>> well . >> well. >> well. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on friday. the 28th of june. >> i'm tom harwood, and i'm sophie reaper. >> will joe go after a stumbling debate performance? democrats are now discussing the previously unthinkable, removing their presumptive nominee and picking a last minute new candidate. but is it all too late for them on this side of the pond, labour plans a pre victory rally with celebrity endorsements. >> the tories are hailing faster than expected economic growth. the lib dems are talking dentistry and the reform party is in hot water. after volunteers in clacton were

recorded making racist comments, a royal update princess anne has been discharged after five nights in a bristol hospital. >> her royal highness's husband, vice admiral sir tim laurence, expressed his warmest thanks for the hospital's care , expertise the hospital's care, expertise and kindness and glastonbury kicks off in earnest today with the first acts of the season taking to the main stage, the famous pyramid. >> we'll be live amid the action from worthy farm . from worthy farm. >> and today i have the pleasure to say a very warm welcome to sophie reaper. sophie, you're making your presenting debut here on gb news today. >> i am indeed, tom. and it's a pleasure to be doing so, obviously i'm usually up in the north—west so it's a real treat for me to be in such a gorgeous our new studio as well, not just out in the wind and rain that

the north west often proffers to me know you've been in the north west. >> then you were down in normandy and you've sort of yo yoed back about halfway. and here we find ourselves in paddington in london. but no, it's going to be an absolutely smashing show. there's so much going on today , actually, and we going on today, actually, and we want you to get involved throughout it all. so the address to send your views and to post your comments in is gbnews.com/yoursay that's all to come, but let's first get the headunes come, but let's first get the headlines with tatiana . headlines with tatiana. >> tom, thank you very much and good afternoon . let's start with good afternoon. let's start with some breaking news this hour. police in tenerife are calling for specialist volunteers to take part in a new large scale search for a british teenager. jay slater went missing 12 days ago and police have been scouring cctv footage for his last known movements, the spanish civil guard said in a statement today that the latest

search would begin at 9:00 tomorrow. that's local time in the village of masca. they're asking for volunteers with experience such as fire crews and professional search and rescue teams . and professional search and rescue teams. in and professional search and rescue teams . in other news, the rescue teams. in other news, the us president sparred with donald trump last night in the first televised debate in the race for the white house with nearly two months to go until he's formally nominated as the democratic nominee, joe biden had hoped to build more support for his re—election, but the president often struggled to counter donald trump's aggressive style, allowing the former president to make several false claims without being challenged. rather than quelling concerns about his age.joe than quelling concerns about his age. joe biden's stilted and shaky performance has reignited concerns within the democratic party over whether he ought to be their nominee. >> before what i've been able to do with the with the covid excuse me , with, dealing with excuse me, with, dealing with everything we have to do with, look , if we finally beat

medicare. >> thank you, president biden reports suggest some within the democratic party are discussing ways in which joe biden could be replaced ahead of november's election, but no incumbent president has ever dropped out so late in a campaign , and there so late in a campaign, and there appears to be little agreement on what would happen if he did. >> some have suggested vice president kamala harris or california governor gavin newsom as possible replacements, but president biden has shown no sign of standing down, and there's no clear mechanism to force him to do so . the uk's force him to do so. the uk's exit from recession earlier this year was stronger than initial figures had suggested. the office for national statistics says the economy grew by 0.7% in the first three months of this yeah the first three months of this year. the improvement was largely driven by the services sector, with stronger activity also seen in professional services and transport. it could be good news for prime minister rishi sunak, who's made growing the economy a key promise ahead of the election . labour says

of the election. labour says those with a mortgage are paying around £200 more each month than before. liz truss's mini—budget. the party says it analysed figures from the ons showing that costs of owning a home have ballooned under the tories. speaking at a campaign event today, deputy leader angela rayner said labour's plan would give more support to working people . people. >> while the new deal for working people will transform working people will transform working people's lives, it will lift hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty. it will give people secure work and secure pay because that's the focus and the foundation for anyone to build a life. you can't get a mortgage and finance, you can't support your family if you don't know where the money is coming from, from one week to the next. that's why the new deal is so important for many people. it will be a game changer. changen >> earlier today, education secretary gillian keegan told gb news that the increasing costs of a mortgage is a global

challenge. >> mortgage rates and interest rates have gone up all over the world as a result, largely of the invasion of ukraine, which really spiked energy prices, which spiked inflation and bank rates and interest rates are unked rates and interest rates are linked very, very tightly to inflation. they know that even if you're not an economist, most people know that. they look at those rates and they look at them going together, which is why they know with it coming down to 2, that the bank rates will follow . everybody knows will follow. everybody knows that if you go anywhere else in the world, they've had pretty much a similar spike in inflation and a similar spike in interest rates. and it was a spike that now is under control . spike that now is under control. >> royal news princess anne has returned home after several days in hospital with minor injuries and concussion. the 73 year old was struck by a horse while walking on her estate in gloucestershire on sunday evening. princess anne's concussion has meant precise details of how the incident came about are not clear. yesterday,

her husband , vice admiral sir her husband, vice admiral sir tim laurence, told reporters she was recovering slowly after he visited her in hospital and an auction led by items from the collection of diana, princess of wales, has sold for more than £4 million. it was billed as the most extensive collection of diana's personal belongings since she held her own charity auction in 1997, two months before her death . topping the before her death. topping the sale was a magenta silk and lace evening dress, which diana wore in 1987. it sold for 720,004 times and a half. its original original lower estimate . those original lower estimate. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts .

>> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it is 12:07 now after a stumbling debate performance last night, senior figures in the democratic party are now discussing the previously unthinkable removing joe biden as the party's presumptive nominee and replacing him with someone else at the party's august convention. well, joe biden appeared dazed and confused at times in the debate last night, and was seen to lose his way. let's remind ourselves of one of those key moments eligible for what i've been able to do with the with the covid. >> excuse me, with, dealing with everything we have to do with, look , if we finally beat medicare. >> thank you, president biden . >> thank you, president biden. >> thank you, president biden. >> oh, it's just a bit painful. >> oh, it's just a bit painful. >> it was. and i think even biden's camp have said that it wasn't the ideal start , was it? wasn't the ideal start, was it? i think really tricky stumbling over his words at times, just

kind of losing his train of thought altogether , it's a you thought altogether, it's a you don't have to be a big republican supporter to see that. that was , frankly, that. that was, frankly, a little bit embarrassing for a president who might well have been better if he had gracefully bowed out a few months ago . bowed out a few months ago. well, we're now joined by the us political journalist and commentator laurie laird and laurie, goodness me, what is there to say, is it honestly, every time i see that, it gets worse, i can't tell you how many times i've seen that clip today. >> and every time it's worse than the last. >> and as an aside, sophie, welcome. i'm glad to be here on your first day. >> thank you very much. i mean, as the biden camp, as we just said, there , they've said, there, they've acknowledged that this wasn't the ideal start for joe acknowledged that this wasn't the ideal start forjoe biden. what do you make of it? >> it's difficult to say. >> it's difficult to say. >> look, i mean, it was the democratic camp was nervous about this. they were nervous

about this. they were nervous about 90 minutes debating trump. so despite the fact he's only three years younger than biden, looks so much more sprightly, doesn't he? there was a lot of fear. biden prepared for five days, completely cleared his schedule to prepare for this. so there was nervousness. but i think this, was worse than anybody expected. but i think the next question is what next? that's not entirely clear, joe biden is essentially the formal nominee . the nominating process, nominee. the nominating process, the democratic primaries have happenedin the democratic primaries have happened in all the states. so there's no easy way to dump him. it's possible , but he couldn't it's possible, but he couldn't be dumped without his consent. the only way to get his name off the ballot is for him to convince the delegates that have already been chosen to the nominating convention. this summer. he is going to have to push those delegates toward another candidate. who? that candidate could be. open question. i think we can all agree that succession planning in the democratic party has not been particularly good.

>> no, it's going to be an absolutely fascinating convention. the democratic national convention, in august. it used to be the case that these big conventions were where these big conventions were where the debates were had were where the debates were had were where the horse trading happened and the horse trading happened and the candidate was picked. in the last few decades , it's all been last few decades, it's all been done beforehand in the long primary process. it's almost like going back in time now and the conventions are taking on perhaps that that more important role that it used to. >> tom, that's a really nice point. i'm a little less hopeful than you are about that, that this is that the convention will become exactly what it was designed to be. i don't think biden will step aside. he's got one card to play, and i think he will play it, and that's that . will play it, and that's that. he has already beaten donald trump, and i suspect that trump not been the nominee. he may have bowed out. he may have given the mantle to another candidate. here's the problem, though. kamala harris is even less popular than joe biden. even joe biden looking like he's, you know, halfway to a

cadaver. cadaven >> no, it is absolutely fascinating because it's hard to see how biden can actually win this race. we haven't seen any polling post this debate that happened within the last few hours, of course, but we have seen the verdict of those who watched the debate. a huge majority, two thirds think that donald trump won it. and of course, trump has been leading in many opinion polls as well . in many opinion polls as well. fundamentally, this is going to come down to a question of electoral sense. at what point do we think that maybe people down the ballot, people who are standing for the senate , people standing for the senate, people who are standing in gubernatorial races, people are standing for the house of representatives. at some point they will surely say, goodness me, if mr biden is at the top of this ticket, i'm going to lose my seat. >> yes , tom, you raised such >> yes, tom, you raised such a good point. and i think this down ballot, these down ballot races, this is a very underreported story because we talk about the president, but

all legislation has to emanate from congress. the president can cheerlead and oddly, joe biden has done a pretty good job on that. has done a pretty good job on that . but has done a pretty good job on that. but this all comes from congress. and you're right. this does. if joe biden is thought of as a, you know, a very poor candidate, it does look like down ballot that will help the republicans. and that could be there's every chance that the republicans could capture both houses and possibly the presidency and giving them a whole lot of power . whole lot of power. >> well, laurie, lad, thank you very much for joining >> well, laurie, lad, thank you very much forjoining us. journalist and commentator. we really appreciate your time. this morning. this afternoon even. that's the name of the show. afternoon indeed. >> now, sir keir starmer is reportedly planning to delay the recognition of a palestinian state if he wins next week's general election due to fears it could undermine britain's special relationship with the united states. >> pretty extraordinary u—turn this. the labour leader had previously promised to recognise a palestinian state if he wins power as part of a wider push to

bnng power as part of a wider push to bring about a ceasefire in gaza and revive the peace process. it will be surely under pressure from the left of his to party enact that quickly. but but is that all awry now ? that all awry now? >> let's find out more on this with gb news political correspondent katherine forster. catherine welcome to the show. what more can you tell us? >> yes. good afternoon , sophie >> yes. good afternoon, sophie and tom from south london, where, you can hear a lot of laughter, probably in the background, because i've been here. jonathan ashworth, the shadow paymaster general. they've been talking about what they want to be talking about today, and i've just been given a cake. rishi's raw deal. your mortgage up £4,800. so that is what they want to be talking about today. but yes , this is about today. but yes, this is obviously an incredibly serious issue because if the polls are correct, sir keir starmer is going to be prime minister a week from now and he's going to have some very, very difficult

calls to make on foreign policy. now yes, he's previously suggested that he wants to recognise palestine as a state, but it sounds very much like now thatis but it sounds very much like now that is not going to happen any time soon. fundamentally they want to be able to do this in lockstep with other western allies, such as the united states in particular, and they don't want to do anything that's going to sort of jeopardise that special relationship that they have with the united states. now, we've also heard from the current foreign secretary, of course, david cameron, who said to you know, that wants a recognition of a palestinian state going forward, you know, the west does want a two state solution . that's much easier solution. that's much easier said than done, given that, benjamin netanyahu has made it very clear that he has no interest in a two state solution whatsoever. so very, very difficult. but as you say, and there'll be plenty of people on there'll be plenty of people on

the left of the labour party that will be very upset with sir keir starmer. indeed, if he doesn't act on this and act on it swiftly, and the whole issue of the war in gaza is continuing to trouble labour and talking to some of their team, they reckon that, you know, it potentially might cost them a couple of seats, but they're not unduly worried about it. on the effect of this election. but just as a side note, i was with sir keir starmer on the on the branded labour battle bus yesterday in stoke on trent. now obviously it's very visible. and by the time we came out of the pottery where he was doing his mug that said change on it, there was a number of pro—palestine protesters there , including a protesters there, including a car painted in the colours of the palestinian flag and all male, no women. they're all sort of working age. in the middle of the day, i have to say, it was very, very threatening indeed.

