand . and the body shop the brand. and the body shop employs around 2200 people across the uk . and three green

across the uk. and three green priests, greenpeace protesters will be charged for criminal damage after a demonstration at rishi sunak home in north yorkshire last august. the crown prosecution service says that after a review of the evidence provided to them by north yorkshire police, they have now authorised those criminal charges against two women, one aged 33, the other 32, and a man aged 33, the other 32, and a man aged 38. those are the headlines. for more, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts . for screen, or go to gb news. common alerts. for stunning gold and silver coins . silver coins. >> you'll always value rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and news financial report, and here's a look at the market's this afternoon. >> the pound will buy you $12655 >> the pound will buy you $1.2655 and ,1.1688. the price of gold is currently £1,602.14

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highlights the absolutely massive cost to the uk of jobless legal migrants. massive cost to the uk of jobless legal migrants . you will jobless legal migrants. you will not believe the eye—watering figure , but before that, the figure, but before that, the families of the victims of triple killer valdo calocane say they're very glad that his sentence will be reviewed . sentence will be reviewed. calocane pleaded guilty to the manslaughter by diminished responsibility of university students grace o'malley kumar and barnaby webber, as well as school caretaker ian coates. last july in nottingham, calocane was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order last month, but the attorney general, victoria prentice , will now victoria prentice, will now refer the sentence to the court of appeal after concluding it was unduly lenient. of appeal after concluding it was unduly lenient . well, i'm was unduly lenient. well, i'm joined now in our westminster studio by our political correspondent olivia early. olivia, there's no easy way of saying this. this will be music to the ears of the family. saying this. this will be music to the ears of the family . at to the ears of the family. at the time of calocane conviction, ian coates's son said, this man

has made a mockery of the system and he has got away with murder . and he has got away with murder. barnaby webber's mum emma said true justice was not served today. true justice was not served today . you have blood on your today. you have blood on your hands. today. you have blood on your hands . this was given to us as hands. this was given to us as a fait accompli. we trusted in our system foolishly . as it turns system foolishly. as it turns out, this has been a trial by doctors and now it's being reviewed. >> it is indeed being reviewed. and as you say, it'll be a huge relief to the victims of those families . you could sense on the families. you could sense on the day that calocane was sentenced to this is indefinite amount of time in a hospital unit that they were outraged. absolutely furious about this . now that furious about this. now that decision is going to be reviewed. it's going to the court of appeal. victoria prentis, who is the attorney general. she's acting in her capacity here as a as a, as a function of the judicial rather than as a governmental employee. she's acting independently and she has reviewed the evidence

there are lots of members of the pubuc there are lots of members of the public who have appealed to her to say that they believe that the sentence is unduly lenient, and as a result, it will now go to the court of appeal. of course, the end result may end up being quite similar because the judge said in his sentencing of calocane that he would probably be spending the rest of his life a secure hospital his life in a secure hospital unit if the sentence is reviewed and he he gets a sentence for murder and ends up spending the rest of his life in prison, you could say that that the end result is different. it is very similar, the parents of similar, but the parents of barnaby webber in particular, i remember to emma remember listening to emma webber talking about how it would mean a to just to would mean a lot to them just to be say that their son be able to say that their son was murdered, is, was murdered, because that is, of course, what they believe happened. >> and the three areas is insufficient evidence gathered from aggregating insufficient evidence gathered from was aggregating insufficient evidence gathered from was planned.|ting insufficient evidence gathered from was planned. it1g insufficient evidence gathered from was planned. it was factors. it was planned. it was premeditated. there's a large collection of weapons and the sentencing of the hospital order didn't include a penal aspect. under section 45 a, which meant that if calocane reoffends

inside , he can go to a more inside, he can go to a more traditional nick olivia utley, thank you very much for that update. the case. we will watch all the time as it goes forward. now in a few minutes i'll cross live to farnborough for the latest. on the battle to stop more than 300 migrants moving into a luxury block of flats . into a luxury block of flats. hopefully we'll have a fantastic result on that. don't go anywhere but first in a gb news series innovation britain, we're looking at the successes of the british manufacturing industry around the country. reacting to a fire suppression have just won a huge contract out in dubai , all because of out in dubai, all because of their infrastructure that ed here has created in chelmsford. >> so tell me the story. so we obviously produce fire systems for one of the areas we produce fire systems for his vehicles. >> so what we're seeing across the world is a huge investment into the fire protection on

vehicles. >> you're starting to see it. >> you're starting to see it. >> more on social media, battery fires are becoming a thing on buses and coaches. >> so but in for the most of the part, lot of public transport part, a lot of public transport is still diesel based or gas based. >> so we we've done a massive retrofit campaign in dubai that involves a huge quantity of parts, systems , that involves parts, systems, that involves huge quantity of machine parts . huge quantity of machine parts. um, and it's a big logistical challenge not only to supply the systems, but for the guys and our partner out there to install them . um, but what the them. um, but what the investment that we've done here enables us to do is produce the quantity of parts that we need to out the door in order to to get out the door in order to do supply . and it keeps for do the supply. and it keeps for me biggest, important point me the biggest, important point with other with that contract and other contracts being contracts is by being being here, we don't need to hold the stock levels lot of oems stock levels like a lot of oems would for the inevitable. this order come in. this order order might come in. this order comes in when we get a particular order in. we're just making for making the parts we need for that particular so so that particular contract. so so unlike a subcontractor, i'd unlike with a subcontractor, i'd need to hold all of these parts in stock. i've now got a very

dynamic system big dynamic stock system where big order comes in. we make the parts behind us. >> there you have it. brilliant. thinking ahead of that. you're ahead you're ahead of your game. you're thinking proofing thinking about future proofing the industry. the business and the industry. congratulations i think you're going to do really well

radio. >> welcome back. it's 346. you're watching or listen to martin daubney on gb news a 4:00. i'll have news of a massive development in the for search abdul ezedi. the man suspected of a chemical attack in south london. but before that , let's get on to a story we've been covering extensively on this show as we said yesterday, and that's this the plans to move hundreds of migrants into a new block of luxury flats in farnborough . locals have been farnborough. locals have been peacefully protesting now for more than a month and to discuss

this case in depth to and see where we are. i'm now joined by local councillor marina monroe. marina, welcome to the show. so 300 luxury flats in farnborough were being given to asylum seekers . locals were very seekers. locals were very disconcert about this. they peacefully protest were they contacted and involve the local mp leo docherty . a survey was mp leo docherty. a survey was conducted 91% of people were against it and can you conclude , against it and can you conclude, can you confirm to us, marina, that this development will stop now? >> well , thank you very much for >> well, thank you very much for having me on your program. >> um, i am the councillor for empress ward of the area . empress ward of the area. >> um, and we did take all these concerns. the residents have, um, in the local area to our mp and with the assistance of the leader of rushmoor, gareth lyne . leader of rushmoor, gareth lyne. >> um, they kindly went to see the home secretary . the home secretary. >> um, and he has confirmed that

he has stopped the plan , um, of he has stopped the plan, um, of the asylum seekers moving into into the um building. >> okay. well, marina, i'm just showing some pictures on the screen now, and these are pictures from inside the units taken by somebody that got them to gb news. i mean, we can see these are from yesterday, by the way. these are brand new beds wrapped in cellophane and brand new pots and pans. brand new quilts. we have a video outside again from yesterday of a container being unloaded and what appears to be duvets. lots and lots of container full of duvets being ferried into there. we can see it there, duvets being ferried out of a container. um, in to the unit. this was just yesterday . marina, this was just yesterday. marina, does this look to you like a development that's been stopped ? development that's been stopped? >> um, it it looks like. >> um, it it looks like. >> it looks like. >> it looks like. >> it looks like. >> i don't know what's happening there. i mean, i'd like to understand that a little bit

further there. >> um, but we i can explain. >> um, but we i can explain. >> i can explain to you now that that, as i said, that was bedding and duvets being unpacked yesterday and being taken into the block by workers, um, which looks to me and to the locals who i'm in contact with as we speak , they believe that as we speak, they believe that the fitting out of these apartments for clearly for single occupancy single beds is continuing. i'll put it to you again . does this look like again. does this look like a development that stopped, or is it continuing apace ? it continuing apace? >> um , nothing we have heard >> um, nothing we have heard indicates that the program has been reactivated . been reactivated. >> um, we're we're very grateful to the home secretary for stopping the plan . stopping the plan. >> um, and our mp, leo docherty would be pleased to update you, i'm sure. >> yeah , because the word that >> yeah, because the word that was used before was that the plan had been paused and it was paused. it was paused for a couple of weeks. but as we can

see now, again, images that we were taken less than half an hour ago from the site. marina this is a container being loaded onto a flatbed truck . um, this onto a flatbed truck. um, this is either being taken away because the site is over with or it's been taken away to be replaced by another one. so i just want to try and get confirmation from you that, um, for example , can you say that no for example, can you say that no asylum seekers will be ever moving into this block ? moving into this block? >> well , to be honest, i'd like >> well, to be honest, i'd like to pop down there and have a chat with them to find out what is going on because, um, as far as i'm concerned, the home secretary has stopped the plan. >> think , uh, and i'm >> um, so i think, uh, and i'm really, really grateful for him to, for doing this. >> i'm sure all our residents are, um, so, uh , um, i need to are, um, so, uh, um, i need to p0p are, um, so, uh, um, i need to pop down there and have a chat and see what's going on. um, our mp, leo docherty would also be able to update you on the situation in far better than i, because he has direct contact with the home secretary. he has been lobbying, hard been lobbying, lobbying hard

with him, and we're very grateful for the home secretary's intervention in stopping the plan. yeah >> i appreciate you coming on the show, marina. and please don't i'm robust in don't think i'm being robust in my questioning. i'm simply ask on behalf of many, many locals that i've been very closely in touch with this past month. and they they just want concrete , they they just want concrete, black or white confirmation of what's happening . so things what's happening. so things being paused, things being stopped that, that doesn't necessarily say that this won't ever go ahead. they do feel this is being kind of kicked down the road, the cannons being kicked down the road. and after a couple of weeks, it starts up again. and so you can understand their very real frustrations . their very real frustrations. >> uh, yeah . i live their very real frustrations. >> uh, yeah. i live in farnborough too, so i totally understand how our residents are feeling. and that's why i'm very grateful for you to allow me this moment, to have this conversation with you. um to let you know that the plan has been, um, stopped by the home secretary . um, and are they

secretary. um, and are they still are they the fixtures you're showing at the moment? are those people picketing at the moment outside the building, or are they here? nicole. >> no. so they were they were they were from two weekends ago. but i have been told that a protest will happen this saturday. and that is because the locals, again, they don't necessarily believe leave that when they're told it's been stopped. it's been absolutely and utterly, completely stopped. they feel it's being paused . um, they feel it's being paused. um, the shots i've been putting on the shots i've been putting on the screen there were from today and yesterday, showing of activity outside the blocks . but activity outside the blocks. but look, marina monroe, let's leave it there and hopefully we can conclude that this has been stopped. but it's a show. it's a subject we will keep a close eye on.andi subject we will keep a close eye on. and i do appreciate you for joining us on the show today. thank you very much. yeah. now moving on. as if having five years of ursula von der leyen as head of the european commission wasn't bad enough, she wants another five years in the job.

