r , and radical shaken to its core, and radical islamist hate preacher anjem choudary is sentenced today at woolwich crown court. >> the islamist preacher, known for his celebration of the 9/11 attacks, was found guilty last week of directing a terror organisation , and gb news can organisation, and gb news can exclusively reveal that more than 3000 small boat migrants have illegally crossed the engush have illegally crossed the english channel since labour came to power. >> we look at exclusive gb news video of the latest arrivals today in dover. amidst it, all 3000 people coming across in small boats since the general election, since the general election, since the general election, since the new government that promised to smash the gangs, it's absolutely shocking, especially given that they've chosen to scrap the rwanda plan, saying it won't encourage people

to come over. >> and we've seen footage of a of a boatload of migrants coming across shouting , this is for across shouting, this is for rishi sunak. yes, that was fascinating. >> what do you think they meant by that? >> well, i think they mean that they're sort of, trying to think of a family friendly way of putting it. they're, they're sticking it to rishi sunak. in a way. i think by saying, well, look, we're we're crossing now. we know we're going to a place where we're going to be welcomed. and because as we know, even the home secretary, yvette cooper , has been very yvette cooper, has been very outspoken in the refugees. welcome. schtick. >> no, it is, it is interesting, because there is there is of course, the government would say that they're going after these gangs, that they're going to be trying to tackle the problem at source. but by not doing anything when they actually arrive in the country, that's sort of it's almost like a half pronged approach. >> well, i think the worry as well was that, you know, if you scrap the rwanda plan and you don't have anything already set in place to replace it, then all

you're going to do is incentivise, those gangs to come oven incentivise, those gangs to come over, which is a point, actually, that jeremy hunt has made, that the rwanda plan, even in relation to the budget that that was dealing with the amount of taxpayer money that goes on housing, these, illegal migrants and asylum seekers, is , you and asylum seekers, is, you know, part of part of that black hole, as it were , and labour hole, as it were, and labour have just scrapped a scheme. and now, of course, we're seeing 3000 people. that is an enormous number of people. >> three weeks. well, do get in touch with your views. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to get involved. we'll get to all of that and more after your headunes of that and more after your headlines with sofia. >> tom. thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 12:00. your top story this hour. the home secretary has paid tribute to those affected by yesterday's knife attack in southport , knife attack in southport, saying she'd do everything to support the community. yvette

cooper laid flowers at the scene moments ago where two children lost their lives. six other children and two adults remain in a critical condition after what was described as a ferocious attack at a taylor swift themed dance and yoga workshop. the pop star has also paid tribute this morning, saying she's in shock at the loss of life and horrendous trauma, and they were just little kids. a 17 year old boy remains in custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. yvette cooper thanked the emergency services for their bravery. >> our thoughts will be with the families who have been affected, the loved ones who have been lost and the children who are injured. i've been meeting with some of the first responders, the emergency services, the police, fire service and paramedics who were there yesterday and who had to respond with great bravery to make sure that more lives were not lost. and i thank them for the work that they did. there is also a

serious criminal investigation underway now , but everyone's underway now, but everyone's thoughts will be with those those injured children and just praying for them . praying for them. >> carol hunt, who was the wife of bbc commentator john hunt, died from stab wounds, according to hertfordshire police, the investigation into the triple murder found that the two of their daughters, hannah and louise , died from crossbow bolt louise, died from crossbow bolt injuries. police have still not been able to question a man arrested on suspicion of carrying out the murders . karl carrying out the murders. karl clifford remains in hospital after he was found in north london with what were thought to be self—inflicted injuries. in a statement, john hunt thanked those who've sent messages of support to him and his surviving daughter . support to him and his surviving daughter. now, gb news can reveal that more than 3000 small boat migrants have crossed the engush boat migrants have crossed the english channel since labour came to power. the milestone figure was passed at around 400 migrants reached british waters since yesterday morning. our

analysis revealed that more than 130 small boat migrants have been taken to dover harbour so far today, the border force vessel defender arrived at the kent port shortly before 8:00 this morning, with the first group of migrants. the figure for the year so far is almost 17,000. in other news, jeremy hunt says he was angered by the chancellor's speech yesterday, which blamed the conservatives for a reported £20 billion black hole in public finances. it's after rachel reeves accused the previous government of covering up the true state of britain's economy , before announcing a economy, before announcing a series of cuts aimed at saving £5.5 billion. but the shadow chancellor told gb news the new government is shifting the blame perfectly . perfectly. >> all right to disagree with good conservative plans to deal with the challenges on public finances. but what you can't do isjunk

finances. but what you can't do is junk the plans that we had in place and then blame the black hole that you have on the previous conservative government and the single most pressing thing, i think, for most gb news listeners is the soaring welfare bill. and welfare reform was junked from the king's speech. so, you know, this is a political choice that the new labour government has made. they knew they were going to do it all along , and they should have all along, and they should have been up front about that, not trying to pass the blame on to their predecessors . their predecessors. >> now, the omagh bombing inquiry has opened with its chairman, lord turnbull, promising it will undertake its task rigorously and fearlessly. the probe will examine whether the atrocity could reasonably have been prevented by authorities. the bombing, which was carried out by dissident republicans in 1998, killed 29 people, including a woman who was pregnant with twins. today's heanng was pregnant with twins. today's hearing marks the first time that all of the bereaved families will come together to just stop oil . protesters have

just stop oil. protesters have been arrested at heathrow airport on suspicion of criminal damage. it comes after orange paint was sprayed on passenger information screens and on the floor inside the airport's terminal five. police remain at the scene this morning as a precaution while they deal with any further offences and some breaking news. a nine year old girl has become the third child to die after the southport stabbings. that's to according merseyside police. we will bring you more as we get it and 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 gb news. >> .com. forward slash alerts .

>> .com. forward slash alerts. >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:08 now as you've just heard, there is breaking news on that situation in southport. a nine year old girl has become the third child to die after those southport stabbings. that's confirmed now by merseyside police home secretary yvette cooper laid flowers at the scene alongside alongside southport mp patrick hurley. well, merseyside police say that a 17 year old remains in custody following the ferocious attack. let's cross live now to gb news northwest of england reporter sophie rupa, who is at the scene. >> sophie, tell us what's been happening there. what's been happening there. what's been happening there. what's been happening there ? happening there? >> well, as you say, we've just heard that breaking news in the last few moments from merseyside police. they've confirmed that a third child has died as a result of this attack. a nine year old girl who died in hospital in the early hours of this morning. in

a statement, merseyside police said the nine year old girl died in hospital in the early hours of this morning. we can confirm that the children who died yesterday were girls aged six and seven years. eight other children suffered stab wounds sustained during the attack, and five of them are in a critical condition. two adults are also in a critical condition after being injured during the incident . they go on to say that incident. they go on to say that specialist family liaison officers are now working with the families, and they also say a name has been shared on social media in connection with the suspect who remains in custody. they say this name is incorrect and we would urge people to not speculate on details of the incident. while the investigation is ongoing, they still remain saying that this is not being considered a terror related incident. so horrific news here from southport this afternoon that a third child has died as a result of the stabbing here on hart street in southport yesterday and the community has

