gb news. >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 3 pm. and welcome to you. it's 3 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, rishi sunak has denied suggestions that the tories general election campaign has been a disaster. but with his party still miles behind labour in the opinion polls, he's now urging voters not to gift sir keir starmer a supermajority. next up, the royal mail is facing a fresh scandal this time over postal votes. thousands of voters have still not received their ballot papers, meaning their vote might not make it in time, perhaps even necessitating a recount. so is it time to sack off the postal voting system once and for all.7 meanwhile, postal voting system once and for all? meanwhile, king charles has begun his official stay in scotland by receiving the keys to the city of edinburgh, which is celebrating its 900th anniversary. the king and queen

will be celebrating scottish culture, history and achievements over the next few days, and joe biden is under massive pressure to stand down as us president after his disastrous tv debate . kamala disastrous tv debate. kamala harris, the vp, wants the job, but voters haven't warmed to her. so is it time for a dramatic entrance from the former first lady, michelle obama? that's all coming up in your next hour . your next hour. well, the show always a delight to have your company . also, a fascinating company. also, a fascinating poll has landed in the last hour showing that the reform party is the most popular choice amongst teenage boys, an astonishing set of figures puts 35% of teenagers on reform, versus 12% of teenage girls 16 to 17 year old girls. why is that? why do you think

that the boys might be turning towards a party? i don't know, the perhaps teaches them that they're not privileged , that they're not privileged, that they're not privileged, that they're not privileged, that they're not a problem, that they should be proud of their country. and jude bellingham, facing a ban. why, oh why are uefa such killjoys? great to have your company on the show. please send your views the usual way as gbnews.com forward slash your say. but before we kick off, all of that is your headunes off, all of that is your headlines ray addison . headlines ray addison. >> good afternoon. 3:02. i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom. our top stories this hour. three leicestershire police officers are under investigation for potential misconduct over how they dealt with triple killer valdo calocane . two constables valdo calocane. two constables and a sergeant made inquiries into alleged assaults by calocane on two colleagues at an industrial estate in leicester. he then went on to kill students barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar, along with

caretaker ian coates, barnaby webber's brother charlie spoke to gb news earlier about their close bond and the devastating impact of his death. a year on from the attacks, i remember i was on a school trip and i remember sitting down on the side of the bus and my parents or mum and dad telling me that there's been an incident in nottingham and barney has been killed, and i just it's like i remember the feeling, i can't really describe it. >> it's like you just feel very fuzzy and i didn't. ijust >> it's like you just feel very fuzzy and i didn't. i just broke down in tears and i didn't know to what do. i didn't know where to what do. i didn't know where to go. i was getting overheated and it was just. yeah, it was something you can't comprehend. is it ? is it? >> so keir starmer has refused to rule out the need for recounts. if some postal votes can't be counted due to royal mail delays. it comes after the postal affairs minister was said to be urgently investigating issues with the delivery of postal ballot packs in some local areas. kevin hollinrake is understood to have visited

depots. sir keir says every vote must be counted . must be counted. >> well, look, we cross each bndge >> well, look, we cross each bridge as we get to it. i am concerned about the delays and i think what needs to happen now is everybody needs to pull together to make sure the ballot papers get where they're needed so that people can exercise their democratic right to vote. so that's where my focus is at the moment. >> the chairman of reform uk , >> the chairman of reform uk, richard tice, has accused the conservatives of placing , quote, conservatives of placing, quote, trojan horse candidates to spread lies about the party. it comes after a second reform candidate suspended her campaign and defected to the conservatives george georgie david rather accused the vast majority of candidates of being racist and misogynistic. the reform spokesperson described her comments as sweeping and her actions as sad and strange. the prime minister says the party hasn't acted quickly enough. >> well , we've seen hasn't acted quickly enough. >> well, we've seen some appalling comments that have been made that i addressed last

week and, you know, what we have seen is candidates and campaigners openly espousing racist and misogynistic views, seemingly without challenge. and that tells you something about the culture within the reform party. overall, that's questions for nigel farage. but on thursday, there's a clear choice for people and if you want your taxes cut, if you want your pension protected and you want our borders secure and you want to vote to prevent a labour super majority, the only way to do that is to vote conservative. and that's the very strong message that these candidates and others are making a clear. >> sir keir starmer says he needs a strong mandate to deliver change for what he called a broken country. during a visit to a to a derbyshire warehouse. the labour leader has warned voters that polls don't predict the future, and promised that he'll fight for every vote until they close. meanwhile, rishi sunak's repeating the warning that if labour get a so—called supermajority, it will allow them to raise taxes. but sir keir insists it would be better for the country and for the economy . the lib dem leader

the economy. the lib dem leader is urging voters to help him topple conservative seats like dominoes. sir ed davey is highlighting his party's plan to create a clean water authority, which would have new powers to prevent sewage dumping. they also want to ban bonuses for water bosses until discharges and leaks stop and turn water suppliers into public benefit companies . police in kenya have companies. police in kenya have fired tear gas at protesters following a week of deadly clashes . there. people could be clashes. there. people could be seen hurling stones at riot police as clouds of tear gas wafted through downtown nairobi. the demonstrations began in response to the government's plan to introduce new taxes, which have since been abandoned. kenya has come under immense pressure from lenders to cut its debt, but there's also growing fury among voters over the soaring cost of living. well do some breaking news now. a student nurse who took a bomb to the hospital where he worked intended to kill as many nurses as possible, has been found

guilty of preparing terrorist acts described in court as a self—radicalized lone wolf terrorist, mohammed farouk was arrested in leeds in january last year with a pressure cooker bomb. the 27 year old had designed the device to be twice as powerful as those used in the boston marathon attack . back in boston marathon attack. back in 2013, sheffield crown court heard that farouk had immersed himself in an extremist islamic ideology, went to the hospital to seek his own martyrdom, end quote. well hurricane beryl is strengthening into a potentially catastrophic category five storm as it moves across the eastern caribbean. the ferocious storm comes unusually early in this year's hurricane season. scientists say the rapid pace of its approach is likely due in part to the effects of climate change. at least one person was killed as the storm inflicted large scale damage across entire islands yesterday . it's now islands yesterday. it's now moving towards jamaica, where it's expected to batter the shoreline with life threatening

winds and storm surge. all right, those are the latest gb news headlines. for now. i'm ray addison 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. >> thank you very much, ray addison. now we start with the prime minister rishi sunak. and with less than 48 hours to go until the polls open, he's denied accusations that the tory election campaign has been a complete and utter disaster. i'm joined now by gb news political correspondent katherine forster, who's on the conservative battle bus. catherine, we can see you there rattling through the countryside, no doubt chasing every single vote. it's astonishing. just two days from polling that the biggest question rishi sunak is being asked is, has your campaign been

asked is, has your campaign been a disaster? it started badly in the rain. we had the d—day debacle. we had the betting scandal . nigel farage entered scandal. nigel farage entered the fray. the polling has been flat. and yet, no doubt you're going to tell me , catherine, going to tell me, catherine, they're still very, very positive on that bus . positive on that bus. >> well , positive on that bus. >> well, amazingly. martin. yes, i am. i've spent the last two days on this bus with the prime minister off and on, and four visits yesterday, four visits today. he's. we're actually just coming back into london now. he's going to be doing another fifth visit this evening. but i was up at 2:00 at 4:45. he did his first visit and then accardo and distribution centre, where robots do lots of the picking of the food. and then he was helping to pack it. within an hour or so we were in a morrisons in witney. that's david cameron's old seat, where he was putting bread on the

shelves . and then we were in shelves. and then we were in banbury . but let's take a look banbury. but let's take a look first at what he had to say when it was put to him that this nearly six week campaign had, in fact been a bit of a disaster. let's see. >> we've got a very clear agenda that i want to deliver in government, and that starts with cutting everyone's taxes at every stage in their life. but i also want to make sure we invest more in our national security. i want to make sure we get to net zero in a sensible way. and crucially, i want to continue to make progress, cutting migration and stopping the boats. and that's a choice for everyone at this election. a for vote anyone who's not a conservative candidate is a vote not for those things. i don't want to see people's taxes go up. i want to cut them. i want to see our borders secure, not become the soft touch of europe when it comes to illegal migration. as keir starmer would have us be. i want to invest more in our national security. keir starmer would cut that and i want to protect people's pensions. but earth under labour pensioners would face a retirement tax for the first time in our country's history. so that's why thursday is so important. a vote for the

conservatives is a vote to prevent a labour super majority, but it is also a vote to have your taxes cut the borders that we have secure, and to have your pension protected. do you accept the criticism from your candidates? >> not from me, but from some of your candidates that this campaign has not gone well? >> well, i've been out with our candidates every day and that's why i'm fighting hard for every vote. and i was up at four this morning talking to workers, because we've got days left to make the case to the british people that thursday's vote really matters for them. and it will have consequences. and i don't want people to sleepwalk into something that they then regret. a vote for the conservatives is a clear vote to have your taxes cut, to have our border secure, to have your pension protected, and to prevent a labour super majority. and that's what i want everyone to focus on over the next couple of days. >> so there you have the prime minister with the central messages now revolving largely around do not give labour a super majority, don't give them a blank check , but, you know, he a blank check, but, you know, he says he's going to keep going

until the very end. his exact words were until the polls close . i will keep going . certainly . i will keep going. certainly conservative candidates that i've spoken to are not feeling very optimistic. and i think when you look at the seats that we've been going to , they've we've been going to, they've tended to be what would traditionally be safe tory seats in another, in another parallel universe, you know, majorities of 15, up to 20,000 just today were in banbury in oxfordshire. that's the attorney general's seat. victoria prentis, where she's got a majority currently of 17,000. but it's quite possible that she won't have that seat come friday morning. not long to find out. now back to you, martin katherine forster. >> i know you've been going since the crack of dawn, beavering away. no sleep till thursday. thank you very much for your tireless work on that battle bus and this campaign trail. thank you very much indeed. now, a government minister has criticised the

royal mail for delays to people receiving their postal votes for thursday's general election and the postal affairs minister, kevin hollinrake, hit out at the royal mail for failing to anticipate the demand over the summer. well, gb news royal reporter national reporter beg your pardon? theo chikomba is at a royal mail sorting office in canterbury . theo, an absolute canterbury. theo, an absolute disaster. not the first time the post office has hit by a scandal this year. thousands of people facing delays on their votes. this could even necessitate a recount on the night. tell us more . more. >> indeed, with only two days left until the general election , left until the general election, this is a situation which the royal mail would have wanted to avoid. but thousands of people are still without their ballot, which was supposed to arrive in the post. this is, of course, what people use if they know they're not going to be around on the general election voting day, or they're going on holiday. and we have the situation in scotland across the border , where schools closed border, where schools closed last week, friday, and many of

those school children with their parents may have left the country, leaving them without that opportunity that they would have prepared for in advance. now, royal mail say they is no backlog and they say they are understanding of the situation thatis understanding of the situation that is happening across different parts of the country and are looking to establish, to ensure that this situation isn't affecting as many people as feared. and they're saying they're working through it and investigating in those areas, but they're saying there isn't a backlog. now in terms of the ballot papers themselves, they are organised by the local authorities, which are then coming through to royal mail and then delivered to people's homes. and they're saying there's a resourcing issue. we've heard from the postal affairs minister, kevin hollinrake, who says there is an issue at the moment with which he is looking to address. he's speaking to bosses at the moment and hoping that this is a situation that is sorted out as soon as possible . not much time soon as possible. not much time left. you would have imagined that there would be in a

position where they're not having an issue like this, but they do find themselves in this situation. now, of course, less than 72 hours left and many people will be checking their postal boxes tomorrow just to ensure that that has arrived. now, for those who aren't able to get them on time, they are advised to go to their local polling centre. on thursday . polling centre. on thursday. unfortunately for them, it's a situation which they would have wanted to avoid, but this is what they may end up having to do in two days time. >> thank you . theo chikomba >> thank you. theo chikomba worth pointing out, in 2019 there were almost 7 million postal votes, 21% of the total. so this needs some sorting and a royal mail spokesperson said this will be carrying out sweeps at our mail centres and delivery offices to ensure all postal votes in the network are identified and returned to the relevant local authority before the close of poll stations . we the close of poll stations. we will also have additional people on the ground in our mail centres on thursday evening, identifying and pulling postal votes for delivery to local

authorities . thank you theo authorities. thank you theo chikomba. now we've got some breaking news for you here in the last few minutes. convicted child killer lucy letby has been found guilty at manchester crown court of the attempted murder of a baby girl at the countess of chester hospital. she was convicted by another jury last august of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others between june 2015 and june 2016. we'll have much more on that story a little later this hour. more on that story a little later this hour . now, more on that story a little later this hour. now, just more on that story a little later this hour . now, just two later this hour. now, just two days to go until the general election, and we're about to bnng a speech from labour leader sir keir starmer. i'm martin daubney on

welcome back. it's almost 3:20. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. later in the show, i'll ask if england superstarjude england superstar jude bellingham could england superstarjude bellingham could be banned from playing in their euro 2024

