the doctor will see you now. >> the doctor will see you now. find out how labour plan to end the 8 a.m. scramble for gp appointments across britain. >> kemi badenoch bites back the equalities minister calls the actor david tennant a rich leftie white male celeb after he said i just wish her to shut up over her views on women's rights and the three lions. >> they're not exactly roaring, are they? england disappoint again last night in the euros, but we still managed to top the group after a stalemate with slovenia . slovenia. >> and gerald sparring partner alastair campbell is going to join us in the studio shortly. are you looking forward to that? >> yeah, i think it's alastair campbell's first time on gb news. he of course worked for tony blair very closely in new labour and then in number 10. so we'll have a lot to say on lots of things i'm quite sure.

>> yes. you won't want to miss that. but before we get into anything else, let's get some news now with tatiana sanchez. >> andrew. ellie, thank you very much. the top stories this morning. the election betting row is deepening after a cabinet minister revealed he'd also gambled on the date of the vote. scotland secretary alister jack denies having broken any rules but admits to placing three bets. he insists he had no inside knowledge of when the election would take place, despite previously revealing that he'd made more than £2,000 from the bet. he later dismissed the claim as a joke. mrjack becomes the seventh person to becomes the seventh person to become embroiled in the scandal, with just a week until voters head to the polls . with just a week until voters head to the polls. in with just a week until voters head to the polls . in other head to the polls. in other news, julian assange has walked free from a us court after pleading guilty, ending a years long legal battle. the 52 year old wikileaks founder arrived on a remote island in the pacific yesterday , where his long yesterday, where his long running campaign to avoid

extradition formally ended. australia's prime minister, prime minister anthony albanese, says he's pleased he's on his way to reunite with his family at home. assange left the uk yesterday morning after more than 1900 days at belmarsh prison. he's due to land in australia shortly. his sentence is likely to be roughly the equivalent of the time he's already served, meaning he will remain free and nhs leaders are warning of major disruption as a result of the heatwave and the junior doctors strike. yellow heat health alerts are in place for many parts of the country and will end at 5 pm. tomorrow, just as junior doctors across the country walk off the job over pay and working conditions, it'll be the 11th walkout by junior doctors from the british medical association in england . medical association in england. for the latest stories , sign up

for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common words. now it's back to andrew and . ellie. it's back to andrew and. ellie. >> good morning with you here on britain's newsroom, alyssa campbell joining me in the studio. very shortly, you will know who he is. he was tony blair's right hand man in opposition and in number 10 for many years. he's written two interesting books which are trying to engage young people in the political process. so he's presumably going to have very strong views on whether we should get the vote for at the age of 16. i'm also going to be talking to him about the conduct of the general election, whether it is the conduct of politicians which is most important, what are the big, big issues? and he'll be joining me very shortly in the studio and he might even have his books with him. and in fact, he's just he's arriving in the studio very shortly. we've known each other, i would think probably for god, i hate to say this 30 years, and i don't think we've knowingly agreed on anything in those 30 years except the point. the point of

lively debate. and here he is, alastair campbell in the show. you've got the right colours on. i know it's my new fabulous new no, it's to match the colour of my book. >> oh, okay. >> oh, okay. >> alastair campbell, do you know why the cover of my book is pink? go on. you should know this. and it's the only colour that's never been owned by a political party. that's a very good point. there you go. >> and yet some tories are using pink in their election because they don't want to use blue. don't use blue. but we talk about your books and we will give you a proper hearing on your books. alastair, when you were working for blair and we had election campaigns, i used to go from one press conference to go from one press conference to another. labour lib—dem tory five days a week. it meant the politicians were subjected to real scrutiny. that's gone now. we get. occasionally a politician will answer , take six politician will answer, take six questions, but you can go days without being subjected to that scrutiny. do you think that's something that the public are being denied? in a sense , being denied? in a sense, because we ask the questions on their behalf? >> i mean , i understand why the >> i mean, i understand why the press conference thing has sort

of faded away a bit, because 24 news means that the politicians are doing much more access through television than they used to, but i do think this campaign has lacked really intense grilling. i hope the tv debate tonight will be better than those so far. i think with mishal hussain in the chair, it might be, but you know , just to might be, but you know, just to take an example, i think your star here, mr farage, has not been subject to any real scrutiny of policy, i think i don't think he's i don't think he'd sustain a real press conference on policy because he comes up with numbers that don't add up. he comes up with, he admits promises. he admits that. but that's what's wrong with our politics. yeah, but you can't stand for election and say, i'm saying these things, but i know they don't add up. >> if you look at the institute for fiscal studies this week, they say both political front bench manifestos, the sums don't add up. you said the tory sums are worse than the labour ones. but you say there's a big deficit. that's not fair on the voters, is it the public and they are being challenged over

that. >> but what you get with the press conference, what you get with that real sort of intense grilling where you keep coming back to the same question again and again. you get to a place where the public can make a judgement. are they sort of telling me the truth? are they not? whereas i think what you have now are politicians who are very, very skilled at kind of batting stuff off. the other thing that's happened with this campaign in particular, is that the stuff that like sunak launching it the way that he did the, the, in the rain with things can only get better playing beautifully in the background. >> the did you did you know steve bray? >> i don't believe in the honour system, but he deserves a knighthood. he did it. but that's the guy with the blue brexit hat who's still campaigning against brexit, as am i. and then you've got the then you had the d—day thing, which was just terrible. and now this betting thing, which i think a lot of people are just thinking , i think a lot of people are just thinking, i can't, i can't quite believe this is happening . but believe this is happening. but my big worry about this election is that people think it's all over and they won't have to vote. the only way to get a change of government is to vote

for a change of government. and people have got to get out. >> have you not seen the polls? they've not moved. now you and i know normally whoever the governing party is, the polls start to narrow as and normally it starts two weeks before. we're now eight days before. there's been no narrowing. >> no, but i still worry that a lot of people who get stopped in the street or phoned by a pollster, how are you going to vote? i worry whether they're all going to vote because they think everybody else is going to vote because they see the polls. i the reason i've written these booksis i the reason i've written these books is because i really worry that turnout is going down and down. apathy is going up and up. and if we're not careful, particularly if trump gets back by the way, because i think democracy itself is then in peril, i think that what happens then, if turnout just keeps going down? you take democracy for granted. john major, who as you know, i used to be very, very critical of when he was prime minister, he made a brilliant speech and he's under no evidence for that. just don't go there. you had no evidence for that. don't go there, andrew. if you want to talk about underpants. okay. right. so but he made a brilliant

speech called in democracy we trust question mark. this was when johnson was in charge , and when johnson was in charge, and he was warning that if you don't take care, democracy , democracy take care, democracy, democracy and democratic institutions can fade very, very quickly . and i fade very, very quickly. and i worry about i worry about the extent of, you know, normalisation of lying in politics, i think, is a real problem. i think media bias is a real problem. i think the extent to which even in this campaign, you've seen an example of it where sunak who promised professionalism, integrity , professionalism, integrity, accountability keeps doubling down on the £2,000 and then on this betting thing. yeah, i just cannot see that the public just think this is wrong. deal with it. now. >> suspend him immediately. totally to go back to what i think one of the reasons turnout is falling. people look at the two main parties and think, what's the difference? what is the big difference? labour are going, we're not going to raise income tax. we're not going to raise these taxes. how are they going to change? bring the changes that are needed to the nhs, or how are they going to stimulate economic growth if they're not going to raise some

taxes? >> well, they're putting a lot of they're putting a lot of their eggs in the growth basket. >> that's what liz truss did . >> that's what liz truss did. >> that's what liz truss did. >> oh no liz truss liz truss tried to she promised these massive unfunded tax. >> but what if we don't get the growth. >> if you don't get the growth then labour have got problems. and the reason why they're focusing on on the planning system which is going to be very, very hard by the way, know thatis very, very hard by the way, know that is that is important. yeah. but come on. and the way that how are they going to change the planning system. they're going to they're going to change the planning system by indicating it has to be fair to them. they have done it is going to change. and if they get a mandate to change it, they can change it. i remember the very first time in downing street i saw a note about plans for a third runway at heathrow. do you know when it was 1998? ridiculous. and we're still talking about it. how many airports have the chinese built? >> don't forget, boris johnson is going to sit in front of. >> he's going to go in front of and boris johnson, your paper's supported so vividly. of course, man of truth and integrity. >> and he won a massive majority. he won a massive majority. he won a massive majority because he lied about brexit and because he was up

against let's not reheat brexit because your party, labour, are not wanting to talk about brexit. i agree i am though, because keir starmer was the architect of the second referendum, which you agreed with. >> well, i think i was more of an architect than he was because he took a long time to persuade him to back it. >> but you talked about truth and integrity. isn't part of the problem. people like you, when you were spin doctors have brought in to mould the message. years ago, we didn't have all these spin doctors. you were part of the problem. >> you know, i just i really don't buy that. we. when i was doing the job of, i was always more concerned about the public than the media. the media in our democracy, particularly if you're from the left of centre, there a real obstacle to getting stuff done because they're out to get you the whole time. and what i was determined to do was to make sure that tony blair did not go the same way as neil kinnock in terms of getting absolutely destroyed by the media. much more important was the strategy. and what you're seeing with sunak is he doesn't know the difference between strategy and tactics. so and when we talk this whole thing about spin so overblown, the real spin doctors in our culture are the journalists. they're the ones with the agenda. politicians have to work that.

they have to get round it . but they have to get round it. but so i don't buy that. and if i can tell you my the best soundee can tell you my the best soundbite of all time was julius caesan soundbite of all time was julius caesar. veni, vidi, vici, the ten commandments is one of the best pieces of strategic communication ever so modern communications goes back to the beginning of time. but what we now have is a much, much harder media landscape. and it's become even harder because of social media, because of stuff like this, 24 over seven news, etc. >> before i ask you one question, because people will be shouting and saying, yeah, what about alastair campbell and the dodgy dossier in iraq? the dodgy dossier? i don't think that would be your political epitaph, won't it? >> well, it might be with you, andrew, but i really don't believe that i think if that was the case. well, first of all, just on the facts. yeah >> there were no weapons of mass destruction. >> six inquiries, no wrongdoing on my part. so. and, you know, we can rehearse if you want, but and added to which, i think the pubuc and added to which, i think the public have respect for people who just keep going because they know what they believe. and i know what they believe. and i know what they believe. and i know what i believe. so there's a reason, i think, why our

podcast is the number one in the country. it's because rory stewart and i come from different parts of politics. we talk reasonably, we talk in a grown up way about serious stuff, and people broadly believe that we say what we think, now farage says he says what he thinks. i think he's just a sort of pantomime show. and by the way, i think it's ridiculous. he won that award last night because if this is not a news channel, how can you be a news presenter of the. >> he won the television and radio industry because he organised the vote. but it's been this. he's been around since 1931. they know the rules and regulations. they decided he can be in there. ed balls is a closet minister. ed balls, he presents on another channel. ed balls. >> ed balls isn't a serving politician. >> well, yeah, but but he was until very recently, he was cabinet minister. >> but nigel farage is an is a serving politician. >> david lammy was doing a breakfast show on lbc while he was shadow foreign. >> i've got no problem with people doing the shows. i don't believe that nigel farage should believe that nigel farage should be the defence of gb news for not being regulated in the same way as others is that it's not a news channel. how can he be

pubuc news channel. how can he be public vote? >> you're only public voting. >> you're only public voting. >> a public vote organised by nigel farage's mates. well it's come on and talk. >> let's talk about let's talk. we're going to talk about your book shortly. keir starmer has given an interview today to my newspaper, the daily mail. you must be horrified talking to the daily mail. it's got to engage with us, he says he's going to move the family into a flat above number 10. what's that going to be like for his family? because you know, they're had young children. then leo came along too . it's a goldfish bowl. along too. it's a goldfish bowl. how difficult is it for him to have a normal family life? >> it's very, very hard. and i think it's i actually really admire keir and his wife , vic, admire keir and his wife, vic, for the way that they have made a decision . nobody's going to a decision. nobody's going to know who their kids are. that's going to be hard . and the going to be hard. and the newspapers, you know, they should respect that . should respect that. >> well, we did, we did, to be fair to be fair, it happened in the blair's time. absolutely. >> we did not know there was there was there was some stuff that we could have quibbled with, which we did. but in general, i think if you make a principled position, i mean, keir's wife, vic, she's very funny, she's very attractive.

she's got a good job. she's good at it. she's a really nice woman . if she was on the campaign trail, she'd be a quotes asset. yeah, right. but they've decided no, because the far bigger issue is to protect their children, which i totally respect. i think we all should, but answers your question. it's not a great place to live. it really isn't a great place to live. your friends can't just come and go. you're surrounded by. it's one of the most mistake in your view. no, i don't think he's got any choice because i don't believe that once you. if he becomes prime minister, i don't believe that the security people would allow him not to live there. because if for example, when tony blair became prime minister, i think his kids and cherie would have preferred to have stayed in islington. the police said that the cost and the inconvenience to other people of now securing this place is going to too be high. and so they had to move into downing street and it said, look, you been there. it's i think a lot of world leaders come to downing street and they get through the famous black doon >> they think, i mean, i've been to the elysee palace and you've got liveried staff in paris. >> i'll tell you, if you go to the moncloa in madrid, if you go to the white house, if you go to

the chancellor in, in berlin, we are not it's not a very good working building and it's not a great living building. but i think he's just cares if he wins. he's absolutely determined. just to do the job to return to politics public service. and that means if part of the job is that you've got to live there, you've got to live there. >> alastair campbell is staying with us. he's going to talk about his books. he's written about his books. he's written about getting young people drawn into television, into politics. and he's also going to tell us why a certain person is declined his invitation to go on his podcast, certain person who's on this channel. but not me with britain's newsroom on gb news. don't don't go away.