and shouting that, well, they thought we were members of the labour party, but shouting that we were child murderers exceedingly , exceedingly exceedingly, exceedingly abusive. so this is one of the reasons why labour keep what they're doing and where they're going very, very tightly under wraps right at the beginning of this campaign feels like a very long time ago now. but i was sent down to worthing for sir keir starmer's first speech, and i was doing a live outside and that very first live, a guy with a palestinian flag comes up behind me, says sir keir starmer is a zionist, so this is a really, really difficult issue for the labour party. and of course, no sign of a ceasefire yet in gaza. so it's going to be very interesting to see how they manage this when if they come into power in just over a week's time. >> good as me. catherine, thank you so much for sharing that story. that is astonishing. the sort of threatening and intimidating behaviour that you experienced just yesterday, just

very quickly, though, behind you, it's a shop that's been made up as a sort of gimmick in this election campaign. you've been given a cake. they're branding this all about rishi's raw deal, about mortgages and all the rest of it are we about to see more gimmicks from the labour party? they're taking a page out of the lib dems books , page out of the lib dems books, perhaps. also, we're hearing potentially a big rally from the labour party this weekend . in labour party this weekend. in terms of gimmicks, i don't know, for next week, i suspect probably not. we have had 1 or 2 of these before, i think actually before the election campaign started. they are very keen, aren't they, to hammer that liz truss crashed the economy message. of course, i think it is worth saying that interest rates were artificially low for a very long time and were going to go up with or without liz truss, though of course they did go up much more sharply and much faster than they might otherwise have done. so yeah, let's see now in terms

of tomorrow, i'm sorry to disappoint you guys. i actually don't know simply for the reasons that i've just said. i've been with labour this week and also a couple of weeks ago, you only find out the schedule for the next day , late in the for the next day, late in the afternoon, and even then, you often don't know where you're going pretty much until you arrive. i've asked the labour team here what's happening and all. we know there's some big event, there's celebrities promised . i haven't been able to promised. i haven't been able to get any intel on who those might be, but i would say that at the labour manifesto launch, a couple of weeks ago up in manchester, i was waiting for a big celebrity. it was richard walker, the iceland boss, sure. that he's really a massive celebrity. but anyway, let's see who they can get . tomorrow we who they can get. tomorrow we will report back . will report back. >> thank you very much for that, catherine. so it's unlikely we'll see keir starmer on a paddleboard any time soon. but speaking of paddleboards, we're

moving on now to the liberal democrats. >> yes, they've called for vat on children's toothbrushes and toothpaste to be scrapped in order to combat a worrying rise in the number of visits to a&e for tooth decay issues and to ease pressure on nhs dentistry. >> this comes as a freedom of information request revealed. 1400 children went to a&e with tooth decay last year, with lib dem leader sir ed davey claiming years of conservative underfunding and neglect has pushed nhs dentistry to the bnnk pushed nhs dentistry to the brink of collapse. >> well, let's get more on this now with our political correspondent olivia utley, who's been following the lib dems . and olivia. it seems that dems. and olivia. it seems that today perhaps less of a stunt from the lib dems is the labour party. given them a run from their money. >> well, it does sound like it, although we're yet to find out what the lib dems are planning for this afternoon . i'm here in for this afternoon. i'm here in east cambridgeshire where we will hear from ed davey later. the lib dems are talking about

dentistry. dentistry, perhaps slightly bizarrely, you might think has become a real front line issue in this campaign. and actually, there's a good reason for that. the most common reason why children between the ages of 5 to 10 end up in a&e is because of tooth extraction, and i think we've all heard those stories of people in dentistry deserts, as labour are calling it, having to extract their children's teeth or in some cases their own teeth. labour have their plan to tackle this problem. they want to introduce supervised tooth brushing in primary schools, and the lib dems today say that they want to take that a step further. they want to scrap vat on children's toothbrushes and toothpaste and interestingly, they would like to bring that in in an emergency health and social care budget, which they say would come in four weeks after the election . now, rachel after the election. now, rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, sounds as though she's not going to have an emergency budget when, if and when labour get into power, she would hold off until the normal autumn

statement sometime in november. it'll be interesting to see whether this announcement from the lib dems puts any pressure on labour to change their minds about that. might they begin to see sort of the urgency of some of the policies which they are promising to bring in for the meantime, the lib dems are very much trying to make this election about the nhs and social care, and it seems like they're doing a pretty good job of it. the latest polling predicts that they're going to pick up sort of between 50 and 60 seats in some of those lib dem heartland areas, which were lost after the cameron—clegg coalition. so this is sort of low hanging fruit, fertile territory for the lib dem leader, and he's going to pounce on it . on it. >> well, olivia utley, thank you very much. live from east cambridgeshire bringing us that latest. i can just read in the bottom of the screen, an inconvenient truth , which i inconvenient truth, which i think is just a strap of the day , i believe. >> strap of the day. >> strap of the day. >> very good. coming up, is the summer already over the met police has warned that heavy rain and strong winds over some

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break. good afternoon. britain. it's 12:25 now. according to estimates from the bank of england, 3 million uk households will see their monthly mortgage repayments jump by more than a quarter within two years. >> yes. the central bank claims the typical person looking to refinance their mortgage over the next 24 months will see monthly repayments rise by £180, meaning the average annual mortgage bill will rise by more than £2,000. in contrast, those with a variable mortgage rate will likely see their monthly repayments decline by the end of this year .

this year. >> it's a story of two halves there. well, to discuss this further, we're joined by mortgage adviser and broker sally mitchell and sally. i suppose thinking logically, mortgage rates went up. we're expecting them now to come down, but all while they're up. even if they do come down fairly substantially, there'll be many people who got their mortgages when the rates were aboriginally ultra low and so it will feel like a rise. >> yeah , absolutely. it is a >> yeah, absolutely. it is a rise, i've been dealing with clients coming off these lower rates for the last couple of years, and it's a shock every time they have to remortgage, i see, you know, an increase of four, £500 sometimes a month on some mortgages. >> and that's a big shock to the system. >> and of course, in a time where everything is costing more, it's not just your mortgage, it's every bill that you have to pay has gone up . you have to pay has gone up. >> of course, your mortgage advisor for those families who

might be seeing four £500 extra a month, what advice would you give them? what can they do? >> well, there are a few tricks and tips if you like, the longer the term that you pay your mortgage off over, the lower the monthly rate it does mean that you monthly rate it does mean that you pay monthly rate it does mean that you pay more in interest over the long term. but if you're if it's really important that your monthly rate comes down, the amount you pay, then that can be an option for some people. i encourage if you have any savings potentially to look at making overpayments. so that your initial capital loan actually comes down and that can make a big difference, with some clients, when i'm remortgaging them because they've employed these tactics, their actual monthly payment is pretty much the same. but of course you have to have that spare cash, and ability to, to, you know , ability to, to, you know, overpay or the time in your life to take on a longer mortgage term if you're heading towards retirement in 25, 30 years, it's

not always going to be very easy to do. so so it's tricky. you need to speak to a broker and get the best advice. really? absolutely. >> but that is fascinating that for many people who will be on these lower fixed rates, perhaps for the next year or two, overpaying now might well save them later down the line . them later down the line. >> yeah, it really does. i mean, when you're being offered, good savings rates because of course, when you have higher interest rates, that does benefit savers. it can be, slightly, unpopular to suggest that instead of gaining some income from those savings you're putting against your mortgage. but really, you know, debt is not a comfortable place to be. and i'm all for trying to minimise that exposure wherever you can. and let's not forget, you know, rates will potentially , i'm sure, come down potentially, i'm sure, come down in the next few months, but they're not going to come to down what a lot of mortgage customers have been used to. you know , the two, 2.5 even maybe, know, the two, 2.5 even maybe, you know, one, 1.2% that we have

had historically. so you've got to hedge your bets for the future, and i think the most important thing is don't get obsessed with the actual rates. be obsessed with how you can afford them, because that is the key. over a long term mortgage, 20, 30 years, you're going to have some ups and downs. you've got to be able to ride it out and you've got to box a bit clever and, yeah , just sort of clever and, yeah, just sort of sort it according to your budget and your affordability. >> it's interesting you say that before we came on air, tom and i were talking. i took out a mortgage last year, and i know that you're about to do a similar thing. and for younger people who are trying to get onto the housing ladder, it can be a really scary thing, particularly if they're hearing in the news about rates fluctuating and that they're higher than they have been for so many years, and that they're not used to being at this rate. what would you say to young people who are looking at taking out a mortgage for the first time? >> yeah , you need you need some

>> yeah, you need you need some really good advice. i would say always go to a broker. i know i am one, but you know, you've really got to play. play the field if you like. what i find with first time buyers at the moment is that they have they've heard about these lower rates, their parents have probably enjoyed them, but they don't actually have any experience of them. so they're not hung up on them. so they're not hung up on the fact that they're not getting a 1.5. you know that. the reality is it's 4.8 or 5.2. again, it goes back to affordability. what i find, sadly, with first time buyers is that these days you have to be earning so much money in income to be able to get on that ladder , even with, you know, using schemes or sort of help from the government and, and housing authorities, we're looking at possibly £60,000 of income to get onto the ladder as a typical first time buyer. that's an average property price. now, there's not that many people in their 20s who are potentially earning that much. of course, in

the south east and other hot spots, it can be even more so. we're finding people clubbing together, buying as a couple, the bank of mum and dad is being ransacked. they've gifted deposits . there are lots of deposits. there are lots of different ways to approach the problem , but of course, with problem, but of course, with young people as well, they're used to paying if they're renting quite a lot. and i'm finding that actually, compared to a mortgage, you know, sometimes the rent is the same or even a little bit more in some areas . so it's not quite some areas. so it's not quite such a shock. and a lot of first time buyers come to me and say, i'm not going to pay my rent to pay someone else's mortgage. i want to put it into my own property. so we're seeing quite a lot of movement in that area. but it is true that, you know, the average deposit you need to be able to save up is a lot. you know , 20, 40, £50,000 depending know, 20, 40, £50,000 depending on your property price. and that can be very hard to save for if

you're renting. so again, i'm seeing a lot of first time buyers moving back in with mum and dad, to save that sort of money, because that's really hard. again, with the cost of living prices going up all over the place, we've had inflation that during covid and then got that, got that advantage. >> sally , we're going to have to >> sally, we're going to have to leave it there. but thank you very much for to talking us through this, this really, really important issue. mortgage adviser and broker sally mitchell there coming up , more mitchell there coming up, more on that disastrous debate for joe biden. >> we're heading over to washington, dc to speak to a former white house adviser to president trump. that's after your headlines with tatiana . your headlines with tatiana. >> sophie, thank you very much. the top stories this hour. police in tenerife are calling for specialist volunteers to take part in a new large scale search for missing british teenager jay slater. search for missing british teenager jay slater . the 19 search for missing british teenager jay slater. the 19 year old disappeared. disappeared 12 days ago and police have been

scouring cctv footage for his last known movements. the spanish civil guard said in a statement that the latest search would begin at 9:00 local time tomorrow in the village of masca. they're asking for volunteers with experience such as fire crews and professional search and rescue . the us search and rescue. the us president sparred with donald trump last night in the first televised debate in the race for the white house, with nearly two months to go until he's formally nominated as the democratic nominee, joe biden had hoped to build more support for his re—election, but the president often struggled to counter donald trump's aggressive style, allowing the former president to make several false claims without being challenged. in other news, the uk's exit from recession earlier this year was stronger than initial figures had suggested. the office for national statistics says the economy grew by 0.7% in the first three months of the year, and it could be good news for prime minister rishi sunak ahead of the election next week. who has made growing the economy a key promise . meanwhile, labour

key promise. meanwhile, labour says those with a mortgage are paying says those with a mortgage are paying around £200 more every month than before. liz truss's mini—budget. the tories say the cost of borrowing has increased all over the world. but labour says tax cuts announced by the prime minister could see rates rise. yet again . and princess rise. yet again. and princess anne has returned home after several days in hospital with minor injuries and concussion. the 73 year old was struck by a horse while walking on her estate in gloucestershire on sunday evening. princess anne's concussion has meant precise details of how the incident came about are not clear. yesterday, her husband, vice admiral sir tim laurence, told reporters she was recovering slowly after he visited her in hospital . and visited her in hospital. and those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to gbnews.com the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward

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>> good afternoon. britain. it's 38 minutes past midday. now. after a stumbling debate performance last night, senior figures in the democratic party are discussing the previously unthinkable. absolutely. >> removing joe biden as the party's presumptive nominee and replacing him with someone else at the party's august convention. >> well, joe biden appeared dazed and confused at times in the debate and was to soon seem to lose his way, leading president trump to quip that not even joe biden knew what he was saying. >> eligible for what i've been able to do with the with the covid, excuse me , with, dealing covid, excuse me, with, dealing with everything we have to do with, look , if we finally beat

with, look, if we finally beat medicare, i really don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. >> i don't think he knows what he said either. oh, i mean , i he said either. oh, i mean, i every time i see that absolutely more painful every time. >> yeah. it's not ideal, is it? and not an ideal start for the biden camp . no. biden camp. no. >> well, let's get the views now of the former white house adviser to president trump, doctor sebastian gorka , said. doctor sebastian gorka, said. thanks for joining the show. i mean, i suppose in one way, supporters of president trump might be a little bit worried now. i mean, after all, isn't joe biden and kamala harris his perfect opponent? if they're swept out of the way, you're going to have to come up with new arguments . new arguments. >> have you been reading my twitter feed, look, it is a bit of a catch 22. we want the president to perform, you know, as he does during the debates last night, he was measured . he last night, he was measured. he was composed, he was collected,

and at the same time, we want to run against joe. i mean, joe is the man responsible for the disastrous last three and a half years. the 8 million illegals, the record inflation, the wars in russia in the middle east and the surrender in afghanistan . the surrender in afghanistan. so, yeah, it would be nice if they don't replace him in the last moment. and the new guy says, hey , i didn't do any of says, hey, i didn't do any of that. but at the end of the day, it is rather delicious to watch the left implode. i mean, the biggest propagandists, the biggest propagandists, the biggest prostitutes for the democrat party on the mainstream legacy media are saying, that's a disaster. we have to get rid of joe. but that's really hard to do technically, especially if jill biden wants to stay the first lady. so i'm just going to buy shares in popcorn, and i'm going to sit back and watch . going to sit back and watch. >> let me ask you, of course, many people would argue just because it was a bad night for joe biden doesn't necessarily mean it was a good night for

trump. of course, there was a lot of conversation afterwards about just how truthful, trump was in his responses. what do you make of that ? you make of that? >> well, i just went to cnn today, and i looked at this segment they did right after the debate and when cnn has one, two, three, four. so i've got pages and pages of cnn fact checking biden saying all the things he lied about. i mean, just the most egregious things, like no servicemen or women have died under my watch. i guess the family of the 13 servicemen and women blown up by isis when he surrendered kabul airport, i guess that's news to them. so no, this is a binary choice, biden crashed and burned last night. the democrats literally are in a panic. if you switch on the likes of cnn or msnbc this morning. so, no, there's only one winner last night out of the two people, and it's my former boss, president trump. >> and yet, sebastian, for your