quarter final, where his controversial gesture against slovakia on sunday or the celebration police are out in force now. we're shortly going to be crossing to keir starmer, but before that it's an important week for king charles. he's begun his annual holyrood week residence at the palace of holyroodhouse in edinburgh, and gb news royal correspondent cameron walker is in scotland's caphal cameron walker is in scotland's capital. cameron, welcome to the show. the king on duty north of the border is splendent in your tartan tie. tell us more . tartan tie. tell us more. >> thank you very much, martin. good afternoon. and this morning i witnessed the king being welcomed to his most ancient and hereditary kingdom of scotland, of course, usually every year the monarch will spend a traditional week in the scottish caphal traditional week in the scottish capital. but it's a bit of a switch up this year, and that is because of the general election. instead of a week. he's only going to be here for two days, which means he's cramming in lots and lots of engagements. so to start with, it was the

ceremony of the keys, which i was lucky enough to be in the gardens of holyrood house to witness the king's arrival. he arrives with queen camilla via helicopter and then walked into the gardens of holyrood house to be greeted by military bands, military families and special guests as well. but perhaps the highlight was the traditional ceremony of the keys, which is the official welcome dating back hundreds of years to the city of edinburgh . it's the lord edinburgh. it's the lord provost, which is the city's civic head . who gives the king civic head. who gives the king the keys? i spoke to him a little bit earlier because he was telling me how poignant it was telling me how poignant it was to do the last ceremony of the keys with the late queen elizabeth ii in 2022, and now king charles, of course, taking over over the last few years . over over the last few years. >> superb stuff . >> superb stuff. >> superb stuff. >> absolutely. yes. i was very fortunate to be able to conduct a ceremony of the keys with the late queen elizabeth ii, and so ihave late queen elizabeth ii, and so i have managed to conduct ceremony of the keys with herself, also with the king charles. but we also have a second ceremony of the keys when

the general assembly of the church of scotland is on with the high commissioner, and this year the high commissioner was prince edward, the duke of edinburgh. so i've, i've had a real treat to see so many people. it's an incredible honour and privilege to be in the role at such an important historic time . but, you know, historic time. but, you know, i am . i always pinch myself about am. i always pinch myself about how fortunate i've been. so it is, it is great and it was wonderful to be able to conduct a ceremony with the late, the late queen. >> now, if you look over my right shoulder , you might be right shoulder, you might be able to see some ladies. there's some very fabulous dresses and hats and some men as well. they are all guests at the garden party, which the king and queen are hosting very, very shortly in the grounds of holyrood house with the duke and duchess of edinburgh. the kings also held an investiture . today. the queen an investiture. today. the queen has also held a reception celebrating scottish literature tomorrow. there's a big service in saint giles cathedral involving several members of the royal family. prince william is

also travelling up for that. we're not expecting the princess of wales to be there for that. and of course princess anne still recovering from her head injury involving a horse . then, injury involving a horse. then, to top it all off, tomorrow there's a 900th anniversary celebration of the city of edinburgh as well. but then, of course, the king has to hotfoot it back to london in time to be in buckingham palace for friday to appoint his prime minister, whoever that may be. >> and cameron, it's interesting how the king, okay, in scotland, not as popular in scotland as he is down here south of the border, but the king is more popular than independence. more than half of the people in scotland adore the king and his popularity is increasing as his tenureship as the king goes on. cameron, he's doing a great job. >> yeah, they certainly do. martin and i definitely got a sense of that this morning, witnessing him arrive here in edinburgh. he seemed incredibly relaxed. he was incredibly happy to be there . the guests, who are to be there. the guests, who are obviously officially invited, were all incredibly welcoming.

but even just walking up and down the royal mile here in edinburgh, you get a real sense that people are incredibly excited that the king is in residence in the city of edinburgh. of course, we've got all these guests for the garden party as well, and they're not just the great and good of scottish society, they're from all walks of life. people who have been involved in local charities, grassroots organisations, medical needs as well. so it's a real mix that king charles gets to meet. and of course, he's been knighting a few people here today and giving them out honours too. and it's an incredibly special relationship. king charles and the royal family has with edinburgh and by extension, scotland itself, just like the late queen elizabeth ii did. he was in birkhall for the last couple of days. that's his home, very close to the balmoral estate in aberdeenshire, because yesterday he opened up the castle for the first time. to the paying public. it's the first time that's ever happened. 40 guests got to see the castle, andifs 40 guests got to see the castle, and it's expected to be open for most of the summer up until august, when, of course, he will take up residence in the

scottish castle. >> two marvellous stuff. thank you very much, cameron walker, for that. royal update live from ed davey . for that. royal update live from ed davey. brilliant. thank you. now we mentioned banbury earlier , so we have a list of the candidates in the banbury constituency. they are elizabeth adams, liberal democrats. cassie bellingham, independent victoria prentis , conservatives paul prentis, conservatives paul nicholas topley, reform uk sean woodcock, labour party aaron john baker, green party and chris neville, climate party and declan soper, social democrat party. now we've had loads and loads of your messages so far in the show and one thing that's really got you going is this nofion really got you going is this notion that we could have a part time prime minister. news broke yesterday evening that sir keir storm wants to knock off at 6:00 on fridays. wouldn't we all like to do that? cue many funny messages from you lot. let's kick off with this one. this is from dave. have a break. have a

kit—kat. more like have a break. have a care cat. see what he did there, dave ? nice one. larry there, dave? nice one. larry says this so? so starmer wants to spend a couple of hours having dinner. if work allows , having dinner. if work allows, with his wife and children on a friday evening. as it is a jewish tradition. i don't see the new story in this. good luck to him. good stuff there, larry. and debbie adds this starmer expects the nurses, the doctors, the teachers to all work days and all hours to make his numbers look good. so how come he is allowed a break? polly says this most families would love to have dinner with their loved ones, but they can't due to needing 3 or 4 jobs or lots and lots of overtime simply to keep their heads above the water. one rule for them, one rule for us. it's always the same. and glenn, as this keir starmer knock off at 6 pm. on friday, although it didn't stop him working past 6 pm. on a friday when he had beergate. yeah, okay, that one will always come back . and here's a funny come back. and here's a funny one from from from doreen. she

says this sir keir starmer wants to work 9 to 5. who do you think he is? dolly parton much hilarity there. thank you very much for that. on postal votes. we've got some emails here, of course as postal votes, thousands of them haven't got out yet. many, many people are waiting them. will they arrive in time to get them to the ballot box before thursday? if they can't do that, will it necessitate a recount? a huge investigation underway into royal mail. peter, as this i've had no problem with my postal votes. i'm currently living in austria and posted my vote over a week ago. this all sounds a bit fishy to me. sandra, as this postal voting has gotten as high as 20% in some areas. actually, it was 21% for the entire nation in 2019. sandra. she goes on the rules on who can receive a postal vote should be tightened and restricted to those who cannot physically vote in person , rather than to anybody who asks for one. sandra, a general election wouldn't be a general

election wouldn't be a general election in this country without a big conversation. a huge conversation about the postal vote. lots of people throw accusations around that it favours the labour party, but of course , older people tend to course, older people tend to vote by post and those who are more infirm, they tend to be typically conservative. so who benefits? we don't know. but for one thing, it's a big problem. if you can't get your vote in on time. mandy adds this the only view that matters is my view when i get to the ballot box. if your vote matters, get your backside down there. well mandy, great point, but a lot of people might not be able to do so if they live abroad, if they're elderly, if they're infirm. so in those cases, i think we can all agree there is a firm foundation for the postal vote. but should anybody be allowed to have one or should that be reined in? that's a conversation for after this general election. for now, we just want to make sure our votes get in. mary has this. i applied for my postal vote over three weeks ago now. still nothing. this feels like some sort of sabotage. while mary, there is an investigation by royal mail into this sabotage

is a strong word . likelihood. is a strong word. likelihood. it's just the mail in general. i got a christmas card from america. it arrived in february . america. it arrived in february. perhaps the post is just all over the shop. no matter where you go. now, let's go to some more of your views before we're waiting for keir starmer and ben assist on the subject of reform uk , he says so many people seem uk, he says so many people seem to be trying to sabotage reform uk. they're trying to pretend it's something it's not. these people should be ashamed of themselves. this country needs change. i believe it needs reform. people are trying to disrespect democracy. people should be allowed to vote how they want. this feels like a figged they want. this feels like a rigged game against the reform party. and john says this on his political views. it's got nothing to do with the tories record. over the last 14 years, things have been pretty good until inflation went crazy and interest rates went up, tories can't be blamed for this 100. no one else would have done any

better, but their time is up as a result. labour, though , aren't a result. labour, though, aren't the answer. they will provide more of the same , more more of the same, more continuity politics that will become self—evident when sir keir starmer is prime minister. an excellent, excellent range of views. please please keep coming them in. i get told off for not reading out enough. i hope i did enough for you there to keep you happy. for now. there's loads more still to come between now and 4:00. and with speculation mounting that joe biden won't run in november's presidential election, vice president kamala harris's team have said they would find it offensive if he was replaced with a white candidate. why on earth should that matter? but first, it's time for your latest news headunes time for your latest news headlines with ray addison. >> good afternoon. it's 330. i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom, and we start with some breaking news for you from manchester crown court where convicted murderer lucy letby has been found guilty of attempting to

kill a baby girl. today's retrial verdict follows allegations that the 34 year old deliberately interfered with a child's breathing tube at chester hospital back in 2016. now the former nurse was convicted last august of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others attempted murders of six others at the hospital. letby maintains that she never intended or tried to harm any baby in her care, and in the last few moments, it's been confirmed that she will be sentenced on the 5th of july. we're also expecting to hear a statement outside the court shortly, and we will bring that to you live. you can see live footage there from outside the court, so do stay tuned to gb news now. a student nurse who took a bomb to the hospital where he worked , intending to where he worked, intending to kill as many nurses as possible, has been found guilty of preparing terrorist acts described in court as a, quote, self—radicalized lone wolf terrorist mohammed farooq was arrested in leeds in january of

last year with a pressure cooker bomb. sheffield crown court heard that the 27 year old had immersed himself in an extremist islamic ideology , and went to islamic ideology, and went to the hospital to seek his own martyrdom . three leicestershire martyrdom. three leicestershire police officers are under investigation for potential misconduct over how they dealt with triple killer valdo calocane, two constables and a sergeant made inquiries into alleged assaults by calocane on two colleagues at an industrial estate in leicester. he then went on to kill students barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar, along with caretaker ian coates , along with caretaker ian coates, now the chairman of reform uk. richard tice has accused the conservatives of placing , quote, conservatives of placing, quote, trojan horse candidates to spread lies about the party. it comes after a second reform candidate suspended her campaign and defected to the tories. georgie david accused the vast majority of candidates of being

racist and misogynistic, a reform spokesman described her comments as sweeping and her actions as sad and strange . actions as sad and strange. well, sir keir starmer has refused to rule out the need for recounts if some postal votes are unable to be counted due to delays with royal mail, the postal affairs minister is said to be urgently investigating . to be urgently investigating. kevin hollinrake is in direct contact with the company after the government acknowledged issues with the printing and delivery of postal ballot packs in some local areas. okay, those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm ray addison 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 . slash alerts. >> cheers! >> cheers! >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> okay, here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound

will buy you $1.2672 and ,1.1802. price of gold, £1,836.50 per ounce and the ftse 100 at 8130 points. >> cheers, britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> thank you ray, and let's get more now on this hour's big breaking news story . convicted breaking news story. convicted child killer lucy letby has been found guilty at manchester crown court of the attempted murder of a baby girl at the countess of chester hospital. our reporter sophie reaper is outside manchester crown court. sophie, welcome to the show. tell us more. what do we know? >> good afternoon to you, martin. well, this trial has lasted just over three weeks, relatively short compared to leiby's original trial, which took ten months. justice goss, the judge presiding over the

trial after he completed his summing up this morning. he sent that jury of six men and six women out to begin their deliberations. they spent about an hour and a half this morning before the lunch break, and then after the lunch break, it was again, only about an hour before they returned with that verdict, they returned with that verdict, the foreman stood and was asked if they'd reached a verdict, upon which they all agreed. they said yes. he then was asked if what that verdict was, and the court was told it was guilty that letby had been found guilty of the attempted murder of child k. upon that verdict, letby really had no reaction whatsoever from the dock. but the parents of child k who have been present, they were present pretty much throughout the entirety of leiby's original trial, and they have been present throughout the entirety of this retrial, child k's father gasped. he put his head in his hands. it was really rather emotional, and he looked to the ceiling as he sobbed.

childcare's mother also was provided tissues by the usher as she cried, obviously an incredible sense of relief for them, but as i say, no reaction from letby. upon that verdict, justice goss then told her that she wouldn't be sentenced today, that that would take place on friday instead. but although he did say she would be serving a life sentence in any event, the judge then thanked the jury for their time, obviously expressing their time, obviously expressing the difficulty of the job. they've carried out a relatively short time, though, as i say, only around 2.5 hours of deliberations to come to that guilty verdict. now, you can probably see behind me the press are gathering. we're awaiting a statement from the crown prosecution service, and we're expecting to hear from nicola wynn—williams, who's the senior crown prosecutor responsible for this case. there's also a chance we could hear a statement read out on behalf of child k's family. i think perhaps they were too emotional to be able to do it themselves, but we'll be

bringing that to you as soon as we get it. but just to reiterate, lucy letby , now found reiterate, lucy letby, now found guilty of the attempted murder of child k while she worked at the countess of chester hosphaps the countess of chester hospital's neonatal unit. >> thank you. sophie reaper for that update there live outside manchester crown court. we'll come back to you later in the show if we have more. thank you . show if we have more. thank you. now, if you want to get in touch with us @gbnews, simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay and i'll read out the battery messages a little later in the show. and so far they've been fantastic. please keep them i'm martin daubney on news, britain's news channel