949 andrew. piers. from britain's newsroom with alastair campbell. still with me in the studio. alastair. we keep our word on gb news. you're not getting 30s to talk about your books. you've written two books. alastair campbell talks politics, alastair campbell why

politics, alastair campbell why politics matters. this is aimed at primary school children. this is aimed at senior school children. starmer says he's going to bring votes for 16 year olds. do you agree with that? i do, right i do. why? >> because i think that the i remember in the scottish referendum where the in scotland, they already have votes for 16 and 17 year olds. it it improved the debate. you could go. so i go into loads of schools at the moment and i meet kids who are voting for the first time next week and a lot of them are bit indifferent, but a lot of them are really excited and it changes the nature of the debate. so if you in scotland, you had 16 and 17 year olds. i remember going to a party, the campaign headquarters, and i walked past this bus stop and there were kids in school uniform arguing about nuclear weapons and housing policy, and maybe they would have been anyway. but i think it was because they had the vote, and i think but i do think one of the reasons i've written the book is i think it's got to be accompanied by proper political education. yeah. where, where, where children and adults frankly understand the political system. >> and do you think that that's missing from i think it's totally missing because unless

you do politics a—level, you don't learn about politics in schools. >> yeah, you learn history, but you don't learn how our political system works. >> history is normally the tudors and stuarts and stuff like that. absolutely. exactly, exactly. >> and i know labour are planning to if they get in, they're planning to change the curriculum. i really hope on this. and papers like yours will say they're trying to propagandise etc. i've been very deliberate not to be pro—labour. it's not pro anything. it's right. it's pro politics and it's pro kids. understanding that without politics things don't change everything. they care about. there is a political element to it. >> and do you think young girls are as less engaged or more engagedin are as less engaged or more engaged in politics, do you think there's a difference ? think there's a difference? >> i think i think they're more engagedin >> i think i think they're more engaged in many ways, but i think they're less likely to go into politics. and i've got an interview in the teenagers book with julia gillard. >> right. >> right. >> the former australian prime minister, the only female ever to lead australia and who was the victim of incredible misogyny , made an amazing speech misogyny, made an amazing speech about it. and she the book that even though i endured all that, i am still so never think of that. i think of the

change i was able to bring about. so she's still encouraging young women to go in and i, i meet so many young people who , if only they were people who, if only they were given a bit of leadership and a bit of confidence, i think they'd transform politics. and so it's really saying it's not just about voting, it's about volunteering, it's about joining campaigns that you support. it's about protest. it's about writing. it's about journalism. it's about charity . politics it's about charity. politics isn't just about politicians. and i think the problem with a lot of our politics is that if you've only had i was in a school the other day and this young girl said, and i felt really sad about it when she said it, she said, as politics always been this bad and she said all she's known has been johnson. the brexit arguments, truss, trump , putin, israel, truss, trump, putin, israel, gaza. that's all she's known about politics and the fact that hers is the first generation. thatis hers is the first generation. that is not going to be better off than her parents talk about girls being engaged with politics. >> pretty shameful that the labour party still hasn't elected a woman leader yet to . elected a woman leader yet to. they were acting leaders. acting leaders were never elected.

>> i agree , i agree, i agree, >> i agree, i agree, i agree, i agree, i think it's i think look , historically, maybe because of the relationship with the trade unions, the labour party probably has been a bit male dominated, sexist, male dominated, sexist, male dominated, but i think that's changing. i think that's changing. i think that's changing. you look at some of the big trade unions now, a lot of the big trade unions are led by women. look eventually there will be a women of, a woman leading the labour party, but i think and i was a big supporter back in 1997 when we had we actually, in a sense, rigged the lists for candidate selection so that there were far more women going into parliament. i'm not sure i would do that for the leader, though. i don't think i would say the leader must be of a certain sex. i think that has to be a kind of democratic vote for the people that think is the best for the job. >> now you do a podcast with rory stewart, which you've alluded to with your 13 amp plug, which you plugged in. you have invited somebody of this pansh have invited somebody of this parish to come on your podcast. he's declined. >> no , he hasn't declined, no, >> no, he hasn't declined, no, he hasn't declined. >> so we're talking about nigel farage, about mr award winning

nigel farage, the man who's whose supporters managed to get him another award. >> i'm very glad . >> i'm very glad. >> i'm very glad. >> for which you couldn't i voted for him. i didn't vote for him at all. actually, i did get involved in the vote. >> how are you voting in the election? >> i'm not telling you. i can't see the ballot box. obviously the ballot box. my. you're not voting tory. you're not, you're not. remember the labour party? >> you're you're i voted labour. >> you're you're i voted labour. >> you're you're i voted labour. >> you're encouraging people to vote tactically. >> yeah i am i want to get rid of the tories but i'm voting laboun of the tories but i'm voting labour, so is the invitation to nigel farage still to come on? >> yeah, but we're running out of time. we're running out of time. the election's next week. it's just been very interesting because nigel farage, who normally will go on anything. right. and he said he would come on the podcast and he'd be watching nigel, if you're watching nigel, if you're watching alison telling you alastair wants, i don't need, i don't want anything. we've got some great guests. >> 20s left. alastair campbell talks politics alastair campbell why politics matters. they are good books actually. if you've got kids, people should read them. alastair will you come on gb news again? >> well it depends, we'll think about it. we love you jackie. >> you love you tyne. it all matches alastair campbell. who was tony blair's pugnacious spin doctor ? plenty more to come on

doctor? plenty more to come on britain's newsroom on gb news aidan mcgivern has the weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello again. welcome back to your update from the met office for gb news. it's going to be another hot and sunny one for many of us today. cooler for some it's not hot everywhere. for example, parts of scotland, northern and north east england seeing a lot of cloud first thing had some mistiness continues to affect the east coast of england through much of the day, so it's going to be cooler here. likewise, western scotland, northern ireland a sunnier day expected compared with tuesday, but it's going to feel a bit cooler. meanwhile, across the rest of the uk, certainly across central and southern parts, temperatures will rise rapidly through the morning 31 celsius, the afternoon hot spot somewhere in the south—east or central england. mid to high 20s widely elsewhere . but as that heat

elsewhere. but as that heat builds across many parts of the uk, could see some heavy showers developing, certainly over the grampians , the far north of grampians, the far north of scotland. perhaps 1 or 2 spots over the pennines and the welsh mountains could see a heavy shower into the afternoon and early evening. cloud returns to western areas , northern ireland western areas, northern ireland seeing thickening cloud through the day and some outbreaks of rain. and that's the sign of a change on the way . later change on the way. later wednesday and into thursday. we'll see breezier and cloudier weather push into scotland, northern ireland, western england and wales and a band of rain moves in. by dawn. that's going to turn heavy across the far north of scotland, certainly across orkney could be some heavy bursts or even some rumbles of thunder, but it's light rain elsewhere. meanwhile, a very warm, muggy night expected across central and southeastern parts . some early southeastern parts. some early sunshine to come for the midlands, eastern and southeast england, temperatures again rising quickly through the morning. but during the morning we'll see this area of cloud and

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>> well . >> well. >> well. >> good morning . it's 10 >> well. >> good morning. it's 10 a.m. on wednesday, the 26th of june. we are live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and me. ellie costello , election me. ellie costello, election betting scandal. >> here we go . five tories are >> here we go. five tories are now being investigated. and a labour candidate has been suspended. we're going to bring you the latest . you the latest. >> the doctor will see you now. find out how labour plan to end the 8 a.m. scramble for gp appointments across britain and

kemi badenoch bites back. >> the equality minister calls out the actor david tennant . she out the actor david tennant. she says he's a rich leftie white male celeb after he said i just wish she'd shut up over her views on women's and trans . views on women's and trans. >> the three lions, well, they weren't exactly roaring last night, were they? england disappoint again in the euros but still top the group after a stalemate with slovenia . stalemate with slovenia. >> but a big win for gb news at the tric awards last night we secured three top gongs. thanks for you to you at home for voting . voting. >> and it's still very much a victory lap today. >> down to you party award winning breakfast team nigel farage winning an award and also camilla tominey interview of the yeah camilla tominey interview of the year. brilliant. well done. it was a clean sweep and it's a

small but mighty team as you were very much aware. >> so congratulations to everyone here @gbnews and thank you to you at home for voting to us, for voting for us because it is a public vote, isn't it? absolutely. and that means even more. i think. absolutely, absolutely. thank you very much. we are very, very grateful. >> it's all about the public. >> it's all about the public. >> but first, now let's get some headunes >> but first, now let's get some headlines with tatiana. >> andrew, thank you very much. and good morning . the top and good morning. the top stories first to some breaking news. a man has been arrested in connection to the so—called honeytrap plot that rattled westminster. the metropolitan police says a suspect has been held in north london today , held in north london today, accused of harassment and offences under the online safety act. it's after an investigation launched in april in connection to at least 12 men in political circles who'd received unsolicited text messages in an apparent sixteen scam. it led to william bragg, who was a senior tory mp, resigning the conservative whip after he

admitted to giving the telephone numbers of politicians to the suspected scammer . another top suspected scammer. another top story today. the election betting row is deepening after a cabinet minister revealed he'd also gambled on the date of the vote. scotland secretary alister jack denies having broken any rules, but admits to placing three bets. he insists he had no inside knowledge of when the election would take place, despite previously revealing that he'd made more than £2,000 from the bed. he later dismissed that claim as a joke . mrjack that claim as a joke. mrjack becomes the seventh person to becomes the seventh person to become embroiled in the scandal, with just a week until voters head to the polls . meanwhile, head to the polls. meanwhile, suspended labour candidate kevin craig has said he's deeply regrets betting against himself and a tory victory. he says he'll fully comply with any investigation after the gambling commission launched another probe. it comes after former conservative candidates craig williams and laura saunders also face investigations amid allegations of betting on the

date of the election. mr williams says he committed an error of judgement but not an offence. work and pensions secretary mel stride says the scandal is disappointing. >> i think it was absolutely right that the party made internal inquiries and has now come to a very clear conclusion, which is that those candidates are suspended. they will not be supported by the conservative party, during this general election. and if indeed in the course of time, they or any others who are candidates are found to have broken the rules in relation to betting, then they will actually be removed from the conservative party. so i think the prime minister has been a very, very clear. he's very angry about what has happened. i am deeply disappointed about a number of the things that have happened here as well. and that is why, action is being taken , former action is being taken, former labour adviser mike buckley told gb news the tories have been too slow to address the issue . slow to address the issue. >> the conservative candidate, it is alleged, knew from rishi

sunak when the date of the election election would be used that inside the knowledge to make themselves lots of money basically. so, definitely something that we would all frown upon. the labour candidate, in contrast, is just something just done, something silly to bet on against his own candidacy, but he's you know, taken the consequences. and actually, i think the other big difference to make is that rishi sunak, as he does with so many things as you know, flailed around, refused to act for two weeks now, finally got rid of his candidates, whereas labour did it within a couple of hours. >> in other news, nhs leaders are warning of major disruption as a result of the heat wave and the junior doctors strikes. yellow heat health alerts are in place for many parts of the country and will end at 5:00 tomorrow afternoon, just as junior doctors across the country walk off the job over pay country walk off the job over pay and working conditions. it will be the 11th walkout by junior doctors from the british medical association in england . medical association in england. juuan medical association in england. julian assange has walked free

