gb. news >> hey. good afternoon to you. >> hey. good afternoon to you. >> and a happy friday. it's 3 pm. only two more sleeps to go. p.m. only two more sleeps to go. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. >> we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster, all across the uk. >> after calling zelenskyy putin and kamala harris. trump, joe biden fluffed the biggest night of his life. >> now biden's allies, including barack obama, george clooney and 18 democrat congressmen are calling for joe to go 18 democrat congressmen are calling forjoe to go . calling for joe to go. >> next up, thousands of prisoners will be released early today as the government tries to stop what it says will be the collapse of the prison system. >> labour claim it will ease overcrowding, but could it put the public in grave danger? >> a security guard has been

jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 years after hatching. depraved and vile plans to kidnap, rape and murder tv star holly willoughby. we'll be live from chelmsford. crown court with all the latest. and there's only two more sleeps to go before england take on spain at the euro final in berlin. >> after 58 long years of torture and misery. >> can gareth southgate's three lions finally bring it home? that's all coming up in your next hour. well, the show always a pleasure to have your company, so only two more sleeps to go until berlin. we started terribly. we started slowly, last minute miracles, last minute.com. and now we're within grasping distance of making history. can we do it or will we fold ? once again? let me know fold? once again? let me know your thoughts. plus, do you see joe biden last night? absolute calamity. all the people that

have supported him for so long have supported him for so long have they just been enabling the abuse of their man. surely he should have been withdrawn a long, long time ago from the us presidential race. let me know your thoughts. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to do so. but before all of that, it's your headlines with sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon . the top story from afternoon. the top story from the newsroom at 3:00, a man who plotted to kidnap , rape the newsroom at 3:00, a man who plotted to kidnap, rape and murder tv presenter holly willoughby has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years behind bars. 37 year old security guard gavin plumb was arrested and charged after he disclosed his plans to online an undercover police officer in the us during his sentencing, the judge, mrjustice edward murray, praised the courage of holly willoughby and said no woman should be made to feel unsafe. dci greg wood spoke a short

while ago outside the court plan. >> this attack on miss willoughby over a two year penod willoughby over a two year period scoping her movements si king seeking help from others and buying items that would incapacitate and inflict violence. he is not a fantasist. he's a calculating sexual predator who has spent his adult life seeking to inflict violence on women . on women. >> in the last half hour, the new justice secretary has confirmed urgent measures to tackle what she's called the overcrowding crisis in prisons. on a visit to five wells prison, shabana mahmood warned that overflowing jails could lead to chaos in the criminal justice system, with police unable to detain criminals and courts forced to delay trials. the early release scheme will mean some inmates will be freed after serving just 40% of their sentence. it comes after prime minister sir keir starmer said the shocking crisis is worse than he first feared. but former justice minister sir robert

buckland says labour can't just blame the previous government . a blame the previous government. a 26 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murders of three women in hertfordshire, 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, hertfordshire. police say the main suspect has been treated for injuries in hospital since then, but was only arrested today. he remains in a serious condition. the home secretary has described the deaths of four migrants in the engush deaths of four migrants in the english channel as truly awful. yvette cooper's comments came as the migrants drowned after their boat capsized. the french coast guard says more than 60 people were reported to be on the boat off the northern coast near boulogne. latest home office figures show 419 people made the journey across the channel from france to the uk in six boats on tuesday. it suggests an average of around 70 people per boat,

taking the provisional total for 2024 to just over 14,000. in the us, president joe biden has vowed to fight on despite two major gaffes at the nato summit and a growing number of democrats calling for him to stand aside. speaking at the summit in washington last night, he mistakenly referred to ukrainian president as president putin before correcting himself . putin before correcting himself. >> ukraine will prevail in this war and will stand with them every single step of the way . every single step of the way. that's what the compact says loudly and clearly. and now i want to hand it over to the president of ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination, ladies and gentlemen, president putin, president putin, b, president putin, president zelenskyy. i'm so focused on beating putin, we've got to worry about it. >> and speaking just a short while later, while taking questions from journalists , joe questions from journalists, joe biden also mixed up the names of

vice president kamala harris and donald trump . donald trump. >> i wouldn't have picked vice president trump to be vice president. did i think she was not qualified to be president? so let's start there . so let's start there. >> processions are taking place across northern ireland and other parts of the uk to mark the anniversary of the battle of the anniversary of the battle of the boyne. tens of thousands of loyal order members and 600 marching bands are taking to the streets for the annual 12th of july festivities. the largest orange order parades are underway in belfast, as well as county antrim coastal area town of carrickfergus . princess of carrickfergus. princess anne's carrying out her first pubuc anne's carrying out her first public engagement since suffering concussion in a horse related accident. her visit to the riding for the disabled association in gloucestershire is the start of a phased return to duties. the 73 year old spent five nights in hospital at the end of june. those are the latest gb news headlines. for

now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now we start today's show with the prisons crisis and thousands of offenders are set to be released early from today and gb news home and security editor mark white is outside hmp wormwood scrubs in west london. mark, welcome to the show. so we're expecting a speech imminently from, you there mark. hi, mark. we're expecting a we're expecting a speech imminently . expecting a speech imminently. today is the day. this moment has been in the pipeline. of course we've been warned. barely 700 spaces left, 99% capacity since the start of 2023. and

today, mark white is the day where those early releases start happening. tell us more. >> well, shabana mahmood , in her >> well, shabana mahmood, in her speech at five wells prison in northamptonshire, which is a new privately run prison, will be painting a very stark picture. she's going to talk about the imminent collapse of the prison system, not just the prison system, not just the prison system, but the criminal justice system. she's talking about a situation that if they didn't take this urgent action, you would have no capacity left in the prison estate. and that would mean that judges would no longer be able to sentence that trials would have to be halted. you would have police stations and their cells acting as overflow prisons with police officers being called back off the streets to deal with those

prisoners in these overflow prisons, you would have a breakdown , she says of law and breakdown, she says of law and order. she even speaks about violence and rioting on the streets. so a very stark picture that she is painting, as she clearly wants to justify this radical step that the new labour government is about to embark on, which is a reduction in the time that someone will have to serve if they're on a determinate sentence or four years or less. now, the government is at pains to point out that this will not include violent offenders serving sentences of more than four years, and it will not include those who have been convicted of either sexual offences or offences relating to domestic violence, or coercive behaviour, and that sort of thing . but and that sort of thing. but still, there's going to be a lot

of concern about the potential for at least 5000. indeed, the prison governors association has estimated it could be between 8 and 10,000 prisoners who will be released early, that will be eligible under this scheme. and a lot of these people, martin, are what we call the recidivists, the repeat offenders, those often struggling with drug or alcohol abuse who need to feed their habhs abuse who need to feed their habits , who are sent to prison habits, who are sent to prison for short periods of time, they return back on the streets again, and the first thing they do is burgle houses, steal cars , do is burgle houses, steal cars, shoplift the kind of crimes that blight whole communities. so there will be an inevitable impact on communities right across the country. despite the government trying to reassure people that the most violent offenders and sexual offenders will not be allowed back on the streets. >> and mark, you raise an

excellent point there, the lesser of two evils is a scenario that we're being given. and there storm ciaran van loads of dangerous people circling the country with nowhere to go unless we release these lesser criminals. but as you just said, mark, four year sentences can involve fairly hefty drug convictions. people with habits to feed, people who may well go out and start offending again. and mark, they're precisely the kinds of criminals , precisely kinds of criminals, precisely the kind of repeat criminals that end up blighting communities. in fact, mark, we have to leave it there because we have to go over to the press conference. ollie watkins, the england striker, is speaking in berlin. >> just a reminder, we'll have an embargo section at the end as well till 1030 anneliese ollie , well till 1030 anneliese ollie, congratulations for the goal of the other night. >> how has it been coming down? the emotions after something that dramatic ? that dramatic? >> yeah, it's been an unbelievable feeling, to be honest. >> one that i was, you know, i was, i was taken back by the

goal was, i was taken back by the goal, but but also , i wasn't goal, but but also, i wasn't shocked that , i did that really, shocked that, i did that really, because i have full belief in myself. i knew when i was going onto the pitch that i was going to score, you know, i've, i manifested it, i had, worked very hard to get to that point. so, it's been an amazing feeling, but i'm not shocked . feeling, but i'm not shocked. >> that was kind of my next question after doing something like that, you said you manifested it, but does it give you even more belief heading into the final? you could have have a similar impact. >> yeah, definitely. i've got that fire in my belly. i'm ready whenever i'm called upon. and, hopefully i get the call to come onto the pitch again and, and then and then hopefully i can, i can produce. >> you celebrated with the subs because you said you know yourself how difficult it is when you're not playing, when you're used to having regular game time. did any of them say anything to you about how much it meant to them that that you ran towards them,

>> not really , but dean >> not really, but dean henderson said that he thinks that's the best moment of his career, and he didn't even he didn't even score the goal, which was nice. but, you know, we we've been working so hard day in and day out. a lot of people don't see that. but you know, across the season we're here on merit because everyone's had a good season with their clubs. and we're regular starters. the players that haven't been playing. so it definitely is, hard to adapt. and when you're not playing, you know, but training every day and them intense sessions, especially after winning and getting back late from from games you're up again early in the morning and back to the gnnd the morning and back to the grind and the boys that even haven't played a minute of play had such a big part to play. you know, pushing the starters every day in training and, you know , day in training and, you know, being true professionals. so, you know , everyone's together you know, everyone's together and i think it's brought the, the group so much closer. >> ollie. hi.

>> ollie. hi. >> good luck. sunday. you're probably aware of tonight's fixture. >> exeter city at weston super mare are the stars aligning? >> i do keep track, but i didn't realise that. i didn't know, that question was going to come out of your your mouth then i was a bit surprised, thinking, is there a catcher, with a fixture? no, but i can remember playing a pre—season friendly against weston super mare when i was at exeter back in years and years ago. i think , when i was years ago. i think, when i was 18. so, yeah. good memories and. yeah, good luck to him both. >> are you aware the whole country has gone absolutely crazy back home? >> you know, i was speaking to harry kane this morning at breakfast and i was saying i was trying to take it all in when i was when i was on the pitch. and he was trying to drag me away for you guys desperate to do an interview. but, i was trying to soak it all in because obviously those moments don't come around often. but also we're in such a

small little bubble that it kind of you get into a routine, you just go on to the next, you know, next thing you know, we were back on the bus playing uno, on the way back to base camp, ready for training and recovery the next day. so i'm sure the lads are all aware that you know, there's a lot of hype and the country are probably very excited about the game on sunday. but, you know, our focus is on that final and, yeah, it's just back to back to base camp and focus focusing . hi, ollie, and focus focusing. hi, ollie, congratulations and good luck for sunday as well. jordan jarrett bryan channel 4 news. much of the country have been very critical of the style of play, but i don't know if anybody today that really cares about how you've got this final. >> they just want to win this final as an attacking player yourself, how important is more attacking brand of play to you ? attacking brand of play to you? >> those are the text messages from your club . spanish, manager from your club. spanish, manager

manuel . so the text messages. manuel. so the text messages. no, i haven't, i don't even actually have the bosses the bosses number, to be honest , but bosses number, to be honest, but ihave bosses number, to be honest, but i have had some text messages. quite a few text messages, actually. but yeah, i think i was going, i was going to after, after that the other night, and then secondly, on to the formation and how we're playing. you know, i feel like obviously the early stages, the group stages, we, you know, it's we weren't playing our best football , it doesn't take football, it doesn't take a genius to work that one out. everyone, everyone knew even in base camp. but the main thing is we weren't losing games, so we were unbeaten. and then progressively, as the tournament's gone further on, you know, we're playing better football. we we're controlling games. we even if we've gone a goal behind, we don't crumble,

we've come back and shown that the togetherness, the attitude that, everyone's there as a team to , to work hard and pull to, to work hard and pull together. and i feel like we're only getting stronger game by game. >> and it's also been noted that many strikers across the competition, it's not just strikers from what we've seen with england. >> do you feel that depth in that particular part of your squad has given you the edge so far? >>i far? >> i think the difference on sunday, yeah, definitely. i feel like there's three strikers, me andivan like there's three strikers, me and ivan and, we all have different attributes and you know, as a manager, i think you want as many options as possible. as much as it gives you a headache and sometimes it's also perfect, to have them opfions it's also perfect, to have them options and, being able to choose from, you know, different quality strikers . thanks, gary . quality strikers. thanks, gary. >> congratulations on the last match and good luck going into this final. i want to take you

back to newton abbot, newton town and ask you what was the first memory you have of sitting down and watching an england match? where were you? who was it ? it? >> i can't remember the first, i can't remember the first game or anything like that that i watched, but i can remember, not too long ago, actually, when i was in, a pub with my best mate, i was watching a, watching the england game. an england game. i was in a goalkeeper shirt, i think a cheap goalkeeper shirt from sainsbury's , and that was from sainsbury's, and that was probably a good memory that i can remember, you know, being a fan and, you know, just enjoying the moments. and now it's, it's crazy to think that i'm here. i've played such a big part of us getting to the final and. yeah, it's a bit surreal, really. >> you talk about it being