von der leyen had the role since july 2019. in fact, was there july 2019. in fact, i was there when she was elected in. i voted against despite of against her and despite all of the problems the eu on the problems across the eu on her watch, thought her watch, it's thought that she's best chance of she's got the best chance of getting and let's get getting the job. and let's get the lowdown now live from brussels the of the eu, brussels, the heart of the eu, and speak peter klepper, and speak to peter klepper, who's editor in chief at brussels report. welcome to the show, peter. peter von der leyen last time was elected in on a ticket of one, and once again she's been put forward as a sole candidate by the eu . candidate by the eu. >> uh, yeah, it's actually looking likely that she will be nominated and not elected. um, she presents herself as a politician. she used to be a politician. she used to be a politician. not a very good one. remember? she was defence minister of germany, which is now, um, i mean, whose army is in a very poor state, but ultimately at the at the end of the day, she is a bureaucrat appointed by, uh, elected politicians . and unfortunately, politicians. and unfortunately, it looks like a majority of them

, uh, because this is being decided by majority, uh, will decided by majority, uh, will decide to appoint her again . decide to appoint her again. >> and, peter, this is coming in the face of massive expected anti—eu backlash against the european union bloc. anti—eu backlash against the european union bloc . yes you can european union bloc. yes you can see in the opinion polls , um, see in the opinion polls, um, increase opposition specific against the eu's green uh, policies that are not only, um , policies that are not only, um, uh, hurting farmers. >> this is why the documented but also european industry , but also european industry, specifically german industry is suffering badly from all kinds of net zero energy experiments , of net zero energy experiments, which has led to very high energy costs, which makes it very difficult for german industry to compete . industry to compete. >> thank you. peter, i'm afraid we have to leave it there simply because of time. thanks for joining us. now we'll have all the the abdul ezedi the latest on the abdul ezedi case. of course, valdo case. and of course, valdo calocane. after this, i'm martin daubney on news, britain's daubney on gb news, britain's news channel >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

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from the heart of westminster and all across the uk . now and all across the uk. now police strongly believe that they found the body of chemical attack suspect abdul ezedi in the river thames and will cross live to the scene next. protests and unrest over immigration in ireland are happening apace and i'll be joined by the man behind a superb new documentary on the truth behind the migrant crisis over on the emerald isle . and over on the emerald isle. and after a recent poll showed a massive fall in tory supporters in the countryside, rishi sunak was told farmers today i've got your back. whether you do enough to win those voters back . thank to win those voters back. thank you for joining the show. to win those voters back. thank you forjoining the show. your you for joining the show. your company is always appreciated . a company is always appreciated. a superb documentary has been filmed about the truth of the immigration epidemic that's happening in ireland, largely ignored by the mainstream media.

i've got the guy who made it coming into the studio to tell me he spoke to pro testers, he spoke to politicians. there's a huge, huge social problem in ireland. we'll have the full inside story and also a shocking report. £24 billion being spent on economically inactive migrants in the uk since 2020. plus we'll have miriam cates mp, on why tiktok is warping young minds . get in on why tiktok is warping young minds. get in touch on any of those topics all the usual ways. vaiews@gbnews.com. but first, here's your latest news headunes here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . martin. >> thank you and good afternoon to you. well, the top story from the gb news room today is that a body has been recovered in the river thames, which detectives strongly believe is that of chemical attack. suspect abdul ezedl chemical attack. suspect abdul ezedi. earlier police said they believed ezedi had gone into the river at chelsea bridge. that was based on cctv evidence. the

body was recovered by the metropolitan police's marine unit at around 4:00 yesterday afternoon . soon after, a report afternoon. soon after, a report from the crew of a passing boat, his former partner, who was attacked alongside her two daughters, remains in hospital but is no longer under sedation . but is no longer under sedation. varne also in the news today, the sentence of a man who murdered two students and a school caretaker in nottingham may have been unduly lenient and will now be reviewed by judges. valdo calocane killed students barnaby webber and grace o'malley kumar as well as school caretaker ian coates in june last year. there families welcomed today's announcement by the attorney general, saying they're hopeful for an outcome that will provide some of the appropriate justice they've been calling for. prince william says fighting in the middle east between israel and hamas must end as soon as possible, adding there's a desperate need for increased humanitarian support

to gaza . the prince of wales to gaza. the prince of wales said he's deeply concerned about the terrible human cost of the conflict, too with many lives lost, it follows lord cameron's warning to israel that the fighting needs to stop . labour fighting needs to stop. labour has also called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in a major shift in the party's stance on the war, shadow foreign secretary david lammy says the world wants the fighting to stop the rafah attack cannot go ahead. >> we are following our five eyes partners australia, new zealand and canada, who a few days ago made it clear that there has to be an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. we are mirroring that language and indeed the language now of the united nations . everyone wants united nations. everyone wants the fighting to stop now . the fighting to stop now. >> the body shop is set to shut nearly half of its 198 uk shops after falling into administration . it's understood administration. it's understood

around 270 head office jobs will also be cut in moves that administration leaders say they hope will re—energize the brand. the body shop employs around 2200 people across the uk . the 2200 people across the uk. the prime minister says a new funding package for farmers will protect the country's food security and ensure fairer pricing . addressing the national pricing. addressing the national farmers union conference in birmingham , rishi sunak unveiled birmingham, rishi sunak unveiled new funding to increase productivity and modernise technology such as robotics and solar power . technology such as robotics and solar power. he also pledged to cut red tape, making it easier for farmers to develop new buildings or open farm shops. mr sunak says britain's farmers are essential to the country's food security . he one way to improve security. he one way to improve food security is to stop millions of tonnes of good, fresh farm food from going to waste just because of its shape or size. >> so we'll also provide funding today £15 million to redirect

that surplus into the hands of those who need it . those who need it. >> rishi sunak. meanwhile, farmers have been giving their reaction to mr sunak's announcement, saying it all depends on whether or not the government will actually deliver i >> -- >> the money would be good as long as it comes through with it. but, um , it's all money that it. but, um, it's all money that we have already had and it was it was taken away. so they're just giving us back what what we already had previously. >> it didn't answer some of the questions. um, i don't think sufficiently on things like storage of water flooding. you know, we need to do more things like that. >> yeah. i thought it. i thought it was good. i thought it was positive. um, have we heard enough? possibly um. well, possibly. not really, to be honest . it's all about honest. it's all about delivering, isn't it? really? at the of the day , lawyers for the end of the day, lawyers for juuan the end of the day, lawyers for julian assange claim they have evidence that the united states developed a plan to try to either kill him or forcibly bnng either kill him or forcibly bring him back to america. >> protesters have been gathered

outside the royal courts of justice in london today in support of the wikileaks founder, who's making his final appeal against extradition to the united states. it's part of his long running ordeal, which could be his final chance to avoid spending the rest of his life in a us prison. avoid spending the rest of his life in a us prison . three life in a us prison. three greenpeace, greenpeace protesters will be charged for criminal damage after a demonstration at rishi sunak home in north yorkshire last august. the crown prosecution service says that after a review of the evidence provided by nonh of the evidence provided by north yorkshire police, they now have authorised criminal charges against two women aged 33 and 32, and a man aged 38. that's the news for the latest news, do sign up for gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. keir mather . that's . mather. that's. >> thank you polly. now we start

with a huge development in the search for chemical attack. suspect abdul ezedi and police now strongly believe his body has been found in the river thames. let's get straight now to our national reporter, theo chikomba , who is at the site chikomba, who is at the site where the body was recovered by the thames. theo. and it was announced on february the 9th that the working hypothesis was that the working hypothesis was that abdulazeez had entered the thames. and now, 11 days later, it seems his body has been recovered. what's the latest ? recovered. what's the latest? >> yes, on that day, on the ninth, that was their main working hypothesis. and around 24 hours ago here at the tower pier, passing by marine, metropolitan police team saw a bodyin metropolitan police team saw a body in the water. and they strongly believe that it is the body of the chemical attack suspect. abdul ezedi . now, of suspect. abdul ezedi. now, of course, they are looking to establish whether it is him they haven't been able to take fingerprints because the body , fingerprints because the body, which they have found has been

in the water for some time, but they are now going to be working with the coroner so that they can take dna tests and dental records to double check the identity. but they do say the clothes that he was wearing is strongly linked to those that they were seeing on the night of they were seeing on the night of the attack , and the items that the attack, and the items that are found on his body. now, we did hear from commanderjon savell , who's of the savell, who's of the metropolitan police , and he said metropolitan police, and he said that there investigations are still ongoing at the moment, but they did provide an update on they did provide an update on the health of the 31 year old woman who was with her two children on that night of the attack, and they were injured, and she's been in hospital since the attack, and she's no longer sedated. but she is now feeling better. but they haven't been able to speak to her as of yet. now, in the last couple of weeks, there have been questions towards metropolitan police towards the metropolitan police asking or not there have asking whether or not there have been reasonable been following all reasonable lines of enquiry, which they say

they have considering here in central london, there are cctv cameras everywhere . we had seen cameras everywhere. we had seen some of those at tower hill station, which is just a few moments from here, actually, and that last cctv we saw from just after half past 11, a few hours on the night of the attack at chelsea bridge. now, of course, that's around three miles from where we are. we are here at the scene where they found the body. so investigate means are continuing and we'll be looking to hear further from the metropolitan police. once they do have the confirmation that it isindeed do have the confirmation that it is indeed abdul ezedi. >> thank you for that update. live from the river thames at the site of where that body was retrieved. and that's theo chikomba. thank you forjoining chikomba. thank you for joining us. i'm now joined by kevin us. and i'm now joined by kevin hurley who's the former detective chief superintendent with metropolitan police. with the metropolitan police. welcome to show, so welcome to the show, kevin. so kevin 9/11 days ago. beg your pardon? on february the 9th, it was believed that abdullah ezedi had entered the river thames at chelsea bridge . and now, 11 days

chelsea bridge. and now, 11 days later , the body emerges and this later, the body emerges and this is entirely in line with the trail of evidence. isn't it? yes it is. >> and in fact, you know, having deau >> and in fact, you know, having dealt with bodies that have been recovered from the thames or disappeared, what you find is after a period of time, the bacteria in the stomach. and as the body starts to decompose , the body starts to decompose, they start to give off gases . so they start to give off gases. so if the body was on the on the bottom somewhere, it basically blows up like a balloon and the person it's pretty person surfaces. it's pretty unpleasant for the people who had to recover him. it'll be unpleasant for those who had to take the body to the coroner's office, and it won't be much. uh, the wrong word. uh, uh, that's the wrong word. uh, it will be very unpleasant. and post mortem , because this , uh, post mortem, because this, uh, body will be extremely swollen and bloated , and the smell would and bloated, and the smell would be fairly unpleasant. but as you heard, the way of identifying, of course, normally use fingerprints, perhaps. but if the fingers of fingers have been badly deteriorated, you can't

get those . so they're now going get those. so they're now going to fall back on dna and dental records. could records. dental records could prove a problem in this case because this guy been because this guy has been a peripatetic refugee who's moved around . so it's quite possible around. so it's quite possible that there are no dental records in the uk . so it will then come in the uk. so it will then come down to dna to, uh, which if they can work out or to use the technical terms, house him where he was last living. they can perhaps find his, uh, toothbrush or something similar or comb that will have particles of dna on it where they'll be able to prove it's him. but failing that, unless there's any known scars on him or tattoos or known fractures in the body that have healed, perhaps it will be more difficult to identify this person . but if you look at him, person. but if you look at him, that shirt is pretty distinctive as is the coat over the top. so um, they are saying by the clothes it looks like it's him. uh although i might add, they'll be very, very distorted. and, um, it probably is him. and