from a us court after pleading guilty in a deal to end a years long legal battle. the 52 year old wikileaks founder arrived at a court on a remote island in the pacific yesterday, where his long running campaign to avoid extradition formally ended . extradition formally ended. assange left the uk yesterday morning after more than 1900 days at belmarsh prison. he's now well on his way to australia, where he's landing shortly his sentence is likely to be roughly the equivalent of the time he's already served, meaning he will remain free. julian's brother told gb news this morning he's pleased the ordeal is finally over. >> i had faith that eventually juuan >> i had faith that eventually julian would be free. but, i mean, not not in this fashion. it's just it's just been wonderful. i've been speaking to people back home in australia, and there's a celebratory atmosphere, in places like sydney. someone told me it feels like christmas , so, you know, i like christmas, so, you know, i think there's a jubilant feeling, throughout australia, as well as all the people who

will be celebrating tonight once juuan will be celebrating tonight once julian is back and the trial of american journalist evan gershkovich begun in russia. >> a short time ago, the wall street journal reporter has been held in a moscow prison for 15 months in charges of spying. prosecutors say he was caught gathering secret information for the cia, though no information to back up the allegations has been made public. the trial will take place behind closed doors, which is the standard practice in russia. the russian president says he's open to a prisoner exchange. the united states accused moscow of hostage diplomacy, but president biden says he's committed to bringing evan home. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news complex. now back to andrew and . ellie. >> thank you, tatiana, and welcome to britain's newsroom. the time is 10:07. loads of you

are getting in touch this morning on gbnews.com/yoursay. lots of you talking about alastair campbell, who was just on our programme . one comment in on our programme. one comment in saying i loved this interview . saying i loved this interview. well done gb news on letting andrew show us his ability to have an entertaining conversation with someone with alternative views. please can we have more on this on gb news? >> yeah, i mean, i thought it would be a big punch up with alastair campbell. >> i thought it was as well. >> i thought it was as well. >> we don't agree on very much at all. if we'd got into an immigration and brexit there would have been. but he, as i made the point, was he banging on about brexit for today because labour aren't talking about brexit because they won't. because keir starmer wanted to change position. he wanted a second referendum. mind you, alastair campbell took the same view. >> exactly. and we have another email here from mike witherington who says the difference between farage and campbell. farage tells it like it is . campbell tells it how he it is. campbell tells it how he wants it to sound . wants it to sound. >> that's why he's a spin doctor. >> well, yes, that's what he does professionally, isn't it? so do keep those views coming in. gb news dot com slash your say now the labour party have

now been dragged into gamboge if we can call it that because they've had to suspend a candidate. >> get this kevin craig who bet against himself in the election. >> are there rules against betting against yourself. >> well, i'm sure there aren't exactly. but the point is, kevin craig would have been aware of his canvass returns. they can be very specific now in these polling. that's why you get exit polls pretty much get it right. he will know that he was facing a losing battle. so he put a large wager on himself and he's had to resign. yeah, well, he's been suspended. >> he's been suspended. the labour party . meanwhile, five labour party. meanwhile, five tory politicians are now being investigated over a bet on the timing of the general election. >> well, political editor sam of the daily express, sam lister is here. sam, i think this has cut through quite a lot. but i tell you what i'm very fascinated by is the lovey lovey david tennant, my favourite doctor who ish , at an lgbt awards ceremony , ish, at an lgbt awards ceremony, playing to the gallery incredibly rude about kemi badenoch, the equalities

minister saying he wished he didn't exist. he wished he'd just shut up because of her views on trans clapped and cheered and roared. but her comeback really quick and tough. >> she was absolutely brutal. in her response, she said she was fed up with labour luvvies, hitting out in this way that did he not realise that as a rich , he not realise that as a rich, white, privileged actor, it looked pretty awful for him to be calling for her a black woman, the only black woman in to cabinet essentially not exist, and so she was absolutely, very, very strong in responding to him . and she said, responding to him. and she said, this is a taste of what's to come under labour. and i think that's a fair conclusion to draw. if you're kemi badenoch, if you are a woman who thinks labour can't be trusted on this issue, labour have not denounced david tennant so far. liz kendall's been out this morning and she just kind of dodged the issue. and so i think unless they come out and condemn him wholesale, wholesale, they do have questions to answer on

that. >> and he and he is a labour luvvie. he's a cheerleader for laboun luvvie. he's a cheerleader for labour. he's supported labour before. he wouldn't have said that about jk rowling, would he? he wouldn't dare. no, because she's hugely popular. massive following around the world. but pick on a tory minister, get a cheap laugh in the room. >> but i think this is a problem, isn't it? in the old days, you used to be told as an actor, don't talk about politics, because for everybody you win over, you lose somebody else . and it just, it ruins your else. and it just, it ruins your brand. but then with the advent of social media, actors suddenly realised this is a really good way to enhance my brand. and what what they don't really think is they're wading into really complicated issues, for a bit of personal pr and i think actually, when you are attacking actually, when you are attacking a black cabinet minister, a black woman who has campaigned on this issue from a very genuine place and has been absolutely consistent , and absolutely consistent, and you're just doing it to whip up a bit of you know, personal pr for yourself in the room. it's a really silly, dangerous way to go . go. >> and sorry, ellie.

>> and sorry, ellie. >> no, i'm just going to say badenoch has come out with this warning, as you just alluded to , warning, as you just alluded to, essentially saying, look at the treatment of rosie duffield. yeah, this is just an example of where the labour party is going. there'll be this lurch to the left, if you like. >> rosie duffield has been treated incredibly. >> the labour mp was the labour mp for canterbury. >> the candidate? yeah, she's now she's she's remaining a candidate for the labour party. but clearly she has had a really difficult time. she has to have security. she's not been able to take part in hustings because of the threats against her, she did have talks with keir starmer recently after three years being kind of left out in the cold. those talks did not go well, she, she's still not really had any support from the party. and then we saw keir starmer when he was asked about, you know, what is a man, what is a woman after all these years of women in his own party telling him, you know, the ins and outs of this debate, he only could seemingly come to a conclusion when tony blair, a man, told him what a woman was. >> extraordinary. >> extraordinary. >> yeah. so it's clear that

women don't really have. you know, influence with him in perhaps the way they should. >> and yet his deputy leader is a woman, his shadow chancellor is a woman. >> she is. she is a, angela rayneris >> she is. she is a, angela rayner is somebody who believes that trans women are women, as do many other members of the shadow cabinet, women that you would expect to be, on the side of feminists in this argument. but they're not. and so you have to question labour's record on this and what will happen when they get into government if they win next week. i think i think there are questions to answer. they they still can't answer very basic questions about what they would do on this. they're talking about ending conversion therapy that could cause problems for kids who feel confused and access to therapy, hilary cass, who did that big review she said that that could have a big effect on therapists and how far they feel they can go when they're talking to children in case they end up falling foul of that law. it's a really complicated issue . and really complicated issue. and the labour party have not come up with any proper answers on this. >> sam on gamble gate, if we can

call it that. two weeks, we're going on this now and it's not going on this now and it's not going anywhere. we've got the final bbc election debate tonight. we can imagine this is going to be one of the main topics that that is touched upon. there where do you think this goes now? do you think we are looking at potentially a new set of rules where politicians can't gamble? >> i mean, that's it. if you do want to do this, you have to kind of just do a carte blanche ban, don't you? because otherwise you're going to get into really complicated territory. but that seems quite extreme to me. i mean, people do like to gamble. i'm not. not one of them. but, actually , mps have of them. but, actually, mps have always been, you know, they've always been, you know, they've always liked to flutter on things . and i think it's quite things. and i think it's quite difficult to, to rule it out. but i think at the debate tonight, what you're going to see, keir starmer will say, look, rishi sunak, you took two weeks to come and take tough action on this. i acted straight away. the problem for keir starmer is if there are any more mps in his party, any more candidates rather who are standing for election, he's got to kick them all out now and there could be many, many more.

because if the parameter, if the barrier for this is anybody who's had a bet on the election and if you bet, bet against yourself. bet against yourself then then you're out. i mean, that could be far more people than just one. >> i think the issue is cutting through, though. on the doorstep. yeah, because people just get it. yeah. the sense that particularly in the first place, the tories, oh my god, there they are filling their trough. yeah. with money before they kicked out of office cashing in on a privileged information. >> it feels grubby and i think i think there is a difference. so there is a very only a very, very small group of people, very , very small group of people actually knew the election was going to be called. but around that people suspected, and we knew that the day the last day you could possibly call that election , was was the date that election, was was the date that he rishi sunak called the election. so if you're interested in that kind of thing, you will have been looking for signs that is he going to do it? this is the last day he can possibly do it. now. is that the same as knowing? no. it isn't. it is a grey area, isn't it? so i think but it

doesn't matter because for the pubuc doesn't matter because for the public they just think it's grubby. and i think that's the problem. it doesn't matter the rights and wrongs of it. now. it just smells. >> yeah, i just know it's a hack. have i got tipped off with a pretty good tip that he's going to shout tomorrow for an election on july the 4th? yeah. i would not have gone to the bookies. >> no, no, ijust bookies. >> no, no, i just would have been inappropriate. >> yeah. because it would feel to me like it's a form of insider trading and i wouldn't want to embarrass my newspaper, but i just, my just sense of. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> decency. i just wouldn't do it. yeah. >> and i think that i think people do feel that. and i think thatis people do feel that. and i think that is a problem for anybody involved in this. and obviously it is the tory party who are suffering most with this. >> are the tories doing as badly as england? >> at least they're through to the next stage. >> i mean, that's it. it's not over till the fat lady sings and all that. is it. the final whistle. let's see. >> sam lister, good to see you this morning. thank you so much for joining us. now up next, our forjoining us. now up next, our reform uk losing their edge. well we're going to bring you the result of one poll that suggests they might. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news

welcome back to britain's newsroom it's 1019, welcome back to britain's newsroom it's1019, and welcome back to britain's newsroom it's 1019, and you welcome back to britain's newsroom it's1019, and you are newsroom it's 1019, and you are joined by andrew pierce and me, ellie costello. and joining us in the studio now is former labour shadow minister gloria de piero and the former tory mp, sir graham brady. for our news review this morning. very good morning to both of you. >> just ask graham, you were an mp for a long time. so does it feel odd being called the former tory mp? >> it feels very odd. i'm just about getting used to it. >> i bet it must do. >> i bet it must do. >> are you pleased you're out of it? are you missing it, no, i'm not missing it. and i'm able to do do my bit as well so i can a bit of therapy on the doorstep is fine. i bumped into alastair campbell in your green. yeah. he said, was i putting the gb into gb news? so there we are. >> very. i have to make a confession because i stood down at the last election.

>> so when i saw graham i said, oh my gosh, doesn't it feel good? because i know how you feel right now. you're just like, oh, it's all over. i can just watch the telly on election night. no. can you? oh yeah . night. no. can you? oh yeah. yeah. and it's the first time andifs yeah. and it's the first time and it's the first time that you can actually do that and not be in a hall till 5:00 in the morning, and you can't have a flipping drink either. >> and you're looking over is the pile of votes going, oh my gosh, fast enough. >> well, well, graham probably never had one of those nights did. >> it's been a bit closer than i would have liked, but i was looking forward to sitting at home watching the telly with a glass of whisky as well. >> and now i'm going to be in here at 4:00 in the morning. >> oh very good. >> oh very good. >> you're part of our election team. of course we shall be very good. yeah, that'll be brilliant. >> i suspect you'll need more than a glass of whisky before the evening's over. >> graham, looking at these polls, i don't need the loaded revolver as well. >> bottle. >> bottle. >> should we look at this story? >> should we look at this story? >> as with many of the papers today, it's about kemi badenoch who hits back a great comeback from her to the actor david tennant. what do you make of

this, gloria? >> well, i don't really think anybody should be telling people to shut up. i think this is in relation to the trans debate. it is, a debate which has become unnecessarily, toxic. and i think actually, i don't really understand how we got to this position. look women have vaginas, men have penises. some people, a small number of people feel that they are born in the in the wrong body. they shouldn't be castigated for that. they should be supported. but the way this debate has ended up is a bad place. and telling people to shut up because of their own particular views isn't helpful. >> didn't we finally end up in this place? gloria because the labour leader couldn't say when asked a very straightforward question, does any woman have a cervix? it's not straightforward. >> the labour party got itself into all sorts of trouble over this wes streeting today, in an interview, health secretary in an interview with the telegraph, has said we got things wrong on this in an attempt to be inclusive, to trans people, we ended up alienating women. >> he has pretty much apologised