been very fast to respond with messages of condolence and support for the families. all morning people have been coming with flowers, with teddy bears, lighting candles in sympathy and of heartbreak messages for those families who we now know. there are three families out there who are three families out there who are grieving for the loss of a child. incredibly upsetting, but incredibly heartwarming at the same time that this is such a difficult time, the community are able to come together and show solidarity. we spoke to one gentleman earlier who spoke to us about merseyside and how they always come together at difficult times, and this is what he had to tell me. it's shocking . shocking. >> absolutely shocking. i was just saying before i heard the news last night and it didn't get to me. it was really upsetting and it's just one of them things we will never forget , them things we will never forget, definitely not in my lifetime. i mean, it's in our blood, isn't it? in our history. you know, anything that terrible happens,

you know, we all come together, you know, we all come together, you know, we all come together, you know , this is just not you know, this is just not representative of what merseyside is like. you know, it's a lovely place, i've travelled up here, you know, 17 odd miles and going 70 miles back just to lay flowers , you back just to lay flowers, you know, because it's just affected us so much. and . us so much. and. >> and i think you can really hear the emotion in his voice there as he speaks about the impact that this has had on the local community, but how coming together is in the dna of the people of merseyside , of course people of merseyside, of course we know that that 17 year old is still in police custody undergoing questions, but as far as we know, he arrived here yesterday at the heart space studio . this on this street in studio. this on this street in southport, he entered the premises and began to attack people who who witnessed the attack, who witnessed afterwards, have described it as something like out of a horror movie, one can only imagine how horrific it was to see it as it

was unfolding, but this community is a strong one, and they will continue to come together and offer support and solidarity for those families who have been affected by the most horrific attack that one could possibly imagine. >> sophie, thank you so much for bringing us that report from the scene. really chilling and moving. we're going to cross now live to gb news reporter will hollis, who is at alder hey children's hospital with over with will in just a moment to recap will. we've now heard a nine year old girl has died as well as girls aged six and seven. five remain in a critical condition in hospital . condition in hospital. >> yes. well. alder hey . >> yes. well. alder hey. >> yes. well. alder hey. >> apologies for the, issues with the audio there, just to recap, that is now three children, all girls , all under

children, all girls, all under the age of ten, confirmed dead in this horrific incident. and beyond that , five in critical beyond that, five in critical condition in hospital. >> it'sjust condition in hospital. >> it's just horrifying beyond words. i mean, it just defies expression. i can't imagine how well, how how the how those parents must be feeling and the community, i mean, of course, those children will be known by a lot of people there, people who would have sent their kids to the, you know, or could have even sent their children, to that same, taylor swift dance along, and just horrifying to think that children on their school holidays being, you know, sent , sent to, to enjoy sent, sent to, to enjoy themselves in this way , could be themselves in this way, could be attacked. it'sjust themselves in this way, could be attacked. it's just it's just absolutely horrifying beyond words. and i'm sure that, you know, like many people around the country, i feel quite angry, actually, that that this is even possible in modern britain. >> and i think it's also right that we remember there are two adults who are also in hospital,

two adults who by all accounts intervened heroic to save as many children, as many little girls as they possibly could. >> and one teacher actually who or former teacher who was the i think the lady who who was organising this, dance along. who it seems, did everything that she could to defend these children from being attacked and is also, unfortunately in hospital . hospital. >> now, of course, this all happened at a dance class themed with taylor swift music and the, the american musician has released her own statement slightly earlier today, she said the horror of yesterday's attack in southport is washing over me continuously and i'm just completely in shock. the loss of life and innocence and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everyone who was there, the families and first responders. these were just little kids at a dance class. i'm at a complete loss for how to ever convey my

sympathies to these families. >> let's discuss this further with gb news home and security editor mark white. thank you. mark, so tell us, what is the latest? >> well, i think the first thing to say about taylor swift, of course, is that she finds herself in that horrible position much like ariana grande did in 2017. >> you know, a world famous, megastar who had people , fans megastar who had people, fans attending an event in their name . attending an event in their name. little girls. yeah, who were attacked in such a murderous way. and it must be absolutely horrific for her to have to try to come to terms with that. as we know, ariana, ariana grande, has said many times since the manchester arena bombing just how deeply it affected her. so, moving on from that, clearly more information coming through

now from the police about the victims of this murderous attack yesterday, the six and seven year old girls and now a nine year old girls and now a nine year old girl succumbing to her injuries as well. and all the while , that police investigation while, that police investigation is continuing apace. and the police are still not saying that they are treating this as a terrorist incident. i haven't heard them rule it out completely, but they say they're not at the moment treating it as a terrorist and they are being assisted , aren't they, by the assisted, aren't they, by the counter—terrorism police? they never mentioned that in their statement, but they were. we know yesterday , being assisted know yesterday, being assisted by counter—terrorism, terrorism officers. that is in the early stages of an event like this, as they are very well placed at delving quickly and deeply into someone's background to try to determine how much of a threat they they are. clearly the individual is a threat, but what

background information there is that may point to some form of radicalisation or others that may be involved. there is no indication yet. clearly, from what the police are saying, that they have found that. but we're still relatively early in the investigation and we don't know, investigation and we don't know, in the fullness of time, what might be thrown up about the background of this individual . background of this individual. one important point, i think probably worth exploring that was in the statement . there has was in the statement. there has been an awful lot of talk on social media in particular, a lot of criticism of the media for not coming out and naming an individual who's been widely named on social media as being the 17 year old who is in custody, or one it's illegal for any news outlet to name someone who's a child , and as a child, who's a child, and as a child, as someone under 18, they are classed under law as a child.

the second point to make is the police have very pointedly in their statement, said the name thatis their statement, said the name that is in social media is wrong. >> would the police be able to give permission for that suspect to be named? >> no, no, absolutely. across the board of their control, it's the board of their control, it's the law that anyone who is under the law that anyone who is under the age of 18 is classed as a child, and they, as unpalatable as this obviously is for so many people that 17 year old under the eyes of the law is classed as a child under 18 and enjoys that protection of the law. however, that doesn't mean that in the fullness of time, when this comes to court and there's a successful prosecution, if there is at the end of the day, then a judge will almost inevitably then name as they've done on many occasions, named 17, 16, 15 and younger who have been involved in horrific events. >> yes, of course we will all remember the murderers of brianna ghey, who there was some controversy about whether or not

they should be named. and after they should be named. and after the trial they were named. we knew the details about them. we knew the details about them. we knew all of that. we all just need to be careful before that trial takes place. none of us would want to do anything to prejudice the outcome of a trial. that could be so crucial here. yes. >> and the other thing to point out , not only >> and the other thing to point out, not only according to the police directly contradicting this name, that's been very, very widely shared now on social media and saying that is wrong. but also they went to the lengths yesterday of publishing that this 17 year old was born in cardiff because again, with these posts that were coming out yesterday naming this individual, saying that he was on a terror watch list and that he'd come across on a small boat just last year, well, clearly not true. he was born in cardiff and that was all. >> that was all from one news site that was screenshotted a lot, that appeared to have just been created yesterday, an entirely new news site that no