kevin, without getting too into the grisly detail , although, kevin, without getting too into the grisly detail, although, you know, csi fans will enjoy that aspect of it, that distinctive facial disfiguration that ezedi had through apparently chemical being spilt on himself. >> will that be long gone now? those superficial identification, um, can will they be long gone? and now we are looking into that deeper dna , dental and maybe bone related evidence of identification. well i mean, it depend on three things really. >> one, how deep that damage was into his flesh. secondly was he abraded as he moved about on the floor of the river thames? you've got to remember, it's very fast flowing, so it's quite possible. parts of his skin will have come off as he's moved backwards and forwards, up and down, as the tide went in and out with that, or boats have moved by, it may have been hit by a boat or something. um, so, uh, there won't be so much , uh, uh, there won't be so much, uh, to go on there in terms of identifying whether or not that will be there. and of course, quite frankly, marine life such

as fish , um, could well have had as fish, um, could well have had as fish, um, could well have had a nibble away on him as well to get into the seamy details. it depends on how much is left, really. >> and also the circuitous, the meandering nature of the thames, not straight river of course, and many, many obstacles between the point of entry and the point of discovery. but in terms of that methodical , evidence based, that methodical, evidence based, meticulous combing through the evidence where ezedi has been found and where he went in is entirely, um, conclusive with the kind of information the backdrop that you guys experts will have . will have. >> i mean, the bottom line is, if you go in the thames upstream at chelsea, where where he appears to have done from the cctv camera, um, it's very fast moving. it ebbs and flows all the time. um, you could end up anywhere in that kind of undertows and all kinds of currents moving in different directions , swirling around the directions, swirling around the different bridge piers, boats

moving up and down the river. it really you really couldn't say how far downstream he has actually gone . um, and how far actually gone. um, and how far he's come back up. so it's you really can't say much at all about his movements in the water. very unpredictable. um, and if the weather's changed and i can't remember what the rain's been like in the last, uh, couple of weeks, if there's the tidal flows really up, there's going to be really moving fast. and then coming back up. so it's about right. in fact, in a way, i'm surprised he'sjust been i'm surprised he's just been found by tower bridge and not further down stream. but then maybe the tides just have been coming back in they found coming back in and they found him it's drifted him back up him and it's drifted him back up from perhaps woolwich or somewhere down that way . somewhere down that way. >> okay. kevin hurley, former detective chief superintendent with the metropolitan police. thank for your expert thank you for your expert analysis on the body being recovered from the thames, believed be all the believed to be all the indications, say abdul ezedi. the chemical attacker has now been found. of course, we'll have to wait for that formal identification and we'll have lots more on this developing

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protests and those who attended, said they were unhappy with what they claim is a government open borders policy. and here's a clip from that documentary . clip from that documentary. >> i just fed up with the irish government . you're just fed up government. you're just fed up with them . it's like a mass with them. it's like a mass plantation. what are you doing here? there's so many unfair male people being brought over to this country. and i planted them all in around school parks, and we're all feeling very unsafe. we're we're worried for our children. we cannot sustain a huge number that that level of foreign people living within the borders of this country. >> money of which are living off social welfare because they're being because they're being attracted here, because of the loose welfare laws and immigration laws of the state. >> the irish, that's what we need. >> more fearless documentary making . i'm >> more fearless documentary making. i'm joined now in the westminster studio by the man who made that documentary , who made that documentary, michael murphy. michael, thank

you so much for coming in. and again , thank you for shining again, thank you for shining a light on people who oftentimes politically have no voice. and indeed their attacked leo varadkar will call these people far right or fascist. but when you spoke to them , they were you spoke to them, they were anything but. >> no , they had very reasonable >> no, they had very reasonable concerns about their communities being transformed and about their services being stretched too thin already and not needing too thin already and not needing to have an additional thousand or so asylum seekers. um you know, attending schools, hospitals , putting a strain on hospitals, putting a strain on police, etc. so, yeah, it's a it's a very different conversations that's had about this in the halls of power in dubun this in the halls of power in dublin and on the streets of, um , deprived areas and cities and rural ireland. >> and when you look at some of the numbers more than 26,000 asylum seekers over the past , asylum seekers over the past, um, two years, a 200% increase since 2019. and yet oftentimes when the locals raise legitimate

concerns as you highlight in yourin concerns as you highlight in your in your video about safety, about overcrowding , crowding, about overcrowding, crowding, about overcrowding, crowding, about public services , they're about public services, they're simply swept aside as vile racists. >> yeah . so there's a playbook >> yeah. so there's a playbook of either they're falling prey to misinformation, disinformation and um, uh, it gets ratcheted up to their far right or their racist. i mean, it's nothing we haven't seen in this country before . and i think this country before. and i think that, you know, they've seen how it's panned out in europe and britain, where, you know, this conversation's been censored and they don't like where they're going. >> and oftentimes, michael, people who watch gb news, i cover this story a lot in, in ireland . and they say, what is ireland. and they say, what is it about the irish? they specifically decided to say enoughis specifically decided to say enough is enough. what is it about the irish spirit? they are out on the streets. they've been out on the streets. they've been out there for many, many weeks, if not months now and they are saying enough is enough. what is it about the that's made it about the irish that's made them like this? them rise up like this? >> there's two things. >> well, there's two things. one, whereas the frog has been

boiling in country for boiling in this country for about as with other about 70 years. as with other continental european countries in ireland, this has all happenedin in ireland, this has all happened in about 20. so it's happened in about 20. so it's happened at breakneck speed every body is, um, you know, disorientated by how quickly this has been forced through. there's also the fact that ireland's history is different to britain's, you know , they to britain's, you know, they were founded as a as an ethnic renee nationalist state, and they had an anti—colonial struggle against and what they saw as an overweening empire, which in that, uh, instance was the british. now they're starting to make parallels between european diktats on, say , mass migration or environmental regulations. and aid a kind of, uh, cologne overbearingness that they associated with britain. and a lot of the language you hear is, you know, this is a new plantation, and it's fascinating how you say this is the most volatile political landscape in ireland since the troubles .

ireland since the troubles. >> and indeed, we've seen arson attacks on the prospective sites for asylum seeker centres . we for asylum seeker centres. we saw the streets burning vehicles , burning buses, emergency vehicles burning in dublin after a suspected migrant went on a stabbing rampage. and so this has happened very quickly. and it's very volatile. yes >> and i think if you know any of your viewers are wondering where it's going to end up, you just have to look around the continent . you've got far right continent. you've got far right parties or right wing parties or right right wing parties or right right wing parties in the ascent in austria, in france , in poland, austria, in france, in poland, expected to storm ahead in the in the elections in june and ireland is looking like it's ripe for its own version of a of a populist revolt, as it were. yeah >> and there's an excellent line that you end. and by the way, catch this video. it's on the daily telegraph website . michael daily telegraph website. michael murphy the author. please go murphy is the author. please go and it's 15 minutes and have a look. it's 15 minutes long. excellent. it long. it's excellent. and it ends the ireland is a ends with the line ireland is a multiculturalist country, right ? multiculturalist country, right? for a populist right volt. and

that's precisely because the mainstream politicians, they're either sticking their hands over their ears, their heads in the sand, or outright they're attacking the people who dare to complain about this. yeah >> so we hear a lot from politicians in ireland that the irish establishment are very concerned with how they appear from europe and i think maybe they should start thinking more about how europe appears from ireland. you know, ireland is a very successful, prosperous country. um, didn't really have, uh, a sort of existential stakes. politics up until this immigration issue reared its head , especially in the last few head, especially in the last few years . and they'd probably do years. and they'd probably do well to, you know, look at europe as a cautionary tale. and we saw a brief clip there. >> michael , we saw a brief clip there. >> michael, of you speaking to some of the protesters to concerned mothers. um in rural parts of ireland, as well as on the outskirts and the centre of dublin. but what were people telling you, you know, when you were close and personal, what

were up close and personal, what kind of personal anecdotes were you getting to , to, to you getting to, to, to crystallise the sheer frustration that they're feeling? some women were feeling? well some women were saying that they didn't feel safe to leave the house alone . safe to leave the house alone. >> they didn't feel like they could take their children to parks benches in the middle parks or benches in the middle of because , um, gangs of of town, because, um, gangs of asylum seekers tended to loiter there in groups of 10 or 15. and, um, we didn't see that in our documentary , but we heard it our documentary, but we heard it enough, um, to grant it some credence. we heard that people are, you know, finding it difficult to get hospital appointments. they say in roscrea, if you call the police at night, it goes through to the next town, which is 20 minutes away. um there's seven policemen that work in that town. if you add in another 1000 people, that's a serious strain. um, there's 33 children in some classes in roscrea to add two more children with language difficulties. and you know, that's everyone's going to have to move at the pace of the slowest kid in the class. so

there's a sense that the island hasn't got its house in order. so why are they trying to save the world? >> you talk about the >> and you talk about the potential a political potential for a political populist revolt. yet the mainstream parties in mainstream political parties in ireland, they all seem very on page message with the page on message with the multicultural dream, with open borders, with the progressive liberal aspects, is that creating a vacuum? >> yeah . so, um, recent polling >> yeah. so, um, recent polling suggests that around a third of irish voters would consider voting for an anti—immigrant party or or candidate . now, in party or or candidate. now, in the absence of that party which doesn't exist, there is no farage type, um, politics in ireland really . it looks like ireland really. it looks like independent mps are going to run and do very well on an anti—immigration platform. now, the election is a year away. a lot can happen in between then and now. um, but they're, you know, they're fooling around and with forces that may turf them out of government or lead to some kind of disastrous sinn fein coalition and we've already

seen evidence of violence flaring up of arson , attacks of flaring up of arson, attacks of open riots on the streets. >> and you just feel, michael, that if you don't address this and you create a vacuum which always gets filled and it can get filled with the bad actors, why can't they just democratic listen to the people? well if the irish government are very or want to remind the irish public about their international obugafions about their international obligations , they cite, you obligations, they cite, you know, labyrinths on eu legislation about why they need to take asylum seekers . to take asylum seekers. >> and, you know, that it's that's stoking some anti—eu sentiment that people don't feel like they're in control of their lives. someone put it even stronger to me the other day. they communities the they said communities across the country feel like they're on a hijacked vehicle, and they don't like where it's going. >> superb stuff. >> superb stuff. >> that's excellent >> as i say, that's an excellent documentary. michael murphy is on daily telegraph website . on the daily telegraph website. please out. it really please check it out. it really is an eye opener. it's a fearless piece of journalism. we need much more of that. so well done you, right. there's done to you, son, right. there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00 later hour.