deeply dysfunctional politics and the mess, frankly, because the uk is much better , right, the uk is much better, right, right. i'm sitting over here in the united kingdom and i'm looking i'm looking at not just our dysfunctional politics. i'm looking at a continent where at the european elections last month, we saw a real, insurgence. and this is all in the context, i think, of economic policy in europe as a whole . you look at the growth whole. you look at the growth germany spent most of last year in recession. we had a recession in recession. we had a recession in the last quarter of last yean in the last quarter of last year, looking at how the growth rate of european countries has beenin rate of european countries has been in the last five years, i mean, to the credit of whoever's in charge in the united states, or perhaps to the credit of the fundamental system of the united states and the restraint on executive power that exists under your constitution, the united states has had fast growth. the united states

rebounded from covid faster than any european country. i mean, surely joe biden's not nothing to do with that. >> yeah, but by printing money, i mean, it's all a house of cards. i mean, we are we are just seeing $1 trillion every 90 days go down the drain. i mean , days go down the drain. i mean, this is why we have inflation, the likes of which we haven't seen in a generation. but let's be clear. what happened in europe a few weeks ago is stunning. it is the repudiation of an unaccountable elite that doesn't give a damn about the average brit. the average german. i mean, think about what happened, the spanking germany got. they lowered the voting age to 16, thinking that that's how they'll get all the crazy millennials and then the conservative adf just trounced the opposition establishment parties or whether it's the recrudescence of nigel farage. i mean, if there's one guy who can maybe save blighty, it's my friend nigel. but no, there is a wholesale rejection of

unaccountable elites who don't give a fig about the average worker, the average, you know , worker, the average, you know, brit or american. and let's go back to look at what happened under president trump when he got government out of the way, when he deregulated, when he got the monkey off the back of the small and medium sized business owner in america, the economy exploded every index for the size of the economy was the largest it has ever been since america's separated from, you know, the uk. the lowest unemployment for blacks and hispanics since record keeping began the first time ever. we were actually creating so much energy we had to sell it to other people. we had more energy, more gas, more oil than we could use and burn domestically. that's the power of president trump. why? well, very clearly, because he's not a politician. he's not part of the, you know, oxbridge set. he's not part of the bicoastal elite. >> he went to the wharton college of finance . he's he's college of finance. he's he's tried to run for president three

times, four times now. >> but he's never been a politician, a politician. >> come on, sam, you can't trust. >> hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. no, no, no, i'm going to fact check you there live. this is a man who won the presidency the first time he ran . that's never happened. >> he mooted a run in the year 2000. he wanted oprah as his running mate. >> is irrelevant. what i can say. i want to be an astronaut doesn't mean anything. he's not a member of the press conferences about it. >> oh, okay. he was businessman. >> he was a businessman, you know that, right? for 50 years, sebastian, i'm going to have to end it there. >> i'm afraid we've run out of time. thank you so much, doctor sebastian gorka, former white house adviser to president trump . coming up, the latest from tenerife and the search for missing british jay slater. that's after this

break. >> good afternoon. britain. it is 1249 now. police in tenerife

are calling for off volunteers to take part in a new large scale search for the missing british teenager, jay slater. >> yes, they're saying, aren't they, that that search is going to begin at 9:00 tomorrow morning. they want as many people as they can down to close to the area where he first went missing from. of course, it's so many days now. it was last monday when he first disappeared or we realised he had disappeared. i should say it really. that hope must be starting to wane now for the family out in tenerife. >> it must be. but this is such an interesting and to british ears , unusual development. ears, unusual development. i can't think of a recent time when police have asked volunteers to get out and do the work . it's usually the police work. it's usually the police saying, please, members of the public, don't stay involved. don't be amateur detectives . yeah. >> and amateur detectives, we've seen plenty of that . of course, seen plenty of that. of course, that facebook group now with almost 600,000 members, people wanting these updates , but of wanting these updates, but of course, also people posting their amateur detective work in

there, which i can't imagine is particularly helpful for the family . family. >> no, it does seem that this will be something that of course, is worrying the family . course, is worrying the family. but as these days go on, it does seem like it's less and less likely that we're going to find a to resolution this that could actually find jay slater after all, it has now been almost two weeks. we're looking at pictures of jay slater when he was last seen in a nightclub on that evening. of course, the last phone call that he made was then around 8 am. the following morning. but we haven't heard a single thing about him or from him since then. drones have been used in this search. helicopters have been used in this search. dogs have now been used in this search. but it is just such difficult terrain to search. >> absolutely. it's rocky, it's

cliffy. it's certainly going to be terrain that's unfamiliar to jay slater. and i think one of the things is that people are now starting to focus on is that go. for me, there has been a lot of questions about that. we heard from jay's mother yesterday, debbie duncan. she said that that some of the money would be withdrawn and they would be withdrawn and they would use some of that to allow them to stay out on the island, and some of it would be used to help the mountain rescue team in their search. but there are a few controversies there, and i think that's perhaps what's gotten people so interested. >> yeah, well, we'll be getting more on this with our reporter charlie peters in the next hour, but time now for some sport , as but time now for some sport, as it's a huge weekend for england's hopes in the euros. the three lions will face slovakia in the round of 16 on sunday after a set of disappointing results in the group stage. >> despite widespread criticism of gareth southgate, the england players have voiced their confidence in their manager been fantastic. >> i think if you look at his record, speaks for itself,

everyone's behind the manager , everyone's behind the manager, that's for sure, we've got a really close , tight knit group, really close, tight knit group, just focused on, you know, the next game. and, you know, i think everyone's just really appreciative of the manager, especially, especially me. you know, him giving me my debut for england, him showing so much confidence in me, i'm really grateful. and i'm sure the rest of the team is as well. >> nats defender marc gay there, speaking to the media yesterday. and of course, he's not the only player who has defended gareth southgate over the past few days. but let's find out some more now from sports broadcaster ben jacobs. ben, thank you so much for joining ben jacobs. ben, thank you so much forjoining us. of course, much for joining us. of course, there'll be a lot of expectation going into this game against slovakia. what an easy draw. how will england fare? do we think. >> yeah i think gareth southgate will be keen to point out there isn't an easy and a hard side to the draw, but if you look at it based upon rankings, all the heavyweights are on the other side and england, remember, could have got the netherlands as well. >> that was statistically the more likely opponents. but

instead it's slovakia who england have never lost to at a major tournament. the games have been tight in the past, but they're big favourites and then after that it will be the winner of italy or switzerland. and that's a relatively clean draw given that those sides are not in fantastic form either. >> so gareth southgate now should on paper at least take england all the way to minimum semi—finals. >> many would say the final because the side of the draw that england are on, so there's pressure on the england boss and it's not just about getting there, they're only going to get there, they're only going to get there if they improve in terms of their balance, their rhythm and ultimately killing off games. >> so ultimately pressure now because england are not expected to do anything other than reach the final based upon the draw as we see it now. >> and yet, isn't pressure sometimes the great motivator ? sometimes the great motivator? because ultimately, if things were going so swimmingly for england and they rested on their laurels, i can easily see how

perhaps some performances might start to slip in many ways, having the difficulty in the first few games, perhaps, is this is this all too positive, a spin on a place where i'm just going to say i don't think that first games were anything to go by. >> i'm not sure how much more it could slip. potentially. >> yeah, i think the first game is a test and they're quite cagey. and because we've got a tournament as well where you have these best placed third teams going through the approach and the mentality has been a bit different because, you know, if you get points in that first game, you can go in your shell and you can get qualified two games in, as we saw with england. >> so maybe they need a test. and that's the only thing that is an advantage to say france, who have got belgium in the round of 16, a really tough draw for both of those sides. >> but if they come through that you have the momentum and england are the kind of team that maybe do need a bit of a wake up call and that might come with a more sterner opponent. >> so they've got to find a way of dominating and winning comfortably and building their

own momentum. >> and you can argue you need a test to do that. >> and if england fall flat , >> and if england fall flat, there is a very realistic possibility that they go out of this tournament. and then, of course, gareth southgate in likelihood will not manage again for england. his contract expires at the end of the year. so you can look at it both ways. but the bottom line is that england have got enough quality to just up the ante, go up a gean to just up the ante, go up a gear, win this game and go all the way through to the final and they now need to prove that tag as favourites for the tournament. >> you mentioned the quality on the bench there ben. of course there have been questions about gareth southgate's decision making. should cole palmer and anthony gordon have been brought on sooner in those games? of course, we heard reports as well that phil foden had had to leave the camp. he has now returned, but just quickly should he play on sunday? >> well, phil foden, congratulations to him. it's the birth of his third child. i think he'll keep his place as long as everything's fine and he's not rusty. returning the decision is more saka or palmer and there's an argument to bring

palmer in. anthony gordon did well. we expect kobbie mainoo to start as well and that will be a big call with trent alexander—arnold on the bench. >> well ben jacobs, thank you so much for joining >> well ben jacobs, thank you so much forjoining us and talking much for joining us and talking through that. really appreciate your thoughts r , your expertise this afternoon. stay with us. we're off to glastonbury after

>> good afternoon. britain it's 1:00 on friday, the 28th of june. i'm sophie reaper, and i'm tom harwood . will joe go after tom harwood. will joe go after stumbling debate performance. democrats are now discussing the previously unthinkable removing their presumptive nominee and picking a last minute new candidate. but is it all too late ? late? >> and this side of the pond? the labour party plans a pre victory rally with celebrity endorsements. the tories are heaung endorsements. the tories are healing faster than expected economic growth and the lib dems

are talking dentistry all as we enter the final week of campaigning . campaigning. >> a royal update princess anne has been discharged after five nights in a bristol hospital. the royal highness's husband, vice admiral sir tim laurence, expressed his warmest thanks for the hospital's care, expertise and kindness and glastonbury kicks off in earnest today with the first acts of the season taking to the main stage . taking to the main stage. >> that famous pyramid. we'll be live amid all of the action, from worthy farm . from worthy farm. >> good afternoon britain. well, we've got plenty coming up on this hour, but let's chat about glastonbury, shall we? of course. dua lipa taking to the stage this evening, a lot of excitement for that. but that comes amidst some underwhelmed people about the this year's

line—up. >> yeah, we were looking at the list a little bit earlier, and it was actually pretty astonishing. i think i knew maybe 4 or 5 of the acts, if that, if that. >> i think i said, didn't i, that the only one i'd be looking forward to would be shania twain. >> you're not looking forward to coldplay, i wouldn't mind it, but it's not my favourite. anyway, send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com forward slash your stay, all that and more after the headlines with tatiana . the headlines with tatiana. >> sophie, thank you very much. the top story this hour. police in tenerife are calling for specialist volunteers to take part in a new large scale search for a missing british teenager. jay slater went missing 12 days ago and police have been scouring cctv footage for his last known movements. the spanish civil guard said in a statement that the latest search would begin at 9:00 local time tomorrow in the village of

masca. they're asking for volunteers with experience, such as fire crews and professional search and rescue. the us president sparred with donald trump last night in the first televised debate in the race for the white house. with nearly two months to go until he's formally nominated as the democratic nominee, joe biden had hoped to build more support for his re—election, but the president often struggled to counter donald trump's aggressive style, allowing the former president to make a series of claims without being challenged or on their veracity. rather than quelling concerns about his age. joe biden's stilted and shaky performance has reignited concerns within the democratic party over whether he ought to be their nominee . be their nominee. >> before what i've been able to do with the with the covid excuse me , with, dealing with excuse me, with, dealing with everything we have to do with, look , if we finally beat medicare. >> thank you, president biden reports suggest some within the

democratic party are discussing ways in which joe biden could be replaced ahead of november's election, but no incumbent president has ever dropped out so late. >> in a campaign. and there appears to be little agreement on what would happen if he did. some have suggested vice president kamala harris or california governor gavin newsom as possible replacements, but president biden has shown no sign of standing down, and there's no clear mechanism to force him to do so . hsbc there's no clear mechanism to force him to do so. hsbc is there's no clear mechanism to force him to do so . hsbc is the force him to do so. hsbc is the latest bank to apologise to customers after some were locked out of their online banking. many people encountered difficulties on what's commonly known as payday for workers right across the country. it comes after other high street banks saw glitches with virgin money and nationwide also apologising to their customers. labour says those with a mortgage are paying around £200 more each month than before liz truss's mini—budget. the party says it analysed figures from the office for national statistics showing that costs of owning a home have ballooned

under the tories. speaking at a campaign event today, deputy leader angela rayner said labour's plan would give more support to working people. >> the new deal for working people will transform working people's lives. it will lift hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty. it will give people secure work and secure pay people secure work and secure pay because that's the focus and the foundation for anyone to build a life. you can't get a mortgage and finance. you can't support your family if you don't know where the money's coming from. from one week to the next. that's why the new deal is so important for many people. it will be a game changer for the uk's exit from recession. >> earlier this year was stronger than initial figures had suggested. the for office national statistics says the economy grew by 0.7% in the first three months of the year. the improvement was largely dnven the improvement was largely driven by the services sector, with stronger activity also seen in professional services and transport. and it could be good news for the prime minister, rishi sunak, who's made growing

the economy a key promise ahead of next week's election. princess anne has returned home after several days in hospital with minor injuries and concussion. the 73 year old was struck by a horse while walking on her estate in gloucestershire on her estate in gloucestershire on sunday evening. she experienced some memory loss and isn't able to recall exactly how the incident happened , but she the incident happened, but she is expected to make a full recovery and a house in los angeles, where marilyn monroe lived and tragically died has been saved from demolition. it comes after the brentwood home was bought by a couple who live in a neighbouring property , who in a neighbouring property, who planned to replace it with an extension. the city council has now voted unanimously to declare the spanish colonial style home a historical landmark which prevents any substantial alterations. however the couple reportedly have no plans to put it up for sale and say they'll appeal the decision. it was the only house ever owned by the hollywood icon. she lived there for six months until her death