one had ever heard of before. it seems like it was deliberate disinformation put out onto the internet that there was then a sort of snapped up by very gullible people. >> for our viewers, what do we know ? what facts that are set in know? what facts that are set in stone? do we know about this su spect? suspect? >> well, what we can say is that he's 17 years old. as the police have said that he was born in cardiff, that his family moved to southport when he was quite a bit younger. now we understand that the family, it is an immigrant family, but that this young man was born in the uk, 17 years ago, so it didn't cross the channel in a in a small boat. but you, you know, there is within the wider public there are many people within the wider pubuc are many people within the wider public who are very distrustful of the authorities. the police, social services and alike. they

feel that certain key information that is important sometimes to get out, they feel gets suppressed by the authorities and that feeds back to the grooming scandal, of a decade or more ago in northern towns where it, it has been shown that, you know, police, social services and other authorities where, at fault in not exploring a lot of these. we've, we've got some live footage there of a little girl laying, flowers in southport. it's a scene that, sadly, we've seen repeated on so many, occasions over the years at these, and i've lost count of these, and i've lost count of the number of mass tragedies that i've attended over the years. and it's a ritual now that just follows in the hours and days after, horrible events.

so this is important long not it's important for the communities i should say to be able to come together and show this. but just as important, and this. but just as important, and this was a point i was trying to make , is to try to be careful make, is to try to be careful with the facts we know, but also reveal all of the facts that we know that we can reveal within the law as well . and i can the law as well. and i can understand why many people in the wider public are concerned that they don't necessarily get all of the facts presented by the authorities. >> an important point to make. mark white, thank you so much for joining we will have much on this developing story

break. good afternoon britain. it's 12:26. >> just to reiterate a nine year old girl has become the third victim to die after the southport stabbings . these are

southport stabbings. these are the live pictures from southport. you can see there, so many people from the local community coming from far and wide to lay flowers to the victims, including of course, the home secretary, yvette coopen >> yes. and what's been particularly touching as we've been watching over, over the last few minutes, is actually the children that have come to lay flowers here, the little girls who've come to lay flowers here. now, we don't know if they knew any of the victims . many knew any of the victims. many will be from the local area, but of course we do know the three confirmed dead are a nine year old girl. a seven year old girl and a six year old girl. >> this must be extremely disturbing for those young children, particularly, of course, those those children that these these victims will have gone to school with, and we don't know exactly the details of the status of those other victims that are still in critical condition, so just must be absolutely horrendous for the

local community. i think people across the country are feeling, i it almost impossible to put into words because sympathy doesn't quite cover it, but i think really, the rest of the country is hurting for them. >> oh , undoubtedly. >> oh, undoubtedly. >> oh, undoubtedly. >> and praying and hoping for the five who will, who remain in hospital. the five children remaining in hospital in critical condition, but also those two adults in critical condition, in hospital two, and perhaps because of the obvious horror of what has gone on here, the focus has been rightly on the focus has been rightly on the children, the focus has been on those in such critical condition, those who were taken to the children's hospital. but those two adults who so bravely stepped in and tried to limit the scale of the horror that unfolded yesterday morning and afternoon, it's right we spare a thought for those two adults in hospital, too. and we do . hospital, too. and we do. >> we do now have a little more information about two of the adults who were involved. not

certain whether or not they are the ones who are as you say, there, tom, in critical condition. one of them is the dance teacher who was giving this class, a former teacher who, has been praised forjust absolutely loving children and loving teaching children who obviously stepped in to try and protect them. and also a local business owner who rushed in, when he heard the screaming and was stabbed in the leg and it's right that we talk about those who responded as we see emergency workers here at the site laying flowers, it looks like the police and perhaps the ambulance service as well. >> they're on, on the streets, in, in, in southport, who have just laid a bouquet of flowers there at the memorial. clearly more people will be coming throughout the course of the day here to this site of, of such tragedy. >> and of course, we were just speaking to mark white there, who's saying, you know , losing

who's saying, you know, losing count of incidents like this. he mentioned, the attack on the ariana grande concert. now, of course , taylor swift as ariana course, taylor swift as ariana grande did. has offered her condolences to the to the families, but it's actually not really that long since we saw another attack in dublin on some children outside of a primary school there. and i think, parents in particular across the country will be feeling really worried about the security and safety of their children, particularly, you know, in, in an instance like this. and i know i've already said it, but, you know , children who are sent you know, children who are sent dunng you know, children who are sent during their school holidays to go and enjoy themselves, being attacked in such a vicious way, is so deeply, deeply disturbing to the heart of the nation, and of course, we've seen also the king and the prince and princess of wales, offering their condolences as well. >> yes. and it's right that while we see people who have been coming to lay flowers all day, we've seen those emergency

workers come a little bit earlier . the workers come a little bit earlier. the home secretary, yvette cooper, paid a visit to the scene and this is what she had to say. >> all of our thoughts will be with the families who have been affected, the loved ones who have been lost and the children who are injured. i've been meeting with some of the first responders, the emergency services, the police, fire services, the police, fire service and paramedics who were there yesterday and who had to respond with great bravery to make sure that more lives were not lost. and i thank them for the work that they did. there is also a serious criminal investigation underway now , but investigation underway now, but everyone's thoughts will be with those those injured children and just praying for them . just praying for them. >> while the home secretary, yvette cooper, there will, of course, be back at that scene as more flowers are laid, as more tributes are made throughout the course of the afternoon, and we will keep you updated with any new news coming in. well, we'll also have more on the

chancellor's announcement yesterday that winter fuel payments will now be restricted to those on pension credits or other means tested benefits. we'll be live on downing street after this . after this. >> good afternoon. it's 1231. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines. a nine year old girl has become the third child to die after yesterday's knife attack in southport. five other children and two adults remain in a critical condition after what was described as a ferocious attack at a taylor swift themed dance and yoga workshop . home dance and yoga workshop. home secretary yvette cooper paid tribute to those affected and says the government is on a moral mission to address knife crime across the country. a 17 year old boy remains in custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder . carol hunt, attempted murder. carol hunt, who was the wife of bbc commentator john who was the wife of bbc commentatorjohn hunt, died from

stab wounds. that's according to hertfordshire police. the investigation into the triple murder found that two of their daughters, hannah and louise, died from crossbow bolt injuries . died from crossbow bolt injuries. gb news can reveal that more than 3000 small boat migrants have crossed the english channel since labour came to power. it's after around 400 migrants were detected reaching britain british waters since yesterday morning. the number of arrivals for the year so far is almost 17,002. just stop oil protesters were arrested at heathrow airport this morning after orange paint was splattered in a terminal . orange paint was splattered in a terminal. two orange paint was splattered in a terminal . two suspects were terminal. two suspects were detained on suspicion of criminal damage. the airport says it's continuing to operate as normal and today could be the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures in some areas expected to soar beyond 32 degrees. the met office is forecasting dry and warm conditions with lots of sunshine. they expect the heat

to peak in southern england and wales later today, but you'd be best to make the most of it. thunderstorms are predicted to break the heat later in the week. 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

