>> well . >> well. >> well. >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 3:00 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk . of westminster all across the uk. coming up on today's show, sir keir starmer is in washington, where he's been chumming up to joe biden at the nato summit. but with the new trump presidency looking likely, david lammy has previously called a fascist, fascist sympathiser. can labour really be trusted to keep the special relationship alive .7 and the man suspected of alive.7 and the man suspected of murdering three women yesterday in a crossbow attack is still in hospital. meanwhile, friends of the victims have continued to pay the victims have continued to pay tribute to them . next up, pay tribute to them. next up, labour ministers are urging more

companies to hire former prisoners to help cut overcrowding and reoffending. we'll speak to a former con who thinks that this is the right road to redemption , and road to redemption, and england's euro 20 2024 started slowly, but has been saved by last minute miracles. the three lions head to berlin for a final showdown with spain. is football finally coming home after 58 years of misery? that's all coming up in your next hour. well, the show always a pleasure to have your company. thanks for your well wishes. i had a wisdom tooth out yesterday. i need all the wisdom i can get at my age. but i'm back in the saddle now. loads and loads to talk about. just stop oil. well, labour has just stop oil. well, labour has just stop oil. ed miliband scrapped north sea licences who didn't see that one come in later in the show i'll speak to

a former mp of aberdeenshire who says this is disastrous for scotland, disastrous for the uk and could potentially be disastrous for all of us as we see our bills go through the roof. what do you make of that decision? do you think england can go all the way and finally bnng can go all the way and finally bring it home? get in touch gbnews.com forward slash yoursay. but before all of that is your headlines with tamsin roberts . roberts. >> martin, thanks very much and good afternoon. from the gb news room. it's 3:02. the world of racing has paid tribute to the wife and daughters of commentatorjohn hunt, who wife and daughters of commentator john hunt, who were killed in yesterday's crossbow attack at race meetings across the country, jockeys and trainers wore black armbands and held a minute's silence to show support for the family. close friends of carole hunt say they are together in grief after she was killed alongside two of her daughters in the attack. they were speaking after the rector

of bushey led a vigil at saint james's church to support the local community. the victims were attacked at their home in bushey. carole hunt was 61, while hannah and louise were 28 and 25. a major police manhunt for 26 year old suspect carl clifford ended when he was found near a cemetery in north london. clifford was discovered with injuries in lavender hill cemetery in enfield and subsequently taken to hospital . subsequently taken to hospital. a manhunt is underway after two suitcases believed to contain human remains were found following reports of a man acting suspiciously on bristol's clifton suspension bridge. officers were alerted and arrived within ten minutes, but the man had already fled , the man had already fled, leaving one suitcase behind. a second was found nearby. police say the man was initially taken to the bridge in a taxi and the driver is helping police with their enquiries. the bridge is now closed and an investigation is underway to locate the man and identify the deceased . the

and identify the deceased. the prime minister has hinted he could introduce a new bank houday could introduce a new bank holiday if england win euro 2024, a stunning stoppage time goal from substitute ollie watkins secured a21 victory over the netherlands in dramatic fashion last night. the three lions will now face spain on sunday with the hope of being crowned european champions. >> it was fantastic. i managed to pop out from one of my sessions for just five minutes, which is when i saw harry kane got the first goal. i missed the second one, but it's brilliant. so on we go now. great chance. i've always said this team we're going to go all the way. some really, really pleased and just good luck for sunday. >> now we spotted that last yeah >> now we spotted that last year. you said that if the lionesses won the world cup, there should be an extra bank holiday. so if england win, do we all get an extra day off? >> well, we should certainly mark the occasion. i don't want to jinx it. i went to the last euros finals. i want to go through that again. so don't want to jinx anything. we must

mark it in some way. but the most important thing is getting it over the line on sunday. >> well, these england fans in nottingham say the whole country deserves a bank holiday 100. >> we need a bank holiday first time since 1966 that we could be bringing it home. what more better reason to get a bank houday better reason to get a bank holiday than that? >> we haven't had much to celebrate recently as a country, so yeah, i think it's a great excuse for a celebration. >> and, yeah. >> and, yeah. >> so it all comes together and celebrate our football team. >> i think it's absolutely necessary. i mean, why shouldn't we win in a tournament like the euros comes once every blue moon? well, never in my lifetime. never in anyone's lifetime. never in anyone's lifetime. so why not give the pubuc lifetime. so why not give the public a day off? you know we deserve it . deserve it. >> the environment secretary says water companies have agreed to initial proposals to try and end the crisis in the sector. steve reid says the government will force them to tackle illegal sewage dumping into our rivers, lakes and seas. it comes after regulator ofwat said bills will rise by around £19 a year

in england and wales over the next five years. that's a third less than the amount they requested . requested. >> the bill rises that have been proposed today are the result of 14 years of conservative failure , 14 years of conservative failure, when they allow money to be spent on bonuses and dividends instead of being spent on fixing the broken water infrastructure. >> that all changes with the election of a labour government, and i am delighted the water companies have agreed to my initial measures to clean up our waterways , including ring waterways, including ring fencing investment that is intended and will be spent on fixing the sewage system and getting the pollution out of our water. >> the prime minister says he's shocked at levels of overcrowding in prisons, admitting it's worse than he thought. it comes after his home secretary, yvette cooper, warned there was no quick fix to easing pressure on prison space. the government is believed to be considering freeing more criminals after serving just 40% of their sentence to ease

pressure on prison capacity. sir keir is expected to authorise the emergency measures this week . the emergency measures this week. the king and queen have visited the senate to mark its 25th anniversary. they were greeted by first minister vaughan gething, along with party and parliamentary leaders. the king marked the occasion with a speech which he began in welsh before meeting community members who've contributed to key moments in the senate's history. charles and camilla last visited the welsh parliament in september 2022, when they received a motion of condolence following the death of the late queen. well, those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tamsin roberts 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. >> thank you very much, tamsin. now we start today's show with sir keir starmer's first foreign trip since he became prime minister. and the big question is, can we trust the labour party to keep the special relationship alive? well, sir keir is at the nato summit in washington, where he said the bond between the uk and the us is stronger than ever. but donald trump is looking more and more likely to become the next us president again. and labour's foreign secretary, david lammy, once called trump a neo nazi sympathising sociopath, and mr lammy has softened his tone on trump recently. but could a labour government and donald trump work together? well, let's cross live now to washington dc and speak to our political edhon and speak to our political editor, chris hope, who's with was with the prime minister on this historic first trip. chris, welcome to the show. so give us anidea welcome to the show. so give us an idea of the mood within the nato summit camp. you were with the prime minister earlier. seems to be going rather well .

seems to be going rather well. >> yeah. it does. i mean, there's no better time to come to a summit on the back of a landslide victory . to a summit on the back of a landslide victory. he's to a summit on the back of a landslide victory . he's the landslide victory. he's the shiniest ornament in the in on the display, on display at this nato summit because of his huge victory last week in the general election. and everyone wants to get get to talk to talk to him. emmanuel macron gave him a good bro handshake. of course, sir keir starmer is here getting ready for a big event in blenheim palace. 44 european leaders coming there to the uk he's hosting. they'll talk about small boats next week and also probably about how to get closer ties with the european union. and we heard yesterday from joe biden, who had a meeting in the oval office here in washington , oval office here in washington, in the white house with sir keir starmer. he made very clear how he views the special relationship is like a knot tying the transatlantic alliance together. the closer we are with europe. so clearly for the biden white house, the closer we get to the european union, the better it is for america. now,

some people who voted for brexit may not want that to happen. martin, i can tell you that, but last night in the oval office , last night in the oval office, |, last night in the oval office, i, as a journalist, had my first moment going into the oval office, and i actually asked the president of the united states a question on behalf of gb news viewers. let's listen to what he had to say . viewers. let's listen to what he had to say. trying to viewers. let's listen to what he had to say . trying to watch the had to say. trying to watch the soccer was present to watch socce r. >> soccer. >> i heard it's good news. >> i heard it's good news. >> good news is right. i tell you what, that's all because of prime minister i lost a game on to the labour government. >> this is football coming home. prime minister it looks like it. >> they had, the joe biden there saying it's good news is because of the prime minister martin, it does seem that the sun is shining in washington and it's shining in washington and it's shining on sir keir starmer, nothing is really going wrong. and he was reflecting to us on the flight over here that a week ago he was in a bed and breakfast somewhere in the east midlands. and then last night he was on the balcony at the white

house with his wife, victoria, soaking up the adulation of world leaders. it won't get any better for him, i think, because i think going forward there's all sorts of problems emerging in the prison system and elsewhere, and those are the challenges he's facing, because politics is a choice. and when he starts to decide to release prisoners early and if any harm comes to people because because of that, it's on him. but right now he's in a very, very happy place. sir keir starmer of course, also travelling with, with sir keir starmer is david lammy. he's of course, the foreign secretary. he's having to go over some of his language in the past about donald trump, which is somewhat embarrassing. he mentioned there about him calling donald trump a woman hating, neo—nazi, sympathising sociopath . that was in 2018. but sociopath. that was in 2018. but in 2021, david lammy called trump an enemy of democracy , and trump an enemy of democracy, and the same year he said that his entire presidency is built on recklessness, narcissism and delusion. and even then, also the same year, he said that trump deserved to be impeached.

now you can say those things in opposition, but when you become the foreign secretary, it's very undiplomatic language to say about what? what a guy who could be the new president. according to the polls in november. i mean, for his for him , david mean, for his for him, david lammy, his position, he thinks that back in the day everyone was worried about donald trump. but that isn't quite the case. i mean, if you say these things, you've got to try and work your way around that. we had nigel farage told gb news last week that he had helped to engineer trump. talking to lammy insiders and the like, or trump's team talking to lammy insiders. but it certainly is an issue. i think going forward for the uk and us relations, if trump wins , and us relations, if trump wins, and us relations, if trump wins, and chris, i'll let you off using the word soccer because you were you were talking to an american. >> that one i'll let you off with. but on a serious point. on a serious point, as you say , a serious point, as you say, it's okay. in opposition, laying into donald trump. and at the moment, that is a very starmer friendly set of leaders. you're talking about justin trudeau,

emmanuel macron, the german chancellor, the swedish prime minister, joe biden himself. they're very of the same mindset. but politics is a moveable feast. and if joe and if donald trump gets in, which is looking increasingly likely, i guess the question is , do you i guess the question is, do you think those questions, those comments that david lammy mentioned in the past might come back to haunt him ? back to haunt him? >> i think they might, and that's a worry. i think , though, that's a worry. i think, though, to be talking to people here about donald trump, close observers of his team , he all observers of his team, he all this language kind of bounces off of his back, his rhino hide back, a bit like nigel farage. i don't think he takes any of this stuff too seriously. basically anyone on the left has a go at trump. it's what they do. so david lammy is no different. but that language is a problem, i think. and particularly if somebody who's now our chief diplomat on the world stage. yeah, i mean the canadian president trudeau is meeting

very shortly , with sir keir very shortly, with sir keir starmer. and we'll be observing that for gb news viewers, but there's no question for people on the left of politics, starmer's victory last week is an antidote to this populism that they see across the world, notably on the on the european continent. so they can look at starmer and say all is not lost for the centre ground, the left, because on the, on the in in continental europe, the right is making advances and that's worrying people like emmanuel macron. the like . macron. the like. >> thank you there chris hope live from washington dc. and as you said a lot of questions going to be asked about sir keir starmer using this nato summit to get rather chummy with some eu leaders. what would that mean for brexit? we'll speak to you later on in the show, chris. hope from washington dc and continuing this conversation, i'm now joined by nigel gardner, who's the director of the margaret thatcher centre for freedom at the heritage foundation. welcome to the show. now, you may have overheard that we were talking about the special relationship . special relationship. historically, of course, it didn't get any more special than

under maggie thatcher doing the foxtrot with ronald reagan. but where are we today? do you believe in terms of that so—called special relationship? and more to the point, if the sands of politics shift towards a trump president, what might that mean for sir keir starmer's labour government ? labour government? >> well, martin, many thanks for having me on the show from washington dc, and you asked many important questions there. >> i think , firstly, the special >> i think, firstly, the special relationship has been damaged by, by joe biden, who has been the most anti—british president, i think, of the modern era. in fact, he started off his presidency by throwing a bust of winston churchill out of the oval office, just as barack obama had done, before him. >> and biden has been a relentlessly anti—brexit. >> of course, he sank the prospects of a us, uk trade deal >> he refused to, attend the coronation of king charles. >> on so many fronts, i think

biden has been a particularly unpleasant and nasty figure towards the british people. >> and i think that, you know, biden certainly has been on his best behaviour, with the with the arrival of keir starmer, the new the new prime minister. and of course, biden and starmer are ideologically similar figures on the left, and i think that biden is making some effort to , to be is making some effort to, to be friendly towards the new prime minister. but biden may not be in office for, for too much longer. most polls are, strongly indicating that donald trump will be the next president of the united states , and as you the united states, and as you pointed out earlier, martin and as christopher pointed out, david lammy and, and many figures in the new british government have made very unpleasant remarks about donald trump . i think this will bite trump. i think this will bite the british government in the back, if trump takes power , he back, if trump takes power, he will not forget, i think the, the very nasty stuff that lammy