in 1962. and those are your latest headlines for now. more later for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it is 1:06 now after a stumbling debate performance last night, senior figures in the democratic party are now discussing the previously unthinkable. >> yes, removing joe biden as the party's presumptive nominee and replacing him with someone else at the party's august convention. >> well, joe biden appeared dazed and confused at times in the debate and was seen to lose his way. let's remind ourselves of one of those moments eligible for what i've been able to do with the with the covid excuse me, with, dealing with everything we have to do with,

look , if we finally beat medicare. >> thank you, president biden . >> thank you, president biden. >> thank you, president biden. >> looks like he's falling asleep nodding off at the moment. yes. goodness me. well we're joined now by the professor of international politics at the university of birmingham, david dunn, david, we've discussed this debate to death. we really want to look to the future. what happens next? how might the democratic party actually go about replacing joe biden, if that is what this pressure leads to? >> i expect what's happening now across america is that that senior democrats are commissioning opinion polls to show that after this performance, that that biden would lose against trump. >> simultaneously, they'll be looking at opinion polls , looking at opinion polls, commissioning opinion polls that look at the prospects of kamala harris and other senior democrats , particular variety of democrats, particular variety of governors, showing that they

could do better against trump in november. what will then happen is that those polls will be presented to biden and to his wife , jill, who has has a big wife, jill, who has has a big influence over the president. and the case will be made that for the good of the party and the good of the nation, it's time to step aside. up until now, he has resisted that, arguing that he's the only one positioned to beat trump in november. having beaten him four years ago. what they will do will use those opinion polls to try and push the case that now, after that debate, your position is untenable and therefore you must go . must go. >> is it likely, though, david, that members of biden's party would consider replacing him? obviously, kamala harris yesterday saying it was a slow start, but there was a strong finish. the governor of california also speaking out , california also speaking out, saying that it was daylight versus darkness and that he gave his full backing to joe biden. is it likely they'd consider replacing him? >> well, in public, they have to

say that because until he goes , say that because until he goes, he is the candidate and therefore they have to make the best job of it. but in private, they'll be saying things very differently. they will be saying, this is a disaster and that the prospects of victory are diminished. and as a consequence, we still have time to replace him. it's not an easy job because kamala harris is very unpopular too. so there isn't the obvious replacement by his vice president, and therefore there may be have a double job on their hands of trying to persuade her to stand aside to clear the way for a more popular candidate , a fresh more popular candidate, a fresh face to come in from outside who actually could do the job and challenge trump in november? >> yes , david, i mean, this is >> yes, david, i mean, this is the extraordinary thing about it all, they can't do this. simple. it perhaps would have already happened were the vice presidential candidate, someone who was supremely popular in the country, who then who then might the democrats be looking to ?

the democrats be looking to? we've already mentioned gavin newsom, the governor of california, another name doing the rounds, of course, gretchen whitmer, the governor of michigan. i suppose they might be in the mix, maybe even people who've run beforehand, the transport secretary, pete buttigieg . buttigieg. >> yes. but the fact that that that your listeners won't have heard of these people is an indication of how we've ended up with with, biden being on the ticket the second time around. so, so far , these are not big so, so far, these are not big figures. and as you say, having the governor of california run, well, california is a particular taste and doesn't go down very well across the rest of the country, let alone a lot of those, swing states that he hopes the democrats hope to win in november. so there's a problem there, where whitman, of course, comes from a state that's in contention. so there'll be the advantage of having her. but she's a relative unknown. so the democrats have got the real difficulty of

actually taking someone who is not known nationally, who is not a commanding figure who hasn't a great reputation. who hasn't the stature of someone like joe biden, who of course, was vice president for eight years before he became president and trying to make them the candidate. but that only works if they get biden to actually accept, to stand aside and ideally to get, harris to stand aside, too. and they are big challenges. so they've really got their work cut out for them. >> let me ask you, david, of course, uk politics are >> let me ask you, david, of course, m course, up now as we approach that general election. at the debate, the other night, one member of the other night, one member of the general public asked of sir keir starmer and rishi sunak, are they really the two best candidates this country has got? do you think there's a similar feeling over in the us about joe biden and donald trump? are they really the two best candidates? >> if it's possible to believe the situation is even more stark in america , some surveys have in america, some surveys have shown 75% or 80% of the

population want none of those two candidates. the washington post refers to as these people as double haters. they hate both candidates, and they don't just dislike them, they actually actively hate them. they actually, really don't want them to be the candidates. so if biden doesn't stand aside, it's likely that there'll be more support for the third party candidate who was also problematic in a variety of ways. robert kennedy jr, because he is a conspiracy theorist and astinus as a fringe candidate in many respects. but, given that the there isn't much support, or enthusiasm, i should say, for these candidates then then they may well be leaking support to third party candidates in the same way that the debate in the uk has fractured beyond the main two parties too. >> well, david dunn , professor >> well, david dunn, professor of international politics at the university of birmingham, really appreciate your time this afternoon, thanks for your expertise. >> now the election is less than

a week away, but away from the promises made by the politicians. businesses are still struggling with inflation and energy prices. our west midlands reporter , jack carson, midlands reporter, jack carson, has been finding out what hospitality wants from the next government . government. >> month by month, more british boozers call last orders for the final time in the first three months of 2024, pub closures were up 51% on last year. >> since the pandemic, the hospitality industry feels like it's never really recovered, with 3.5 million people employed in the sector. its sustainability is vital for the next government, but inflation and energy bills have left a bitter taste in smethwick in the west midlands, davenports have been brewing since 1829. >> this is a fermenter. been brewing since 1829. >> this is a fermenter . this is >> this is a fermenter. this is where all the sugars that are from the wort after the boil are transferred, cooled to down a suitable temperature for the yeast and the yeast, then converts those sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide. >> brewer myles explains how

difficult making their ales and lagers has become. >> the physical ingredients themselves are the ones that you would normally think about the grains, the hops. >> obviously the farmers have to pay >> obviously the farmers have to pay more to be able to grow them . now their time is at a premium. their land is being more heavily taxed, so we're at a point where grains are getting relatively more expensive. so we're all kind of sat there watching this downward spiral in prices, which is eventually going to rub off on our profitability as far as the duty goes, though, the rate is such a huge portion of our production costs. you've got your energy , costs. you've got your energy, you've got your raw materials. but duty is coming out around 40% of costs per individual packaged pint that we sell. >> the conservatives say they'll launch a review of licensing laws and planning rules aimed at boosting venues like pubs. within the first 100 days. laboun within the first 100 days. labour, meanwhile, have promised new right to buy powers given to communities to purchase pubs on the brink. and, like the liberal democrats , reform business rates democrats, reform business rates in england. but in the

davenport's pub, the queen's head, what will make the difference to this brewery? >> let's talk about business rates , the relief on those, rates, the relief on those, let's prolong that. give us a stable base, and i'd start looking at the energy costs and maybe some sort of relief for small businesses or hospitality businesses, where it is a fundamental part of what you do all the time. customers rely on that. >> but the energy of the brewery, particularly at the brewery, particularly at the brewery, went from, you know, like £3,000 a month to £10,000 a month, just for the just actually for brewing beer, which makes it and you can't obviously put your prices up to match, can you? >> so that's it. virtually impossible to stand. >> i'd want to see taxation. i would want to see some sort of taxation and the duty on alcohol. i mean, the supermarket versus the pint in a bar. how can that be? right. the disparity there. and i just think level the playing field. we were talking about this the other day weren't we. level the playing field promises from the politicians. >> but a warning from hospitality . urgent action is hospitality. urgent action is needed for the great british pubs ultimate survival jack

carson gb news. >> well, thank you very much for that. >> well, thank you very much for that . jack carson very that. jack carson very interesting hearing what the hospitality industry would like from the new government. >> well, who might that government be made up of? what might parliament look like in less than a week's time? joining us now is the conservative parliamentary candidate, david simmons. david, thank you for joining us, we saw growth figures out this morning, bit better than expected growth figures. in fact, the prime minister has been trumpeting these growth figures, saying that the uk was the fastest growing g7 economy in the first quarter of this year. it all leads me to think, why on earth did he call the election now and not in october, when people might start to feel some of the effects of this economic growth? >> there's lots of good signs of what's happening in the economy. >> and the prime minister took the decision to press ahead with some tax cuts because the benefit of the decisions that we took earlier on means that

there's a bit more money to go around. and of course, the uk is beginning to earn its living in the world again. >> now there are a number of these signs that have been coming out over the last few weeks. >> there's been a big uptick in retail sales of 2.9. >> there are these growth figures that we're seeing in the economy. >> we've seen all the major banks reducing the interest rates on mortgages that are available, and that means that both cost of living is beginning to ease, but also that businesses are seeing that there's a good signs there that it's a wise time to invest here in the uk. >> now, it's really hard to make a judgement about exactly when in the electoral cycle is the best time to go to the country. but with this kind of news coming out with an election next week, it voters have got a real choice on their hands. they can see the benefit of the decisions that were taken working in their economy, in their job, in their business, in their day to day lives. or they can take a risk of huge tax rises from a labour government, should it come in with a huge majority. >> well, david, growth might be up, but it's not quite as an attractive of a picture. is it. when we take a look at mortgages of course the labour party today bringing those ons figures that

families under the conservative government are paying an extra £211 per month on their mortgage for families at home who are already struggling to pay those mortgages, why would they vote for a conservative government? >> we've all been hit by the increases in interest rates that have happened across the world. in response to the rise in inflation driven by vladimir putin's illegal invasion of ukraine, and we know that that's had an impact here in the uk. but the news this week that all of the major banks here in the uk have decided to reduce the interest rates that they are charging on mortgages and their offering to new customers is a sign that they recognise that the interest rate environment is improving and that will help to ease things for people's household budgets . household budgets. >> yet people aren't feeling that even if interest rates come down in the in the next two opportunities from the from the bank of england, as as many people expect, people will still feel like they're paying a lot more. they're not going to go back down to the to the nought to the, to the 0.5% days that

people that borrowers enjoyed in recent history , we're living in recent history, we're living in a changed world and, and perhaps thatis a changed world and, and perhaps that is the backdrop, the uncomfortable backdrop to which this election is being run. >> we're still living with the after effects of the covid pandemic. and russia's illegal invasion of ukraine, and the impact that that's had on inflation. and there have been some other positive signs. we've had two years on the trot now where wage growth has exceeded inflation. that shows that people are having more money in their pockets. the tax cuts, in particular the reduction in national insurance, means that working people have more money in their take home pay than they would have done previously. and the fact that things like interest rates, but also fuel pnces interest rates, but also fuel prices are beginning to working. >> people have seen thresholds frozen. so yes, there have been tax cuts , but they have just tax cuts, but they have just started to eat away at the, effects of that fiscal drag that we've seen people being dragged into higher tax brackets than they otherwise would have been . they otherwise would have been. >> well, people know that we

doubled the level of thresholds in 20 1011, but since that penod in 20 1011, but since that period we've had a number of things, in particular, the huge cost of bailing out both household budgets and businesses through the pandemic and providing things like the business rate support that we just heard about. so pubs and hospitality, many of those things still carried on. and then the direct intervention to pay then the direct intervention to pay around half of people's energy bills. so households didn't feel as much pressure as they might have done as a consequence of vladimir putin's attack on ukraine. and all of that does have to be. and the conservatives are very committed in government to ensuring that we balance the books, that people know that what's out there is both transparent and that it adds up. and whilst they're always going to be criticism for what's being put forward, it's completely clear that under a conservative government, the tax burden will be significantly lower than it will be under labour. and labour can't say which taxes they're going to put up, although they do have a huge black hole in the budget that they're putting forward. >> some people might argue , >> some people might argue, david, that ukraine is being used as a bit of a scapegoat in all of this. as tom said ,

all of this. as tom said, families are still feeling the pinch. i'm sure our viewers at home, they don't particularly want to hear about ukraine. what they want to hear is if the conservatives were to become the next government, what they would be doing to make life easier and make life cheaper for themselves , we're determined to be straight with people at this election. >> we know that ukraine is a huge exporter of oil, of gas and of staple foodstuffs. so the impact of the war on its ability to get those things out into global markets has had a ripple effect across the whole world. it's why these prices have risen everywhere in the world and everybody's been affected by it. but the strategy of having a long term economic plan for growth in jobs, with 4 million more people in work since 2010, halve the rate of youth unemployment. all that means that people are in a position where they can earn their living and have opportunities out there to increase their household income , and we already know that income, and we already know that there are more job vacancies in there are more job vacancies in the uk than there are people who are unemployed. and that,

similarly is a good sign that our economy has great underlying strength and that we have the ability to bounce back from this. but we need to balance that with the need to pay off some of the debts that we've incurred. helping people through these big economic shocks, and make sure that we don't pass that on to the next generation. that's why we've been completely clear about what our financial plans are and why we are challenging the labour party. but setting out huge increases in spending in all kinds of different areas of our national life, but can't say which taxes they would raise in order to pay for that . for that. >> okay, well, david simmons, conservative parliamentary candidate, thank you very much for joining us and talking forjoining us and talking through those issues. really important stuff. >> now , police in tenerife have >> now, police in tenerife have called on volunteers to assist with a new large scale search for j. slater. more on that forj. slater. more on that after the .