now and 5:00 later this hour. i'll tory miriam i'll be joined by tory mp miriam cates. she's a former teacher, and she's warned that smartphones are doing irreversible damage to our children. what's more, the chinese know all about it and they don't care. in fact, they're happy. but first, here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. police say they strongly believe a body recovered from the river thames after a major search is that of chemical attack. suspect abdul ezedi . earlier, police say abdul ezedi. earlier, police say they believed ezedi had gone into the river thames at chelsea bridge based on cctv evidence from around four hours after his attack on the 31st of january. the body was recovered by the metropolitan police's marine unit at around 4:00 yesterday afternoon after a report from the crew of a passing boat . the the crew of a passing boat. the sentencing of a man who murdered two students and a school caretaker in nottingham may have been unduly lenient and will now

been unduly lenient and will now be reviewed by judges. that announcement from the attorney general has been welcomed by the families of those who were killed. in a joint statement, they also called for the agencies previously involved with calocane to be held to account for their serious failures . police account for their serious failures. police in account for their serious failures . police in leicester failures. police in leicester are searching for a missing two year old boy, say they believe cctv footage shows the moment he fell into the river soar . the fell into the river soar. the child was with his family on sunday at the aylestone meadows local nature reserve when he fell into the river. it's understood the boy's father went in to try and rescue him, but was unable to find him . the was unable to find him. the search is continuing and three greenpeace protesters will be charged for criminal damage after a demonstration at rishi sunak home in north yorkshire last august , the crown last august, the crown prosecution service says that after a review of the evidence provided by north yorkshire police, they now have authorised criminal charges against two

women and a man. criminal charges against two women and a man . those are the women and a man. those are the latest news stories . for more, latest news stories. for more, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen , or go to gbnews.com screen, or go to gbnews.com slash alerts . thank you polly. slash alerts. thank you polly. >> now, a recent poll found that the tory vote has collapsed in rural areas, so was rishi sunak's appearance at the national farmers union conference today a desperate bid to get them on side or a genuine show of support for the industry? a farmer offensive by martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

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details of a passport application for a baby where her birth certificate was returned with the word israel scribbled out her jewish father says he feels like he's living in nazi germany. concerning story. we'll have all the latest on that. but before that, rishi sunak has given farmers a simple message. today i've got your backs. he's become the first prime minister to speak at the national farmers union annual conference. and it comes after a recent poll suggested that the tory vote in rural areas is set to collapse. >> so we'll also provide funding today. £15 million to redirect that surplus into the hands of those who need it. so in conclusion, supporting farmers , conclusion, supporting farmers, changing our approach and strengthening food security . and strengthening food security. and that's why i say to all of you and to britain's farmers , just and to britain's farmers, just as i did in my very first speech in parliament. i've got your back. >> so that's rishi sunak , the

>> so that's rishi sunak, the first prime minister since 2008 to speak at that nfu conference. but was it enough? well, let's find out now and speak to agricultural journalist and farmer bruce jobson, who joins me on the show. bruce, it often feels like the conservatives have taken many votes for granted. the red wall vote, the brexit vote , and now it's the brexit vote, and now it's the farmers vote. the rural vote. we've heard of a charm offensive today. we've heard of a charm offensive today . rishi was on a farm today. rishi was on a farm offensive. the question is, bruce, is it enough ? bruce, is it enough? >> uh, no. absolutely not. at all. martin, thanks for the invite . uh, what we're seeing, invite. uh, what we're seeing, i maybe he's an old cynic. i think we're either 12 weeks away or 12 months away from a general election. now, when mr sunak was chancellor of the exchequer, i was on this channel with, um , was on this channel with, um, alistair and several others, and i said, you know, he's done nothing in the budget for farming. so all of a sudden we've come along with this amount of money, which is not enough for farming. we've seen

farming decline over the past 50 years, but if i can just tell you a little bit of why it's not going to happen at the moment. if we make a very simple mathematical, uh, show of it, if a farmer has 100 acres and he keeps 100 cows on the 100 acres, he now has to give up 20 acres or 20% of his land, uh, to meet the compliance net zero, etc. so straight away , he's only got 80 straight away, he's only got 80 cows left. now mr sunak is talking about increasing production . uh, you know, your production. uh, you know, your cows cannot do that. you can't just do that. most farmers are already losing between 10 and £0.13 a litre on their milk. northern ireland, as an example , northern ireland, as an example, the farmers there are getting the farmers there are getting the third lowest price in europe. it's a disaster and i think farmers are going to really struggle. this year. i was on, uh, this channel with alastair in december 2022, and i predicted what was going to happen. and we've been proven right. but you cannot reverse 50

years of national decline in and just with a little bit of sticky tape and the hope that this is going to happen now in that penod going to happen now in that period of time. martin, what has happenedis period of time. martin, what has happened is we've dropped 40% production on vegetables . we've production on vegetables. we've dropped another 40% on potatoes . dropped another 40% on potatoes. if that's a separate crop . um, if that's a separate crop. um, you know, we continually go on this track now in the same time and the same time period , just and the same time period, just over 50 years. we've cut back 30% of our production of food security . the us using usda , security. the us using usda, that's the united states department of agriculture figures, has increased. it's output by 300. we're seeing india classic example 1.4 million people at 1.4 billion people. and they've put a ban on the export of rice in july last yean the export of rice in july last year, 2023. they've banned onions last month. they're putting a 40% export tax . yet putting a 40% export tax. yet this country is just allowing a situation to develop over years

of years of being complicit between government and supermarkets. and it's the farmers that have suffered . farmers that have suffered. >> okay, bruce. well, we've seen across the continent, and you mentioned there in india, farmers rising up against net zero targets, rising up against squeeze margins, globalism , squeeze margins, globalism, retailers forcing their profits downwards and downwards and downwards and downwards and downwards . is it time for downwards. is it time for a british style farmageddon ? british style farmageddon? >> uh, well, i use the word i wrote it. uh farmageddon . uh, wrote it. uh farmageddon. uh, and i spoke about that with alastair. uh, but yeah, what i, what i personally would not like to see is farmers getting involved in violent displays. i think martin and fairness , your think martin and fairness, your channel here has done a fantastic job and we've had the support of the public. we don't want to support the people. we don't to, annoy don't want to, uh, annoy the people are supporting us. people who are supporting us. and that's what i always believe we should do. uh, you know, we should go to supermarkets and protest, but not to infuriate the public. uh, the farmers are

doing a great job, and we're having a lot of meetings up and down the country at various locations. but you know, the farmers are at breaking point, and not to be easy and it's not going to be easy for the farmers to convince the banks to loan them money. they're talking about getting these grants , but it's, you these grants, but it's, you know, by time you get these know, by the time you get these grants through, we're probably know, by the time you get these grantstoirough, we're probably know, by the time you get these grantsto have|, we're probably know, by the time you get these grantsto have awe're probably know, by the time you get these grantsto have a completely)ly going to have a completely different uh, it's different government. uh, it's not apply . but different government. uh, it's not apply. but i think not going to apply. but i think farmers were seeing the farmers were now seeing the rebellion. give you rebellion. i'll just give you a little about little mention. we talked about net zero. i think it was yesterday . martin, you mentioned yesterday. martin, you mentioned i think you're intimated that it hadnt i think you're intimated that it hadn't been costed . well, i hadn't been costed. well, i wrote about it in 2019 and mr hammond, the then chancellor , hammond, the then chancellor, said it was going to cost 1 trillion or 44% of gdp. now uh, prime premier uh, may disagreed and signed it in statute . so and signed it in statute. so since then, last october, it has been read costed and then now claims going to cross 2 trillion. but they haven't even got the infrastructure in place . got the infrastructure in place. and that's going to cost another

3 trillion. so straight away within 3 or 4 years we've gone literally from a figure quote of 1 trillion to 5 trillion. and it's not bruce. the expense is too much. martin they can't cope. >> bruce jobson you certainly know your onions. and listen , know your onions. and listen, when you get your act together and the farmers get get it going, please get in touch and we'll do our very best to make sure you all the publicity sure you get all the publicity you need. bruce jobson, thank you need. bruce jobson, thank you much for getting in you very much for getting in touch being the touch with us and being on the show now is this show today. superb. now is this another example of another shocking example of anti—semitism in the uk? well, the birth certificate has the baby's birth certificate has been returned to her parents with scribbled with the word israel scribbled out . i'm with the word israel scribbled out. i'm martin daubney on gb news.

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abdul ezedi . the man suspected abdul ezedi. the man suspected of a chemical attack in south london. but could this be another shocking example of anti semitism that's rife in the uk ? semitism that's rife in the uk? this time a baby's birth certificate has been returned to her parents with a word israel scribbled out . but the family scribbled out. but the family live in london and the parents said the incident reminded them of 1930s germany, where the nazis would put notes on jewish people's documentation . the home people's documentation. the home office says it's investigating this incident and i can now speak with gb news reporter charlie peters. charlie a shocking story and one that's now had the intervention of james cleverly . james cleverly. >> that's right. martin. actually, the father has spoken in the last hour to say that london doesn't feel like london anymore and that this is an unsafe time to be jewish in britain . now, it's worth britain. now, it's worth stressing that the father's name is israel, and the place of birth is also israel. and that's

what's been scrubbed out. so we should stress that there is a realistic possibility that this is a bureaucratic error. but the family and many commentators have alleged that this is an example of anti—semitism . um, example of anti—semitism. um, and so it's worth, i think, recognising the time of tension that this comes in with the campaign against anti—semitism, saying . some 69% of jewish saying that. some 69% of jewish people feel unsafe showing signs of . their people feel unsafe showing signs of. theirjudaism in britain at the moment. over the weekend, we saw the legendary singer amy winehouse statue defaced in camden town with a palestinian flag pushed over the star of david necklace. she wears the star of david hexagram, of course, is central to the flag of israel, but it has been recognised as a symbol primarily of judaism for well over 100 years, and also over the weekend the community security trust, a charity that works to support jews, saying that it recorded

over 4100 incidents of anti—semitism in the year ending 2023, almost doubling the record it previously recorded two years pnor it previously recorded two years prior of 2200. so amid all of those controversies , all those controversies, all situations and those rises of anti—semitism, we spoke to environment secretary steve barclay this morning who said that the government was absolutely committed to stamping out anti—semitism. so extremely concerning stories and you're absolutely right to highlight them . them. >> i think we're all alarmed to see those sort of stories , and see those sort of stories, and it is absolutely important that we get across that there is zero tolerance for that sort of behaviour. and i know the home secretary is absolutely committed to taking a robust stand in terms of rooting out any form of anti—semitism, and thatis any form of anti—semitism, and that is something as a government, we are absolutely committed to doing well . committed to doing well. >> the father of the girl whose birth certificate has now been invalidated , says he wants

invalidated, says he wants anyone responsible for this to be sacked. but first, james cleverly and his home office will conduct an investigation . will conduct an investigation. >> i thank you for that update, charlie peters, on that concerning story of more anti—semitism in the uk . thank anti—semitism in the uk. thank you. now to stark warning from conservative mp miriam cates. she said that smartphone bans are doing irreversible damage to children and childhood, and she added the political indoctrination is rife on social media, pointing out that children spending hours a day on tiktok . and i'm delighted to say tiktok. and i'm delighted to say that miriam cates now joins me on the show. miriam, welcome to the show . good to be with you. the show. good to be with you. superb to have you . so an superb to have you. so an excellent piece, an eye opening piece and something that many, many parents will resonate with. um, yesterday the government brought in new smartphone guidance for the use in schools. and today you're specifically looking at how social media can be implanting bad ideas in impressionable young minds. tell

us more . us more. >> us more. >> well, i think there's a lot wrong with social media. it's not just about the political content on there. >> um, you know, i think we're all aware of some very tragic cases that have happened over the last few years of children who sadly committed suicide who have sadly committed suicide following bullying and self—harm content things . i content and all those things. i think becoming think we're becoming increasingly of the wide increasingly aware of the wide range harmful content that range of harmful content that there social media. but there is on social media. but one aspect is there is a lot of political material, particularly on on tiktok , and we've just had on on tiktok, and we've just had the story about rise of anti—semitism in this country. and it's not a surprise because the amount of content that's being pushed on tiktok, that's pro—hamas , that's, uh, that's pro—hamas, that's, uh, that's pro—hamas, that's, uh, that's pro the palestinian cause that isn't necessarily balanced, that isn't necessarily balanced, that isn't necessarily balanced, that isn't necessarily following the same kind of ofcom rules that you have to adhere to and other other news channels . and if you other news channels. and if you look polling on young look at the polling on young people's view on this people's point of view on this particular issue, israel—palestine, it is completely different to the rest of the population in terms of how many people support each