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patient who managed to talk the bomber down, varne police officers okay, and what i need you to do is follow my instructions very carefully. >> the moment armed police move in on terrorist mohammed farooq outside the hospital, he planned to bomb it. >> front up bonnet here. come here. good man. >> keep your hands up. >> keep your hands up. >> bonnet for us, pal. yeah. that's fine. keep your hands up on it. there >> radicalised online by al—qaeda and isis, farooq was preparing to kill as many nurses as possible here at leeds world renowned saint james's hospital. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> subject. >> subject. >> secure me. >> secure me. >> it was a brave member of the public. >> a patient at the hospital who noficed >> a patient at the hospital who noticed farooq acting suspiciously as he prepared to plant his device in a hospital cafe . he engaged him in cafe. he engaged him in conversation and managed to talk him down, persuading farooq to take his pressure cooker bomb over to a bench further away from the main entrance before

calling the police. >> what's what's this pistol? you might have? have you got a gun somewhere ? it's all right. gun somewhere? it's all right. lower lower lower. >> a search of farooq and his vehicle found this imitation handgun and two knives. >> and as they continue to talk to him, they realised the full extent of his deadly attack plan i >> -- >> there's a bag there. what's in it? it's a bomb. >> it's a bomb inside that pressure cooker. pressure cooker. >> pressure cooker. >> bomb was stuffed with ten kilograms of gunpowder. farooq's trial was told it was intended to be twice as powerful as the two pressure cooker devices that terrorists in the us used to bomb the boston marathon in 2013, killing three and injuring hundreds of others. >> a pressure cooker and what's in it? >> it's not live gunpowder . >> it's not live gunpowder. >> it's not live gunpowder. >> it's not live gunpowder. >> it's gunpowder in a pressure cooker . i >> it's gunpowder in a pressure cooker. i need >> it's gunpowder in a pressure cooker . i need to thoroughly cooker. i need to thoroughly search this gentleman . search this gentleman. >> there's gunpowder in his

pockets and blanks . pockets and blanks. >> farook's original target had been the top secret us military installation at raf menwith hill installation at raf menwith hill in north yorkshire. believing the base had been used to coordinate drone strikes against isis. but he couldn't get close enough to plant the device . his enough to plant the device. his second choice was saint james's, where he'd been employed as a clinical support worker and had a grievance against several of his former colleagues. it was the second time in just over a year that islamist terrorists had tried to bomb a far softer hospital target. the attack on the liverpool maternity hospital had also failed. the only fatality, the bomber himself, when his device detonated prematurely . now another prematurely. now another terrorist is off the streets and behind bars, but prosecutors say there would have been many deaths and injuries. but for the

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rather than her, was chosen. meanwhile, it's even been suggested that michelle obama could be the democrats choice to go could be the democrats choice to 9° up could be the democrats choice to go up against donald trump. that would be an astonishing interjection. to discuss all of this, i'm now joined by scott lucas, who's a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham. professor lucas, welcome to the show. always a pleasure, a huge amount to take in there, everybody seems to be in agreement. the new york times saying joe biden should stand down. senior democratic party insiders very concerned about the president's performance, the direction of travel seems to be he should be replaced. what do you make of the two candidates? kamala harris, the natural choice as the vice president. but her polling is low, isn't it ? >> ?- >> one, 7_ >> one, first of 7 >> one, first of all, i hate to say, but the headline that is on your screen right now about kamala harris saying picking a white cancer, candidate would be offensive. >> is an irresponsible and misleading headline from a british newspaper that ripped a

quote out of context from the american site politico, that's not what harris's team said. what they said instead is, is if the democratic party wants to appeal to black voters and there have been signs that the, black support for the democrats has been slipping, then harris would been slipping, then harris would be the candidate. and, you know, and that's a logical statement to make. even if you disagree with it. in terms of harris's chances, though , even if joe chances, though, even if joe biden decided to step aside, she has been handicapped since early and joe biden's first term by biden's team , when biden decided biden's team, when biden decided to run for a second term, harris, who would have been the heir apparent, was kept in the background, she was given very difficult tasks when she was put before the cameras, such as deaung before the cameras, such as dealing with the issue of immigration. and she really has not been a chance to establish her credentials , which is one her credentials, which is one reason why, in the opinion polling you mentioned, she would struggle at this point versus donald trump, if the democrats are going to switch to harris, they need to do so now rather

than later on, and certainly well in advance of their convention in, in august. >> and what do you make of this dramatic mention of michelle obama? a poll in march only had her 1% behind joe biden on 43% versus 44, donald trump still beating both those candidates , beating both those candidates, but a pretty narrow margin. she's got the name. she's got the recognition. she's got the reach. could that be a dramatic intervention? do you think it's just speculation at this point , martin? >> of course. first of all, we've got to see if biden can be persuaded to step aside. but even if he could, michelle obama for years has been urged to get into politics, for the sake of her family. the sake of, you know, the life she prefers to run, she would rather be a very committed, a very effective activist, but one who is not actually on the political front lines . and there's no sign that lines. and there's no sign that that view has been changed, you know, clearly, i, you know, michelle obama rates highly in terms of approval amongst

americans, i think she would be a very capable candidate even at this late stage, but to be honest with you, going to michelle obama or for that matter, her husband, president barack obama, who could run again, that would be what we call a hail mary. >> okay, scott . lucas, we have >> okay, scott. lucas, we have to leave it there. we've simply run out of time. thanks for joining us. much appreciate your time. now sir keir starmer. we'll be putting we'll put stopping small boats on the agenda.the stopping small boats on the agenda. the european leaders summit at blenheim palace later this month if he becomes prime minister. loose talk about after this. but first it's your weather with alex bercow . weather with alex bercow. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello again. i'm here with your latest gb news. weather forecast brought to you by the met office. we are going to see some fairly wet weather pushing its way southwards across many parts as we go through the rest of today and overnight. that's due to a system that's currently just to the northwest of the uk

for the time being though, as we go through the end of today, there is still some dry and at times sunny weather across parts of england and wales, with a few showers to watch out for. but further north of scotland, northern ireland and northern england, turning increasingly cloudy and also very wet, that rain and cloud is going to push its way southwards as we go through the night and because of the unsettled weather, it is going to stay pretty mild, temperatures generally staying in double figures. so a fairly wet start to the day for many of us, but some of the heavier rain is going to quite quickly clear away towards the east. if we take a closer look and across some southern parts by seven 8:00, apart from a bit of rain across east anglia, perhaps there should be some dry, perhaps even brighter weather for a time. different story further north, outbreaks of rain and quite a lot of cloud for many places with something a little bit more persistent pushing into parts of scotland and also northern ireland. as we go through the morning, and this band of something a bit more persistent is then going to gradually make its way eastwards as we go through the day. so

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gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 4 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, sir keir starmer will put stopping small boats on the agenda at the european leaders summit at blenheim palace later this month. if he becomes prime minister on friday. full details on that coming soon. next the royal mail is facing a fresh scandal this time over postal votes. thousands of voters have still not received their ballot papers, meaning their vote might not make it in time, perhaps even necessitating recounts at the election . so is it time to the election. so is it time to sack off the entire postal voting system? and england hero jude bellingham is facing the chop from the euros after uefa chiefs ordered a probe into a so—called lewd goal celebration. meanwhile, the bbc has been slammed for mocking mysterio

rinaldo after ronaldo missed a penalty. its football totally losing its sense of humour. that's all coming up in your next hour . next hour. well, the show always a delight to have your company so yeah, that line just come in from chris hope. small boats. what will the labour party do? something they haven't really nailed until now? breaking news sir keir starmer will put stopping small boats on the agenda at the european leaders summit at blenheim palace on july the 18th. if he's been elected. full details coming up after this. get in touch. use us. do you trust him on that? have you changed your views at all during this entire election campaign? are you fed up to the back teeth of it all? despite all the media movements out there to try and get you to change your votes, are you standing put? let me know who you think should be our next

prime minister. gbnews.com/yoursay but before all of that, it's your headlines with polly middlehurst. yes. >> good afternoon. let's bring you, first of all, news from manchester crown court, where the convicted murderer, lucy letby has been found guilty of attempting to kill a baby girl. today's retrial verdict follows allegations that the 34 year old deliberately interfered with the child's breathing tube at chester hospital in 2016. the former nurse was convicted last august of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the hospital. letby maintains she never intended or tried to harm any babyin intended or tried to harm any baby in her care. well, it has been confirmed she'll be sentenced on friday the 5th of july. we're also expecting, if you're watching on television, you're watching on television, you can see these are the scenes live from outside manchester crown court, where as i was about to say, we're expecting to

hear a statement outside the court shortly. evidently that's not happening at the moment. we'll come back to that when that goes live. in the meantime, three leicestershire police officers are under investigation for potential misconduct over how they dealt with valdo calocane, who killed two students and a caretaker in nottingham. two constables and a sergeant are said to have made inquiries into alleged assaults by calocane the month before he committed the fatal stabbings. it's claimed calocane assaulted two colleagues at an industrial estate in leicester in may last yeah he estate in leicester in may last year. he then went on in july to kill students. barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar, along with caretaker ian coates. barney webber's brother charlie has been speaking to us @gbnews about their close bond within the family and the devastating impact of his brother's death. a year on from the nottingham attacks. >> i remember! attacks. >> i remember i was on a school trip and i remember sitting down

on the, the side of the bus and my parents or mum and dad telling me that there's been an incident in nottingham and barney has been killed, and i just it's like i remember the feeling. i can't really describe it. it's like you just feel very fuzzy, and i didn't. ijust broke down in tears and i didn't know what to do. i didn't know where to go. i was getting overheated, and it's just. yeah, it was something you can't comprehend as it. >> charlie webber speaking to beverley turner there. now the number of historical sex offences the former dup leader sir jeffrey donaldson is facing has now risen from 11 to 18. northern ireland's longest serving mp is expected at a court hearing tomorrow to establish if his case will be sent for a trial. the 61 year old has previously said he'll contest all counts against him, as has his wife, who's facing a separate allegation . meanwhile, separate allegation. meanwhile, the chairman of reform uk , the chairman of reform uk, richard tice, has accused the conservatives of placing trojan horse candidates to spread lies

about the party. it comes after about the party. it comes after a second reform candidate suspended her campaign and defected to the conservatives. georgie david accused the vast majority of candidates of being racist and misogynistic. a reform spokesman described her comments as sweeping and her actions as sad and strange . the actions as sad and strange. the prime minister says the party hasn't acted quickly enough. we can now then take you live back to manchester crown court for that statement. following lucy leiby's guilty verdict, let's cross live now . are we don't cross live now. are we don't have those pictures for you after all. you can see if you're watching on television, we're still receiving the feed from the court, which indicates for us what is happening next, that of course, lucy letby, who has been found guilty of trying to kill a baby girl. the 34 year old was convicted by that jury at manchester crown court of attempting to murder her. the child , referred to in court

child, referred to in court throughout the trial as baby k last august. we know, of course, that lucy letby was convicted by a different jury of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others attempted murders of six others at the countess of chester hospital neonatal unit between june 2015 and june 2016. we'll try and get back to manchester crown court for that statement from outside the court of course, as that picture returns to us in the meantime, let me update you on some more politics and a candidate for the conservative party has. >> well, we've seen some appalling comments that have been made that i addressed last week. and, you know, what we have seen is candidates and campaigners openly espousing racist and misogynistic views, seemingly without challenge. and that tells you something about the culture within the reform party. overall, that's questions for nigel farage. but on thursday there's a clear choice for people and if you want your taxes cut, if you want your pension protected and you want our borders secure and you want to vote to prevent a labour super majority, the only way to do that is to vote conservative.