has said about him. for example, i do think the appointment of david lammy as foreign secretary is a disastrous, decision , and a is a disastrous, decision, and a sends completely the wrong signal. especially if there's going to be a change of presidency here in washington. >> and as you point out there, niall, in terms of politics right now, there, joe biden and sir keir starmer their bedfellows. but if donald trump gets in on net zero, on immigration, on oil, on ukraine, on nato, on the european union, they're polar opposites. and so there the question then falls to who could be the go between the ambassador and our two names have been mentioned. david miliband and peter mandelson. but there's been a lot of talk about donald trump being a nonconformist. you might want to go a different route. and there assert another name has been mentioned, nigel farage. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i think that, you know, if you look at the key figures in the, in the labour

establishment, socialists really, they're not going to get on with donald trump and on so many positions this labour government is completely at odds, actually with where trump, would be. and if you look for at example, the labour party's net zero agenda, if you look at the statements they've made with regard to israel and gaza , regard to israel and gaza, labour will likely, support the recognition of palestinian state. david lammy has supported the icc prosecution of benjamin netanyahu. and so there are big differences, ahead . and i can differences, ahead. and i can see a lot of tension between washington and london ahead . if washington and london ahead. if you have a labour government and, and a new republican, presidency also, of course , presidency also, of course, trump is far more pro—brexit than most of the labour leadership he will hold, i think starmer's feet to the fire over over brexit, and trump believes

that brexit is great not only for britain but also for the united states, which it is. and i think that brexit is essential actually to the future of the special relationship . special relationship. >> mark gardiner, director of the margaret thatcher centre for freedom at the heritage foundation, always an absolute pleasure to get your expert insight. thank you so much for joining us on. my pleasure . joining us on. my pleasure. thank you. >> thanks, martin. >> thanks, martin. >> cheers . now they've lost more >> cheers. now they've lost more on sir keir starmer's trip to the united states throughout the show, of course, and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com. and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much. a triple murder suspect remains in hospital after being found following a manhunt yesterday. kyle clifford was wanted in connection with the crossbow killings of carol hunt, the wife of bbc five live racing commentator john the wife of bbc five live racing commentatorjohn hunt, and two of their daughters, hannah and louise. i'm joined now by gb news reporter charlie peters. charlie, what's the latest on this case?

>> well, we're still waiting for an update from the police on the current status of the chief suspect, kyle clifford, who remains in hospital after being captured and held by the police yesterday. following that significant manhunt, yesterday. following that significant manhunt , first significant manhunt, first starting here in bushey in hertfordshire. but then moving to enfield in north london, now , to enfield in north london, now, earlier here today, we've seen the major crime unit continuing their investigation as significant resources from the police remain both here and in enfield . in enfield, we've seen enfield. in enfield, we've seen also further reports of a continued search at a property that was also searched yesterday. it's been reported in the last couple of hours that that property is linked to kyle, clifford's brother, who is serving life in prison after being found guilty of murder and attempted gbh in 2018. but besides from the police activity here in bushey, we've also seen plenty of floral tributes visiting the crime scene here.

the targeted attack occurring on tuesday evening and said to involve a crossbow and other weapons with several people arriving, it's been quite difficult to watch at times with several friends and close friends of the family and indeed the two daughters here having a very emotional moments while paying very emotional moments while paying their respects. standing beside this crime scene. but as those visits continue and they've been continuing for 11 hours while we've been here, the police operation has also been continuing in the background . continuing in the background. detectives are still knocking on doors around this location , doors around this location, likely looking for more information. anyone who heard anything about the incident. so still investigating in north london. still investigating here, still waiting for further details on the chief suspect, kyle clifford being held in a major trauma unit in london. >> okay. thank you for that update from bushey. appreciate it. now england's footballers

are just 90 minutes away from immortality, and i'm going to cross live to berlin to look ahead to sunday's epic euro 2024 final with spain in the german caphal final with spain in the german capital. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 3:25. i'm martin daubney on gb news a triple murder suspect remains in hospital after being found following a manhunt yesterday. kyle clifford was wanted in connection with the crossbow killings of carol hunt, the wife of bbc five live racing commentatorjohn hunt. and is now been ascertained. so i'm now joined by gb news reporter charlie peters for an update. charlie, what's the latest ? charlie, what's the latest? >> well, we've just received a statement from the hertfordshire constabulary on the status of

carl clifford , the suspect in carl clifford, the suspect in the triple murder. here in bushey from tuesday evening. they say that he is in a serious and is continuing to receive medical treatment. and that officers have yet to speak with him. they have also said that a crossbow has been recovered as part of this investigation. enquiries do continue, and they have also explored if there was any prior police contact between hertfordshire constabulary and kyle clifford and the victims. they're able to say now that there was no previous reports made to the police, this comes as we were able to confirm earlier today that carl clifford is a former boyfriend of the youngest of the two women. the two daughters killed on tuesday evening. now, detective superintendent rob hall from the bedfordshire, cambridgeshire and hertfordshire major crime unit, the unit that has been around bushey earlier today has said

our thoughts remain with the victim's family and loved ones at this devastating and indescribable time. they are being supported by specially trained officers, the officer said. this was an unprecedented attack and we are determined to understand the full circumstances of what happened that evening and the events leading up to it. we are wholly committed to seeking justice for the victims and their family. this investigation, as i am sure people can imagine, will take time. i would like to reiterate my sincere thanks to the members of the public who contact contacted us yesterday and helped with our enquiries. we are still appealing for anyone with information in relation to the incident on tuesday evening in bushey and activity in enfield yesterday to assist us, to please contact us directly. and there's an information link on the website for the police force for people to get in touch, to get in contact with them . so here in bushey, we've them. so here in bushey, we've had an update from hertfordshire

constabulary. they've recovered a crossbow. they've not started questioning the lead suspect, carl clifford, who is in hospital with serious injuries and is continuing to receive medical treatment. >> okay, thank you for that update. there charlie peters, live from bushey. thank you. now let's look ahead now to one of the most important football games in england's entire history. the three lions will take on spain in the final of euro 2024 on sunday. it means there are just 90 minutes away from becoming the first england side in 58 torturous years to win a major trophy. now the final will take place in berlin and we cross there now and speak to our sports broadcaster, chris scudden to our sports broadcaster, chris scudder. chris well, you kept the faith all along. you put me in my place. and last night, by jove, the boys really , really jove, the boys really, really delivered last minute detcom. but they did it. and now all eyes on berlin . eyes on berlin. >> yeah, it was amazing.

incredible night, martin, i've seen a lot of these tournaments over the years. the one thing that struck me last night was the quite enormous support that the quite enormous support that the dutch had last night. so it felt as though england were really running the gauntlet. i mean, i've never seen so many fans from one nation in one place. there were 100, 130,000 dutchmen descended on that place and when the game was on, the 25,000 england fans inside, outside, there were hardly any . outside, there were hardly any. it was just orange everywhere. so, to see the silence when england scored in the streets was extraordinary, trust me. and, there it is . you know, and, there it is. you know, resilience was the word from gareth southgate and ollie watkins, who was, i was saying earlier, ten years ago was playing non—league football for weston super mare, becoming a national hero with all the others. it's a team game, we know that. and, as we've been saying all along, you know, england have not set the tournament alight with style, but, they're very hard to beat.

and that's three times now in the space of ten days or so, where they've come from behind to win a knockout match. and that's a very, very ominous sign for spain. i think he'll be looking at england and thinking, yeah, they've got great individual players, but they are very hard to break down and i think they'll be looking at england with a bit of trepidation, i have to say. >> but chris spain have been very, very tasty from the outset. they knocked out the host germany. they dealt with the french, they look ominous. they're the bookies favourite and they've got one extra day to prepare for this, which at this stage of a tournament with a lot of tired legs, that's crucial. and yet chris skudder some things happened with that england team . those boys went england team. those boys went out last night. they had the same names on the back of the shirts, but they looked like completely different players . completely different players. something happened, something gelled, something magical happened there. >> chris yeah they did. but don't forget , england conceded don't forget, england conceded a goalin don't forget, england conceded a goal in the first seven minutes and after that happened, they realised they had to do something. i was the people i was with last night. i said,

look, england will still win this because it's if you're going to go behind, go behind early. and as we've seen throughout the tournament, it's taken something for england to react and when they do, they suddenly spring into life. and that happened early yesterday because of that early goal . and, because of that early goal. and, they played very well in the first half, second half they reverted to type a bit, but it was all about that control, you just felt that, england had an extra gear to go. interesting that the substitutes were were the catalyst, really when palmer came on. and obviously the goalscorer ollie watkins and luke shaw as well. and i'm sure there'll be plenty of people saying, well, look, harry kane's not been playing, playing very well in this tournament. so watkin should start at the weekend. it won't happen. it's going to be the same again. pretty sure of it. he'll he'll go with his big men and then knowing that he's got a fantastic bench and it's so important, especially when you could go two hours with extra time to have a great bench with with palmer and all those players who are desperate to get on.and players who are desperate to get on. and they made the goal last night and spain will know that,

you know, that they weren't fancied before this tournament like england are . they've got like england are. they've got this young kid who's actually 17. i think the day after tomorrow, day before the final, lamine yamal and nico williams and the other on the other wing. he will have a plan for them. don't worry, you know, it'll be, it'll be a tough, tough game. probably 5050, i'd say at this moment , you know, the neutrals moment, you know, the neutrals will say, or spain to win. they're better team but a better a more you know they play better football. but england have got a lot of that resilience that southgate has been talking about. and i just just quietly i think he knows that they're on in the right place mentally everywhere at the moment and it's going to be a colossal occasion. on sunday. >> chris skudder you've got one of the best seats in the house there. superb. thanks for the update. and of course wouldn't be the first time that england have won in berlin. whoops. let's move on to the news. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00, and we'll discuss the government's plans and the prison to end the prison crisis by urging businesses to employ more ex—offenders. is that the right idea? but first, it's your headlines with sam

francis . francis. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. >> it's just after 3:30, we start this half hour with a breaking update coming to us from hertfordshire police. they are saying that the triple murder suspect, karl clifford , murder suspect, karl clifford, is in a serious condition in hospital and is yet to speak with officers. that latest line coming to us, we were waiting for a statement from police over the last few hours that update just in to us, that triple murder suspect , just in to us, that triple murder suspect, karl just in to us, that triple murder suspect , karl clifford, murder suspect, karl clifford, is in a serious condition. they say in hospital, but yet to speak to officers due to his condition. the daughters and the wife of commentator john hunt were killed in bushey in hertfordshire. it's understood the force there has recovered a crossbow from that attack and the victims were attacked at their home in bushey. carole hunt was 61, while hannah and louise were 28 and 25. if you're

watching on television, you can see there the pictures of both the victims and the suspect. karl clifford, a major police manhunt for the 26 year old ended when he was found near a cemetery in north london yesterday, and clifford was discovered with injuries in lavender hill cemetery in enfield and taken to hospital, where we now know he is in a serious condition but yet to speak with officers. any more updates on that? when we get them we will bring them straight to you here on gb news. in other news, a manhunt is underway after two suitcases believed to contain human remains were found following reports of a man acting suspiciously on bristol's clifton suspension bridge. officers were alerted and arrived within ten minutes, but the man had already fled, leaving one suitcase behind. a second was found nearby. police say the man was initially taken to the bridge in a taxi, and the driver is helping police with their enquiries. that bridge is now closed. investigation is underway to locate the man and

identify the deceased . identify the deceased. meanwhile, the prime minister has hinted he could introduce a new bank holiday if england win euro 2024. a stunning stoppage time goal from substitute ollie watkins secured a21 victory over the netherlands last night in dramatic fashion. the three lions will now face spain on sunday with the hope of being crowned european champions and the environment secretary says water companies have agreed to initial proposals to try to end the crisis in the sector. steve reid says the government will force them to tackle illegal sewage dumping into our rivers, lakes and in our seas. it comes after regulator ofwat said bills will rise by around £19 a year in england and wales over the next five years, though that is a third less than the amount that they had requested . those that they had requested. those are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm sam francis. more for now i'm sam francis. more for you in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to