side. now, of course, people are entitled to their point of view and democracy, but it's and in democracy, but it's worrying when an outside entity i.e. owned by the i.e. tiktok was owned by the chinese, have such a big chinese, can have such a big influence on the political views of young people in this country. but it's not just, of course, the east. you look but it's not just, of course, th

islam . um, and that's being islam. um, and that's being pushed through tiktok. how corrosive of a force is tiktok, not just the young people, but to all of british society and how complicit are the chinese in this? well british kids certainly spend more time on tiktok than a lot of other countries. >> i think the average child spends two hours a day on tiktok, but i mean, some american teens literally spend their entire life on tiktok, whereas the equivalent app in china restricted. the china is very restricted. the kind of content is very restricted, and amount of restricted, and the amount of time can spend on time that children can spend on it very restricted. there it is very restricted. so there clearly differences in how clearly are differences in how it's being used this country it's being used in this country and ifs it's being used in this country and it's being used and how it's being used in china. to china. i wouldn't want to comment the intent of the comment on the intent of the owners of tiktok, but certainly if you wanted to, um , weaken if you wanted to, um, weaken western and weaken the western democracy and weaken the future of western civilisation , future of western civilisation, then this would be a very good way of going about it, because it's generating the kind of belief in children and young people that britain is a racist country, for that, you

country, for example, that, you know, not worth know, britain is not worth fighting those kind of fighting for those kind of things of course, things where, of course, in a democracy should be talking democracy we should be talking about these things. but to raise about these things. but to raise a generation children, not a generation of children, not believing western believing in western civilisation and not feeling particularly positive about western democracy is clearly damaging to our country and to the in general. so it's not the west in general. so it's not a good thing from a political point of view. but it's also not a good thing our children a good thing for our children and people to be spending a good thing for our children anymuch people to be spending a good thing for our children anymuch time)ple to be spending a good thing for our children anymuch time glued be spending a good thing for our children anymuch time glued to; spending a good thing for our children anymuch time glued to their1ding so much time glued to their screens, experiencing the screens, not experiencing the other childhood and other things of childhood and experiencing other things of childhood and expsozncing other things of childhood and expso ,lcing other things of childhood and expso , miriam, we've identified >> so, miriam, we've identified a problem. the solution? >> so, miriam, we've identified a prob seen the solution? >> so, miriam, we've identified a prob seen in the solution? >> so, miriam, we've identified a prob seen in florida, solution? >> so, miriam, we've identified a prob seen in florida, for ution? we've seen in florida, for example , they've introduced example, they've introduced social media bans for six year olds. the tories are banning ciggies, banning vapes is social media. next >> well, i would certainly like to see the situation where social media is banned for under 16. i just don't think it's safe . i don't think any level of it is safe. i think it's naive to think that good parents could somehow control this content. they can't even if you don't give your your child a phone, which is extremely difficult, they'd probably be the only

child in a class without a phone. that's very, very difficult to achieve. even if they don't have a phone, they can still view material on other children's phones. they're still subject to kind of subject to the kind of behaviours that other children are , uh, from the are copying, uh, from the internet. so i think, of course, there are accusations. is this another state? and you another nanny state? and you know, don't get me wrong, i'm absolutely nanny absolutely opposed to the nanny state. think teachers state. i don't think teachers should be brushing children's teeth anything like that, but teeth or anything like that, but i in a in our society, we i think in a in our society, we recognise are some recognise that there are some products, some behaviours, some freedoms that are not appropriate for children. so for example, alcohol , appropriate for children. so for example, alcohol, uh, example, smoking, alcohol, uh, the age of sexual consent, the age at which you can drive, you know, we acknowledge there know, we acknowledge that there are that children are some things that children should not have access to. and i think we've the point think we've reached the point where threshold of harm where the threshold of harm means that they shouldn't have access. much, miriam >> thank you very much, miriam cates. leave it cates. we have to leave it there. right. stick with us. we'll have all the on the we'll have all the latest on the abdul case. also. we'll have all the latest on the abca. case. also. we'll have all the latest on the abca brighterase. also. we'll have all the latest on the abca brighter outlook also. we'll have all the latest on the abca brighter outlook with. we'll have all the latest on the abca brighter outlook with boxt >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of whether solar, the sponsors of whether

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westminster. all across the uk. coming up on the next hour. police now strongly believe that they found the body of chemical attack suspect abd al ezedi in the river thames. we'll have an update from the officer heading update from the officer heading up the investigation. as well as being live from the scene and the cost of immigration to uk taxpayers. well, a new report has a jaw dropping figure for how much brits have paid since 2020. you will not believe it. an astonishing £24 billion and also a message from prince william. the fighting in the middle east must stop, but really, should the future king be getting involved in such political matters ? that's all political matters? that's all coming up in your next hour. thank you for joining coming up in your next hour. thank you forjoining me on the thank you for joining me on the show. this afternoon. your company is always very much appreciated. i want to hear from you and all the usual ways. please email gbviews@gbnews.com. we've cut off a ton of stuff

today. you will not believe this report. i'm about to cover £24 billion since 2020, spent on economically inactive immigrants. what on earth is going on? the man who wrote that report is about to join me in the studio. but before that, it's the studio. but before that, wsfime the studio. but before that, it's time for your latest news headunes it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> martin, thank you. and good afternoon to you. a body has been recovered in the river thames which detects leaves strongly believe is that of chemical attack. suspect abdul ezedi earlier , police said they ezedi earlier, police said they believed ezedi had gone into the river at chelsea bridge . that river at chelsea bridge. that was based on cctv evidence. his body was recovered by the metropolitan police's marine unit at around 4:00 yesterday afternoon, after a report from the crew of a passing boat. his former partner , who was attacked former partner, who was attacked alongside her two young daughters, remains in hospital but is no longer under sedation. met police commander john

saville says a formal identification will take time because of the amount of time that the body has been in the water. >> it's not been obvious to do an easy visual identification or indeed get immediate fingerprints. however with the very distinctive clothing that was being worn and the property that we found on the body, we are able to strongly believe that this is abdul ezedi . that this is abdul ezedi. saville >> now, the sentence of a man who murdered two students in a school caretaker in nottingham may have been unduly lenient. an and will now be reviewed by judges. and will now be reviewed by judges . valdo calocane killed judges. valdo calocane killed student barnaby webber and grace o'malley kumar and school caretaker ian coates in june last year . their families last year. their families welcomed today's announcement by the attorney general, saying they're hopeful for an outcome that will provide some of the

appropriate justice they've been calling for. prince william says fighting in the middle east between israel and hamas must end as soon as possible , adding end as soon as possible, adding there's a desperate need for increased humanitarian support for gaza. the prince of wales said he's deeply concerned about the terrible human cost of the conflict with too many lives lost and that follows lord cameron's warning to israel that fighting needs to stop. labour has also called for an immediate humanitare ceasefire in a major shift in the party's stance on the war, shadow foreign secretary david lammy says the world wants the fighting to stop the rafah attack cannot go ahead. >> we are following our five eyes partners australia, new zealand and canada, who a few days ago made it clear that there has to be an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. we are mirroring that language and indeed the language now of the united nations. everyone wants the fighting to stop david

lammy. >> now police in leicester are searching for a missing two year old boy. say they believe cctv footage shows the moment he fell into a river. the child was with his family on sunday at the aylestone meadows local nature reserve when he fell into the river soar. it's understood the boy's father went into the to river try to rescue him, but was unable to locate him . police say unable to locate him. police say they're grateful for the local community's help in trying to solve the case. this continues to be leicestershire police's number one priority. >> we have now recovered cctv imagery that we believe shows the moment when the little boy disappeared into the water at, and we have been able to establish some further information from dog walkers and members of the local community. so we're very grateful for the support that the local community, birmingham city council says it needs a bailout

worth £1.25 billion, as it looks to recover from effective bankruptcy , council leaders say bankruptcy, council leaders say a combination of austerity and underfunding has hit the city hard. >> they're looking at selling assets to cover some of the expenses, but residents are also facing cuts across essential services , including adult social services, including adult social care , highway maintenance and care, highway maintenance and assisted transport. dimming street lights is expected to save around £900,000 annually, while cutting refuse collections to every two weeks could claw back £4 million a year. the body shop will shut nearly half of its 198 uk shops after falling into administration . it's into administration. it's understood that around 270 head office jobs will also be cut in moves that administer voters say they hope will re—energise the brand. the body shop employs around 2200 people across the uk . the prime minister says a new

funding package for farmers will protect the country's food security and to ensure fairer pricing for farmers. addressing the national farmers union conference in birmingham, rishi sunak unveiled new funding to increase productivity and modernise technology such as robotics and solar power. he also pledged to cut red tape, making it easier for farmers to develop new buildings or even open farm shops . this that's the open farm shops. this that's the news. for the latest stories, do sign up for gp news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . to. >> thank you polly. now we start with the huge development in the search for chemical attacks. suspect abdul ezedi and police now strongly believe his body has been found in the river thames. and we've just got this update from metropolitan police commander . commander jon savell. >> i'm here to give an update in

relation to our search for mr ezedl relation to our search for mr ezedi. i can now confirm that about 4:00 yesterday afternoon , about 4:00 yesterday afternoon, the 19th of february, a passenger boat on the thames reported a sight of a body . our reported a sight of a body. our marine support unit attended the area around tower pier and recovered a man from the water. because of the amount of time that the body has been in the water, it's not been obvious to do an easy visual identification orindeed do an easy visual identification or indeed get immediate fingerprints . however, with the fingerprints. however, with the very distinctive clothing that was being worn and the property that we found on the body, we are able to strongly believe that this is abdul ezedi . we that this is abdul ezedi. we have updated his family , uh, have updated his family, uh, with those um, uh, inquiries and

uh , uh, given the detail about uh, uh, given the detail about how we found him and where he is, we will now liaise with the coroner for a post—mortem and formal identification that may take a few weeks to complete . take a few weeks to complete. uh, clearly has been a horrific attack . a woman and a young attack. a woman and a young family have been significantly injured, which will probably be with them for the rest of their lives. and now, sadly, a man has lost his life and i would like to continue to thank the members of the public who did come forward. it was incredibly helpful. a number of them were able to help direct our cctv enquiries in order to be able to trace the movements of ezedi . on trace the movements of ezedi. on that evening, she is still very poorly . she is now in that evening, she is still very poorly. she is now in a that evening, she is still very poorly . she is now in a stable poorly. she is now in a stable condition and no longer sedated , condition and no longer sedated, but she's still too unwell to talk to police. um, we will

obviously take the advice of the doctors about when she would be able to speak to us in order for us to find out more about what happened on the evening. um, and we will just wait to hear from the doctors. i believe it was a passenger boat. i don't know too much detail . passenger boat. i don't know too much detail. um, but our marine support unit are always out on the water, and we're able to quite quickly go to the area where they reported the sight of the body. and that was metropolitan police commander john saville with the latest update on the hunt, the recovery of the body for abdul ezedi. >> and let's speak now with our national reporter, theo chikomba . theo, you're live at the scene on the thames where that body was recovered. it now looks increasingly likely the clothing, evidence , clothing, the evidence, everything backing up. this is indeed abdul ezedi, who's been fished indeed abdul ezedi, who's been fished out of the thames. >> yeah, it's 91 days since the attack took place in clapham. and police were following all lines of enquiry which led to a