and that's the very strong message that these candidates and others are making a clear , and others are making a clear, well, that would, of course, was rishi sunak, trying to explain why the party doesn't support gay conversion therapy after a church for which the lady that i was referring to earlier is a trustee, was found to have endorsed the practice . endorsed the practice. >> miriam cates was on the board of trustees for saint thomas philadelphia church in sheffield from 2016 until 2018, and an independent investigation by the barnardo's charity found a culture there in which so—called evil spirits were believed to be the cause of homosexuality, with evidence of exorcisms. as recently as 2019, miss kate says none of those allegations were raised during her time as a trustee, and she would never support such practices. the conservatives have promised to ban conversion therapies in 2018, though no bill has yet been put into law . let's try been put into law. let's try third time lucky to get to manchester crown court to hear that statement. following lucy

letby guilty verdict, let's take a look. here it is from losing our precious newborn and grieving her loss to being told years later. clearly some audio problems we're just trying to fix that for you. >> nothing can prepare you for that news today. >> justice has been served, and a nurse who should have been caring for our daughter has been found guilty of harming her. but this justice will not take away the extreme hurt, anger and distress that we've all had to experience . it also does not experience. it also does not provide us with an explanation as to why these crimes have taken place. >> we are heartbroken, devastated , angry and feel numb. devastated, angry and feel numb. >> we may never truly know why this happened . this happened. >> words cannot express our gratitude to the jury. >> we recognise that this has not been an easy task for them, and we will forever be grateful for their patience and resilience throughout this

incredibly difficult process. >> the police investigation beganin >> the police investigation began in 2017, and we have been supported from the very beginning by a team of experienced and dedicated family liaison officers . we want to liaison officers. we want to thank those officers for everything they've done for us, not only once, but twice . not only once, but twice. medical experts , consultants, medical experts, consultants, doctors and nursing staff have all been given evidence in court , which at times has been extremely hard for us to listen to. >> however, we recognise the determination and commitment that each witness has shown in ensuring that the truth has been told. >> we acknowledge that the evidence given by each of them has been key in securing today's verdict. finally, we would like to acknowledge and thank the investigation team and more recently, the prosecution team who have led the trial to a successful conclusion . the successful conclusion. the search for the truth has remained at the forefront of everyone's minds, and we will forever be grateful for this. we

would now ask the time in piece to process what has happened. as we come to terms with today's verdict. thank you . verdict. thank you. >> so there we have it, a statement on behalf of the family that spokesperson say that the family are heartbroken, understandably, but they also were very careful in that statement to outline their gratitude . they said, we're very gratitude. they said, we're very grateful for the patience and the resilience of the jury. they said it was very painful to listen to the evidence at manchester crown court. of course, as the doctors and nurses also gave their evidence and words of praise as well for the police who have helped the family through this. that's the news for now. i'm back in half an hour with more headlines. now back to martin 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 .

slash alerts. >> thank you polly. now we start with sir keir starmer, who has said he will put stopping small boats on the agenda at the european leaders summit at blenheim palace if he becomes prime minister on friday. i'm joined now by gb news political editor chris hope. chris, welcome to the show . so we've welcome to the show. so we've been waiting. a lot of people have been waiting a long time for sir keir starmer to step up and put some flesh on the bone about what it might look like in terms of his policy to stop the boats. so far , all we've heard boats. so far, all we've heard is we will go downstream and smash the gangs. that, of course, has been tried many, many times before. while we still try and get a link to chris hope, let me talk. you through what this basically means. so the fourth european political community summit takes place in the united kingdom. every european nation will

attend. this is an annual one of those beanos that politicians go to just so happens this time there will be two significant changes. first of all, we most likely will have a new prime minister in the united kingdom in sir keir starmer, a prime minister who hasn't put an awful lot of detail on the bone yet about stopping the boats. and also in france next weekend we are having a set of elections which could see a massive change there in who's in charge of that country that affects that affects the landscape massively about what this conversation will entail . so, so we're going will entail. so, so we're going to talk about this before we get to talk about this before we get to chris obe with james matthewson, who's a labour spokesman. james, this is a significant development , significant development, significant development, significant development. so it's going to be on the agenda at the fourth european political community summit. they normally talk about things like energy, infrastructure , connectivity. infrastructure, connectivity. it's a kind of mini g7 in many

ways. and now small boats on the agenda. do you think we can trust sir keir starmer to actually put some flesh on the bone and give some detail about how he plans to stop the boats? >> yeah, i think so. >> yeah, i think so. >> i don't see any reason not to. this is not an issue. keir starmer wants to talk about remember that it's not an issue that it's important to labour members. a lot of the time it's not an issue. >> that's hugely important to many swathes of the electorate who support the labour party. >> but there are communities who are concerned and do have concerns, and it's right that they're heard. >> so for the labour party to be finally addressing it and to looking at it directly , that in looking at it directly, that in itself, i think, for me tells you that it's a it's something that he is valuing and valuing as important, not ignoring after this election because looking at the results, i mean, to be fair, you know, we'll see what they are on on thursday night and friday morning. but i do think looking at the polling, he has every reason to ignore this. but hopefully this is an antidote as

well to rishi sunak's latest attacks, which all seem to be immigration based because they don't have anything left to attack the labour party on in any other area. >> because there's one thing to put this on the menu . on july put this on the menu. on july the 18th, no doubt smoked salmon will be on the menu. doesn't mean that anything is going to happen about it, because the fact of the matter remains, james, is that the rest of the nation, they're the vast majority of them are european union members. and they will come in that respect as a bloc. but there could be a significant development if we see a change of premiership in france. james. now, it could go either way. it could be a macron harder left coalition, in which case they , coalition, in which case they, the left in france want more open borders. they even want climate refugee status to be applied. le pen, of course, is the opposite. she makes nigel farage look moderate. so in that respect, it's okay for sir keir starmer to say he's going to

debate it but debate what? and with who is this just yet more posturing two days before a general election ? general election? >> i think it's posturing. i think it's , you know, him saying think it's, you know, him saying that, look, this is how i plan on engaging with the world, on the world stage. and these are important issues. and if they're important issues. and if they're important to the british public, then it's right that keir starmer says we should have them on the agenda and we should be talking about them. and i think that's really positive. and remember, i revisit the point that he doesn't need to do this. i don't think he needs to do this. i don't think this will get more votes. i don't think it'll get him less votes. i think he could easily leave this out and still return a labour majority. a pretty stonking labour majority. if were being honest at looking at the polling. but he's doing this because he's saying, look, i can because he's saying, look, i can be this is you. trust me, if you put your trust in me, i can be representative of views that i don't necessarily hold because the labour party is , at its the labour party is, at its core, pro—immigration. i am pro—immigration as an individual, but it doesn't matter . it doesn't individual, but it doesn't matter. it doesn't mean that when you rule and when you

govern a country, that you ignore the views of everybody who you might not agree with the core principles of, but who have concerns and valid concerns at that. >> pro—immigration is one thing i've tried over these past six weeks. in fact, for many, many months, james, to get some kind of quantity , some kind of of quantity, some kind of numeracy, what will labour's immigration targets look like? i haven't managed to get anything concrete. isn't that the point? people are going two days from a general election. they don't really know what labour stands for. you just said they're a pro—immigration party. they clearly are, and then we hear tough talking on stopping the boats, but we don't actually have any indication of what their targets will be at all. >> yeah. and i don't think they need to give them. i'll be totally honest. i don't think at this stage they need to be given. i don't think it will change the electoral fortunes if they do. and i don't think it's just about winning elections. i don't think it's that cynical, but i do think it's a case of saying, look, we've addressed it. we've we've mentioned it, we will tackle it. but how we do

thatis will tackle it. but how we do that is when we get into government, because you have to remember when people take over these government departments because it's a fascinating system. we have martin, isn't it like you've got politicians who might have little to no experience in a field going into a department with experts and civil servants who are already working on things and taking over that caseload. and they've got to go in and say, right, what have we done already? how have we? and if you've not been in government for 14 years, as the labour party hasn't, then your access to that information of what's been done, how it's been done is limited. so they have to go in, they have to take stock, and then they have to be able to say, right, well, this is how we're going to do it. so i think we will see plans. but the fact that he's putting this on the agenda for this meeting, i think that's a positive sign for anybody who is concerned about the small boat. >> james, do you think this meeting might run later than 6:00 on a friday? and if it does, will it be all chips down? no, no. sorry 6:00. i'm clocking off. i'm your part time prime minister dolly parton, working 9 to 5. is that really the sort of thing to be sending out to the electorate two days before the big chucker off?

>> listen, i have nothing bad said about dolly parton, martin, because she's one of the greatest songwriters of all time . but no, you're absolutely right. i think when the country says what? what does this mean by keir starmer setting out his hours of work and what he's likely to work? i do not think there is anything wrong with somebody standing up and saying, look, yes, i want to be your prime minister, but i'm not. i'm carving out time for my family as well. and his wife has jewish heritage and friday night, as we know in jewish communities, are a huge thing. you know, it's friday night. dinner is a huge part of that culture. so, you know, for him to say that's where i'm going to be protecting my space and my time. do we think that boris johnson has been at the helm of the country 24 over seven, when he was in charge of it? of course not. this is not how countries run. but i think it's important for him to be saying this up front. and actually it's quite appealing to all the people that he's being honest and transparent about that. >> yeah. let's hope kim jong un doesn't set his watch for 6:01 pm. james matthewson always a pleasure to have you on the show. take care my friend. speak

to you soon now. gb news, of course, is the people's channel. so we wanted to know what the great british public think about sir keir starmer's admission that he wanted to avoid work after that 6 pm. friday deadune after that 6 pm. friday deadline to spend more time with his family. does it mean, as some tories have claimed , that some tories have claimed, that he would be a part time prime minister or is sir keir right to prioritise his family? well, we went out and about in birmingham to find out what the people there thought. here's what they said. >> that's ridiculous really. >> that's ridiculous really. >> i mean every day is a different situation and every day sometimes you can't do what you want to do. you have to work later. >> sometimes you can knock off early, but you can't just say, well, it's 6:00, i'm going home. >> he that's a union, statement . >> he that's a union, statement. >> he that's a union, statement. >> shouldn't think so because family time has got to have some family time has got to have some family time has got to have some family time to keep together, haven't they? >> i don't really like keir starmer because you couldn't

answer one simple question. >> what is a woman ? >> what is a woman? >> what is a woman? >> i mean, that is a woman. >> i mean, that is a woman. >> he won't answer us because he's gone woke as a family man, like i've got kids. >> i think that's fair. i don't see why everyone, no one else wants to work after 6:00 on a friday. why? just because he's running the country? i don't see why he can't have family time as well. >> we need people like that were in the country . the people of in the country. the people of birmingham. magnificent. i love it when we get out and about. they talk more common sense than anybody in that place. over there. now, i'll have lots more on the general election a little later in the show, and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com. you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much. now time for the great british giveaway now and it's a whopper. this your chance to win a massive 30 grand tax free cash. it's our biggest prize to date. and here's how you can win the lot . the lot. >> £30,000 in tax free cash

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i'm martin daubney. this is gb news now. later this hour i'll ask what a labour government would mean for our armed forces veterans. as one former army officer says, the thought of sir keir starmer as prime minister fills him with anger. now could england superstarjude england superstar jude bellingham miss england superstarjude bellingham miss saturday's euro 2024 quarterfinal with switzerland, while bellingham is being investigated by european football's governing body uefa, over a gesture he made after scoring a last ditch equaliser against slovakia on sunday. they're looking into what they called a potential violation of the basic rules of decent conduct and meanwhile, former england captain john terry has accused the bbc of being a disgrace for a caption. as you can see in the bottom left, they're mocking cristiano ronaldo of portugal. ronaldo had a penalty saved in portugal's game with slovenia last night and the bbc then had an on screen graphic which read mr

arnaud p&o yes, me. a little bit of banter, but let's cross now to dusseldorf in germany and speak to sports journalist ben jacobs. ben, welcome to the show. so 2% lager endless var that now the celebration police are out and now a mocking caption on the screen about p&o marciano . all a bit of fun is marciano. all a bit of fun is football completely losing its sense of humour. bellingham did something that he's done before for real madrid. it was a goal celebration in the heat of the moment . surely that doesn't moment. surely that doesn't warrant keeping england superstar player out of a massive, massive quarterfinal ? massive, massive quarterfinal? >> yeah, i think if we take both incidents, i can't speak to the 2% alcohol because i don't drink on the job, but obviously fans are enjoying themselves in the fan parks . with the bellingham fan parks. with the bellingham incident, the uefa rules are clear that if they see what they construe to be an obscene gesture, they can investigate it. bellingham has explained, though, and said it was an in—joke between friends. he

scored that iconic overhead kick. it was emotional, it was passionate. he put his left hand up and made a kind of chirping gesture and then shouted who else? which is largely been seen as iconic and i don't think it was anything derogatory against slovakia or any kind of criticism against the on field officials . so ultimately, where officials. so ultimately, where do you draw the line with that celebration? it's a grey area now. if he is found guilty and it is only an investigation at the moment, it could be a fine, it could be a ban or it could be both. and let's just hope it's innocent and there's no suggestion, therefore, of missing the switzerland game with the cristiano ronaldo thing. i think social media had lots of divisive views and the bbc went with a relatively easy low hanging fruit joke, which some will have found funny, but from ronaldo's point of view he was in tears as well. and this is going to be his last euros. it might be his last major tournament, so we have to take that into account. and thankfully from his perspective, even though he was in those

tears and he did miss that penalty, he got redemption. he scored a perfect penalty in the shootout and portugal went through. >> yeah, but no doubt ronaldo's got lots of pound notes. dollar notes are dry. his eyes with. isn't this kind of banter all a part of what used to be the great game of football? we used to have a pop. we used to be a loud band to. now the game is getting completely sanitised . getting completely sanitised. >> yeah, i don't think there's anything wrong with that type of tone on social media. i think the challenge all broadcasters would probably admit they have is, as an official broadcaster, you're doing it one way for traditional linear tv. you have a completely different tone on your social media, and when there's crossover, and there always is, because the social media has got such a large audience, you get a situation where your editorial standards and your tone start to be questioned, and there is a line to be had for sure between working on behalf of the tournament and trying to be impartial, which is what the bbc are trying to do, and having a bit of fun. and this is what some would say is the beauty of