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derby d19, double t, uk only entrants must be 18 or over. lines close at 5 pm. on the 30th of august. please check the closing time if listening or watching on demand. good luck next to the government's plans to tackle the prisons crisis, and they're set to urge businesses to give jobs to more ex—offenders and the new prisons minister, james timpson, employed thousands of ex—cons when he was the chief executive at the locksmith and key cutting company timpsons. >> i'm joined now by sadiq khan , >> i'm joined now by sadiq khan, who's a former prisoner and is now a motivational speaker, adds welcome to the show. so presumably you think this is a fantastic idea. people coming out of jail often have nothing to do, nowhere to go, very little money. and their reputation obviously is sullied. you must be a huge fan of this. this initiative. >> yes, i am, and thank you for having me on. good afternoon, yeah, i am, i'm really happy with it. i mean, nobody saw it coming that james timpson was going to be appointed as the

prisons minister, but i think it's fantastic that he has, because who better than get an understanding of somebody that actually employs prisoners and is obviously doing well, otherwise he wouldn't continue well to be doing it, to be doing so. so i think it's fantastic . so. so i think it's fantastic. and everybody on linkedin has welcomed it. and i wish him the very best with it. and look, change needs to happen. you see the difference between 1 million and 1 billion is that if i give you a pound just for your viewers, this is if i gave you a pound a second, it'll take you 11.5 days to become a millionaire. now, if i gave you a pound a second and you saved it, it would take you 31 years to become a billionaire. that's the difference between a million and a billion. now it currently costs the reoffending because of the reoffending rates . it the reoffending rates. it currently costs the taxpayer and the general public £18 billion a year on reoffending and simply giving prisoners longer

sentences for their crimes obviously isn't working. and it's not a deterrent. what we need to do is change needs to happen. it's paramount. it's important. it's needed and it is change. that is, if you if nothing changes, then nothing changes. so i openly with open arms welcome this new initiative and i'm wishing for all the best adds >> it's a very socially liberal plan. it's no surprise mr timpson is doing it. it's his business model. it has been for years now. it's government policy. what do you say to those people, though, who might be rightly concerned that those reoffending, those offenders being given a leg up as it were, they could reoffend at the moment that happens , this entire moment that happens, this entire policy could be under the microscope . microscope. >> the thing is, look, nobody's got a crystal ball. but one thing we do know is it can't do no harm. that's contrary. it can't do no harm because currently crime is getting worse and worse and worse, and re—offending rates are getting worse. and as a result, if look, i think it was einstein that said the definition of insanity

is oh, i forgot it myself. now but no, the dating the same thing and expecting a different outcome. you took the words out of my mouth. thank you very much for your support. that exactly. and it's insane that we're not using a different perspective and expecting crime rates to come down. and you know, we want to stop the next victim and stop the next crime. and that can only happen with change. >> what do you say to people who say that prisoners are effectively being rewarded for offending here by being given a leg up on the job market when they come out of nick, for example , people who've been in example, people who've been in the armed forces, i mean, i would love an initiative like this to help army veterans. they seem to have no crash mat, no help when they come out. do you think the prisoners are getting preferential treatment here? >> i think what's happening is, i mean, it was some of the army prison staff, right? that was, that made a change to my life as well, with the actual experience. i think what's happening is because of budget restraints and the prison population being at such a crisis, what's happening is that, you know, they're getting

understaffed people. and obviously, recently we saw what's happening in wormwood, wandsworth and what have you. but it's actually these are the people that we need with these experience to go, maybe go into prisons and actually get them to understand the tragedies of life and change can occur in an instant if you're willing to , instant if you're willing to, well, make the switch. >> okay ? ads. you've been in the >> okay? ads. you've been in the clink and now you you do a different thing. you go around, talk to people and helping them to stay out of trouble. tell us about your work. >> well, i deliver workshops in prisons on positive mindset , >> well, i deliver workshops in prisons on positive mindset, and my message is simple is learn from your setbacks and make comebacks. don't go through it. don't just go through the tragedies of life. go through it. deal with your setbacks and make comebacks and don't wish for it more than you're willing to work for it. i've also got crime prevention workshops in schools and colleges, and i try using my experience to actually change the lives of people going down the wrong end. and i always say, look, we need to develop habhs say, look, we need to develop habits of setting standards that others are measured by, and we can only do that with the right

resources, with the right support, with change, and with this hopefully new government that's going to be that's that i'm going to be cheerleading along, with the policies in regards to prisons. >> okay. sadiq khan. well hats off to you for turning your life around. let's hope this policy does the same for a lot of prisoners being released . thanks prisoners being released. thanks for talking to us here today on gb news. thank you . now tomorrow gb news. thank you. now tomorrow is a big day @gbnews. we'll be covering the 12th of july parades in northern ireland live and next we'll look ahead to those events. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's channel

welcome back. your time is 349. i'm martin daubney. this is 349. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news now. gb news will have live coverage of the 12th of july celebrations tomorrow . of july celebrations tomorrow. our northern irish reporter, dougie beattie has been following the historical route of those that headed for the new world hundreds of years ago.

>> worcester lies about 40 miles west of boston . it's known as west of boston. it's known as the heart of the commonwealth. but back in the 1700s, it was no more than a frontier village . more than a frontier village. >> so you would have to travel from boston down the indian path, which is indian paths were only about this wide. they were only about this wide. they were only about this wide. they were only a foot wide. they weren't very large. you would be single file horseback . you would be file horseback. you would be single file. there was not enough room for a stagecoach. >> the unannounced arrival of the scots—irish was scorned upon by the establishment, and as a result, they were split into three groups. among those in the

worcester placement was the young family. worcester placement was the young family . the oldest was 95, young family. the oldest was 95, and he had brought the first seed potatoes to america that at first was greeted with suspicion the governor shute. >> governor shute was his name. he he got really upset because he saw all these people arriving in boston and he didn't know what to do. so he decided he was going to divide them into three groups and send them to three different places to reinforce populations because of the indian attacks. so he sent one 200 people to maine, 200 people to londonderry, new hampshire, and 200 people to worcester. when they get here in worcester, the people that were already here are about 200 of them, and they were upset because they didn't like these people, because they were different and they had different clothing. they spoke different, but they had gifts of the potato and the spinning wheel. and the congregationalists were also afraid of that potato, and they

threw it away . so it took threw it away. so it took a couple of seasons before they realised that they could eat the potato. they were trying to eat the tubers and the leafs, which didn't work out right. you know, that's not good. poisonous so, eventually they figured out how to eat the potato and it became a very sustainable fruit vegetable in, in new england. and a lot of potato farms are in maine. >> the hostilities towards the families in worcester would see them being forced to move on, and they would rejoin their countrymen further north. >> the people in worcester tried to drive the scots out of here. get out of my town. it was pretty much they burned their church down, and they did whatever they could to drive them away. and a lot of them founded pelham and rutland and colebrook springs to the west of us, and they that's where the potato farms are in massachusetts .

massachusetts. >> the 12th day to celebrate history, community and family here in northern ireland, join me arlene foster on me dougie beattie as we bring you live coverage of the july 12th celebrations from the beautiful city of belfast and right across the united kingdom. it's all happening here on gb news, britain's news channel >> superb stuff there from dougie beattie. now you've been sending in your sites throughout the show. let's read out a few of those quickly now on the topic of reoffenders being given jobs when they get out of jail, david says this. here's how we solved the prison crisis in one fell swoop. let all the people out are in there for not paying the licence fee and deport all foreign criminals. david. that's that one sorted out on the topic of david lammy being the foreign secretary and the potential meeting with donald trump if donald trump is re—elected as president again , frank says president again, frank says this. i really wouldn't fancy

being lammy when he first meets donald trump. now on the topic of the labour party just stopping oil ed miliband has cancelled all licences. bill says this. as an environmentalist, i think it's a good thing that we are stopping oil drilling, frank says. ed miliband would rather we all live by candlelight, rubbing two sticks together than to rather try and keep warm. and on that topic, the labour government has made a hugely controversial decision today . energy secretary decision today. energy secretary ed miliband, as i just said , has ed miliband, as i just said, has ordered an immediate ban on the new drilling in the north sea. a lot of people were concerned the labour party's policy was basically just stop oil. that's what they've just done. we discuss that soon. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel. now is your weather with annie shuttleworth . weather with annie shuttleworth. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news

>> hello. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. as we head through the rest of the day, it should stay dry for most of us. still some sunshine to come this evening but it will remain cloudier for central areas . we've still got the areas. we've still got the remnants of the rain from recent days in central areas, but from the west high pressure is building in and that means we'll see more in the way of that dry weather through the rest of the evening. but for the likes of wales, much of the midlands as well, staying quite dull and overcast through the rest of the evening, though for many it will remain dry overnight tonight, particularly across the south coast and some parts of scotland as well , and coast and some parts of scotland as well, and where coast and some parts of scotland as well , and where the skies as well, and where the skies remain the clearest. overnight temperatures could fall away in parts of scotland as low as 2 or 3 degrees, so it could potentially be a bit of a fresher start. but for most of us, i think with quite a lot of cloud around, first thing will be at around 11 or 12 degrees, lots of cloud to come through friday, particularly through the morning. we've got a northerly wind , so that means more cloud wind, so that means more cloud coming in to the far north of scotland. we could see some rain as well, moving into the western isles and the highlands later on through the morning. still some

sunshine though for northern ireland, south western areas of scotland and it won't feel too bad in that sunshine. but where we are exposed to this northerly wind across the east coast, it's going to feel much fresher through the day on friday, and there is a chance of some heavy outbreaks of rain through friday through the south coast, particularly into the afternoon. but there is a chance in the morning as well. so quite a lot of cloud to come through friday. it's going to be a fairly cool feeling day, but if you do get any sunshine it will feel warm in that sunshine. so sunshine is most likely for parts of the central belt. some areas of the south coast, here and there. but we'll also got a risk of some very heavy downpours and temperatures around the high teens to possibly the lower 20s in the far south—east. friday evening sees this band of cloud and rain sink further southwards. eastern areas of northern england probably seeing a bit of a damp end to the working week. but for most of us, a mix of clear skies and sunny spells to end the day on saturday. on saturday, a risk of showers moving to in the southwest once again, but it looks a little drier on sunday

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>> well. >> well. >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 4:00 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, just one week into a labour government and new energy secretary ed miliband has sensationally blocked all new applications to drill for north sea oil. but with britain importing almost £50 billion worth of fossil fuels last year, is this net zero zealotry sheer economic suicide and a new poll of former tory voters has sensationally backed nigel farage to be the next conservative party leader . next conservative party leader. a quarter of 2019 tory voters

backed him, more than double that of his nearest rival, boris johnson, and three times suella braverman and more than six times more voters backed farage than kemi badenoch and england's euro 2024 started slowly, very slowly but has been saved by last minute miracles as the three lions now head to berlin for a final showdown with spain. it's football finally coming home after 58 years of torture and pain. that's all come in between now and 6:00. welcome the show. always a pleasure to have your company. the show. always a pleasure to have your company . well, it have your company. well, it didn't take ed miliband long, didn't take ed miliband long, did it? he was one of the cabinet ministers who raised the most eyebrows. it was his idea to introduce net zero taxes. green taxes on every energy bill in britain. and today , all of in britain. and today, all of those those licences to drill

for north sea oil were scrapped going over the head of the insiders in the industry, taking them by surprise. but are you surprised by this or did you see this coming? get in touch as usual. ways gbnews.com/yoursay. but before we have that big debate, it's time for your headunes. headlines. >> martin, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. it's just coming up to 4:03. the top story. well, the latest developments from hertfordshire this afternoon where we now know the suspect in the triple murder case of three women is in a serious condition in hospital. but karl clifford has not yet been questioned. that coming to us in the last few minutes from police in hertfordshire, it's after 61 year old carol hunt and her two daughters, 25 year old louise and hannah, who's 28, were attacked at their home in bushey. police say a crossbow

has now been recovered as part of their ongoing investigations. a major police manhunt for the 26 year old karl clifford suspect ended when he was found near a cemetery in north london yesterday . a manhunt is underway yesterday. a manhunt is underway after two suitcases believed to contain human remains were found following reports of a man acting suspiciously on bristol's clifton suspension bridge. officers were alerted and arrived within ten minutes, but the man had already fled , the man had already fled, leaving one suitcase behind. a second was also found nearby. police say the man was initially taken to the bridge in a taxi. the driver of that vehicle is now helping police with their enquiries and the bridge is closed. an investigation is underway, underway and police are trying to locate the man and identify the deceased. the prime minister has hinted he could introduce a new bank holiday if england win euro 2024. a stunning stoppage time goal from

substitute ollie watkins secured a21 victory over the netherlands in dramatic fashion last night. the three lions are now set to face spain on sunday, with the hope of being crowned european champions. well, these england fansin champions. well, these england fans in nottingham say the whole country deserves a break 100. >> we need a bank holiday for the first time since 1966, but we could be bringing it home. what more better reason to get a bank holiday than that? >> we haven't had much to celebrate recently as a country, so yeah, i think it's a great excuse for a celebration. >> and, yeah. >> and, yeah. >> so it all comes together and celebrate our football team. >> i think it's absolutely necessary. i mean, why shouldn't we? winning a tournament like the euros comes once every blue moon? well, never in my lifetime . moon? well, never in my lifetime. neverin moon? well, never in my lifetime. never in anyone's lifetime. so why not give the public a day off? you know we deserve it . off? you know we deserve it. >> i don't think anyone will disagree with those points there. president biden has indicated he supports closer defence ties between the uk and europe. in his first 1 to 1 meeting with the prime minister

at the white house, joe biden told sir keir starmer he sees the uk as the cornerstone of the transatlantic alliance. the prime minister described the visit as an opportunity to recommit to nato and the special relationship between the uk and us. sir keir has now said he wants a new uk—eu security pact, whilst also working closer on defence with key allies here, water companies in england and wales have been told they can put up bills, but not by as much as they'd asked for. regulator ofwat says they can hike prices by an average of just £19 a yeah by an average of just £19 a year. that's a third less than the amount the companies had requested. water firms met with environment secretary steve reed earlier and agreed to some reforms , including ring fencing, reforms, including ring fencing, money for upgrades. but it can't be spent on bonuses. money for upgrades. but it can't be spent on bonuses . the prime be spent on bonuses. the prime minister says he's shocked at levels of overcrowding in prisons, admitting it's worse than he first thought. it comes after his home secretary, yvette coopen after his home secretary, yvette cooper, warned there was no quick fix to easing pressure on

jail space. the government is believed to be considering freeing more criminals after serving just 40% of their sentences to ease pressure on prison capacity, sir keir is expected to authorise that emergency measure this week . emergency measure this week. we've heard today that visa customers have been unable to make payments, with over 500 reports made across the uk, according to downdetector. several businesses are experiencing issues with card payments and reportedly only accepting cash transactions . accepting cash transactions. visa says although their systems are operating normally, they are aware customers are having some issues and they are being investigated . the uk economy has investigated. the uk economy has grown by 0.4% in may quicker than expected. the latest data from the office for national statistics comes as more shoppers have returned to high street and construction works recovered. it came after no growth was recorded in april, though, when damp weather hit consumer spending. may's stronger than expected performance puts the economy on

track to surpass the bank of england's projection of half a percent growth for the second quarter, and royal news the king and queen have visited the senate in wales to mark 25 years of the welsh parliament. they were greeted by the first minister, vaughan gething, along with party and parliamentary leaders. the king marked the occasion with a speech which he beganin occasion with a speech which he began in welsh, before meeting community members who have contributed to key moments in the senate's history. charles and camilla last visited the welsh parliament in september 2022, when they received a motion of condolence following the death of the late queen. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now. i'm sam francis, back with you for another update. in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts .

>> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you sam. now we start with big news that labour has ordered a ban on new drilling in the north sea and its drive, of course, for net zero. now, the decision has been made by the new energy secretary. that man, ed miliband. he's ruled that confirmation of a new round of drilling that was due to happen within the next few weeks, will now not go ahead with immediate effect. this has taken a lot of people by surprise. i'm joined in the studio by our political correspondent , olivia utley. correspondent, olivia utley. olivia. it didn't take him long, did it? a lot of people, of course, said ed miliband, known for his net zero sir davey. he was the guy responsible for green taxes on every single bill in britain. but even this decision seems to have taken a lot of people by surprise. tell us all about it. >> well, it was in the manifesto that the labour party was going to stop new licences for drilling in the north sea, and

it was also technically in the manifesto, buried pretty deep in the manifesto on page 52, that the manifesto on page 52, that the labour party would actually withdraw licences which were in the process of being granted by the process of being granted by the conservative government. but of course, no one knew when the election was going to be at this stage. and what's happened is these bids, these bids for new licences for north sea oil drilling have got really , really drilling have got really, really far along. in fact, it was thought that in the next couple of weeks they would be approved by regulators. so i don't think anyone in the industry was really expecting the labour government to pull the plug on it that quickly. in fact, normally at this stage it's quite a sort of apolitical process. it'sjust quite a sort of apolitical process. it's just sort of dotting the i's, crossing the t's, signing it all off. but miliband has very unexpectedly pulled, pulled labour out of this. and the problem is that for lots and lots of these companies who were bidding for new oil and gas licences, they've already spent millions of pounds on putting together their bids. and it looks likely some of them are threatening to

sue the government for trying to take the government to court over this. and of course, taking the government to court is it would be pennies compared to what they've already spent on these bids. so it could well be worth it for these companies. i mean, that is a sort of headache that the new government does not need at the moment. but for now, ed miliband is sounding pretty bolshy when asked about it, he sounded terse. he sounded pretty brusque. he just said, well, you know, this is in the manifesto and this is what's going to happen. >> and yet, olivia, some of the numbers deserve to be scrutinised for example, the exchequer takes over £105 exchequer takes over £10.5 billion in tax from north sea oil last year, and we still import the thick end of £50 billion worth of crude oil and gas from overseas, because 70% of the uk's energy, this is the industry . not of the uk's energy, this is the industry. not just plugging in at the wall at home comes still from fossil fuels. a lot of people therefore saying, is this a bit short sighted? >> well, i think i mean, that is the argument that obviously the

point of stopping drilling for gas and oil in the north sea is that britain would transition more quickly over to renewable energy . but more quickly over to renewable energy. but during the more quickly over to renewable energy . but during the election energy. but during the election campaign, plenty of experts in the energy industry pointed out that actually, what's far more likely to happen, given that britain really is still very reliant on fossil fuels, is that that energy just gets imported instead. and of course , instead. and of course, importing energy is quite energy , importing energy is quite energy, high energy usage in itself. it's also expensive and also it makes britain reliant on other countries. i mean, you know, those in favour of the labour policy. and there are plenty of them would say that the only way to get that sort of green industrial revolution, that they're talking about going is by just pulling the plug completely on fossil fuels at this stage. and they would argue that the jobs which will be lost because there will be jobs lost when these licences dry up altogether, will be replaced possibly many times over in the

new green industrial revolution . new green industrial revolution. but those on the other side would say, well, until that revolution is sort of up and running, we it's a bit of a cat and mouse situation, which you do. first, pull the plug and hope the green revolution takes off, or see what happens with the green revolution before pulling the plug. >> olivia utley. excellent as even >> olivia utley. excellent as ever. thank you very much. let's have a debate about this now. is it a net zero nightmare or is it a green dream? and i'm joined now by the former mp for aberdeen south, ross thompson, and the former labour minister, denis macshane ross. let's start with you. this used to be your constituency in aberdeen of course, north sea oil central. tell us how important north sea oil is to the british economy and the impact. you believe it might have in places like aberdeen . aberdeen. >> the impact is going to be huge , not just across aberdeen huge, not just across aberdeen in the north—east of scotland, but right across the united kingdom, where the oil and gas industry supports over 200,000

jobs. >> its footprint is huge. >> its footprint is huge. >> and that's not just those who work directly within the industry, but think about all the supply side jobs that are supported by it, and then all those sort of local economies where the oil and gas industry supports retail and hospitality. so it's not just about oil and gas itself, but the wider impact it's going to have. and it's extraordinary that, you know , extraordinary that, you know, read ed in his first few days in government, has proven beyond doubt that the labour party is just the parliamentary wing of just stop oil and will put dogma and ideology ahead of what is in the interests of hard working individuals and their families, not just in terms of their employment and job opportunities, but being able to pay opportunities, but being able to pay their bills, heat their home and keep it lit, and also the uk's energy security potentially now making us more reliant on despots abroad than being able to meet our less carbon intensive energy made here domestically. it's really disappointing . martin and the disappointing. martin and the people of aberdeen are reeling

and are desperately worried about their jobs and their future. right now. >> denis macshane over to you . >> denis macshane over to you. >> denis macshane over to you. >> well, i hope my many good friends in aberdeen, which produces one of the best papers in england, the epa, as well as the beano , really actually think the beano, really actually think whether they're going to believe this story because it's in the daily telegraph martin, during the day surfaced it has been comprehensively denied. if you read city am or any of the energy, bulletins, you know that you can read online. and i phoned up friends and checked i'm not an expert, but i thought i'm not an expert, but i thought i should do that. they all said none of this makes sense. labour very clearly said it wouldn't be authorising any brand new applications with all existing ones. so there's some very important ones. as ed has just said in line will be honoured for the reasons he said. we are still rely on oil and gas. we need that for any idea of growth. the rachel reeves has

and i've never, ever in my political life and as a minister for a number of years, seen such a comprehensive denial so fast of a story. so i take all of the points . i'm of a story. so i take all of the points. i'm not of a story. so i take all of the points . i'm not having any points. i'm not having any disagreement with any friend from scotland, but i really would wait till tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to just actually see if this is a true story. >> so you're shooting the messenger and ignoring the message it's in. it's in the manifesto, dan denis, it's in the labour party manifesto to just stop oil. it's the question of if, not when and what about the numbers? let's look, denis, please, let's look at the numbers. last year alone, £10.5 billion taken in tax revenue. where's that money come from? what a magic money tree that ed miliband is going to plan i martin, i completely agree with you, >> and so i think i assume does ed, which is why he's talking aboutin ed, which is why he's talking about in the future. yes i want

to see windmills. wait, you those go up. see the rails from the windmill. nimbys about that. i would like to see nuclear, which in every country has got a growing economy, relies more on nuclear than we do. but i'm just saying, that for all the points you're making, the treasury points , the economic points, the points, the economic points, the job points, all of them utterly valid, i can't do anything more. and i'm certainly not shooting any messenger. i'm not representing the government, but i'm just an old fashioned journalist. i checked everything before coming. on, on on the show and the line is so, so clear. you don't you don't want to read out the government statements. it's too boring. but i've never, ever seen a story so comprehensively knocked down so fast. >> okay, ross. ross, ross . >> okay, ross. ross, ross. thompson. there we go. it can't be true because it was in the daily telegraph, irrespective of the fact it's in the labour party manifesto. ross thompson, can we get back to just some

brass tacks on how dependent great britain is on on fossil fuels ? 70% of our energy fuels? 70% of our energy requirements. forget about wind turbines, what we use domestically, you can't run cement plants or brick factories or car plants by plugging into a wind turbine at the mains , and wind turbine at the mains, and this kind of policy leaves us more and more dependent on expensive importations, with its own carbon footprint on top of actually consuming it. in britain . britain. >> that's absolutely right, martin. and this has been long standing labour party policy. they've been clear that not only did they want to end further exploration within the north sea, that they also then wanted to close the investment allowance, which enables oil and gas companies to do that, exploration and to get the investment in, and then they also wanted to increase the windfall tax up to 7 to 8. which is unfortunately the windfall tax is already driven a lot of investment out of the north sea. and we're actually going to see

a lot of people investing abroad, and with if these companies cannot now explore to secure a future supply of domestic oil and gas, which is needed, as i say right now, to keep our homes warm, to keep the lights on, to help in terms of deaung lights on, to help in terms of dealing with bills, those jobs are going to go elsewhere. we'll become reliant on other people. and, you know, i'm encouraged that, you know, dennis shares that, you know, dennis shares that view and he understands it. my that view and he understands it. my concern is that within the wider party and wider labour party, right now, we're seeing a concerted effort to shut down oil and gas. and this is something that we did warn about dunng something that we did warn about during the general election campaign, and that there is an ideological drive to shut down the industry. but labour haven't looked at the full scale effect of what they're going to do, because it will have an impact on what they want to achieve. they want to see a renewable industry, they want to see green jobs , but you need these oil and jobs, but you need these oil and gas companies to fund it and invest in it. for example, it's a shell that is investing in the

huge offshore marine wind farm here in the north sea. we need these businesses to be successful to enable us to get to that energy transition and that future, and to provide the jobs of the future, but taxing them out of the country and stopping them from exploring for new offshore deposits is not going to enable that to happen. it puts it all at risk. >> denis macshane isn't that a fair point? if you're an oil company? now looking at these numbers, the direction of travel windfall tax is going up to 85. nobody sits around and passively takes an 85% tax rate. look at what happened in the 1970s when the labour party racked up taxes. people just clear off abroad . why would an oil company abroad. why would an oil company come and invest in uk plc? looking at figures like this, denis macshane . denis macshane. >> as ross said, shell is investing massively. but in windfarms right across the world we are for good or ill, for good or ill, moving away from oil and

gas. you can now buy a chinese made electric car for $9,000. forget even tusks. tesla cars, which are beyond the price of any normal person except the super tory rich. you know we're moving now towards electric cars. we're moving now towards other people aren't buying them, dennis. they are. they are 9000. i don't want $9,000 is in english. pounds 8000. £7,000. my god, you put a car like that on the market in britain. and believe me, it would go down very, very well. so this, whether we like it or not, if britain wants to be the only country utterly on its knees to oil fossil fuel extraction, i'm not getting into global warming. it's another argument. but it's for real. and we can see the temperatures and the climate change impacts in, in just in, in the recent 1 or 2 years, it's going to get worse if we're going to get worse if we're going to get worse if we're going to be serious about this, then yeah, we have to take some

big ish decisions now , what all big ish decisions now, what all i'm saying is there was a decision in the snp opposed it. i don't mean to be unkind to ross, but the snp didn't do very well in the last election. the scottish people, not snp. >> i'm delighted they did, well, no, sorry , you just missed parted. >> someone there denis macshane look. >> no no, no, he's a sensible quy- >> no no, no, he's a sensible guy. he's a very sensible guy's pleasure to be on your show with him, martin. so you've got actually now people broadly voters broadly accepting lots of different. >> okay, dennis, i'm afraid i'm going to have to just stop denis macshane. we've simply ran out of time. thanks for joining us, both of you. ross thompson, the former conservative mp for aberdeen south and of course, the former labour minister, is snp denis macshane. thank you both very much for joining us snp denis macshane. thank you both very much forjoining us on both very much for joining us on the show. now, police say triple murder suspects kyle clifford is in a serious condition in hospital. he was wanted in connection, of course, with the

crossbow killings of carol hunt, the wife of bbc five live racing commentator john the wife of bbc five live racing commentatorjohn hunt, and two of their daughters, hannah and louise. and i'm joined now by gb news reporter charlie peters. charlie, what's the latest on the case? >> well, the hertfordshire constabulary have said that karl clifford, the 26 year old who's been held after being captured yesterday as in a manhunt in connection with the triple homicide that took place on tuesday evening here in bushey , tuesday evening here in bushey, is in a serious condition in hospital where he is being treated as part of that. he's yet to speak to officers due to the seriousness of his medical condition. now, in that statement, they also went on to say that kyle clifford had no previous contact with police with regard three victims of this triple homicide on tuesday evening , and they also said that evening, and they also said that they had recovered a crossbow from the suspect. so that's been