national manhunt. we know that they were working with northumbria police in the north east and of course working with british transport police and many others. as part of this investigation to establish the whereabouts of abdul ezedi . but whereabouts of abdul ezedi. but on the 9th of february, in the last press conference at new scotland yard, they did confirm saying that their main work hypothesis is that he went into the water and since then we do know that they had been searching on water and on land to establish whether or not he is in the water. on that day, on the 9th of february as well, they released cctv footage of abdul ezedi last seen on the chelsea bridge after he had gone into the battersea park area and then returning onto chelsea bridge. and they've been working since that time to establish what happened. but what we do know from today is that yesterday just after 4:00, there was a passing by boat and then

marine specialist unit from the metropolitan police came into this area. >> the author of the report obviously right at the scene and then so we'll be hoping to find out any further information from the police in the coming days as they're looking to establish his formal identification. >> and having found out they can't look at the fingerprints and they are looking to find out any further dna info in working with the coroner . with the coroner. >> okay. thank you very much. that was theo chikomba live at the river thames there at the site where the body of who is very much looking likely now abdul ezedi was recovered after 11 days in the river thames, some 16 bridges further down through the circuitous route of the thames, now being formally identified. and it will be things like dna and dental records, because we believe the body will be too decomposed for a facial or fingerprint recognition . we'll have more on recognition. we'll have more on that, of course, throughout the evening as the story continues

to develop. now . a new report to develop. now. a new report has revealed uk taxpayers are forked out . almost £24 billion forked out. almost £24 billion in jobless legal migrants since 2010, an astonishing figure. and this comes as the uk's poorest legal system is being used to benefit millions arriving in the uk claiming housing benefit, universal credit, child benefits and other handouts . to it's and other handouts. to it's simply mind bending number. and joining me now to discuss this is our political correspondent olivia ottley, and the research director at the centre for migration control, robert bates. robert let's start with you. so you put this report together at the centre for migration control, £24 billion. so stratospheric amounts of money. how did you work out the data? you're right. >> it's absolutely flabbergasting. number i can't take credit for actually doing the calculations. the calculations were done by the ons , the uk's official data body

ons, the uk's official data body . um, through their labour force survey , which they release every survey, which they release every quarter. the findings, if quarter. and the findings, if you delve the you actually delve into the data, quite startling data, are quite simply startling . um, last year we saw a record number of migrants that are economically inactive in the uk at 1.1 3,000,001 in 5 people that weren't born in the uk between the ages of 16 and 64 are now economically inactive . are now economically inactive. that doesn't mean that they're not, you know, not currently in a role. it means that they are not in a role and they're not looking to find a role either. >> and when you and you work out the numbers by looking at the general amount in provisions and handouts individual, handouts at each individual, get and i'm wrong, and correct me if i'm wrong, it's between 8082 and £9168 per person, per annum, and you simply extrapolated that onto the numbers coming in, and that's how you reach your figure. well, exactly. >> we've actually been a lot more conservative than other estimates on what the expenditure per person is. i think treasury puts it at think the treasury puts it at about 12,000. around about 12,000. the ifs around a similar number as well. but we've really sure

we've wanted to really make sure that is air tight and that the figure is air tight and not reflective of things that perhaps aren't day day perhaps aren't day to day spending. and that's why we reached a figure of about 8 to 9000, depending on the year, depending much depending on exactly how much you capita and yeah, you spent per capita and yeah, as we arrived an as you say, we arrived at an absolutely number and absolutely staggering number and the been even absolutely staggering number and the if been even absolutely staggering number and the if you'd been even absolutely staggering number and the if you'd included en even higher if you'd included international students. higher if you'd included inte i national students. higher if you'd included inte i national exactly. ., >> i believe. exactly. >> i believe. exactly. >> so they are technically classed as economically inactive . it's a bit murkier with international students because obviously have to pay obviously they do have to pay tuition fees and the data around whether are a net whether they are a net contributor or a net cost to the exchequer and obviously exchequer is murky and obviously people are reaching different conclusions depending on their political but yes, you political slant. but yes, you can include international can if you include international students, find that the figure rises 36 billion. rises to 36 billion. >> astonishing. right robert? stick olivia . um, this stick with us, olivia. um, this flies in the face of everything that we've ever been told about the fact that immigration makes us richer. it makes it makes they they contribute more than they they contribute more than they take out. these figures are mind blowing figures. what political impact do you think this will have? we're

approaching a general election where this is the kind of red ticket , you know, issue ticket, you know, issue immigration is becoming the biggest issue on the ticket, but this will just make the whole thing chaotic. how can the government justify this? well, it's incredibly difficult for the government. >> you will hear rishi sunak talking a lot about illegal migration. and we have talked to blue about the rwanda plan, but actually, um, legal migration is actually, um, legal migration is a much, much bigger problem. 700,000 legal migrants to the uk last year. now some people say that, you know, you can explain away a little bit of that with people who came over from hong kong, who came from afghanistan , kong, who came from afghanistan, genuine refugees ukraine, genuine refugees from ukraine, etc. does not explain etc. but that does not explain this number. this colossal number. and obviously it is completely unsustainable . the government is unsustainable. the government is working to crack down on this. they have already tightened up some of those loopholes around, uh, legal migration to the uk . uh, legal migration to the uk. but you have to now earn a specific amount to bring a spouse into the uk. £38,000. the

threshold for what you have to earn to get over here as well has gone up. and the government is looking at cracking down on the number of dependents that students can bring when they come here from the uk. at the moment is up to four moment it is up to four dependents per student . so dependents per student. so there's a situation of course, where there are at least some people are doing a mickey people who are doing a mickey mouse degree in the uk in order to bring their whole family over here. it's a really politically difficult situation for the government, and although they are now beginning to crack down on it, we won't see the effects of that crackdown for quite a long time to come . and rishi long time to come. and rishi sunak really running out of sunak is really running out of time on this by the time we see the next migration stats, it will be very, very close to the next election the effects of next election and the effects of the that they're the legislation that they're putting in place the putting in place now. the government still won't be felt, so we will go into the next election with the migration figures as high as they are figures just as high as they are at the moment. >> what's interesting, rob, at the moment. >:that what's interesting, rob, at the moment. >:that we1at's interesting, rob, at the moment. >:that we coverederesting, rob, at the moment. >:that we covered aesting, rob, at the moment. >:that we covered a story rob, is that we covered a story yesterday where immigration

yesterday where the immigration minister is putting forward his own information to the home office about the number of care visas that are being handed out and the home office aren't even publishing 13 reports haven't been published because they simply don't want to hear inconvenient truths . and so it inconvenient truths. and so it relies upon people such as yourselves at the direct at the centre for migration control to put this data out. have you presumably ran into quite a lot of flak? oh, yeah. >> as you say, the absolute story of research in this area is getting your hands on the data. it is nigh on impossible to get your hands on anything meaningful actually paints meaningful that actually paints the economic the picture about the economic costs, migration brings. costs, that migration brings. i mean, we i think we're all starting to become familiar with the costs and the costs the social costs and the costs on culture that come with mass migration, but the economic costs we just told costs, we are just told emphatically it is an economic benefit. look the bodies benefit. you look at the bodies that are purporting that the obr holds over the holds a vise like grip over the treasury, the home office treasury, over the home office and prime minister and the prime minister essentially. yet their sums are off about billion as well. off by about 8 billion as well. so actual accurate data so getting actual accurate data is impossible. is nigh on impossible.

>> think olivia, that >> and do you think olivia, that we now entering a period we are now entering a period where, let's say we saw yesterday 30 scene reports not published by the home office? i myself and no doubt many other journalists that are in the game have been the freedom of have been putting the freedom of information requests in for this type of information. it's been routinely knocked saying routinely knocked back saying it's not the national interest. it damaging deport it could be damaging to deport agents or even the government itself it. then itself to publish it. and then when back the veneer and when we peel back the veneer and we see these figures, is there any wonder they don't want us to know if the figures are so high watering? absolutely. know if the figures are so high watand]? absolutely. know if the figures are so high watand]? not absolutely. know if the figures are so high watand]? not onlylutely. know if the figures are so high watand]? not only the ly. know if the figures are so high watand]? not only the figures >> and it's not only the figures which are which are sort of hushed up, like like what you're talking about here, but it's also figures that put also the figures that are put out, quietly. so out, but very, very quietly. so if look at the recession if you look at the recession figures from, uh, earlier this week, revealed that week, it was revealed that britain just about entered britain had just about entered into , technical into recession, a technical recession. had recession. the economy had shrunk 0.3 or whatever. it shrunk by 0.3 or whatever. it doesn't like very much at doesn't sound like very much at all. there were no came all. but there were also no came out the same time. the gdp out at the same time. the gdp per capita stats , which were per capita stats, which were so, so much worse. individually, everyone in britain is getting

much, much poorer. and the reason? well, one of the reasons for that is that migration is going up and up and up. so yes, the economy will be growing a little bit as migration goes up because there are some migrants , because there are some migrants, lots of migrants who are working in jobs . but the amount of money in jobs. but the amount of money per person isn't going up at all, because you've got all of these economic inactive migrants. so there are figures like that which are which come out and they are hushed up or not. the government does not draw attention to them. and as you say, it's not surprising, given that we will be going into an election in this unrwa precedented situation. david cameron said, really not very long ago that he wanted to get migration down to the tens of thousands. we're now up to about 700,000 people year. and rob 700,000 people a year. and rob bates, final word to you. >> covered a story a couple >> we covered a story a couple of weeks ago about the percentage and benefits. percentage of tax and benefits. this now second to the this is now second only to the nhs britain, and we all nhs in britain, and we all thought, well, how can that be? now we're seeing the truth. if a

£24 billion has gone on this on economic inactive migrants alone, this isn't sustainable. absolutely not, absolutely not. >> no. and the question is, as olivia was discussing earlier, how does this get brought down? the government's plan to get numbers down dramatically, barely scratch the surface. if anything, they reverse some of the damage that they've inflicted over the last six years. but it still doesn't get us back to a sustainable level. um, which brings up opportunities, chances for training, skills for young people on the people, people to get on the housing none of that housing ladder. none of that exists the current system. exists in the current system. >> that's donald europol, robert bates, research director at the centre for migration control. thank for joining thank you very much for joining us. ever, olivia us. and also, as ever, olivia utley superb stuff, massively thought let us know thought provoking. let us know what just what you think about that. just get in touch. vaiews@gbnews.com. barely vaiews@gbnews.com. i can barely believe . okay, let's vaiews@gbnews.com. i can barely believon . okay, let's vaiews@gbnews.com. i can barely believon because. okay, let's vaiews@gbnews.com. i can barely believon because timey, let's vaiews@gbnews.com. i can barely believon because time islet's vaiews@gbnews.com. i can barely believon because time is running move on because time is running out. on your chance to win £18,000 in cold hard cash in our latest great british giveaway and lines close this friday, make sure you get your entries in on time and here's how you can make that one of yours. it's