>> good afternoon britain. it's 12:36 now, around 10 million pensioners are set to lose their winter fuel allowance. >> the measure was announced as chancellor rachel reeves accused the conservatives of leaving a 22 billion black hole in public finances. >> but her opposite number, jeremy hunt, wants to stop so—called trash talking about

the uk economy, blaming labour for not balancing their own books. let's cross now to adam cherry, who's on downing street for us. >> hi, adam. >> hi, adam. >> hi, adam. >> hi, guys. >> hi, guys. >> all right, so tell us, what's the latest ? the latest? >> so it's a pretty ferocious row. that's erupting between the chancellor, rachel reeves , and chancellor, rachel reeves, and her predecessor, now shadow chancellor jeremy her predecessor, now shadow chancellorjeremy hunt . as you chancellor jeremy hunt. as you say, the chancellor yesterday, very keen to blame this £22 billion financial black hole on the conservative government, the previous government and now the shadow chancellor writing a letter to the most senior civil servant, simon cakes, and claiming that that figure is contradicted by figures that were shown to parliament just last week. what's called the main estimates. now, as i say, these main estimates are signed off by senior civil servants across the department. so both can't be correct. at least

that's according to the shadow chancellor. this morning. the chancellor. this morning. the chancellor has also the chancellor. rachel reeves, has also called jeremy hunt a liar. so no love lost between those two. now, i think the reason that the government are so keen to lay the blame at the previous administration, the conservatives, for this, is because some of the measures they're taking today or yesterday rather are very deeply unpopular as you just mentioned, the winter fuel allowance. it's not the kind of policy that you'd expect a labour government to enact. in fact, if you look through the history of the tweets that several members of the cabinet have made over the years, i'm sure more will emerge. but you find the likes of rachel reeves, darren jones very recently, and even angela rayner criticising any tampering with the winter fuel payments whilst they were in opposition. now they're making the decisions and of course they're under heightened scrutiny, so we still have some time to go before the budget itself. on the 30th of october, where we'll see some

tax rises. but already a deeply contentious set of proposals, really fascinating to see exactly what members of the cabinet said when they were in the shadow cabinet versus what they say. >> now, i'm reading here, darren jones, just just within within a yean jones, just just within within a year, said, the paymaster general has suggested stripping some older people of the winter fuel payment. i've written to the chancellor to ask him to urgently clarify whether he's considering this. the autumn statement. these people campaigned in a general election against the outcome that they're now implementing . now implementing. >> well, that's why they're so keen to push this £22 billion figure. it has to justify it somehow. they have to explain that things have changed since the election when they made those pledges, whether it's successful or not is another matter. but they have been briefed heavily to make this claim because it's very important to their narrative going forward. >> well, adam cherry, thank you so much for that overview. live from downing street. >> now we're joined by economist

and co—founder of regionally, justin stewart. thank you so much for joining justin stewart. thank you so much forjoining us. so how is this playing with the rest of the labour party? if this is something they were opposed to when they were in opposition, surely this is something that many people will be uncomfortable with within the labour party. >> that's the whole idea, is to make people uncomfortable so they can actually throw distrust at the other side. whichever one it is. this is absolutely normal for any new government coming in. first thing you do is, my heavens, look at this . this does heavens, look at this. this does a whole. and by the way, it's not our fault. look what we've inherited. it goes, you know, almost every single time you see almost every single time you see a dramatic change in government. so really, what you now look through is what they're actually cutting. there were some fairly obvious ones. for instance, we're no longer going to subsidise the bypass of stonehenge . stonehenge probably stonehenge. stonehenge probably never had planning permission in the first place when he went up. that's always one of those things that gets cut. winter fuel again, simply by if you make that tax oil. therefore, if you've got old people on a pensions but they're actually earning, they're getting

reasonable quite good returns. maybe that old do they actually need the winter fuel. so how do you stop that. make it taxable. and the money comes back. >> isn't it interesting, though, that, throughout the years of so—called austerity, in this country, there were still, winter fuel payments even to pensioners who are millionaires? there were still free tv licences for people over the age of 65. i mean, it seems that the labour party is crossing what had been considered up until this moment, sort of a no go area in terms of in terms of policy. >> yes it is. and i think that just i think they broaden it out. so because they've narrowed themselves down, i can't touch capital gains or income tax and vat. so i've got to find other ways. and of course actually with other ways. yes of course everybody, as you grow the economy, that's stating the obvious, but of course, what you then do is look at the expenditures and how you, if you can't necessarily cut now , you can't necessarily cut now, you can't necessarily cut now, you can delay it in the future in some way, but it's the lack of imagination here to actually show that. look, you can be in control of this. we can we can delay over time. smooth it out overall. but also and again, the

tories were very bad at this after the period of austerity. austerity is the wrong name for it anyway. actually, they said they were going to balance the books and if you looked after the that government, they did balance the books without interest payments. >> now at that balance, the current budget and that's, that's but they didn't tell anybody that. >> so having actually said it's hard work what they should have said. yes it's harder. it's bad. but by the way, we've done it. so where was the good will? >> how will the labour party going to square this with the fact that they are also, you know, going to raise the salaries of junior doctors, as we saw yesterday , that's going we saw yesterday, that's going to create a kind of gold rush from other public sector workers who also want pay rises. otherwise they're going to be subject to strikes that will be sort of holding a gun against their heads. so how are they going to plug this black hole if they are simultaneously taking money away from pensioners and giving it to junior doctors? >> welcome back to the 1960s. those of us of a certain age may recall, actually, the labour government found itself in a position where it was almost having to pay everybody out because i was giving them a rise. i better give them a rise.

otherwise they're going to go on strike. and lo and behold, of course, we actually did have a sort of seasons of strikes in that period. so i'm afraid this is a well—trodden path. they've got to be very careful. the for them, they've got to get the bad news out the way as quickly as possible and with their fingers crossed what they hopefully will see an increased level of growth over the next couple of months, which they can't claim as great success, but it will allow them to say there's more income coming in, more tax income. so 3 or 4 years further out, actually , or 4 years further out, actually, i can look as though i'm balancing the books. and what are two things there? >> it's going to be harder to have higher growth if they've cancelled all of these infrastructure projects, if they're cancelling these roads, if they're cancelling the a27 arundel bypass, if they're cancelling the a3, a303 bypass, they're cancelling the new train line from euston station to old oak common. they're cancelling lots of the new hospitals programme. they're cancelling a large chunk of the restoring your railway fund. i mean , if your railway fund. i mean, if they're not building all of these things, where's the growth coming from? >> you know, it really has to go