break. >> good afternoon . britain. it's >> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:26 now. police in tenerife have called on volunteers to assist with a new large scale search for j. slater. assist with a new large scale search forj. slater. it's assist with a new large scale search for j. slater. it's set to begin on saturday at 9:00. >> meanwhile, the mother of the missing teenager says some of the money raised by a crowdfunding appeal will be withdrawn to help with the search. so far, the appeal has raised over £40,000. let's get a bit more now from our gb news reporter, charlie peters. charlie, thank you so much for joining us. >> absolutely. so this operation is now reaching its 12th day. it's been particularly intense since the mountain rescue teams were organised last tuesday, and the civil guard in tenerife have released a statement in the last couple of hours saying that they are preparing and coordinating a large search operation to find the british young man missing in the british young man missing in the town of masca. they go on to say that we are requesting collaboration of all volunteer associations. the civil

protection fire department and including private experts in the difficult search. it will begin on saturday 29th of june at 9 am. and they said that due to the disappearance of j. slater on the 17th, they are going to conduct this massive search operation. so expanding the remit beyond those mountain rescue teams into a broader volunteer led operation as we know, plenty of volunteers have already been stuck in on this search, many since the middle of last week, many people flying out quite soon after when the family sent out an appeal. now, the civil guard said that the massive search will begin on saturday. they've got a meeting point in place, but they did say that considering that this is difficult and rocky terrain with several cliffs , mountains and several cliffs, mountains and other conditions to engage with, there is going to be a particular stress on this search that they're launching tomorrow. they are calling in for people who are able to conduct that sort of operation. i think

that's worth noting, because a couple of days ago, we did know that the civil guard were conducting that mountain rescue, and they bumped into a scotsman who had gotten lost for a few hours. this is treacherous terrain. it is barren. it's unforgiving, but it's also extremely mountainous. it's very easy to get lost in one of those ravines. and yesterday we saw the civil rescue teams moving away from the bottom of those valleys, starting to look inside caves, possible areas that jay slater may have looked for some shelter. >> it is fascinating to see the scale of this operation, but one of the difficulties is that the spanish police seem to operate in such a different way than the police do in the united kingdom. we don't get as many regular updates. there aren't police liaison officers. in many ways, this is quite an opaque investigation. >> not opaque is certainly the word that many critics are using on the island, because there has not been a single press conference from the civil guard since this operation was launched. there's no opportunities for journalists and people on the ground to ask those direct questions. we're being drip fed.

those direct questions. we're being drip fed . information and being drip fed. information and occasional newspaper reports are providing updates. you're only able really to judge the civil guards mountain rescue teams based on what you can see them doing. and so there was an understanding that the procedure and the tactics for this rescue had shifted when so many convoys. and we believe that there are four units on the ground moved away from those ravines. and the sniffer dogs brought in from madrid helicopters and drones started to shift further up. some of those mountainous areas from the depth of the valley in the rural dittaino area, which is about 36 miles north of where jay slater was on saturday and sunday. so the 16th of june, when he was last seen partying on the south of the island. so it is opaque and as a consequence, a lot of people have flown in to try and support, in their own way, a third party investigator brought in by the family is now on the island. he said that more lines of inquiry are open. he's considering the criminal underworld on the island. he's also saying that they need to speak to the two british men

that jay slater stayed with on the night of the 16th of june, who have now returned to britain. friends of the family have criticised the police for not providing sufficient information in english as well. they didn't have a translator at the start, and they've also been concerned that lancashire police have offered resources and had those rejected fundamentally, of all these back and forths go on, as all this criticism continues, jay slater is still missing and a significant operation expanded . operation will launch tomorrow at 9 am. >> let me just quickly ask you, charlie, it's a significant operation. they seem to have thrown drones, dogs, aircraft at this . but this is day 12 thrown drones, dogs, aircraft at this. but this is day 12 now. thrown drones, dogs, aircraft at this . but this is day 12 now. is this. but this is day 12 now. is it a little bit too late, perhaps? >> i think this conversation is moving more away from rescue to recovery. in many cases. the families say that they still have hope. they're praying that the best possible outcome can occur here, and they're also hitting back at some of the quite disturbing stuff we've seen online with sort of social media sleuths and armchair

investigators getting stuck in on social media, sharing their own theories . tom, i've shown own theories. tom, i've shown you before some ludicrous attempts for people to investigate in this masca area investigate in this masca area in the north—west of the island, where people were looking on google maps and saying, why haven't they gone over there? and people and people showing their own ideas about what the civil guard should be doing. fundamentally, there the subject matter experts, that's their turf and the family have confidence that they can do the right thing. >> they don't need some british facebook user saying we should leave little packets of food on the roadside in case he comes across them. i mean, some of these comments have been, i mean, just unhelpful, unhelpful, unhelpful and upsetting. >> i mean , imagine if your >> i mean, imagine if your family is in that appalling situation, you are on one hand, as you said, there's over £40,000 from go fund me. all that generous support to extend the stay. support volunteers . the stay. support volunteers. but at the same time, you've also got to fend off the wild speculation and the unhelpful comments from trolls online. >> well, charlie peters, thank

you so much for bringing us all of that, more updates, of course, as we get them. we'll be returning to this story later in the program . the now coming up, the program. the now coming up, princess anne has been discharged after five nights in a bristol hospital. we'll have all the very latest after your headunes all the very latest after your headlines with tatiana . headlines with tatiana. >> tom. thank you. the top stories this hour from the gb newsroom. police in tenerife are calling for specialist volunteers to take part in a new large scale search for a british teenagen large scale search for a british teenager. jay slater went missing 12 days ago and police have been scouring cctv footage for his last known movements . for his last known movements. the spanish civil guard said in a statement today that the latest search would begin at 9:00 local time tomorrow in the village of masca. they're asking for volunteers with experience such as fire crews and professional search and rescue . professional search and rescue. the us president sparred with donald trump last night in the

first televised debate in the race for the white house. with nearly two months to go until he's formally nominated as the democratic nominee, joe biden had hoped to build more support for his re—election , but the for his re—election, but the president often struggled to counter donald trump's style, allowing the former president to make several claims without being challenged . meanwhile, being challenged. meanwhile, labour says those with a mortgage are paying around £200 more every month than before. liz truss's mini—budget. the tories say the cost of borrowing has increased all over the world. but labour says tax cuts announced by the prime minister could see rates rise. yet again. and the metropolitan police says the total of 27 just stop oil supporters have been arrested in a coordinated raid after the group threatened to disrupt summer holidays. four people were arrested on tuesday after being identified at gatwick airport and have since been released on bail. it also comes after six members of the group, some described as being key organisers, were arrested in east london, in hackney last

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>> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:38. and now some good news from the royal family. princess anne has left hospital where she was treated for minor head injuries and concussion after being struck by a horse. >> the king's sister spent five nights at southmead hospital in bristol after being hurt on sunday evening. let's get more on this from former bbc royal correspondent michael cole. michael, thank you so much for joining us. obviously, incredible news that the princess royal has been able to leave hospital. now what more can you tell us? >> good afternoon sir. >> good afternoon sir. >> good afternoon tom. yes. good news. i'm sure the princess royal news. i'm sure the princess royal, was champing at the bit. if i can use an equestrian expression to be home for the weekend . but, you know, weekend. but, you know, concussion is no minor matter. hence the five night stay at southmead trauma centre in bristol, the princess chose not

to be pictured as she left hospital . we didn't see her. her hospital. we didn't see her. her husband, vice admiral sir timothy laurence, issued a very fulsome, praise for the staff and thank you to them at the hospital. but what is known is that the princess will not be returning to royal duties, which is a very keen pursuer of such, and for the foreseeable future, she was supposed to be going to canada this weekend. this week she was supposed to have been in scotland, but obviously she's not going to do any of that until the doctors sign her off and say that she's back fit and ready to discharge her duties. and of course, she is the most hard working member of the royal family. it's worth saying that she has been this route before. 1976. april. she had a very bad fall. horse rolled on top of her at the portman horse trials in

dorset , and at the portman horse trials in dorset, and then at the portman horse trials in dorset , and then she at the portman horse trials in dorset, and then she broke a bone, in fact. and they thought she couldn't, appear in the olympics at montreal that year. but she did, and she had another fall, and she was concussed there. so she's been through the mill here. but that was 48 years ago. she's a little bit older now. she's 73, 74, in august. so all we can do is wish her well and i'm sure she'll have her family around her telling her to take it easy. but knowing her, that's the last thing she wants to do. >> absolutely. michael you so rightly reference how hard, princess anne, the princess royal does work. i mean, i've got a number in front of me here. between 2002 and 2022, she carried out 11,088 engagements, more than any other member of the royal family. it boggles the mind just to think about that many, engagements. but there's a serious point here, because this comes down at a time of not just a slimmed down royal family but

three senior royals , to varying three senior royals, to varying degrees, out of action. >> yeah. and tom, who foresaw this, nobody other than the princess royal because before the coronation, she did a lengthy interview with canadian broadcasting cbc . and she called broadcasting cbc. and she called in question quite robustly , her in question quite robustly, her brother's statement that he wanted a slimmed down monarchy. she said, how are we going to do it? there's not enough of us anyway. she was referencing the fact that the queen had died , fact that the queen had died, prince philip had died and other people were hors de combat for various reasons. the duke and duchess of sussex, off in california , and for reasons we california, and for reasons we don't need to go into , prince don't need to go into, prince andrew, no longer a working member of the royal family. so she said, you know what's going to happen? how are we going to keep the show on the road? but you're quite right. she's top of the royal pops. she does more engagements than anybody and that includes the king and she's immensely popular because of that. she's very much her

father's daughter. she's robust in her speech and everything she does. but people like that, they they warm to it, and she recognises that four letter word duty and has always discharged her own . her own. >> michael, obviously it's been you mentioned that it's been a grim year so far for the royals medically, could this be that this is the royal family's modern annus horribilis? obviously, the queen referencing that in 1992. is this the modern version? >> do you know that's an excellent point. i hadn't thought of that, but i think it's worth considering because, as you say , kate, princess of as you say, kate, princess of wales, went into hospital, the king went into hospital. that was a great day on gb news. and i remember i was with you. i mean, we were wondering what on earth was happening and then the announcements that they both can, had a contracted a form of cancen can, had a contracted a form of cancer, the sort we don't actually know . and of course, in actually know. and of course, in addition to that, although she's only a semi—detached member of the royal family, sarah, duchess

of york, had breast cancer and other forms of cancer. i think skin cancer. so it's not a good year on the health front . on the year on the health front. on the other hand, when you look at it, i've strangely enough never seen in its counterproductive. i've never seen the king look so happy. so fulfilled, so within himself. and i did my first television report on him. goodness gracious . 56 years ago, goodness gracious. 56 years ago, when he went to cambridge trinity college , the day he trinity college, the day he started there. and i've never seen him so relaxed and so enjoying himself . perhaps, you enjoying himself. perhaps, you know, the tap on the shoulder by fate. you know, you've got cancen fate. you know, you've got cancer. make the use of every single day , which is good advice single day, which is good advice to all of us. >> absolutely. and i suppose he knows he has the whole country behind him. well, michael cole , behind him. well, michael cole, thank you as always for joining us. really appreciate your thoughts and your expertise. >> coming up, rishi sunak has condemned the shocking comments made about him by reform uk we'll be showing what the prime minister said

break. >> good afternoon. britain. it is 1:47, and the prime minister has responded to a reform uk activist's comments caught on camera, referring to him as a racial slur, saying he is hurt and he's angry. >> just a warning. this clip does contain censored offensive remarks. take a listen . remarks. take a listen. >> when my two daughters have to see and hear reform, people who campaigned for nigel farage calling me an f, it hurts and it makes me angry. and i think he has some questions to answer. when you see reform candidates and campaigners seemingly using racist and misogynistic language and opinions seemingly without challenge, i think it tells you something about the culture

within the reform party. our politics and country is better than that . it's my duty to call than that. it's my duty to call out this corrosive and divisive behaviour incredibly candid clip there from the prime minister reform uk leader nigel farage condemned those remarks as prejudiced and wrong and said those recorded using the offensive language are not welcome on the party's campaign. >> well, there was an activist that said some pretty unpleasant things, very, very prejudice, very wrong. >> mr parker will not be welcomed back. but hey, you know what? >> he's put a statement out already saying his views he knows are not mine. >> in rob bates said some silly things for which, by the way , things for which, by the way, not offensive, but stupid things about the campaign, how it's being run. and george jones expressed frustration about the police having pride flags on their cars. but both those people, to be clear, won't be working with your campaign anymore. all of us say silly things after a drink. it was very unwelcome. >> well, mr farage uses the word

silly there. i think we can all agree that it's perhaps a little bit more than silly. those comments made about the prime minister. yes. >> i think what nigel might have been referring to there was the pride flag condemnation because there because there are multiple , reports of multiple activists . , reports of multiple activists. some of them range from the silly to the racist. and i think it is remarkable seeing what the prime minister said there using the racial slur himself on camera. that's an incredibly powerful moment indeed. >> i think a lot of people will really relate to that and kind of see a different side, perhaps to rishi sunak that he's willing to rishi sunak that he's willing to address that. so on the nose, as you say, using those words himself, really taking that back. and you could see, i think in, in that clip that he was, really quite upset by, by those words as i think we all are. >> yeah. i think perhaps this is the most human we've seen. rishi rishi sunak in this election

campaign. you could you could really hear that emotion in his voice very often. he can sound pretty automaton. he can sound fairly robotic. but perhaps we're seeing a different side to him. >> i think the politics were drop there, weren't they? and we saw instead, as you say, a real human moment from rishi sunak. and it'll be interesting to see now how that affects the polls. obviously, there's conversation about the supermajority versus just an average majority. it'd be interesting to see how that is now going to fluctuate. yes. >> no, certainly there will be no doubt many different pollsters looking at what the country thinks about what has happened today, because ultimately this is perhaps the reform party's problem. they have a very enthusiastic base, but perhaps the ceiling that that party has in electoral terms, they have not yet gone beyond far beyond 20% in any