surreal. david beckham mentioned your goal on his instagram, compared it to his greece goal, and you said he didn't actually tag you in, but you said his goal was better. you do appreciate that your goal has got this team into the european final right ? yeah. final right? yeah. >> i think, obviously beckham's i just think his technique and a free kick from a dead ball situation is probably a lot harder. obviously. granted that , harder. obviously. granted that, my goal was very special as well, and i'm not taking anything away from myself, but look, they're both iconic goals at the end of the day. and, yeah, very important for our country. >> there's been a message from the king of england, king charles. he's saying, if i can encourage you, the england team, to secure victory before the need for any last minute wonder goals or another penalty drama, i'm sure the stresses on the nation's collective heart rate and blood pressure would be greatly alleviated. can you confirm or deny the rumour that

these last minute goals are all just for limbs ? just for limbs? >> no, as as much as, it obviously makes it more exciting, i feel like personally, we don't care how we win, or score, as long as the ball goes in the back of the net and we come off the pitch, you know, winning the game, it doesn't matter. >> and it's been announced now that whoever ties for the golden boot, it won't come down to assists. there will be golden boots for every player tied. how much is an incentive? is that for everyone in the camp as well ? for everyone in the camp as well? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i think obviously as an attacking player, you want to score as many goals as possible , score as many goals as possible, them achievements are great, individual , them achievements are great, individual, but i think everyone's focusing on the, the collective award, which is, you know, the team won and to win the competition. and everyone's got their eyes on that, but, yeah, we need to respect spain because they're a very good team ,

because they're a very good team, but, you know, it's going to be a difficult game, but, you know, we need to focus on on sunday. hi, ollie. congrats on your goal hi, ollie. congrats on your goal. and on being in the final from tv2 norway. you're facing lamine yamal on sunday. he's turning 17 tomorrow. do you remember what you were doing on your 17th birthday? i definitely wasn't, preparing for a final. i can tell you that, you know, he's an unbelievable talent. everyone's seen what he can. he can do , generational talent is can do, generational talent is not often that you are scoring goals against france in the top corner in the semi—final of the euros, when you're 16. so, obviously he's got the world at his feet, and, yeah, he's miles ahead of me. when i was, 16 or 17, i mean , he's only a kid, but 17, i mean, he's only a kid, but he has to deal with huge pressure. i mean, can you imagine how it is to be in his shoes during, the at the age

that he's in? no, i to be honest, i can't obviously with social media and. yeah all the hype obviously being at barcelona, playing for spain, there's a lot of hype around him. and obviously for me, i feel like you have to have a good close knit of people around you to keep you grounded and keep you focused. and i feel like that's what i have as well. ihave like that's what i have as well. i have good people around me to keep me on the straight and narrow and, be there as a sounding board. and you also have a young team—mate that's doing well. kobbie mainoo, he's been impressing everyone. can you give us an insight in in what impresses you the most, both on and off the pitch with him? yeah. i feel like coby's obviously a young player , but he obviously a young player, but he doesn't act his age when he's on the pitch. you know, he takes the pitch. you know, he takes the ball. he's very comfortable on the ball. he's confident, he demands the ball. and, you know, to be such a young player and

play to be such a young player and play at such a high level, you would never think he's, the ag is he plays with it with a certain aura and confidence about him. and. yeah, he's got a very bright future ahead of him . very bright future ahead of him. >> hey, ollie. >> hey, ollie. >> congratulations for your goal on sunday. >> alberto rubio from marca. >> alberto rubio from marca. >> i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> i cannot wish you good luck for sunday. i want to know, gareth southgate said the other day that in the way that spain is playing is the favourites for the final. i want to know your opinion. if you think spain is the favourite, england is the favourite or is 5050? >> no. i feel like england are. we are very obviously very strong . spain have. i feel like strong. spain have. i feel like they've had some very tough games and, they've had to come through. yeah, i would say maybe a harder journey than us a harderjourney than us obviously playing france , italy, obviously playing france, italy, germany. so—called the bigger

teams . so, yeah , i see what the teams. so, yeah, i see what the bossis teams. so, yeah, i see what the boss is saying, and i feel like they have been, probably the best team of the competition so far. >> and the second one, what do you think that are the biggest weapons of england to hurt spain and the biggest weapons of spain to hurt england? thank you so much. >> did you say the biggest weapons are weapons? weapons? sorry, sorry, obviously . sorry, sorry, obviously. obviously, the wingers for spain are very, dynamic, young, full of confidence and direct, but also , you know, our across our, also, you know, our across our, our team , we, we have goals from our team, we, we have goals from everywhere. world class talent. so it's going to be a very exciting match. i can't wait to i can't wait to, to watch it. and, be a part of it. and

hopefully we can we can get the get the job done . hi. holly get the job done. hi. holly romero for el mundo, spain, as well as i was going to say good luck, but yeah. >> and you have a spanish coach in aston villa? team—mates like paul torres and alex moreno. you have jude bellingham in the locker room of england national team. what do you think about spain and what they are saying them to you about the spain and them to you about the spain and the football? spanish football. thank you , thank you, >> to be honest, i've been a little bit of a bubble. i've just been concentrating on, ourself, you know, preparing day by day for, training, then focusing on the game. so i'm not aware of anything that the spanish players have said or the coach , i'm just focusing on coach, i'm just focusing on myself and the team and. yeah. getting ready for sunday. fine. thanks holly, >> kyle walker just listed your

goal as his top moment of the euros. so far, when did you first watch it back? and also, when you talk about manifesting it, how does that process work for you ? for you? >> yeah, i think i watched it quite a few times when i got back, to base camp. you know, it was a. yeah, i just had to . i was a. yeah, i just had to. i always watched my goals back, you know, even my for goals villa whenever i scored against someone. but that one i've, i think i watched it quite a few, more times than normal, and then . more times than normal, and then. yeah, manifest in it. i feel like there's been a lot of things in the process leading up to it. one of my good friends who coming is coming to the game, actually told me years ago that he felt like i was going to score in the, euro final, obviously i scored in the semis, so it was a game early, but you never know that can happen on the weekend, yeah. so little

things that have happened prior to that game, a lot of people have told me things and spoken into existence and, yeah, i just feel like whatever you put into the universe, you get back. and i'm a firm believer of that. you can believe something. but if you deep down really , truly you deep down really, truly believe and that it can happen, then i think it will. >> we had a caller on talksport earlier on today who said he refereed you when you were on loan at weston super mare, it was a really lovely, anecdote that he gave. are you aware of how inspiring your journey has been ? been? >> no, i'm i'm not really. i take things day by day. i don't look too far ahead or, i don't really look too far back either, i know it's been an amazing journey, and obviously i've put a lot of hard work to get to this point, but, you know, anything's possible with hard work. and, you know, i wouldn't say i'm the technically the best

here or the best player, but, my work rate and dedication is up there with, with everyone here in the squad . so i feel like in the squad. so i feel like with hard work and dedication , with hard work and dedication, if you put your mind to it, you can achieve anything. and, yeah. so the kids that are out there that are playing non—league , you that are playing non—league, you know, the dream isn't over. just keep going , keep working hard keep going, keep working hard and, you can get to where i am today for sure. >> you are one game away from lifting the european championship trophy, which is incredible. we've been asking all the players what they'd do if they won the euros. phil foden says he wants the whole team to spray paint their hair in a saint george's flag, kyle walker has just said he wants you all to get a tattoo. it has to be exactly the same one done by the same tattoo artist. yeah. what would you do if. if you win the euros? >> see, i'm not. i haven't got any tattoos, but, i think i'd join in on that one. i think i'd

go for the tattoo one. yeah, i think it's good, andy here has been setting up a game of, if you've watched the tv programme traitors, another thing we've been playing is a game called wolf. so, i think i persuade andy to get a little wolf tattoo as well. i think . as well. i think. >> brilliant. well, i'll keep him to that. yeah >> thank you. go back to joe from scott . from scott. >> hi, ollie, good luck for the weekend, >> can you give us an insight into how gareth southgate has managed to keep all of the players that have been the finishes for the games, ready for coming on, because it's clear that every substitute has made such an impact throughout this tournament so far. >> yeah. i think, kieran trippier did a good speech. you know, we presented him with with andy. was it 50 or 75 caps, 5050 caps, a little , kind of, board

caps, a little, kind of, board saying congratulations. and he did a speech and said that, you know, the last euros, i think he played maybe one group game. then he didn't play again until the quarterfinal and then the final. so he's just like, as much as it may seem like you're you're not involved. everyone has to be ready because you're going to have a part to play. so i think everyone's taking that into consideration. and, you know, us lads that have come off the bench have all had our moment, had that impact. and, yeah, it proves that you're not actually that far away from playing or coming on and making a difference. >> and lots of players in this squad have been in this position before . what have they said to before. what have they said to the rest of you about their experience, experiences and how to prepare for the game on sunday? >> to be fair, i've not had the conversation with many of them, but i know from previous when you when you play a game and, it means so much to you and you,

you lose that game. you take experience from that and you know, you do all you can to make sure you, you don't make the same mistakes. so i think obviously the last euros, we lost to italy, and that's firmly on the lads minds. so, going to do everything we can to, to make sure we win on sunday. okay. two more in this live section. >> the gentleman in the middle there, and then i'll come across here. >> hi, ollie. pablo from mundo deportivo, spain. >> congratulations . i will ask >> congratulations. i will ask you, for the crowd in the semi—finals. there are a lot of more people from netherlands. but, how important is the crowd? because they they are so louder to the team. how important is in the final? the crowd to the team. >> yeah. i think massive . you >> yeah. i think massive. you know when you're playing on the pitch you maybe don't take it into consideration. but obviously i've been on the bench

and i've, i've witnessed the fans hearing them sing . and at fans hearing them sing. and at one point the england fans were out singing the dutch fans and it seemed like there was a lot more than of them, than us. but, you wouldn't have thought that with, our fans being so loud . so with, our fans being so loud. so as much as it may not seem like it , they do have an impact on on it, they do have an impact on on the players. and you can hear quite a lot from the pitch. so their support is everything. and, they've been supporting us so, so well so far. so hopefully , so, so well so far. so hopefully, they can keep going and be loud for us on sunday. >> you face spain, maybe the main character in spain is rodri. you play against in in the premier league. how important is to england to stop that player . that player. >> yeah. very similar. i was speaking to declan rice earlier about, i can remember watching the italy game and georginio. i felt like it was a crucial, player for them when in the last euro final. so this time

obviously playing against rodri , obviously playing against rodri, everyone knows his talent. he's a world class player and i feel like he is crucial for the way they build up . so, you know, if they build up. so, you know, if we can stop the ball from from getting into him, it makes our life a lot easier. but, it's never that simple of a, you know, a world class player like yourself . so one more know, a world class player like yourself. so one more behind you before we come here. there we go. >> thanks. >> thanks. >> okay. hi, ollie. >> okay. hi, ollie. >> i'm. >> i'm. >> well, what an astonishing press conference that was with young ollie watkins. he talked about he knew he was going to score. i manifested it, i was not shocked. i've got that fire in my belly. i'm ready to be called upon whenever i'm needed. and he said, people have spoken this goal into existence. what you put into the universe, you get out. anything is possible with hard work. i wouldn't say that i'm the most technical, but with hard work and dedication you can achieve anything. tell

that to all the children watching. you can achieve your dreams. what a beautiful, beautiful press conference that was and quite out of the ordinary for an england player. but let's move on now. you know that @gbnews we always hear both sides of every story. so i'm delighted to say i can now speak to spanish football journalist alvaro montero. welcome to the show, alvaro. so there are several spanish journalists in the audience there they wouldn't wish, ollie watkins good luck. but they were clearly in awe of his talent. at the same time, ollie watkins was very clear, he said , spain are the best team in said, spain are the best team in this tournament. you are the team to beat. and yet he feels it might be destined. he might be in the gods that england can win. but either way, alvaro, we've got one heck of a final waiting for us on sunday night. >> yeah , absolutely. hello. good >> yeah, absolutely. hello. good afternoon. well, the feeling the feeling after. after listening, ollie watkins is that. of

course, now spain is favourite. but if you ask the spanish media or even the fans three weeks ago, before the euro starts, everybody will say that in a hypothetical final between england and spain, england was a favourite. but right now we have to believe and we have to understand the state of euphoria right now in the spanish media and in the spanish fans, because, for the first time in the whole euro history, i mean, the whole euro history, i mean, the whole euro history, i mean, the whole tournament, spain has won the six games. so luis de la fuente, team has won all the games, only three goals conceded, 13 goals. they've got the top scorer. they've got the top assist. and right now if you realise and you sit back all the six games, spain has got six mvp's different in each of those six games. so we are not speaking about, regular team with 1 or 2 superstars, but a team where everybody feels now like a superstar. everybody feels now extremely important. and with that feeling and

difference of what i said before 3 or 4 weeks ago, that right now, spanish spain is the team to beat. obviously >> you know, alvaro, i put some money on spain ten minutes after watching you play this tournament . you you are an tournament. you you are an astonishing outfit. obviously i want england to win, but we have two sets of players that know each other that a lot of your players play in the premier league. two two sets of players from ollie watkins there that clearly respect each other. you've had a hard route to the final. do you think that might give england the edge? you've had to face germany, you've had to knock out france, you've had a much tougher route. might that be a little bit of, an edge towards england ? towards england? >> yeah, yeah it's possible. and after that, of course, we have to remember that spain, as you said , has been qualified in the said, has been qualified in the last games, winning all the world cup champions, starting with italy in the group stage. then, france, germany before right now hopefully for for,