a key part of this investigation so far that a crossbow was involved and also potentially other weapons. now, the police also said that this was an unprecedented attack here in bushey. unprecedented attack here in bushey . it's a part of the bushey. it's a part of the commuter belt just north of london in hertfordshire. it's not an area where you anticipate such appalling activities to occur, and the people living in this area , speaking to this area, speaking to journalists earlier today, say they're in complete shock. some of the notes we've seen written on the floral, the floral tributes in front of the police cordon say i wish this was not real and they cannot believe that this has happened. now the detective superintendent in charge of the investigation so that it will take time and that it will need to be determined. the full circumstances of what happened on tuesday evening and the events leading up to it. they add that they are committed to seeking justice for the

victims and their family, and that the thoughts of the force , that the thoughts of the force, his family and loved ones at this devastating and indescribable time . so carl indescribable time. so carl clifford, the 26 year old, he remains in hospital while he's undergoing treatment for serious medical issues. now, the police said that during that manhunt yesterday, when they captured and now held, kyle clifford , and now held, kyle clifford, they said that they did not fire a shot. so the cause of his injuries is unclear. we saw armed response units involved in that here in bushey. we have seen the major crime unit out knocking on doors and continuing their investigation. over in enfield, the metropolitan police and the hertfordshire constabulary continuing their forensic investigations. in the same address, they were looking at yesterday. this address, understood to be linked to kyle clifford, 2018, was convicted and sentenced to 23 years in prison. a whole life tariff for murder and attempted gbh . those

murder and attempted gbh. those have been the two focuses in bushey and in enfield, but it's also sparked a wider conversation in westminster because of the relevance of that crossbow attack last night , crossbow attack last night, yvette cooper the home secretary, saying that the government would move at pace to assess evidence gathered by a government review started by priti patel in 2021 after a spate of crossbow related attacks. this morning, the security minister, dan jarvis, reaffirmed that position and it comes after several incidents earlier this year. involving using crossbows and attacks. but here in bushey, the criminal investigation continues as the lead suspect. the sole suspect remains in hospital being treated for serious conditions. >> thank you for that update, charlie peters. thank you . now charlie peters. thank you. now england's footballers are just 90 minutes away from immortality. i'm going to look ahead to sunday's euro 2024 epic final clash with spain. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 429. i'm martin daubney on gb news. later in the show, i'll talk about the obese social media influencer who's claimed god has tasked her with speaking up for fat people. and now she says that all swimming pools should have handrails to make them accessible and inclusive to everyone. but before that, let's look ahead to one of the most important football games in england's history. the three lions will take on spain in the final of euro 2024 on sunday evening. it means they are just 90 minutes away from becoming the first england side in 58 tortuous years to win a major trophy. now the kirby estate in bermondsey, in south—east london, has been branded england's most patriotic estate. and let's cross there, live now and speak with gb news

national reporter theo chikomba theo.the national reporter theo chikomba theo. the boys there in bermondsey don't need much encouragement. tell us about the mood on the ground . mood on the ground. >> no, they certainly don't. and we've spoken to some of the people here and there still are nursing a hangover from last night. they were up till about 1 am. celebrating that win and a.m. celebrating that win and they are desperately looking forward to this weekend when england takes on spain. but there are plenty of flags here, dozens of them you may be able to see just over my right shoulder we've got. fran kirby, who unfortunately didn't take part in the women's world cup a few years ago due to an injury. but here, though, we've been speaking to all the local residents about how they're feeling about this weekend and of course, whether or not we should be getting a bank holiday if we win after this weekend, after this weekend's game . after this weekend's game. >> no, i don't think we should. i think we should keep things professional. i think that it's a bit, it's a bit too much to

have a bank holiday. i think people should go to work . great. yeah. >> why not? >> why not? >> i think it would be good. we all need more bank holidays . all need more bank holidays. >> no, i'm retired, so i don't really care . no. keep the really care. no. keep the country going to pay for my pension . pension. >> so yes, that's the question. should we get a bank holiday as some people saying. yeah, we should, but big game this weekend. lots of england players who've been criticised throughout the competition have really stepped up, especially england captain harry kane, who took that penalty early on in the game yesterday, and many more who are yet to play ollie watkins as well. he hasn't had much game time, the aston villa player, but he certainly stepped up a huge game. but of course we have been looking at the events taking place in germany. we've seen some pictures of disruption with fans before and after games, but certainly police will be on deck this weekend to

ensure that it's a peaceful process and that people can watch the game and enjoy it for what is going to be a huge occasion. >> thank you, theo kirby estate there in bermondsey, millwall central know it well. loved those flags. thanks for that update. beautiful stuff now. lots more still to come between now and 5:00. i'll talk about the angry reaction to news that our water bills are about to go up once again, water companies say it will help them deal with the sewage crisis. but do you believe them? after all, they created that crisis in the first place. but first, it's your headunes place. but first, it's your headlines with sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you. it's just after half past four. the top stories from the newsroom this morning. and police have released the latest update in their search and case for the suspect of the triple murder of three women. they say he is in a serious condition in hospital, but carl clifford is yet to be questioned by police

officers . 61 year old carol hunt officers. 61 year old carol hunt and her two daughters, 25 year old louise and hannah, who is 28, were attacked in their home in bushey earlier this week. police say they have found a crossbow that's been recovered as part of that investigation. a major police manhunt for the 26 year old suspect ended when he was found near a cemetery in north london yesterday . in other north london yesterday. in other news, police in bristol have launched a manhunt after two suitcases containing human remains were left on the city's clifton bridge. emergency services were called to the scene just before midnight last night following reports of someone acting suspiciously. police say their immediate priority is now to find the man and identify the human remains . and identify the human remains. the prime minister has hinted he could introduce a new bank houday could introduce a new bank holiday if england win euro

2024, but he stopped short of saying there should be one, insisting he doesn't want to jinx it ahead of a sunday's final with spain, sir keir starmer says we should certainly mark the occasion and it's after a stunning stoppage time goal last night from substitute ollie watkins, securing a21 victory over the netherlands . a police over the netherlands. a police officer has been jailed for more than six years after burgling a house to steal a safe containing £16,000. ben cook discovered the cash was being stored at the property in bridgend after obtaining data from the force computer systems. he told the homeowner he had a warrant to search her home and in the us , search her home and in the us, president joe biden has indicated he does support closer defence ties between the uk and europe in his first 1 to 1 meeting with the prime minister at the white house, joe biden told sir keir starmer he sees the uk as the cornerstone of the transatlantic alliance. the prime minister has described the visit as an opportunity to recommit to nato and the special

relationship. sir keir has also said he wants a new uk—eu security pact, while also working closer on defence with key allies . those are the latest key allies. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sam francis back with you 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. >> thank you sam. if you want to get in touch with us here @gbnews, simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay and i'll read out the best of your a little later in show. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

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increase in water bills. >> the bill rises that have been proposed today are the result of 14 years of conservative failure, when they allow money to be spent on bonuses and dividends instead of being spent on fixing the broken water infrastructure. that all changes with the election of a labour government, and i am delighted the water companies have agreed to my initial measures to clean up our waterways, including ring fencing investment that is intended and will be spent on fixing the sewage system and getting the pollution out of our water. >> well, they could blame the tories, but only for so long because they're in charge now and i'm joined now by jean tidrick. she's the water sustainability manager at kingfisher, who are the owners of bnrc. welcome to the show. gin, an astonishing set of increases depending on where you live. once again, it's a bit of a postcode lottery. 44% hikes for the southern water region thames water 23. anglian 13% and

that's for every household in britain. jim. but you're in charge of the water for an entire company. your bills must be absolutely staggeringly eye—watering. coming up, tell us more . more. >> it can be, and from a from a personal perspective . i live in personal perspective. i live in eastleigh, and the southern water , where we're facing water, where we're facing a 43.5% increase and that's before inflation, so kingfisher, parent company of de—banking and screwfix, we conducted some research recently talking to people about how they felt about water, about their water bills. i think most people accepted that the prices would be likely to be going up of water, but the people we spoke to thought maybe around about 16. these increases are in excess of that. but obviously there were a lot less than the water bill. water companies were actually asking ofwat for, so ofwat have had to do a difficult balancing act. taking the amount that, the water company has been asking

for and trying to balance that versus people's expectations. and i think just to put this in perspective, we also found that 72% of people are now starting to really worry about their water bills. we've gone through the last few years where we've been worrying about how much our mortgages are costing, how much, food is costing the cost of energy. water's not really been on that list, but it's starting to come through now, people really worrying about how they're going to pay for these increases in water. so our role as a retailer, we sell a lot of products relating to water use, but we definitely have a responsibility to advise customers of what they can try and do to get those bills down, and do to get those bills down, and facing these big, big price hikes if you're on metered water, it's so important to try and make sure that you use less water to just try and mitigate and .offsetthe increases that and .offset the increases that the water companies are imposing on us. on us. >> on us. >> and jen, of course , part of >> and jen, of course, part of the problem here is that many people feel that bills are going up because of mistakes that the water companies have made themselves. sewage leaks aren't

consumer problems, they're suppuer consumer problems, they're supplier problems and they're being fined. and those fines naturally get passed on. at the same time, we're seeing massive bonuses for the water board shareholders and directors. do you think we'll get to a point where the labour government might say, as we've already seen with the railways, they might say the private sector, the private way of doing it isn't working. perhaps it's time to take water back into public ownership. >> it's certainly a really complicated picture. and there's a big role that government can play. there's a big role, certainly for the water companies to play. and also ofwat also local authorities, and say our role as a retailer is we sell products relating to water efficiency. and what we're trying to do at the moment is because we know people are really worried about how to pay their water bills, is trying to give some really simple tips on how to cut your water use at low or even no cost. i mean, for example , just cutting cutting example, just cutting cutting the length of time you spend in the length of time you spend in the shower and have a significant impact, making sure

that , you get significant impact, making sure that, you get a significant impact, making sure that , you get a water significant impact, making sure that, you get a water pump fitted can have a really big effect on how much water you use in the garden. but obviously, this hasn't been driven by consumers, and it's really important that we try and do what we to can help people who are being faced with these bigger water bills, do what they can to try and get them down. but i don't think anybody is saying that it's the fault of householders that we're in this mess to start off with. >> yeah , absolutely. thank you >> yeah, absolutely. thank you very much for your insight. there jin tidrick, the water sustainability manager at kingfisher. thanks for your time on the show today . now moving kingfisher. thanks for your time on the show today. now moving on to america and the calls for 81 year old joe biden to drop out of the us presidential race are getting louder and louder and louder by the day. and now hollywood legend and democrat fundraiser george clooney wants joe biden to simply step i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

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history. community and family here in northern ireland. join me , arlene foster and me dougie beattie. >> as we bring you live coverage of the july 12th celebrations from the beautiful city of belfast. >> and right across the united kingdom. it's all happening here on gb news, britain's news channel. >> welcome back. it's approaching 10 to 5. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. has hollywood finally turned its back on joe biden ? because major back on joe biden? because major democratic fundraiser george clooney certainly has. the actor has called for the president to step down, saying that he is no longer the same person who won the white house in 2020. he's not the only big star to share his concerns. michael douglas has also called for biden to drop out of the race for re—election. well, international politics professor david dunn joins me now on gb news david, welcome to the show. so until

very recently, it was only those who oppose joe biden who were saying it's time for change. something isn't quite right. but what's been surprising since that tv debate now it's his own allies, his own supporters , allies, his own supporters, those who are aligned with him, who are saying the same thing. with all that in mind, joe biden himself seems to be very, very recalcitrant. he won't stand down. do you think he should? and do you think that this kind of noise will continue ? i think of noise will continue? i think after the presidential or during the presidential debate, the mask dropped and we saw just how bad joe biden was, incoherent. >> unable to finish a sentence, unable to argue rationally or even to articulate a clear line of thought and what that's meant is that, however, people might have thought that, biden was the best bet against trump. that opinion has now changed the

focus of the whole democratic process in america, since the debate has not been about trump, it has been about biden and whether biden has the mental capacity to continue or to be president. right up to january 2029, and the conclusion that most people have come to including within the democratic party , even the democrats within party, even the democrats within congress, is that he hasn't got that capacity and that he is an implausible candidate to put towards the american public. given that realisation. so even though biden, supported by his wife , his sister and his son are wife, his sister and his son are trying to dig in and fight back, increasingly the pressure is building for biden to withdraw from the race and let a younger, more capable, more coherent candidate to replace him. >> and yet , professor done an >> and yet, professor done an astonishing fact here is that the trump campaign want joe

biden to remain the republicans want him to stay on the ticket . want him to stay on the ticket. all the polling is showing. there are many, many voters wavering about their support for biden , even dyed in the wool. biden, even dyed in the wool. democrats are saying this guy certainly isn't quite right. there's a bitter irony in the fact that joe biden's main opponent wants him to stay in the job. >> well , the job. >> well, trump the job. >> well , trump wants to the job. >> well, trump wants to win. that's why he wants biden to be his opponent. and of course, if biden is replaced, almost by anybody, that will mean that, trump becomes the old guy. trump becomes the guy whose mental capacity will be under scrutiny, trump will be the one who is regarded as as a bit too old for the role. so obviously, the trump campaign, the republicans are doing everything they can coming down to actually calling any attempt to replace him as undemocratic and illegitimate, ironic, given the way in which the republican party,

particularly trump, has behaved towards american democracy, so what you have is , is a situation what you have is, is a situation whereby the democrats want biden to, to, to go and the republicans want biden to stay. yeah. >> so this storm jocelyn state of affairs, thank you very much for joining us. international forjoining us. international politics professor david byrne on the continued hanging on of joe biden in face of lots of people calling for him to stand down. thank you. now, before the end of this hour, i've just got time for a few of your messages, your essays . you've been getting your essays. you've been getting in touch about the bank holiday. should there be a bank holiday if england win the euro 2024? well, matthew says this the only new bank holiday we should have is for saint george's day. fair point . we still haven't got point. we still haven't got that. and on the same point, richard says this watching the game last night was the usual emotional rollercoaster, but at the end i felt so proud of the team and gareth. they're fighting for us and it made me think how far we have come together. why not have a bank holiday? here's a quick point for you do you know how much a

bank holiday cost the economy? here's the truth it costs £23 billion for every additional bank holiday we have in lost revenue. you know, if we got rid of every bank holiday in britain, we'd save £19 billion. there you go. today's pointless piece of pub trivia, courtesy of me . that's all for this hour. me. that's all for this hour. but stay with me as i bring you all the latest news and debate until 6 pm. we're still going to be talking about our special relationship with the united states. will that be under the microscope with a labour government in control? david lammy hardly been complimentary towards donald trump, called him a fascist sympathiser. how would that go down across the pond? i'll be joined by our man chris hope. i'm martin daubney on gb news brazil channel. how's your weather with annie shuttleworth ? weather with annie shuttleworth? >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news