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news is britain's election. channel. welcome back. >> it's 526. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. still to come on the show, motorists are calling on the government to finally reduce fuel duty and we'll hear from one campaigner who's making that happen. but before that, the prince of wales was met with cries of free, free palestine ! cries of free, free palestine! outside the british red cross hq in central london today, prince william was visiting aid workers, providing humanitarian support in the middle east. and this comes as his royal highness released a rare statement this afternoon emphasising that too many have been killed in the israel gaza war. well, gb news royal correspondents , cameron royal correspondents, cameron walker joins me now. royal correspondents, cameron walkerjoins me now. cameron, welcome to the show . there's welcome to the show. there's only one question to ask, and thatis only one question to ask, and that is why on earth is the prince of wales getting involved in the situation in the middle east? >> yeah, i mean, it's incredibly bold of the prince wales bold of the prince of wales here. he called in his very strongly worded statement earlier today for fighting in

the israel—hamas to war end as soon as possible. he also said it's critical that more aid gets in and that hamas released the israeli hostages . as i said, israeli hostages. as i said, it's incredibly rare and strongly worded. but, um, and he visited the red cross, but the timing is really significant here. there's fears about an escalation in the violence as israeli forces move closer towards rafah, that southern, uh , city in in gaza , there's also , city in in gaza, there's also an snp led gaza ceasefire motion scheduled in the house of commons tomorrow. so it does , as commons tomorrow. so it does, as you say, martin, all sound very , you say, martin, all sound very, very political. prince william is future king. we live in a constitutional monarchy and therefore he has to and he knows this. he has to be politically neutral. but um, it does appear he is reflecting government policy here. and that is another requirement of a constitution , requirement of a constitution, national monarchy. and in fact , national monarchy. and in fact, the uk government today has come out this afternoon and has welcomed prince william's intervention. a downing street spokesperson has said that his

message is consistent with the government and we government position, and we welcome that intervention. it is important we speak with one voice as . a nation now it's voice as. a nation now it's understood, i'm told, that the foreign and commonwealth and development office was fully briefed on prince william's engagements red cross , engagements at the red cross, andindeed engagements at the red cross, and indeed he's very strongly worded statement i'm worded statement today i'm getting the sense that the government is wanting to use prince william as very popular prince william as a very popular royal, bit of an asset royal, as a bit of an asset here. his power of soft diplomacy in action. in 2018, he became the first senior member of the royal family to visit both israel and the occupied west bank. and i'm told that he's followed the region closely. ever since, and it's really touched him as a father, is what today . really touched him as a father, is what today. he is is what he said today. he is expected to also visit synagogue in the next couple of weeks, focusing on the rise in anti—semitism to, uh, he's clearly trying not to take sides here, but there are many who are accusing him of straying dangerously close to that political line . political line. >> and, cameron, if you read the full statement from the prince,

it is politically balanced. he does talk about hamas being terrorists. at least he went that for the bbc didn't. but nevertheless, if you take comments out of context, which is what people do these days , is what people do these days, plus backdrop of that free, plus the backdrop of that free, free palestine chants as he left the red cross hq . cameron, a lot the red cross hq. cameron, a lot of people are going to be saying, is this really the kind of political messaging that a prince should be doing, or should they be keeping their nose clean? >> yeah, a lot of people are saying, now? is he saying, why now? why is he releasing this statement now? saying, why now? why is he releasyouthis statement now? saying, why now? why is he releasyou havetatement now? saying, why now? why is he releasyou have to ement now? saying, why now? why is he releasyou have to remember,? well, you have to remember, following terrorist following the terrorist attack on william on october 7th, prince william spokesperson released an even more strongly worded statement as it as you say, calling it a terrorist attack , first of all, terrorist attack, first of all, but also saying that israel is exercising its right of self of self—defence. now he did not repeat those remarks today and clearly this has become a much more polarising, contentious issue. he was ambushed by one pro—palestine protester earlier today, chanting free palestine ! today, chanting free palestine! but prince william is clearly wanting peace and trying to please both sides here. he

really is talking about freeing the hostages, but also getting aid and humanitarian an aid into gaza , helping those innocent gaza, helping those innocent civilians as well. so it's a long way to go and it will all beg the question because it's so sensitive in terms of its timing. >> there's a vote tomorrow on the snp, the labour party may vote against keir starmer and ignore the whip. it is a hugely huge political issue, spilling over and i think actually cameron walker, we can now show that clip of those chants of free palestine as the prince left the red cross hq earlier. let's have a look now. three, three. three. >> three. one. lord balfe . >> three. one. lord balfe. >> three. one. lord balfe. >> so i mean that doesn't in any way say that the prince is endorsing that message, but nevertheless, he's putting himself in a position where he is political. and that's now happening in the background, and it will always get taken out of context. cameron

>> yeah, and that's the problem with social media, really. prince very tactfully prince william, very tactfully avoiding or least ignoring avoiding or at least ignoring that protester there. but kensington palace stressing kensington palace is stressing here really is, uh, here that he really is, uh, really kind of shining a light on both sides . and as i said, in on both sides. and as i said, in a few weeks , he is shining a a few weeks, he is shining a spotlight on global rise in spotlight on the global rise in anti—semitism , talking young anti—semitism, talking to young people at a synagogue. but as you say , because it's all so you say, because it's all so complicated , there's certain complicated, there's certain soundees complicated, there's certain soundbites or or lines that he said, which is being taken out of context all online. and i think we really need to delve in as to the timing. why he's done this for all the way back from 2018, visiting the region, uh, to the statements he's made following october 7th. um, but of course, there is a long way to go. prince william knows that. but what he's trying to do is stay neutral and shine a light on the human suffering that happening that region. >> grace of as our cameron walker is the prince political or on point? let me know or is he on point? let me know what think. and of course, what you think. and of course, there's lots more still to come between and and between now and 6:00. and i'll talk row between a man

talk about the row between a man and woman over £1 million and a woman over £1 million scratch card win. they split up a few weeks later , and now a few weeks later, and now lottery bosses says that she is getting all the money and he's left alone as a loser. but first, your latest news headunes first, your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . let's bring you the top stories. >> we start with some breaking news. we understand the chief inspector of borders and immigration, david neil, has been sacked after he breached the terms of appointment and lost the confidence of the home secretary. earlier on we heard the home office say it was categorically rejecting reports that hundreds of high risk flights had landed in the uk without security checks . those without security checks. those flights included private jets arrived at london city airport. this is a developing story and we'll bring you more news on it as we get it. but that at the moment, james cleverly sacking david neil, chief inspector of borders and immigration. more detail later .

borders and immigration. more detail later. in borders and immigration. more detail later . in other news detail later. in other news today, a body has been recovered in the river thames, which detectives strongly believe they say is that of chemical attacks . say is that of chemical attacks. suspect abdul ezedi earlier, police said they believed ezedi had gone into the river at chelsea bridge based on cctv evidence . the body was recovered evidence. the body was recovered by the metropolitan police's marine unit yesterday after a report from the crew of a passing boat. his former partner , who was attacked alongside her two daughters, remains in hospital but is no longer under sedation . an met police sedation. an met police commander, john saville , said commander, john saville, said earlier formal identification earlier a formal identification will take some time and the sentencing of a man who murdered two students and a school caretaker in nottingham may have been unduly lenient and will now been unduly lenient and will now be reviewed by judges . the be reviewed by judges. the announcement from the attorney general has been welcomed by the families of those who were killed. in a joint statement, they also called for the agency's previous involved with calocane to also be held to account for their serious failures , and police in failures, and police in leicester are searching for a

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radio. >> welcome back. it's 5.39. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now motorists are calling on chancellor jeremy motorists are calling on chancellorjeremy hunt motorists are calling on chancellor jeremy hunt to motorists are calling on chancellorjeremy hunt to slash fuel duty. campaigners from fair fuel uk have found that two thirds of drivers want the conservative government to slash that duty in next month's budget , but with continued inflationary pressures , reports inflationary pressures, reports suggest the treasury isn't expected to lower taxes. well, i'm joined. joined now by the founder of fairfield , uk, howard founder of fairfield, uk, howard cox. welcome to the show. howard always a pleasure. so once again, um, the beleaguered motorist is asking for a bit of slack to be cut their way. do you think the chancellor will listen or have the have the entire government surrender to the zealotry of net zero?

>> well, that's a good question. hello martin. the problem we've got is that, uh, you know , we're got is that, uh, you know, we're in a cost of living crisis and one of the most sensible ways of actually reducing or alleviating the pressure in the cost of living crisis is to actually lower the cost of filling up your car. the 37 million drivers in this country all vote. and if the, uh, chancellor jeremy hunt , the, uh, chancellorjeremy hunt, decides to actually put up fuel duty , that would be more than duty, that would be more than political suicide. it would be economic suicide. and we have to recognise that the every aspect of our lives is involved with the cost of transport and so, uh, i'm calling for it and i've been calling it for 14, 15 years. we managed to get a freeze in the last 14, 15 years. i'm delighted we've had that. but now is the time to actually cut and you know, we hear cut it. and you know, we hear rishi sunak saying he wants to lead the way various lead the way in various political lead political issues. why not lead the way? and being one of the lowest, tax motorists the world? >> and howard, nobody has done more in britain to get fuel duty

down than you over the years. how much money have you saved? most would you reckon, if most of it. would you reckon, if you all up? you add it all up? >> well, there's a difference of school. i mean, the, uh, back school. i mean, if the, uh, back in 2010, the, the, uh, golden brown left a thing called a fuel price escalator, which meant that the budget, that every year in the budget, there an increase in there will be an increase in inflation plus 2 or £0.03 on top of that. and, you know, if you actually analyse it, it's depending on school depending on the school of thought. from thought. it's everything from about £0.50 we'd be paying about £0.50 more. we'd be paying at per up to at the pumps per litre up to a pound uh, per litre. so pound more, uh, per litre. so yeah , mean we're talking about yeah, i mean we're talking about £200 billion worth of savings. so obviously so the motorists obviously the people, the eco zealots and the environmentalists attacked me for saying that sort of money could into saving the could have gone into saving the nhs. what done is nhs. no what it's done is actually us out of a long actually kept us out of a long terme recession, even though we've the moment. the we've got one at the moment. the point if actually put point is, if we actually put more money people's more money into people's pockets, martin, know better pockets, martin, you know better than anyone they will spend it. that actually, uh, that will actually, uh, stimulate invest, stimulate business to invest, etc. and they will pay more growth taxes. so the exchequer will win and everyone will be

happy. >> i mean, howard, you're talking so much common sense. it'll never catch on. and isn't that the problem, howard is? the motorist now is just seen as a cash cow to bleed dry. ad net zero. on top of that, ulez clean air zones and even though motorists are screaming for a bit of welcome relief, it probably won't come. >> no , i think my prediction is >> no, i think my prediction is that he will leave it alone. uh, with the £0.05 cut in duty that rishi sunak gave us a few years back, i think that will remain. but the problem we've got the office of budget , uh, office of budget, uh, inaccuracy. sorry. your responsible party. uh, those particular, uh, bodies have actually saying that the to actually saying that the to actually pay for the national insurance cut. we've just enjoyed or supposedly enjoyed, we'll have to put up fuel duty and put that £0.05 back up. that's what he's wrestling with. but come on. uh, jeremy hunt, but come on. uh, mrjeremy hunt, let's go for it. let's really be have some cojones and do the job and cut vat by £0.20. that's what i'm calling for. and as you know, i'm standing for london mayor, i'm reform uk ,

