gb news. >> morning. 930 on thursday, the 20th of june. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning to you. so the missing teen in tenerife is still missing. the search continues for 19 year old jay slater, who was last seen on monday. his mother says it is a living nightmare . living nightmare. >> just stop oil defacing jets this morning, two of their activists broke into stansted airfield to vandalise multiple planes where it's believed taylor swift's private justice party is parked. two people have been arrested . been arrested. >> this also comes at the same time as the ancient monument. stonehenge was vandalised by just stop oil yesterday day. thousands of people head there for the annual summer solstice celebrations today . celebrations today. >> acid attacks on the rise,

attacks and threats using acid have increased by 75% in a year, but only a tiny amount of cases actually lead to criminal charges and a strong vapes surge. >> there's been a ten fold rise in the number of vapers using high strength e—cigarettes, and the increase has been seen mostly in 18 to 24 year olds. that vaping story? well, it makes me so angry. >> and of course, we're going to talk to somebody from the vaping industry because of course, they say vaping is good because it gets people off of cigarettes. but this is getting young people into smoking. and increasingly now they're using more and more dangerous and addicted to nicotine. yeah horrible. >> get in touch this morning, won't you? gbnews.com forward slash your say first. so the very latest news headlines of sam francis .

sam francis. >> andrew and bev. thank you very much. good morning to you. it's just after a 9:30. the top stories from the newsroom this morning. and we'll just start with some breaking news coming to us from north of london, where we understand two just stop oil protesters have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. that's after they covered two jets in orange paint . footage posted by the paint. footage posted by the group to social media shows those demonstrators using fire extinguishers to cover two aircraft at stansted airport. and that is where taylor swift's plane has just landed this morning. it's not yet known if the singer's jet was among those targeted, and in other news this morning, the gambling commission is reportedly looking into a second conservative candidate regarding allegations of election betting. it comes after another candidate, craig williams, admitted to making a huge error of judgement when he placed a bet on when the general election would take place. he was previously a parliamentary

aide to rishi sunak, a member of the prime minister's protection team was also arrested last night amid similar allegations . night amid similar allegations. a friend of missing british teenager jay slater says that she fears she's been fobbed off by police in tenerife after she reported his disappearance. the 19 year old, from lancashire, hasn't been seen for now. three days when he told his friends he didn't know where he was and that he had cut his leg . and that he had cut his leg. and another poll is forecasting more bad for news rishi sunak, with labour on course for a landslide victory in july's election, yougov data suggests the conservatives will slump to their lowest number of seats even their lowest number of seats ever, while labour could win a 200 seat advantage. it's also predicting that significant gains could be possible for the liberal democrats . they're set liberal democrats. they're set to win 67 seats. that's six times their result in 2019, and thousands of people are expected to arrive at stonehenge later to

celebrate the summer solstice. the ancient monument is still open after two just stop oil protesters were arrested there yesterday for throwing orange powder paint over the stones. engush powder paint over the stones. english heritage says the landmark suffered no visible damage . that's the latest from damage. that's the latest from the newsroom. for now . your next the newsroom. for now. your next update at 10:00. until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or go to our website, gb news. common alerts . news. common alerts. >> very good morning. 935 it's thursday. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson. bev turner. >> well, in a moment we're going to give our take on those just stop oil idiots vandalised planes attacking the what many people regard as a shrine down at stonehenge in the last 24 hours. but first, we're going to look back at what our politicians have got to do it. first, i just want to show you

the front page of the daily telegraph. you can see that the headune telegraph. you can see that the headline tory wipe—out three polls, suggesting in one that the tory party will be down to just 53 mps. and one of the casualties will be the prime minister himself and the chancellor of the exchequer, both, to according that poll, 70 will lose their seats. i wonder what the best one for them gives them. i think about 115, 120 seats. >> how does rishi sunak wake up in the morning? >> imagine, imagine having this responsibility on your shoulders. it must be horrific. >> well, i was a tory event a couple of nights ago. the anger in the room . yeah, that he in the room. yeah, that he called an early election. >> i know, i know the anger in the room that he that nigel farage is now in the campaign because of course, if they'd gonein because of course, if they'd gone in november, farage would have been working side by side with trump. absolutely. be over there working with trump, wouldn't he? right. let's have a look. what's been happening in the last 24 hours. there you go. >> well, the hard truth is that for millions of people, they're not going to be feeling better off today. food prices are 25% higher than they were just two years ago. and of course, the

average mortgage holder is seeing their mortgage go up by £3,000. of course , an £3,000. of course, an independent scotland, like all countries, would face challenges i >> success would not be guaranteed. that would be determined by our own decisions as a country and the choices we make. but when we look at independent european countries similar to scotland, there are grounds for optimism and hope. countries like denmark, ireland and sweden are wealthier per head than the united kingdom. >> we have been really clear that we're not raising income tax, national insurance or vat all of our plans are fully funded and don't require tax rises over and above what we've already set out, and that is because we're focusing on growing our economy. >> if people come here illegally, they shouldn't be able to stay. we need to remove them somewhere else. and if we can get that up and running, then people will stop coming. and multiple other european countries agree with us. that's a choice for people at this election. if keir starmer

becomes the prime minister within six months, britain will be at war. >> i don't mean a proxy war. i don't mean special forces dressed up as arabs or russians. ukrainians i mean an actual war. >> so that was in succession order because we didn't capture who that was. daisy cooper, the lib dem deputy leader, followed by john swinney, who is the scottish national party leader, followed by sir keir starmer. i think people have probably worked out who he is by now. he's a really exciting one, kissed the prime minister, rishi sunak and george galloway from the workers party and they're out and about today. and of course, there is a big debate tonight for politicians . it's tonight for politicians. it's with an audience that she's always tricky. bbc debate , bbc always tricky. bbc debate, bbc debate. so it's the prime minister? no, it's starmer , it's minister? no, it's starmer, it's your next starmer. lib dems and swinney and swinney snp leader and no nigel farage, which of course he is not very happy

about. >> but you could say again this casts him as the marginalised and you know what this country is like. but they root for an underdog. it might do more harm than good, more good than harm . than good, more good than harm. yeah. to not be there. >> so two just stop oil activists have been arrested after breaking into a private airport in stansted, where they vandalised several planes , as in vandalised several planes, as in their endless campaign to end fossil fuels by 2030. >> it's the same airfield where taylor swift's private jet is thought to be parked. and of course, they were a pain in the backside yesterday. two, two activists sprayed the historic monument stonehenge in orange powdered paint just a day before celebrations begin for the summer solstice at the 5000 year old landmark. summer solstice at the 5000 year old landmark . and they have now old landmark. and they have now been arrested. good. >> so the politicians all, of course, piled in to criticise sir keir starmer said the group was pathetic and those responsible must face the full force of the law. >> doesn't he take funding from. >> doesn't he take funding from. >> he does. he takes it from dale, vince and dale. vince has been a major funder of just stop oil and he i think he's given labour about £2 million. i'll

check that figure. so it's all very well to say they're pathetic. so why is he taking money from an organisation, from a donor who supports with his own money? just a pile. >> the prime minister, rishi sunak, called the act disgraceful. so do you have any sympathy for them at home? let us know gb news. com forward slash you or say i think i know what you're probably going to say about this. it just i find the stonehenge target particularly troubling because if you're arguing that you want to save the planet for future generations, if there's something about your campaign which is about the preservation of this earth and everything that it stands for, why would you attack such an important symbol of history? i know that he's there for the next generation that has been retained and protected for the next generation. >> what about the sun and nature and the position of the sun and the longest day, 5000 years old. that monument they these these these people are just cretins. i'm afraid it is cretins. these people are just cretins. i'm afraid it is cretins . and is i'm afraid it is cretins. and is nothing sacred? no, it isn't , nothing sacred? no, it isn't, but i suppose they'll argue. we're talking about them . but i

we're talking about them. but i don't think they do their cause any good whatsoever . they drag any good whatsoever. they drag it down every time. >> and i. you know what? i'm really torn. i have exactly that thought as i was coming in this morning and i was looking at, i was thinking, i almost don't want to mention this story. the dilemma is, do you give them the oxygen of publicity? i think it's backfiring on them anyway. do you went on social media? people say, well, this just makes me going to want to go and makes me going to want to go and make sure i don't buy an electric car next time. it's provoking the opposite reaction to their cause. >> so and one of them was, i think he was 70 years old or something old enough to know better if you're watching, i don't suppose he is watching right? >> moving on. a friend of the missing british teenager, jay slater fears that she's been fobbed off by police in tenerife after reporting his disappearance. >> so the 19 year old from lancashire to remind you hasn't been seen for three days. when he told his friends he didn't know where he was and he'd cut his leg, he'd been out for the evening and he only had a little bit of power left in his phone. >> his mother understandably said the whole experience is a living nightmare. >> so chris elkington is the

editor of the canarian weekly, and he joins us from southern tenerife. chris, morning to you . tenerife. chris, morning to you. each day that goes past gets more worrying for his family. what is the latest chris? >> well, after a false alarm yesterday of a sighting of jay at around 8:00 this morning, we saw the helicopters go overhead as the search has resumed in the massacre and general park area for jay, who has been missing forjay, who has been missing since monday morning, at the moment, the guardia civil are leading the operation, which includes mountain rescue teams. the fire brigade are now involved as well to search in ravines and valleys, as it's a very mountainous area , and very mountainous area, and they're also using drones and helicopters to look from the air to see if they can find anything that may lead to his whereabouts. >> chris, just just take us through his steps, would you? because he'd been at this music festival and then what? >> well, the energy, music, music festival is something that's organised twice a year. it's a well organised event in over three days in different

locations. the last one was on sunday evening in a nightclub called papagayo in las americas. and somehow he's ended . he's and somehow he's ended. he's ended up 30km up the west coast in this remote area of majorca. and tino, allegedly going back with friends he'd made at the festival , what is with friends he'd made at the festival, what is surprising that he wouldn't have gone there until early hours of monday morning and left very shortly afterwards without any phone signal, without any water, without being offered to be taken back or taken to the local town or bus stop. so it's a very strange one. he if you if you actually put in the route into your phone, it will take you the opposite way around the island. and that's why he's walking in that area towards the rural park rather than south towards where he was staying. and the concern is that he's gone off route. it's an area that's vast, it's very barren, very arid, very dry, and obviously in the with these temperatures in the in the

high 20s, if you go off route, you can very, very easily get lost or trip fall and, be, you know, if you haven't got a phone signal, very hard to call for help. so it's a very concerning situation for everyone involved. but especially his family and friends and what his mum i we think he's out there chris is she, is she literally with the police or what is she actually doing . yes. debbie arrived on doing. yes. debbie arrived on the first, the first plane out of manchester, the, the friends and family are trying to organise search teams as well. however, the police have asked them if they can just leave them to do their job. it's a very to do theirjob. it's a very dangerous terrain and the mountain rescue teams know it much better than obviously the rest of us do , and they don't rest of us do, and they don't want to have to worry about looking after the people who are looking after the people who are looking for jay, rather than concentrating on looking forjay concentrating on looking for jay . so, you know, they have been looking late at night along the coasts, along the beaches in las americas, los cristianos . but americas, los cristianos. but they have asked that the area

they're focusing on, where they have the leads, that the police are left to do their job. chris are left to do theirjob. chris he's a young kid, obviously 19 years old. >> he's busy on social media, as are his friends. he posted a video , hadn't he, from the music video, hadn't he, from the music festival. in fact, he posted a video a picture still on his snapchat account, snapchat account from inside the house that he'd gone to in the early hours of the morning. and then yesterday there was a false, as you mentioned at the top of the interview, there was a false sighting. what happened there , there. >> well, you've got the good and you've got the good and bad sides of social media. unfortunately, the good side has been the exposure all the way that this has been, the awareness has been raised so quickly is incredible , into how quickly is incredible, into how everyone has picked up on on jay being missing the downside, unfortunately, is every time somebody sees, you know, anybody who may resemble him , whether it who may resemble him, whether it be walking along the coast or whether it be in a taxi like this one, was like the false alarm was or even a police car going past with blue lights. you