>> hello. welcome to your latest gb news, weather update. as we head through the rest of the day, it should stay dry for most of us. still some sunshine to come this evening but it will remain cloudier for central areas. we've still got the remnants of the rain from recent days in central areas, but from the west high pressure is building in and that means we'll see more in the way of that dry weather through the rest of the evening. but for the likes of wales, much of the midlands as well, staying quite dull and overcast through the rest of the evening, though for many it will remain dry overnight tonight, particularly across the south coast and some parts of scotland. as well, and where the skies remain the clearest overnight temperatures could fall away in parts of scotland as low as 2 or 3 degrees, so it could potentially be a bit of a fresher start. but for most of us, i think with quite a lot of cloud around, first thing will be at around 11 or 12 degrees, lots of cloud to come through friday, particularly through the morning. we've got a northerly wind so that means more cloud coming in to the far north of scotland could see some rain as well. moving into the western isles and the highlands later on

through the morning. still some sunshine though, for northern ireland, south western areas of scotland and it won't feel too bad in that sunshine. but where we are exposed to this northerly wind across the east coast, it's going to feel much fresher through the day on friday and there is a chance of some heavy outbreaks of rain through friday through the south coast, particularly into the afternoon. but there is a chance in the morning as well. so quite a lot of cloud to come through friday. it's going to be a fairly cool feeling day, but if you do get any sunshine it will feel warm in that sunshine. so sunshine is most likely for parts of the central belt, some areas of the south coast here and there. but we'll also got a risk of some very heavy downpours and temperatures around the high teens to possibly the lower 20s in the far south—east friday evening sees this band of cloud and rain sink further southwards, eastern areas of northern england probably seeing a bit of a damp end to the working week. but for most of us a mix of clear skies and sunny spells to end the day on saturday on saturday, a risk of showers moving in to the southwest once again, but it looks a little drier on sunday

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>>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 broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. now, very shortly, we'll bnng the uk. now, very shortly, we'll bring you our political editor, chris hope's interview with the new prime minister. sir keir starmer, in washington, where he discussed things from joe biden's health, european relations and whether or not he'll resign if england don't win the euros. you will not want to miss it. and a new poll of former conservative voters has sensationally backed nigel farage to be the next tory party leader. a quarter of 2019 tory voters backed him more than double that of his nearest

rival, boris johnson, three times more than suella braverman and six times more than kemi badenoch . and england's euro badenoch. and england's euro 2024 started very slowly. but it's been saved by last minute miracles. now is the three lions. head to berlin for a final showdown with spain. is football finally coming home after 58 years of misery and pain? that's all coming up in your next hour . your next hour. of the show. always a delight to have your company . so sir keir starmer in company. so sir keir starmer in washington dc with joe biden, the special relationship coming under the microscope, can the labour party be trusted to maintain that? well, it's all very, all very cosy with joe biden, justin trudeau and a host of european union member state prime ministers in cahoots . but prime ministers in cahoots. but what about looking ahead? what about if there's a change of

government, a change of president over in america? what if donald trump comes in? david lammy, the new foreign secretary, what he called him a fascist sympathiser and a misogynist. so much to talk about, including our sit down with the new prime minister keir starmer. that's all coming up. get in touch. usual way. gbnews.com forward slash your save. but first it's your headunes save. but first it's your headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> martin thank you very much. good afternoon to you. it's just after 5:00. and the top story this hour from the newsroom is that in enfield, police have retrieved two hard drives and bags of documents from a house connected to their triple murder investigation . hertfordshire investigation. hertfordshire police say the suspect, karl clifford, is in a serious condition in hospital and is yet to speak with officers. he was found near a cemetery in north london yesterday after a major manhunt for the 26 year old.

it's understood a crossbow has also been recovered as part of their ongoing investigations. karl clifford is wanted for the deaths of carole hunt, the wife of bbc commentator john hunt, and two of their daughters. detectives are vowing to seek justice for the victim's family, who are now receiving support from specialist officers . police from specialist officers. police are continuing to hunt for a man who left two suitcases containing human remains at bristol's clifton suspension bridge . officers were called bridge. officers were called last night to reports of a man acting suspiciously, and say they're now urgently working to identify him. he's been described as black with a beard and was dressed in black and wearing a backpack. the bridge is now closed. an investigation is now closed. an investigation is also underway to identify the remains . the is also underway to identify the remains. the prime minister has brushed off concerns that his plans to release prisoners early to ease overcrowding in jails might see a crime wave unleashed across the country. his new government is proposing to free inmates after serving just 40% of their sentences. it's

expected sir keir starmer will authorise that emergency measure this week , and it comes after he this week, and it comes after he said he was shocked at levels of overcrowding in prisons, admitting it's worse than he thought . speaking at the nato thought. speaking at the nato summit in washington to gb news, he's blamed the previous government for the lack of prison capacity. >> i can't build a prison in seven days with the best will in the world. it is clearly a problem left by the last government. there's no issue about that. you cannot be in this terrible state. and they ignored the problem, didn't fix the problem. we are going to have to fix it. yeah, we're going to have to make short term measures. and we'll announce that in due course . and then of that in due course. and then of course, we'll have to do the further measures. but i simply can't build a prison in seven days. this is a terrible failure of government by the last government . government. >> and with the prime minister's visit to washington coinciding with england's progress to the final of euro 2024, he has called it fantastic but won't commit to giving us a bank houday commit to giving us a bank holiday if they win the

tournament. sir keir starmer missed the winning goal in last night's four match against netherlands because he was in meetings in washington, but he's been asked about the potential of an extra day off. >> it was fantastic. i managed to pop out from one of my sessions for just five minutes, which is when i saw harry kane got the first goal. i missed the second one, but it's brilliant. so on we go now. great chance. i've always said this team, we're going to go all the way. so i'm really, really pleased and just good luck for sunday. >> now we spotted that last yeah >> now we spotted that last year. you said that if the lionesses won the world cup, there should be an extra bank holiday. so if england win, do we all get an extra day off? >> well, we should certainly mark the occasion. i don't want to jinx it. i went to the last euros finals. i want to go through that again. so don't want to jinx anything . we must want to jinx anything. we must mark it in some way. but the most important thing is getting it over the line. on sunday. >> well, sir keir starmer might be hesitant to offer us a bank holiday, but these england fans in nottingham say the whole country deserves a break 100. >> we need a bank holiday, the

first time since 1966 that we could be bringing it home. what more better reason to get a bank houday more better reason to get a bank holiday than that? >> we haven't had much to celebrate recently as a country, so yeah , i think it's a great so yeah, i think it's a great excuse for a celebration. >> and, yeah. >> and, yeah. >> so it all comes together and celebrate our football team. >> i think it's absolutely necessary. i mean, why shouldn't we? winning a tournament like the euros comes once every blue moon? well, never in my lifetime, never in anyone's lifetime. so why not give the pubuc lifetime. so why not give the public a day off? you know we deserve it . deserve it. >> president biden has indicated he does support closer defence ties between the uk and europe. in his first head to head meeting with the prime minister at the white house, joe biden told sir keir starmer he sees the uk as the cornerstone of the transatlantic alliance . the transatlantic alliance. the prime minister has described his visit as an opportunity to recommit to nato and the special relationship. sir keir has said he wants a new uk—eu security pact while also working closer on defence with key allies . and

on defence with key allies. and back to news here in the uk, a police officer has been jailed for more than six years after burgling a house to steal a safe that was containing £16,000. ben cooke discovered the cash was being stored at the property in bridgend after obtaining data from the force's computer system, he told the homeowner he had a warrant to search her home. water companies in england and wales have been told that they can put up bills , but not they can put up bills, but not by as much as they'd asked for. regulator ofwat says that they can hike prices by an average of £19 a year, but that's a third less than the amount firms had requested. water companies have met with the environment secretary, steve reed, earlier and agreed to some reforms, including ring fencing money for upgrades so it can be spent on bonuses so that it can't be spent on bonuses. bonuses so that it can't be spent on bonuses . rather, visa spent on bonuses. rather, visa customers have been unable to make payments. with over 500 reports made across the uk , reports made across the uk, according to downdetector.

several businesses are experiencing issues with card payments and reportedly only now accepting cash transactions. visa say they, although their systems are operating normally , systems are operating normally, they are aware that customers are having some issues and are investigating and finally, some royal news and the king and queen have visited the senate to mark 25 years of the welsh parliament. they were greeted by first minister vaughan gething, along with party and parliamentary leaders. the king marked the occasion with a speech which he began in welsh before meeting community members who have contributed to key moments in the senate's history. charles and camilla last visited the welsh parliament in september 2022, when they received a motion of condolence following the death of the late queen elizabeth ii and. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam francis. another update at 5:30 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning

the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you sam. now we start with a brand new interview with prime minister sir keir starmer, where he was asked about all things from us president joe biden's health, the future of european relations with the eu, of course, and whether he will resign if england don't win the european championships on sunday. and ahead of this, now i can speak to the man who did that interview is gb. news, political editor christopher hope, who's there in washington dc. chris, welcome to the show. so another sit down with sir keir starmer. this time his first big occasion at the nato summit in washington, dc. give us a flavour of how you think he performed and how he represented britain on the world stage for the first time. >> hello, martin. yeah, welcome to the nato summit, the 75th

anniversary meeting of this of the north atlantic treaty organisation. that keeps us all safe, against hostile threats , safe, against hostile threats, notably russia at the moment. yeah. no question, sir keir starmer is the guy to talk to here in washington and dc. they all these the leaders here are all these the leaders here are all politicians. most of them are elected and they look at, say sir keir starmer riding high with a massive majority in last week's election and think i want some of that gold dust. so they've been glad handing him, emmanuel macron doing a kind of bro handshake with him. joe biden, of course, having having him for dinner last night in the white house, sir keir starmer on the white house balcony with his wife, lady starmer. victoria starmer. so really, he's the guy to speak to . but we for gb news, to speak to. but we for gb news, i sat down with him about 2 or 3 hours ago and asked him the questions are our viewers and listeners want to hear the answers to answers to and this is what he had to say. keir starmer, thank you for talking to gb news today. you've gone

from a, b and b last week in in the east midlands somewhere to the east midlands somewhere to the white house. last night at dinner . the white house. last night at dinner. how's it feeling for you and your wife victoria. >> well look it's a fantastic opportunity to be here within the first week of having formed a labour government of 2024, talking to our allies, being absolutely clear about our commitment to nato and, you know, joining them in our resolve to stand up to russian aggression , particularly in aggression, particularly in relation to ukraine. so it's a good early opportunity for me to set out my priorities, to obviously engage with other international leaders. we've got another european gathering in the uk next week. so to have that within the first two weeks or so of an incoming labour government is a really good opportunity to address core value stuff about the commitment to nato, the importance of defence of ukraine, and, you know, in my bilateral with the president here in the us

yesterday , to be very clear yesterday, to be very clear about the nature of and importance of the special relationship between our two countries on that joe biden link , countries on that joe biden link, didn't he closer ties with europe with strengthening special relationship and not didn't he? >> is that the point? so you think perhaps getting closer to european union could help the special relationship? >> well, i've been clear with international leaders here that we do want to reset the relationship with each of the individual countries, whether they're eu or not, but more broadly and of course, you know, this being a nato summit, nato is the cornerstone of our defence in europe. and you know, working with our european allies on defence is never been more important than it is at the moment, facing a lot of threats. across the world, probably more now than we have for many years that was recognised in the council session yesterday. and what was good is to know that this summit represents a bigger nato, more countries, a stronger nato, more countries, a stronger nato and a nato with an increased resolve, particularly when it comes to ukraine. yes.