to try and change it into a positive. and i love the idea of the train going from euston road to old oak common. it's wormwood scrubs, for heaven's sake, but not exactly the great place you want to go to know what they've got to be looking at here, especially not if they release all the prisoners. >> well, exactly. >> well, exactly. >> but well, the good thing is they've got a quick getaway in a high speed train. so long as you want to go to birmingham. but the point with this is they need to be able to make sure that actually there's enough money coming in. so where's the money? there is no shortage of money. i don't mean government money. private money. we have a lot of money in pension funds, but everything is focused through london. one of the key elements is we've got tech companies that are being spawned. were very effective doing so around the tech centres all around the country. so give some encouragement for that confidence in and you'll start getting some more income. >> well justin urquhart stewart, thank you so much for talking through that. i just want to finish by noting this so—called £22 billion black hole. by my calculations, around half of it comes from extra spending , which comes from extra spending, which is the extra spending on on 11 pay is the extra spending on on 11 pay rises. >> 11 billion is also the predicted cost of housing the

asylum seekers. so as we've just seen , 3000 coming over since seen, 3000 coming over since labour have been in power, and that's also something never mind , that's also something never mind, pubuc that's also something never mind, public sector salaries. that's also something they've created a gold rush for. >> goodness me. well, justin, as i say, thank you so much for coming through, talking through, well, i think it might have been some, some silver linings to what we were discussing there, but but a pretty, pretty dark cloud for many, coming up today could be the hottest day of the yearin could be the hottest day of the year in britain, but will it last? we'll put that to a weather expert

good afternoon. britain at 12:49, we have breaking news to bnng 12:49, we have breaking news to bring you. >> anjem choudary has been sentenced to a minimum of 26

years. so that is 326 years and 360 358 days. sorry, in prison for leading a proscribed terrorist organisation. >> yes. someone known as britain's most prolific hate preacher has been sentenced to 26 years and 358 days in prison . 26 years and 358 days in prison. the judge said that the public must be aware this is not a sentence of 26 years. it is a life sentence. those are the words of the judge describing this as a life sentence for britain's most prolific hate preacher. >> and so let's recall , anjem >> and so let's recall, anjem choudary was the leader of the proscribed group al—muhajiroun. he was previously in prison for inviting support for islamic state, and once his conditions endedin state, and once his conditions ended in 2021, he then offended again. and that is what he has been sentenced for now. so that is , as the judge says, a whole is, as the judge says, a whole

life spent in prison. so he's only, well, he's 57 years old now, so that would mean that by the time he would be eligible to be out of prison, he would be 83 years old. >> it is quite a weighty sentence, of course. interesting that the judge has described this as a life sentence, although we understand not a whole life order, we will be talking to our man in the court, charlie peters, as soon as he leaves that courtroom to repeat in the last few minutes, this sentence has been handed out to anjem chaudry, the most prolific hate preacher in britain. the self—described islamist who has been found guilty of leading a terror organisation 26 years and 358 days in prison, and so significant because al—muhajiroun, the group that he notoriously led, has been connected to so many , so many connected to so many, so many terrorists, islamist terrorists, people who have gone to join

islamic state, and also anjem choudary of course, known for being there on the conversion of michael adebolajo, who killed the soldier lee rigby, >> and also, reportedly present at his marriage. so anjem choudary is connected to a number of notorious islamists and his organisation, as i say, connected to so many terrorists throughout the years. and his previous sentence, he only served, i think, around two years of that before being let out on conditions. those expired in 2021. and as i say, he then went to on offend again. and thatis went to on offend again. and that is what he's receiving this life sentence for . life sentence for. >> well, our national reporter, charlie peters, has the background to this case. stand background to this case. stand back sir, stand back, stand back. >> here we go. >> here we go. >> a shameless and prolific radicalisation finally silenced for decades, putting a stop to anjem choudary has been a key objective for british

counter—terrorism authorities. >> i am arresting you under section 41 of now convicted of three terror charges, chowdhury is finally behind bars and unable to warp new minds across the world. >> it's not only being a member of a terrorism organisation. guilty. it's not only encouraging a terrorist organisation guilty, but also it's section 56 of the terrorism act directing a terrorist organisation guilty. on that count. organisation guilty. on that count . also usa, uk , usa, uk. count. also usa, uk, usa, uk. chowdhury was found to be the director of terror group al—muhajiroun after american and canadian undercover officers recorded him giving lectures to a us based group called the islamic thinkers society . his islamic thinkers society. his so—called personal assistant, a canadian called khalid hussain, told an undercover officer that the islamic thinkers society was the islamic thinkers society was the us branch of al—muhajiroun.

>> most people don't know. i'm part of al—muhajiroun or who the islamic thinkers society are anyways, so that's why i don't usually care. >> chowdhury had radicalised several terrorists . including several terrorists. including the isis supporting knifeman, who launched two separate attacks on london bridge in 2017 and 2019. he also inspired the killers of fusilier lee rigby, a soldier murdered outside his barracks . but britain's most barracks. but britain's most notorious islamist now faces many years behind bars. charlie peters , gb news peters, gb news >> well, our national reporter charlie peters has been across this case throughout its time as it has gone on. as we found this, this guilty verdict. and now the sentencing will be live outside

woolwich crown court with our national reporter, charlie peters , getting the details of peters, getting the details of this sentencing very shortly indeed. that's next. after these messages . messages. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello again. here's your latest gb news weather forecast coming to you from the met office . office. >> for southern parts of the uk, it is likely to be the hottest day of the year so far. however, further north it's quite a bit fresher. we have had a cold front pushing through over the last 24 hours or so. that has now decayed and so cleared away. as a result, we're not going to see a huge amount if any rain , see a huge amount if any rain, but it is going to be markedly fresher in the north, a brighter, sunnier picture than it was yesterday. >> nonetheless , still some cloud >> nonetheless, still some cloud coming and going and a bit of low cloud, perhaps around some

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>> good afternoon britain. it's 1:00 on tuesday. the 30th of july. >> i'm emma webb and i'm tom harvard. >> radical islamist hate preacher anjem choudary has been sentenced to life in prison. the preacher, known for his celebration of the 9/11 attacks, was found guilty last week of

directing a terror organisation. we're live outside woolwich crown court and more tragedy in southport as a third child dies following the brutal knife attack. >> taylor swift has declared her shock at the mass stabbing , with shock at the mass stabbing, with the home secretary adding her voice to those offering condolences. we'll be back live on the scene shortly. >> gb news can exclusively reveal that more than 3000 small boat migrants have illegally crossed the english channel since labour came to power. we look at exclusive gb news videos of the latest arrivals today in doven of the latest arrivals today in dover, and could today be the final time we see andy murray live in action. >> he takes to the court alongside dan evans in what could be the final match of his life at the paris olympics. we'll have the latest on the games later this hour.