spain, england. so as you said , spain, england. so as you said, and as i was saying before, in the very first game, many people believed that, oh, croatia is going to be difficult, italy almost impossible. and we have to qualify against albania, who knows? and after that, those three, four games and after beating the way they did with germany and especially with france controlling the ball, passing, arriving and making a lot of, decisions and good decisions and targets in the, in the, in those games. decisions and targets in the, in the, in those games . the feeling the, in those games. the feeling is that right now spain is even better from the last game. so now the question is what spain are we going to see in the final? i mean, what can they do. they've won against, germany in the very last moment, suffering. but doing it they've control in the group stage , practically all the group stage, practically all those three games with nine points and on almost no conceding goals. they've done it incredibly well against france, which was with england, that both teams , we thought at the

both teams, we thought at the start of the tournament they were going to win . so now the were going to win. so now the question is which spain are we going to see? because until this moment it's been amazing, >> do you know what, the spanish journalist there wouldn't wish ollie watkins good luck. i am going to wish you good luck, alvaro monteiro. i think it's going to be a fantastic game of football. but of course, a bit more luck going to the english. thank you very much for joining us on gb news. please enjoy the game. thank you very much. now let's cross to berlin and speak to our reporter jack carton . to our reporter jack carton. jack, that press conference from ollie watkins was absolutely astonishing. now i'm even more excited than ever before. you must be off your head with the excitement. and what about the fansin excitement. and what about the fans in berlin ? fans in berlin? >> well, you can you can you can just feel it, martin, you only have to stand here. of course, you know, i'm right in front of the brandenburg gate. the history that this city holds is just incredible. and you can just incredible. and you can just feel the history, feel the anticipation from these england fans. there's been a few that have been turning up today. you know, i got a train here to berlin yesterday. there were quite a few people on that

train, of course, coming from dortmund from that semi—final, but we've been hearing, haven't we, all day and all over the last couple of days about how the inventive ways in which people are going to be getting to this final, because of course, the flights are sold out from england. ba are having to put on extra flights as well. so there's so much anticipation from the england fans. you know, the spike in searches for tickets for the for the final and planes for the final when 1,000. so it feels like the whole of england is trying to get to berlin. it's thought around 50,000 fans will be in the city, 30,000 are trying to get into the stadium. some of them have been here today making them have been here today making the most of this atmosphere, making the most, of course, of the time that they've got here in berlin, because yes, this this city has so much history, but it's england's chance to write their own this sunday at the olympia stadium. you know, you heard from ollie watkins there. he knows that it has been difficult for him to be on the bench when he's such a regular starter for aston villa. but he's got that drive now to score. of course, you know in the semi—final to take it to the final. you saw how much excitement he's got. he's ready for the final. the fans here are ready for the final. i'm ready

for the final martin well jack carson there's only two more sleeps to go, but by the look of you, mate, you're not going to sleep. >> you seem so excited. you're going to be mainlining adrenaline all the way until that whistle. there, captain , i that whistle. there, captain, i think so. >> there is nothing. there's nothing more getting me through than possibly seeing england lift the european trophy on saturday. i just i just i'm just dreaming, martin. i'm dreaming. >> well, live the dream. you certainly got the best seat in the house. jack cox, an absolute pleasure to talk to you. speak to you later on the show. jack carson there live from berlin. now a baps talk about yet another terrible night for joe biden. has he made his worst ever gaffe? and that takes some doing. i'm martin daubney on gb news,

welcome back. it's 343. i'm martin daubney on gb news now to more questions being asked once

again about joe biden and what his continuing presence at us president means for us here in the uk and the rest of the world, at a time when he's under huge pressure and growing pressures to pull out of the presidential race, he made arguably his worst ever mistake last night. unforgivably, he called ukrainian president vladimir zelenskyy president putin. i'm joined now by reporter charlie peters. charlie, he had an absolute stinker. >> that was the first of two gaffes, because later on in a in a press conference seen by many as a pivotal moment in this extraordinary week for president biden, he referred to his vice president, kamala harris, as vice president trump, and as that happened, the cameras from the press there at this press conference observing his his secretary of state, antony blinken, his defence secretary, lloyd austin, and also the national security adviser, jake sullivan, two of them looked very concerned . lloyd austin, very concerned. lloyd austin, kind of staring straight on, but you could feel the sense of

shame and actually a slight tinge of embarrassment watching on as that happened. and as i said, this is a pivotal week because since june the 27th, when biden faced trump in that so—called no holds barred debate , so—called no holds barred debate, it didn't go well for biden. since then, his support from several democrats has collapsed. his pollings have been pretty drastically poor, and we're now seeing public statements from congressional democrats urging biden to not run again in 2024. in the upcoming november election, 20 congressional democrats have called on him publicly to step down. we also understand that former president barack obama and the former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, are having private conversations where they are revealing that they don't believe that biden has what it takes to beat trump. and at the same time, veteran congressional democrat staffers from both the obama and the previous clinton administrations are said to be running a unofficial unelect. the president committee hourly updates from them. speaking to donors, speaking to key leaders

in this potential race. as for the first time this week, kamala harris, his vp, has overtaken him in the prediction on who might be the next democratic nominee from august. looking into that november election. >> john peters excellent summary of a nightmare night forjoe biden , now joined by errol biden, now joined by errol moorcock, beau biden, who's a spokesperson for republicans overseas. eric, welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company, errol, beg your pardon. so it was a nightmare night, an absolute nightmare night, an absolute nightmare night for joe night, an absolute nightmare night forjoe biden. nobody can night for joe biden. nobody can deny that. the question is, how long can the charade roll on? >> well, it seems quite possible to roll on all the way until november. >> if you keep in mind that this is the only job that joe biden and the biden family have. so the concept that he's going to back down is, is, is not going to really play. >> now. it does. >> now. it does. >> do we have congressional calls for him to step down? yes. >> do we have the senate uniting to do that? no. so i don't think

that we're going to lose joe biden as a candidate. i mean, it would be nice if he had as much composure and sense as as mister ollie watkins, who i just watched in his press conference. but we don't have that kind of a president. we have somebody who's at this point almost a national security liability. keepin national security liability. keep in mind about half a million people have died on the ukrainian side of this war. and to have him not even respect the fact that they're fighting against putin and not zelenskyy, i mean, these are gaffes. i understand, but but they send a message, they send a message of lack of confidence. and that's a message that's going to be doubled down on the press secretary, the white house these people would have no other recourse for having, having a job if it wasn't for joe biden. if joe biden is removed, a different political party inside the democrat party would take over and so because of that, i think we're going to see joe biden all the way to the conclusion of this election. and that's a terrible thing for him, for our country and for the democrat party, who i'm obviously rooting against now.

i'm happy that we're going to be going up against joe biden. i don't think that they're going to be able to switch him out. the only possible chance is vice president harris, not vice president harris, not vice president trump. of course. she she does have an ability to step in there. i don't think it's going to happen. and i think we're going to be really stuck with this. >> so, okay, we have to leave it there simply out of time. thank you very much for joining us there simply out of time. thank you very much forjoining us on you very much for joining us on gb news. thank you. now, the man convicted of plotting to kidnap , convicted of plotting to kidnap, rape and murder tv star holly willoughby has jailed for life. i'm martin daubney on gb news.

welcome back. it's 351. i'm martin daubney on gb news. a security guard has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 years for planning to kidnap, rape and murder tv star holly willoughby , chelmsford crown willoughby, chelmsford crown court was told gavin plum's plot had a catastrophic and life changing impact on the former. this morning presenter and gb

news national reporter theo chikomba is outside chelmsford crown court. theo, bring us up to speed . to speed. >> here's what the court heard that some of the detail as part of this case, which lasted around eight days, could not be shared in the public gallery. this was only reserved for those on the jury for and those who are accredited. press. as part of the trial . but what we do of the trial. but what we do know is that gavin plum, 37 year old from harlow, had been planning this for over two years and then he went on the social media app called kik. and on there he met david nelson, who was an undercover police officer from the uk, and david and he didn't know this at the time, but he was speaking to an undercover police officer, and then he was arrested in october 2023 after nelson flagged his concerns to the fbi and passed that information on onto essex

police . now, today, we've heard police. now, today, we've heard from the prosecutor who added that plum had been a researching her movements, her home address, seeing whether she had cctv or not at her home. and the prosecutor described this as part of a plan which she said was to abduct and kill. now, in terms of we, we also heard from plum's barrister sasha wass , who plum's barrister sasha wass, who said that the defendant is embarrassed and ashamed by the details of his online conversations. and they were conversations. and they were conversations he were expected to remain private now of course, he has been jailed for a minimum of 15 years and 85 days, given a life sentence and his jail term. this is for separate offences, will be served concurrently. so at the same time, and he's also been subject to a restraining order and won't be allowed to attend any events where miss holly holly willoughby will be. so of course, this is following the sentencing that took you

also just finally heard from the chief detective in this in this case, greg wood, and he says it cannot be right for men to have access to forums where they plan to cause harm to women and girls. >> okay. thank you. theo chikomba there live outside chelmsford crown court for that update . now there are major update. now there are major developments in the case of the human remains found in two suitcases in bristol, and they're believed to be the remains of two adult men. we'll have a full update on that story after this. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel on gb news, britain's news channel, but before that it's time for your weather. and here's alex burkill. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> good afternoon . here's your >> good afternoon. here's your latest gb news. weather forecast from the met office. it is going to be a bit messy as we go into

this weekend. there'll be some rain, some showers around and a glimmer of sunshine at times. looking at the bigger picture and there is high pressure just to the west of us, but also various features, bringing some showery rain for some two in the southwest. watch out for some heavy thundery downpours as we head towards this evening. could cause some localised issues elsewhere. there will be some clouds, some showery rain , some clouds, some showery rain, some thicker cloud. bring some more persistent rain to eastern parts of england as that pushes in from the north sea, perhaps a little bit drier further west. still some spots of rain around a lot of cloud though, so temperatures generally holding up in double figures, especially in the towns and cities through tomorrow morning. then a damp picture across eastern parts. further outbreaks of rain here in the south, though any showers will have cleared overnight. so it's a mostly dry picture here in the southwest . some sunshine in the southwest. some sunshine earlier on. cloudier further east. further outbreaks of showery rain as we head further northwards . always brightest the northwards. always brightest the further west you go. because of that high pressure that i mentioned earlier. further east, it is always going to be that

bit cloudier. that bit damper and there'll be some blustery winds to watch out for. two little change as we go through the rest of the day. we are going to see that rain across eastern parts pushing a bit further west, and so more places likely to turn a little bit damper. but further west. likely to turn a little bit damper. but further west . still damper. but further west. still some bright or sunny spells and just a few showers to watch out for. some of those showers could be heavy, possibly thundery, but not looking as intense as those that we've seen today. temperatures are going to be a little bit below average for the time of year, and feeling pretty cool towards those eastern coastal parts because of the cloud, the rain and those brisk winds . more rain pushing in from winds. more rain pushing in from the north sea as we go through later saturday into sunday. elsewhere, staying largely dry, some bright sunny spells and in fact sunday doesn't look too bad. just a few showers to watch out for before more rain arrives in time for the beginning of next week. bye bye. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb

>> hey. good afternoon to you. it's 4 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. a security guard has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 years after hatching. depraved and vile plans to kidnap, rape and murder tv star holly willoughby after calling zelenskyy putin and kamala harris trump, joe biden fluffed the biggest night of his life last night, and now biden's key allies, including barack obama, george clooney and 20 democrats congressmen are calling forjoe congressmen are calling for joe to go . next up is there a revolt to go. next up is there a revolt in the reform party? while former deputy leader ben habib claims he wasn't informed he was being replaced by richard tice and in a direct challenge to

leader nigel farage, has claimed reform uk must be democratised. is there trouble at the reform mill? and there's only two more sleeps to go before england take on spain at the euro final in berlin, after 58 years of torture. can gareth southgate's three lions finally bring football home? that's all coming up in your next hour. and there are also major developments in the case of the human remains found in two suitcases in bristol. they're believed to be the remains of two adult men. we'll have the full update on that shortly. and i want to hear from you. this is your show as well. send your views and post your comments by visiting gb news. com forward slash yoursay. and now it's your news headlines with sam francis.