>> you saw joe biden close to george clooney, thinks he shouldn't serve four more years as as president. what do you think has he got up to the job? >> i was with him on a in a bilateral for well, it was going to be 45 minutes. it ended up being the best part of an hour. we went through, a number of issues at pace, strategic issues that i was keen and he was keen that i was keen and he was keen that we, you know, thrash out and, talk through. he was on good form and we covered four more years. >> no problem. >> no problem. >> well, look, he was on very good form and i was very pleased to have that opportunity to discuss these issues with him. and not least this, question of our special relationship, which is very important to him, very important to me, and very important to me, and very important to me, and very important to our two countries. >> just looking at home, you're about to start releasing criminals early from prison, do you know how many might be released ? and what would you say released? and what would you say to victims families if any of those individuals commit crimes ' 7 m. again? >> well, look, i'm shocked to be in this position. and if i'm honest, particularly having

worked in criminal justice, it is a basic function of government. that should be enough. prison places for the number of people that the courts are sending to prison . that are sending to prison. that bafic are sending to prison. that basic premise broke down under the last government that is beyond irresponsible. and we're going to have to pick up that mess. and they ignored it. if they re—offend, it's on you, keir starmer. well, look, i can't build a prison in seven days with the best will in the world, it is clearly a problem left by the last government. there's no issue about that. you cannot be in this terrible state. and they ignored the problem, didn't fix the problem. we are going to have to fix it. yeah we're going to have to make short term measures and we'll announce that in due course. and then of course we'll have to do then of course we'll have to do the further measures. but i simply can't build a prison in seven days. this is a terrible failure of government by the last government on planning rules. >> you're about to relax building planning rules to get britain building again. but our communities that fight those new developments being selfish. >> well , look, we need to get

>> well, look, we need to get building again. we need to get our economy growing again. of course, we want to do that with communities, to not communities, but we're going to have to change our planning rules. too many projects are held up for too long. housing projects taking 15 years from plan to spadein taking 15 years from plan to spade in the ground. that's not sustainable, but we'll do it with communities. very many will fight you well. some if you look at what communities are most concerned about , if there at what communities are most concerned about, if there is going to be housing, they want to know is there, the schooling is there, the health provision is there, the health provision is there, the health provision is the infrastructure. all that needs to be done properly when it comes to wider infrastructure , it comes to wider infrastructure, let's say in relation to energy, i do think that we can talk to communities what the benefit is to them of the infrastructure. so we'll do it with communities. but i'm not going to shy away from the fact, yes, we're going to take tough decisions. we're going to get on and get britain building again, and we're going to make sure that living standards improve across the country, that people feel better off. >> just a final one, an easy one. football. you'll be there in berlin on sunday, won't you? yes, if football doesn't come home, will you resign? >> no . but look, i mean, ithis >> no. but look, i mean, i this is a brilliant team. i've always

notwithstanding some of the early games, i've always believed in this team. i think they're very good. i have been to these finals before i went to the last one, i'm hoping that with this team, we can bring it home. but look, i think a whole country will be willing them on when it gets to sunday. >> sir keir starmer. >> sir keir starmer. >> thank you forjoining us. >> thank you for joining us. thank you. thank you. >> well , thank you. thank you. >> well, chris obe superb interview. what stood out the most to you there? because what really caught my eye was this nofion really caught my eye was this notion that sir keir starmer is in washington at a nato summit, cosying up to european union allies. is this sir keir starmer on manoeuvres to get us closer to brussels ? to brussels? >> and there's no secrecy about that. martin. i mean you've got nick thomas—symonds who's the european relations minister here at the nato summit. they're all meeting on the on the sidelines. olaf scholz yesterday, of course, with the met, sir keir starmer. they're looking the labour government into

thursday's summit next week in blenheim palace of the of the european group of 44 different countries because the uk thinks it can lead that and work out a way to get a deal, it can lead that and work out a way to get a deal , maybe it can lead that and work out a way to get a deal, maybe on small boats policies and maybe even look at this renegotiation, negotiation of this trade and cooperation agreement, which is expected within the next two years. i was struck, though, by remarks by joe biden in the oval office last night when i was there with sir keir starmer, he said how this the special relationship can be the knot that binds together the uk. you the us, uk and the european union. and that's so important, i think, that the us wants the uk to be closer to the eu, and that will strengthen the special relationship, and we ask that question now of sir keir starmer and he was very clear he wants to work more closely with our eu cousins as it were, because that looks better for the us. so it's further pressure for people, further pressure for people, further concern, i should say, for those who worry , may be that

for those who worry, may be that the independence of the uk is being undermined or could be by this government as it gets closer to the eu, to sort out to and strengthen that special relationship with the us . relationship with the us. >> and of course, that could all change if there's a change of management in america in november, donald trump, of course, tipped to be the next president . chris o'byrne of the president. chris o'byrne of the fantastic interview there with sir keir starmer in washington, dc at the nato summit. thank you very much for joining dc at the nato summit. thank you very much forjoining us on gb news. let's get reaction to that interview. i'm now joined by the former labour minister, bill rammell. bill, welcome to the show. always a pleasure. so sir keir starmer not even trying to hide it there. he's in washington talking to eu member state prime ministers from germany , from sweden, justin germany, from sweden, justin trudeau, other liberals on the world stage want britain to get closer to the eu. he's taking his european minister with him. he's taking david lammy and they want to talk about getting closer to the eu. so he's in washington. but really, is this all about brussels ? all about brussels? >> no it's not, but it's a

return to grown up politics and government to the international arena. arena and a labour government that is seeking to work with and cooperate with our partners using the leverage of a huge parliamentary majority, which means we probably, amongst leading international nations in the west, got the most stable government of any of them. >> and taking a leadership position. now, that does mean a reset of our relations with the european union , not overturning european union, not overturning brexit, not returning to the single market, not returning to the customs union union, but having a structured dialogue with the european union, working on defence and security cooperation, working to tackle the shared challenge of illegal migration and in a host of other areas. >> but what i thought was really striking was then the meeting with president biden, where he was saying, from the us perspective , given that hugely perspective, given that hugely

important special relationship between the uk and the us , the between the uk and the us, the uk being closer to europe , uk being closer to europe, although not part of it in a sense acts as a bridge, to, to the us so that we can work in cooperation, >> so, so i think it's, it's very positive, we're facing huge challenges internationally, and we need to work together and resolve these. >> but joe biden, by any reckoning, has been one of the most anti—british presidents in history. we've been at the back of the queue . it's all fair and of the queue. it's all fair and well saying get closer to the european union, but we brexited that's not on the cards . and that's not on the cards. and there could be a change of management in america. bill rammell at the moment, even joe biden's closest advisers, even his biggest donors, even his celebrity chums like george clooney are saying stand aside because they fear he could lose to donald trump . and then what to donald trump. and then what would that mean for the special relationship with the labour party and america? david lammy called donald trump a fascist

sympathiser and a misogynist. >> well, look, you know, there's a whole host of politicians across the political spectrum who've said , critical things of who've said, critical things of donald trump because of his track record when he was the last president and his actions, since then, >> but, you know, i can say this in a way that keir can't. i actually hope that joe biden, who i've been a huge fan of, steps down, and another democratic contender, takes on trump in the presidential election. i think what the debate exposed in terms of joe's, frailties and limitations, i think was a turning point. we'll see what happens over the next few weeks. but whoever is in the white house, that special relationship between the uk and the us will between the uk and the us will be enduring will be important . be enduring will be important. and yes, brexit happened , but we and yes, brexit happened, but we need a reset. you know, look at

the polling evidence. people don't want to overturn brexit, but they do want us to have a better and a closer relationship with the european union, where it's manifestly in our mutual interests. >> and i think that's what you're going to see, >> the labour government doing, led by keir starmer, the opportunity of the brexit review , opportunity of the brexit review, which is part of the existing agreement in 2025, will be critical. i mean, david lammy has also talked about maybe as a first step, having rather than a treaty, a political declaration which is easier to deliver so that we can practically cooperate on things like illegal migration, defence and security cooperation, mutual recognition, professional qualifications, breaking down some of the barriers to trade in the chemicals industry, where you need dual registration, at the moment, which is hugely burdensome, for businesses, you know , agricultural, product, know, agricultural, product, reforms so that we work better

and we trade better within the european union, and if we do that and we're closer to the eu, but not part of it, i think that helps us bridge the atlantic in the relationship with the us and the relationship with the us and the wider international western community, where we need to be working together and be resolute in the face of what are enormously dangerous threats from russia, from china , iran from russia, from china, iran and north korea. >> bill rammell, i'm smiling because you're speaking the language that exactly people were predicting before sir keir starmer was elected as the prime minister. we won't get a second referendum, but david lammy will be doing political declarations without the public having a say, doing new deals on defence, on all the things you just mentioned and many people feared that there would be a slow reversal of brexit death by a thousand treaties. i think that's what you just confirmed there. bill rammell, thank you very much for joining there. bill rammell, thank you very much forjoining us on it wasn't martin. >> it's about working in our mutual national interest. that's

actually what the political declarations without the electorate having a say that is slowly reversing brexit without having the courage to put it to a referendum. >> that's what a lot of people said. and that's what this very, very much sounds like. bill look at the polls, martin. >> the people want better relationships. >> sir keir starmer said for the last, for the last month, the only poll that counts is election day. the only poll that counted was the brexit referendum and that has been done. and this sounds like a slow reversal of brexit. >> we're not over piecemeal contracts, bill. there is there is no reversal of brexit. there's no return to the customs union or the single market. but we live in the real world where we live in the real world where we have all these deals on defence, on illegal migration. >> we are legally bound without the electorate having a say. that's what you want. >> it's about the british national interest, which is served by working with the biggest trading bloc, which is on our doorstep. >> yeah, we still do. and imports and exports have increased since brexit. this isn't about that bill. this is

about doing piecemeal deals. as you know, as we said all along, it's a slow walk towards rejoin. that's what a lot of people are saying. bill rammell, it's always a pleasure to have your company on the show. >> i might privately want that. but but it's not going to happen andifs but but it's not going to happen and it's not going to happen under this labour government. >> well, i think we're seeing it in the full light of day now as the weeks and days go by. bill rammell, we'll talk about this, i'm certain at some point in the future, because this one will not go away. thank you very much. what do you make of that? i think this is happening in plain sight. the labour party are slowly reversing brexit. now the tories steel themselves for a leadership battle. a new poll of people who voted tory in 2019. but deserted them last last week, has seen nigel farage as the person most likely to make them go back to the party again. i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news

welcome back 528. i'm martin daubney on gb news. now to news of a major new gb news people's poll. 25% of 2019 tory voters who ditched the party this time say that nigel farage would bnng say that nigel farage would bring them back to the conservative vote. the reform uk leader came top when people were asked which leader would make them consider voting conservative again. the second most popular choice was boris johnson, with 11, and it comes at a time when former west midlands mayor andy street has claimed that too many tories are, in his words, focused on the battle with reform. well, let's discuss that now because i'm joined by the former conservative mep david campbell bannerman. david, welcome to the show. always a pleasure. well, the figures are stark. if you want 4 million votes back to the conservative party, you need to make nigel farage the leader. >> well, there's an tempting proposition. maybe, but he needs to be a conservative first. and

that that might be more difficult , difficult, >> look, i, you know, reform did very well. 4 million votes, you know, a lot more than the lib dems actually got 70 seats, and they've got five mps, we've got to go. right. i think andy street, i'm afraid, is very wrong on this. >> i mean, he was a brilliant mayor. >> don't get me wrong. he a brilliant mayor in the west midlands, but he was brilliant in many ways because he was left of centre and he is left of centre. but he also dumped the conservative brand in his the last few weeks of campaigning, he disowned the conservative party, >> so let's bear that in mind. >> so let's bear that in mind. >> i, i think it's wrong. >> i, i think it's wrong. >> it's the wrong analysis. we've got to go. >> right. it to head off the reform vote. >> there are many conservative voters who have gone to reform or are not voting. actually, thatis or are not voting. actually, that is reality. >> do you think that's likely to happen?i >> do you think that's likely to happen? i mean, david, many, many people still feel the conservative party is still two parties within one. you have the liberals, you have the wets, as

they may be called, and you have they may be called, and you have the conservatives who seem to be outnumbered at the moment. with that in mind, the kind of move you're suggesting to the right, can it actually happen? the people on the conservative right seem to be completely outnumbered. >> well, actually, we did an analysis this morning and that's not the case. >> there are many good brexiteers still there. so you know, re—elected or new ones coming in. >> it's still balanced. >> it's still balanced. >> it's still balanced. >> it is a broad church, as we call it, >> so you do get all views represented. >> but i think the reality is for all conservative is that if we don't go right, we'll cease to be, you know, we're in the last chance saloon now, and if we don't, change the party and make it fairer and more democratic, then frankly, activists are just going to give up. >> they're beginning to give up on the party. >> and that affected our ability to run our campaigns. >> you know, we were losing by a few hundred votes in safe seats, including liz truss 600 votes,

which is a great loss . which is a great loss. >> but but no, it you know, the lessons are very clear. >> we've got to go. >> we've got to go. >> right. we've got to head off reform and we've got to democratise so that, you know, members feel that the party is working for them and not for themselves. >> and that was very evident in this election. >> okay. david campbell—bannerman , last chance campbell—bannerman, last chance saloon for the conservatives. i'm afraid i have to call time on this interview. it was a pleasure to have you on the show . pleasure to have you on the show. thank you. there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00 and a few minutes, i'll talk about the obese social media influencer who's claimed god has tasked her with speaking up for fat people. she reckons that all swimming pools should have handrails to make them more inclusive. but first, it's your headunes inclusive. but first, it's your headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> very good evening to you. 532 the top story from the newsroom this evening in enfield. police have retrieved two hard drives