now it has been an extraordinary last few minutes. we've heard these this minimum sentence for anjem choudary, the islamist hate preacher, more than 26 years minimum, a term being described by the judge as a life sentence. >> it is a fantastic news. i think, frankly , that somebody think, frankly, that somebody who's been connected to so many terrorists and a terror organisation, that has radicalised so many and led for so many years by anjem choudary, i think previously he was given a reasonably short sentence for inviting support for islamic state, served only around two years of that before being off of his bail conditions in 2021. that was back in 2016, for him to , i think for many, to, you to, i think for many, to, you know, to see him actually properly face, justice in this way will be somewhat of a

relief. and we'll be asking charlie peters a little later how he will be housed in prison, because, of course, ian aitchison in his report for the government, recommended that people like anjum chowdhury be housed in isolation from other prisoners to, to, to to, sort of stay off the spread of radicalisation in prisons. >> well , do radicalisation in prisons. >> well, do send in your thoughts, post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. as we say, we'll be back live outside woolwich crown court with charlie peters after your headunes with charlie peters after your headlines with sophia wenzler. >> tom. thank you. good afternoon. it'sjust >> tom. thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone . 1:00. afternoon. it's just gone. 1:00. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. notorious hate preacher anjem chowdhury has been handed a life sentence after he was convicted of directing a banned terrorist organisation. the 59 year old

was found guilty of running the terror group in a caretaker role after its founder was jailed in lebanon in 2014. chowdhury had managed to evade authorities for decades. he was eventually jailed from 2016 until 2018 after being convicted of encouraging support for isis. while that terror group was spreading across iraq and syria. he'll now spend at least 28 years in prison . a nine year old years in prison. a nine year old girl has become the third child to die after yesterday's knife attack in southport. five other children and two adults remain in a critical condition after what was described as a ferocious attack at a taylor swift themed dance and yoga workshop. a 17 year old boy remains in custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. home secretary yvette cooper paid tribute to those affected and says the government is on a moral mission to address knife crime across the country. >> our thoughts will be with the families who have been affected ,

families who have been affected, the loved ones who have been lost and the children who are injured. i've been meeting with some of the first responders, the emergency services, the police , fire service and police, fire service and paramedics who were there yesterday and who had to respond with great bravery to make sure that more lives were not lost. and i thank them for the work that they did. there is also a serious criminal investigation underway now , but everyone's underway now, but everyone's thoughts will be with those those injured children and just praying for them . praying for them. >> carol hunt, who was the wife of bbc commentator john hunt, died from stab wounds. that's according to hertfordshire police. the investigation into the triple murder found that two of their daughters, hannah and louise , died from crossbow bolt louise, died from crossbow bolt injuries. police have still not been able to question a man arrested on suspicion of carrying out the murders. kyle clifford remains in hospital after he was found in north london with what were thought to

be self—inflicted injuries. in a statement, john hunt thanked those who've sent messages of support to him and his surviving daughter . gb support to him and his surviving daughter. gb news can reveal that more than 3000 small boat migrants have crossed the engush migrants have crossed the english channel since labour came to power. that's after around 400 migrants were detected reaching british waters since yesterday morning. our analysis revealed that more than 130 small boat migrants have been taken to dover harbour so far today. the border force vessel defender arrived at the kent port shortly before 8:00 this morning. the figure for the year so far is almost 17,000. in other news, jeremy hunt says he was angered by the chancellor's speech yesterday, which blamed the conservatives for a reported £20 billion black hole in public finances. it's after rachel reeves accused the previous government of covering up the true state of britain's economy, before announcing a series of cuts aimed at saving £5.5

billion. but the shadow chancellor told gb news the new government is shifting the blame perfectly. >> all right to disagree with good conservative plans to deal with the challenges on public finances. but what you can't do isjunk finances. but what you can't do is junk the plans that we had in place, and then blame the black hole that you have on the previous conservative government and the single most pressing thing, i think for most gb news listeners is the soaring welfare bill. and welfare reform was junked from the king's speech so, you know, this is a political choice that the new labour government has made. they knew they were going to do it all along, and they should have been up front about that, not trying to pass the blame on to their predecessors. >> now to just stop oil. protesters were arrested at heathrow airport this morning. that's after orange paint was splattered in a terminal. two suspects were detained on suspicion of criminal damage. the airport says it's continuing

to operate normally, and today could be the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures in some areas expected to soar beyond 32 degrees. the met office says some places in england and wales are likely to exceed the criteria needed to define a heatwave , but you'd define a heatwave, but you'd better make the most of it as thunderstorms are predicted to break the heat later in the week . break the heat later in the week. those are the latest gb news headunes. those are the latest gb news headlines . for now, i'm sophia 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. >> good afternoon britain . it's >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:08 now. the islamist cleric who directed a banned terrorist

organisation from his london home, has been jailed for life. >> anjum chaudhry had previously been found guilty of three terror charges earlier this month. let's cross now to our national reporter, charlie peters, who's outside woolwich crown court. charlie, what's the latest ? latest? >> well, anjum chaudhry appeared to sigh as he walked off silently when he was called up by the judge, mr justice wall, who handed him a life sentence with a minimum term of 28 years here at woolwich crown court. in delivering his sentencing remarks, the judge said that he was a dangerous individual. he said he was intelligent and persuasive while giving evidence in the trial and that the judge had no doubt that anjum choudhury would continue to espouse those views that had . espouse those views that had. acts of terror in particular, the judge picked out some of those who he had encouraged to not only go and travel to iraq

and syria, but to fight and indeed die for the islamic state. he picked out in particular one man, siddartha haider, who was the isis executioner after the man known as jihadi john was killed by a us airstrike at the start of the us airstrike at the start of the us led intervention into the islamic state of iraq and syria. in delivering his remarks, he also pointed out that he was chilled by what anjum chowdhury had said in the evidence by the prosecution, in particular, his denial of the holocaust and also talking about 9/11, which the judge said was a reflection of how his abhorrent views would be completely rejected by most normal people thinking in britain. a minimum term of 28 years means that anjum will not be liable for parole until. >> charlie apologises. we've have a bit of a problem with the nypd, charlie. we're going to return to you as soon as we've

cleared up that line. 28 years minimum, a life sentence. what doesit minimum, a life sentence. what does it mean, emma? >> well, it means that he probably won't be getting out of prison. and hopefully he will be housed as ian aitchison recommended, specifically for people like anjum chaudhry, those who are at risk of radicalising other prisoners, ian aitchison was the government's prison reviewer. he recommended that prisoners like anjum chaudhry be segregated from other prisoners, so that the radicalisation doesn't spread throughout the prisons because of course, radicalisation is a huge problem in british prisons. a number of those who have gone on to commit terror offences have been previously radicalised in jail . previously radicalised in jail. so, hopefully he will be spending that that 28 year sentence until he's in his 80s in some kind of seclusion from other prisoners. but hopefully we'll get a chance to ask charlie about that a little later. >> yes. let's see if we can get that line back up and running. it's a fantastic and fascinating