to jk rowling. this is a woman that gave, i think it was like £1 million in 2010 to the to the labour party, you know, a lifelong labour supporter who hasn't been treated well but perhaps, perhaps it is. is it too much to ask that we can move beyond the toxicity of this debate and just have respect for all sides? >> i think a lot of people agree . i'm thinking, why is so much time spent talking about this issue, which affects so few people? >> i agree, and i'm afraid i agree with everything that corey has said . oh no, the only thing has said. oh no, the only thing that i would i would throw into it is i think it is quite depressing the extent of the intolerance that comes in some quarters and i think especially on the left. but, you know , it's on the left. but, you know, it's not the whole of the left, but there is a big strand of people who just don't think other people should have opinions at all, and they shouldn't exist in this instance. it's not just you shouldn't say it. yeah, she she shouldn't say it. yeah, she she shouldn't exist . shouldn't exist. >> it's a terrible thing to say, isn't it? you shouldn't exist . i isn't it? you shouldn't exist. i think he should apologise. david tennant actually , a nice thing tennant actually, a nice thing to do, wouldn't it? i mean, that

would be the right thing to do, don't you think. well, he shouldn't have said in the first place. >> yeah, well, he received applause last night, and that's. >> he's playing to the gallery. he was in a room he was in? >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> and what goes down? well in a in a room with, with people who have very legitimate campaigns. yeah. on this. but you take it out of that room and it's. >> how does it sound. >> how does it sound. >> how does it sound. >> how does it sound? is that the way you discuss things? is that the way that you respond to people who take a different view on this, that a response was typically badenoch pithy, tough, feisty ? feisty? >> yeah, absolutely. yeah. is she, graham i know the election is not over yet, but assuming the polls are right, there's a vacancy for a leader. is she leadership potential? >> certainly, yes. if there's a vacancy , she's got a lot of vacancy, she's got a lot of potential. and i've known kemi since she was a candidate in dulwich and west norwood in the 2010 election, told the story many times. i went to speak at an event, not that long after i'd resigned from the front bench over grammar schools, and kemi did the vote of thanks. as

the new candidate, i would have thought it was entirely legitimate for her to ignore my remarks about grammar schools and the row that we'd had and just say, what a nice man i was. and instead she steamed right in in support of me, and i thought, wow, this is one to watch. you know, she's feisty , combative. know, she's feisty, combative. she stands for things. and that's great. >> do you think she can appeal to former . so those voters that to former. so those voters that you are losing in this election that will go over to labour because that's the real challenge. that's what i worry about genuinely. and sincerely for your party that you're going to go. right. we haven't been right wing enough. we need to go more to the right. and i'm not sure there's enough. there aren't enough people on that side of the debate in my i mean, i've always thought you over the line. >> i think the secret is the conservative party has to be led from the right, because you want to trust the leader and know where they where they're not going to take you. but the leader. then when trusted, has permission to take people to in appeal to a broader spectrum of

voters. so i don't think there's any i'm sure there'll be lots of other very good candidates as well. if the vacancy arises. but kemi certainly would be amongst. >> and of course, you should remind people, graham bailey was chairman of the 1922 committee. so when there were tory leadership contest, he was the big booming, sonorous voice you would hear announcing the results , and you were announcing results, and you were announcing those results quite often, graham, in the last few years, because there were more than i ever thought possible. absolutely absolutely. i mean, how many leadership contests on your watch as chairman? three. amazing. quite amazing. so that was may. no, boris. >> no, i didn't do the boris one, but so it was may then the one, but so it was may then the one that ended up being rishi sunak against this truss. yeah. and then the one where we ended with just one candidate in rishi sunak. amazing. yeah. >> so this is this is being pitched as a hope for the tories. let us know what you think about this one. it's a it's a new poll that suggests that the form is falling in the poll by three percentage points. it's in the daily mail this morning. gloria, what do you

make of this? >> yeah, i, i think the labour party should sort of take heed of this, actually, because when people talk about supermajorities, the papers are talking about it a lot. the tories are talking about it a lot in order to, to even get a majority. it's a massive job for the labour party and there will be seats to secure that majority, which will won be by a handful of votes. so if people want a labour government, do not believe any of this nonsense about supermajorities, they are going to be tightly fought. reform are being squeezed. some people are getting this. the argument, some people who really do not like the labour party, they are now hearing the argument. if you vote for another party, you are going to end up with keir starmer in number 10. but equally on the other side, if people on the left vote for the greens or liberals and think that's fine, then you may well end up with with a tory mp in those marginal seats. so, you know, think about it . before you vote for a it. before you vote for a smaller party, think about the

battle that i think the smaller parties are going to do really, really well, probably for the best that they've ever done in history. >> what do you make of the reform surge? has it is it petered out? >> i think it probably has. they've never been that big in my patch. so i've never been that troubled by them. but i think the more people get closer to polling day, and obviously for lots of us, we've already cast our votes. the postal votes . but the closer you get to polling day, the closer it comes to a real decision, a real choice. are you going to have a labour government, possibly with a very big majority , or are you a very big majority, or are you going to have a conservative government, or are you going to have a labour government with a smaller majority? these are things people are really thinking very hard about. and i remember back in 1997 when i held on in my constituency , held on in my constituency, fighting it for the first time, and was then back in altrincham the next weekend at in sainsbury's and a couple walked past me and it was it was a wonderful moment. they said graham, isn't it? i said, yes, you got in last week, didn't you?i you got in last week, didn't you? i said, yes, i did. they said, we're so glad we voted for you. and then they said, but it's wonderful having that

lovely mr blair in number 10. and i thought, this just shows how much people do think and the certain wisdom in that they knew they wanted a conservative mp, they wanted a conservative mp, they wanted a conservative mp, they wanted to get me in to represent them . and they also represent them. and they also thought it was time for a change. and they wanted that nice. >> mr blair, how much does the campaign make a difference? because i think this has been a pretty woeful tory campaign, mistake after mistake after mistake. does it make a big difference to people if people haven't made their mind up? >> graham i mean, i always wonder how much difference campaigns really do make because people think about things over a penod people think about things over a period of years of course, there are people focusing more during are people focusing more during a campaign, but i think probably most of what they're drawing on is their experience over a longer period of time. having said that, there's no doubt the labour campaign has been very disciplined in this election and the conservative campaign has had lots of unforced errors. and, you know, it would be far better from our point of view not to have those . so lovely to not to have those. so lovely to have a really good, solid week running up to polling day. >> do you do you think that

makes can you think about theresa may's campaign in 2017? she went in with a huge lead. >> goodness me, it was evaporating by the day because she was it was an awful. >> it was , but to be fair to >> it was, but to be fair to her, and this is a point often under overlooked, she did do a lot of the heavy lifting, actually, in a lot of those working class seats. i went from 8000 to 441. she took mansfield. so the so the seeds for what happenedin so the so the seeds for what happened in 2019, she did plant them right. but she hoped 2019 would happen in 2017. and obviously she was very wooden, and then she, there was some controversial policy ideas introduced in that campaign. whereas whereas keir starmer has been as cautious as it is cautious to be, and i think you could see them governing in this way. you know, it's a long time since they've won. they're not going to they're not going to be popping going to they're not going to be popping the champagne corks. >> you've got to read danny finkelstein in the times today, haven't you, about the real keir starmer. yeah. and he's actually quite left wing. yeah. but so far he's holding it back. yeah. >> but kenny i don't think he is

that left wing. >> well his history if you read in the is history. >> oh yeah i mean everyone was a was a was left wing when they were young even i was a trot he became the labour leader backing all those mad corbyn ideas . all those mad corbyn ideas. >> ten of them. and he dropped the lot. >> yes. >> yes. >> did he really believe them or has he dropped them. >> well you would, you would have to. you would have to ask keir starmer that i voted for lisa nandy, there we are. >> that's interesting. >> that's interesting. >> we've got time for another one. >> yes we do. should we have a look at the front page of the telegraph and this is concerning. is that there's a strike action from nhs junior doctors. this weekend. five day walkout begins tomorrow morning, but it coincides with this heat wave that we're experiencing. and there's concern about these temperatures and impact of strike action on the elderly. >> strike , i think, is the most >> strike, i think, is the most shameful yet, because they know they're not going to get any extra money out of the government. that's just about almost certainly to lose an election. it's shameful political posturing. graham, i think i agree . think i agree. >> i mean, i grew up being told that professionals didn't take strike action. that was the definition of being a profession in many ways. so i don't think they should be striking anyway. doing it in an election week, i

think, is a is a utterly appalling thing to do. and when there are warnings that people will actually suffer because of the weather conditions coinciding with it, then they really should think again. >> a week today , a week >> a week today, a week tomorrow, on friday. sorry, these will become keir starmer's problems. they are the nation's problems. they are the nation's problems now. it's been easy to say there should be negotiating. they should be dealing with this. by the way the labour party have said absolutely you cannot have the pay rise that you are. so they're being very clear on that. but that's okay. in opposition, you have to resolve it when you're in government. so all these but to government. so all these but to go on strike the week before is i mean, yes, in the labour party and the government, i think everybody is united that this is this is this is not going to work and it's the wrong thing to do. and what's wes streeting going to do? >> because all he's mentioned so far is overtime. well, for this workforce that's already out on strike and already, well, we're going to have 40,000 extra nhs appointments every week. >> so that will that will help. but all all wes streeting can do is talk. yeah. talk to them and hope that he can get to a better solution than this. the current

government have . government have. >> that's the problem. that's not going anywhere, is it? graham brady and gloria de piero , good to see you this morning. you're coming back i am you're back with us in the next hour. time for your news headlines now with tatiana sanchez. >> ali, thank you very much . the >> ali, thank you very much. the top stories a man has been arrested in connection to the so—called honeytrap plot that rattled westminster. the metropolitan police says a suspect has been held in north london today, accused of harassment and offences under the online safety act. it's after an investigation regarding at least 12 men in political circles who had received unsolicited text messages in an apparent sixteen scam . it led to apparent sixteen scam. it led to william wragg, who was a senior tory mp , resigning the tory mp, resigning the conservative whip after he admitted to revealing the telephone numbers of politicians to the suspected scammer . the to the suspected scammer. the election betting row is deepening after a cabinet minister revealed he'd also gambled on the date of the vote.

scotland secretary alister jack denies having broken any rules but admits placing three bets. he becomes the seventh person to become embroiled in the scandal with just a week until voters head to the polls , nhs leaders head to the polls, nhs leaders are warning of major disruption as a result of the heatwave and junior doctor strikes. yellow heat health alerts are in place for many parts of the country and will end at 5:00 tomorrow afternoon, just as junior doctors across the country walk off the job over pay and working conditions. it'll be the 11th walkout by junior doctors from the british medical association in england . julian assange is in england. julian assange is arriving in australia after pleading guilty in a us court. the 52 year old wikileaks founder left the uk yesterday morning after more than 1900 days at belmarsh prison. his sentence is likely to be roughly the equivalent of the time he's already served, meaning he will remain free, ending the years

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£0.38 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 8292 points. >> cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> well, do you stay with us? up next we're going to be talking to paul coyte, aren't we, about the england match last night? did you watch it, andrew i did not. okay, well i did, it was very dull. we drew nil nil. >> i made the racket. >> i made the racket. >> i made the racket. >> i made the right call. >> i made the right call. >> then. i think you did, mate. you didn't miss anything to be in your 57th ranked in the world. >> so that's not doesn't augur very well for the next round, does it? >> oh, i don't understand what is going wrong. paul coyte is going to explain it all to us in just a few minutes. >> he told me we going to win to3 to 3 nil. well

>> welcome back to britain's newsroom. just before we talk about the sport. because it was

about the sport. because it was a very dull match last night, wasn't it ? wasn't it? >> apparently, i don't know, because i didn't watch it. >> well, you didn't miss a lot, andrew. that's all i got to say. but before we get into the sport, let's have a little listen to sir ed davey shall we? the lib dem leader, who's been out and about in chelmsford about putting nhs and care at the top of our list of priorities in this election. >> we've been doing that from the start. only the liberal democrats have got a plan to rescue our nhs and to invest in social care and care . and within social care and care. and within that plan, cancer treatment has been really big part of it. and today we're talking about doubung today we're talking about doubling the number of specialist cancer nurses over this parliament. that's another 3400. and i think that's important because cancer waiting times are the worst they've ever been. and many millions of people have had experience of this, either their loved ones or a friend. i lost both my to parents cancer, so this is very to personal me, but it will mean an awful lot to many, many people. so we've got to cut

those waiting times, both for diagnostic but particularly for treatment where we've not had much success under the conservatives and now idea today goesin conservatives and now idea today goes in line with our desire to increase the number of radiology machines, radiotherapy screens and all the equipment that's needed to make sure we can have the best cancer care in the world. >> so that was lib dem leader sir ed davey talking about the nhs and how important it is. now we've got to talk about the football because three lions on a shirt jules , remain still a shirt jules, remain still gleaming. no more years of hurt , gleaming. no more years of hurt, no more need for dreaming. they wanted me to sing that it's coming home. or is it after last night's dismal performance from england , were they really that england, were they really that bad? paul coyte is the expert singing i'm thinking of going home alone. >> is it coming ? >> is it coming? >> is it coming? >> coming home? it's coming. >> coming home? it's coming. >> do you know who jules rimet is, by the way? >> well, he's named jules rimet. >> well, he's named jules rimet. >> still gleaming, right? that's correct. yeah. jules rimet, that's the original 19, the original world cup. >> and i know that when we won

it in 1966, which you can remember of course, of course i can. i was, the dog. the trophy went missing. yeah. and a dog found it in a dustbin. something like that. >> do you remember the name of the dog? >> no . >> no. >> no. >> pickles. pickles? >> pickles. pickles? >> it was pickles. >> it was pickles. >> the dog that found the jules rimet trophy. who nicked it? i don't even know who nicked it because i think they found it in a hedge. i don't think anybody actually admitted to stealing the trophy. >> it's probably the best chance we ever have of winning it. >> i was going to say it's the closest we're going to get on. getting our hands on a trophy is probably nicking one, but we'll just sat in the studio 24 hours ago and said, we are going to get it right. >> in this third match. it will be 2 to 3 nil right now. >> what? what happened? >> what? what happened? >> well, did you really expect me to say ? look, to be honest me to say? look, to be honest with you, i think it's going to be nil. nil. andrew it's. i was really hopeful, so i thinking, okay, i'm going to go hopeful on this. and think that things are going to change after the first two games, that things are going to look better. >> things can only get better. kind of 96, better 97.