have a flood of messages and posts, you know, claiming that people you know , it could be people you know, it could be him, the one in las americas los cristianos was was someone in a taxi who also turned out to be a 19 year old, young man on houday 19 year old, young man on holiday , but it wasn't jay, holiday, but it wasn't jay, unfortunately. so the search has been resumed in the massacre and teno rural park areas. >> all right, chris. well, thanks for updating us. chris. that's chris elkington, he's the editor of the canarian weekly, and he was joining us from southern tenerife. the mother, she said she hasn't slept a wink. of course, she tolerable the awful. >> i mean, the idea that if you get there and the police say leave us to it, there's no way, there's no way you could leave me to it. i've had my trainers on and i would be out there pacing every single inch of where he might have walked, he he's obviously there's no point speculating, but you just suspect. let's hope he's disorientated. >> right, let us know your thoughts this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay. >> now, football news. obviously, beth and i are all over this scotland could still

make it into the last 16 of the euros and england are taking on denmark later. you're with britain's newsroom on

gb news. now, this is an unexpected treat . we've got aidan magee in with us to talk about the euros. . we've got aidan magee in with us to talk about the euros . now, us to talk about the euros. now, it won't surprise you to know i've not watched it yet. what? not yet. unbelievable, but scotland did good. yeah, considering they did so badly at the beginning, it was terrible. >> listen, andrew, it's one thing losing on opening night against germany. they are the host nation. they're one of the favourites. even getting beaten five one is not unheard of against a team of that calibre. but there is a manner of defeat, a manner of victory and a manner of everything in between. you have to fight, you have to be aggressive, you have to cover your space, you have to just do the basics of trying to compete

in a football match. bev and they didn't do that. and that's why the mood in the tartan army camp was extremely low for quite a few days. but what a difference. just a few days makes because suddenly they get a draw against a very accomplished switzerland side. last night they went ahead. still, some of the passes were going astray a little bit. not everything was perfect, but the fans went out of their last night thinking we were wrong about that team. they had a bad first night, it was a bad day at the office and suddenly they've shown us that they care. >> what changed? >> what changed? >> so what changed is they bought billy gilmour into the midfield midfield and he's a he's a premier league player calibre player. they haven't got loads of those in their squad if i'm honest before in the premier league brighton, brighton, he's met chelsea in the past but he's played well in tournaments before. he's he's only 20 or 22, he's 22 but he's been around for a few years with with scotland and he he's able to hold the ball and it's so critical when you're when you're an inferior team going into these matches, you need players who are going to hang on to the ball. you've got to take they call it in the game, we call it taking care of the ball and so they had a

little bit more possession last night. they took the lead and suddenly the crowd were up and the dynamics change almost entirely. so what that means is that they go into sunday's game against hungary and they're on the verge of history because no scotland side, not including i'm including sides that had kenny dalglish, alan hansen, graeme souness, all these players in them and they were never able to get out and advance from the group. it was always a big joke. but now on sunday, hungary have lost their first two games. no one's taking anything as red, but they've given themselves a fighting chance of advancing and that's going to be magnificent for the country if they do it. >> and england this afternoon, 5:00, in frankfurt. >> so denmark are not the side they were. we played them in euro 2020, which of course was played a year later in euro 20. in euro 2021. we almost called it that in 2021. in the semi—finals, their main players are three years older. but england in terms of how they line up, look, if they if, if, if they go into it with the same side as played serbia last week. yes, they're a bit rubbish after the half an hour, but serbia again a decent side. they've got denmark today, even if they go, even if gareth southgate ignores the clamour for a 1 or 2 tweaks here and there, they'll have more than enough to beat denmark. i'm certain of that.

i'm not saying they'll thrash it, they'll thrash them, but i think they'll get through and quick. >> one andy murray is worth £130 million. he's got four young children, but he still wants to carry on playing tennis. but what's happening? >> he's not the bionic man anymore. >> well, he actually is. he's full of metal, that's the point. but this is how long it's carrying on. but it's a new injury. that's what i'm worried about. because he's having a scan today. >> he had to pull out at queens yesterday. >> he did. he's won that tournament five times. not for a while, i have to say. but yeah, he pulled out pulled out of that. and it puts it makes him a major doubt. so close to wimbledon to happen. and he wants to say goodbye. there that's where he won his two grand slams in this country. and you know what? in my lifetime, andrew, i never thought i'd see a grand slam winner, male or female, who came from britain. so to see it in not just in the us open, which happened in 2012, but also twice more at wimbledon and at the olympics as well. he's had a good run , he's had he's had a good run, he's had a magnificent run, nowhere to go. >> but you've got to know when to go. you want to be able to walk with those kids for the next 20 years of your life, at least take them out and play on the beach. you don't want to be hobbung the beach. you don't want to be hobbling along with two five

second prediction score today i said one. >> i said one nil last time. i got it right. i'm going to go one nil again, this time to england. >> and also, andrew pierce has vowed that if we get through to the quarter finals, you're going to come on the semi—finals. semi—finals, you're going to come in wearing football kit, i'm going to wear the england kit. get your knees out. >> yeah, i know a bloke who, when he waited for man city to win a match. >> and then if we win, you're going to have to streak across the studio. >> so be careful. my bloke who did that don't go anywhere. still to come, 99 year old d—day veteran les underwood is joining us after returning from normandy. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. here's annie with the weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. another dry and fine day for many of us. plenty of warm sunshine, but it is a little bit cloudier in the north and west. further wet weather is going to arrive here later for the time being. just a risk of some drizzly rain for the likes of northern ireland far southwest of scotland, perhaps moving into

the far north of scotland later on today. elsewhere, though dry and bright, plenty of sunshine, maybe a little bit hazy for some of us. we've still got the remnants of a weather front for some central areas of the uk, but it's going to be feeling warm in that june sunshine. temperatures approaching the mid—twenties for southeastern areas and even across central areas and even across central areas of england as well. so high uv levels and it is in fact the summer solstice today. so the summer solstice today. so the sun won't be setting till very late. we've got 19 hours of sunlight or daylight across lerwick today, and somewhere between 19 and 16 hours across the uk, so plenty of sunshine all time to enjoy the sunshine through today, and it will be a fairly bright end to the day later on today. potentially still a little bit more cloud around across wales and up towards the humber as well. a risk of some rain, but i think for most of us is going to be a very much a dry day. however, through the evening, as i said, it will turn a bit wetter across the far north—west of scotland and into northern ireland.

that's a weather front approaching from the north—west. it's not going to make great progress inland, but it will push into parts of central scotland later on in the night, bringing cloudier skies for many western areas. a little bit milder in the west. still fairly fresh though to start the day across eastern areas. but another bright start. there could be some mist and fog around very first thing, but the sun rises, rising around 4 or 5:00 in the morning, so it should clear quite quickly or by the time you are up and about. so through the rest of friday, a little bit more in the way of cloud compared to thursday, but still fairly warm in the sunshine, particularly across the south and east, with potentially some wet weather arriving later on in the west. see you later . bye arriving later on in the west. see you later. bye bye. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news

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>> well. >> well. >> 10:00 on thursday, the 20th of june. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> the missing teen in tenerife. the search is continuing for 19 year old jay slater, who was last seen on monday. his mother, who is on the island, says it is a living nightmare and just stop oil have been at it again. >> this time two activists have been arrested after they broke into stansted airfields to vandalise multiple planes . vandalise multiple planes. >> and of course, only yesterday the ancient monument of stonehenge was vandalised by the same idiots . same idiots. >> and is it going to be a significant tory wipe—out three new polls show that labour will win the election with enormous majorities, leaving the tories looking at their worst defeats in 100 years. >> gary neville still a red. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, recruited the help of the football star to promote his election campaign in his latest party political broadcast and a d—day veteran speaks out.

>> we're going to be joined by 99 year old war hero les underwood, who says he would not fight again for this country because of the state that it's in today. >> he's 99, and, you know, he signed up for the forces when he was 15, broke the law. >> he lied about his age. >> he lied about his age. >> he lied about his age. >> he did, he did. >> he did, he did. >> he's going to be here with us in studio. >> so we're looking forward to it. he was a royal naval gunner, and of course, he saw a lot of his mates dying. awesome duty, significant gbnews.com/yoursay to talk to us and each other. >> but first, the very latest news with sam francis . news with sam francis. >> bev and andrew, thank you very much . good morning to you. very much. good morning to you. it's 10:01 very much. good morning to you. it's10:01 and leading the very much. good morning to you. it's 10:01 and leading the news it's10:01 and leading the news this morning. the gambling commission is reportedly now looking into a second conservative candidate regarding allegations of election betting.

we understand that laura sanders is the subject of those inquiries. she is married to the conservative party's campaign director, tony lee. well, it comes after craig williams admitted to making a huge error of judgement when he placed a bet on when the general election would take place. he was previously a parliamentary aide to rishi sunak, a member of the prime minister's protection team was also arrested last night amid similar allegations . amid similar allegations. lie—ins, a friend of the missing british teenager jay slater, says that she fears she's been fobbed off by police in tenerife after she reported his disappearance. the 19 year old, from lancashire , hasn't been from lancashire, hasn't been seen now for three days when he told his friends he didn't know where he was and that he had cut his leg , despite his mobile his leg, despite his mobile phone being on 1% battery, he did manage to send a photo of his location on. his mother has joined a team of mountain rescuers and the local police on the search, which has now

entered its third day. another poll is forecasting more bad news for rishi sunak, with labour on course for a landslide victory in july's general election. yougov data is suggesting the conservatives will slump to their lowest number of seats ever, while labour could win a 200 seat advantage. it's also predicting significant gains for the lib dems, winning 67 seats, which would be six times their result in 2019. >> i want to make and am making whenever i can, that strong case and certainly when i am with conservative candidates out in the field , people are responding the field, people are responding to the case that they are making so i feel a sense of optimism about that. but at the same time, there are these opinion polls and you entirely understandably ask me about them. and so my point is , well, them. and so my point is, well, i'm not convinced they're right. i'm not convinced they're right. i really think it is possible that we can do significantly better than these polls indicate. but in fairness, if you ask me a fair question about

them, i've got to say, well, if they are accurate, then i fear they are accurate, then i fear the consequences . the consequences. >> michael gove, they're speaking to us about those polls this morning. speaking to us about those polls this morning . well, housing will this morning. well, housing will be at the centre of the conservative party's election campaigning today. the prime minister says he's the only leader who will help first time buyers. he pointed to the conservatives plan to abolish stamp duty on properties worth up to 42 £420,000, which he says will help young buyers get on the property ladder. meanwhile, labouris the property ladder. meanwhile, labour is also pitching its message to house buyers today on the campaign trail. sir keir starmer says voters associate the conservatives with spiralling mortgage costs following liz truss's mini—budget and he says renters will also be better off with them in power. well, that comes as news today has suggested the average first time buyer needs to earn more than £60,000 a year to earn more than £60,000 a year to buy a property. property website zoopla looked at the asking price of homes for sale

around the £250,000 mark, while assuming people would have a 20% deposit and borrow around three times their income. the website estimates that those trying to get onto the property ladder need an income of nearly £15,000, more than they would have needed five years ago . the have needed five years ago. the bank of england is expected to hold interest rates steady when they announce their latest decision this lunchtime. most economists believe policymakers will keep rates at 5.25. that's despite inflation finally reaching the target of 2% for the first time in three years. yesterday well, as we've been heanng yesterday well, as we've been hearing this morning, two just stop oil protesters have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. that's after they covered two private jets with orange paint. footage posted by the group to social media shows those demonstrators using fire extinguishers to cover the plane at stansted airport. it had been reported that taylor swift landed at stansted this morning. however