>> martin, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. it's just after 4:00 and we start this hour with those latest breaking lines coming to us in the ongoing manhunt in bristol. as martin mentioned there, we now know that the human remains found in two suitcases near the city's clifton suspension bridge are believed to be those of two aduu are believed to be those of two adult men. police in the last few hours have issued a warning not to approach the suspect involved in the case. that's after photos were released, along with the description of a man with a beard wearing a black adidas baseball cap, black jeans and a black jacket. you can see there if you're watching on television, those pictures of that main suspect. he's also believed to have been wearing a gold earring and was carrying a black backpack at the time. he was caught on cctv. the metropolitan police think the suspect travelled from london to bristol on wednesday night, where the remains were discovered. detectives are now urging anyone who sees the suspect or may know his

whereabouts, to call 999 immediately. we've also heard that there are now extra patrols in place in bristol and across west london, as the search intensifies, and a crime scene is also now in place at a location yet to be confirmed in shepherd's bush in west london, with detectives from the metropolitan police force now leading that ongoing investigation. we will in the next few minutes , have our home next few minutes, have our home and security editor, mark white, on the scene or as close as he can get to it with the latest updates for you throughout the rest of this afternoon. in other news, a security guard has been sentenced today to at least 15 years in jail for what were described as depraved and vile plans to kidnap, to rape to and murder tv presenter holly willoughby, chelmsford crown court was told that gavin plum's plot had a catastrophic and life changing impact on her. detective chief inspector greg wood, from essex police, led the investigation plan. >> this attack on miss

willoughby over a two year period, scoping her movements si king seeking help from others and buying items that would incapacitate and inflict violence. he is not a fantasist. >> he's a calculating sexual predator who has spent his adult life seeking to inflict violence on women . on women. >> a 26 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of the murders of three women in hertfordshire . 61 year old carol hertfordshire. 61 year old carol hunt and her two daughters, 25 year old louise and hannah, who's 28, were attacked in their home in bushey, hertfordshire. police say the main suspect has been treated for injuries in hospital since then, but was only arrested today. he remains in a serious condition . in a serious condition. prisoners who've served 40% of their sentences rather than 50, will be released to help alleviate overcrowding in england and wales, justice secretary shabana mahmood has warned . failings to act now warned. failings to act now risks the collapse of the

criminal justice system. the move, though, doesn't apply to the most serious offenders. former justice minister sir robert buckland says, though, that labour can't just blame the previous government. >> the government just merely points the finger at its predecessor and doesn't come up with other ideas about how to reduce the population awaiting trial. the remand population, then i think it will have missed an opportunity and i think it's important that viewers know that we should be looking very carefully to make sure that that serious, violent criminals should not be released. and anybody on this scheme shouldn't be a domestic abuser or a stalker or an offender of that nature, because we should be maintaining confidence and making sure the public aren't put at risk . put at risk. >> the home secretary has described the deaths of four migrants in the english channel as truly awful. vet cooper's comments came as the migrants drowned after their boat capsized the french coast guard says more than 60 people were reported to be on the boat off the northern coast near

boulogne. latest home office figures show. 419 people have made the journey across the channel from france to the uk in six boats. those figures for tuesday . it suggests an average tuesday. it suggests an average of around 70 people per boat, taking the provisional total so far this year to now. just over 14,000 in the us , president joe 14,000 in the us, president joe biden has vowed to fight on, despite two major gaffes at the nato summit and a growing number of democrats calling for him to stand aside. speaking at the washington event last night, he mistakenly referred to the ukrainian president as president putin before correcting himself. have a listen . have a listen. >> ukraine will prevail in this war and we'll stand with them every single step of the way. that's what the compact says loudly and clearly and now i want to hand it over to the president of ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. ladies and gentlemen, president putin, president putin, you can beat

president putin, you can beat president putin, you can beat president putin, president zelenskyy, i'm so focused on beating putin. >> well, speaking, just a short while later, after that first mishap, while taking questions from journalists, he also went on to mix up the names of vice president kamala harris and donald trump . donald trump. >> i wouldn't have picked vice president trump to be vice president. did i think she was not qualified to be president? so let's start there . so let's start there. >> royal news next. and the princess royal has begun her first public engagement since suffering concussion in a horse related accident. anne, who's 73, spent five nights in hospital after she was believed to have been struck by a horse while out walking on her estate earlier this month. it's understood the visit to hartpury college in gloucestershire is the first step in a phased return to public duties as she recovers from her condition , and recovers from her condition, and in sport england striker ollie watkins says he is ready to deliver again if he's given the chance in sunday's euro 2024 final against spain. he came off

the bench to score a dramatic 90th minute winner in wednesday's semi—final against the netherlands. the king has asked gareth southgate's side to alleviate the blood pressure of the nation by avoiding late drama in the final and hopefully no penalties either. prince harry has accepted the pat tillman award for serving following a major backlash from fellow veterans. the award is named after a us war hero, war hero, rather, who died in afghanistan, and his mother criticised the decision to the honour of the duke of sussex before the ceremony. more than 75,000 people signed a petition protesting against the decision to give the prince the award . to give the prince the award. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam francis, much more on that top story. the bristol and london manhunt throughout the rest of this afternoon . this afternoon. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com

forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you sam. and we start with that breaking news and a major update on the manhunt following the discovery of human remains in two suitcases in bristol and gb news homeland security editor mark white joins us from west london, where the crime was believed to have taken place. mark, tell us more . place. mark, tell us more. >> well, martin, of course, this is the second major manhunt in just a few days, following that triple murder in hertfordshire earlier in the week. and now the confirmation that it's not just one body related to the human remains found in two suitcases in bristol, but indeed two bodies that have now been discovered or at least their remains, the police confirming

late this afternoon that the remains were those of two adult males found in these suitcases, which were being deposited on the clifton suspension bridge just near bristol, just before midnight on wednesday evening, and a very significant development late this afternoon with the confirmation from the metropolitan police that they have now taken over this manhunt, this criminal investigation, as they believe that the two men who were murdered and dismembered were killed in london. and at that suspect had travelled from london earlier in the evening on wednesday before, of course, getting to the clifton suspension bridge by a taxi. now the metropolitan police have confirmed to us that they have an active crime scene here in

the shepherd's bush area, and that might indicate a location where these two men were killed and perhaps dismembered. it may be a location that is linked to their prime suspect in this case, the man on the cctv stills, the images that have now been circulated right around the country of this black man wearing the adidas baseball cap with a beard, a relatively young black man. no indication yet in terms of the police releasing a name. if they do know who this person is at this stage. but as i say, the metropolitan police confirming that as well as that active crime scene in avon and somerset police force area just at the clifton suspension bridge, we now have an active crime scene here in shepherd's bushin crime scene here in shepherd's bush in west london. we've also

had a statement from the man who is now leading this investigation, deputy assistant commissioner andy valentine. now he said over the last 48 hours we've been working extremely closely with colleagues from avon and somerset. this work leads to us believe the man we need to speak to travel to bristol from london. earlier on wednesday evening, he said that we're drawing on resources from across the metropolitan police area to find and apprehend the suspect. and i word he said i would urge anyone who has any information or who may have seen him to dial 999 immediately, and they are urging the public not to approach this prime suspect. martin thank you, mark white, for that update from shepherd's bushin for that update from shepherd's bush in west london. >> thank you forjoining us on >> thank you for joining us on gb news. now, a security guard has been jailed for life with a

minimum term of 16 years for planning to kidnap, rape and murder tv star holly willoughby. chelmsford crown court was told gavin plum's plot had a catastrophic and life changing impact on the former. this morning presenter. i'm joined now by the former scotland yard detective inspector hamish brown. welcome to the show, hamish. always a pleasure to have your company. could i ask you first about the decision taken by the judge not to release some of the details of this case because they were deemed too graphic? how unusual is that ? is that? >> well, the courts always have that discretion. what is going to be released? normally the full statement will come out, but with these victim impact statements, that there can be some very personal information in it and very often victims just don't want that. even given to the defendant for that m atter. >> matter. >> so, so a bit of a difficult decision for the prosecutor. >> and then ultimately the

judge. >> but this is brought home something very important. it's a stalking type offence, which, you know, i've done a lot of work on. >> and what comes out of stalking, it is the psychological injury that that really counts that really digs in in this case, holly willoughby. >> and she has interviewed me in the past. >> i want to say what a charming, a lovely person she is, and she must be devastated by all this going on. and although no direct force was appued although no direct force was applied to her, she was subject to, >> ultimately, it was inevitable she was going to be told, actually, she's subject to these threats to what was going on, what was going through his mind, the preparation, going through . the preparation, going through. so i really wish her well. and any other victim, may i say, in these circumstances, actually, very often in stalking type offences, it's, it's ordinary

members of the public and not the celebrities. >> it's celebrities that make the news, but they're entitled to be protected just like anyone else. >> and i'm so pleased and well done to the essex police and well done to that detective in in america for all their hard work. i think the met had some involvement as well. so well done to them. and this man is locked away . quite rightly so. locked away. quite rightly so. won it, it keeps him out of harm's way for an awful long time. and secondly, it sends out that message that the police and the judiciary won't tolerate it. and woe betide people who go down that path . down that path. >> and hamish brown, what was telling when the police made a statement after he was sent down, they claimed he was not a fantasist. he is a calculated sexual predator who has spent his adult life planning to commit harm against women. this individual instance, they claimed, was planned for two

years and of course he had form . years and of course he had form. so here's somebody with form, with intent, with malicious planning, precisely the kind of person, hamish brown, that should spend a long, long time at his majesty's pleasure. >> yes , absolutely. and the >> yes, absolutely. and the detective chief inspector from essex, he spoke afterwards and he just showed the importance of the investigation. so i'm just so pleased , so pleased, >> he has been locked away. >> he has been locked away. >> i was looking at the internet with comments coming on, and some people are saying, well, it's a bit of a harsh sentence. you know, he didn't really do anything. well, he did everything he got through to, poor holly, who's had to suffer this and the mental torture, the trauma all victims have to go through sometimes is indescribable . and one of the indescribable. and one of the questions i asked stalking victims is, has anything changed in your life now? i know with holly willoughby , some things holly willoughby, some things have changed. they're big

changes. although there is no direct threat as far as she knew to her. so, it was quite right to her. so, it was quite right to renee to come back to the initial point that , on on should initial point that, on on should her witness impact statement be fully read out ? no, they're fully read out? no, they're going to be private things in that. and she's been through quite enough. and i think to just portray that this mental torture she's been through is absolutely intolerable . and it absolutely intolerable. and it has affected even somewhat holly willoughby, who's used to to talking millions being on tv and a strong but lovely personality. >> hamish brown, former scotland yard detective inspector, thank you very much for sharing your expert insight. gavin plumb will spend a long time in prison. thank you very much. justice has been served . now more questions been served. now more questions being asked today about joe biden. and the main one is what his continuing presence as us president means for us here in

the uk and the rest of the world. at a time when he's under growing pressure to pull out of the presidential race, he made arguably his worst mistake ever last night, unforgivably , he last night, unforgivably, he called ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy president putin. watch this. >> and now i want to hand it over to the president of ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. ladies and gentlemen, president putin, president putin, you've got beat president putin, you've got beat president putin, you've got beat president putin, president zelenskyy, i'm so focused on beating putin, we've got to worry about it anyway . mr worry about it anyway. mr president, i'm better. you are a hell of a lot better. >> well, i'm joined now by bob mulholland from the california democratic party. bob, welcome to the show. we spoken on this precise topic. a number of times, and you must confess, last night was an absolute nightmare. so much so, in fact , nightmare. so much so, in fact, now 20 democratic congressmen have called for biden to quit

george clooney . barack obama is george clooney. barack obama is concerned. cnn the new york times, allies, friends , times, allies, friends, colleagues saying this charade has to end. what's your take? >> well, too late for that. and a new poll out nationwide today shows biden at 50 and trump at 48. >> i think insiders, of course, especially politicians , always especially politicians, always got those who are running for re—election themselves are very worried that , oh my god, biden worried that, oh my god, biden can't do it. well, as far as the american people are concerned, a couple gaps here and there by both candidates is not the issue. the issue is biden versus trump. and most americans at this point are split. that's there's nobody ahead of ten points or anything like that. >> and i think that there was some english fans that left those euro 2024 games a little too early. thinking their engush too early. thinking their english team wasn't going to win. >> well , this sunday, those fans

>> well, this sunday, those fans will be there hoping for that. euro 2024 championship. >> i will say this president biden could not win the tour de france. he could not be a player on the english team as they beat spain. but he can beat trump. >> bob, i like you. i think you're smart. i know you've spoken very highly in the past of joe biden. i know you have a distinguished career yourself, but what you're saying sounds like you're in denial of reality . like you're in denial of reality. the evidence is before us. the evidence is manifest. you can point to one poll that came out last night, the confidence amongst your own party voters is plummeting in this man. why? oh why, oh why are you backing somebody to the hilt . who seems somebody to the hilt. who seems to be to the, to the whole world, watching a liability? well 14 million democrats voted for joe biden. >> i forjoe biden. >> i was one of the people selected as a biden—harris delegate. i will be in chicago august 19th. >> this will be my 13th national

convention as a delegate. >> i remember many, many conventions where the end was falling over. in fact, sam donaldson of abc in 1995 said that president clinton is in so much trouble he won't even file for re—election. well, we all know clinton got elected to a second term. reagan had some problems in his first debate, >> this is not about, who is the smartest, of course, that is biden or who who can really, knock the socks off the other guy - quy- >> neither of these candidates are knock the socks off. the other guy . other guy. >> bob, do you not think that just just stapling your colours to biden like this. just just stapling your colours to biden like this . and i admire to biden like this. and i admire your loyalty? i think it's a wonderful thing . you're a loyal. wonderful thing. you're a loyal. you're a guy who has a huge amount of admiration for joe biden. you've spoken of that very warmly and openly on the show before , but isn't this now show before, but isn't this now just backing the wrong horse? it's you're going to lose the election every poll out there is going down and down for your

man. apart from this one you just mentioned george clooney, who's an extreme fan. he said, i love this guy. he said, he's not the same guy he used to be. something has changed and there needs to be a change on the ticket. >> well, i'm sure glad george did the fundraiser a few weeks ago for president biden raised about £25 million. and remember , about £25 million. and remember, george, he's a great democrat. he's in the acting business. he sees how quickly, somebody who's, top of their list in their 20s and then bottom of the list in their 40s. so, president biden has heard all these, issues. president biden also has heard from many, many democratic congress members. >> keep going . it's particularly >> keep going. it's particularly the black caucus, congress members . and remember, the members. and remember, the number one support for democrats for president is the black communities around america , communities around america, especially in my home state of pennsylvania. so yes, there's different voices, but right now we're full speed ahead for biden. >> okay. bob mulholland, you

know , i'll say this about you. know, i'll say this about you. you're fiercely loyal. bob mulholland from the california democratic party. thank you, as even democratic party. thank you, as ever, for joining democratic party. thank you, as ever, forjoining us here on gb news. thank you. now, have lots more on the crisis facing joe biden at 5:00. and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gb news. com and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country . now, in case you the country. now, in case you hadnt the country. now, in case you hadn't noticed, we're just two sleeps away from one of english football's biggest ever games. we're about to cross live to berlin and hear from the england squad ahead of sunday's epic euro 2024 final with the spaniards. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's