>> so anyway, that was it and it just was not good. there were lots of changes , but still it lots of changes, but still it didn't happen. we changed the midfield over, but still it was wobbly. there was a disallowed goal wobbly. there was a disallowed goal. it'sjust wobbly. there was a disallowed goal. it's just not gelling. but the good side of this is, like we said yesterday, they have qualified and i'm beginning to wonder now whether the best thing is that england would play a better side because it may raise their level than playing teams like slovenia with respect to are, we said, 57 they are, because i've done my homework here. >> number 57 in the world. >> number 57 in the world. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> yeah. so if we can't beat number 57 in the world. yeah. who's number 56 by the way? >> well we've got we've got paraguay and saudi arabia either side of them. >> see the other excuse other excuse is oh well you know they're a very tight unit. >> you get all these sort of excuses. it's like, well they're number 57in the world for a reason. it's because everybody else beats them. so we should

have gone out and beaten them. so gareth southgate walked out afterwards and did his usual, you know, customary wave to the fans. thank you very much. empty plastic beer glasses. and i should mention they were empty and they were plastic were flying over in his direction. i mean , he was asked exactly how mean, he was asked exactly how he felt about that. and did he nofice he felt about that. and did he notice the glasses that were landing? this is what he said. >> are you aware also that three beer glasses were thrown in your direction, and that it seemed that there was also some angry reaction? and can i get your reaction? and can i get your reaction to that? >> yeah , i understand it, i'm >> yeah, i understand it, i'm not going to back away from it, the most important thing here is that the supporters stay with the team , i understand the sort the team, i understand the sort of narrative towards me. and, you know, that's better for the team than it being towards them , team than it being towards them, but it it is creating, an

unusual environment to operate in. i've not seen any other team qualify and receive similar. so i understand it. i'm not going to back away from it, but i'm very, very proud of the players for how they're operating within it. >> and he talks a good game. he he he will always front up, but he's a man who did not sleep well last night. there's no question about that. it looks like he's thinking i don't know why this team is not working. we've got great footballers. but for some reason it's not gelling. it's not working like presumably he's picking the wrong team. well, this is the easier way to do it. you know, you're right. something's wrong. >> it's a good team, though. >> it's a good team, though. >> it's a good team, though. >> it is a great team. but the thing is, it's football is a team game. it's not about a bunch of individuals. it's about a team. and that's why you get others that aren't so good. some of them won one game out of three. >> yeah. didn't they get beaten by iceland a few weeks ago? >> that was yeah, that was in the warm up. and even at that point we're all thinking yeah, but it's a warm up. you know, when it gets to the tournament it's going to be different.

>> i didn't even know iceland had a team. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> oh dear. they have. yeah, yeah. >> paul coyte what's going on with this team? people keep saying it's not gelling. yes. how why. >> it's midfield. it's players that. do they play together. well and well? clearly not obviously. honestly i'm not gareth southgate here. i feel like i'm under the cosh here. yeah we are. look the amazing thing is that we have won the group. but now we go into the game on sunday. now if we became second in this group we'd be playing germany next. >> i couldn't understand it. mind you, we did beat them in the euros last time. very good. >> so anyway, this is who it's likely to be because it all depends on the games today netherlands is impossible. so playing holland, that's not good. netherlands. the artist formerly known as holland. we could be playing them, romania. could be romania. it could be belgium, slovakia or ukraine. and i'm. i don't know about you, but i'm thinking i don't want slovakia. i don't want romania . slovakia. i don't want romania. i'd rather play a more established , really difficult established, really difficult team, because i actually think that our only hope is that maybe we'll raise our game and maybe that will suit us better. but at

the moment it's not working. something's got to give. but i don't think gareth southgate is going to see the end of his, because there was anger. it'll because there was anger. it'll be over. >> there were anger, there was anger towards the fans, towards him. yesterday. >> we've spoken about looking for a way to vent their anger, but there is a lack of morale as well from the fans, would you say, because it's been so lacklustre? yeah, it starts up. everybody's up for it. okay, this is it. it's going to get going, but it's understandable because it works both ways . you because it works both ways. you want, you know, you get clubs and countries will say, you know you can't boo because it's no good and it's not good for the place. of course it's not. but you have to show your feelings in one way. it's a very emotional game. so it works. if the players are working, then the players are working, then the fans will go with it and vice versa. it needs to work together, but at the moment the players are not working, so therefore the fans are getting upset. >> oh well, let's hope it gets better. >> and on that happy note, let's look forward to gelsenkirchen on friday at five. on sunday at 5:00. >> oh dear. well let's hope sunday is a better day. thank you paul coyte. thank you, thank you paul coyte. thank you, thank you paul. now still to come, the search for missing teenager jay

slater continues in tenerife. ten days after he went missing with search crews so far failing to find any trace of him. >> this is britain's newsroom live across the united kingdom on gb news

it's 1050. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, andrew pierce and ellie costello. who's for in bev turner now? it's a grim milestone in the search for the lancashire teenager jay slater. it's been ten days since he went missing in spanish. rescuers are continuing to comb the rugged mountain terrain where he was last seen for clues. >> well , let's last seen for clues. >> well, let's bring in the journalist gerard cousins for the latest. good to see you this morning. gerard, what is the latest day ten. and we know that the search continues mostly so distressing for the family. >> yeah . it's the same as you

>> yeah. it's the same as you know as , as other days the know as, as other days the search operation is continuing on the ground and from the air, the visible search operation that we're seeing, there is a parallel investigation ongoing, but the police are not discussing that aspect of things. but we know through a local mayor on the island that they have been looking at cctv footage, speaking to witnesses who say they saw someone who could be jay, in different parts of the island. everything they say, everything that could be done, is being done. >> does it get a point? gerard, when you consider the extraordinary heat in tenerife, where the spanish police say to the family, i'm terribly sorry, but we just have to call this off. we can't devote this level off. we can't devote this level of resources to searching for somebody who is missing, some might say presumed dead after ten days, they will obviously come a time when an end is

brought to this search. >> but publicly, the police are not talking about an end date. and as we saw yesterday, they brought in reinforcements , brought in reinforcements, sniffer dogs from madrid with with their respective dog handlers. so publicly, publicly, at least , police are not, are at least, police are not, are not saying that they are even considering bringing an end to this search or scaling it down, but obviously the family are aware that, you know, there is a good chance that, if jay is found, he's he's he's sadly going to be not found alive. how can somebody just disappear? >> i mean, i know it's a big, big mountainous terrain, but they've had helicopters , drones, they've had helicopters, drones, masses of people, friends and family searching. how can you just disappear completely ? gerard? >> well, it is a very, very difficult terrain, as we know, but. and we believe that the police's lead lead theory is that he simply became

disorientated and got lost. but they are not ruling anything out, so it's not a given that that definitely happened. they are looking at other possibilities, what he could be with people for instance. >> yeah. they say they have said from day one they are investigating a series of, of leads, and they are not ruling anything out, the very visible search and the fact that they brought reinforcements in, yesterday, tends to suggest that this is they're, you know, they believe that he, is lost somewhere out there, god forbid he's gone into the sea. they haven't done sea searches yet, but but but they are, we know, looking at other other possibilities. >> okay, gerard cousins, good to see you this morning. >> thank you. difficult for mum and dad who are out there, very difficult. yeah. and they've said they'll they'll stay in tenerife for as long as possible. you can only imagine what they're going through as a

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have him here? >> well, i can imagine a lot of money. it costs 400 k to fly him to australia, and he owes the australian government £400,000. that will be his first job to pay that will be his first job to pay that back. but first, let's get the news with tatiana sanchez. >> ellie, thank you very much. and good morning. the top stories from the gb newsroom juuan stories from the gb newsroom julian assange is back on australian soil, ending his years long struggle for freedom. the 52 year old wikileaks founder has now touched down in canberra. and if you are watching us on television this morning, you can see these images and this is the moment he landed just moments ago back in australia after his years long legal battle. and his journey began yesterday morning here in the uk when he was released from belmarsh prison after more than 1900 days. he then landed on a remote island in the western pacific where, accompanied by

the former australian prime minister kevin rudd, he pleaded guilty to one felony count in a us court . his guilty to one felony count in a us court. his sentence is likely to be roughly the equivalent of the time he's already served, meaning he will remain free. julian's brother told gb news he's pleased the ordeal is finally over. >> i had faith that eventually juuan >> i had faith that eventually julian would be free, but, i mean, not not in this fashion. it's just it's just been wonderful. i've been speaking to people back home in australia and there's a celebratory atmosphere, in places like sydney. someone told me it feels like christmas, so, you know, i think there's a jubilant feeling, throughout australia as well as all the people who will be celebrating tonight once juuan be celebrating tonight once julian is back. >> in other news, a man has been arrested in connection to the so—called honeytrap plot that rattled westminster. the metropolitan police says the suspect has been held in north london today, accused of harassment and offences under the online safety act. it's

after an investigation launched in april in connection to at least 12 men in political circles who had received unsolicited text messages in an apparent sixteen scam . it led to apparent sixteen scam. it led to william bragg, who was a senior tory mp , resigning the tory mp, resigning the conservative whip after he admitted to giving the telephone numbers of politicians to the suspected scammer . the election, suspected scammer. the election, betting row is deepening after a cabinet minister revealed he'd also gambled on the date of the vote. scotland secretary alister jack denies having broken any rules but admits to placing three bets. he insists he had no inside knowledge of when the election would take place , election would take place, despite previously revealing that he'd made more than £2,000 from the bet. he later dismissed that claim as a joke. mr jack that claim as a joke. mrjack becomes the seventh person to becomes the seventh person to become embroiled in the scandal, with just a week until voters head to the polls. work and pensions secretary mel stride says the scandal is disappointing. >> i think it was absolutely right that the party made

internal inquiries and has now come to a very clear conclusion, which is that those candidates are suspended. they will not be supported by the conservative party, during this general election. and if indeed in the course of time, they or any others who are candidates are found to have broken the rules in relation to betting, then they will actually be removed from the conservative party. so i think the prime minister has been very, very clear. he's very angry about what has happened. i am deeply disappointed about a number of the things that have happened here as well. and that is why, action is being taken . is why, action is being taken. >> the liberal democrats have announced a plan to give every cancer patient a dedicated specialist nurse, supporting them throughout their treatment . them throughout their treatment. announced during the election campaign. the lib dems say the pledge would be achieved by recruiting almost 3500 additional cancer nurses in england, doubling the existing workforce by the end of next parliament. it also includes an investment of £130 million to cover training costs , and an