social media. you can have a clear divide between on air and online, and others say it's all kind of blurred into one because it's representative of the bbc. but the reality is, if you're going to goad ronaldo over a missed penalty , he missed it. if missed penalty, he missed it. if you're going to praise him over a scored penalty, he scored it. that's completely different to in saudi, where when ronaldo made his own obscene gesture, he was annoyed because people were actually taunting him by shouting messy , messy, messy. shouting messy, messy, messy. and that seems to irritate ronaldo more. i think it'll be dnven ronaldo more. i think it'll be driven on by criticism of anything he fails to do on the field, and he responded well . field, and he responded well. but actually, what's irked him in the last few months in saudi is when basically people have said messi is better than ronaldo. >> yeah, ben jacobs, always a pleasure to have you. and i know you're still out in germany for that quarterfinal. you might need more than 2% beer to drown your sorrows. when we play switzerland on sunday. thanks to have you on the show, ben jacobs, always a pleasure. take care out there and enjoy the match. cheers, mate . there's match. cheers, mate. there's loads of still to come between

now and 5:00 and a few minutes. i'll speak live to a government minister. but first it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst. >> the headlines this hour. former nurse lucy letby has been found guilty of the attempted murder of a premature baby just two hours after she was born last august. the 34 year old was convicted over the deaths of seven babies and of trying to kill six others at the countess of chester hospital . the family of chester hospital. the family released a statement thanking the jury and medical professionals who'd given evidence, singling out praise for the police, who they said had looked after them with amazing care from start to finish . meanwhile, three finish. meanwhile, three leicestershire police officers are under investigation for potential misconduct over how they dealt with a man who fatally stabbed three people in nottingham last year. two constables and a sergeant made inquiries into alleged assaults by calocane on two colleagues at an industrial estate in

leicester . he then went on two leicester. he then went on two months later to kill students barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar, along with caretaker ian coates , a student caretaker ian coates, a student nurse who took a pressure cooker bomb to hospital in leeds, where he worked, has been convicted of preparing terrorist acts. described in court as a self—radicalized, lone wolf islamist terrorist. prosecutors argued mohammed farooq wanted to kill as many nurses as possible. sheffield crown court heard the 28 year old had immersed himself in an extremist islamic islamist ideology and went on to the hospital to seek his own martyrdom in the united states. the former sorry in ireland, the former leader of the democratic unionist party, sir jeffrey donaldson, is facing seven more charges of historical sex offences, bringing the total now to 18. northern ireland's longest serving mp is expected at a court hearing tomorrow to establish if his case will be

sent to trial. the 61 year old has previously said he'll contest all counts against him, as has his wife, who's facing a separate allegation and the chairman of reform uk, richard tice, has accused the conservatives of placing trojan horse candidates to spread lies about the party. it comes after about the party. it comes after a second reform candidate suspended her campaign and defected to the conservatives. georgie david accused the vast majority of candidates of being racist and misogynistic. a reform spokesperson described her comments as sweeping and her actions as sad and strange. those are your latest news headlines. i'm polly middlehurst. i'm back in half an hour with more. see you then. >> 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. >> thank you polly. now let's

get more . ahead of thursday's get more. ahead of thursday's general election, i'm now joined by the foreign, commonwealth and development office minister anne—marie trevelyan. welcome to the show. anne—marie welcome there. so earlier on on the campaign trail, prime minister rishi sunak was asked if this campaign has been a total disaster. let's go back in time. it started on the 22nd of may in the rain. things are going to get wetter, said the critics. then we had the d—day debacle, then the betting scandal, then nigel farage entered the fray and he's overtaken the conservatives and a few polls, your own polls have remained flat. 75 mps have stood down. do you think it's a fair summary to say that you're looking at a bit of a poor result on thursday, and the campaign has been described as a disaster. what's your take on it? >> so i think we're clear that the polls are tough and that there's a real risk of labour

coming through with a very large majority and we need to make sure that those voters who are yet undecided and certainly out on my doorsteps in northumberland, there's plenty of people still really pondering what to do. there some of us are, they're cross with the conservatives, or they think maybe that, they want to see a change. but there is no love for laboun change. but there is no love for labour, and we need to make sure that they, vote for the conservatives so that they have a decent, voice. we have a decent voice in the parliament when we get back. i think it's really important for voters to think what i've been really interested by is i don't think voters feel this is a disaster. there is a sense, of real frustration with all politicians, to be honest , on politicians, to be honest, on the doorstep. they want, they want to see clarity. they'd like sunny uplands, as george osborne used to call it. but the world is in a really difficult place, we've had a pandemic and a war which has had huge economic

challenges for us here in the uk and globally. and the world out there isn't looking any prettier, so it's really hard. and i think voters are thoughtful, certainly mine are up here and want to make sure they make the right decision. and we need to make sure that they choose the conservatives, that they don't want a big labour supermajority. >> now, anne—marie, one of the areas where you've consistently been trying to get detail out of sir keir starmer is on the issue of small boats. now, in the last houn of small boats. now, in the last hour, we've just heard that if sir keir starmer is our next prime minister on july the 18th, he says he will raise the issue of small boats at the fourth european political community summit at blenheim palace. do you have any faith that he will have the teeth to talk tough and act tough with our european partners on the issue of small boats ? boats? >> well, i'm sure he can have a lovely conversation with them when they all come over for that important political meeting. but he could of course, keep the rwanda policy in play and use those first flights to demonstrate to the people

smugglers that it is not going to work to keep putting people in danger on small boats coming across the channel and allowing that deterrent, which we have taken a long time to get the legislation into place for. it was hard to do because they fought us all the way, but it's there and it would be an effective deterrent. so he could actually not just talk tough, but he could do tough and use if he is the prime minister. the tools that are in place to demonstrate what that means. my worry is my real worry. and he has given no reassurances that actually he's going to create an open door policy. he's not going to keep that deterrent policy, and he's going to come up with some european fudge, which means we are taking more migrants, not less. we want to make sure this is a country full of generous people. we've seen that with the ukraine scheme, with other schemes over the years, people are very happy across the uk to take migrants in real need. but those who come illegally , those who come illegally, they're jumping the queue and it's just not fair. and voters know that. and that's what we as the conservatives have spent the

last few years bringing in policies to try and really stop those boats . as rishi focused on those boats. as rishi focused on so hard. we've got a series of plans actually running, which are starting to work. and if, keir starmer should be prime minister, if he has any real teeth about him, he would actually let those run to see whether they are indeed going to help reduce the numbers rather than scrapping them all and thinking a conversation with the french is going to work. >> anne—marie, quickly, could i ask you about the conservative party's nigel farage problems? steve baker today saying mr farage wouldn't be welcome in the party. kemi badenoch a vote for reform is a vote for labour. suella braverman it seems, would like to do the foxtrot with him, which camp are you in? would you like to jump in bed with nigel farage or. we like to shove him off a cliff, i'm very happy on my own, in my own bed. thanks very much. that's a kind offer, but no, nigel farage left the conservative party many years ago, which was, you know, a choice he made . and i'm afraid

choice he made. and i'm afraid the, messages he's peddling exactly are, as, kemi says, just going to give, labour a greater majority if voters vote for him. i think, some of the messages coming out from, some of his party are, you know, reprehensible and vile. there are , of course, people who are are, of course, people who are frustrated. and if they want to see, the sort of migration policy that i've just been describing, stay in place , they describing, stay in place, they need to vote conservative and ensure that we win our seats back. so that's the real challenge . but, no dancing, no. challenge. but, no dancing, no. going to bed with nigel for me. i'm afraid. >> okay. thank you. anne—marie and apologies for that colourful metaphor, but thanks for your patience. always a pleasure to have you on the show. now, let's quickly cross live now to staffordshire, where sir keir starmer is making a speech just two days before the general election. >> it's feet, but fit for the future, making sure that we got the schools and skills for our young people so we can say to every young person, every child, you can go as far as your talent

will take you. whatever your background, wherever you come from, rebuilding our economy so that it works for everyone across the whole of the country and people feel better off their living standards have gone up and their public services are back where they would expect them and where they're entitled to them. we've set up gb energy, that publicly owned energy company that will make sure that our energy bills are lower for good, that we've got energy security and that we harness the jobs of the future. that is the change on offer. that is the argument that we make. the choice is stark to continue with the same as we've had for 14 long years, which is not going to change, or to turn the page and start to rebuild our country with labour. so if you want change, you have to vote for it . change, you have to vote for it. change doesn't happen unless you vote for it . let's take that out vote for it. let's take that out to every doorstep, to every voter . let's get this over the voter. let's get this over the line. let's get that labour government . thank you so much government. thank you so much for everything that you've done.

thank you. >> sir keir starmer, there rallying the troops in staffordshire. pretty much heanng staffordshire. pretty much hearing what we've heard many times before, talking about gb energy, energy security , jobs energy, energy security, jobs for the sector of energy. i've repeatedly tried with various ministers to find out what those jobs are, how much they pay and how many of them . they will be how many of them. they will be a bit light on detail. perhaps that will come. we heard of 14 long years, you can vote for continuity or time to turn the page. we've heard that phrase several times on this campaign. if you want change, you've got to vote for it. finally that seems to be his phrase for this campaign trail. now, if you want to get in touch, simply go to gbnews.com forward slash. you're saying i'll read out the best of your messages a little later in the show. i'm martin daubney on gb news,

welcome back. it's a 4:45. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. later in the show, we'll cross live to paris, where emmanuel macron is staring election defeat in the face. and it's emerged that if left wing parties win power this weekend , parties win power this weekend, then france will help migrants cross the mediterranean and give special status to climate refugees. now you can only imagine what that means for our rocky relationship with the french . now moving on, french. now moving on, a government minister has criticised the royal mail for delays to people receiving their postal votes for thursday's general election. the postal affairs minister, kevin hollinrake, hit out at royal mail for failing to anticipate the demand over the summer, while gb news national reporter theo chikomba is at a royal mail sorting office in canterbury and joins us now. theo, welcome to the show. you got the umbrella

there never rains, but it pours. the metaphor that's also true for royal mail and the post office. how on earth have we got to a stage? two days before a general election where people still haven't got their postal votes? theo >> certainly. well the heavens have opened today, and definitely for royal mail as well as they are facing issues with postal ballot forms which haven't reached many people. now, this afternoon i've been seeing stories from many people across the uk, some who travelled just before they were expecting to reach to have that postal ballot come through their letterbox, and it didn't. and now they are abroad. complaining about this issue. we understand it's affecting thousands of people right across the uk. it's expected around 90,000 constituencies have been affected and across the border in scotland there are concerns over there which had been mentioned before this week, with many schools closing last week,

friday. and many of those families are going abroad on holiday, meaning they hadn't had their postal vote come in on time. so many people are frustrated and they'll be hoping they at least get them in the next 24 hours, so they are on time on thursday. now, as you mentioned, kevin hollinrake , the mentioned, kevin hollinrake, the postal affairs, minister, he has been critical of the royal mail. meanwhile, the royal mail say they don't have a backlog and they don't have a backlog and they don't have a backlog and they do know the difficult situation facing some areas and they are looking to rectify that. and it is down to a staffing issue. they are saying lots of people will be on shift on thursday to ensure that the postal ballots are put in on time. so it's a race against time. so it's a race against time really, to ensure that their system is working properly. they might say that they haven't had enough time to prepare for it, but they are an organisation which is needed to deal with the situations like this. but we've also heard from

the electoral commission who oversee elections in the uk, and they acknowledge that there were pressures on the postal voting system due to the holiday season, and it said it would conduct a review after the election. now be hoping to see lots of people receive them in the next couple of days. but the question is, well, what impact will this have on the election and what impact will it have? maybe on marginal marginal seats in different parts of the uk? >> well, theo chikomba, those are big questions still to be answered. in 2019, over 7 million people voted via the post, 21% of all votes . theo post, 21% of all votes. theo chikomba. thank you very much for bringing us up to speed. first class from canterbury. now moving on. here's a question for you. do army veterans have much to fear from a labour government because former army officer major anthony browne hovelte, is one person who is concerned he had a letter published in today's daily mail which said this. as a northern ireland

veteran, the prospect of starmer leading a new government fills me with anger as he plans to revoke the legacy and reconciliation act and expose us to the vengeful , vengeful to the vengeful, vengeful terrorists of sinn fein and ira and his legal chums in the scab picking human rights industry . picking human rights industry. well, very strong words there. and joining me now to discuss them is the former british army officer and author patrick benham crosswell. patrick, welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company very strong words there from a former northern ireland veteran. tell me, why are so many armed forces veterans concerned about sir keir starmer becoming prime minister >> well, the important thing to remember is that firstly, he was head of the crown prosecution service when the whole luke miall . miall. >> the saville inquiry got launched and it was all a very long time ago decisions that 18 year olds in mortal peril made

are now coming back to haunt them , sometimes at the age of them, sometimes at the age of 60, 70, 80. >> i think even one at 90, it's a disgrace. both the major parties are to blame because they could have acted on this so much better. and the only hope is the sort of reform armed forces justice bill which would protect soldiers from this kind. continual continual threat of litigation. >> now, patrick, of course, in the previous general election in 2019, jeremy corbyn made it very, very public that he wanted to go down the route of historical prosecutions for acts committed by many armed forces, not just in northern ireland, but also in other theatres of combat . but but also in other theatres of combat. but this but also in other theatres of combat . but this particular combat. but this particular piece of legislation , the piece of legislation, the legacy, the troubles legacy act, sir keir starmer has personally pledged in the past to repeal

this act and this specifically pertains to northern ireland. and many people will point to the fact, quite rightly , the fact, quite rightly, patrick, that the vast majority of deaths that occurred in northern ireland were committed by terrorists. tens of thousands of prison staff, crown staff were injured . in fact, 2000 were injured. in fact, 2000 crown staff lost their lives. now, of course, people always have the right to justice. but is it your take on this patrick benham cross? well, we need to draw a line under this and attempt to move on and heal, not go back in time. attempt to move on and heal, not go back in time . my personal go back in time. my personal view is absolutely there is a there was a huge failure to create the equivalent of the south african truth and reconciliation commission immediately after the good drive, good friday agreement >> and that was, what, 30 years ago now? >> and this is dragging on and dragging on. no one's getting any younger. >> no more evidence is coming .