it's now been confirmed by police that she was not there at the time. and thousands of people are expected to arrive at stonehenge later to celebrate the summer solstice. the ancient ruin is still open despite two other just stop oil protesters getting arrested there yesterday for throwing orange powder paint over those stones. special lists are being sent there to assess the damage. senior politicians from all parties have condemned what happened at the site . what happened at the site. that's the latest from the newsroom for now. i'll be back with your next update in half an hour until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or go to our website gb news. common alerts . website gb news. common alerts. what's it right? >> it is 1006 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> well, we've joined we've got the panel in a little earlier today because we've got the former labour adviser, scarlett

mccgwire, and the former conservative minister, robert halfon , sir robert halfon i halfon, sir robert halfon i think, robert, can i just talk before we talk about anything else? i'm just going to show you the headline on the front page of the telegraph. tory wipe—out three polls predicting armageddon , one of the polls, armageddon, one of the polls, robert, suggesting the tories will have 53 seats. they had 365 when boris won the election in 2019. you you've bought six general elections. i think you won quite a few of them. is it going to be that bad? >> well, first of all, i'm not. i think you said i was a sir, aren't you? i'm not. i am a right on matter of time. well, you should be. i am, i am a light on. and i want to add to kiss the late queen's hands as a wonderful thing. yeah, but that's about it . so, so, so, in that's about it. so, so, so, in terms of the election, look , the terms of the election, look, the way i see it, it's never over till it's over. and of course, the opinion polls don't look great for the conservatives but i'm out in my constituency candidate campaigning for my successor almost every day. a brilliant parliamentary candidate. i know i'm not allowed to name her. yeah, and, you know, i campaign outside places like lidl's, for example,

and, you know, where real people go and, you know, where real people 9° ' and, you know, where real people go , real working people. and go, real working people. and i don't meet one person, not one, unless they're a labour activist or a labour member who says they love starmer or they're going to vote labour. what i do see is, of course, is anger against us. without a doubt being honest, partly and mostly because of the cost of living challenges that people have had to face month in, month out. and there are all kinds of reasons for that. covid the war and other things . but the war and other things. but oh, and liz truss. well, if you look back at the polls , you look back at the polls, you know, we went down to those polls, you you highlighted we were down 20 when that episode went on, and people were really angry. that was our moment. that was our moment. same thing happened to john major when we left, when the om debacle happened. we never recovered. yeah. and, but what i do think is also a lot of people are expressing anger at the polls about us. but i do think when they go into the polls and they have to make a decision, who's going to put bread and butter on the table, who's going to cut our taxes? who's going to make sure the economy gets back on

track? i really believe that because there isn't this love for labour as there was for tony blair. and i was in harlow when tony blair was pm. i really think that some of these reform voters will come back. some of the undecideds will vote conservative. so whilst i'm not claiming this is fantastic news for the conservatives, i don't think it's going to be quite as bad as as the papers are showing. >> i think roberts put his finger on a point here about laboun finger on a point here about labour. look, your your defend them, of course, but there isn't a great passion for sir keir starmer in the way that blair was telegenic. he was modern. there was a sense of real excitement about that man. there isn't about starmer and looking at the polls today, they say again and again, no great love for starmer. yeah >> no, i mean, i think i think what people i think the real problem is that people have lost their trust in politicians. right. and so i mean, what labour has to do is they have to deliver what they said. and, and i think that that it goes back a long way. but i really don't think that boris johnson helped

when he made all these promises and nothing happened. and then rishi sunak, i mean, as robert says , liz truss was a disaster, says, liz truss was a disaster, but then rishi sunak says i'm going to do all these things and they didn't happen. i mean, you know, i'm going to i'm going to lower the, the nhs waiting list. i'm going to stop the boats. i mean, the problem is , is, is, is mean, the problem is, is, is, is that that it's the mistrust of the political class and actually and this is what i say to the labour mps that the ex—mp former their candidate. >> candidates. >> candidates. >> candidates. >> candidates . yeah, that >> candidates. yeah, that i talked to and i go, you know, you have to go in there and deliver. i mean, there is no question because otherwise , question because otherwise, guys, we're going to go on having this volatility with people just going, they're all the same. >> and i mean, you've said this for a long time, bev, that you think that people are just switched off from a lot of i think they've switched off from a lot of politics. >> but i think there's also just this sense that the detachment has never been such a gap between the elite political ruling class and the people on

the street. i've never known such a disconnect . that and that such a disconnect. that and that is partly the appeal of nigel farage, because it's that trump effect. and we were just chatting in the break, weren't we, robert, about the fact that to some extent this feels like the post lockdown election people are hitting the conservatives as well. >> if you look across the world, almost every incumbent government that had lockdown. yeah they are facing anger from they've all been kicked out. they've all of them are facing angen they've all of them are facing anger. and especially the ukraine cost of living challenges have been enormous for my constituent former constituents in harlow . and constituents in harlow. and people have really struggled. you know, i have somebody come up to me and say, i'm working 45 hours a week for tiny money. i barely keep my head above water and people walking into my local sandwich cafe waiting, wearing three coats, because they can't. when it's cold, they can't afford to put the energy bills on at home. and i'm proud that the government has done a lot in every. the average family, i think, has had over £3,000 to help with energy bills. we spent about nearly 100 billion trying to help with the cost of living, but people have still faced these challenges. >> people aren't stupid scarlet,

and they know now because inflation went up so hugely after lockdowns were released, because everybody turned the gas on and, you know, and the and the price of fuel went up so hugely we didn't. and they can see the effects now. but they knew that during that period of time, 20 to 2020 onwards, labour were shouting on for more, more, you know, more control. >> no question more stores closed down that that labour were incredibly worried about the effect of the pandemic. and they were worried, that the effects of the pandemic there might have been worried about an infection. >> but they weren't because all they did was ask for more. >> yeah, and they will. they were worried. they were worried about the level of infection. i mean, you know, i had lots of friends because i'm older than you are who were who were old and who were who were really, really frightened . and then really frightened. and then i had younger friends with with lung with lung problems . i mean, lung with lung problems. i mean, it's the problem about the pandemic is that we can look afterwards and say, say, this is what should have happened. but

actually, the thing is that if you're running the government, you're running the government, you have to do safety first. and that's what that's that's actually what, what what they were going for. but i don't i think it's more than post pandemic. i think it is. it's abouti pandemic. i think it is. it's about i mean it's about not delivering. but i think the frightening thing about nigel farage is you look at that. the reform contract act and it is utter, utter garbage. >> what didn't you like about it? >> well, the sums don't add up. i mean , he says that he admits i mean, he says that he admits that though he doesn't pretend it's anything other than a statement of intent because he knows they've got no prospect of getting more than a handful of mps this time. i know, so what you do is, is so what he does is he goes, he'll if he gets in and it'll be a handful if, if not just one actually if he gets in what he'll be doing is he'll be carping from the sidelines. and it's really easy to carp from the sidelines without that. i mean, as he's proved with his so—called contract with the people, is that actually, when

given a thing to say, what i would do if i, if i was in government, it is it is absolutely. >> we need people carping from the sidelines though. don't we, robert? you do, especially if we've got this massive majority of labour mps. >> yeah of course. >> yeah of course. >> and i and i get that nigel farage is charismatic, but it's very easy to shout, farage is charismatic, but it's very easy to shout , this is a very easy to shout, this is a terrible show. it's very easy to do that and then say motherhood and apple pie. we will make this happen, that happen, happen. i have been in government. it is hard to get things to solve complex problems. and actually one of the reasons why i genuinely like rishi sunak, why i supported him after sajid javid as the leader was because i felt that, he is a man who can solve complex problems and he has tried to do that. getting the economy back on track after what went on with inflation now down 2, we're slowly getting the debt down, you know, the cost of living hopefully is improving thatis living hopefully is improving that is not easy. so it is easy to shout from the sidelines and say a bit like stadler in the muppet show. to say it's a terrible show isn't the real problem. >> robert. for the tories,

people aren't listening. they've beenin people aren't listening. they've been in power for 14 years. you can say anything you like. we're going to do this. we're going to bnngin going to do this. we're going to bring in a form of national service, all these rather interesting ideas? they say you had time to do it. you didn't, but isn't. the fact is, they've just switched off. they've made their mind up. it's time for a change. >> well, we'll see on the election day. and as i was quite straight with you , things are straight with you, things are looking not looking great everywhere, but i'm not someone who hands up the white flag. i think we should fight for every single last vote till 10:00 on july the july the 4th. and i genuinely believe that when people go in and have to make that decision about who's going to sort out the economy, who's going to cut their taxes, who's going to cut their taxes, who's going to cut their taxes, who's going to sort out the cost of living, i think that more people, not everyone , but more people, not everyone, but more people, not everyone, but more people will come back to two weeks today. >> so all we got two weeks today. i'm sure starmer's ming vase has got to be held very carefully in the next two weeks. >> well, i think i mean, i think we've, i think that that this tory wipe—out is, is just amazing. and i think it's more than the ming vase. right i

mean, i just think that that, you know, we it's not that labour's had the most amazing election campaign. you know, there's been the whole diane abbott problem . but then the abbott problem. but then the tories, you just i mean you know this d—day i mean you just think how many things. and now we have we have this betting thing that i mean and all of it is about all i mean, i think you're right, andrew, that people have stopped listening. i mean, i was talking to charlie rowley, who is a former adviser who was on this morning and i don't even know what the tories are saying about housing and that's what their thing is today. but i so l, their thing is today. but i so i, i think they've stopped listening. but i do think that that there's that everybody stopped listening to everything . stopped listening to everything. that's that's what worries me. >> there's a sort of lack i, there's a lack of ideology from the, from the main two parties. for me . and what i mean by that for me. and what i mean by that is i kiss keir starmer came out

and said he was a socialist. he said yes, i am a socialist . just said yes, i am a socialist. just recently i'm quite clear on what he stands for. i'm still not sure what the ideology is of the i mean, what the conservatives have made very clear is that this election, that we're going to cut taxes , they had to to cut taxes, they had to increase taxes after. but that's not a principle. that's just a policy . policy. >> no, it is it's the moral bafis >> no, it is it's the moral basis of most people who join the conservative party. >> we've got a massive tax burden. so it doesn't ring true. >> yeah. no, but they are they're going to cut national insurance by £900. and the cut pensioners tax. they've said there'll be more tax. are they going to pay for it. well we've they've set out everything. come on through tax avoidance through non—dom and so on. and welfare saving money from, from welfare . saving money from, from welfare. >> and so i mean and that's what people say every time we want to come conservative. >> we want to cut taxes by £900 for working people. are you saying as a labour party that you don't want to cut taxes for working people, you you're going to raise taxes, you're going to raise council tax? no, no, you're going to raise no we're not. no, you will, you'll raise. >> no, you're not going to you will raise the insurance cut that they've got in the manifesto. the labour won't agree to. >> yeah. yeah. they said labour is not labour. >> and you're going to and

you're going to, you're going to raise raise pension taxes. you'll raise pensions as you've always done. gordon brown did it. and people will be worse off under labour. >> no, no i think that's not true. but the other thing that's really important is public services. i mean , you know, we services. i mean, you know, we have got to do something. it's not just the nhs. well, how are you going to do it? >> because it's all predicated on achieving growth in the economy. are you going to achieve the growth in economy if you're not going to cut taxes and kick start the economy, how are you going to achieve this growth? >> well, one of the ways is, is, is that a lot of, of companies have stopped investing because because they, they, they, they don't have stability in britain. so that's the first thing is that a lot of companies, oh, a labour government is going to mean they're all going to rush to invest. well, there will be there will be, there will be people rushing to invest. yeah, there will be because the thing about rachel reeves, i mean, you might have a prejudice against laboun might have a prejudice against labour, but the thing about rachel reeves is she's she has not moved from the day she became shadow chancellor about what she intends to do. and i can tell you this, every person