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before that, to one of the biggest nights in english football history , there's just football history, there's just two sleeps to go until england take on spain in the euro 2024 final. now you don't need me to remind you that it's 58 torturous years since we last won a major trophy. ollie watkins got the winning goal in the semi—final against the netherlands, and he says he had full belief when he came on that he was going to school . he was going to school. >> it's been an unbelievable feeling to be honest, one that i was, you know, i was i was taken back by the goal, but but also , back by the goal, but but also, i wasn't shocked that , i did i wasn't shocked that, i did that really because i have full belief in myself. i knew when i was going onto the pitch that i was going onto the pitch that i was going onto the pitch that i was going to score, you know, i've, i manifested it . was going to score, you know, i've, i manifested it. i had, worked very hard to get to that point. so, it's been an amazing feeling, but i'm not shocked . feeling, but i'm not shocked. >> amazing stuff. and let's cross now to berlin and speak to the sports broadcaster, chris scudden the sports broadcaster, chris scudder. chris, i thought that was an astonishing press

conference from ollie watkins humble , filled with self—belief humble, filled with self—belief and a real insight into the england camp. but he said something quite prophetic. he said two years ago a friend of mine told me i was going to score the winning goal in the final of the european championships. chris skudder i know all along you've been backing the three lions to the hills and mate, i'm starting to agree with you. >> yeah, ten years ago he was playing non—league football. >> it's, it's fairy tale stuff, but, you know, he's not going to start. >> almost certainly. it'll be kane and the strength of this england quite apart from the fact that they're slowly improving as the tournament goes on, that's always a very good sign. is that togetherness, that belief and their bench . it's belief and their bench. it's almost like spain are going to be playing against 15 players because we saw what happened the other night . and, gareth other night. and, gareth southgate's been criticised for the timing of his substitutions. he got it bang on the other day with cole palmer and ollie watkins coming on and combining to get that winning goal. so you know, if it doesn't go well for

england, even if they go a goal behind, they've done it three times in a row and come back to win each time. they will still have that belief. they've got the bench, they've got the extra players and that that togetherness, which we've not had before. that's the difference for me. and you know, there's a huge amount of optimism. i've been around town today up to the reichstag and looking at the bullet holes in the wall from world war two. extraordinary stuff. england fans are gathering, and it really feels special already. >> and yet in that press conference, rightly, ollie watkins said spain are the best team in this tournament. watkins said spain are the best team in this tournament . they're team in this tournament. they're the ones to beat. he talks about how fast and nimble their wingers are, but yet i think , wingers are, but yet i think, chris, you're right, something seems to have happened. do you feel that england is peaking at the right time and going into this final , the team they always this final, the team they always knew they could be? >> yeah, i mean football's very reactionary when you start badly, everyone , everyone badly, everyone, everyone criticises. but it isn't how you start , as so many people have start, as so many people have said, it's how you finish and it

really doesn't matter what it looks like now. spain have been great. they've scored almost twice as many goals as england. they've won all their games against very good teams as well. they've beaten croatia, they've beaten italy, they've beaten germany in germany and they've beaten france as well. but you know they were up against the team with a lot of nous . and team with a lot of nous. and finals can be very cagey. and as we've seen with england , you we've seen with england, you know they don't care what it looks like now. it's about winning. absolutely about winning, and if it's ugly, not no one will care one jot. trust me on this. and it'll be the biggest party of all time. if england do win it. >> now, chris, i spoke to sam allardyce last night and asked him for his prediction. he said two one england after extra time. not that again chris skudder let's have some mystic scuds. what do you reckon ? scuds. what do you reckon? >> yeah, it's going to be. it's going to be close, i think that that togetherness will will do it for england. they, it just feels like the time now that having been there before and the

players, a lot of players are involved, then losing to italy, the penalty shootout, it might go to pens again. just imagine how tense that's going to be if it does happen. but look at them. they're looking very relaxed. all of them. and they feel like it's their time, and if the other big talking points are those, will gareth southgate stay? i mean, i think, it getting to the final is par for him. we expected to get this far and we have so he can relax a little bit. but, should england lose i think there will be another pile on. that's the nature of football, i'm afraid, just one thing i didn't like the other night was when in the semi—final, when england won, they celebrated like they'd already won it. i would have preferred it if they'd have said, we've won. nothing yet. quick celebration off we go. do the business on sunday. that's when it counts . when it counts. >> okay, chris skudder. only two more sleeps to go and you're there with a ringside seat in berlin. always a pleasure to have you on the show, my friend. thank you. there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00. and last week, nigel farage was celebrating after

having five mps elected into parliament. but today they're starting a civil war after ben habib was dumped as deputy leader and replaced by richard tice. but first, it's your latest news headlines with sam francis . francis. >> martin, thank you very much. just after 4:30, the top story from the newsroom this hour. human remains found in two suitcases near the clifton suspension bridge in bristol are now believed to be those of two aduu now believed to be those of two adult men. police have issued a warning not to approach their main suspect involved in the case. the remains were discovered on wednesday evening after police were called to reports of a man with a suitcase acting suspiciously on the bndge acting suspiciously on the bridge in bristol. officers say the suspect is thought to have travelled there from london earlier that day. a crime scene is now in place at a location in shepherd's bush in west london, and detectives from the met are

now leading the investigation . a now leading the investigation. a man has been jailed for at least 15 years for what the judge has described as a sadistic, brutal and degrading plan to abduct, to rape and kill holly willoughby. 37 year old gavin plumb , from 37 year old gavin plumb, from harlow, was caught in an online chat by an undercover officer but argued it was only a fantasy, not a real life plan . fantasy, not a real life plan. chelmsford crown court heard the kidnap plot has had a life changing impact on the tv presenter . changing impact on the tv presenter. thousands of prisoners in england and wales are going to be released after serving just 40% of their sentence, rather than half , sentence, rather than half, justice secretary shabana mahmood says without the immediate action to address overcrowding in jails, they'll run out of space within weeks. she's also promising to strictly monitor those who are freed early and to recruit more probation officers . the home probation officers. the home secretary has called the deaths of four migrants in the english

channel truly awful, as charities call for safe and legal asylum routes. more than 60 people were rescued after their boat capsized just after 4:00 this morning off the coast of boulogne. latest home office figures show 419 people made that journey across the channel from france to the uk in six boats on tuesday. it suggests an average of around 40 people per boat, taking the provisional total for this year so far to just over 14,000. and england striker ollie watkins says he is ready to deliver again if he's given the chance in sunday's euro 2024 final against spain. he came off the bench to score a dramatic 90th minute winner in wednesday's semi—final against the netherlands, and the king has asked gareth southgate's side to alleviate the blood pressure of the nation by avoiding any late drama in the final. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sam francis, back with you for another update at 5:00 for the very latest gb news direct to

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>> please check the closing time if listening or watching on demand. >> good luck! >> good luck! >> now, one of the oldest cliches is that a week is a long time in politics, and that's definitely seems to be the case with the reform party. seven days ago, nigel farage was celebrating after having five mps elected into parliament for the first time. but today they appear to be staring at something of a civil war. after ben habib was dumped as deputy leader and replaced by richard tice. well, i'm joined now by the political commentator james mathewson. james always a pleasure to have you on the show. so all political parties fall out. it just seems that reform or doing it rather quickly, they are on there. >> and of course, this was inevitable, i think, martin, because you've got this power vacuum now, then you didn't have it before because they had no power. >> there was nothing to fight over other than party structure. >> and the general political party itself. >> and of course, who wants a political party that doesn't have any seats? well, now they do have seats. so there is actually something to scrap

oven actually something to scrap over. and i think it was inevitable. you've got three rich lads, right? you've got three very rich lads at the top of this party, you've got richard tice, you've got obviously nigel farage, the, the figurehead and then you've got ben habib, who now is obviously, in a bit of a huff, it seems, from his social media that he's been moved out of the way in favour of richard tice. so it's a power struggle, but i think it is important that we remember this isn't some kind of party of the people that we're seeing struggle for power for representation. it's three very rich old men who are fighting for the power of a party that's just won a few seats. >> that's rather uncharitable, james. 4 million votes didn't come out of thin air. and 4 million votes, by the way, happenedin million votes, by the way, happened in a lot of areas where the labour party used to dominate in the red wall, a big working class contingent . working class contingent. they're not bothered about the wealth of people. i'm surprised you are, sir keir starmer is, you are, sir keir starmer is, you know , is a nice why should you know, is a nice why should that matter? it's simply the best people for the job. but

let's get back to this particular issue, reshuffles happened all the time, reshuffles happen in every party. this has happened. now ben habib is saying he said on social media today, he believes that the party needs to me, needs to be democratised. what do you think he means by that? >> yeah, he has. >> yeah, he has. >> and to be fair to ben habib, i don't know. >> i've met ben. >> i've met ben. >> i've met ben. >> i've been on debates with him against him, and i think he's a decent guy. he seems like a lovely guy, but he has said previously, before the election, even took place that he thought that needed to be. and he wanted to promise voters that he would fight for democratisation of the party. he obviously saw that there was some kind of problem there was some kind of problem there or some kind of element or some risk of him perhaps being shunted out of the way in favour of other people because political parties are is i mean, it's a private business, right? it's that's how it's been structured. it's how it's been set up. it doesn't have the mechanisms installed in them that, you know, for example, the

labour party have been over 100 years old, has, you know, it has a very strong membership. it has a very strong membership. it has a very strong core rules and, a rule book that governs it . these rule book that governs it. these newer political parties don't have the benefit of that. so there is all sorts of things that can go on. and of course, politics is a game of egos. let's not jerk ourselves. 4 million people have put their trust in this political party. you're absolutely right. and they have the right to be represented by those people. however, the political party itself owes them transparency. it owes them a decent structure and some kind of democratic process. and i think at the moment, what we're seeing is, you know, people with their egos, with skin in the game, wanting to make sure that they've got part of this movement that now has success behind it for the first time. but as you said, james matthewson, it's only one week in and no doubt that kind of process will start to kick into action. >> the reform party, of course, will be holding the labour party's feet to the flames, particularly on immigration, and thatis particularly on immigration, and that is why a lot of people feel that is why a lot of people feel

that they. nigel farage said they will be going for the labour vote on that precise reason. is that kind of is that part of the reason you think why the people on the left are attacking reform over this? because they would rather they just go away? >> no, i think i think they're after the tories and i think it's the tories who are scared of them. i think they've had all the labour votes they can have now, you know, they stood candidates and all those labour seats and even in seats like, you know, the former blyth valley seat, which is now ashton, blyth and places like that where they were expected to do well, they weren't even turning out many leaflets and they had candidates that weren't even real candidates in places they will have more people flocked towards them. now that they've proven that can win seats of course. but i do think they stand on a precipice of either being a vehicle for people like nigel farage or richard tice and just their egos, or being a wider democratic structure, which obviously the political party or the political parties already have in place. i don't think it's labour who will be worried about them. i think it's the tories and i think they're planning on cannibalising that right wing vote and trying to be

the right wing party, the party of the centre centre right and centre right issues. i don't think them and labour have much in common at all or much to worry about on that front . worry about on that front. >> well, a lot of those, a lot of those red wall votes went to the conservatives in 2019. who's to say they can't do that in 2029? if we can't stop the boats and if we can't make our borders secure. but look, thanks for your comments. always a pleasure. james matthewson. thanks for appearing on the show. thank you. now, labour has only been in power for a week, and their plans to end the small boats crisis have already suffered a major blow. we'll have that next. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel

welcome back. your time is 448. i'm martin daubney on gb news now . earlier today, on gb news now. earlier today, gb news covered the traditional july 12th parades in northern ireland and the event marks, of

course, the battle of the boyne, when protestant king william of orange defeated catholic james the second in 1690. arlene foster presented gb news coverage and was joined by historical broadcaster doctor gavin hughes . gavin hughes. >> why do we celebrate the battle of the boyne? why is it important not just for us in northern ireland, but right across the uk? >> well, the important thing about the boyne is that it is a seen as being the enshrinement of civil and liberty and liberty for all. a religious liberty, civil liberty, and especially that's what we are celebrating today with the orange on display here. >> well, it was a spectacular sight as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets at events in 18 venues across northern ireland. and here @gbnews. we're extremely proud to have brought it to you now to news of a major setback to the government's hopes of ending the channel migrant crisis. and neil basu has been had been backed to run the new border security