>> no more evidence is coming. testimony gets very difficult andifs testimony gets very difficult and it's pointless. the only people who make money out of this are lawyers, lawyers . this are lawyers, lawyers. >> now, it's worth pointing out, of course . patrick. on armed of course. patrick. on armed forces day, sir keir starmer did make the clear pledge he would do more for veterans. and in fact, many of the charities and organisations amnesty international. they're quick to point out that those who lost their lives in northern ireland at the at the hands of armed forces, they have human rights too. what would you say to that ? too. what would you say to that? >> well, i'd say that the law isn't written by pressure groups, stonewall , amnesty groups, stonewall, amnesty international . are informed, international. are informed, sincere pressure groups. their mandate comes from their membership, not from crosses and ballot boxes. as regards sir keir starmer , he's a politician keir starmer, he's a politician seeking election, and i would expect him to promise the world to get that. i fear very much

that the nature of modern politics is to try and find legal solutions to historic problems, you can go back to the. you know, the slavery, anything . you can't write a law anything. you can't write a law to day that will fix a tort or a wrong or a crime that happened 30 or 300 years ago. it was a different place. the law was different, and there won't be reliable evidence . reliable evidence. >> okay, well, i'll leave it there. thank you very much for joining us. and that's the former british army officer and author , patrick benham author, patrick benham crosswell. thanks for joining author, patrick benham crosswell. thanks forjoining us on the show. and i've got a quick viewer, your say to go through here before we finish this hour, marion says this. i can't wait to see if sir keir starmer gets in, how he and marine le pen will clash. certainly that will be one to look at. and debbie says this just watch if reform uk win any seats, maybe suddenly there'll be need to recount due to the

postal voting issue. and on that, that issue of a poll which shows more teenagers for vote reform than the other parties. john says very interesting to see 1617 year olds would vote for nigel farage. they will come of age to vote at the 2029 election. now. sir keir starmer will put stopping small boats on the agenda at the european leaders summit at blenheim palace if he becomes the prime minister let's talk about after this. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel. but now it's your weather with alex burka. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . solar sponsors of weather on. gb. news >> hello again. i'm here with your latest gb news. weather forecast brought to you by the met office. we are going to see some fairly wet weather pushing its way southwards across many parts. as we go through the rest of today and overnight. that's due to a system that's currently

just to the northwest of the uk for the time being though, as we go through the end of today, there is still some dry and at times sunny weather across parts of england and wales, with a few showers to watch out for. but further north of scotland, northern ireland and northern england, turning increasingly cloudy and also very wet. that rain and cloud is going to push its way southwards as we go through the night and because of the unsettled weather, it is going to stay pretty mild, temperatures generally staying in double figures . so a fairly in double figures. so a fairly wet start to the day for many of us, but some of the heavier rain is going to quite quickly clear away towards the east if we take away towards the east if we take a closer look. and across some southern parts by seven 8:00, apart from a bit of rain across east anglia, perhaps there should be some dry, perhaps even brighter weather for a time. different story further north, outbreaks of rain and quite a lot of cloud for many places with something a little bit more persistent pushing into parts of scotland and also northern ireland as we go through the morning . and this band of morning. and this band of something a bit more persistent is then going to gradually make its way eastwards as we go

through the day. so staying pretty soggy for scotland and northern ireland, england and wales. some further outbreaks of rain don't look as heavy as what we'll have seen earlier on, but it is going to stay generally pretty cloudy . temperatures are pretty cloudy. temperatures are still going to be a little bit below average for the time of yeah below average for the time of year. we may just about scrape into the low 20s celsius, but because of the cloud and the wet weather and for some of us blustery winds, it's going to feel a little disappointing later on as we go through tomorrow evening , there will be tomorrow evening, there will be some brighter skies developing across parts of scotland and northern ireland, but a scattering of showers mixed in with these and then some clear spells spreading to many parts on thursday, we can expect some blustery and wet weather in the north on friday. it's looking wetter for more of us. i'll see you again soon. bye bye. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

>>a >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 5 pm. and welcome to you. it's 5 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk on today's show, sir keir starmer has said that he'll put stopping small boats on the agenda at the european leaders summit at blenheim palace later this month. if he becomes our next prime minister on friday. next up, france is on the brink. in a week's time, the country will be given by either a coalition of chaos between macron and the hard left, or by marine le pen's national rally. billions has been wiped off the french economy already. tourists are dodging the olympics amid fears of widespread civil unrest. we'll have all the latest from the chaos across the channel and england hero last minute hero jude bellingham is facing the chop from the euros after uefa chiefs ordered a probe into a lewd goal celebration.

meanwhile, the bbc has been slammed for mocking mr ono p&o his football losing its sense of humour. that's all coming up in your next hour . your next hour. thanks for joining me on the show. always a pleasure to have your company. hundreds and hundreds of messages from you today. and i've got to say, you're in cracking form in particular, this notion of a part time prime minister, keir starmer, was a knock off at 6:00 on a friday. wouldn't we all like to do that? well, i do, but look, the point is this can you really run a country if you crack off at 6 pm. on a friday? well, i'm speaking to a labour minister. surely i put that one to her. plus sir keir starmer in this past hour has promised to raise the issue of small boats at a convention of european leaders in july. can we finally see some action from sir keir starmer on

the issue of stopping the small boats? do you believe any of that? let me know. the usual way in your forthright manner. gbnews.com/yoursay. but before we crack on, it's your headlines with polly middlehurst . with polly middlehurst. >> with a time at just after 5:00, the latest from the gb newsroom is that the former nurse, lucy letby, has been found guilty of attempted murder of another premature baby just two hours after the little girl was born. the 34 year old is already the uk's most prolific child killer and is serving 14 whole life sentences for the murders of seven babies and trying to kill six others. originally, the jury couldn't reach a verdict on the allegation, but after a retrial it was decided she did deliberately dislodge a breathing tube from a baby at the countess of chester hosphal the countess of chester hospital. in 2016, the family has released a statement thanking the jury for their

patience and resilience and the medical professionals who have given evidence during the trial. they also praised the investigation team and the prosecution team , saying they prosecution team, saying they would be forever grateful for their work . now, three their work. now, three leicestershire police officers are under investigation over how they dealt with alleged assaults by nottingham killer valdo calocane in the weeks before. he killed three people, two constables and a sergeant are said to have made inquiries into alleged assaults committed by him. but he then went on to kill students barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar and caretaker ian coates . barnaby caretaker ian coates. barnaby webber's brother charlie spoke to gb news about their close bond and the devastating impact his brother's deaths had on him a year on, i remember i was on a school trip and i remember sitting down on the, the side of the bus and my parents or mum and dad telling me that there's been an incident in nottingham and barney has been killed, and i just it's like

and barney has been killed, and ijust it's like i remember the feeling. >> i can't really describe it. it's like you just feel very fuzzy, and i didn't. ijust broke down in tears and i didn't know what to do. i didn't know where to go. i was getting overheated, and it's just. yeah, it was something you can't comprehend as it. >> charlie webber speaking to beverley turner , now a student beverley turner, now a student nurse, described as an incredibly dangerous man who intended to kill as many people as possible, has been found guilty of preparing terrorist acts. mohammed farooq was arrested in leeds with a pressure cooker bomb at the hospital where he worked in january last year. sheffield crown court has heard how an incredibly brave patient prevented utter devastation when he managed to talk him down. the 28 year old self—radicalized islamist terrorist had immersed himself in extremist islamist ideology and went to the hospital to seek his own martyrdom. the number of historical sex offences former

dup leader sir jeffrey donaldson is facing has now risen from 11 to 18. northern ireland's longest serving mp is expected at a court hearing tomorrow to establish if his case will be sent for a trial. the 61 year old has previously said he'll contest all counts against him, as has his wife, who's facing another allegation. in other news today, royal mail has been hitting back at claims that there's been a failure to get postal votes sent to people in some areas, insisting there is no backlog ahead of the general election. it comes after the post office minister, kevin hollinrake, was said to be urgently investigating claims of delays in some constituencies. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, is refusing to rule out recounts if some postal votes can't be counted. >> well, look, we cross each bndge >> well, look, we cross each bridge as we get to it. i am concerned about the delays and i think what needs to happen now is everybody needs to pull together to make sure the ballot papers get where they're needed, so that people can exercise

their democratic right to vote. so that's where my focus is at the moment . the moment. >> sir keir starmer now the chairman of reform uk richard tice, has accused the conservatives of placing trojan horse candidates to spread lies about the party. it comes after about the party. it comes after a second reform candidate suspended her campaign and defected to the conservatives. george david accused the vast majority of candidates of being racist and misogynistic, but a reform spokesman described her comments as sweeping and her actions as sad and strange. the prime minister says the party hasn't acted quickly enough. >> well, we've seen some appalling comments that have been made that i addressed last week and, you know, what we have seen is candidates and campaigners openly espousing racist and misogynistic views, seemingly without challenge. and that tells you something about the culture within the reform party. overall, that's questions for nigel farage. but on thursday there's a clear choice for people and if you want your taxes cut, if you want your

pension protected and you want our borders secure and you want to vote to prevent a labour super majority, the only way to do that is to vote conservative. and that's the very strong message that these candidates and others are making a clear rishi sunak now , thousands of rishi sunak now, thousands of people across the caribbean are being warned of a potentially catastrophic set of winds and a storm as hurricane beryl sweeps right across the region. >> the storm has already killed at least two people in the south—east and is now tracking towards jamaica and the cayman islands . it's currently moving islands. it's currently moving towards jamaica, where it's expected to batter the shoreline with life threatening winds and a storm surge. beryl, though still category five, that is the highest ranking, storm with winds expected of up to 165 miles an hour. those are your latest news headlines from gb news. i'm polly middlehurst. i'm back in half an hour. see you then. >> 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 slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you polly. now we start with sir keir starmer, who will put stopping small boats on the agenda at the european leaders summit at blenheim palace if he becomes prime minister on friday. and the labour leader has said the european political community meeting on july the 18th is an opportunity to talk about shared challenges, including what we do in relation to small boats, because i do believe that with better coordinated law enforcement, we can take down the gangs that are running this vile trade. and to discuss this further, i'm now joined. i'm delighted to say, by the shadow minister for employment and social security, alison mcgovern. allison, pleasure to see you again. a lot of people have been waiting a

long time for sir keir starmer to pipe up, as it were, on small boats. this is something of a surprise to us. so the fourth european political community summit on july the 18th, if sir keir starmer is the next prime minister, normally talk about infrastructure, energy, connectivity , what do you think connectivity, what do you think he will say to them? will he talk tough? and finally act on small boats? >> well, i'm i'm surprised that you're surprised that keir has been talking about it because, our plan is to smash these gangs and as keir had said and yvette cooper have said, several times, we want to police this vile trade like we treat terrorism . trade like we treat terrorism. >> and for that you do need relationships with our nearest neighbours to be very strong. we know that cross—border crimes require policing in different nafions require policing in different nations to work together. and as i said, that's why we've been saying for a long time that we want to not only have our own

new border command. in the uk, but also work very closely with, other countries. and that that is the best way to identify the people who are perpetrating this vile trade and to bring them to justice. i think that we will be able to do that much more effectively and have that focus. you've got to take this horrible crime very seriously and police it like we do terrorism. >> the problem with that, though, alison, is that we already do most of what you're talking about there. we already have deals with the french . we have deals with the french. we spend half £1 billion a year. numbers are getting worse, if anything. and the countries that are also be at this summit, they basically come as a bloc. the european union bloc. they've been very, very clear all along. any kind of a deal would have to mean signing up to a reciprocal deal of a redistribution of asylum seekers from the bloc into the united kingdom. and also there could be a change of

personnel over the channel. marine le pen could come in the nofion marine le pen could come in the notion that she would want to deal with, with us in any way to stop asylum seekers leaving france is for the birds, and it could be a hard left coalition coming in. and today they've announced they want more immigration into france, and they even want climate change refugees to be allowed. how on earth does any of this point to the fact that a labour government will cut down on the numbers of people coming across the channel >> well, we'll do that because instead of wasting money on gimmicks like rwanda, we will repurpose that finance on the kind of policing that is already working to identify. as i was just saying now, the perpetrators of this vile crime. and when you mention the kind of , political actors that are involved here, you know, the reality is that our policing bodies have to keep us safe no matter what the political