on the front bench in labour knows that she is immovable. >> but i find it a bit strange about rachel reeves is that she is still appears to be pandering to the massive corporations , so to the massive corporations, so there's nothing for it seems to me in the manifestos of the conservatives or labour for small businesses. well we have this rates, vat, capital gains tax. this is the stuff that will matter to those. >> they're going to reform business rates. but she's been saying that for 2 or 3 years and we still don't know what the alternative is. robert. yeah but we have cut taxes for businesses over the years. >> quite substantial cuts for small and big businesses. >> that to 84 pubs a month that are closing. >> i we've done a lot for pubs you know keeping for example alcohol tax as low as possible, fuel duty which i campaigned for in my life. we cut fuel duty. one of the biggest impacts on the cost of living. we cut that by £0.05, frozen it all every year since i've been an mp, it's my was my big campaign on the cost. it's down to two on the cost. it's down to two on the cost of living. no. so you know and where you're going. >> so who's going to be doing it

then. >> and will she cut it by £0.05 by £0.05. >> and you know before the conservatives came in fuel duty went up. every single budget . so went up. every single budget. so concerns have done things to help with small business. we spent. now we can argue about the lockdown and i probably have some sympathy with you. and i have a little bit of you know, i campaigned against school closures, but the fact is it happened. we spent £450 billion. we've got huge amounts of debt. we've got huge amounts of debt. we had to spend £100 billion helping people with the cost of living and energy bills . it's living and energy bills. it's inevitable that things are difficult. it's inevitable that tax taxes had to go up in the short term, but now the economy is back on track thanks to the work the government have done. thanks to inflation going to 2, the government are now reducing taxes again. >> but when i say about ideology and i know what you're saying about the reform contract being , about the reform contract being, sort of slightly utopian in some ways, they might say this is what we aim for. one of the things in there is 75% of food provided by local, sorry , provided by local, sorry, utilities, nhs, the big public services in this country, 75% of the food provided should be bought from british suppliers quite like that. i understand

the ideology . i understand the the ideology. i understand the principle underneath that. labour won't say that conservatives won't say, because it's nearly impossible to do that. >> the thing is, it's a great idea, right? it's a great idea. but but why? why doesn't the nhs do it? because there's a lot of food that isn't provided in britain because no one's tried hard enough to buy it from china, and it comes across in a plastic box. >> it's awful. >> it's awful. >> and i mean, and that's the problem. but if you talk about ideology, i mean, i mean, one of the big divides is actually pubuc the big divides is actually public services. and we have to do something about public services. and it's not just about the nhs and education. i mean, our court system is completely jam packed. people can wait literally years for their cases to be heard. i mean, local government, they talk about potholes. i mean, local government almost has. so little money. and that's the problem is, is that is that an always the thing about the british people is what they want is they want scandinavian public services and, and north american

tax rates. and somehow we but we do expect proper public services. >> well, i think you're disappoint on the nhs in particular because you ain't going to. >> it just seems to be the solution. >> labour's solution to the nhs is just more money, more money, more money. let's not be creative. let's not look at other countries to find out with a different model. we're already it's already mainly privatised anyway. i mean, in the contracts within the nhs which are given out to multiple private businesses, it's just nobody dared to have that conversation though, do they, robert? well i think we have spent record money on the nhs and some things go well, some things don't. >> i definitely think that what should happen is there should be some kind of royal commission where we look at alternative models, not for profit, absolutely not for profit. i genuinely believe it should be free. but we have, you know, in some countries , take israel for some countries, take israel for example, they have a social insurance scheme. it's not for profit . and you can choose profit. and you can choose a different number of insurance schemes to belong to france i think has a similar, similar scheme. so we need to look at

different models. we've got to get cross—party consensus because it can't just continue in the way that it is. >> but the real cross—party consensus we need is social care. >> yeah, and there's been not much said about that at all in the election campaign, but we have to move on. we'll see you later, scarlett. and robert, still to come. just stop oil struck again twice in 24 hours. they've even attacked the ancient monument down at stonehenge. do have no shame? are completely stupid

>> good morning. it's 1026. >> good morning. it's1026. just >> good morning. it's 1026. just stop oil have struck again . two stop oil have struck again. two activists have been arrested. good. after they broke into a private airfield in stansted to vandalise several planes as they demand an end to fossil fuels by 2030. >> and yesterday, they really excelled themselves when they sprayed the historic monument at stonehenge in orange powdered paint, just a day before the celebrations begin to mark the summer solstice. this is a 5000 year old landmark. they have no

shame. >> so let's speak to our south—west of england reporter jeff moody good morning jeff. you're down there at stonehenge. are you ? are the stones still are you? are the stones still orange? like, does it just wash off this paint ? off this paint? >> no. is the answer to both those questions, no. there's no paint left there. now, english heritage said this morning that they have managed to get rid of all of the paint. they've used these special hand blasters throughout the night, but just stop oil said, look, don't worry about this. as soon as there's any rain, it will wash off. but that actually is the worst thing that actually is the worst thing that could happen if we'd have had any rain, said english. engush had any rain, said english. english heritage . the damage english heritage. the damage would have been much more severe because this paint was mixed with cornflour. and anyone that uses cornflour in cooking, what do you do when you add water to cornflour? the cornflour gets very thick and sticky, so actually rain would have been exactly the worst thing you could happen. so they've been working throughout the night to . working throughout the night to. luckily there's no rain forecast, but just to make sure

that all of the damage is done and gone before there's been any rain . well, there's been two rain. well, there's been two arrests, say wiltshire police. as we know, a 21 year old girl and a 73 year old man. and we've had condemnation, as we've know, from rishi sunak, from keir starmer to what you see behind me, that there's plenty going on at stonehenge at the moment. there's lots of people viewing . there's lots of people viewing. it's still open to the public, and there are several marquees around because of course, tonight is the summer solstice. that's when around 5000 people will be heading to stonehenge, to watch the sun set. and then they'll be staying all night and then watching the sun get up in then watching the sun get up in the morning, but of course , the morning, but of course, there's been a second attack, as you said earlier at stansted airport, where two protesters have been spray painting a couple of private jets in the same place where taylor swift has parked her private jet, just up oil, say, look, they've always said that what they want is for no new oil and gas licences . well, the labour party

licences. well, the labour party has said they don't have any intention of issuing any of these new licences. so just stop oil have changed their their modus operandi in a way they've changed their goal. they're now saying, look , we recognise that saying, look, we recognise that an incoming labour government, if that's about what's about to happen, won't renew those licences. we're pleased about that. but they're now saying they want an incoming government to go further. they want an incoming government to phase out all use of gas and electricity. gas and oil all use by 2030, which isn't very long at all. no of course they have. >> thanks. and geoff can when we talk to you later in the program, can you find us a druid, please? andrew wants you to talk to a druid . to talk to a druid. >> i'm fascinated by the druids. >> i'm fascinated by the druids. >> don't tend to arrive until later on. >> oh, no, that's should be all here about 7 or 8 this evening. it's a great weather. >> there's one lurking in the field. >> see if you can. jeffy. it's a great pagan festival, and i'd

like them to explain why and why it's so significant . really it's so significant. really interesting. i've always tried to talk to you. >> yeah. all right. >> yeah. all right. >> that's jeff moody. off to hunter druid. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> pharmacies across britain are going to turn their lights down or even off in protest over a pay or even off in protest over a pay dispute. they won't go on strike. junior doctors take note. >> that's our much more. after your morning's news with sam francis . francis. >> very good morning to you. it's just after half past ten leading the news this hour, it has been revealed that a concert candidate facing a potential investigation into allegations of election betting is married to the tories campaign director. labour says the claims against laura saunders seriously chip away at trust and confidence in the government. well, it comes after craig williams admitted to making a huge error of judgement when he placed a bet on the when the general election would take place. he was previously a parliamentary aide to rishi

sunak and a member of the prime minister's protection team was also arrested last night amid similar allegations . it's being similar allegations. it's being described as a key day in the major search operation for missing british teenager jay slater. the 19 year old was attending a music festival in tenerife when he went missing, and hasn't been seen now since monday . the bank of england will monday. the bank of england will hold the bank of england will hold the bank of england will hold its latest decision on the interest rate this lunchtime, although inflation has fallen back to its target level, the rate is expected to be held at 5.25% and another poll is forecast . bad news for rishi forecast. bad news for rishi sunak yougov predicting the conservatives could end up winning the lowest number of seats in the party's history. the prediction projection if voters were heading to the polls, now suggests a 200 seat labour majority and big gains for the lib dems, but a drop for the snp . and as we've been

the snp. and as we've been heanng the snp. and as we've been hearing , two just stop oil hearing, two just stop oil activists have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after private jets at stansted were sprayed with orange paint. the planes were targeted near to where taylor swift's jet landed earlier this morning. police, though, have now confirmed that the singer wasn't there at the time and thousands of people are expected to arrive at stonehenge later to celebrate the summer solstice . the ancient monument solstice. the ancient monument is still open afterjust solstice. the ancient monument is still open after just two. just stop oil protesters were arrested yesterday for throwing orange powder paint over the stones. english heritage says the landmark suffered no visible damage . that's the latest from damage. that's the latest from the newsroom. for now . your next the newsroom. for now. your next update at 11:00. until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code, or go to gb news. common shirts. >> cheers! britannia wine club

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gb news. now. pharmacies across britain are staging a day of action by turning off their lights in an emergency protest over government pay. >> well, joining us to explain is historian govind, who's a pharmacist and health expert and is a friend of this program. morning to you, thorin. just explain , first of all, the deal explain, first of all, the deal with the government. you are often prescribing drugs. i think at a financial loss to your business. >> yes. so pharmacies are in simple terms, it's very complicated. but we purchase the drugs and then we get paid by the government after they are purchased . so they are not purchased. so they are not paying purchased. so they are not paying the amount that it's actually costing for us to get the drugs into the pharmacies. so pharmacies are experiencing severe financial problems and there are actually pharmacies which are closing. so we've got the in england, the lowest number of pharmacies that we've had since 2015 and funding has been cut in real terms by 40%

since 2015. and it's impacting patients because to me, most people are aware are about 20 minute walk away from their nearest pharmacy . but the impact nearest pharmacy. but the impact of what's been happening means that people are having to go further to access their pharmacy . and we know that in deprived communities where the need is actually higher and they've seen the biggest decline. so more than 1 in 10 pharmacies have been lost in the poorest 20% of areas in the last six years. >> there's an irony, isn't there? and this is happening at a time when the government is putting pressure on the pharmacy to do more and more to take over the work of gp's, because so often people can't get to see a gp. so they're asking you to do more, but they're taking money away from you. at the same time . away from you. at the same time. >> absolutely. and really we are today lots of pharmacists are protesting today and pharmacy teams by, you know, we're not closing. this is not a strike. this is a symbolic protest to say, look, if you don't look at what's going on here, people are

wearing black, some pharmacies are turning out the lights in the morning, for example, we've got petitions going on across the country . but the very fact the country. but the very fact that pharmacists who have to say we're not, we're not a bunch who get up and protest that often, we're not. we don't like conflict. we like getting on with what we do, and we like serving our local communities. the fact that pharmacists have felt pushed to this extent, to feel that they've had to go to these lengths to actually explain to the public and also to the government, and this is election time. so i want to know what the government and what parties are going to be doing for pharmacy and also the medicine shortages that, you know, we've spoken about before because it's just an untenable situation. it is. >> thorin. just explain to us again, because i think this is what is most baffling to people. you're are buying the drugs from the pharmaceutical companies. you then submit an invoice effectively to the to the government to say, this is what we've spent on drugs. everything from paracetamol to diabetics to statins to hrt medication. and

the government are now saying, oh, well, i'm sorry , i know oh, well, i'm sorry, i know that's cost you £10,000, but we're only going to give you £6,000, so you have to make a loss if that's what's happening. has it always worked that way or what's changed? >> it's got worse due to the, due to these funding cuts that we've experienced. it's sometimes it is due to the cost of medicines, but ultimately it's also down to the package of funding that, that the contract, offers for pharmacies, which hasn't kept pace with inflation. and also there's business rates that, community pharmacy owners are also having to deal with. so if you think about all the pressures on the high street at the moment , pressures on the high street at the moment, and i mean, i walked down the local high street and it's closed, you not many shops still there are there? no, but this is not an ordinary item. these are not, you know, clothes. this is vital medication for some people who can't get in a car and access health care. you know, people need to be able to walk to their