cover training costs, and an additional 240 million a year by 2028 and 2029 to meet the employment costs of the new nurses. lib dems leader sir ed davey says the move will drastically improve wait times for patients . for patients. >> cancer waiting times are the worst they've ever been, and many millions of people have had experience of this, either their loved ones or a friend. i lost both my to parents cancer, so this is very to personal me, but it will mean an awful lot to many, many people . so we've got many, many people. so we've got to cut those waiting times, both for diagnostic. but particularly for diagnostic. but particularly for treatment where we've not had much success under the conservatives and now idea today goesin conservatives and now idea today goes in line with our desire to increase the number of radiology machines, radiotherapy and all the equipment that's needed to make sure we can have the best cancer care in the world. >> and the trial of american journalist evan gershkovich has begunin journalist evan gershkovich has begun in russia. the wall street journal reporter has been held in a moscow prison for 15 months

on charges of spying. prosecutors say he was caught gathering secret information for the cia, though no information to back up the allegations has been made public. russia's president says he's open to a prisoner exchange. the united states accused moscow of hostage diplomacy, but president biden says he's committed to bringing evan home. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news complex. now it's back to andrew and . ellie. and. ellie. >> thank you. tatiana. welcome to britain's newsroom . the time to britain's newsroom. the time is 11:08. loads of you getting in touch this morning on that news that julian assange is now a free man. he has landed in australia to hugs from his wife. lots of you getting in touch on that. after a 14 year legal battle, el diablo says has the wikileaks scoundrel really just flown around the globe on a

private jet? he has. he has , yes. >> and i hope the british taxpayer is not paying for that. >> no, he has paid for it £400,000. well, actually, the australian government has paid for it and he now owes them back. >> good luck getting that money out of him. >> his wife has said that's their first task. actually, they need to raise that money. so it'll be interesting to see whether there'll be a go fund me account or something. >> well, i won't be given to it in to order cover that. >> but he does divide people, doesn't he? a lot of people, he is a hero. he is a protector of free speech. he's a journalist. to others, he is a criminal. >> a lot of people say, of course he's not really a journalist. he's an activist. >> he's an activist. >> he's an activist. >> and the guardian, when they did the wikileaks, they went through all the files to sift out stuff which they thought could imperil secret agents in fact, national security. assange just did a huge dump of material onto the internet. millions of files , which is why the american files, which is why the american authorities say his his dumps are endangered people's lives. and in some cases arguably cause people to lose their lives .

people to lose their lives. which is why he's not a hero, in my view. >> steve ross says assange, he doesn't believe he's going to walk free. he thinks he's going to be handed a much larger term. and alan says, i don't know if australia is ever going to get his money back. it's absolutely disgusting, they talk about the uk costing the uk millions, but how about the illegal immigrants in the uk? the millions that are spent on them, loads of comments coming through on that news is going to be very interesting for him as a family man now, difficult . he married the difficult. he married the ecuadorian embassy. >> he's got a five year old and a seven year old, i believe. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> who he hardly knows. yeah, because he's been in belmarsh prison for five years. i mean, i call me cynical, but i rather presumed he started the family because he thought it would help his case about young. young children, wife who's a lawyer. i mean, they've never lived together properly. and it's going to be a strain. >> they've never lived together.

they got married in the ecuadorian embassy. yeah. those children were conceived in the ecuadorian embassy when he was living there. he then spent the best part of five years in belmarsh prison, which is higher security prison. he's only seen those children on those prison visits. he's never actually been a hands on father. no. so they will be very interesting in that sense as well . sense as well. >> and their mother didn't tell the children that daddy was coming home because she was obviously worried just in case anything went wrong. but he is now a free man. he's landed on australian soil, he's in canberra, which is the capital of australia, he landed on a private plane today. he's now going to have to find £400,000. he'll write a book, ellie, won't he? >> yes. well, wikileaks actually, having said that, there is going to be a press conference this evening from wikileaks. so whether julian assange will be there, whether he will be speaking, who knows? but it's not the end of this story. no. >> and i suspect there will be, as you say, a crowdfunding page to raise money for him . so what to raise money for him. so what do you think about assange? are you with him? are you on his side? were they right? was he right to appeal to. because

effectively there are many people who thought he should never have done the plea deal because that because they think that imperils free speech? >> yes. no. lots of people saying it's really problematic and it sets a dangerous precedent. yeah, loads of you getting in touch. just read a few more of these, sassy says agrees with you that assange used the women and children. he's been an absent father. used the women and children. he's been an absent father . and, he's been an absent father. and, jane says it's not assange's fault that he was kept here and it cost millions. it is actually the weakness of the uk government refusing to stand up to a bullying usa. so do keep your views coming in. gbnews.com slash usa. >> now, i'm delighted to read this out because great news here @gbnews because a brilliant presenters like ellie here, we've bagged not one, not two. but three tric awards for the second right here. >> here we are for the second yearin >> here we are for the second year in a row, nigel farage has been voted news presenter of the year and nigel farage presented, of course, the 7 pm. show from monday to thursday on gb news until rishi sunak, called the general election. >> yes. so congratulations to

him. were some boos in the crowd yesterday. >> he doesn't mind that, but he doesn't mind that. >> no. if anything it spurs gb news breakfast. >> ellie, of course is a key part of the breakfast team. they won the category for best news program for the second year in succession at the same tric awards. now, these awards have been around since 1931, when i had alastair campbell on here earlier, who was, of course, tony blair's big, big communications man. he was belly aching because nigel farage won. it was a public vote. the tric awards have been around since 1931. they know their onions and they were more than content for nigel to be in there as a news presenter and of course, our very own camilla tominey. she won interview of the year at the tric awards for her emotional interview with alastair stewart, who of course has had a diagnosis of early onset dementia. >> yes, he spoke to camilla on gb news last november and revealed that he had been diagnosed with early onset vascular dementia after a series of mini strokes, and it was just so lovely to see them together. andrew. yesterday we sat together at the table. they're holding to on each other like this, waiting for that moment

when the envelope was opened and they won. and sally alistair's wife, was so proud of him and what he's doing to raise awareness because it affects 1 in 2 of us. dementia. yeah. >> my father had it, sadly. >> my father had it, sadly. >> and it's the cruellest disease, as you know, wicked. >> it was wicked because the lights just went out eventually. yeah and mum looked after him. she was his main carer and it was very tough on her. it's tough on particularly tough on her because he just didn't know us. us. >> us. >> no. it is the cruellest disease and that is why it's so brave for alastair, i think, to share his diagnosis and share his story with camilla, who is fantastic, as you know , as an interviewer. >> so congratulations to them as well, because you and i were with alastair, the legend that is alastair on the day of trooping the colour, we joined our team. >> yes. >> yes. >> and he was marvellous. >> and he was marvellous. >> and he was marvellous. >> and he's still there and he's still sharp and he's absolutely fantastic at what he does, isn't he? so we're very proud of him and proud that he's part of the team. and congratulations alastair and camilla for that award. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so the tric awards means so much because it's you, the pubuc much because it's you, the public who vote for them. >> yes. and that's what actually means. so much. we were saying

this in our victory speech yesterday because it's lovely to be commended by your peers, but i think it matters more when it's the public. exactly. i think we put the public. we honestly do put gb news viewers at the heart of everything. and listeners, don't forget our listeners. yes, we've got gb news .com/ you'll say we read from our laptops and all your comments, all the time, and we often have your videos don't we? we have video clips. we have your voice clips throughout the programme. and because we put you at the heart of what we do, it means so much that you give back to us. and there it is with these sorts of awards. are you going to take it home? i don't know what's going to happen. >> i think you should do a run around the studio with it, like you would if you'd won a football trophy. >> like a victory lap. >> like a victory lap. >> yeah, like a victory lap. >> yeah, like a victory lap. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i think they should. >> i think they should. >> they'll film it. >> they'll film it. >> do it for england. >> do it for england. >> yeah. do it. yeah because we're probably not going to win the euros the way things are going. so yeah she just kissed the trophy. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well give it a little air kiss. yeah. very industry look after it. >> because you know what happens to the jules rimet trophy when we want it. >> well, yes, we have. >> well, yes, we have. >> well, yes, we have. >> we have to watch this. i thought it had gone missing after breakfast. do you see

that? i was very panicked. >> i did found by pickles the dog. >> i didn't know that. it's here how. >> now. >> a yellow heat, a yellow heat. health alert has come into force. for heaven's sake, why? across most of england? because temperatures are expected to reach 31 degrees. this week. >> yes, it is very, very hot in the studio, i must say, but it will be even hotter outside. >> why do we need a. >> why do we need a. >> why do we need an award? why do we need an alert? we know about heat, drink lots of water. >> but people are silly. >> but people are silly. >> they drink too much alcohol and they don't wear sunscreen. people can be very silly, right? including me sometimes. >> i've got my sunblock on. >> i've got my sunblock on. >> well, good. so do i. 50. good. we shall learn from you, andrew. well, our reporter, ray anderson joins us from one of the world's favourite holiday destinations in the scorching sunshine today . ray, i wish i sunshine today. ray, i wish i was you today. where are you ? was you today. where are you? >> well, where else do you go on one of the hottest days of the yeah one of the hottest days of the year. the one of england's most treasured seaside destinations, bognor regis , barbados, if you bognor regis, barbados, if you will. that's where i've come on my. i'm out on the pier at the moment. let's just have a little look over here so we can show you the beautiful water down here as well. okay. come a little forward. we'll have a little forward. we'll have a little look at the water down

here. you can see we're not quite at the thousands and thousands of people enjoying the beach at the moment, but that doesn't it's not surprising because it is, of course, a work day . however, many, many day. however, many, many hundreds of people out there enjoying the water and enjoying all that bognor regis has to offer. now we're expecting a peak at of around about 24 degrees today . that's going to degrees today. that's going to last until 4 pm. here in bognon last until 4 pm. here in bognor, and it's going to mellow to around about 18 degrees by 11:00 at night. so still nice and warm into the evening. quite and warm into the evening. quite a way off the met office's peak, expected peak of around 30, 31 degrees. that's going to be in central and eastern parts of england. however, still, as you can see, people making the most of the heat wave here. but you mention of course, some of those, those concerns we have had that heat health alert from the uk health security agency. they're warning of impacts across the nhs and the social

care sector as well. that yellow heat health alert is in place across much of england. they're warning of heat exhaustion. they're warning of heat stroke. and of course dehydration as well. now all of that comes, of course, as the nhs prepares for this junior doctors strike, which will take place from about 9 a.m. tomorrow morning. and of course, the nhs has already been dealing. we understand, with the effects of some of these, conditions such as heat stroke and heat exhaustion. they're expecting more cases today and they're concerned. they tell us about the timing of these junior doctors strikes and the effect that it will have on people who try to use nhs services. now, i just thought i'd introduce you to a couple who've been coming to a couple who've been coming to bognor regis. year in, year out, for many years now . julie out, for many years now. julie and rob hurrel from warwickshire, thanks very much for joining us. what is it about forjoining us. what is it about bognor that you guys love so much? >> it's just lovely.

much? >> it'sjust lovely. it's much? >> it's just lovely. it's quiet. it's flat for walking , great it's flat for walking, great shops, nice beach . it's just a shops, nice beach. it's just a really nice place. >> and i understand you have a caravan and you, you come down. how often do you get down here, quite a bit in the summer. not. not so much in the winter, but in the summertime we come down as much as we can. but. >> and what about the heat, then 7 >> and what about the heat, then ? are you concerned by the heat, or is that what's drawn you here today? >> love the heat? absolutely. love it as long as you're careful. put your suncream on. take the precautions. absolutely. >> love it. well, that's what i was going to say as well, because obviously there are serious concerns about heat stroke. none of us want to sort of overburden the nhs at the moment as well. so what kind of precautions are you being told to do, sir, to make sure that you don't get into any trouble, well, i'll put the cream on, especially up here, obviously, but, i usually have a cap on, but, i usually have a cap on, but i left it in the car, so that's a bit of a mistake. but you'll have to rush , rush back you'll have to rush, rush back and get that. it's not far away,

though, so it's, >> can i ask you just quickly, what are your thoughts on the junior doctors strike that's taking place tomorrow? how do you feel about that? >> well, i think it's a bit unnecessary, really, in this sort of weather. and there's a lot of old people all be about and needing doctors. this weather. so it's a bit political, i suppose , but the political, i suppose, but the timing has been accused of that. >> julie rob , thanks so much for >> julie rob, thanks so much for joining us. do appreciate it, well, as you guys will know, the nhs has warned that particularly this heat health alert does 6my this heat health alert does apply to older people, they are most at risk , especially those most at risk, especially those over 75. and women of course, are most vulnerable as well as long as as well as those with serious or long term injuries and very young children too. but if you pay attention to all the warnings and you get lots of water, you should be okay. meanwhile, we'll enjoy the beautiful sunshine here in bognor regis. >> that's right, there's a famous story about bognor. >> whether it's true or not, it's apocryphal, but george the fifth, when he was very sick, that was the queen. the late queen's grandfather, and told by

his physician he could recuperate in bognor. he apparently famously said bugger bognon apparently famously said bugger bognor. oh, and later bestowed regis on bognor. >> oh, so that's a good story. >> oh, so that's a good story. >> yeah , whether he definitely >> yeah, whether he definitely bestowed regis on bognor, but whether he actually said that to his physician, who knows the neither the physician or the king are around are no longer with us. but it's a great story. >> yeah, great story. loads of getting in touch on that, frankfurter says. it's i don't think that's your real name. it's summer. grab us, grab a solero. there are other brands available and colin freeze says it's 31 degrees in london. here in aberdeen, only 16 degrees. >> that's not going to last. >> that's not going to last. >> not going to last. you've only got a few days of it. so i think we should enjoy it. >> but don't forget your sunblock. amber. amber, a warning. yeah. >> and keep drinking your water as well. yeah now, do stay with us. do labour deserve to be in power after the way they've treated women? that's the question we're going to be asking next on britain's newsroom on gb news .