mayor, and i'm with reform uk, and are calling £0.20 and we are calling for a £0.20 cut duty. i've been calling cut in duty. i've been calling for for the 7 or 8 for it for the last 7 or 8 years, and look, if we did that, you imagine what that would do. a tank full of petrol for an average family motorist be average family motorist would be about £0.12 cheaper. and what average family motorist would be about they.12 cheaper. and what average family motorist would be about they do?heaper. and what average family motorist would be about they do? £12)er. and what average family motorist would be about they do? £12 cheaper. nhat average family motorist would be about they do? £12 cheaper. and would they do? £12 cheaper. and what would do with that? 11 what would he do with that? 11 and you it, they'll and £12. you name it, they'll put back into the economy and put it back into the economy and that would stimulate the economy. flourish like, economy. it would flourish like, well, be incredible. well, it would be incredible. >> and know, there are >> and how you know, there are millions millions of millions and millions of motorists. seeing the motorists. we're seeing the farmers revolt the farmers revolt across the continent into india. when continent and into india. when are the motorists going to start revolting saying enough is revolting and saying enough is enough ? enough? >> always been anti >> well, i've always been anti that sort of approach. you know , that sort of approach. you know, you're gluing yourself to roads or blocking other people and impacting lives impacting on people's lives unnecessarily. you don't want to alienate the very you're alienate the very people you're trying help. so could trying to help. so i it could get to that stage. i mean, in the case of farmers, you're just right there. they are being hit by high fuel costs, too. they get the same so a fuel get the same problem. so a fuel duty for them. that means duty cut for them. that means they get a bit of they could actually get a bit of profit, because moment

profit, because at the moment they like mad, as they are struggling like mad, as we know right across europe. if we know right across europe. if we gave them cheaper fuel costs, they some in they would put some money in their and they'd spend it too. >> okay, howard we're going >> okay, howard cox, we're going to leave it there. keep to have to leave it there. keep up great work as ever. up the great work as ever. that's how cox, the founder of fair fuel uk, fighting the fair fuel uk, fighting for the motorist put more pounds motorist to put some more pounds or back in your pocket. or pence back in your pocket. and goodness we it and goodness knows we need it now. then look ahead to now. then let's look ahead to another story. i'm to look another story. i'm going to look at of the woman who won at the case of the woman who won £1 million a scratchcard £1 million on a scratchcard and then with partner, then split up with her partner, and wants a share of the and he now wants a share of the winnings. it's a juicy one. i'm martin daubney on gb news,

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of top politicians our of top politicians in our westminster pmqs westminster studio. that's pmqs live here on gb news. britain's election . channel. welcome back. election. channel. welcome back. >> 548 you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news and let's get more now on this hour's big breaking news story. and it's this the chief inspector and inspector of borders and immigration, david neil, has been sensationally sacked and i'm joined in the studio now by gb news political correspondent olivia early. olivia we were literally talking about this in the last section. david neil yesterday, um , shone a light on yesterday, um, shone a light on the care visa scandal. um, on the care visa scandal. um, on the numbers of people who were abusing the system . he claimed abusing the system. he claimed 13 other reports. he put forward to the home office hadn't been published. today. he's got the chop. >> he has got the chop. it does feel a little bit as though he was a whistleblower. and the home office just couldn't deal with it. we'll have to wait and see. as more information comes

out. is more to out. perhaps there is more to this story. the straw that broke the the home the camel's back for the home office a report that david office was a report that david neil did the daily mail neil did with the daily mail yesterday, saying that the home office was failing to check the occupants hundreds of private occupants of hundreds of private jets arriving in the uk . tom jets arriving in the uk. tom pursglove, the immigration minister, said that that is simply not true and as a result, he had to terminate the contract with david neil. he says that the recruitment process for a new chief of immigration is going on now, but this was a very sudden dismissal. no one saw it coming . it was only in saw it coming. it was only in the last few days. it seems as though david neil seemed to have reached the end of his tether, as it were, and start speaking out about some of these problems, which he's been experiencing from inside the home office. >> and wonder if, in >> and i wonder if, in the fullness of time, that will become story. here's become the story. here's a gentleman to speak gentleman who started to speak a bit too loudly some of the bit too loudly about some of the uncomfortable truths that he perceived going in the perceived were going on in the home office yesterday. i was astonished learn 39 reports, astonished to learn 39 reports, literally unpublished , because literally unpublished, because they forward information.

they put forward information. the office doesn't want to the home office doesn't want to heat hean >> yeah, absolutely. another element think element of this, which i think is interesting, is, is the is quite interesting, is, is the sort relationship sort of fraying relationship between government and between this government and people like david neil. you also had yesterday story of henry had yesterday the story of henry staunton and kemi badenoch very similar, actually , in nature. similar, actually, in nature. kemi badenoch, business kemi badenoch, the business secretary he henry secretary he accused henry staunton lying when he did staunton of lying when he did this interview with the sunday times about claiming that the government was dragging its feet , deliberately giving compensation to compensation back to postmasters. now kemi badenoch accused him of lying and there is now an ongoing fight. it feels as though this might well develop into something similar. it does seem a little bit as though we are living through the dying days of this government, and everyone around them knows it. they just can't get the respect that they need to govern anymore. more people speaking to the press leaking very deliberate and unashamedly. really? yeah >> and olivia lee's superb development. and you have to wonder, this story will keep

unrolling . there's a detail unrolling. there's a detail comes out. the immigration chief inspector sacked david neil getting perhaps a bit too close to the truth will of course have more on that throughout the rest of the evening. and tomorrow. no doubt that is a huge story. breaking immigration chief inspector sacked david neil, it would appear, for speaking a little bit too loudly on uncomfortable topics. now moving on, as brits love a drink and now linguists are discovering that virtually any english noun can be transformed into a drunken name . and these words drunken name. and these words are things like trollied or bladdered or sozzled , which bladdered or sozzled, which means drunk. and researchers have found 546 of them in the engush have found 546 of them in the english language. and meanwhile an ex couple are at war. over £1 million supposedly joint lotto win charlotte cox bought the scratchcard after her then partner michael suggested that she played it. but weeks after the purchase , 37 year old the purchase, 37 year old charlotte walked out on the relationship and was deemed to be the sole winner of that million quid. so should the

former couple share the prize? well, let's join our comedian mike mclean, who joins us. mike one person is left holding the million quid. one person is a loser. does she have a point ? loser. does she have a point? >> well, yeah. um i feel for him. if i'm really honest, i. i think he's a he's a escaped a lucky one there. really? he'd only been together three weeks. uh, it was his idea to get the ticket and a very good idea. it was. which is backfired. uh, she went in and got the ticket . what went in and got the ticket. what i really like about this story is the fact that she split up. but she didn't do the splitting up. but she got her friend to text him and split up because she was too busy spending the money she'd won on the money that she'd won on the lottery ticket. so she's not stupid, is she? um. well i think it's wrong. i, i do, i do feel for him because it was his idea. he. you know, if it wasn't for that idea, she wouldn't have that idea, she wouldn't have that money. um, so, yeah, i do, i do feel sorry for him. i also blame camelot. really? because they split it

they should have just split it 5050. and then. at least 5050. uh, and then. but at least you know , she should give you know, she should just give him something. maybe 100,000 or 50,000. she'd still have enough money to go and play and shop and he didn't have enough money to buy a new car or, you know, and they were planning on going on nice holidays and buying nice houses. he's not going on houday holiday now. >> no, he's not. and mike. mike, maybe he'll he'll hit the booze. and brings on to this other and that brings on to this other story, for getting story, 546 words for getting drunk . the story, 546 words for getting drunk. the eskimos, story, 546 words for getting drunk . the eskimos, the story, 546 words for getting drunk. the eskimos, the inuit, as they now call, they got 50 words for snow. we've got ten times more for money getting drunk . drunk. >> i know it's my mum's spanish and, um , her english is and, um, her english is terrible. and then in spain, they have one word for drunk, and that's dab radio. and just the one word. and you can see why my mum struggles to understand and speak the english language. because we have so many different sayings for one word, you know, she's just getting ahead around now. the he , him, them, they and now i'm having to explain to her mum you

can you can you can actually just rather than say you're drunk, you can, you can you can say you were martin or you can, you know, you can say you're a rat or you can. you were faced, you and she's still not you know, and she's still not understanding poor thing. >> well, only in england do we do that though. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> think it goes to show >> i just think it goes to show how the english how beautiful the english language no doubt people language is. and no doubt people out there have their favourites. and too many of and of course mike, too many of them x—rated to them are way too x—rated to mention on a family tv show. mike mclean, thank you so much for get too forjoining us. don't get too sozzled , captain. look, sozzled tonight, captain. look, thanks the thanks for joining us on the show today. and that's a huge story watch. no doubt it's story to watch. no doubt it's going followed up by going to be followed up by michelle dewberry. she's on the on on dewbs& on the channel next on dewbs& co. neil, immigration co. david neil, the immigration minister. been kicked minister. um, he's been kicked out. he's had the boot. minister. um, he's been kicked out. he's had the boot . an out. he's had the boot. an amazing story. thanks for joining today. three till joining us today. three till six. be back tomorrow. but six. i'll be back tomorrow. but after dewberry is after this michelle dewberry is with & co. have a great with dewbs& co. have a great evening . evening. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

news. >> hello . very good day to you. >> hello. very good day to you. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. i'm alex burkill, we do have some drier weather across northern parts as weather across northern parts as we through tonight, for we go through tonight, but for many it is going to wet and many it is going to be a wet and wet tomorrow. two a front wet into tomorrow. two a front that brought earlier across that brought earlier rain across northern now pushing northern areas is now pushing its eastwards and its way south eastwards and that's feed that's going to feed into southern parts through this evening, bringing a more evening, bringing a bit more cloud and blustery winds cloud and some blustery winds and rain for a time. two and some rain for a time. two clearer skies further north, though, some parts though, and across some parts of scotland those skies scotland, those clear skies could a touch of frost could allow for a touch of frost to the night, but as this to start the night, but as this swathe wet and windy and swathe of wet and windy and cloudy weather pushes in, temperatures are going to gradually lift through the night. starting night. so many places starting tomorrow morning on a mild note, but wet watch out for but a wet one. watch out for spray on the roads if you're heading out early on because the rain is going be heavy. could rain is going to be heavy. could cause some travel disruption, especially southwest, and especially in the southwest, and some here some flooding is possible here as rain is as well. otherwise, the rain is gradually its way gradually going to push its way towards so by the time towards the east. so by the time that we get to the afternoon,

something bit brighter, something a bit brighter, perhaps spells perhaps some sunny spells breaking for many areas, breaking out for many areas, albeit scattering of albeit with a scattering of showers few places. two showers in a few places. two temperatures well above temperatures still well above average for the time of year, but it will be windy, especially in the rain risk of gales. for some of us, more unsettled weather come thursday. weather to come on thursday. potential heavy bursts potential for some heavy bursts of particularly across of rain, particularly across central as another front central parts as another front makes way the makes its way across the country. we could see country. so again, we could see some issues some localised issues in association a showery association with that. a showery days, likely on friday. it does look like saturday going to look like saturday is going to be dnen look like saturday is going to be drier, but temperatures be a bit drier, but temperatures dropping close to average for the of year . the time of year. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsor of weather on .

also as well. are we failing british farmers? rishi sunak today became the first prime minister in 15 years to address the national farmers union. he's trying to convince them that he has their back . trying to convince them that he has their back. has he trying to convince them that he has their back . has he convinced has their back. has he convinced you and how passionate are you about buying british produce? do we do enough to support our farmers ? also tonight, it's been farmers? also tonight, it's been suggested that courts need to start operating 24 over seven to clear the case backlog. would you agree with that also as well? why keep it restricted just to cause that's what i want to know. also as well, the foreign secretary , david foreign secretary, david cameron, he has left the falklands today after what was the first visit by a foreign secretary since 1994. you tell me , was this a much needed trip me, was this a much needed trip or . not? yes,

me, was this a much needed trip or. not? yes, indeed. i want