local pharmacy . and this is why local pharmacy. and this is why so many patients , patients are so many patients, patients are suffering because of this. there's no absolutely no doubt about it, and we've had some pharmacies reduce their opening hours because they can't afford to keep the fund to keep the, you know, the doors open. and we have seen those closures . so have seen those closures. so unless something drastic is done, we will continue to see closures. and to me that is a patient safety risk. >> what are labour saying they will do to help? pharmacies are you hearing anything positive from them . from them. >> well all the main parties seem to have addressed pharmacy in some context. i think some of the interesting facts that some of the parties are coming across is this independent prescribing. so how we can make better use of pharmacists. and we're talking we've heard the conservatives talking about pharmacy first, which is that seven common conditions which you can access care for in a community pharmacy. but again this is all more work, but very little about how they're actually going to

fund it. we can talk about how fantastic it would be for pharmacies to do more, and we are capable of doing more , but are capable of doing more, but we are overstretched with the funds that we have at the moment, and it is patients who are going to see the brunt of this. that's why you walk in at the moment and you'll probably see a queue to talk to your pharmacist, for example, because we've also got staff . staff we've also got staff. staff don't want to work in a community pharmacy environment where it's quite stressful. and i'm sure you can work elsewhere for better pay, to be honest. >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> all right. well, good luck with your protest. that's lauryn goodman pharmacist and health expert. and interesting that they're not choosing to go on strike in the way. junior doctors are still planning to go on strike next week . on strike next week. >> i love pharmacists, yeah, it's my first port of call, so at busby's in chiswick, i even go in there and i buy some of my beauty stuff, moisturisers and things and suntan lotions , and things and suntan lotions, and it costs me more than if i went to amazon and bought it. but i want to do everything to keep those little pharmacies going. terrific. we need to support them . we really do. right. let's them. we really do. right. let's see what you've been saying at

home, stonehenge says peter was never anything to do with druids . it's not a druid monument, says peter. is that's aimed at you. that andrew? apparently it's nothing to do with druids . it's nothing to do with druids. stonehenge. i'm sure it is. >> well, isn't it? well, we'll find out, because we've we've set our very fine correspondent down there a task. >> find us a druid. maybe you'll dress up as one. isn't ken barlow from coronation street a druid ? druid? >> i think he is. >> i think he is. >> get him on the phone. >> get him on the phone. >> was it him on the phone. >> was it him on the phone. >> bill roach. bill roach, thank you . anneliese a druid on you. anneliese a druid on vaping. >> she says i stopped smoking, started vaping eight years ago. i'm 55 and i like the fruit flavours . just leave people flavours. just leave people alone. bev, just because you don't like something doesn't mean it should be banned. be careful what you wish for , careful what you wish for, because you'd belong. and then i think it's . the message has think it's. the message has gone. but alison, i don't like banning anything. i really don't, but i think maybe , maybe don't, but i think maybe, maybe we should just have that. the age that you can buy vapes has

to be older because the older than 18, i would say maybe you have to be, i don't know, 25. look i haven't really thought this through, i can't lie. but what i'm what i don't like banning anything. but what i do see is teenagers and youngsters and early 20s. they are vaping so much not just doing it as an aid to stop smoking. they are addicted and we thought vapes were great to get people off fags and they were and they are for that reason. but they should be prescription. >> we've got to go to the break. so up next of course we are talking about young people going for those higher strength. so we're going to talk to someone from the vaping who's of course to tell us there's nothing to worry about at all. stay tuned.

gp news. well, this is pretty disturbing. the use of high strength nicotine vapes has risen tenfold

in three years. >> researchers from university college london found that there had been a significant increase in the proportion of vapers using e—cigarettes containing the maximum legal amount of nicotine. >> well, it's a bit worrying, isn't it? so let's talk now to the director of the uk vaping industry association, john dunn, who's no stranger to this program, john dunn. good morning to you. good morning. the worrying most worrying part of this research is that the it is young people who are using the higher tobacco led vapes, 18 to 24 year olds. the worst group possible to get hooked on these vapes. >> well, first of all, the last time i checked in 18 to 24 year old was an adult in this country, but i must have made mistaken. but you know, if that's what you're taking out of this research, that's that's quite strange, because most of what they're talking about in this research is the fact that vapes are the most effective way that adults quit smoking in this country , that the misconception country, that the misconception that, you know, nicotine is a

massive problem in itself is wrong. you know, it is addictive, but it's not the cause of the major harms of smoking , as they point out here. smoking, as they point out here. and then also talking about, you know , taxing these products at know, taxing these products at a higher rate is going to send people either to the wrong nicotine strength or perhaps continue to smoke as well. but there's lots of other things that we can do to make sure that young people don't get these products. and one of the things that we've talked about many times on this program, but for some reason the government is blind, blind to this is the fact that they should be licensed. there needs to be more effective enforcement of the current laws that we have, because it's against the law. for anybody under the age of 18 to buy these products. and that's what we really need to enforce. >> let's talk about the case of kyler blythe , right? john, she's kyler blythe, right? john, she's 17 years old. she was rushed to hospital a couple of years ago. she had a collapsed lung, linked to 4000 puffs a week on vape . so to 4000 puffs a week on vape. so thatis to 4000 puffs a week on vape. so that is the equivalent of 400

cigarettes. she needed 5.5 hour operation to remove part of her lung that was blistered. now, you might think that's funny, but a teenager wouldn't routinely smoke 400 cigarettes in a week. and the pernicious aspect of these vapes is that you can consume that amount. your parents can barely smell it. the teachers aren't going to know if you've been doing it. it's in your pocket. justify that as a product that is available . available. >> first of all, you've actually you've actually got to read that article fully. that young person, had diagnosed plebs, which apparently is extremely , which apparently is extremely, not, not popular out the word i'm looking for, common common, common in young people that are very thin. they were she was diagnosed with those, and they burst. that's what caused this issue. >> do you think that had nothing to do with the fact that she was smoking the equivalent of 400 cigarettes a week? >> well, first of all, she

wasn't. it wasn't doing that. this this trying to equate nicotine strength in a vape to cigarettes is all wrong, right ? cigarettes is all wrong, right? there is no, generic cigarette. so the nicotine strength of the cigarette ranges from 7 to 24mg per cigarette. so it's very difficult to equate a vaping device with the amount of nicotine in it. two cigarettes and the amount of cigarettes. the second thing is that nicotine is absorbed in a different way through a cigarette, which is highly effective at delivering nicotine and vapes. so saying she smoked the equivalent of 400 cigarettes is incorrect, you know , but, you is incorrect, you know, but, you know, it is possible. >> it is possible, john, to smoke the equivalent of 400 cigarettes and you won't have an aduu cigarettes and you won't have an adult in your life that even really knows you're doing it. if you were smoking 400 cigarettes, i can guarantee you a you would have a massive head rush and probably getting sick all over the place. >> your body rejects that. it's the same way when you drink too much alcohol. you get, you get a

hangoven much alcohol. you get, you get a hangover, you you get sick. your body will only absorb the amount of nicotine that it wants. if you try and go over that, it is going to have adverse effects. and nobody is saying here that vaping is 100% safe. and absolutely we should be keeping young people away from these products. and this is why we want fines of £10,000 for any store selling these products to anybody under the age of 18. but why do you need these high strength vapes in the first place? >> john? >> john? >> because it's very simple. and even the research talks about it itself. when a smoker is moving away from cigarettes, their body is used to consuming a certain amount of nicotine . it has to amount of nicotine. it has to maintain that same amount of nicotine to keep the cravings at bay . if they use a lower bay. if they use a lower strength nicotine, they end up vaping far more vapes than they would if it was a higher strength. now, we must also remember that this is the uk and the eu are one of the few countries in the world that have a maximum strength of 20mg

before the tpd , the average before the tpd, the average strength of nicotine in this country was 36mg in vaping products. so you know, this idea that having more nicotine in the device makes it more addictive or more dangerous is incorrect. what we do know is that some of the vapes that are on the market, like the 50 milligram vapes that are produced for other markets, are not tested here by the mhra. other markets, are not tested here by the mhra . so they could here by the mhra. so they could contain things that we don't know. that's where the major concern for us is we're only just learning. >> these are a relatively new product. we're only just as was the way with cigarettes, who were traditionally recommended by doctors when they first emerged onto the market. we are having the same journey now with vapes, aren't we, findings from a 2024 journal of allergy and clinical immunology showing how bad they are for your immune system as well, that they affect your neutrophils, which is part of the blood that fights infection. it's going to become increasingly difficult for you, john, to justify these products. >> well, absolutely not. because if you take compared to smoking these products are far less

harmful. nobody's saying that they're 100% safe. nobody anywhere is saying that . but if anywhere is saying that. but if you smoke, these products are a far more effective than any other method available and far safer for you to use. but if you don't smoke and don't vape , you don't smoke and don't vape, you shouldn't be using these products in the first place. well, okay, john, thank you. >> i admire the fact that you come on here and put a good big defence of these products. and for adults who are trying to quit smoking, i get it. but that's not admitted. >> they're not 100% safe and that's not what they're doing. >> right. don't go anywhere. we're going to be talking to a couple of d—day, a d—day veteran and a younger veteran as well. in just a moment. don't go anywhere . anywhere. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. news. news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. another dry and fine day for many of us. plenty of warm sunshine, but it is a little bit cloudier in the north and west. further wet weather is going to arrive here later for the time

being. just a risk of some drizzly rain for the likes of northern ireland far southwest of scotland, perhaps moving into the far north of scotland later on today. elsewhere, though dry and bright, plenty of sunshine, maybe a little bit hazy for some of us. we've still got the remnants of a weather front for some central areas of the uk, but it's going to be feeling warm in that june sunshine. temperatures approaching the mid 20s for southeastern areas and even across central areas of england as well. so high uv levels. and it is in fact the summer solstice today. so the sun won't be setting till very late . we've got 19 hours of late. we've got 19 hours of sunlight or daylight across lerwick today, and somewhere between 19 and 16 hours across the uk. so plenty of sunshine or time to enjoy the sunshine through today , and it will be through today, and it will be a fairly bright end to the day later on today. potentially still a little bit more cloud around across wales and up towards the humber as well. a risk of some rain, but i think for most of us is going to be a very much a dry day.