command, which is a central part of sir keir starmer's plans to smash the people smuggling gangs. bert basu has turned down the offer for that job and the news broke a few hours after four migrants died in the english channel. more than 60 people were rescued after their boats capsized just after 4 am. off the coast of boulogne. i'm joined now by kevin saunders, who's the former chief immigration officer at uk border force. kevin, welcome to the show. always a pleasure. so neil basu was meant to be the guy. he was meant to be. the man with a plan. a former national command of the counter terrorism head. he's turned the job down. kevin, do you think that's because the job is simply too big? is the ultimate poisoned chalice, >> i, i don't know what i do know , martin, is that we had know, martin, is that we had a chief constable in charge of border force, >> a few years ago. and the way

that the police tend to work is they like to be given a job and then left to get on with it . then left to get on with it. >> but what was happening was that the home secretary, was all over the job and wanted to almost daily briefings about what was going on. and the police don't like that. they like to be left alone to get on with what they're doing. >> so i think perhaps, mr basu might have been worried that, there might have been , too much there might have been, too much political interference into what he was doing. but that's only a wild guess . wild guess. >> that's probably pretty accurate. kevin saunders, here's accurate. kevin saunders, here's a job that's probably the most politically scrutinised of all of them . outside of ministerial of them. outside of ministerial jobs. it's measurable on a daily basis. failure can be quantified every single day. and with that weight on your shoulders, is there any surprise this job, kevin saunders, could be quite

hard to fill? >> yes, it will be, but i think that the, the, home secretary ought to be looking for somebody from border force , perhaps a from border force, perhaps a retired director general , to retired director general, to actually head the organisation , actually head the organisation, >> because you need to have a very solid grounding in immigration law , immigration immigration law, immigration rules and how the immigration service , part of border force service, part of border force work , particularly enforcement. work, particularly enforcement. so it really does, in my opinion, need to be, a border force person that is in charge and then have deputy commanders, if you like, from the police, the nca and, other, other agencies that are going to work with them. >> and, kevin, when you look into neil basu's previous

comments, he said he was proud to be woke. he said diversity and inclusion are the most important things in modern policing. and he criticised suella braverman, her language, when she was home secretary, as racist. now that might make him a great choice by yvette cooper, but hardly makes him the kind of guy that's going to crack this job into shape . job into shape. >> i, i think this job is probably too difficult, >> i, i think this job is probably too difficult , too big probably too difficult, too big for a police officer. i mean, mr basu did a very good job in counter—terrorism , but this job counter—terrorism, but this job is not just counter—terrorism. >> it's a much wider field . >> it's a much wider field. >> it's a much wider field. >> and as i say, a border force, a former border force director general, would be a good fit because he knows what what he or she would know what's going on. >> and then they can have our deputies, very senior police officers who can do the twiddly bits. >> if you like, with the

intelligence and the arresting. i mean, there are people about there are people in the nca who held very senior jobs in border force who could do could do the job. but i think it does need to be a civil servant rather than a policeman or a military person . policeman or a military person. >> okay with you there? kevin saunders, former chief immigration officer at uk border force, thank you for joining us on the show. as ever. a pleasure to have your company. now there's breaking news this afternoon over the human remains that were found in two suitcases in bristol . that were found in two suitcases in bristol. the that were found in two suitcases in bristol . the suspect is in bristol. the suspect is thought to have travelled to bristol from london earlier that day. we'll have more on that soon. on martin daubney on gb news now here's your weather with alex burkill . with alex burkill. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> good afternoon. here's your latest gb news weather forecast

from the met office. it is going to be a bit messy as we go into this weekend. there'll be some rain, some showers around and a glimmer of sunshine at times. looking at the bigger picture. and there is high pressure just to the west of us, but also various features, bringing some showery rain for some two in the southwest. watch out for some heavy thundery downpours as we head towards this evening. could cause some localised issues elsewhere. there will be some clouds , some showery rain, some clouds, some showery rain, some thicker cloud. bring some more persistent rain to eastern parts of england as that pushes in from the north sea, perhaps a little bit drier further west. still some spots of rain around a lot of cloud though, so temperatures generally holding up in double figures, especially in the towns and cities through tomorrow morning. then a damp picture across eastern parts. further outbreaks of rain here in the south, though any showers will have cleared overnight, so it's a mostly dry picture here in the southwest. some sunshine earlier on. cloudier further east. further outbreaks of showery rain as we head further northwards. lie—ins brightest

the further west you go. because of that high pressure that i mentioned earlier, further east, it is always going to be that bit cloudier. that bit damper and there'll be some blustery winds to watch out for. too little change as we go through the rest of the day. we are going to see that rain across eastern parts, pushing a bit further west, and so more places likely to turn a little bit damper, but further west still some bright or sunny spells and just a few showers to watch out for. some of those showers could be heavy, possibly thundery, but not looking as intense as those that we've seen today. temperatures are going to be a little bit below average for the time of year, and feeling pretty cool towards those eastern coastal parts because of the cloud, the rain, and those brisk winds. more rain pushing in from the north sea as we go through later saturday into sunday. elsewhere, staying largely dry, some bright sunny spells and in fact sunday doesn't look too bad. just a few showers to watch out for before more rain arrives in time for the beginning of next week. by by. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of

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>>a >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 5 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. on today's show, there's been a big update on that gruesome discovery of human body parts in bristol. our homeless guru, mark white is at the potential scene of the crime. which would you believe is in london? now, after calling zelenskyy, putin and kamala harris trump, joe biden fluffed the biggest night of his life. well, now biden's allies, including barack obama, george clooney and 20 democrat congressmen are calling for to joe go. now there's only two more sleeps to go before england take on spain at the euro final

in berlin. after 58 long years of misery, can gareth southgate's three lions finally bnng southgate's three lions finally bring football home? and there's great news about the princess royal. she's fulfilled her first pubuc royal. she's fulfilled her first public engagement since suffering concussion in a horse racing accident almost three weeks ago. welcome back. her majesty. that's all coming in your next hour . your next hour. of the show. always a pleasure to have your company . only two sleeps to go. company. only two sleeps to go. can the three lions bring that trophy home an astonishing press conference earlier from ollie watkins. the last minute hero in the semi—finals. he said a friend of his said to him two years ago he would score a winning goal in the final of the european championships. can destiny be completed that way? he said it was preordained. he imagined it would happen and he

wasn't shocked when he scored. the belief seemed sky high, but spain are the favourites. they've been the best team since the very, very beginning. is it coming home? get in touch , coming home? get in touch, gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's your headlines with sam francis . your headlines with sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much and good evening to you. it's just coming up to 5:03. and the top story tonight is that we now know the human remains found in two suitcases near the clifton suspension bridge in bristol, are believed to be those of two aduu are believed to be those of two adult men. police say they believe the man left two suitcases on the bridge after travelling to bristol from london. the metropolitan police have now taken over the hunt for the suspect, who was spotted on cctv on wednesday night after taking a taxi to the bridge in bristol. these here are live pictures from the scene in west

london where it is believed that there is a crime scene in the area of shepherd's bush. you can see their activity outside flats in the area of west london. forensic officers earlier seen preparing the for their search of those flats in west london. detectives are urging anyone who sees the suspect or knows his whereabouts, to call 999 immediately. the security guard has been sentenced to at least 15 years in jail for what were described as depraved and vile plans to kidnap to rape and murder holly willoughby, chelmsford crown court was told gavin plum's plot had catastrophic and life changing impacts on the tv. presenter, detective chief inspector greg wood, from essex police, led the investigation plan. >> this attack on miss willoughby over a two year period, scoping her movements si king seeking help from others and buying items that would

incapacitate and inflict violence. >> he is not a fantasist. >> he is not a fantasist. >> he's a calculating sexual predator who has spent his adult life seeking to inflict violence on women . on women. >> a 26 year old man has now been arrested on suspicion of the murders of three women in hertfordshire. 61 year old carol hunt and her two daughters, 25 year old louise and 28 year old hannah, were attacked at their home in bushey, hertfordshire. police say the main suspect has been treated for injuries in hospital since then, but was only arrested today . he hospital since then, but was only arrested today. he remains in a serious condition . in other in a serious condition. in other news, prisoners who've served 40% of their sentences rather than 50% will be released to help alleviate overcrowding in england and wales. jails justice secretary shabana mahmood has warned failing to act now risks the collapse of the criminal justice system . the move, justice system. the move, though, doesn't apply to the most serious offenders. former justice minister sir robert buckland says labour can't just

blame the previous conservative government. >> the government just merely points the finger at its predecessor and doesn't come up with other ideas about how to reduce the population awaiting trial. the remand population, then i think it will have missed an opportunity, and i think it's important that viewers know that we should be looking very carefully to make sure that that serious, violent criminals should not be released, and anybody on this scheme shouldn't be a domestic abuser or a stalker or an offender of that nature, because we should be maintaining confidence and making sure the public aren't put at risk. >> turning to the us now, and president joe biden has vowed to fight on despite two major gaffes at the nato summit and a growing number of democrats calling on him to stand aside. speaking at the washington event last night, he mistakenly referred to the ukrainian president as president putin before correcting himself . before correcting himself. >> ukraine will prevail in this war and we'll stand with them every single step of the way . every single step of the way. that's what the compact says

loudly and clearly. and now i want to hand it over to the president of ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination . ladies and determination. ladies and gentlemen, president putin, president putin, you can beat president putin, you can beat president putin, you can beat president putin, president zelenskyy, i'm so focused on beating putin. >> well, speaking, just a short while later , after that first while later, after that first mishap, he was taking questions from journalists and mixed up the names of vice president kamala harris and donald trump. take a listen . take a listen. >> i wouldn't have picked vice president trump to be vice president. did i think she was not qualified to be president? so let's start there . so let's start there. >> but despite those two mistakes, sir keir starmer has defended joe biden's leadership of the nato summit in washington. the prime minister, who earlier insisted mr biden was not senile and was on good form, faced questions about the president's mental ability just moments after those two gaffes from the us leader . from the us leader. >> i was with him last night.

>> i was with him last night. >> we spent most of the best part of an hour together, covering a lot of ground. >> we've been through two days of this council and come to a very good outcome. >> he's led through all of that spoken in every session, pulled people together and we've got a good outcome. >> and i think he should be given credit for that . given credit for that. >> sir keir starmer there, speaking earlier. well, the princess royal has begun her first public engagement since suffering concussion in a horse related incident, princess anne, who's 73, spent five nights in hospital after she was believed to have been struck by a horse while out walking on her estate earlier this month. it's understood the visit to hartpury college in gloucestershire is the first step in her phased return to public duties, as she recovers . and finally, england recovers. and finally, england striker ollie watkins says he's ready to deliver again if he's given the chance in sunday's euro 2024 final against spain , euro 2024 final against spain, he came off the bench to score a

dramatic 90th minute winner in wednesday's semi—final against the netherlands, and the king has asked gareth southgate's side to well, alleviate the blood pressure of the nation by avoiding any late drama in sunday's final . those are the sunday's final. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam francis, 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 sam. now we start with an update on the manhunt following the discovery of human remains in two suitcases in bristol and gb news. homeland security editor mark white joins us from west london, where the crime was believed to have taken place. mark, bring us up to speed. >> yeah. major update here we are now at the scene of a crime

scene. i should say, here in lime grove, in shepherd's bush in west london. this whole operation now and this investigation is being managed by the metropolitan police . it's by the metropolitan police. it's believed that the prime suspect who dropped off those two suitcases on the clifton suspension bridge late on wednesday night, had travelled from here in london, in west london, out to bristol on the evening earlier in the evening on wednesday to drop what we now know are the remains of two aduu know are the remains of two adult males, to according the forensic examinations that have been carried out so farjust in been carried out so far just in the last few minutes here in shepherd's bush, we saw a team of forensic teams suiting up, just heading towards the building to the right of where

i'm standing at the moment. what we understand is that a taxi has been seized , that the taxi been seized, that the taxi driver is being investigated and is being questioned by the metropolitan police at this stage, what we don't have in terms of any sort of update on the ongoing manhunt for that prime suspect, the man caught on cctv on clifton suspension bridge is whether they have the person they believe to be their prime suspect in custody. no indication that that is the case at the moment. indication that that is the case at the moment . the indication that that is the case at the moment. the indication that we're getting is that a taxi driver. what relation that was to the individual with the suitcases. we don't know at this stage, but a very significant development. as i say now, two active crime scenes, clifton suspension bridge in bristol, where those two suitcases were dropped off on that bridge by

that man on the cctv, relatively young man, black man with a beard and an adidas baseball cap dropped them off. he was then confronted effectively by bridge security staff who called the police as well. but he disappeared about ten minutes or so after the police arrived. so you've got, of course, the active crime scene out there in bristol, and now you have an active crime scene back here in shepherd's bush, where it's believed that those, suitcases containing the human remains of two adult males began their journey out to bristol . journey out to bristol. >> well, thank you for that update there. mark white live from west london. thank you. now with all these hideous crimes taking place, of course we need room in our prisons to lock these people up . but the new these people up. but the new justice secretary, shabana mahmood , says our prisons are on mahmood, says our prisons are on the brink of collapse and