major poll, they have pretty consistently got an average of about 15. and their question marks, if that, if that progress in the polls has stalled because of some of these incidents and some of these gaffes. >> absolutely. and i think perhaps that comes with the youth of the party. of course, they haven't been around as long as other major political parties. and maybe that's something that comes with experience, but it's still very , experience, but it's still very, very shocking regardless and certainly not acceptable , from certainly not acceptable, from that particular member of reform. >> no, no. really interesting stuff there. it will be, of course, as we get more reaction to this, we'll bring it to you. but on to other news. now, to according the bank of england, 3 million uk households will see their monthly mortgage repayments jump by more than a quarter within two years. >> the uk's central bank claims the typical person looking to refinance their mortgage over the next 24 months will see monthly repayments rise by £180,

meaning the average annual mortgage bill will rise by more than £2,000. in contrast, those with a variable rate mortgage will likely see their monthly repayments decline by the end of this year. >> well, let's get the opinion now of the chief executive of the family building society, mark bogard, because , mark, this mark bogard, because, mark, this is this is the sort of paradox i suppose we're expecting rates to fall. but for many people they'll end up paying more . they'll end up paying more. >> yes. so we're halfway through a process now, which started in december 2021, when the bank of england started putting up interest rates. >> the most common mortgage product that people have is a five year fixed. >> so it's just really luck when in this lottery of where interest rates are, at the time that your mortgage fixed mortgage product comes to an end, you get a new one, and if you're unlucky, it's happened to you're unlucky, it's happened to you in the last six months, you've had a decision as to to

what do. interest rates will probably start coming down, the market's expecting 325 basis point cuts. one in august or september, one in december and then one in march. so it will get less bad going forward, but rates are much higher than they were if people took out a mortgage five years ago when interest rates were very, very low , less bad. low, less bad. >> their mark, is that really the best that our families up and down the country are struggling? is that the best that we can be offering them ? that we can be offering them? >> yes. look, interest rates were very, very low. >> there was a period when you could get 80 or 90 different mortgages at below 1. bank base rate is now 5.25. >> so your mortgage will cost you a lot more. >> and in those bank of england figures, there were 400,000 people who would really hurt. and those people are people on an interest only mortgage. so if

you're only paying the interest on your mortgage and it was a 2% mortgage, and when you remortgage, it will be a 5% mortgage, your monthly mortgage payment will go up two and a half times . half times. >> now that is an astonishing thing to think about. but of course, mark, there'll be many people watching this, tearing their hair out, saying that, in fact , interest rates in the 90s fact, interest rates in the 90s went far beyond, into the double digits, can can today really be a comparison to that ? a comparison to that? >> well, the really interesting thing is that mortgage arrears and repossession, so people who can't pay their mortgage anymore are really, really low . and are really, really low. and that's very good news. and that is a policy success for the bank of england . so after the of england. so after the financial crash in two thousand and seven and 2008, which was very painful for people when mortgage lenders like us, assess

affordability for an individual, they have had to assume that rates would be much higher than they were at the time. so we had to stress people's mortgage to show that they could still pay if it was 7.25, you know, today you can get the five year fixed at four and a half. so people were people are actually able to pay were people are actually able to pay these higher rates. it sucks money out of the economy. it's horrible and lousy for the people involved. but what you're not seeing a repossessions and arrears so that that's really good news in a world that is very tough for people. >> well , mark very tough for people. >> well, mark bogard, thank you so much for talking us through that issue. of course, many people will be, worrying that these rates will remain high, but there are of course, we can't forget the savers in all of this as well. people with savings might well be thinking actually , it's about time that actually, it's about time that we have a more normal level of interest rates finally making a bit more sense to save. >> absolutely. i think that it's

a difficult situation for a lot of people, isn't it, these days. but like you say, swings and roundabouts with all these kind of things. >> yeah, there are always two sides to a story. although clearly the way in which you shift, really does matter. well,

off. good afternoon. britain. it's 2:00 on friday, the 28th of june. i'm tom harwood, and i'm sophie reaper. rishi sunak responds to a reform uk activist's comments caught on camera, referring to him as a racial slur. the prime minister says he's hurt and angry. we'll have the latest . have the latest. >> after a stumbling debate performance. democrats are now discussing the previously unthinkable, removing their presumptive nominee and picking a last minute new candidate. but is it all too late ? is it all too late? >> princess anne has been

discharged after five nights in a bristol hospital. her royal highness's husband, vice admiral sir tim laurence, expressed his warmest thanks for the hospital's care , expertise and hospital's care, expertise and kindness and police searching for missing teenager jay slater in tenerife are appealing for expert volunteers to help with a massive search starting tomorrow it's -- it's so strange to see a police force that has been acting in such an opaque way , suddenly such an opaque way, suddenly appealing for help from ordinary members of the public. it's almost sort of it runs contrary to everything that we understand about police operations. >> well, i know it's a point you made earlier, tom, about lancashire police for example, offering their help and it being rejected. but now tenerife police turning around and actually asking for the public's help, obviously a massive

operation. we had charlie peters in earlier talking about just how much they're throwing at this. but on day 12, where is that hope is there any hope left? the family say so, but it must be starting to wane at this point. yes. >> and i mean, my goodness, if you're going to be a member of the public to be involved in a search like this, you've got to be pretty mentally prepared for what you might find, it's a it's becoming a very, very sad story. >> absolutely. and it's not a, a story we haven't seen before. of course, plenty of things like this in the past. well, we want your views and comments on this. so you can do that by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. we'll have more after your headlines with tatiana . tatiana. >> sophie. thank you. the top stories this hour a video has emerged of a reform uk campaigner making racist comments about the prime minister andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks. he's now apologised but

insists he was goaded into making them. rishi sunak says the reform uk leader has questions to answer a warning. the following clip contains some offensive language . offensive language. >> when my two daughters have to see and hear reform , people who see and hear reform, people who campaign for nigel farage calling me an f it hurts and it makes me angry and i think he has some questions to answer. when you see reform candidates and campaigners seemingly using racist and misogynistic language and opinions seemingly without challenge, i think it tells you something about the culture within the reform party. our politics and country is better than that . it's my duty to call than that. it's my duty to call out this corrosive and divisive behaviour. >> the video was obtained by channel 4 news. they have vigorously defended the clip's veracity, but reform uk's leader nigel farage described it as a set up . set up. >> someone told us he was an actor, we rang him this morning.

the daily telegraph rang him this morning. he denied point blank that he was an actor. it turns out he is an actor. i found his website. he's a well—spoken actor who does something called rough speaking. well, i was in the office when he arrived last saturday and he was doing rough speaking. it was an act right from the very start. >> you've met him? >> you've met him? >> he. i was working and he came in and came up to me and said hello. and then he went out canvassing where the undercover filming took place. and he was rough speaking. he wasn't being himself from day one. i have to tell you, this whole thing is a complete and total set up. >> the us president sparred with donald trump last night in the first televised debate in the race for the white house. with nearly two months to go until he's formally nominated as the democratic nominee, joe biden had hoped to build more support for his re—election, but the president often struggled to counter donald trump's style, allowing the former president to make a series of claims without being challenged on their veracity rather than quelling

concerns about his age. joe biden's stilted and shaky performance has reignited concerns within the democratic party over whether he ought to be their nominee. >> for what i've been able to do with the with the covid excuse me , with, dealing with me, with, dealing with everything we have to do with, look , if we finally beat medicare. >> thank you, president biden. >> thank you, president biden. >> police in tenerife are calling for specialist volunteers to take part in a new large scale search for a missing british teenager. jay slater went missing 12 days ago, and police have been scouring cctv footage for his last known movements . the spanish civil movements. the spanish civil guard said in a statement today that the latest search would begin at 9:00 local time tomorrow in the village of masca. they're asking for volunteers with experience, such as fire crews and professional search and rescue . the search and rescue. the metropolitan police says a total of 27 just stop oil supporters

have been arrested in a coordinated raid after the group threatened to disrupt summer holidays. four people were arrested on tuesday after being identified at gatwick airport. they've since been released on bail. it also comes after six members of the group, some described as being key organisers, were arrested in hackney in east london last night . hsbc hackney in east london last night. hsbc is the hackney in east london last night . hsbc is the latest bank night. hsbc is the latest bank to apologise to its customers after some were locked out of their online banking. many people encountered difficulties on what's commonly pay day for workers across the country. it comes after other high street banks saw glitches with virgin money and nationwide also apologising to their customers. princess anne has returned home after several days in hospital with minor injuries and concussion. the 73 year old was struck by a horse while walking on her estate in gloucestershire on her estate in gloucestershire on sunday evening. yesterday, her husband, vice admiral sir tim laurence, told reporters she was recovering slowly after he visited her in hospital and a

house in los angeles, where marilyn monroe lived and tragically died, has been saved from demolition. it comes after the brentwood home was bought by a couple who live in a neighbouring property, who planned to replace it with an extension . the city council has extension. the city council has now voted unanimously to declare the spanish colonial style home a historical landmark which prevents any substantial alterations. however, the couple reportedly have no plans to put it up for sale and say they will appeal the decision. it was the only house ever owned by the hollywood icon. she lived there for six months until her death in 1962. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it is

2:07. now rishi sunak has responded to a reform uk activist's comments caught on camera, referring to him as a racial slur. the prime minister said he is hurt and he is angry. >> yeah, well my two daughters have to see and hear reform. people who campaigned for nigel farage calling me an effing . it farage calling me an effing. it huns farage calling me an effing. it hurts and it makes me angry. and i think he has some questions to answer. when you see reform candidates and campaigners seemingly using racist and misogynistic language and opinions seemingly without challenge, i think it tells you something about the culture within the reform party. our politics and country is better than that . it's my duty to call than that. it's my duty to call out this corrosive and divisive behaviour. >> while reform uk leader nigel farage has condemned the remarks as prejudiced and wrong, and said those recorded using the offensive language are not welcome on the party's campaign.

>> well, there was an activist that said some pretty unpleasant things. very, very prejudiced, very wrong. mr parker will not be welcomed back. but hey, you know what? he's put a statement out already saying his views he knows are not mine. in. rob bates said some silly things for which, by the way, not offensive, but stupid things about the campaign, how it's being run and george jones expressed frustration about the police having pride flags on their cars. >> but both those people to be clear, won't be working with your campaign anymore. >> all of us say silly things after a drink. it was very unwelcome . unwelcome. >> now, nigel farage, they're speaking about three separate activists who were recorded saying various things. but i think what is really grabbing the attention of and certainly grabbed the attention of the prime minister was the volunteer, was the activist who called the prime minister an effing p word ? effing p word? >> it's shocking, isn't it? i mean, in this day and age, using

that kind of language at all is just absolutely remarkable, let alone someone involved in politics. and i think as you say, nigel farage has come out and kind of addressed those as we obviously assume he would. he's been quoted saying he he's distanced himself from the comments, saying the canvas language was vulgar, drunken and wrong and that they'd been kicked out of the party. but i think, is that a little bit, a little bit too late now? it's had the, the effect that it will obviously have. >> and then we've got this bizarre story that is being put about that. this guy is a paid actor, that it was a set up. that's what nigel farage has been saying on loose women. earlier today, which strikes me as a very, very strange thing to say because it doesn't seem to be borne out by all that much evidence. i mean, the guy. it's perfectly possible to both be an actor and to be a volunteer for actor and to be a volunteer for a political party. >> absolutely. well, to shed a little bit more light on this very confusing story, we're joined now by gb news political

correspondent katherine forster catherine, incredibly complex, and i hope you've had a little bit of time to get your head around it. what can you tell us? >> yes, this is really a very bad news indeed, isn't it, for nigel farage and reform more broadly, because it comes hot on the heels of those rather controversial remarks that farage made about a week ago, about the fact that the west had provoked vladimir putin and that being a factor in the fact that russia had invaded ukraine. so we've got the front page of the telegraph today, where the prime minister saying that, nigel farage is an apologist for vladimir putin, and now we have also this very, very damaging story of outright racism and homophobia on the campaign trail in clacton. now it is all a little bit murky because as you as you've referenced, this

campaigner andrew parker , is an campaigner andrew parker, is an actor, a part time actor and speaks very well in the clip that i've seen rather differently in clacton. but he is saying, yes. you know, this is saying, yes. you know, this is this is these, these were my views, these are my genuine views. and i'm very, very, very sorry. he's denying that there's any sort of something odd going on that's, rather a different view from some of the people higher up in reform are taking. but i thought it was very striking. the words of the prime minister again, for the second time in, you know, a couple of weeks and having to respond to to, incidents to do with the reform party saying that, you know, he has two young daughters, that they are going to hear their father referred to as a, you know, an effing as he said. he said, i, i know it's shocking for me to say those

words, but i think it needs to be called out for what it's what it is. and that nigel farage, has questions to answer now. nigel farage, of course , saying nigel farage, of course, saying that this is absolutely indefensible, that he will have nothing more to do with this man, that he will not be welcome in the party. but of course, it's one of a number of incidents where people associated with the reform or reform candidates have been found to have said or liked tweets or whatever that are offensive. so this is difficult for reform. and i think worth beanng for reform. and i think worth bearing in mind , too, that bearing in mind, too, that although reform are still sometimes beating the conservatives now in the polls , conservatives now in the polls, there's been several polls out now where that has happened, there has been a little bit of a dip in the last few days since those comments about beating. and you do have to wonder whether there may be a further dip coming as a result of this. >> now, just like to take this

opportunity to apologise to anyone who might have been offended by language that was used. of course, these are deeply serious topics that are being discussed, but catherine, today you're following the labour party and they're talking about mortgages . about mortgages. >> yes they are. they had a stunt where more used to seeing it with sir ed davey, aren't we? but this is something the conservatives did do a few months ago in wellingborough over tax. they're talking about this £4,200. they say mortgage bombshell which they're claiming is a direct result of conservative policies specifically, of course, liz truss , who they do like to say truss, who they do like to say crashed the economy. so they basically took over a shop with these sort of boards , rishi's these sort of boards, rishi's dodgy mortgage deal. they were giving out little cupcakes because they know don't they, that liz truss. and what happened with that mini—budget is still a source of great anger