for most of us is going to be a very much a dry day . however, very much a dry day. however, through this evening, as i said, it will turn a bit wetter across the far north—west of scotland and into northern ireland. that's a weather front approaching from the northwest. it's not going to make great progress inland, but it will push into parts of central scotland later on in the night, bringing cloudier skies for many western areas . a little bit western areas. a little bit milder in the west. still fairly fresh though to start the day across eastern areas. but another bright start . there another bright start. there could be some mist and fog around. very first thing, but the sun rises, rising around 4 or 5:00 in the morning, so it should clear quite quickly or by the time you are up and about. so through the rest of friday, a little bit more in the way of cloud compared to thursday, but still fairly warm in the sunshine, particularly across the south and east, with potentially some wet weather arriving later on in the west. see you later . bye arriving later on in the west. see you later. bye bye. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of

gb news. >> 11 am. on wednesday, the 20th of june. this is britain's news. and on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> very good morning to you. >> very good morning to you. >> so this missing teen in tenerife, the mother of 19 year old jay slater, says that she's in a living nightmare after he went missing on monday. just akua have defaced jets. >> now two activists have been arrested after they broke into stansted airfield to vandalise multiple planes. this morning, and the prince of wales will be in frankfurt to support england in frankfurt to support england in tonight's clash with denmark in tonight's clash with denmark in the euros . and what a thrill in the euros. and what a thrill for us, a d—day veteran speaks out. we're joined in the studio by 99 year old war hero les underwood. he's not sure he'd fight again for this country as it is today. we're looking forward to talking to him . forward to talking to him. >> we're reading your messages

this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay first, though, the very latest news headlines with sam francis . news headlines with sam francis. >> bev and andrew, thank you very much. good morning to you. it's 11:01. the top story from it's11:01. the top story from the newsroom this morning . and the newsroom this morning. and it has emerged that one of the conservative candidates being considered for investigation over claims of betting on the date of the election is married to the party's director of campaigning. laura saunders is the second conservative member facing allegations and that follows parliamentary aide craig williams last week and separately, an officer responsible for rishi sunak protection has been arrested over the same issue . a friend of over the same issue. a friend of the missing british teenager , the missing british teenager, jay slater, says she fears that she's been fobbed off by police in tenerife after reporting his disappearance . the 19 year old, disappearance. the 19 year old, from lancashire, hasn't been seen for three days now when he told his friend he didn't know

where he was and that he had cut his leg, despite his mobile phone being on just 1% battery, he managed to send a photo of his location. his mother has now joined a team of mountain rescuers and the local police on the island searching forjay slater, which has now entered its third day. michael gove says the tories are still capable of pulling off pole, defying election victory despite forecasts of a labour landslide . forecasts of a labour landslide. yougov data suggests the conservatives will slump to their lowest number of seats even their lowest number of seats ever, while labour could win a 200 seat advantage. it's also predicting significant gains for the liberal democrats, with them winning 67 seats. that's six times their result in 2019. but community secretary michael gove told gb news this morning the race isn't over yet . race isn't over yet. >> i want to make and am making whenever i can, that strong case and certainly when i am with conservative candidates out in the field, people are responding

to the case that they are making. so i feel a sense of optimism about that. but at the same time , there are these same time, there are these opinion polls and you entirely understand obe ask me about them. and so my point is, well, i'm not convinced they're right. i'm not convinced they're right. i really think it is possible that we can do significantly better than these polls indicate . but in fairness, if you ask me a fair question about them , i've a fair question about them, i've got to say, well, if they are accurate, then i fear the consequences . consequences. >> and housing is at the centre of the conservative party's election campaigning today. the prime minister says that he's the only leader who will help first time buyers. he pointed to the conservatives plan to aboush the conservatives plan to abolish stamp duty on properties worth up to £425,000. he says that will help young buyers to get on the property ladder. and meanwhile, labour is also pitching its message to house buyers. today. sir keir starmer says voters associate the conservatives with spiralling mortgage costs following liz

truss's mini—budget. he says while it may be helping labour in the polls, there's still work to do . to do. >> polls do not predict the future and i'm well aware that every single vote has to be earned and it will only be earned and it will only be earned if people put their trust and confidence in labour. and this is a choice election , a this is a choice election, a choice between carrying on. with the 14 years now we've had of chaos, of division, of failure and the breach of standards which we're seeing today in relation to this gambling story. >> the bank of england is expected to hold interest rates steady when they announce their latest decision this lunchtime. most economists believe policymakers will keep the rate at 5.25. that's despite inflation finally reaching the target of 2% for the first time in three years. yesterday as we've heard this morning, two just stop oil protesters have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after they covered two private jets with orange paint footage. you can

see here if you're watching on television. that was posted by the group to social media shows demonstrators using their fire extinguishers to cover the plane at stansted airport. it had been reported that taylorswift had landed at the airport this morning. however, it's now been confirmed by police she was not there at the time of the incident . the thousands of incident. the thousands of people are expected to arrive at stonehenge later to celebrate the summer solstice . the ancient the summer solstice. the ancient ruin is still open, despite two other just stop oil protesters getting arrested for throwing more orange powder paint over the stones. our south west of england reporterjeff moody the stones. our south west of england reporter jeff moody is in salisbury at stonehenge , in salisbury at stonehenge, where that damage is now being assessed by specialists . assessed by specialists. >> well, english heritage has said that they don't think there's any significant damage to the stones. and this morning i've seen some drone footage that does seem to confirm that the stones are pretty much undamaged. as things stand, wiltshire police are saying that two people have been arrested for the incident that happened at around midday yesterday. all

of this as the site prepares for the arrival of around 5000 people that will be descending on stonehenge this evening for the beginning of the summer solstice . solstice. >> that's the latest from the newsroom for now. for more, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code on your screen. or, of course, go to our website, gb news. dot common alerts now though. more from andrew and . bev. andrew and. bev. >> it's 1106 with britain's newsroom on gb news andrew bev turner, and this is the highlight

was. >> was. >> yeah. no. how did that make you feel? >> well, if you go to france or ireland , because i even had me ireland, because i even had me on their television. i didn't know nothing about. i come out and told me all the children at school were told, yeah, i even have cards from them every year. christmas? yeah, from 12 year olds. even 12 year olds saying to me, thank you. >> oh , nice. >> oh, nice. >> oh, nice. >> they've learnt it at school. yeah. over here we don't teach it. the teenagers today i got to me not saying all of them , but a me not saying all of them, but a great majority have got no respect for their parents and no respect for their parents and no respect for their parents and no respect for older people. when i

was a boy, if i was to get on a bus and cause a bit of a noise or anything, there was an old couple on there. the old fella say ease it down boys , if you say ease it down boys, if you neven say ease it down boys, if you never, they never thought twice of that person . even though he of that person. even though he didn't know her, he'd come up and smack you around the ear. >> yeah, quite. >> yeah, quite. >> that would have been my dad. my >> that would have been my dad. my dad would have done that. >> my mum used to say wollop and if i don't cry. because if you cry, i'll give you something to cry, i'll give you something to cry for. so we didn't know what way to turn . yeah, exactly. way to turn. yeah, exactly. >> yeah. you were a gunner in the royal navy? yes really dangerous job. >> yes. i'll wait for the gunnery school . yeah. and on the gunnery school. yeah. and on the bottom there, you'll see the dems on the on the front. bottom there, you'll see the dems on the on the front . dems. dems on the on the front. dems. yeah. that's defensive equipment of merchant ships, right. >> we've got we've got a photograph here. yeah of les when he was. how old were you les in this photo at about 16 and three months old. look what and three months old. look what a good looking boy .

a good looking boy. >> still are good looking. >> still are good looking. >> i'm going to get you to sign this. >> les, before you go, i will sign it. yeah. you need to autograph this for us. >> so you went through the gunnery school for your gunnery school at whale island. >> they called it whale island. and everything there you double, you don't walk right, you double. and i went back there a couple of years ago with the taxi . and the lady said, have taxi. and the lady said, have you ever been here before? i said, obviously about 1942. he went , so she looked. on said, obviously about 1942. he went, so she looked. oh yeah, she said, i said, why are they sailors just walking? she said, oh that dublin has stopped. you walk everywhere now, right? this will spin . you went in there and will spin. you went in there and when you come out it was hard work. but you come out of it al fayed. and when you go in i think national health should come back. i think strongly on that. >> national service, national service, national service . service, national service. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> national service. yeah. because you go in as a boy and

you come out as a man and you learn there's other people better than what you are. yeah. and you learn a lot of discipline. yeah. >> there was a suggestion recently , wasn't there. rishi recently, wasn't there. rishi sunak. yes. we're going to bring back national service. >> i think they should are very strong on that because i think some of these young lads need it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> how, what do you mind me asking? what do you think about the fact rishi sunak was at the d—day commemorations but left early ? were you angry about early? were you angry about that? >> i didn't know nothing about it until this week. >> oh, really? >> oh, really? >> i heard it this week when i was talking about the voting and all that, and it was mentioned. i'd never heard nothing about that. what did you think, johnny? >> it was disrespectful, well, i mean, to be honest with you, you know, i don't really want to talk politics, but nigel farage was a massive supporter of getting the veterans back to the beaches. getting the veterans back to the beaches . and he raised money for beaches. and he raised money for you, didn't he? did. he raised over 50,000. he was our biggest influence. and, and he actually came to visit them personally ,

came to visit them personally, on the day. i mean, he went over there. it wasn't a state visit at all. you know, he's off his own back and i think that man really loves the country. you know , yeah. that's it. yeah he. yeah. >> and, les, you're not sure if, if you're had your time again. >> well, you know what? if you as this country stands today. no, i wouldn't, i wouldn't because all the respect we've got no great britain anymore. there's no such thing as great britain with all the people being disrespected . yeah. we're being disrespected. yeah. we're letting i'm not i'm not a racist . i'm not a racist. i got coloured people next door to me , coloured people next door to me, opposite me. three houses opposite me. three houses opposite me. three houses opposite me. they're all they all come up to my carer and they say we keep eye on him. he's all right. >> that's nice. you've got good neighbours, i've got good neighbours. >> good. and they are , asian and >> good. and they are, asian and black. yeah. good as good as

gold. yeah. then you go up the road. you've got our own people. because you nothing but trouble and violence. yeah. >> it's very sad and lack of respect for the elderly . respect for the elderly. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i think that as i said put them in the service and let them get some wasabi either some discipline. yeah. yeah i don't even respect their own parents i know, i know because you have to feel, of course, that those lives that were lost were, were not lost in vain. they wasn't. no. because when you think about it, those people that we fought for to save their lives, it was a bad man. hitler. there was no doubt about that. he was a cruel and he had troops that walk into and he had troops that walk into a place and say, for instance , a place and say, for instance, she was husband and wife and say, we're taking her. >> yeah, yeah, i know , no

>> yeah, yeah, i know, no answering back. >> yeah, that's the sort of troops special squad, the brutality . and, i mean, they're brutality. and, i mean, they're very grateful when we go to france and belgium and holland , france and belgium and holland, they make a tremendous fuss of us. >> quite right too. >> quite right too. >> and they're thanking us all the time. they're great people . the time. they're great people. and it's worth. i would do it again for them. yeah, but. but when i think of the, this country's churn with violence , country's churn with violence, not not long ago, there was a young girl stabbed a teacher and three children in the class. >> that respect for authorities. and how can people help johnny if they want to donate support? yeah. >> so, i mean, these mates. the campaign's over now. yeah. you know, what i care about is when i was

know, our boys . i don't know, i'm. >> and you johnny, keep up the amazing work for us. >> he's a great man, isn't he? >> he's a great man, isn't he? >> he's a great man, isn't he? >> he laid we at christmas dinner. >> i think it cost 15,000,

wasn't it? yeah. and he paid every halfpenny , you're a good every halfpenny, you're a good man, a good man, the best. thank you for coming in. >> thank you both so much. >> thank you both so much. >> thank you both so much. >> thank you. stay with us on us on britain's on gb news. plenty more to

well, we're still on a high after that interview. was he not fabulous? amazing. les's autographed his photograph for both of us. which i will personally treasure that. and he's from the same part of dagenham where my, mum's family from. >> is that right? yeah. >> is that right? yeah. >> the becontree estate . the >> the becontree estate. the largest council estate, i think, in europe. >> gosh. yeah >> gosh. yeah >> fantastic. let us know what you thought of that conversation . excuse me. gbnews.com/yoursay. now, throughout the campaign , now, throughout the campaign, the election campaign, of course, we're hearing from voters right across the country to get their thoughts on the big issues. and today we're going to wales . wales. >> so i'm coming at this with a

great interest in food , farming great interest in food, farming in nature, it's an issue that is hugely important to all of us. and the decisions that are made in the next five years really are going to have impact for the next 30 years and beyond . we've next 30 years and beyond. we've heard a lot of talk, and there's often a lot of hubris around food, food security and how we should spend our money on supporting farming. it's particularly relevant here in mid wales because it's very rural, very rural economy. 90% of wales is farmed . and while of wales is farmed. and while it's true that wales has devolved decision making powers through the senate, for the environment, which also includes agriculture, that doesn't really make the westminster elections any less important. there's a huge amount that can be, signalled in the form of leadership while there's mention of plans to invest in nature and commitments to nature in most of the main party's manifestos,