environment is. and so i think that, you know, we already have, some co—working with different countries, you know, not just france, but also the netherlands and others to prosecute. criminals in this area. and we want to develop that and go further. i think that that will be possible. we will have to work with whoever is elected in various countries. and to your point about the european union, you know, are we did see boris johnson really harm our relationship with both member states and with the european union. i think that we can improve that relationship and get more done. this is the our proposals are will be effective because they go within the grain of what we know is already effective, and we won't rely on gimmicks like rwanda, but rather funding properly , properly funding properly, properly border security command and the kind of specialist intelligence gathering and prosecutors that can actually bring these people

to justice. >> okay, alison, can i quickly ask you, about i hope this deal doesn't go past 6:00 because sir keir starmer wants to be a part time prime minister, knocking off at 6:00. he's barely got in his feet, his clogs inside number 10. he wants to crack off at 6:00 on a friday. is that really the kind of message to send out from a prime minister >> martin? i don't know whether to laugh or to cry at this issue. honestly it's ridiculous. do people think that politicians should not have families? and if politicians have families , i politicians have families, i think most people would expect us to see them now. and again. i think it's an absolute joke that the conservative party have made an attack out of this. the only politicians that have been clocking off early are the tories. actually, if you look at you know, all of the partygate nonsense and all of the things that they have done over the past 14 years, i don't think anybody really could accuse keir starmer of not putting a shift in after all of the things he's

done over the past five years to change the labour party. so the idea that in some way anybody is surprised that he sees his family on a friday evening, i think it's actually i think it's completely ridiculous. i honestly, i do not know whether to laugh or cry at this. >> okay . alison mcgovern, thank >> okay. alison mcgovern, thank you for coming out swinging. i'll let you knock off. and it's only 5:15. thank you very much for joining us on the show. now, forjoining us on the show. now, gb news is, of course, the people's channel. and so we wanted to know what the great british public think about sir keir starmer's admission that he wanted to avoid work after 6 pm. on a friday to spend time with his family. does it mean, as some tories have claimed, that it would be a part time prime minister or sir keir right to prioritise his family? we went out to an about in birmingham to find out what the people there thought . people there thought. >> well that's ridiculous really. >> i mean, every day is a different situation and every day sometimes you can't do what

you want to do. you have to work later. sometimes you can knock off early , but you can't just off early, but you can't just say, well, it's 6:00, i'm going home. he that's a union. and statement shouldn't think so because family time has got to have some family time to keep together , haven't they. together, haven't they. >> i don't really like keir starmer because you couldn't answer one simple question. >> what is a woman ? >> what is a woman? >> what is a woman? >> and the man is a woman. >> and the man is a woman. >> he won't answer this because he's gone. >> woke as a family man like i've got kids. >> i think that's fair. i don't see why everyone, no one else wants to work after 6:00 on a friday. why just because he's running the country? i don't see why he can't have family time as well. >> absolutely. love the opinions there of those brummies. brilliant stuff. you get lots more on the election general election campaign on our website. of course , and thanks website. of course, and thanks to you gb news. com is the

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following all the twists and turns as well as all the live reaction from our election night. watch party with our gb news line up . news line up. >> and as morning breaks, we'll be here with breakfast from 6 am. as it becomes clear who the winners and the losers really are. >> vote 2024 thursday, the 4th of july only on gb news >> britain's election . channel. >> britain's election. channel. >> britain's election. channel. >> welcome back. it's 521. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. later in the show i'll ask if england's superstar, last minute superstar jade birmingham could superstarjade birmingham could be banned from playing in their euro 2024 quarterfinal for his controversial gesture against slovakia on sunday. is football losing its sense of humour? but before that, an islamist terrorists who planned to detonate a bomb at a leeds hospital and kill as many nurses as possible has been found guilty at sheffield crown court .

guilty at sheffield crown court. mohammed farooq's device was twice as powerful as the pressure cooker bombs that caused death and destruction at the boston marathon over a decade earlier. as our home security editor mark white reports, there would have been many, many casualties at saint james's hospital. but for the brave intervention of a patient who managed to talk the bomber down, varne police officers okay. >> and what i need you to do is follow my instructions very carefully. >> the moment armed police move in on terrorists . mohammed in on terrorists. mohammed farooq outside the hospital. he planned to bomb. >> put it front and bonnet. here. >> come here. good man. >> come here. good man. >> that's it. keep your hands up. >> bonnet for us, pal. yeah yeah, yeah, just. that's fine. keep your hands up. bonnet. they're radicalised. >> online by al—qaeda and isis. farooq was preparing to kill as many nurses as possible here at leeds. many nurses as possible here at leeds . world renowned saint leeds. world renowned saint james's hospital. leeds. world renowned saint james's hospital . yeah. james's hospital. yeah. >> subject sukh ya, mate. >> subject sukh ya, mate. >> it was a brave member of the public. >> it was a brave member of the pubuc.a >> it was a brave member of the public. a patient at the hospital who noticed farooq

acting suspiciously as he prepared to plant his device in a hospital cafe. he engaged him in conversation and managed to talk him down, persuading farooq to take his pressure cooker bomb over to a bench. further away from the main entrance before calling the police. >> what's what's this pistol you might have? well, have you got a gun somewhere ? it's all right. gun somewhere? it's all right. lower, lower . lower, lower. >> a search of farooq and his vehicle found this imitation handgun and two knives. and as they continue to talk to him, they continue to talk to him, they realised the full extent of his deadly attack plan. >> there's a bag there . that's >> there's a bag there. that's what's in it. >> it's a bomb inside. it's a bomb inside. that pressure cooker bomb was stuffed with ten kilograms of gunpowder. farooq's trial was told it was intended to be twice as powerful as the two pressure cooker devices that terrorists in the us used to

bomb. the boston marathon in 2013, killing three and injuring hundreds of others. >> a pressure cooker and what's in it? >> it's not live gunpowder. >> it's not live gunpowder. >> there's gunpowder in a pressure cooker. i need to thoroughly search this gentleman. >> there's gunpowder in his pockets and blanks. >> farouk's original target had been the top secret us military installation at raf menwith hill installation at raf menwith hill in north yorkshire. believing the base had been used to coordinate drone strikes against isis . but he couldn't get close isis. but he couldn't get close enough to plant the device. his second choice was saint james's, where he'd been employed as a clinical support worker and had a grievance against several of his former colleagues. it was the second time in just over a year that islamist terrorists had tried to bomb a far softer hospital target. the attack on the liverpool maternity hospital had also failed. the only

fatality, the bomber himself, when his device detonated prematurely . now another prematurely. now another terrorist is off the streets and behind bars, but prosecutors say there would have been many deaths and injuries. but for the brave patient who managed to talk, muhammad farooq down from his deadly plan , mark white, gb news. >> now french voters are waiting to see the full line up for the second round of parliamentary elections at the weekend, and more than 150 candidates have pulled out of the race to block a win for the right wing national rally. after their success in the first round. then it's emerged that if left wing parties win power this weekend, then france will help migrants to cross the mediterranean and even give special status to climate change refugees. well

it's all change over the channel. and join me now to discuss this from paris is french journalist nabila ramdani . welcome to the show, nabila. so as i understand it, the deadune so as i understand it, the deadline closed about half an hour ago for the candidates and as i understand it, a lot of horse trading, a lot of deals being done. as emmanuel macron desperately tries to keep marine le pen out of power. tell us the latest . latest. >> yes, absolutely. >> yes, absolutely. >> martin, today was all about horse trading and tactical voting being prepared to try to lock depher out of faux pas . lock depher out of faux pas. absolutely. in the second and the final round of the election on sunday, the opposition to the national rally was considering who will step down in key constituencies where a single candidate will be better placed to try and defeat the national rally on sunday. >> so the deadline, as you said, for withdrawing, was at 5 pm. today, uk time, and i can tell

you that more than 200 candidates have agreed to step down across 577 constituencies, around 75 candidates in emmanuel macron's renaissance coalition and the 120 from the left wing coalition, the new popular front. now this has massively annoyed the national rally , with annoyed the national rally, with marine le pen accusing her opponents of an administrative coup d'etat and she thinks that the opposition parties are are playing the system to try and keep the national rally out of power. but in fact, this is exactly what opposition parties have been doing for decades. so there's nothing new in the tactic. but interestingly, one of the candidates who agreed to step down is a national rally one in normandy who recently posed for a photograph wearing a nazi cap. i mean, she's clearly a very embarrassed by this. and especially given the nazi

history of the national rally, which was founded by holocaust denier jean—marie le pen, who denierjean—marie le pen, who is, of course, marine le pen's father. so marine le pen has been trying very hard to detoxify the party. but incidents of nazi nostalgia and other forms of racism keep popping upi other forms of racism keep popping up, and one of the party's candidates, who is, accused of being a racist, has argued today that she couldn't be a racist because she has a muslim dentist and a jewish opticians. >> okay , okay. but but the fact >> okay, okay. but but the fact of the matter, the fact of the matter is, you know, in the first round, the national rally was a convincing victory with 35% of the vote. this is precisely the sort of political manoeuvres that perhaps emmanuel macron knew would happen, he's done the horse trading to keep le pen out of power, doing all he can to do that. does that have a consequence? we read today, that even macron himself said there could be heading for

disorder, rioting and even civil disobedience with this election, particularly if power is locked out with this kind of trading and air france indeed today announce it expects take ,150 million hit during the olympics as tourists stay away from paris, they think it could be a dangerous place because of the backdrop of this chaotic election . election. >> well, that's absolutely right, martin. i think even , you right, martin. i think even, you know, even the outgoing french prime minister, gabriel attal, has conceded that the national rally are knocking at the doors of power. as he puts it , rally are knocking at the doors of power. as he puts it, and this claim has, of course, been picked up in the media. and there is no doubt that this is there is no doubt that this is the biggest chance of power in the biggest chance of power in the in the history. and a lot of people express, you know, anger in britain , that we keep in britain, that we keep referring to them as , you know, referring to them as, you know, the far right. but this is exactly how the they are officially classed by the french interior ministry . now, if the interior ministry. now, if the far right national rally manages

to secure an absolute majority of seats in the in the national assembly, then we'll have the extraordinary proposition of macron governing alongside a government that he hates, which is a recipe for chaos and especially given that when he came to power, he had pledged that his number one mission was to keep the far right out of power. and now he could be literally be sharing power with them . now that's a proposal. them. now that's a proposal. that means guaranteed chaos. but so too is the most likely alternative, which is a hung parliament, which effectively means that you can't get anything done through the national assembly. but whatever happens, it's going to lead to paralysis and indeed more chaos , paralysis and indeed more chaos, not just in the national assembly, but on the streets of france. and there's already, you know, warning of rioting, whatever the result. so this is all a massive humiliation for macron, who is already a lame duck president and might end up

carrying on, ignoring parliament andindeed carrying on, ignoring parliament and indeed ruling by decree anyway. and that is, of course, one of the reasons he's so unpopular, because he is an undemocratic president. and this is why my overarching argument is why my overarching argument is that the french system itself is that the french system itself is a colossal failure and needs urgent fixing up and including the creation of a new constitution that would be called the sixth republic, for example, and the bilal ramdani. >> that's precisely the kind of conversation a lot of people are having this side of the channel. our political system also keeps the parties in power that have power. fascinating conversation. no doubt we'll return to this as that vote and rolls over the weekend. thanks for joining that vote and rolls over the weekend. thanks forjoining us live from paris. french journalist nabila ramdani . thank journalist nabila ramdani. thank you very much for joining us. there's loads more still to come between now and 6:00, including england. last minute hero jude bellingham is facing the old chop from the euros after uefa chief ordered a probe into a so—called lewd goal celebration.

but before all of that , it's but before all of that, it's time for your latest news headunes time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> the headlines this hour lucy letby has been found guilty of the attempted murder of another baby girl in a retrial in manchester at the crown court today. the jury reached an anonymous verdict last august. the 34 year old former nurse was convicted over the deaths of seven babies and trying to kill six others at the countess of chester hospital. the family released a statement thanking the jury for their patience and resilience and the medical professionals who had given the evidence. they also praised the investigation team and the prosecution team, saying they would be forever grateful for their work . three leicestershire their work. three leicestershire police officers are under investigation for potential misconduct over how they dealt with a man who went to on fatally stabbed three people in nottingham last year. fatally stabbed three people in nottingham last year . two nottingham last year. two constables and a sergeant made

inquiries into alleged assaults by valdo calocane on two colleagues at an industrial estate in leicester. but he then went on to kill students. barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar, along with caretaker ian coates, a student nurse who took a pressure cooker bomb to a hospital in leeds where he'd worked, has been convicted of preparing terrorist acts . described in court as acts. described in court as a self—radicalized lone wolf islamist terrorist. prosecutors argued mohammed farooq wanted to kill as many nurses as possible. sheffield crown court heard the 28 year old had immersed himself in an extremist islamist ideology and went to the hospital to seek his own martyrdom, and the former leader of the democratic unionist party, sir jeffrey donaldson, of the democratic unionist party, sirjeffrey donaldson, is party, sir jeffrey donaldson, is facing seven more charges of historical sex offences , historical sex offences, bringing the total now to 18. northern ireland's longest serving mp is expected at a court hearing tomorrow to

establish if his case will be sent to a retrial. the 61 year old has previously said he'll contest all counts against him , contest all counts against him, as has his wife, who's facing a separate allegation, and royal mail has hit back at claims there's been a failure to get postal votes sent to people in some areas, insisting there is no backlog ahead of the general election. it comes after the post office minister himself, kevin hollinrake, was said to be urgently investigating claims of delays in some constituencies and with holidaymakers setting off for the summer. the number off for the summer. the number of ryanair passengers taking to the skies has soared. we understand to a new high. the dubun understand to a new high. the dublin based airline flew 19.3 million passengers in the month of june. it marks their busiest month ever, up nearly 11% on last year. meanwhile, competitor wizz air saw a drop in their passenger numbers for the same period. those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm polly middlehurst. i'm back with more