with many, many people. now worth saying, of course, that interest rates were going to rise anyway. they were going to be. they had been artificially low for a long time, so they were on the up. but certainly they did go up very, very sharply . and talking to jonathan sharply. and talking to jonathan ashworth, the shadow paymaster general, a little bit earlier, let's have a look at what he had to say. >> let's just remember what happened with liz truss's catastrophic budget. and of course, rishi sunak was saying all tory mps had to unite behind liz truss at the time she went on a bonanza of unfunded commitments which caused turmoil on the money markets. >> it put pension funds in peril and the bank of england had to step in. that's why people are paying step in. that's why people are paying so much more on their mortgage. >> and because jeremy hunt has said the money is not there to fund any commitment. >> in the tory manifesto , rishi >> in the tory manifesto, rishi sunak, if he gets five more years next thursday, will make exactly the same mistakes. >> the reality is this five more years of the tories means five more years of people paying so

much more on their mortgage, better economic news today though. >> gdp up nought point 7% in the first quarter. that's the fastest growth in the g7. the prime minister will say his plan is working. is he right? >> if rishi sunak wants to go around the country telling people they've never had it so good, i think that lecturing of people will jar with their real life experiences. prices up in the shops, energy bills spiked, people paying over £200 more on their mortgage because of decisions taken by the conservatives >> well, katherine forster, thank you very much for bringing us all of that. now, the candidates for the clacton constituency are as follows johann oswald, nepal from the labour party. >> giles watling from the conservative party, matthew bensalem from the liberal democrats, nigel farage from reform uk and natasha osbourne from the green party. and of course, jake craig. >> jamieson is standing for the climate party, tony mac for as

an independent. tasos papanastasiou for the heritage party and andrew pemberton for ukip . now after a stumbling ukip. now after a stumbling debate performance last night, senior figures in the democratic party are now discussing the previously unthinkable. >> that's right, removing joe biden as the party's presumptive nominee and replacing him with someone else at the party's august convention, joe biden appeared dazed and confused at times in the debate and was seen to lose his way. >> let's have a quick reminder of one of those moments eligible for what i've been able to do with the with the covid. >> excuse me , with, dealing with >> excuse me, with, dealing with everything we have to do with, look , if we finally beat medicare. >> thank you, president biden. >> thank you, president biden. >> well, we're joined now by the spokeswoman of the republicans overseas uk, sarah elliott . overseas uk, sarah elliott. sarah, thank you so much for

joining us. we've just seen that clip there of joe biden. lots of conversation about how he fared last night. but of course, also conversation about trump's performance last night. lots of conversation about just how truthful he may have been throughout that debate yesterday. >> well , it's yesterday. >> well, it's a debate and each side throws their perspective and their talking points. so, you know, you could fact check both of them, it was it was kind of an awkward debate. i think it made people uncomfortable to see the state of which president biden is in, especially with the white house having affirmed that he's he's great and, and all his faculties and everything is working really clearly and well behind the scenes. but this, tells a different story. and donald trump was very composed, he didn't take advantage of president biden in ways he probably could have, and the mute button seemed to be for

good the both of them, as well as not having an audience . so, as not having an audience. so, you know, mr trump's a tv professional and veteran. he knows his facial expressions. he knows his facial expressions. he knows how to look at the camera . knows how to look at the camera. and i think he did just that. according to some very recent polling , 68% of independents polling, 68% of independents think that donald trump won the debate. and six out of ten independents also think that joe biden should step down, this is a very eye awakening moment for the american people. and some are thinking that the democrats have hoodwinked them during the primary process and should have been more honest about his condition earlier. >> and yet , potentially, what >> and yet, potentially, what has happened now in this debate, a very early debate by the standards of us presidential debates. normally we see them after the summer, in the run up to the november election , but to the november election, but perhaps this has given the race,

an impetus for change. how concerned are republicans that the democrats might actually swap out their candidate for someone, more awake and more electable? >> more awake? yes. i think that has been the talk in republican circles for some time now that this, that joe biden would never be the actual nominee and that something would happen at the convention. and now i think it's most people think it's most likely the case that this will happen. so it'll be really interesting to see the manoeuvrings that take place. of course, you have vice president kamala harris, she could step up and put herself forward. she would be the first female president and an african american , why don't they go for american, why don't they go for that? but there'll be different , that? but there'll be different, factions within the democratic party that will be pushing maybe for gavin newsom, the governor of california , or maybe for an of california, or maybe for an unknown voice. but very popular voice like josh shapiro from pennsylvania or gretchen whitmer

of michigan . it will be quite of michigan. it will be quite the fight. and something to watch, especially the democratic national convention in august. >> sarah, there was a conversation last night at the debate about donald trump's convictions. of course, that dates july 11th, where he'll be sentenced for them. what kind of part do you think that plays in this going forward? do you think that could have a potential impact on voters , his impact on voters, his convictions? well, i think it's all really baked in the cake. you know, i if you are a trump or soft trump voter, or maybe an independent, you kind of see this as political prosecution , this as political prosecution, your political rival going after your political rival going after you with some very dodgy charges. and then the democrats will say, of course he's a felon. glad he got convicted. so it's been very politicised and i'm not sure , unfortunately, the i'm not sure, unfortunately, the court case and the trial and the conviction really carries the weight, and in an objective ,

weight, and in an objective, nonpartisan way, as it should. so it's, i think everyone has an opinion on these two guys, but it's a matter of who can actually govern for the next four years, and lead us forward , four years, and lead us forward, especially with all the crises happening at home and abroad. >> and it could be that the democrats put up someone who's a lot younger, perhaps one of these governors that is now being talked about so much. what are your thoughts, sarah, on, the rise of gavin newsom, the governor of california, or indeed gretchen whitmer of michigan? >> well, i think gavin newsom is very hard to sell nationwide. he's the governor of a very blue progressive state, california , progressive state, california, that has had economic troubles, energy issues and crime, as well . and then you have gretchen whitmer, who's pretty unknown , whitmer, who's pretty unknown, but she's in a swing state that has a large muslim population that has been hot and cold with the with biden and his, policy

towards israel and gaza. and so it probably would help the democrats more to have a gretchen whitmer at the top of the ticket than it would a gavin newsom, but, you know , you have newsom, but, you know, you have the kamala harris problem, and she represents the african american vote, which is a massive, probably the largest base of support for democrats, even though that is rescinding and decreasing , even though that is rescinding and decreasing, a bit over even though that is rescinding and decreasing , a bit over the and decreasing, a bit over the course of this election cycle . course of this election cycle. so i don't know if they can afford to jump over kamala harris and give it to someone else . else. >> really interesting stuff. sarah elliott, a spokesperson for republicans overseas, really appreciate your time and your thoughts on this issue. now, are we policing language too much? this all comes as people are being told by one university that they shouldn't use words like crazy , and instead to use like crazy, and instead to use the word bananas. like crazy, and instead to use the word bananas . well, we'll be the word bananas. well, we'll be debating that bananas suggestion after this

good afternoon. britain. it's 2:26. now, as part of their inclusive language guide, a london university has told students to not use the words illegal immigrants over fears it could cause offence . the term is could cause offence. the term is deemed dehumanising and staff have. and students have been asked to say , undocumented instead. >> now, when referring to amazing events, terms such as crazy and mad should be swapped with bananas instead. today we're debating are we policing language too much? >> well , joining us is the >> well, joining us is the journalist and broadcaster danny kelly, who says, yes, we're policing language too much and we're joined by the broadcaster hayley sparkes as well , who hayley sparkes as well, who believes that people need to be more mindful of others and how

they feel. well, danny, let's start with you. what do you make of these? peculiar stories? >> well, just when you thought the depths of stupidity couldn't get any deeper, it comes a story from a london university. there's a clue in the in the name of an illegal immigrant. it's an immigrant who's come here illegally. they've come on a dinghy . they've smuggled a dinghy. they've smuggled themselves into the united kingdom. i don't see how it's dehumanising. and just to not be able to call things crazy. and you've got to refer things to as bananas, you know, the depths of stupidity are getting deeper by the day. in 2020, 24in the united kingdom, so i'm not a fan of it . i'm united kingdom, so i'm not a fan of it. i'm worried about what students are going to think as well . i'm students are going to think as well. i'm worried about a subtle, insidious indoctrinate indoctrination about what is acceptable and what isn't acceptable. because the next thing, as soon as you're you outlawed, you banned the word illegal immigrants. then if you have any objection to people coming here illegally, i can tell you now , those people who tell you now, those people who think illegal immigrants is inappropriate to call them that

they'll just slam you as a racist. that's the next logical step in this warped ideology. >> well, let's hear from hayley. now, hayley, i know you believe that it's not that difficult to try and alter some parts of language if it's going to be particularly offensive. tell us what your thoughts are. >> well, don't get me wrong , what your thoughts are. >> well, don't get me wrong, i. i do agree to some extent. there does have to be a balance, but i does have to be a balance, but i do think that words are really powerful. and i think if we can adaptin powerful. and i think if we can adapt in some instances, i'm not saying all, but i think we have to run with respect, kindness, and unfortunately , especially and unfortunately, especially the younger generation that they're growing up in now, there does seem to be extreme sensitivity, mental health issues. they seem to be a generation that struggles a lot more than, say, my generation or older generation. so i do think sometimes perhaps we do have to strike a balance. sometimes i'm just of the mindset that i never want to cause offence to anybody

. i think there's so much drama and awful things going on in the world, and if somebody asked me to change my terminology so that doesn't upset somebody , i doesn't upset somebody, i personally would be happy to do that because i just don't want to. you don't know what people are going through, and i just don't want to cause any more unnecessary offence. i think there's more important things in there's more important things in the world than someone asked me to change my terminology. i'd respectfully do that . respectfully do that. >> danny, is it just disrespectful to ignore these requests ? requests? >> i think hayley is right to a certain extent . if you if you certain extent. if you if you are, if you like, mentally fragile and if someone is going to refer to you as an illegal immigrant and that's going to upset you , then i think that upset you, then i think that needs to be taken into account. but what i don't where i depart from hayley's opinion is that we should just have a blanket policy. you know, going back to the story about inclusivity and everything, unfortunately , the everything, unfortunately, the university have made a statement by saying, you know, we want to be kind and inclusive, and that's the sort of garbage that's the sort of garbage that's trotted out just to

defeat anybody who, with a with a common sense approach to life, you know, why should i be told what i can and can't say? generally speaking , about a guy generally speaking, about a guy who's gone on a dinghy and landed in dover ? landed in dover? >> hayley, where do we draw the line with this ? though? of line with this? though? of course there are ones that people might find particularly offensive. i know a few years ago, the epilepsy charity tried to prevent people from using the word brainstorm , which could be word brainstorm, which could be quite offensive to someone. if you are suffering with that condition. but bananas, instead of crazy? isn't that just a bit much ? much? >> honestly, yeah, i do agree. i do agree, although like i said, my opinion is that i personally would adapt so i don't offend somebody. where do we draw the line is a very difficult one. i don't know the answer. i think common sense has to prevail. don't know the answer. i think common sense has to prevail . and common sense has to prevail. and as we talked about before , if as we talked about before, if somebody is if you're talking to somebody is if you're talking to somebody that could potentially find that offensive and you're aware of that, then adjust your language. but i think the vast

majority of us, those everyday terms that we've grown up with, shouldn't cause offence . i don't shouldn't cause offence. i don't think we should take it too far. there's got to be a balance . but there's got to be a balance. but i'm also not of the other opinion where we have to shut it down and not consider whether something has changed and could be offensive to, like you say, people with medical disabilities and things like that, because some of the words we used in the past, we wouldn't dream of saying now. so you have to be mindful. but okay, danny , you're mindful. but okay, danny, you're trying to get in there. >> yeah. no. if i could just interject . hayley, i think interject. hayley, i think you're right. if there's a specific individual who will be offended. and this goes across the culture wars with gender identity. and if a man wants to be referred to as a woman in my company, i would do the she her thing. because i'm a polite guy. the thing is, the university of london is making a generalisation. you make great examples about one specific case. so if you are particularly offended, i'm going to change and modify my language. and i agree with you. the problem is, is that it's a blanket policy. and that is the insidious nature

of this, because all of a sudden everybody must be, must approach certain subjects in a particular manner. otherwise you're a bad person. and that's my problem with it. individually. i agree. but generally speaking, if i want to call someone an illegal immigrant because they got on a dinghy and landed in dover, i'm going to do that. >> i must say, perhaps one of the nicest debates we've ever had on gb news youtube do seem to agree on most things, but but hayley, what's your response? there >> yes, i do agree, but perhaps i agree about the maybe the blanket, terminology and demonising it. demonising it. perhaps the university's approach would be better. maybe just to educate and just say, look, be mindful in certain situations. this terminology could potentially be offensive. it should be us, perhaps down to us to use our judgement as us to use ourjudgement as individuals. i think if we always promote kindness, respect, empathy and just compassion, i think the majority of us we won't really go wrong and we do have to kind of take

it on a case by case basis and not demonise people. >> for you , danny, we started >> for you, danny, we started with you, hayley. we finished with you, hayley. we finished with you, hayley. we finished with you , danny kelly and hayley with you, danny kelly and hayley sparks. thank you so much for joining us and talking through that big issue today. now coming up, the latest on the for search jay slater is police in tenerife call for expert volunteers to help with a massive search tomorrow. that's to come after your headlines with tatiana . your headlines with tatiana. >> tom thank you very much. the top stories this hour. the prime minister says the leader of reform uk has questions to answer after a video emerged of answer after a video emerged of a campaigner making racist comments. andrew parker was seen making a series of offensive remarks about rishi sunak. he's now apologised but he insists he was goaded into making them a warning. the following clip contains some offensive language i >> -- >> when 5mm hm >> when my two daughters have to see and hear reform, people who