>> 1124 britain's newsroom here. live across the united kingdom with andrew pierce and ellie costello. delighted. back in the studio is our very own gloria de piero. no pmqs today. >> of course. >> of course. >> no pmqs today. >> of course. >> no pmqs today . so i am here >> no pmqs today. so i am here to talk to you as a former labour mp. >> but just imagine, in two weeks time when we have our first pmqs, but will we, andrew? >> you don't think we will? >> you don't think we will? >> i think the king's people have to get sworn in. yeah they do, so there's about six days for you all to all the new mps to stand in queues, and the speaker shakes your hand and you swear on the bible and, you swear on the bible and, you swear an oath to the king, that takes quite a bit of time, and i'm not sure you can have a pmqs before the king's speech, which

is on the 17th of july. so perhaps you might be right about. i might be right. i'm not putting my life on it, but i might be right. but. so, yes , might be right. but. so, yes, you're not going to get very many pmqs. you may only get one because your cos your show with chris hope gets amazing viewing and listening figures. you're very kind. he's a wonder isn't he. doing the most incredible job of this campaign phil. >> yeah he is. >> yeah he is. >> and it's exhausting because i've been on those buses the whole time. >> me too. me too. >> early starts late finishes up and down the country. sometimes you don't even know which town you're in. >> spare a thought? actually, for the leaders. i mean, keir starmer is quite. he's no spring chicken. actually. is he 66? >> 61, i believe. yeah, yeah. >> 61, i believe. yeah, yeah. >> and beginning to look it. so he's been kind. >> it'sjust he's been kind. >> it's just it's just an observation. >> it's an observation. >> it's an observation. >> they have been pretty non—stop haven't they. yeah. >> and then you and then you know what we started this campaign with labour with a 20 point lead. and then five weeks later, later labour have got a 20 point lead. >> nothing's moved. >> nothing's moved. >> nothing's moved. >> no a bit of movement between the tories and reform perhaps. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and this is unusual because

traditionally the governing party narrows. that narrows the polls narrow a bit. although 2017 was the opposite, because theresa may was haemorrhaging support. >> yes. not in the seat that i was contesting at the time where, she reduced me to a 441 majority, figures like that are forever imprinted on your mind. and so many of those candidates will be going into that hole. you haven't slept really for six weeks. you've got to do an all nighter . and of course, and nighter. and of course, and i know nobody will spare a thought for them. no, but there'll be a lot of people who, you know, in the safest tory seats who may be doing, looking for a different job, get a hard time. >> but the majority of mps do a really good job. they work very, very hard for their constituents. and it's a brutal old game, isn't it? and everyone hates them. >> and you're and you're out. >> and you're and you're out. >> not not often because of what you've done locally, but because the idiot who's leading your party has screwed up. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> and all the time, for

change. >> and there is a sense that time for a change. of course, i think that is going to have some real impact. and labour might win seats that they have never won before. yeah, yeah. >> gloria, can we ask you about gamble gate, if we can call it that? because it's been going on for about two weeks now, hasn't it? and they say it. we've got another week or so to go to the general election. but it's not going anywhere, is it. >> you know , my thoughts on this >> you know, my thoughts on this story are it's actually really bad for all the parties because what we should be doing now, and i think what the electorate would like us to do would be to talk about the offer. the britons that we want to, that each party wants to create. but i'm my instinct is that out there, people are quite bored of this. now, of course, if you have inside knowledge, you shouldn't use that to bet on something. but my goodness, are we going to really be talking about this for the duration of the campaign? there's a there's a tv debate tonight, but that's going to this is going to overshadow that final tv debate. >> is it not? >> is it not? >> and ellie, i think that is a

disservice to voters, many of whom have still got to make up their minds. yeah. like we're talking millions and i think we really should be examining policy. >> we should be in the thick of it. i don't mean the satire. we should be in the thick of policy. we've got manifestos . policy. we've got manifestos. >> exactly, exactly. there's a lot of scrutiny when we when we're talking about gambling, we're talking about gambling, we're not providing the scrutiny that actually all the parties deserve. on tax and spend on all of those things. >> do you think rishi sunak should have acted sooner on suspending those two tory candidates because sir keir starmer suspended that labour candidate now, and he will be able to go into this debate tonight and say, well, i was decisive. i made a decision . decisive. i made a decision. does that make rishi sunak look weak or does that look as though he's following the rules? >> that is the objective, isn't it? early to say i act quick, you act slow. i i'm a better leader. i've got more control of my party, than you. i'm just wondering if people have zoned out of this particular particular story and just have and, you know, if it does

anything because the labour guy who bet on himself. i mean, this is just a really weird one bet on himself to lose. then there's probably a sort of sense of, oh, are they all sort of like betting to make some cash out of something in politics because they've got inside knowledge. it doesn't do anybody, anybody right. >> it damages all of because i think people think a plague on all your houses. here we go again. mps on the make, on the tape. and that isn't true of most of them. of course. it just isn't. i just find it inconceivable that actually that you would know you're not doing very well in an election. and i think i know what i'll do. i'll put £100 on the fact i'm going to what would possess you? what would possess you? >> i don't know, i don't understand the mindset. >> don't they? i mean, i don't know this man, but some people do like a regular flutter maybe, i don't know, i can't answer that at all. and then. so the gambling commission raised irregularities, and someone told me that, >> sunak sps craig williams, who's been suspended , who who's been suspended, who probably you think might know because he was very close to rishi in fact, didn't know. and he was guessing. i mean, if

you're going to be an educated guess, an educated guess is wrong. >> but you can you can smell something. >> why sacrifice your career for a £500 winning £500? >> a lot of money to some people. >> anyone would ever find out, would you? >> i suppose i mean, i'm quite surprised. now we know , don't surprised. now we know, don't we, that if, if there's a series of winning bets on an unusual wager of over £199, something automatically is triggered. >> yeah. and a lot of people didn't really. absolutely. >> right. that's how it has actually, i suppose, brought brought the controls into into the, into the life. i had a bet at ascot on saturday. >> oh, that's where i did. >> oh, that's where i did. >> you win. won , i i won twice >> you win. won, i i won twice and i got a third. >> oh, stick with you , andrew. >> oh, stick with you, andrew. >> oh, stick with you, andrew. >> i didn't wear much because, look, £10 is the maximum on the on the. >> oh no. >> oh no. >> each way, each way, £5 each way. >> okay. >> okay. >> so the biggest one won i £24 on one of them. and that that might have been with my stake back as well. but look, i was just thrilled to have won. i didn't go there to get rich. >> i know, i know, and most people, most people just do it for a bit of fun. >> yeah, yeah .

>> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> gloria, i've only got 30s with you, but i did want your thoughts on this. this front page of the daily mail this morning , actually, as keir morning, actually, as keir starmer admitting that mail readers were right about labour in 2019. >> absolutely. we were an absolute shower. we didn't deserve to win. people did not think we would defend the country, and we wanted to overrule what they just said. on the brexit referendum. case closed . closed. >> that was corbyn. >> that was corbyn. >> has the party changed like beyond all recognition? >> i didn't know if we'd get out of the mess we were in. we did so much, much quicker. and, you know, whatever you think about keir starmer, he deserves credit for that. >> did you find it difficult to vote labour in the 2019 election under corbyn? >> because we had a very sensible candidate in ashfield. >> good answer. good answer, and of course, alastair campbell was on earlier. of course he got booted out the party because he said vote lib dem at the european elections because he couldn't stand corbyn. >> yes. i'm not even sure he's back. he's not. >> no, no, because he's still suggesting people vote tactically , gloria de piero, tactically, gloria de piero, good to see you. this morning, guys. thank you so much. it's

time now for your news headlines with tatiana sanchez . with tatiana sanchez. >> ellie. thank you. the top stories this hour. julian assange is back on australian soil , ending assange is back on australian soil, ending his years long struggle for freedom. he's told the australian prime minister it feels surreal. a warning. the following contains flashing images . the 52 year old images. the 52 year old wikileaks founder touched down in canberra a short time ago, where he was greeted by both his wife, stella, and also his father, who he embraced his journey began yesterday morning here in the uk when he was released from belmarsh prison after more than 1900 days. he then landed on a remote island in the western pacific where, accompanied by the former australian prime minister kevin rudd, he pleaded guilty to one felony count in a us court. rudd, he pleaded guilty to one felony count in a us court . a felony count in a us court. a man has been arrested in

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downstairs. loo. >> i think we should all take it in turn. you know what we used to do in primary school? and you take home the class mascot? yes. that thing. yeah. so i think we should take this home for two weeks each, but i think. >> but then there'd always be one kid in the class who'd take it somewhere amazing. >> like australia and the. my trip to norfolk wouldn't seem. >> i think ellie should do a lap of honour around the studio, because we're probably not going to win the euros football theme , to win the euros football theme, so why don't we have a little faith? >> well, the next best. >> well, the next best. >> yeah, we will be discussing that actually, whether it's time to stop criticising the team and just get behind the three lions, we're going to have a bit of a heated one because of course, lots of people think they deserve every criticism. >> it has been a bit lacklustre. come on. >> well, there are very passionate views on either side. i mean, maybe it would be less lacklustre if we actually got behind the team and cheered them on instead of booing them. >> it can't be great for morale throwing plastic cups at the manager. yeah, it can't be great for morale that no. >> and falling asleep in the stands. >> well, at least the cups were empty and not full of shake. yeah. >> did did you both watch it? >> did did you both watch it? >> i did, yes i did, not a single second nor me. i watched

it too. >> emily. it's the one time of year i'm actually interested in the football. >> in my 4 or 4 years, i was presenting a show on gb news at the time. it fell to me and i'm sure both being loyal gb news viewers. when you say you watch the football game, you watched it on catch up. >> i heard you on youtube. i had the football on the telly, you know. >> of course i had you on my phone. >> i was in a restaurant and there was a pub very nearby and we could tell from the absence of any cheering and roaring that nothing was happening. so we worked. we guessed it was nil nil, and we were spot on. >> and every ad break i was being, i was. what's the score? oh, still nil, still nil nil. >> so dull, we're also going to be asking whether mps should just be banned outright from political betting. is it time to just do that going? i mean, it does look like maybe there might be more and more and more that just do this all the time normally. >> but if they're going to behave like idiots. >> yeah. hang on. you look at someone like alistair jack who months before people thought when the election was he put a fiver on it being in june he put a fiver on it. being in july he put a tenner on it being in september. i mean he was spreading. he didn't have any inside information at all.

>> how boring though a fiver on it being in june. >> oh great. one for that. >> oh great. one for that. >> well not much i suppose. that's a point. not much, although everyone did think it was going to be in the autumn, so i actually had good odds. perhaps he had good odds on that one. yes. what else are we talking about? >> oh. so much. it's a very busy time. we're going to be looking at julian assange. of course. he's just landed in australia, a free man. good riddance . and the free man. good riddance. and the press conference, big questions . press conference, big questions. >> will he be at that press conference? very intriguing. >> stop him. >> stop him. >> no, i think i think the sound of his own. >> he'll have a lot to say, but i think there will be for the first time, a lot more information about what has actually gone on. a lot of this has been shrouded in secrecy. there have been legal restrictions. we haven't been able to see the detail of this stuff. we'll be able to dive into that . into that. >> also, keir starmer denying that he's going to lurch to the left once they get elected. if and when they do get elected, he would say that we're going to be digging into that. >> yeah, okay. >> yeah, okay. >> say that tom and emily, thank you very much. that's all coming up at noon, so don't miss it. but you are with us on britain's

newsroom until then. and up next, we are crossing over to glastonbury. it says rock on, andrew. >> i've never been to glastonbury and i never go in the red tent. never ever, ever. >> although there is a very nice catholic shrine in glastonbury. well, very good. >> you can go visit that . this >> you can go visit that. this is news. >>

gb news. >> it is 1141. >> it is 1141. >> britain's news. when tv news with andrew pierce and the lovely ellie costello. the award winning well , hello, gb news is winning well, hello, gb news is award winning. >> i'll have you know, part of the gb news breakfast that won two years in a row. >> yeah. remember who voted for it ? not peers in the industry. it? not peers in the industry. you the public, the voters. which is what when alastair campbell was belly aching in the studio this morning about that, i said it was a public vote. alastair, you're all about engaging with the people. the pubuc engaging with the people. the public voted for gb news to win three awards. yes.