none of them really go far enough. if we were to see fewer woodlands, more polluted rivers, less wildlife possible and probable that fewer people would come here. and that's less income, less diversification opportunities . and that is a opportunities. and that is a degenerative spiral where we want a regenerative spiral and a restorative, hopeful future . restorative, hopeful future. >> we've got the panel back with us. scarlett mccgwire . former us. scarlett mccgwire. former labour adviser and former tory minister robert halfon in the studio. can i just say to you first guys, wasn't he les underwood ? unbelievable. i was underwood? unbelievable. i was watching 98. >> i was watching it in agreement. i thought i was going to cry. yeah. no. and it actually makes you feel any problem you have in life is nothing compared to what these guys have done. >> this incredible naval ship operating a gun, and he signed it when he was 16. >> it's incredible. >> it's incredible. >> and he's still got a twinkle in his eye to be able to do that at 99 and come in. >> i mean, if i'm like that when i'm 70 i'll be happy. >> yeah. no, i know, but also

scarlet johnny gallagher as well. >> young man there in his 20s. he's done very well in life in business himself and worked really hard. he kind of proves the next generation are not a lost cause. yeah, yeah. >> no. look. >> no. look. >> and he's raised £135,000 for that charity for the veterans. >> so , look, i do not think >> so, look, i do not think young people are a lost cause . i young people are a lost cause. i mean, i think as ever, i remember when i was young and we were all written off as well. remember that ? yes, andrew, i do remember that? yes, andrew, i do just about. but no, i mean, of course and there are, there are great, great young people. i think what we have i mean, one of the things i found most moving about listening to the d—day people was them talking about how they still think of the people they lost that day. and you just think, i mean, my dad was, was one of the naval people, and, and the other thing is, is that he hardly ever spoke about it. yeah. i mean, that's what is. and he never went on aboutin what is. and he never went on about in my day, you know, i was so brave . and i think they were so brave. and i think they were i think they were amazing,

though. do you think les has a point, though, about this lack of respect for authority from young people? >> now, he was saying in the olden days, you know, somebody was noisy on a bus. an adult would say, shush, and the children would listen to them. just would never have that. >> they'd get they'd get mouthful. >> actually, i was on a train and i and there were ten people, i guess they were late teenagers , early 20s, who came in with music and i did really give them hell. >> and they didn't really take any notice at the end. and i just went, i said, the next time you ask me to respect you, just remember that you didn't respect. it was interesting . respect. it was interesting. >> he agreed with rishi sunaks plans for national and community service because he said that was a good idea and yes, although i do wonder whether the definitions of national service of what les might like differs slightly to rishi sunak's one weekend, it will be some will go into the army and military and some will do community service, do you think it's the kids who should be going in the army, the ones who won't qualify because you've got to be already fit and

not overweight and all that to do the military side of it ? do the military side of it? well, i think, community service is a really good thing. and i think it's a good policy because i think we need to encourage people. some will get into the armed forces. don't forget you've got cadets and you don't have to be super fit to go into gets amazing cadet forces across the country. you've got loads of amazing cadets in harlow , you amazing cadets in harlow, you know, raf, navy, army and so they can do that anyway. but this idea of community service and that's what he's talking about, is that people having an ethos and values . yeah. ethos and values. yeah. >> do you think those just stop oil people should do some community service. >> oh yeah. >> oh yeah. >> with these ridiculous gimmicks. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> in fact, they should be working, not walking around every day spraying paint on sacred sites. so that is a site of heritage for the british people, but it's also a religious site for some people, for pagans and. yeah, yeah. and those and druids and so on. and if just imagine if they went and did it on a mosque or a church, there'd be outrage like like the regent's park mosque also are so awful about it is, is they actually put people off. >> they're completely counterproductive . it's they're

counterproductive. it's they're supposed to be persuading us all about it. now, look, i mean, you know, ideologically i'm on their side, but this is not the way to do it. it is absolutely crazy. and you're putting people off and you're not making the argument. and how dare they attack stonehenge? >> yeah, how dare they on their side? because they want to balance environmentalism on the backs of working people . they backs of working people. they want they don't care because they will. a lot of them are middle class, rich people who are doing it. and they don't care if people in my former constituency of harlow, they've got to pay more for their boilers, get a car changed or whatever it may be. >> and they also don't, do we do we are in the middle of a climate crisis that we do need, but you need you need. >> you don't balance it on the backs of working people. they don't. and that's what they want to do. >> these wretched people we've heard, if they said, oh, it's all right when it rains, it'll disappear. i know, and apparently would have made it not true. >> far worse. i don't know, but i mean, because it was the paint was mixed. >> the whole point of what they're doing is ridiculous because actually what they do is they make people angry with them

instead of making people think, oh yeah, maybe . and instead you oh yeah, maybe. and instead you think, what are they doing? and that that's , that's why i'm that that's, that's why i'm really angry. >> we're moving the goalposts because apparently they want to stop any cross that the tories are going to would give new licences in the north sea. >> what's that got to do with stonehenge? and the labour party are saying that they wouldn't renew the licences, but that doesn't matter to them, because what they're now saying is all oil and gas use has got to be stopped by 2030. get real. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> can we talk about acid attacks going up by 75% in one year? robert, this is awful. i hate this story. it really worries me. >> it's horrific . >> it's horrific. >> it's horrific. >> it's horrific. if >> it's horrific. if you >> it's horrific. if you imagine just walking home at night and somebody has got acid and it's, you know, all the attacks in the past, they disfigure people for life, absolutely . there needs to life, absolutely. there needs to be. first of all, it's got to be a number one priority for the police. and secondly, we're going to have to look in the new parliament, whoever's the government, much tougher, really, really tough sentencing for anyone who it should be just completely banned. it shouldn't

be carrying this stuff at all around with you. and but it it's horrific what is going on and frightening. >> and most of them are on people that they know it's not strangers. so actually what we've got to do and it's the same with stalking with with murder, is, is when a woman goes to the police and says he's threatened me, we have to take those threats seriously. i mean, it's because that's that's what we're talking about is the threats go up and up. i mean, that's that's what we know about . and then in the end, you know, the woman gets murdered . the woman gets murdered. >> the failure, though, of people coming here from other countries to in cultures in which this is, has a long tradition of, of disfiguring women who may be unfaithful, whatever. and this is people coming here and they're not realising that we don't we don't do that or not accepting a forced marriage . forced marriage. >> i mean, the thing is, bev, that i think we can't just blame foreigners for, for violence against women, a cultural issue here, there is a cultural issue.

but actually, as far as violence against women goes, it is it is what men do to women. and i mean, we've just seen there's a terrible case in turkey where, where, where a woman was going to leave her british businessman man and he shot her dead and then shot himself. and that is then shot himself. and that is the problem . so i couldn't agree the problem. so i couldn't agree more about culture. it's actually about it's no, no , no women. >> women. >> it is about women. but the acid attack specifically is something that we did not see routinely in this country. robert and i know that's a difficult truth. it it is a cultural lack of assimilation into a british way of life. >> well , i into a british way of life. >> well, i think we need to teach. i've always felt we need to teach values in our schools . to teach values in our schools. yeah. going back to national service, that's what i think is lying behind some of this stuff. but i also think i believe in deterrence and anyone who does this should be banged away for a very long time. it should be you shouldn't be. even if you carry it around with you and you're caught, you should face a severe, severe sentence because that's the only way it's going to stop. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> okay. robert helpmann sukh

scarlett mccgwire, thank you so much for your time this morning . much for your time this morning. right. latest news headlines with sam francis now at 1132. >> bev and andrew, thank you very much. good morning to you. it's just after 11:30. the top story this morning . labour is story this morning. labour is now calling on the prime minister to withdraw his support for two conservative candidates accused of election betting. here's what sir keir starmer had to say just moments ago . to say just moments ago. >> this candidate should be suspended and it's very telling that rishi sunak has not already done that. if it was one of my candidates, they'd be gone and their feet would not have touched the floor. >> well, that comes as laura saunders and her husband, who's the conservative's campaign director and another candidate, craig williams, face investigations by the gambling commission, a member of the prime minister's protection team was also arrested last night amid similar allegations. questions remain about the

whereabouts of a british teenager who's gone missing while on holiday in tenerife. a friend of 19 year old jay slater says he rang her while on just 1% battery, saying he didn't know where he was . he was know where he was. he was attending a music festival on the spanish island and hasn't been seen since monday . well, been seen since monday. well, we'll soon hear from the bank of england about its latest decision on interest rates that are expected this lunchtime . are expected this lunchtime. although inflation has fallen back to its target level, the rate is expected to be held at 5.25. michael gove says the tories are still capable of pulling off poll defying election victory, despite forecasts of a labour landslide . forecasts of a labour landslide. yougov predicts the conservatives could end up winning the lowest number of seats in the party's history. the prediction projections suggests a 200 seat labour majority and big gains for the lib dems, but a drop for the snp to just stop oil activists have been arrested and now released on bail on suspicion of criminal

damage, after private jets at stansted airport were sprayed with orange paint. the planes were targeted near to where taylor swift's jet landed earlier, though police have now confirmed the singer wasn't there at the time of the incident and thousands of people are expected to arrive at stonehenge later to celebrate the summer solstice. the ancient monument is still open after two other just stop oil protests were arrested yesterday for throwing orange powder paint over the stones, english heritage says the landmark , heritage says the landmark, though, suffered no visible damage . that's the latest from damage. that's the latest from the newsroom for now. i'll be back at midday with another update. until then, you can sign update. until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the code on your screen or go to our website gb news. common alerts . alerts. >> cheers, britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's

financial report, and here's another look at the markets this morning. >> the pound will buy you $1.2705 and ,1.1841. the price of gold £1,838.61 per ounce, and the ftse 100. this hour is at 8220 points. cheers >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. i don't know really. >> right. we're on the telly. andrew pierce up at noon every day. >> i was just going to say every single thing. i'm still on a high. after to talking our lovely veteran, we could do it out. >> we could do like a bloopers reel of every time you've come back to us in vision and we're gossiping, we have treasured signed photographs from les underwood. yeah, it was lovely, wasn't he, 98, young, one of the young ones, from the very old to the very young. here are tom and emily. what's on the show today, guys? >> fantastic. >> fantastic. >> that man. isn't he lovely? yes he is, he's an inspiration. it's humbling to meet them, actually. >> no, absolutely. >> no, absolutely. >> what are you talking about?

>> what are you talking about? >> this afternoon, my goodness. >> this afternoon, my goodness. >> there's been some news that's just dropped in the last 30 minutes. and that is that the supreme court are good friends at the supreme court, have made at the supreme court, have made a landmark ruling that some journalists are saying could prevent oil and gas exploration any further. oil and gas exploration at all in this country. and the reason why is that they have ruled against surrey county council for granting a licence for exploration that didn't take into account the future carbon emissions that someone else burning the oil that was extracted might then make. so if everyone has to take that into account of anything that switzerland extracts, yes, then suddenly you can see how the entire oil and gas sector in this country, which raises tens of billions of pounds in tax revenue, who runs this country? >> courts or governments ? >> courts or governments? >> courts or governments? >> that is a good question to ask, andrew, and i think we'll be putting that to our guests on this, because it does seem an

absolute overreach. but is it the fault of the law? you know, theresa may's climate change act and all the laws, the net zero targets, they are written into law set up that the supreme court, tony blair, another disastrous wrecking of the constitution. >> and yet you can make you can make the argument there that, as emily was saying, the courts are just acting within the framework of the law. that was passed. the climate change act was passed with no scrutiny whatsoever. the net zero target was passed without even a vote in the house of commons. and is it just now that we're learning some of the implications from this rushed legislation wasn't thought through? >> theresa may just about to go in the house of lords carry on with her wrecking . her record is with her wrecking. her record is just unravelled, hasn't it? everything she's done . everything she's done. >> well, we've also got the bank of england at the at midday top of england at the at midday top of the show. they'll be telling us likely that they're holding interest rates as they are, which will come as a disappointment to many people looking to borrow some cash. >> they won't cut it because we're in a general election campaign. if the rates should be

cut, they should be cut where there is an election coming up. well, exactly. >> they're supposed to be independent outside of politics. exactly a nonsense. stupid. anyway, you never know. you never know. they could go down. >> they could surprise us. what will be interesting, however, is looking at the makeup of the nine members of the monetary policy committee. what is the split? because for the last two rounds of decisions on interest rates, there's been a growing dissenting voice saying, actually, these should be cut. so it'll be interesting to see the breakdown because it could be more people saying cuts. >> okay, emily and tom from midday for now though, get your glad rags on. it's what used to be called ladies day at royal ascot today. >> still calling it ladies. >> still calling it ladies. >> we're calling it ladies day. what have they called the fashion day or something? isn't it . it. >> well, apparently ladies, men and anything in between . david and anything in between. david carrick, of course. >> don't go anywhere. this is gb news. >> yeah.