point that far too often people who have no religion at all have no particular ideology, who are petty criminals go into prison, serve a short sentence, are released afterjust a year or released after just a year or two, but are released as a far worse individual than they went, than they were when they went into prison, because they've been mixing with the worst of society and, and sort of internalising really quite radical ideology. >> in fact, it's such a common phenomenon that it's actually been referred to as the crime terror nexus that so many of those involved, including in the paris and brussels attacks, those huge attacks, if people remember, from actually in the last decade now, the end of the last decade now, the end of the last decade, actually around the time when anjum chaudhry was first sentenced at the height of islamic state, that a lot of those individuals were petty criminals. they were involved in drug dealing, drug taking. they had previously been in jail,

there were two brothers in particular who were very well known for having been radicalised through their, as they claimed, through their dreams while they were in prison, seeing mohammed coming to them on a white horse and telling them to go and commit these atrocities. so, this is a really significant phenomenon, andifs really significant phenomenon, and it's been something that the government has been struggling to deal with for a long time . to deal with for a long time. and so that's exactly why ian aitchison, in his review , aitchison, in his review, recommends that prisoners like anjum chaudhry be kept separate from the rest of the prison population so that those who are not already radical aren't then brought into, into to islamist extremism while they're, sort of a captive audience in prison. >> well, we'll be back with charlie peters very shortly indeed. but now let's return to the devastating news that a nine year old girl has become the third child to die. following that knife attack in southport yesterday. >> tributes continue to pour in. home secretary yvette cooper laid flowers at the scene

alongside southport mp patrick h urley. >> hurley. >> merseyside police say a 17 year old remains in custody following the ferocious attack. >> let's cross now live to gb news, north—west of england. reporter sophie reaper who is at the scene? sophie, what's going on on the ground at the moment? >> well, the community here in southport has been left reeling in the wake of such a horrific attack yesterday. of course, in the last hour or so we've heard that there is indeed a third victim who's lost their life as a result of that knife attack here on hart street in southport yesterday . now, i say the yesterday. now, i say the community has been left reeling, but they've also come together remarkably quickly throughout the morning, hundreds of bunches of flowers and messages of condolence have been laid here on one side of the police cordon and also further down the road at the other end of the cordon. i just want to read you a few of the messages that were left here. for example, your courage shows the beautiful person we all know you are another. words

cannot express the tragedy and pain caused. sending hopes and prayers to those fighting. and finally, a very heartfelt drawing of an angel that simply says , sweet dreams, we love you says, sweet dreams, we love you so incredibly heartfelt and heartbreaking. messages from the community here in southport. and as you mentioned, the home secretary, yvette cooper, became just one of those to lay flowers here at the scene of the crime. earlier on this afternoon, she was joined by merseyside police chief constable serena kennedy as well as the mp for southport, patrick hurley. they laid flowers at the other end of the cordon and yvette cooper also commented about the support that's being offered here in the community and this is what she had to say. >> their thoughts will be with the families who have been affected, the loved ones who have been lost and the children who are injured. i've been meeting with some of the first responders, the emergency services, the police, fire services, the police, fire service and paramedics who were

there yesterday and who had to respond with great bravery to make sure that more lives were not lost . and i thank them for not lost. and i thank them for the work that they did. there is also a serious criminal investigation underway now , but investigation underway now, but everyone's thoughts will be with those those injured children and just praying for them . just praying for them. >> of course, as she says there, that investigation is still ongoing, with a 17 year old male remaining in custody custody. so we'll be bringing you all the latest on that and more as we get it throughout the rest of the day. >> thank you so much, sophie. there live on the scene. i do have to mention, of course , two have to mention, of course, two adults also there in prison , adults also there in prison, hospital in hospital. >> too much talking about anjum chaudhry too much of the previous story to two adults as well in hospital, seemingly after heroic heroic interventions trying to save as many children as possible and incredibly, as you say , heroic. incredibly, as you say, heroic. the business owner who, ran in

to try and save the children after he heard the screaming, got stabbed in the leg and also, although we don't know exactly who it is that is in critical condition, are those adults that you mentioned there? but, the teacher who was teaching the taylor swift dance class, who had formerly been a teacher and obviously stepped in to try and protect as many of those children as she could, incredibly , incredibly heroic. incredibly, incredibly heroic. >> yeah. well, let's cross now to gb news reporter will hollis, who's at alder hey children's hospital in southport, where some of the victims are still being treated. well . being treated. well. >> yes. well, alder hey is a hospital that works specifically with children. it's about 40 minutes away from southport here in liverpool. and it's here that that nine year old girl lost her fight . two of the children. we fight. two of the children. we learned that the age of those two children that were pronounced dead yesterday, ages

six and seven, these details as they come in to us, really paint they come in to us, really paint the picture of just how young and vulnerable these children are. we know that five children are. we know that five children are still in a critical condition. we expect that they're probably being treated here at alder hey, but we don't know that for certain. and there are still two adults as well that are being treated for critical conditions . we know critical conditions. we know from the press conference that we heard yesterday that somebody came into that taylor swift dance party and started attacking people with a knife. a 17 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. but the response from the emergency services here in merseyside and the wider region was what the ambulance service described as substantial. we know that three different helimed services from not just here in this part of the country, but also from the midlands and further north as well, were utilised to take

children and some of those adults to hospitals here, like alder hey, as well as hospitals across liverpool and manchester. there is still a lot of interest in this, particularly from people that are coming in and out of the hospital who are asking what's happening now? is it true the last thing that we've just heard, and people are really concerned that this happenedin really concerned that this happened in a community close to them , in a place where they feel them, in a place where they feel connected? liverpool, lots of liverpudlians will go on holiday in southport, a place that is known as being an attraction to the seaside in this part of the country . yvette cooper, the home country. yvette cooper, the home secretary, said that it is unimaginable what has happened and her heartfelt condolences go out to the families later on today, there's expected to be a vigil in southport, where members of the community will come together to try to make sense of exactly what it is that has happened here and why it has happened. but the police, we know that they're still interviewing that 17 year old trying to establish what that

motive is. but right now they say that it is not terror related from what they believe. >> well, will hollis, thank you very much for bringing us the very much for bringing us the very latest there outside alder hey children's hospital in liverpool . liverpool. >> coming up. we're back outside woolwich crown court as hate preacher anjem chaudhry is sentenced to life. so don't go anywhere