>> well done, democracy. after all, isn't it so ? yes. breakfast all, isn't it so? yes. breakfast nigel farage and camilla tominey analysis . nigel farage and camilla tominey analysis. stuart. it was a clean sweep yesterday of gb news. it was brilliant, brilliant days. thank you so much everyone that voted and thank you to the team here as well for all your hard work. >> yeah, now it's fine here. glastonbury has begun. are you going? no, no. >> me, me in a tent. can you imagine? no. >> for five days they do quite nice ones . nice ones. >> no, it wouldn't be for me how. >> now. >> and what if it's muddy ? >> and what if it's muddy? >> and what if it's muddy? >> no. and apparently the rain is coming this weekend. >> and the music will probably be terrible. >> now, the line—ups not great anyway , so we don't sound that anyway, so we don't sound that up on that. >> but we're really, really whetting your appetite about this item. obviously >> but people who do love glastonbury and they are the glastonbury and they are the glastonbury family. they go over a year, they are making their annual pilgrimage to worthy farm in somerset for headliners including dua lipa. >> right. it's the 54th year of the festival and it's going to be a hot one. >> well, it's hot to start and i think the rain is coming, but joining us now to take us through it all is reporterjeff through it all is reporter jeff moody. and i'm sure, jeff, there's people a lot more excited than we are here this morning .

morning. >> there most certainly are. i can tell you i've actually come to the town of glastonbury itself to try and gauge the reaction here, but i will be heading to the gates of glastonbury shortly to see exactly how many people are coming in. >> but emily maitlis, emily maitlis, emily eavis opened the gates at 8:00 this morning as she's done every year. normally with her, her father, michael eavis, they're expecting 200,000 people to descend on worthy farm over the next couple of days. mainly the acts will begin tomorrow. that's when it begins. but the early campers are arriving already. waiting to hear from coldplay and dua lipa , hear from coldplay and dua lipa, amongst many, many, many others. as you say, the weather is expected to be fantastic. it's around 27 degrees at the moment and expected to climb slightly. i was hearing on the radio it could get up to 31 degrees dunng could get up to 31 degrees during the course of the day, but yes, the traditional glastonbury rain and mud is on its way soon as well. well, people in glastonbury itself have been chatting to them this

morning. there's a bit of a mixed reaction. a lot of people here say, you know what? it's very, very good for the shops . very, very good for the shops. it's a bit like christmas in terms of sales. but interestingly enough, not the pubs.the interestingly enough, not the pubs. the pubs have been saying unanimously that they're all very quiet at this time of year because people tend to when they're on their way to worthy farm, they might drive through glastonbury, stop off, get a few knickknacks in a few of the shops, a few souvenirs, and then head on their way. they don't stop here for a pint. they're waiting for the drinks tent, the beer tent in glastonbury itself. well, a statement has come from glastonbury this morning saying if you are coming to glastonbury 2024, please remember to only bnng 2024, please remember to only bring sturdy camping equipment that you can take home again and reuse. they go on to say in 2023, 98% of all tents were taken home. let's see if we can beat that. this year. and they've put a picture on their social media of a beautifully pristine, worthy farm. and they say , let's make sure that we say, let's make sure that we leave it that way. after the event. but right now the sun is shining. there is a good

atmosphere here in the centre of glastonbury. there's a few , glastonbury. there's a few, street musicians playing, a few buskers around, a lot of people in very floaty dresses, and it looks like it's going to be a wonderful few days, they are set for a treat with this sunshine. jeff i just want to ask you, we were hearing from emily, who you just mentioned there, emily eavis, the organiser, that glastonbury festival is probably going to take a fallow year in 2026, which does happen , doesn't 2026, which does happen, doesn't it, every 5 or 6 years. >> why do they do that? >> why do they do that? >> well, jeff's going to tell you. yeah, yeah. >> yes. i am. yes i do. it's mainly for the land, if you think about it. mainly for the land, if you think about it . the land, the think about it. the land, the fields, the pathways take an awful lot of a battering when you've got 200,000 people, squelching through the mud . so squelching through the mud. so it does take a lot out of the soil and worthy farm, of course, isn't just a venue for this festival. it's a working farm. and that is their priority. that's that always has been their priority. and they need that fallow year just to recover a bit , to recharge the batteries

a bit, to recharge the batteries on the land itself and themselves too. it takes most of themselves too. it takes most of the year to organise this festival and every now and again they like to have a little, little gap just to try and recharge their batteries. but more importantly for the land. okay jeff moody, thank you very much indeed. >> i just wanted to know if jeff's going to be in there with the crowd getting young and cool , jeff, or are you going to leg it as soon as you can? >> young and cool are two words i wouldn't really associate with me. >> so you're going to leg it. you're going to leg it. >> i will stand there and pretend to be cool. okay, i think you will do a rishi and i will leg it . will leg it. >> very good. we think you're very cool, jeff. >> and just. just before we let you go. sorry. we keep asking you go. sorry. we keep asking you more and more questions. what do you make of the headliners this year? because there has been a bit of controversy. perhaps some people saying that they're not big enough names to headline glastonbury. what do you think ? glastonbury. what do you think? >> it is a little bit disappointing, isn't it? i mean, coldplay is a big name and always will be a big name, but certainly coldplay's heyday was

back in the early 2000, wasn't it? i mean, there's certainly not the band at the moment, and so yes, there are a lot of people that are saying, you know what, this we really could do better at the moment, but still the chance to see coldplay in the chance to see coldplay in the sunshine with a beer in your hand, surrounded by other festival goers isn't too bad. an option, is it? >> absolutely. that's jeff moody i >> -- >> thank 5mm >> thank you, jeff moody, i'm really hoping that taylor swift turns up. i'm not sure if she will, but she's finished her london shows she's in the uk. i think it could be on the cards. okay. >> i'm only going if i go. >> i'm only going if i go. >> oh, well , that's not going to >> oh, well, that's not going to happen. they didn't even show up for eurovision 50 years. they didn't in sweden. that was a bit rubbish. i'm still not over that. now. if you missed the chat with alastair campbell earlier on with our very own andrew pierce, do not fear, we're going to have little bit of a ofa

next. welcome back to britain's newsroom. now earlier on, we were joined by tony blair's

former spin doctor, alastair campbell. and you discussed the election campaign with him, didn't you? i did. let's take a look . look. >> custody this week. they say both political front bench manifestos. the sums don't add up. he said the tory sums are worse than the labour ones. but they say there's a big deficit . they say there's a big deficit. that's not fair on the voters, is it? >> the public? and they are being challenged over that. but what you get with the press conference, what you get with that real sort of intense grilling where you keep coming back to the same question again and again, you get to a place where the public can make a judgement. are they sort of telling me the truth? are they not? whereas i think what we have now, a politicians are very, very skilled at kind of batting stuff off the other thing that's happened with this campaign in particular, is that the stuff that like sunak launching it the way that he did in the, in the rain with things can only get better playing beautifully in the background . beautifully in the background. the did you did you know steve bray ? i don't believe in the bray? i don't believe in the honour system, but he deserves a knighthood. he did it. but that's the guy with the blue brexit hat who's still

campaigning against brexit, as am i. and then you've got the then you had the d—day thing, which was just terrible . and now which was just terrible. and now this betting thing, which i think a lot of people are just thinking, i can't, i can't quite believe this is happening. but my big worry about this election is that people think it's all over and they won't have to vote. the only way to get a change of government is to vote for a change of government . for a change of government. >> i think you enjoyed that. andrew pierce. >> i thought it was going to be much more abrasive and confrontational. >> so did i, but he didn't come in for a fight. >> well, he wanted a fight about nigel farage winning, deservedly, in my view. the news presenter of the year. and, i just push back on it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you had your facts and he couldn't deny them, could he? yeah. >> and he pointed, went on banging on about brexit. i made the point that the labour leader does not want to talk about brexit sir keir starmer because in jeremy corbyn's shadow cabinet, he was leading the campaign for a second referendum, i.e. cancel brexit. so labour don't want to talk about it. >> no they don't, but campbell

does. he >> no they don't, but campbell does . he does. yes. he says he does. he does. yes. he says he will continue to campaign against brexit. >> that. wow. >> that. wow. >> but he did have an important thing to say. he's written a book. he wants to get young people engaged in the political process. and that's a very good point. although i disagree with him that you should have a vote at 16 because that's labour just trying to rig the election. >> yes. a few of you getting in touch on glastonbury sort of share those noah things. i would go if taylor swift was there. i probably would. and if i could stay in a motorhome also correct. and steve says, could see me glamping at glastonbury if that was an option, which i have heard is an option. so maybe. oh, thank you for having me today. >> been lovely. that's it from britain's newsroom. >> i will, i hope. up next is good afternoon, britain with tom and emily. >> see you. yes. we're up next. and, should politicians be banned outright from placing political bets? we're asking this because it looks like up to 15 conservatives are now being investigated by the gambling commission. >> and of course, we're going to be going live to julian assange after 14 years, variously in prison or on the run . finally, prison or on the run. finally, he speaks as a free man. what

will he say? >> he does indeed. and have you had a botched surgery abroad? let us know. get in touch . let us know. get in touch. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello! welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. a hot one today for some, but not all. it is much cloudier across parts of scotland and northern ireland from this old weather front that is also introducing slightly cooler air to the far northwest, but ahead of it across the bulk of england and wales. >> it is a very warm day, hotter than yesterday for south wales and south west england because it is a bit sunnier, but a cloudy day for scotland and northern ireland brightening up in the west. but that weather front is also providing some outbreaks of rain across the eastern scotland, and we might just see 1 or 2 afternoon heavy showers over the hills of northern england and southern scotland. temperatures in the north close to average, but in the south well above. we could

easily top out at 30 celsius close to london. this afternoon. as we go into the evening, we'll still have some of that cloud and rain across the far north—east. so dull and damp end to the day across the east coast of scotland, but something a bit brighter further west. but it is quite a bit fresher here as well , the cloud breaking up a little more across northern ireland. so some brighter spells likely say the small chance of a shower or two over northern england and southern scotland. but plenty of fine, dry and very warm weather here. but the heat is really across the south. a balmy summer's evening here as we go through the night. not a great deal of change. i think the rain will peter out across eastern parts of scotland could turn quite misty this evening, and the threat of this low cloud just sticking to that east coast as we go into tomorrow as well . as we go into tomorrow as well. still 1 or 2 scattered showers over northern england and southern scotland, but most places dry. quite a contrast in temperatures. a comfortable night in the north—west with temperatures down to single figures , much of england and figures, much of england and wales staying in the mid teens. so quite a warm and humid night and another hot day for many. tomorrow could be quite cloudy across the eastern counties of

england. early doors some uncertainty about whether that will clear away, but many places again, fine and sunny. still quite cloudy in eastern scotland, but a brighter day for northern ireland and again very warm in that sunshine over parts of eastern england. goodbye that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb. >> well .

>> well. >> well. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on wednesday. the 26th of june. i'm tom harwood, and i'm emily carver. as the heat rises across the united kingdom. today is expected to be one of the hottest days of the year. so far. we're feeling the heat. live in glastonbury. >> we are indeed. and the temperature is turning up on top. politicians. three parliamentary candidates from the two major parties have now been suspended over the betting

scandal. should politicians just be banned outright from betting ? be banned outright from betting? >> julian assange becomes a free man after touching down in australia. we'll be hearing from the unshackled wikileaks founder very shortly , and very shortly, and a disappointing night for the three lions in cologne as england sluggish performance ekes out a score draw. >> but were fans right to boo the team? should we just get behind them? >> now, political betting is it right to just ban politicians? >> maybe ban everyone from placing political bets? or is this a new moral panic, a new form of puritanical restriction on people's lives? >> what do you think, sir? what do you think? >> yes, puritanical, i think. i think there is an element of moral panic about all of this. you get hysterical newspaper

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