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breaking news right now. and a major new opinion poll out this evening has given the labour party a 19 point lead. redfield and wilton strategies final national westminster voting intention poll before the general election on thursday. now, has labour on 41. the conservative party are on 22. it's the first time this firm has had labour holding less than a 20 point lead since march. reform uk, meanwhile, and this poll are on 16% and the liberal democrats are on 10, with the greens on 6. so it appears perhaps that the gap is narrowing at the top . there all narrowing at the top. there all to play for now. if you want to get in touch, simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay and i'll read out the best of your messages a little later in the show. we've had some corkers already. plenty

>> on election night, we are throwing a party. >> the gb news election night watch party will be live from essex. >> and you are all invited on air from 10:00. >> we'll have familiar faces from across the channel. >> entertainment and lots more stuff as we keep our eye on all the results as they come flying in. >> if you want to join our live election night watch party audience scan the qr code on screen or go to gbnews.com forward slash election . party. forward slash election. party. >> welcome back. it's 20 to 6. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. could england last minute superstar jude bellingham miss superstarjude bellingham miss out on saturday's euro 2024 quarterfinal clash with switzerland? well, bellingham is being probed by european football's governing body uefa, over a gesture a hand gesture he made after scoring that dramatic late equaliser against slovakia.

well, they're looking into what they called a potential violation of the basic rules of decent conduct. and meanwhile, former england captain john terry has emerged again and he's now accused the bbc of being a disgrace for making a caption mocking cristiano ronaldo. you can see there in the bottom left of your screen, ronaldo had a penalty saved in portugal's game of slovenia last night. i very much enjoyed it and the bbc then had an on screen graphic which read mr arnaud p&o, which isn't that funny , but hey, it's a free that funny, but hey, it's a free country now i'm joined by the legendary football journalist harry harris. harry, welcome to the show. i could do with a bit of cheering up after that match on sunday. you told me to keep the faith and by jove, you were right. they left it late, but it came. but what on earth are they playing out here? jude bellingham is a young lad. it was. it was exuberant. it was a last ditch, life saving moment, saved gareth southgate skin,

that's for sure. and now they're after him. tell me that this hasn't got any teeth . hasn't got any teeth. >> i wish i could, but he does. have you know this is rude. bellingham and the fact of the matter is he has breached the rules . now in mitigation, he did rules. now in mitigation, he did this same gesture when playing for real madrid, and his excuse is it's a gesture he makes to his mates in the stand. well, i don't think that's going to wash with uefa, diego simone did this gesture, ronaldo mocked him. both got fined. and i think that's the least that's going to happen here, but of course, you know, the powers to be uefa . and know, the powers to be uefa. and in germany, they might suspect that bellingham is our new geezer and he might win the euros for us. so you you would suspect that maybe they might take other action, i'm sorry if i'm a bit suspicious about what uefa are up to, but it's all possible there. >> and of course, he's already on one yellow card, isn't he? so

if he if he picks up a card in this next match, which is a distinct possibility, if they've got the heat on him like this, could that roll through? could it be echoes of the mighty mr sami if we get through? >> well, i mean, the uefa could deem it to be a red card offence. so he's not out of the woods, but they are usually slow in these disciplinary procedures. painfully slow. i mean, there's been an accusation of racism in the crowd against the england players and how slow are uefa to react to that? so it might well be that they defer that racism issue to the end of the tournament. but i've got a suspicion they won't suspend this one for very much longer. because, you know, there's a lot of politics in football . and, of politics in football. and, i would suspect that, the will for england to win this tournament in germany and uefa won't be that great, because as long as the tournament progresses, the more likely you are to have hooliganism problems off the field in the streets with

england fans. so to eliminate england, it wouldn't be a bad thing in uefa's eyes. >> yeah, but harry, the slovakia gaffer, came on the park and shoved declan rice in the chest when the full when the full time whistle went the keeping schtum about that one. >> well martin, i'm glad you got you mentioned that because i think that was , also a falling think that was, also a falling foul of the rules. and i'm surprised that uefa actually haven't issued disciplinary action against declan rice . i action against declan rice. i think that's appalling. behaviour by declan rice. whatever the provocation, he shouldn't be pushing the bald headed manager of the opposition and calling him bald . you know, and calling him bald. you know, i think we might laugh about it, but, you know , i think gareth but, you know, i think gareth southgate really needs to take these young players and warn them about their disciplinary action. they're not going to win the fair play league this way, are they? >> yeah. and he called him something else, harry. and well done for not mentioning that. what about this incident of, putting the message on the screen by the bbc last night?

you know, ronaldo missed the penalty. i was in a pub. everyone was very, very happy about the fact he missed the penalty. he's ronaldo and they put on screen . mr p&o p&o bit of put on screen. mr p&o p&o bit of banter is it? john terry calls bbc a disgrace. what's your take on that? >> well, i think the bbc are trying to copy tiktok. it's a tiktok of the bbc. it's, it's not what the bbc should be doing. and you know look this guy earns £160 million a year and he's crying because he's missed a penalty. he's crying more because he spotted his mum dolores in the stand, who's also crying. and that, you know, he just, you know, couldn't take that , you know, he felt he let that, you know, he felt he let his mum down his country down. this guy really cares about his football and you know, to treat him in that way as some kind of panah him in that way as some kind of pariah we should take the mickey out of because he's missed a penalty. john terry missed a penalty. john terry missed a penalty. as we know, in the champions league final in munich. he knows how it feels. gareth southgate missed a

penalty and he made a pizza advert and no one mocked him. did they really? so i think, you know, taking the piss out of ronaldo is not on not certainly not on with the bbc. yeah, yeah. >> okay. you managed almost to get through that interview there without using an expletive. harry harris apologies if anybody heard that word and was offended. it was certainly he at the moment. harry harris you take care my friend. and, let's see if england can bring it home. or will the swiss send us cuckoo. cheers, harry. always a pleasure. now, coming up, our classic crisps on their way out. more than that. are they going? woke because walkers have launched a new wotsits and monster munch range. but guess what? they're made of chickpeas. martin daubney on gb news britain's

channel. welcome back. 10 to 6. we're on the final . final furlong. i'm the final. final furlong. i'm martin daubney on gb news. now. here's the big one for you all.

classic crisps on their way out. because walkers have just launched a new wotsits and monster munch range. but you will never guess what they're made of chickpeas. the new snacks are less than 100 calories per packet, and 25% lower in salt than the average original product. plus, they provide a source of fibre, but the crisps need to be this healthy. is this an attack on old fashioned snacks? this is the big story of the day. the big one that matters. to discuss it, i'm joined by comedian josh howie josh a story to truly sink your teeth into. of all the things i thought would go on my woke bingo card this year, josh wotsits and monster munch. even i'm surprised by this. what are they playing at? >> well, i think they're trying to save our lives. >> just possibly . >> just possibly. >> just possibly. >> or they're trying to save my life. >> because all i know is i'm eating way too many crisps. i've got no control whatsoever. >> so the only thing that i really care about in this matter

is how do they taste if they taste okay or good and they fulfil that deep hole within my soul and allow me to not die early of a heart attack, then i'm all for it. like coke zero, i'd never be allowed to do direct brand naming here, but coke zero came along. that's filled the coke hole. i don't need normal coke anymore. i'm happy i've got coke zero. i mean, i'm sure it's probably killing me some other way, but in that i'm not fatter. killing me some other way, but in that i'm not fatter . so this in that i'm not fatter. so this is i. it could be a good thing. but if it's rubbish, like, of course, if their government says you have to eat these particular type of wotsits, then i'm ready to get upset. in the meantime, i'm willing to give them a go try and also, it's not just me, it's my kids . try and also, it's not just me, it's my kids. like try and also, it's not just me, it's my kids . like they're you it's my kids. like they're you know, i just brought them back. did the school run there? straight in the cupboards. they're eating rubbish straight away. i don't have the parental ability to, control them. and sort of say, hey, let's eat some carrots together or whatever. no, they give me too much grief and i'm a pushover. so if i can

sort of fake that, these crisps are actually decent, then i'm. i'm happy. thank you very much, wotsits, for making josh . wotsits, for making josh. >> surely, josh, if you want to smuggle a chickpea into your child, you give him some hummus, you give him a carrot stick if they want monster munch, or as we used to call it in the 80s in nottingham, breakfast. you give them a bag of monster munch. >> that's why this is genius. if we need more subterfuge, everything like sweets. i mean , everything like sweets. i mean, that's i mean, i made a mistake, you know, with my eldest, he's now 15 and ten. 14 years ago, i should have given him a carrot and said , this is chocolate. and and said, this is chocolate. and thatis and said, this is chocolate. and that is how i should have continued. but i didn't do it. so it seems like wotsits are doing it for me. they're putting the more we need more chickpeas in everything. as far as i'm concerned, i cannot believe. >> i cannot believe josh howie you've come out on the side of woke crisps. i thought you were a bigger man. >> i feel like i've let you down. and not only that, mike.

and i feel like i've let the nafion and i feel like i've let the nation down. and i would like to apologise to the gb news viewers for this very, conscious. you know, controversial stance on crisps, i apologise. >> no problem. well, as it's approaching 6:00, just like sir keir starmer, i'll let you knock off early and go and face the hostility with your children, who no doubt will want the old fashioned recipe. josh howie always a pleasure to have you on the show now. got time for a quick couple of emails before we knock off on that topic of sir keir starmer knocking off at 6:00, gordon says this ha ha ha. i thought sir keir starmer really wanted this job. he's already making excuses for skiving off. jess says this. imagine this situation, prime minister we are being in invaded sir keir starmer sorry old chap, it's a minute past 6 pm. on a friday. i'll deal with this on monday. and ella on the same point as this. can you imagine a top surgeon halfway through a heart transplant? say hello lads, 6 pm. down tools. every body out and quickly. danny says

this bellingham should not be banned. i use the same hand gestures every time i see politicians on the tv. okay, see what we did there? let's move on. it's. that's all from me now. dewbs& co is up next. don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow. it's breakfast with eamonn and isabel, followed by britain's newsroom at 930 with andrew and bev. then, of course, it's tom and emily with good afternoon britain from midday. my mush is back at 3 pm. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news. have a fantastic evening. now your weather with alex burkill. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello again. i'm here with your latest gb news. weather forecast brought to you by the met office. we are going to see some fairly wet weather pushing its way southwards across many parts. as we go through the rest of today and overnight. that's

due to a system that's currently just to the northwest of the uk for the time being though, as we go through the end of today, there is still some dry and at times sunny weather across parts of england and wales, with a few showers to watch out for. but further north of scotland, northern ireland and northern england, turning increasingly cloudy and also very wet, that rain and cloud is going to push its way southwards as we go through the night and because of the unsettled weather, it is going to stay pretty mild, temperatures generally staying in double figures. so a fairly wet start to the day for many of us, but some of the heavier rain is going to quite quickly clear away towards the east. if we take a closer look and across some southern parts by seven 8:00, apart from a bit of rain across east anglia, perhaps there should be some dry , there should be some dry, perhaps even brighter weather for a time. different story further north, outbreaks of rain and quite a lot of cloud for many places with something a little bit more persistent pushing into parts of scotland and also northern ireland as we go through the morning. and this band of something a bit more persistent is then going to

gradually make its way eastwards as we go through the day. so staying pretty soggy for scotland and northern ireland, england and wales. some further outbreaks of rain don't look as heavy as what we'll have seen earlier on, but it is going to stay generally pretty cloudy . stay generally pretty cloudy. temperatures are still going to be a little bit below average for the time of year. we may just about scrape into the low 20s celsius, but because of the cloud and the wet weather and for some of us blustery winds, it's going to feel a little disappointing later on as we go through tomorrow evening. there will be some brighter skies developing across parts of scotland and northern ireland, but a scattering of showers mixed in with these and then some clear spells spreading to many parts. on thursday we can expect some blustery and wet weather in the north on friday. it's looking wetter for more of us. i'll see you again soon. bye bye. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on

yes. this is michelle dewberry. hello yes. it's 6:00. and yes, it is indeed time for dewbs& co, i should have told you this earlier, though . but i've earlier, though. but i've decided that it's 6:00 now. i'm going to down tools and i'm going to down tools and i'm going to down tools and i'm going to have quality family time instead, so on. how many times have i told you stop picking your nose. sorry. what was i saying? oh, yeah, 6:00. quality family time for me from now on in. love it. quality family time for me from now on in. love it . you again. now on in. love it. you again. listen. no you cannot convince me to do the show. because if it's good enough for the man who. let's face it, it's

probably going to be our prime minister this