campaign for nigel farage calling me an f, it hurts and it makes me angry. and i think he has some questions to answer. when you see reform candidates and campaigners seemingly using racist and misogynistic language and opinions seemingly without challenge, i think it tells you something about the culture within the reform party. our politics and country is better than that. it's my duty to call out this corrosive and divisive behaviour . behaviour. >> well. the video was obtained by channel 4 news. they have vigorously defended the clip's veracity, but reform uk's leader nigel farage described it as a set up. >> someone told us he was an actor. we rang him this morning. the daily telegraph rang him this morning. he denied point blank that he was an actor. it turns out he is an actor. i found his website. he's a well—spoken actor who does something called rough speaking. well, i was in the office when he arrived last saturday and he

was doing rough speaking. it was an act right from the very start. >> you've met him? >> you've met him? >> he. i was working and he came in and came up to me and said hello. and then he went out canvassing where the undercover filming took place. and he was rough speaking. he wasn't being himself from day one. i have to tell you, this whole thing is a complete and total set up. >> responding to mr farage's claims, a spokesperson for channel 4 said we strongly stand by our rigorous and duly impartial journalism, which speaks for itself. they say we met mr parker for the first time at reform uk's headquarters, where he was a reform party canvasser. we did not pay the reform uk canvasser or anyone else in this report . reform uk canvasser or anyone else in this report. mr reform uk canvasser or anyone else in this report . mr parker else in this report. mr parker was not known to channel 4 news and was filmed covertly via undercover operations . in other undercover operations. in other news, police in tenerife are calling for specialist volunteers to take part in a new large scale search for a british

teenagen large scale search for a british teenager. jay slater went missing 12 days ago and police have been scouring cctv footage for his last known movements. the spanish civil guard said in a statement today that the latest search would begin at 9:00 local time tomorrow in the village of masca, and with nearly two months to go until he's formally nominated as the democratic nominee, joe biden had hoped to build more support dunng had hoped to build more support during last night's televised debate, but the president often struggled to counter donald trump , allowing the former trump, allowing the former president to make several claims without being challenged. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, cameron walker has the next update in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward alerts

>> good afternoon . britain. it >> good afternoon. britain. it is 20 to 3, and at 3:00. of course. it's the time for martin daubney. and martin joins us now for a sneak preview. what's coming up ? coming up? >> sophie reaper. >> sophie reaper. >> what a legend. what a legend. >> what a legend. what a legend. >> what a great job you've done today. sophie absolutely smashed it . it. >> fantastic. well done darling, how can i follow that ? well, how can i follow that? well, i'll do my best. >> joe biden, the debate last night wasn't just a failure. it was a car crash. >> it was a def con. >> one moment. >> one moment. >> big donors are pulling the plug >> big donors are pulling the plug on the campaign itself. who could replace joe biden? can they ever stop the trump train? also, the reform party, the row at the heart of them. i'll ask the question should a political leader leader be responsible for all of the activists that you get on campaign trails? let me tell you this. i've taken part in a few and a few campaigns myself, and if a leader is responsible for everything and anything that gets said on a

campaign trail, there'll be nobody left in politics. next up, nobody left in politics. next up, jay nobody left in politics. next up, jay slater. the plot thickens. now safari sleuths are going on holidays to the airbnb where it was last spotted and retracing his last steps. these armchair sleuths getting in the way of cops. a boy, 12, has been probed by prevent after his wooden crossbow attracted the attention of neighbours. he said i want hamas obliterated . he's i want hamas obliterated. he's jewish. surely that's free speech. and yes, the football rolls on on sunday is the only thing coming home. gareth southgate, that's all happening on my show. 3 to 6. >> martin, thank you so much for those kind words. i learned everything from you. well, on jay slater, let's find out some more now from gb news reporter charlie peters who joins us in the studio. charlie, thank you for joining us. it just keeps forjoining us. it just keeps going on this now doesn't it. what can you tell us. >> it keeps going on. and the civil guard on tenerife have now called on volunteers to support an expanded search tomorrow

morning by 9 am, they're starting from the town of masca in the rural latino area in the north—west of tenerife. they're calling on volunteers. those from the fire brigade and broader civilian organisations to get stuck in to this mountain rescue operation. now, at the start , when it was first called start, when it was first called last tuesday, on the first day of this operation, they said that they had four units involved sniffer dogs from madrid, helicopters, drones, you name it, they had the capabilities required for such an operation. but after 12 days of not finding any traces and no leads that they're sharing with journalists and people on the island, they are now calling for this expanded operation. i think the first question people are asking when they hear about this new relaunched operation is, why wait until the 12th day to do this? because it's clear that the search has changed in some ways. while it's been going on. we saw yesterday a convoy of the civil guard units moving away from the ravines, up the cliffs

towards the mountainous areas, start looking in caves. potential shelters where the 19 year old apprentice bricklayer could have gone into amid quite treacherous environmental situations. the weather has been quite intense recently , but the quite intense recently, but the question still remains why now? why expand it on saturday at 9 am? a.m? >> well, you used a really interesting word when we spoke to you earlier, charlie, and it was drip fed. and that's how we've been getting that information. now, perhaps that's just how spanish police works , just how spanish police works, but i can imagine that for the friends and family of jay slater , that's been incredibly frustrating. >> yeah, incredibly frustrating. and also, newspaper reports suggest that on the island , most suggest that on the island, most of the spanish people don't really know about this case. it's not being discussed in the media there as it is here. this is a major story in britain, but on tenerife, the conversation just isn't happening. his face is put up on posters here and there, but at the same level of interest hasn't been achieved. and i think this also is reflected in another development development we saw yesterday when we heard from emilio jose navarro, a mayor from a town about three and a half miles

southeast of the last known location. from jay's phone, he said that there was a possible sighting of jay on cctv , ten sighting of jay on cctv, ten hours after he was last seen watching the euros. now, when people on the island went to visit this town and to speak with locals about it. they hadnt with locals about it. they hadn't heard about this development. they had no idea about this conversation going on, and the cctv couldn't even be transferred to the police quickly because it was in the hands of a private company. so that level of urgency to deal with the possible lead, it just doesn't seem to be there. and as you say, sophie, the provision of information has been limited. tom, you said last hour that it was opaque and that's been the perspective from a lot of people on the island in britain when we have this sort of situation, someone going missing , someone going missing, particularly in, in a rural location , you have those press location, you have those press conferences, you have regular updates , people are offered the updates, people are offered the latest guidance. but for the civil guard in tenerife, that's not been the approach. they haven't held a single official press conference, but there is a

third party investigator supporting the family who's been brought in from britain over the weekend. he's saying that he's keeping an open mind on several lines of inquiries. in particular, this idea about the criminal underworld in tenerife. he's concerned about gang and drug culture, but the police and the civil guard , they're keeping the civil guard, they're keeping a focus on the north west in that rural location . that rural location. >> well, charlie peters, thank you very much for bringing us the very latest there. fascinating that, members of the pubuc fascinating that, members of the public now being asked to help, well, much more to come. indeed. just what does the hospitality industry want from the next government? well, find out

>> good afternoon . britain. it >> good afternoon. britain. it is 249. the election is in less than a week now, but away from the promises made by the politicians, businesses are still struggling with inflation

and energy prices. our west midlands reporter, jack carson has been finding out what hospitality wants from the next government . government. >> month by month, more british boozers call last orders for the final time in the first three months of 2024. pub closures were up 51% on last year. months of 2024. pub closures were up 51% on last year . since were up 51% on last year. since the pandemic, the hospitality industry feels like it's never really recovered, with 3.5 million people employed in the sector. its sustainability is vital for the next government, but inflation and energy bills have left a bitter taste. in smethwick, in the west midlands , smethwick, in the west midlands, davenports have been brewing since 1829. >> this is a fermenter. this is where all the sugars that are from the wort after the boil are transferred, cooled down to a suitable temperature for the yeast and the yeast, then converts those sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide. >> brewer myles explains how difficult making their ales and lagers has become. >> the physical ingredients themselves the ones that you would normally think about the

grains, the hops. obviously the farmers have to pay more to be able to grow them. now their time is at a premium. their land is being more heavily taxed. so we're at a point where grains are getting relatively more expensive. so we're all kind of sat there watching this downward spiral in prices, which is eventually going to rub off on our profitability. as far as the duty goes, though, the rate is such a huge portion of our production costs. you've got your energy, you've got your raw materials, but duty is coming out around 40% of the cost per individual packaged pint that we sell . sell. >> the conservatives say they'll launch a review of licensing laws and planning rules aimed at boosting venues like pubs within the first 100 days, labour, meanwhile, have promised new right to buy powers given to communities to purchase pubs on the brink. and, like the liberal democrats, reform business rates in england. but in the davenports pub, the queen's head, what will make the difference to this brewery? >> let's talk about business rates , the relief on those, rates, the relief on those, let's prolong that. >> it gives us a stable base and

i'd start looking at the energy costs and maybe some sort of relief for small businesses or hospitality businesses, where it is a fundamental part of what you do all the time. customers rely on that. >> but the energy at the brewery, particularly at the brewery, particularly at the brewery, went from, you know, like £3,000 a month to £10,000 a month, just for the just actually for brewing beer. which makes it and you can't obviously put your prices up to match, can you? so that's it. virtually impossible to stand. >> i'd want to see taxation. i'd want to see some sort of taxation and the duty on alcohol. >> i mean, the supermarket versus the pint in a bar. >> how can that be? right? the disparity there and i just think level the playing field, we were talking about this the other day weren't we. level the playing field promises from the politicians. >> but a warning from hospitality. urgent action is needed for the great british pubs. ultimate survival jack carson gb news. >> well, thanks to jack for that report there from a pub. which i find, we should be doing more

reports from pubs. really? absolutely. well, to the southwest now, where glastonbury 2024 is underway, the world famous music festival will host british pop star dua lipa tonight, who'll be the first headuner tonight, who'll be the first headliner of this year's line—up. >> however, some festival goers have reported a politically charged atmosphere there, surrounded by regular reminders to the votes in the upcoming election from labour donor dale vince. just vote campaign. >> well, let's have a look. >> well, let's have a look. >> i think glastonbury shares the message that, everyone can live as they want and actually you can have a world that is full of like just fun and having a laugh all of the time and looking out for each other. >> you know, i feel safe here. >> you know, i feel safe here. >> we're just talking about how kids are just walking around and it's safe. >> the real world isn't like that. a lot of the time. >> you know, if you're not voting for you, you should be voting for you, you should be voting for you, you should be voting for someone else. >> if you feel like you aren't going to vote, then i think there's a possibly an element of privilege in that, because it doesn't matter enough to you because you won't feel a direct effect. >> but and it feels really

politically charged. i've been coming to glastonbury for a long time, but there's a real urgency here, i like the vote out to help out is just very sweet. i think there's a very strong sentiment that our current government have not just let us down, have actively damaged people, and especially the most vulnerable. >> i think, you know, if you look at the stats between the age of 18 and 24, only 1 in 3 people vote, right? >> which is shocking. so our main message is vote. please vote like just vote. because if you don't vote, you don't get a say in the way the country is run . run. >> well, lovely to hear those voices from a sunny glastonbury. which makes a change, i suppose, well , that's it from us today. well, that's it from us today. i just have to say, sophie reaper, thank you so much for so wonderfully sitting. i we haven't read out the comments to embarrass you, but the comments have been overwhelmingly lovely. thank you. well, up next is martin daubney. >> a brighter outlook with boxt

solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> thanks for joining news. >> thanks forjoining me news. >> thanks for joining me for latest weather update from the met office here on gb. news a bit of a north south split with the weather today still quite blustery across parts of the north with a mixture of sunshine and showers. thanks to this area of low pressure. largely fine day in the south. but we do have to watch this area of low pressure coming in to mix things up a little for the weekend. but back to today and plenty of showers packing in across western scotland. still very gusty here as well. a few showers will zip through across southern scotland, northern england, maybe north wales. much of the south. dry and fine though with some decent spells of sunshine and a dry day compared to yesterday across northern ireland as well . in the northern ireland as well. in the sunny spells we may squeak up to 2223. certainly a lot cooler than earlier in the week . than earlier in the week. further north. feeling quite a bit cooler than the end of june with temperatures in the high teens, but that brisk wind, particularly across northern scotland that will continue to

ease through this evening but still bring in a fair few showers over caithness. sutherland. the showers much more scattered further south. so much of the evening dry for southern scotland and for northern ireland. the odd one still across northern england. but again many places here will have a dry evening and certainly across the south it's drying and dry and fine, but it will start to cool off fairly rapidly through this evening. then we look out west as that other area of low pressure starts to move in. that's going to bring more cloud as we go through the night across wales and northern ireland, and eventually a little bit of light rain and drizzle. the showers will continue over shetland and a few over the highlands, but many places will have a dry night. temperatures dipping down into single figures and a few spots. quite a different day tomorrow across wales, especially on the west coast. pretty drab rain and drizzle. same goes for parts of northwest england again, particularly on the coast. rain and drizzle likely to be on and off through the day here. a bit off through the day here. a bit of patchy rain getting to north east england. still a few

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>>a >> a very, very good afternoon to you. and a very happy friday. it's 3:00 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. on today's show. is it time for joe to go afterjoe biden's forjoe to go afterjoe biden's disastrous tv debate with trump last night, described as a car crash and the democrats defcon one moment, top donors today demanded the president stands aside for a younger candidate as they pull the plug. but who might that be? and can anybody

stop the trump train?