announcing the emergency measures today, including the early release of thousands of so—called low risk criminals to reduce overcrowding in britain's prisons. well, joining me now is nick hardwick , who's the former nick hardwick, who's the former chief inspector of prisons. mr holbrook, welcome to the show. delighted to have your expertise. so the new justice secretary painting a picture today, a concerning picture , today, a concerning picture, barely 700 spaces left. she claims 99% capacity and a picture of van. loads of dangerous people circling around the country with nowhere to go. with all that in mind, do you think that she's made the right decision on this ? decision on this? >> yeah, i think she's made the only decision possible, you know, this is not just a problem for the prisons themselves, but it's a problem for the whole criminal justice system. it's for the police who, if they arrest people, there's nowhere to put them, for the courts, you know, for victims of very serious crimes are now having to wait for the trial with their

with the alleged offender , on with the alleged offender, on bail or on remand for years, possibly. so i think it's right to say the system is in crisis and in the short term, there were there weren't really any alternatives to this. it's important to stress this is for the lower risk , offenders, the the lower risk, offenders, the lower, that doesn't mean these are people who haven't done harmful things. of course they have. but the sorts of people we've been hearing about elsewhere in your program, it won't apply to them . won't apply to them. >> now, nick, less than four years can involve, you know, quite heavy sentences for drug deaung quite heavy sentences for drug dealing . and the point is, if dealing. and the point is, if they're released early into communities and they have issues, they have habits. there can be repeat offenders . then can be repeat offenders. then the strain nick holac is placed on the probation service, and that's already on its knees. who who will be monitoring these people who've been released early? >> there's a real problem. i

agree completely with that . agree completely with that. there's a real problem because, you know, where are these people going to live if they are released, you know, suddenly have a great load of people released very quickly. so that's one of the issues. i mean, let's be realistic . i mean, what this be realistic. i mean, what this means is say, if somebody had , means is say, if somebody had, say, a four year sentence previously, they would have been automatically released at two years. now they'll be automatically released at around 20 months. so these, for these people where there is a risk that they'll re—offend, there would have been a risk that they would have been a risk that they would reoffend anyhow. so, and if by doing this we give a bit more space to prisons. so they can address these people's behaviour and try and reduce the risk that they'll reoffend, then actually it might end up making us all safer rather than increasing the risk. >> what do you say to people who say this is reckless and it doesn't send out much of a deterrent? if you know that 40%

of your sentence will all you you will serve, for example, for deaung you will serve, for example, for dealing a kilogram of cocaine, then surely they'll crack on and do it. >> i understand people's concerns, but i don't think saying to someone who might be out to steal a chunk of cocaine , out to steal a chunk of cocaine, look, if you do that, you would have got a sentence, say , of, have got a sentence, say, of, two years. and now you'll only get a sentence of 20 months. i don't think that reduces the deterrent effect very effectively. what? what might be a deterrent is the fact that they'll be caught , they'll be they'll be caught, they'll be processed quickly, they'll have a quick trial and then they'll go to prison. i think that whole thing is a deterrent. but if you say, well, look, maybe, you know, if you do get caught, there'll be a two year wait before your trial, then maybe, you'll be found guilty. i don't think the sorts of people who commit these offences are put off by that. >> and, nick holbrook, you you bnng >> and, nick holbrook, you you bring highlight often to the kind of precarious nature of the

british prison system. they're old fashioned crumbling at the seams oftentimes. what about the controversial notion, the expensive notion of building new prisons? >> well, we've got we've got choices to make. i think as a as a country, you know, the governments are predict predicting the previous government was predicting that the prison population would rise by about 20,000 and they were going to spend £4 billion building new prisons. and that's not because we're sending more people to prison. it's because we're sending them to prison for a bit longer than we used to. so as a country, we've got to decide what our priorities are, and, you know, if i think some of that money would be better spent trying to divert people from the system, doing the stuff that we know with, you know, young people that that stops them getting involved in crime. but no one would dispute. there's a there are, you know, a lot of people who've committed very serious, offences or are very serious, offences or are very harmful offences and they

need to be, put away in prison and hopefully work done with them to reduce the risk that they'll reoffend, that that second bit work to reduce the risk that they'll reoffend isn't happening now. and i hope creating a bit of space might enable us to do it better in future. >> and nick hardwick, sir robert buckland, the former justice secretary, he said that labour are sending out mixed messages about punishment. do you think this feels like , a new justice this feels like, a new justice secretary who's going soft on crime? >> no, i don't think it feels, i do think that this will be a worrying announcement for people. i mean, i accept that, i think it's important, you know, that as you're doing, you explain what's actually proposed. properly. and i don't think the new justice secretary is a soft touch, but i think she's been left with a very difficult problem to solve. and i think , to be honest, i think i think, to be honest, i think robert buckland would would agree with that. and i would agree with that. and i would agree with that. and i would agree with him. we've got to make quite sure that the people

who commit the most serious offences, particularly offences against women, that they aren't included in this scheme, so i wouldn't i would agree with a lot of what he was saying. >> nick hardwick, the former chief inspector of prisons, thank you so much for joining us, giving us your expert insights into this. thank you. thank you for having me. >> pleasure. >> pleasure. >> now we start with the worrying state of president joe biden had a time when he's under growing pressure to pull out of the presidential race in the states. he made arguably his worst ever mistake last night, unforgivably , he called unforgivably, he called ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy president putin. check this out. >> and now i want to hand it over to the president of ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination. ladies and gentlemen , president putin, and gentlemen, president putin, president putin, we've got to beat president putin, president zelenskyy, i'm so focused on beating putin, we've got to worry about it anyway . mr worry about it anyway. mr president, i'm better. you are a hell of a lot better .

hell of a lot better. >> well, i'm joined now by doctor seb gorka, who's a former white house adviser to president donald trump. welcome to the show, sir. always a pleasure to have your company. the entire room gasped in disbelief. we're getting used to these kind of gaffes, but this was the next level. the simple question is this seb gorka? how long can the charade carry on? >> well, thanks for having me. apologies for the togs. you guys caught me on the first day of my vacation, but i said for gb news, we're going to do it, how long? two questions, two factors. jill biden, because she's the one that's clearly running things in the white house. the first lady, she desperately wants to get another four years at the top of the food chain, and she really can decide whether or not joe steps down or it's the big donors we've had some donors say they're pulling their funds from

they're pulling their funds from the campaign, but as long as they have a war chest, a sizeable war chest that can only be spent by biden or kamala harris on the campaign because they are the official nominees, then joe's going to keep on doing what he's doing, no matter how many gaffes, no matter that. yesterday he called his vice president, kamala harris, vice president trump. it's up to jill andifs president trump. it's up to jill and it's up to the big donors . and it's up to the big donors. >> that's an astonishing amount of power for a first lady to have. when you consider 20 democrat congressmen and rising old allies george clooney, barack obama sharpening the knives, what's the next step? i mean, the media are pulling out the polling is tanking. are they so tied to their man, they're so determined to keep donald trump out of power that they're going to keep backing a guy who clearly appeals to be crumbling before our eyes. seb gorka . before our eyes. seb gorka. >> well, there's this weird kind of half pregnant situation right

now when it's the second and third tier individuals who are being pushed out . senators, being pushed out. senators, you've never heard of, congressmen, you've never heard of to say, joe, you can't run. it has to be you know, barack obama himself not telling george clooney to write an op ed in the new york times. that's when it gets serious. but on top of that, we are less than four months away from the election . months away from the election. who what mug is going to say , who what mug is going to say, okay, i'll be the candidate. i'm going to take the rap for the last three and a half years of disastrous biden policies, the war in ukraine, the war in the middle east, at least 20 million illegals led across the southern border. because if somebody like the governor of california or somebody else comes in and says, okay, let me save the day, and they crash and burn in four months time, they cannot run again in 2028 because they will be tarnished goods. so really it is a trap of their own devising. and i'm just going to sit back,

buy shares in popcorn and watch and seb gorka. >> isn't that a point? donald trump himself last night tweeted out the video of the vice president trump gaffe and said, great job joe. your former boss wants joe biden to stay on the ticket because he's the guy they know they can surely beat . know they can surely beat. >> yeah, my buddy colonel kurt schlichter commented to me dunng schlichter commented to me during the debate and with his permission, i tweeted this out. best analysis of the night. it was bad .

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welcome back. it's 526. i'm martin daubney on gb news. later in the show, i'll bring you some great news about the princess royal. but before that, let's get our teeth into one of the biggest nights in english football history. certainly in my lifetime. there's just two sleeps to go until england take on spain and the final of the

euros 2024. now you don't need me to remind you that it's 58 torturous years since we won a major trophy. the world cup, of course, in 66. now, ollie watkins got the winning goal in the semi—final against the netherlands, and he says he had full belief when he came on that he was going to score. >> it's been an unbelievable feeling to be honest, one that i was, you know, i was, i was taken back by the goal, but but also , i wasn't shocked that , i also, i wasn't shocked that, i did that really because i have full belief in myself. i knew when i was going on to the pitch that i was going to score. you know, i've, i manifested it. i had, worked very hard to get to that point. so, it's been an amazing feeling, but i'm not shocked . shocked. >> well, ollie watkins has full belief. and let's cross to berlin. now. speak to another man with full belief. and that's a sports broadcaster . chris a sports broadcaster. chris skudder chris, welcome back to the show. you've been saying all

along. england are peaking at the right time. keep the faith. i admit i have my downbeat side, but chris, it just feels like the cogs are all dropping into place at the right time for england. >> yeah, interesting to hear ollie watkins. they're very sort of clinical. that wasn't it. that full belief in what they're doing. it's a new breed of professional footballer. really. how many times over the years we've seen footballers waste their careers. you know gazza fantastic player from when football was coming home in 1996, almost 30 years ago. wasted his career. but ollie watkins and jude bellingham and phil foden, you just get the impression that they live for what they do and winning is everything and that is where we are right now. he, you know, it's all about preparation as well, you know, england has changed the way we've approached tournaments. you know, penalty shootouts used to be a lottery or hope for the best hit in the corner and hope it goes in and close your eyes and hope. but now it's all about, you know, the psychology and the

preparation. no stone left unturned. and that's why they're starting to win games against the odds. don't forget the last three games they've been behind in each one previous. england's would have lost those games. they won a penalty shoot out as well. two last minute goals and all those little things are adding together now. yes spain are a great team and they've beaten croatia and they've beaten croatia and they've beaten italy and they've beaten germany in germany and they've beaten france in the semi—final as well, but you know, england are going to give them a real stern test. i mean, i would say it's, it is probably, you know, spain are favourites because of the way they played. but england have got a lot of nous now and there's a real that sense of something in the air which has been apparent the last couple of weeks in my opinion, and the player, the players believe it . player, the players believe it. that's a very good sign. >> you know, chris scott , i was >> you know, chris scott, i was really struck by ollie watkins about how measured he was, how humble he was. somebody with belief in the squad. he's happy playing. one minute he's happy playing. one minute h ' playing 90 e 5 happy playing. one minute he's happy playing 90 minutes and he just had this sense if that was if

that was an insight into the mentality of the camp today. chris skudder that i'm feeling really, really positive about the fact that they seem together, they feel gelled and they seem up for it. >> yeah. i mean, we've talked about golden generations, haven't we? and this is without a doubt a second one and probably maybe not as good as the last one. you think about the last one. you think about the team. 20 england should have won the euros 2004, 20 years ago. do you remember the one with wayne rooney when he had his metatarsal and he was completely unstoppable in that tournament, but got injured. england didn't win it. lost on penalties again to portugal, but that team was gerrard. scholes lampard, rio ferdinand, john terry fantastic team. david beckham , but they didn't have beckham, but they didn't have that. they hadn't prepared mentally. it was almost as if they sort of went into it thinking, oh, we'll be all right. and there was also the clicks , you know, the clicks clicks, you know, the clicks with the players admitted it between clubs . those have gone. between clubs. those have gone. that's the one thing that gareth southgate, everyone agrees on. he's got rid of that, the differences and the egos if you

like. they are very much a team. they are together, haven't played like a team, but what they have done as a team is they believe there's kind of that, it's a there's a harmony there which has been missing before. so even if they do go behind and they have those the last three games, you think they're going to come back. and i think spain will look at it. and also the strength of england's bench because you know watkins came off the bench. so did cole palmer. and that's like an extra for man england. you know almost like a 12th man. because they know if things aren't going well they can turn it around. they've got, you know, the best they've got, you know, the best they've got on paper. they've got the best squad in this tournament. >> now chris skudder this will be the last time we speak before that final. you've been superb throughout this. thank you for your updates. and also thank you for keeping me positive . as you for keeping me positive. as you know, i was a bit of a wet weekend about this, but you've been magnificent chris skudder thank you very much and enjoy that final martin. >> not going to do it. of course they are now, mate. >> mate, you seriously. you kept the faith and i didn't. hats off to you. well done chris skudder enjoy that match. thank you.