and bags of documents from a house that's connected to their triple murder investigation . triple murder investigation. hertfordshire police say the suspect, karl clifford , is in a suspect, karl clifford, is in a serious condition in hospital and is yet to speak with officers. he was found near a cemetery in north london yesterday after a major manhunt for the 26 year old. it's understood a crossbow has also been recovered as part of the police's ongoing investigation. karl clifford is wanted for the deaths of carole hunt, the wife of bbc commentator john hunt, and two of their daughters. detectives are vowing to seek justice for the victim's family , justice for the victim's family, who are understood to be receiving support from specialist officers . police have specialist officers. police have now released details of a man they're hunting for after human remains were discovered packed into two suitcases at bristol's clifton suspension bridge. officers were called last night to reports of a man acting suspiciously. there and say they're now urgently working to identify him. he's been described as black, was wearing

a dressed in black rather, and wearing a backpack. he also has a beard. officers are now carrying out citywide searches after last night's discovery , after last night's discovery, and an investigation is underway to identify the remains . in to identify the remains. in other news, the prime minister has brushed off concerns that his plans to release prisoners early to ease overcrowding in jails might see a crime wave across the country. his new government is proposing to free inmates after serving just 40% of their sentences. it's expected sir keir starmer will authorise that emergency measure this week, and it comes after he said he was shocked at the levels of overcrowding in prisons, admitting it was worse than he first thought. speaking at the nato summit in washington, he has also told gb news that he's blaming the previous government for the lack of prison capacity and the prime minister while in washington, has called england's progress to the final of euro 2024 fantastic. but he won't be committing to giving us a bank houday committing to giving us a bank holiday if they win. sir keir

starmer missed the winning goal in last night's match against the netherlands because he was in meetings in washington, but he's been asked about the potential of an extra day off, saying he's not possible to commit to that yet . and finally, commit to that yet. and finally, american actor shelley duvall, best known for her role in stanley kubrick's the shining, has died at the age of 75. she also starred in annie as anne in annie hall and popeye. her partner, dan gilroy, told the hollywood reporter that she died at her home in texas from complications relating to diabetes . those are the latest diabetes. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam francis. next, a look at the markets 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 . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . cheers!

financial report. cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> thank you sam. but hundreds of emails come in via gbnews.com/yoursay and the topic of prison reform has really got you going. keith says this. if i were in charge of prisons, nobody would want to go back into one. wouldn't fancy having a beef with keith. and on the same topic, stewart says this. maybe if we weren't having so many foreign born prisoners in our prisons prisons, then there wouldn't be such a big crisis. how about we deport all of those prisoners to their countries? that would be a good start. now 6:00 is dewbs& co in this evening has been presented by dawn neesom, who joins us now. dawn neesom, who joins us now.

dawn welcome to the show. what's on your menu? >> hello. lovely to see you. >> hello. lovely to see you. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> spot the difference between me and michelle? not much really, is there? we've got a cracking show lined up for you. we've got if it's coming home. martin, can we all stay home to celebrate football? >> obviously we're talking football. >> and also, why? when i queried yesterday about violence aimed at women and girls, i was told some of us deserve it, which shocks me. so having a big debate about that one. and i've got kelvin mackenzie on with me. he's got some very strong opinions. and finally, martin, it's the end of the culture wars, well, that's what a woman who can't tell the difference between you and i actually thinks is the case. but, you know, we are where we are, but got a cracking show coming up, so you don't want to go anywhere. >> superb. aslef dawn neesom is dewbs& co six till seven. make sure you tune in to that. thank you very much. now, if you want to get in touch with us @gbnews, simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay and i'll read out the best your messages before the of the show. i'm martin daubney on gb news,

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was free seats. now it's free handrails . handrails. >> well, i mean, to be fair to her, i think, isn't it common sense to have handrails in a pool anyway, no matter what size you are, you know, for elderly people, for children, for people that are too fat, for people you know, who are just unwell. and |, know, who are just unwell. and i, i think, you know, the handrail one is just common sense where i have an issue with this particular influencer is when she's demanding that we have free, seats on a, you know, they have free seats on an aeroplane. so i think that what she should do actually is put her mouth to better use and stop moaning and start eating less and eating better, and life would be, would be, would be better for her. you see the problem with this? when you go down the route of free airline places, seats, because you're too fat is you're yet again reinforcing the normalisation of obesity and all of the potential

health consequences that can come from that. that's the second thing. the other thing i've got on the on the aeroplane seats, of course, is that the higher cost for passengers, because you know, who's going to foot the bill for, for free seats on a, on a flight. so i give her a bit of a thumbs up on the handrails. but i give her a thumbs down when it comes to the free seats on a plane, you know, and let's not let's get real. losing weight can be a challenge . losing weight can be a challenge. and i really still have my struggles. i can go up and i can go down and whatever, but, yes, |, go down and whatever, but, yes, i, you know, be a healthy floater rather than a bloater is the message for this with the link to a swimming pool. guess. >> and steve isn't the point is, if you give in to one thing, it will never end . where will it will never end. where will it end? compulsory stairlifts moving sidewalks, bigger dinner plates. >> oh, well, i think it's going to get worse in the uk. i mean, now we've got, keir starmer. we're into woke wonderland, aren't we? i think he will

probably ban the word fat. i won't be allowed to say it anymore. i think common sense is out of the window and you're right. where does it end? we need to be bolder and we need to be braver in this country like they are in japan. i keep repeating that message and i will never stop because in japan they don't all cry like little babies, you know? oh you're fat shaming me because you're you're talking about being too fat. so, no. and i'm actually i've got to be honest with you, i'm losing a bit of hope and optimism for this country and the danger is that we all become lab rats . i that we all become lab rats. i tell you the. that's the danger taking these injections. and all i would say to people, considering that is look at the potential, potential side effects, including thyroid canceh effects, including thyroid cancer. and we heard one ingredient in one of them now could potentially lead to blindness, you know, let's see how well that's going to work out. >> okay. steve miller , always >> okay. steve miller, always a voice of common sense on the topic of bc. thank you very much for joining topic of bc. thank you very much forjoining us once again much for joining us once again on gb news. always a pleasure.

now england's footballers are just 90 minutes away from winning the country's first trophy since 1966. i'm about to be joined by a former england international to look ahead to sunday's epic euro 2024 final with in i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

>> the 12th a day to celebrate history , community and family history, community and family here in northern ireland. join me. >> arlene foster on me dougie beattie as we bring you live coverage of the july 12th celebrations from the beautiful city of belfast. >> i'm right across the united kingdom. it's all happening here on gb news, britain's news channel. >> welcome back. it's 10 to 6. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. let's look ahead. now to one of the most important football games in england's history. the three lions will

take on spain in the final of euro 2024 on sunday at 8 pm. in berlin. it means there are just 90 minutes away from becoming the first england side in 58 years. can you believe it ? 58 years. can you believe it? 58 years. can you believe it? 58 years to win a major trophy now it's fair to say the tournament started very slowly and i've got to say, i was very critical of the team and particularly of the manager, gareth southgate. we didn't seem to play with any conviction. we couldn't get started and we left it until last minute. .com talk about heart attack material before that miracle overhead kick from jude bellingham. and then we went to the torture of penalties . went to the torture of penalties. finally, england vanquished our penalty demons. for those of us who are long in the tooth to remember 1990, that felt extremely special. then again, we relied on extra time . late,

we relied on extra time. late, late late show into that game . late late show into that game. but we did it again. last minute miracles have been our saving grace. and then last night we did it again in the last minute. what a finish from ollie watkins, who came on with barely any time left and he simply smashed it into the bottom corner. do you know what corneh do you know what i thought that was? the best 45 minutes of football. i've seen england play that first half since we beat germany five one in munich. what happened to these players ? they had the same these players? they had the same names on their shirts, but they were completely and utterly different . i sat watching this different. i sat watching this game with my kids. my kids are 15 and ten. they were going, wow, england are great, daddy. and i said , they've never been and i said, they've never been this good in your lives. what's happened ? they came from nowhere happened? they came from nowhere and how wonderful was it? we got that penalty. let's face it, it wasn't really a penalty , but wasn't really a penalty, but we're going to take it. we're going to take our good luck. we're going to take it. we're going to take our good luck . and going to take our good luck. and how sweet was it that in the netherlands today, the players, the pundits , even the manager,

the pundits, even the manager, koeman, who was complaining about that penalty? let's go back in time to that qualifier in 1993, when the same manager pulled down david platt, who was clearly through on goal, denied even a penalty , even though it even a penalty, even though it clearly was and calmer was served up last night. sweet, sweet karma was served up and we did it. we got in there, we smashed it in the last minute. now we march on to berlin. now if you've been to that stadium in berlin, it's an astonishing stadium. it's imposing, it's magnificent . can we beat spain? magnificent. can we beat spain? it's going to be quite a challenge. spain. of course, they disposed of the hosts. germany. a lot of controversy in that match. they should have been a penalty. and they were gifted that in the eyes of many, the referee gods. well, they were with us last night, weren't they. the referee, by the way, who'd been accused before the match of being a match fixer previously jude bellingham on your screens there was fine ,40,000, but criticising him after a match in germany. and

yet we got that penalty and we put it in and we did it. now all eyes on sunday night. spain have been sensational since the start, you know, ten minutes into their first game against italy i backed them to win it. so whatever happens on sunday night, i'll get a few bob out of it. what a prospect. today we were in washington, dc. our political editor sat down with sir keir starmer, the prime minister talked about this match. should we get bank holiday? chris hope asked the prime minister if the three lions win because famously he said that we should get a bank houday said that we should get a bank holiday if the lionesses won and this is what a few of you have been saying about that bank houday been saying about that bank holiday , jason says it's just holiday, jason says it's just a small token, so sir keir starmer can say, look at me, i'm your generous new prime minister. let's celebrate with a bank holiday. but what really is the point? half the country isn't working anyway. straight to the point there on that one on the bank holiday as well. samantha adds this an extra bank holiday is a great idea. it will kick start the economy and gawd knows

we need something to celebrate about. darren adds this bank holidays hasn't sir keir starmer got more important things to worry about like just stopping oil, which he did today, and not stopping brexit guys. fantastic opinions there . thanks for opinions there. thanks for sending them in throughout the show. and that's all from me for now. now dewbs& co is up next. presented this evening by dawn neesom. and don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow. it's breakfast with stephen and anne, followed by britain's newsroom at 930. and then it's tom and emily with good afternoon britain from midday. i'll be back tomorrow at three. and in fact, i'm also back at seven until eight tonight. if you haven't had enough of me, i'll be back with some exclusive footage. i'm martin daubney on gb news, but now's your weather. sally shuttleworth . sally shuttleworth. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news .

weather on gb news. >> hello! welcome to your latest gb news, weather update. as we head through the rest of the day, it should stay dry for most of us. still some sunshine to come this evening, but it will remain cloudier for central areas. we've still got the remnants of the rain from recent days in central areas, but from the west high pressure is building in and that means we'll see more in the way of that dry weather through the rest of the evening. but for the likes of wales, much of the midlands as well, staying quite dull and overcast through the rest of this evening, though for many it will remain dry overnight tonight, particularly across the south coast and some parts of scotland as well, and where the skies remain. the clearest. overnight temperatures could fall away in parts of scotland as low as 2 or 3 degrees, so it could potentially be a bit of a fresher start. but for most of us, i think with quite a lot of cloud around, first thing will be at around 11 or 12 degrees, lots of cloud to come through friday, particularly through the morning. we've got a northerly wind, so that means more cloud coming in to the far north of scotland. we could see some rain as well. moving into the western isles and the highlands later on through the morning. still some

sunshine though for northern ireland, south western areas of scotland and it won't feel too bad in that sunshine. but where we are exposed to this northerly wind across the east coast, it's going to feel much fresher through the day on friday and there is a chance of some heavy outbreaks of rain through friday through the south coast, particularly into the afternoon. but there is a chance in the morning as well. so quite a lot of cloud to come through friday. it's going to be a fairly cool feeling day, but if you do get any sunshine it will feel warm in that sunshine . so sunshine is in that sunshine. so sunshine is most likely for parts of the central belt. some areas of the south coast here and there. but we'll also got a risk of some very heavy downpours and temperatures around the high teens to possibly the lower 20s in the far south—east friday evening sees this band of cloud and rain sink further southwards, eastern areas of northern england probably seeing a bit of a damp end to the working week. but for most of us a mix of clear skies and sunny spells to end the day on saturday on saturday, a risk of showers moving in to the south—west once again, but it looks a little drier on sunday. by looks a little drier on sunday. by by that warm feeling inside

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we get an extra bank holiday if we win? and good news, everybody. the culture wars are over. well, that's according to a labour minister. lisa nandy. something tells me she might be slightly wrong on this one. and yesterday saw the tragic murder of three women. but did you know, on average, in the uk, a woman is murdered every three days by a man? do we need to do more to protect women and girls there? and did you know that 1 in 6 people in england are now on antidepressants? and why are we

so sad? i can think