>> 1141 you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. andrew pierce and bev turner. >> our political reporter, christopher hope spoke to michael gove this morning. here's what he has to say. >> in fact, we're going live. we're going live to chris hope, because actually he's our political editor, not our political editor, not our political reporter , of course. political reporter, of course. so we don't want to demote you. chris, i think you've also been have you been talking to that man, keir starmer, to . man, keir starmer, to. >> no. hello, andrew. hello bev turner. i'm in west london here with a conservative battlebus , with a conservative battlebus, my second or third day on it, on it. they all they all merged into one. but no, i'm with, michael gove. i have interviewed him for gb news and that will play him for gb news and that will play out within the next hour . play out within the next hour. but he's trying to find some degree of comfort from history , degree of comfort from history, he says that if you look back at the donald trump victory in 2016, he said that trump was 11 points on 11.11% chance of winning the election, 11 sorry, 11% in the polls, and then turned it around. in 2016, he talked to the eve of poll on

that brexit referendum, when remain were given a 4555, likelihood of winning . and both likelihood of winning. and both were wrong. so he's trying to look to history. the brexit referendum , the trump victory in referendum, the trump victory in america. he thinks that's the way the tories can navigate over the next two weeks to win. but i've got to tell you another story developing this morning, which is just jaw dropping. it's an emerging, betting scandal surrounding the tory party. now, we know about craig williams. he's obviously admitted to a flutter on the date of the election. the july the 4th date. a second candidate is who is also now reportedly involved laura laura saunders. she's married to somebody called tony lee. who? no one, no one, no one will have heard of. but he's very important in this campaign. he's the national campaign director. the tory party has said moments ago that he is now taking a leave of absence, because we know that miss saunders is being investigated over allegedly placing a bet on the election. and now her husband, who's running the whole

campaign two weeks out, they're miles behind. the polls, are facing electoral annihilation. he's now taking a stand back and is for a leave of absence for the time being. so just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the tory party, and it is really bad, it gets worse . is really bad, it gets worse. >> chris, can i just ask you on a personal level, how does rishi sunak seem? because i can't imagine waking up every morning and feeling that you're in this sort of slow motion car crash, hurtling to political oblivion , hurtling to political oblivion, and yet you're having to go out in front of the press every day. how is he doing it? >> well, we saw him yesterday in sizewell c in suffolk. he's chomping on twix bars, being quite lively, and he's driving home the message on tax. he just, you know, we're at the stage of the election campaign now where every answer is the rehearsed answer on the policy area asking about. so it's all

about tax and him saying we will cut taxes, labour will put them up. we'll keep you safe with our defence spending. we can't guarantee it will cut spending on welfare. labour can't say that. so they're trying to present a choice all the time. but i don't think, frankly , but i don't think, frankly, voters are listening because they say they want to cut tax. but taxes are at a post—war high. you know, we do know why , high. you know, we do know why, of course, through the covid pandemic. and also the issue with the ukraine and energy shock. but frankly, no one's listening . andrew and bev. yeah. listening. andrew and bev. yeah. >> well, i think that's just before we let you go, chris, these two candidates, chris williams, who, of course, was the prime minister's parliamentary private secretary, so he was like his bag carrier, a very important aide to rishi sunak and this other candidate . sunak and this other candidate. have they been suspended. and if they haven't, will they be chris. >> yeah, it's craig williams. craig williams. yes. craig williams and laura saunders. yeah forgive me. as things stand they are not suspended. the husband of laura sanders, the candidate in she he has been

taking a leave of absence. he's called tony lee director of campaigning, and called tony lee director of campaigning , and also we do know campaigning, and also we do know separate to this, a close protection police officer who looks after the security of mr sunak has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in pubuc suspicion of misconduct in public office, allegedly about the timing of the election. i mean, i think it just seems for mean, i think it just seems for me it beggars belief, frankly , me it beggars belief, frankly, that this party is going through these iterations is just it's like the last twitching of a tory corpse when they're trying to win the election. the around the noises off are a disaster for them. i mean, you don't doubt soon acas, he's keen to win it. he wants to be enthusiastic . michael gove enthusiastic. michael gove thinks he can turn it around, but things keep happening to them . and often it's generated them. and often it's generated by themselves. and it's like the d—day mistake coming back early from that. these are errors . from that. these are errors. errors that he couldn't afford to make when he called the call. the election in three short weeks ago. >> right. that's chris hope, our political editor with the latest catastrophe to befall the tory

party campaign. now we have to read the full list of candidates in bristol north. and they are caroline gooch, lib dem, darren jones , labour. scarlett jones, labour. scarlett o'connor, reform uk laura saunders , conservative mary saunders, conservative mary page, green party ben smith , page, green party ben smith, social democratic party. >> up next, we're going to go over to ascot for all of fancy outfits in the here with britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> well, it's used to be called ladies day at royal ascot, but where can it continue to call it ladies day? glamorous, of course i >> -- >> that's lam >> that's right. attendees will include celebrities and members of the royal family showing off their high fashion outfits . their high fashion outfits. talking of which, here is our royal correspondent cameron walker. oh, cameron, you look lovely in your top hat . lovely in your top hat. >> thank you very much, bev. yes, it used to be called ladies day . now gold yes, it used to be called ladies day. now gold cup yes, it used to be called ladies day . now gold cup day. yes, it used to be called ladies day. now gold cup day. but we're

still going to call it ladies day. as you said. and there are so many amazing outfits here today. so many amazing outfits here today . i've got the official today. i've got the official race card in my hand at the king and queen's horse . gilded water and queen's horse. gilded water is confirmed to be running in the king george v stakes a little bit later on. but let's talk about the fashion, because that's what we all love, right? and frederica crum, who i'm going to invite to join us now, probably has the biggest hats i've seen so far today. opera singer and irish guards ambassador frederica, first of all, talk us through your outfit. what's the inspiration? where's it from? >> all right. well obviously ladies day is a big hat kind of rule. and it shields me as well. beautifully from the sun today, which we're so lucky to have , my which we're so lucky to have, my outfit is from margie. my head is from victoria charles headpieces and i've combined it with beautiful pearls from colman douglas pearls. i mean, you look amazing. >> and of course, everybody is dressed up to the nines here today. what's the atmosphere like at royal ascot so far? >> it's buzzing. i mean, it's the one one time of the year, big social occasion . everybody big social occasion. everybody tries to get in and enjoys and it's something for everybody . it's something for everybody. that's the royal enclosure. then

you can be somewhere else and just enjoy picnics and wander around. you don't have to book. you can just eat somewhere, or you have your famous picnic in the car park. >> and that's the thing i suppose one of the main attractions is, of course, the royal family. we're stood right by the parade ring and the carriages are going to go right past us here. later on today, when the royal family do arrive for the royal procession. because you've been here a number of years now, what's the atmosphere like? and what do the pubuc atmosphere like? and what do the public think when they see the carriages? >> and i think it is such, such an important. we have a royal family. not many countries have. and i think it's what makes britain so special. and they had a very difficult year. and i think for them to show up here and be present for everybody and everybody else to show their love for them, which i think is a wonderful give and take. it's just beautiful. i mean, we're so proud to have them and they're just wonderful. >> and speaking of a difficult yean >> and speaking of a difficult year, of course we're not expecting the princess of wales to attend ascot. she's still undergoing cancer treatment, but she was at trooping the colour and you are the irish guards charity ambassador. of course it's her regiment, isn't it?

>> the irish guards, the colonel of the irish guards and i think the regiment was very moved because she sent a letter on the day when she couldn't attend the colonels review, and that was very moving. i mean, you know, she takes her role very serious, but i think the most important role she should take is serious right now. and she does is being a mother and being at home for her children with that little energy that she has at the moment. >> and one very quick question. champagne or pimms ? champagne or pimms? >> well, i'm a german, so i can get champagne anywhere. it's pimm's for me, quintessential british. >> and speaking of quintessentially british, you've agreed to sing the national anthem for us. take it away, frederica . frederica. >> what naval gracious king long live our noble king! god save the king >> sing! send him back ! the >> sing! send him back! the tories! happy and glorious . long tories! happy and glorious. long to reign over us. god save the

king >> whew! >> whew! >> thank you very much, frederica . applause here from frederica. applause here from the crowd here at royal ascot. the royal procession taking place later this afternoon . place later this afternoon. >> amazing. thank you. cameron. i don't know why i salute it. i felt the need to. >> i followed your lead. >> i followed your lead. >> there he is, our commander in chief. the king, after all. >> what a moment. >> what a moment. >> we've had a d—day veteran and we sang the national anthem with an opera singer. >> that is it from us, ben, leo and nana akua will be into britain's newsroom tomorrow. but first of all, here's the weather. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. another dry and fine day for many of us. plenty of warm sunshine, but it is a little bit cloudier in the north and west.

further wet weather is going to arrive here later for the time being. just a risk of some drizzly rain for the likes of northern ireland far southwest of scotland, perhaps moving into the far north of scotland later on today. elsewhere, though dry and bright, plenty of sunshine, maybe a little bit hazy for some of us. we've still got the remnants of a weather front for some central areas of the uk, but it's going to be feeling warm in that june sunshine. temperatures approaching the mid 20s for southeastern areas and even across central areas of england as well. so high uv levels and it is in fact the summer solstice today. so the sun won't be setting till very late. we've got 19 hours of sunlight or daylight across lerwick today, and somewhere between 19 and 16 hours across the uk. so plenty of sunshine or time to enjoy the sunshine through today , and it will be through today, and it will be a fairly bright end to the day later on today. potentially still a little bit more cloud around across wales and up towards the humber as well. a risk of some rain, but i think for most of us it's going to be a very much a dry day.

for most of us it's going to be a very much a dry day . however, a very much a dry day. however, through this evening, as i said, it will turn a bit wetter across the far north—west of scotland and into northern ireland. that's a weather front approaching from the northwest. it's not going to make great progress inland, but it will push into parts of central scotland later on in the night, bringing cloudier skies for many western areas . a little bit western areas. a little bit milder in the west. still fairly fresh though to start the day across eastern areas. but another bright start . there another bright start. there could be some mist and fog around. very first thing, but the sun rises, rising around 4 or 5:00 in the morning, so it should clear quite quickly or by the time you are up and about. so through the rest of friday, a little bit more in the way of cloud compared to thursday, but still fairly warm in the sunshine, particularly across the south and east, with potentially some wet weather arriving later on in the west. see you later . bye arriving later on in the west. see you later. bye bye. >> that warm feeling inside

anyway . anyway. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on thursday, the 20th of june. i'm tom harwood, and i'm emily carver. >> and we have some breaking news coming up . well, the bank news coming up. well, the bank of england, they've got an announcement exactly at midday. will those interest rates finally go down? >> they've been held at 5.25% for quite some time now. it's been years since we've seen an interest rate cut. of course , interest rate cut. of course, they've been rising in line broadly with international interest rates for the last couple of years. and i can reveal now that they have once again been held, 5.25% interest rates held for a further month. >> a further month. well, that will be a disappointment to some. well, the public, some members of the public, but also to quite a few economists actually , who have been arguing actually, who have been arguing that now is the time to start bringing them down. of course,

inflation has now gone back