there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00, and we'll find out why. hotels in paris are warning of an olympic disaster. just a fortnight before the big games begin. but first, it's your headlines with sam francis. >> 532 the top stories from the newsroom tonight. the metropolitan police has now taken over the investigation into human remains that were found in two suitcases near the clifton suspension bridge in bristol. these are the live pictures coming to us from west london, where there is now an increased police presence outside a block of flats in the area of shepherd's bush. officers there say they believe the suspect is thought to have travelled from to london bristol, where he left those suitcases containing the human remains, and we now know the bodies are said to be of two aduu bodies are said to be of two adult men. police have also issued a warning not to approach the suspect involved in the case, with detectives urging anyone who sees him or may know

his whereabouts to call 999 immediately. a security guard has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of more than 15 years for plotting to kidnap, to rape and to murder the tv presenter holly willoughby. the judge said gavin plumb had a history of attacking women and hatched his sadistic, brutal and degrading plan over a number of years . the justice secretary years. the justice secretary says she's had to step in to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis, or she claims the whole criminal justice system will collapse. most inmates will now be released after serving 40% of their sentences in england and wales , down from the current 50% wales, down from the current 50% jail time. shabana mahmood is also promising to strictly monitor those who are freed early and to recruit more probation officers . in other probation officers. in other news, the home secretary has called the deaths of four migrants in the english channel truly awful as charities are calling for more safe and legal asylum routes. more than 60

people were rescued after their boat capsized just after 4:00 in the morning off the coast of boulogne, latest home office figures show. 419 people made the journey across the channel from france to the uk in six boats on tuesday. it suggests an average of around 70 people per boat and that takes the provisional total for 2024 to now. just over 14,000. and as we were hearing just before the news headlines, england striker ollie watkins says he's ready to deliver again if he's given the chance in sunday's euro 2024 final against spain. he came off the bench to score a dramatic 90th minute winner in wednesday's semi—final against the netherlands. and now the king has also spoken to gareth southgate's side, asking them to alleviate the blood pressure of the nation by avoiding any late drama in the final. on sunday. those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sam francis, back with you for another update at 6:00 for the very latest gb news direct to

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welcome back. it's 538. it's the final furlong. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. empty seats could be a common sight at the paris olympics. as france make their final preparations for the world's biggest sporting festival. reports suggest tourists are staying away because of high security fear of unrest and

spiralling prices. well join me now from paris is a journalist, peter allen, great friend of the show. peter, welcome to gb news. once again there seems to be bad news for france. your side of the channel tipped off by frank delvaux. who's the head of the paris region. hoteliers saying the outlook is disastrous. paris is emptying. what on earth's going on? >> well, i'm based in central paris, martin, and it is a bit grim at the moment. i have to say. >> the whole place is like a building site. >> still, there's scaffolding everywhere, lots of roads are shut. >> it's, a strange feeling. it's almost like you're building up to a party that you've been organising for months , and organising for months, and suddenly all your neighbours are mysteriously disappearing to the countryside, >> people who said they were going to be in town for the party aren't. aren't here. >> and, it's all very strange. >> and, it's all very strange. >> but of course, those kind of parties often turn out to be the

best ones. >> and then suddenly everybody turns up at the last minute. that might be the case, because hotel room prices are being slashed. airbnb prices are being slashed. airbnb prices are being slashed. all these people who a year ago thought they were going to become massively rich on these olympics, they've all got 999 these olympics, they've all got egg on their faces now, what did they have to do? they have to put their prices down, which can only benefit people. i think the tickets are selling better than people thought. i think during london 2012, around this time, about a month before the game, a lot of people thought, oh look, there's loads of tickets left. but the last moment you couldn't get a ticket for the big events , get a ticket for the big events, the athletics and the like, that's a good chance that might happen as well. so it's mixed feelings. i think . martin. feelings. i think. martin. absolutely right that that this moment in time , it's all a bit moment in time, it's all a bit grim and a bit worrying and we don't know what's going to happen. but there's still a chance everything will come good at the last moment. >> and peter, how much of a backdrop are the recent

elections? and we've seen the unrest. i mean, you said to me before on the show, it's very, very common to see people doing these kind of things in paris and of course, recently, back in april, the islamic state hoved back into view. they threatened to target the paris saint—germain champions league quarter final in paris. all these kind of things , the more these kind of things, the more sinister political things are they preying on people's minds at the moment in france? >> yeah , there's no doubt about >> yeah, there's no doubt about that at all. >> july and august, the traditional holiday months in france. >> everybody's been meant to be extremely relaxed and to look forward to , the great sporting forward to, the great sporting events. for example . but, this events. for example. but, this election, it came from nowhere. emmanuel macron, announced it was going to happen. it's been one of the most divisive elections in recent french history. far right, far left and everything in between involved and everybody, even those on the same parties all at each other's throats and hating each other. we've got the trade unions

threatening to have huge strikes dunng threatening to have huge strikes during the, olympics. and of course, there's always the great security threats, which, come up every time and people are thinking about them more and more. when you have a big event like this, of course. security is absolutely massive now. and normally when there have been outrages, terrible things happening in france in recent years, they've come out of the blue. you couldn't have seen them coming. whereas now, because everybody is so ready for them and they are just so many police around, you see legions of paramilitary police everywhere, armoured cars on street corners, army patrols everywhere and full battle fatigues with their weapons drawn. so, yeah, it's a very, very strange feeling. but, in the end, one would hope that, france can push through it all. it's the first time there's been an olympics here for 100 years. it's a huge way to show off the

country to the world. and there's still hope that it will all work out all right. but of course , we'll have a much better course, we'll have a much better idea in a few weeks time. martin. >> well , fingers crossed you >> well, fingers crossed you have a decent sporting event. heaven knows you need it . peter heaven knows you need it. peter allen after getting tonked out of the euros once again, not for the first time. the english will give you a wave from berlin. thank you very much, peter allen, for joining thank you very much, peter allen, forjoining me on the allen, for joining me on the show. now it's time now for the great british giveaway and your chance to win our biggest cash prize so far, an astonishing £30,000. and it's totally tax free, which means you'll get the lot to do whatever you like with. and here's all the details that you need for your chance to become our next big winner. >> summer could be a scorcher with your chance to win £30,000 cash. >> our biggest cash prize to date . date. >> it's totally tax free, which means you get to spend every single penny however you like. >> what plans would you make with an extra £30,000 cash in your bank account? take your family on the ultimate holiday. buy that treat that's always

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welcome back 547. the final , final furlong i'm the final, final furlong i'm martin daubney on gb news now. some fantastic news about princess. and today she made a surprise. but very welcome return to royal duties when she visited hartpury university and hartpury college in gloucestershire. it was the first engagement since she was hospitalised in a horse related incident last month. and what a way to end the week by speaking to the former bbc royal correspondent michael cole. michael, welcome to the show, a magnificent crescendo to my week presenting we've got you and you bnng presenting we've got you and you bring us good tidings about the princess returning to duties. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> martin. yes. what excellent news. the princess royal back doing what she does best, wearing a very jaunty fedora as wearing a very jaunty fedora as we saw there , and a tweed jacket we saw there, and a tweed jacket with, tyrolean influence to it. >> although i'm not a fashion

expert, i won't go any further. the only souvenir she seems to have from the unfortunate misadventure with a horse was a slight facial bruise. i'm not sure we can see it at that angle, but that was the only thing she was sporting today. >> but she was there, and it was an event for, riding for the disabled . now, she's been disabled. now, she's been involved with that since 1970. >> 1972, which is 52 years. >> 1972, which is 52 years. >> and she's been president for some decades . i remember when it some decades. i remember when it started, it was, one of the leading lights in. it was her captain in the british olympic equestrian team , major derek equestrian team, major derek allhusen, and she was involved in that with the very beginning. >> and here we see her at this university not too far from her home in gloucestershire. >> so it's a gentle beginning back doing, her role. >> and of course, she is a famously the most hardworking member of the royal family, 168 engagements last year, and i'm

quite sure she'll be back in the swing of it . quite sure she'll be back in the swing of it. of quite sure she'll be back in the swing of it . of course, we still swing of it. of course, we still don't do not know the details of what actually happened when she met this horse and what happened. and she apparently has no memory of it. so maybe it will remain a mystery between, her and the horse and michael cole. >> the first stroll into the paddock, as it were . and her paddock, as it were. and her attitude, her demeanour , her attitude, her demeanour, her entire life. she's the hardest working royal. how long do you think it'll be before she's back to full canter ? to full canter? >> well, i think it may take a bit of time. >> you know, concussion is never a trivial thing and there can be side effects from that for some time to come, you know, you get a big bang on your skull and your brain gets knocked, >> the effects can be long lasting, but we can only hope for the best. >> i'm sure she was well advised, but it was by no means advised, but it was by no means a trivial encounter. >> whatever it was that happened, and it seems that she

was alone at the time and she can't remember. >> so it will probably, as i say, remain a mystery . say, remain a mystery. >> but she's good. she understands the meaning of duty , understands the meaning of duty, she always has. she's been there. she has her interests, but they are quite wide interests. and i went round the world with her when she was working for save the children fund, and she was an immensely effective person. she, you know, said on one occasion, i'm not the perfect princess. >> i'm not the storybook princess. >> and maybe you're disappointed. well, i don't think anybody can say we're disappointed in her because she's been , true to her own she's been, true to her own lights and she's somebody we can respect. and i think with time, she will be regarded even more highly than she is today. because she does the job. she doesit because she does the job. she does it well. and, everybody is always pleased to see her. >> well, michael cole, a

beautiful sentiment, a great way to end the week. and everyone's always happy to see you on gb news. you have a cracker, michael cole, always an absolute delight to have you on the show. now then, let's go a few of your three of your your sides before the end of the show. hundreds of them coming in two topics really lit you up today, joe biden and the football. let's start with joe biden. davey says this. i really hope sleepy joe stays where he is, because that will give trump the white house. steve adds this seriously, what kind of world are we living in? if anybody seriously thinks that joe biden is fit to be president of the united states, the evidence is before our eyes. when will even his own supporters wake up ? and bill supporters wake up? and bill adds this michelle obama, your country needs you, bill. a lot of people have been talking about the obamas. will they play about the obamas. will they play a role in this? but at the moment it seems they're teaming up against him. barack obama is alleged to have great concerns. now let's finish the show with a bit of football. you may have

noficed bit of football. you may have noticed there's a little game going on on sunday evening in berlin. gordon says. this spain are a fantastic team from front to back, but they have one massive problem they are not as good as england. come on england, a lot of people will echo that sentiment. gordon john adds this it's coming home. it's coming home, i hope so. on sunday at least. it'll be great to have some good news at last. anthony adds this i love football, martin, but even i'm fed up of hearing about it. anthony, we've been talking about 1966 for 58 years, and it hasn't even kicked off yet. mate, we're allowed surely to have a little bit of self indulgence ahead of a mouth watering prospect. young ollie watkins gave a press conference earlier i thought was sensational , he earlier i thought was sensational, he said. it felt preordained. he was going to take part. he said he'd imagined this game. he'd manifested him scoring a goal. he even said a

friend told him two years ago he would score the winning goal in the european championship final. could that be a stunning prophecy? looking ahead, it seems like the team has got the belief. it seems like they're up for it. it seems finally. belief. it seems like they're up for it. it seems finally . could for it. it seems finally. could it, could it finally be coming home? well, that's only two sleeps away, so whatever you do, enjoy that match. i'll see you back on monday. next up is dewbs& co and tonight it's presented this evening by dawn neesom. have a fantastic weekend. enjoy the football. stay positive. thanks for your company. always a delight, but now it's your weather with alex berco. have a smashing weekend i smashing weekend! >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> good afternoon. here's your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. it is going to be a bit messy as we go into this weekend. there'll be some

rain, some showers around and a glimmer of sunshine at times . glimmer of sunshine at times. looking at the bigger picture. and there is high pressure just to the west of us, but also various features, bringing some showery rain for some two in the south—west. watch out for some heavy thundery downpours as we head towards this evening. could cause some localised issues elsewhere. there will be some clouds , some showery rain, some clouds, some showery rain, some thicker cloud bring some more persistent rain to eastern parts of england as that pushes in from the north sea, perhaps a little bit drier further west. still some spots of rain around a lot of cloud though, so temperatures generally holding up in double figures, especially in the towns and cities through tomorrow morning. then a damp picture across eastern parts. further outbreaks of rain here in the south, though any showers will have cleared overnight. so it's a mostly dry picture here in the southwest. some sunshine earlier on. cloudier further east. further outbreaks of showery rain as we head further northwards. always brightest the further west you go. because of that high pressure that i mentioned earlier further east, it is always going to be that

bit cloudier that bit damper and there'll be some blustery winds to watch out for. two little change as we go through the rest of the day. we are going to see that rain across eastern parts pushing a bit further west, and so more places likely to turn a little bit damper. but further west. still some bright or sunny spells and just a few showers to watch out for. some of those showers could be heavy, possibly thundery, but not looking as intense as those that we've seen today. temperatures are going to be a little bit below average for the time of year, and feeling pretty cool towards those eastern coastal parts because of the cloud, the rain, and those brisk winds. more rain pushing in from the north sea as we go through later saturday into sunday. elsewhere, staying largely dry, some bright sunny spells and in fact sunday doesn't look too bad. just a few showers to watch out for before more rain arrives in time for the beginning of next week. bye bye. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

well what do you say keeps on making blunders at the very best, meanwhile, king charles has been seen fist bumping the west indies cricket team and the prince of wales has lost his voice due to cheering on england. do we want the monarchy to be more like us, or should there be more? i don't know, a bit like our late queen. maybe and in a music festival in london, a band and i quote clothing , garments and items clothing, garments and items which promote cultural appropriation. it's a music festival. people what does that even mean? it's the fun police in full on patrol this summer.

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