>> good afternoon britain. it's 1:22 now. the islamist cleric who directed a banned terrorist organisation from his london home, has been jailed for life. >> anjum chaudhry had previously been found guilty of three terror charges earlier this month . month. >> let's cross to our national reporter charlie peters , outside reporter charlie peters, outside woolwich crown court for us. charlie, you were there in the

courtroom. what went down? >> well, in the mitigating proceedings before the judge made his remark, the defending barrister for anjum chaudhry said that al—muhajiroun, the group that he is guilty of directing, was a husk of an organisation nowhere near to its premier heyday , when it had so premier heyday, when it had so many links to so many terrorists dunng many links to so many terrorists during the height of the noughties. after the seven over seven bombings in 2005. but delivering his remarks and his sentencing closing the judge, mr justice wall, said that he had no doubt that anjum chaudhry was a dangerous individual. he said that andrew chaudhry was certain of the correctness of his views, views that he described as abhorrent and chilling . he said abhorrent and chilling. he said that in passing down a life sentence with a minimum term of 28 years, that anjum chaudhry would continue to preach no matter how and when he is afforded the opportunity to do so. he took into account also

the most serious aggravating factor, which is that andrew chaudhry was already a convicted terrorist. he was imprisoned in 2016 for encouraging support for isis when he made an oath of allegiance for the organisation he spent two years in prison and then a further three years on licence on release, and it was after those licence conditions expired in 2021 that anjem choudary returned to preaching, returned to delivering online lectures, this time to a group called the islamic thinkers society. but undercover officers in the united states and canada helped to establish that its was a north american branch of al—muhajiroun, that group that's been proscribed since 2010 and 2014. anjum chaudhry took over in the caretaker role as the leader omar bakri muhammad, the ideological spiritual leader who founded the group in 1996, was imprisoned in the lebanon. while that had been taking place, anjum chaudhry stood up to take oven

anjum chaudhry stood up to take over. but what happened since 2014, when andrew and chaudhry was in charge of that organisation? well, many of those associated with it went to go and fight for isis in iraq and syria. the judge pointed out. in particular, one man who had worked as an executioner for isis after the killing of so—called jihadi john mohammed emwazi by a us led drone strike operation. he also went to on describe anjem chaudhry's danger to the general public, saying that even though he has opened for release when he is 85, that's when his parole will first be considered. he will always have that potential to preach and share what he described as chilling and abhorrent views . abhorrent views. >> charlie, what do we know about how anjem chaudhry is going to be housed? is he going to be segregated from other prisoners so as to not radicalise them ? radicalise them? >> well, in his previous time in prison, in 2016 to 2018, amjad chaudhry spoke about that quite openly when he was recorded by undercover officers in those

encrypted online lectures that was seen by those in the us and canada, he said that he took it as a medallion, that he was considered one of the great radicalises in britain , and radicalises in britain, and because of that, because of those risks, he was kept in a separate wing to prevent, in his terms, him being able to do his dawah. that is the spreading of the islamic faith, and that is what was going on in the bronx in the us with that group, the islamic thinkers society. they were setting up stalls in new york city to spread their views. there are a very small group, maybe just 5 or 6 active members at a time , but the prosecution at a time, but the prosecution was able to establish that that group, the islamic thinkers society in new york, were one and the same with al—muhajiroun. that group proscribed in britain since 2010. and because of that link, they were able to prosecute andrew and chaudhry as directing the organisation. many of those followers taking inspiration from anjum chaudhry, the most notorious of islamist preachers in britain for the

last two decades, a senior security official told us after the conviction that disrupting al—muhajiroun and in particular anjum chaudhry, has been a key objective of britain's counter—terrorism authorities for many , many years. they say for many, many years. they say that this action will aid the security services to further disrupt some of the most menacing islamist actors in britain, because al—muhajiroun has been linked to so many of those terrorist incidents, we know that in 2017, the london bridge borough market attack, the leader of that attack was associated with anjum chaudhry. the 2019 fishmongers hall attack, usman khan was a former member of al—muhajiroun. when usman khan was first arrested in 2010, he even had anjem chowdhury's personal mobile number on his telephone, which was discovered by counter—terrorism policing and also in 20 13th may of 2013, at also in 20 13th may of 2013, at a barracks just a five minute drive away from the crown court, where anjum chaudhry was sentenced today. he also knew the killers of lee rigby,

michael adebolajo was a close associate of anjum chaudhry dunng associate of anjum chaudhry during the trial. here in woolwich, we heard that anjum choudhury had in fact officiated at adebolajo's wedding when he was married . so very clear links was married. so very clear links between anjum choudhury and several known violent, dangerous , several known violent, dangerous, murderous islamists in recent years. but now , with that life years. but now, with that life sentence and a minimum term of 28 years, his time and his opportunity to radicalise those to commit acts of terror is over. >> oven >> well, charlie peters, thank you very much for bringing us all of that outside woolwich crown court. i think many of us will be hoping we're a little bit safer, a little bit of good news of this sentencing. now we're going to be sticking with this story in in just a moment. we're going to be speaking to a terrorism expert on what this precisely means. and frankly, what the implications of this sentencing could be. could this be the first domino of many ? be the first domino of many? >> well, you would hope so. and

i think, as charlie said there, you know, this is has been a real priority for counter—terrorism strategy to to, take anjum chaudhry out of the picture because al—muhajiroun was connected to so many terrorists that it is so strategically important that he is unable to radicalise anyone else, so i think this is a very, very significant step in keeping people safe. but of course, it's a very big hill to climb. >> well, coming up, let's talk about other hills. let's talk about other hills. let's talk about green rolling hills, because angela rayner is unveiling labour's plans to build 1.5 million houses. will it affect your local community? more

good afternoon britain. it's 1:33. >> two female boxers who previously failed a gender

eligibility test have been cleared to compete at the paris 2024 olympics. >> well , 2024 olympics. >> well, algeria's iman khalife was disqualified by the international boxing association over high testosterone levels and taiwan's lin yu ting failed and taiwan's lin yu ting failed a biochemical for test gender eligibility. >> both are deemed to pose an unfair advantage among other athletes , but should they be athletes, but should they be banned for from this year's tournament? >> well, joining us now is the author of fair play for women, fiona mac. anna fiona, thank you so much forjoining us. firstly, there's a lot of confusion in there's a lot of confusion in the reporting around this. obviously, there have been some cases in the past where, women born as women have naturally high testosterone levels and sometimes there have been cases where it's transgender women. do we know which it is in this case, it's never about naturally high testosterone levels in women when they talk about females with with these high

testosterone levels, they're really talking about males with disorders of sex development and in some cases, rarely happens in developed countries. >> but in some cases, babies born with these disorders are wrongly labelled as female. and then they grow up and go through male puberty. and everyone then knows they're male. they have, i don't know, these two individuals in particular, but this is, well documented. now for example, with with caster semenya, that they have internal testes , they produce testes, they produce testosterone, they go through puberty, they have all those advantages. and frankly , the advantages. and frankly, the prospect of these people, boxing against women if they are male is terrifying. and we should be very concerned. and the ioc should be very concerned, but seemingly they are not. >> fiona , i've got some >> fiona, i've got some statistics here that say that 90% that men have a 90% increased bicep strength . and increased bicep strength. and 162% greater punch power,

meaning that the average man's punch has 2.6 times the force of one delivered by a woman . are one delivered by a woman. are the olympic committee putting women's lives at risk? >> i think there can be no doubt they're putting women's lives at risk. but bear in mind that this is their stated policy. they have said that there should be no presumed advantage for trans identifying males, what they call transgender women, or for people with differences of sex development, which is what we believe applies here. what that means is they are saying that if you're male, but you say that you're male, but you say that you're a woman, that that's what they they think is important. and in in most other sports this is not allowed, certainly in the, in the biggest olympic sports. but what's happened in boxing is that it was always sex based. it's one of the few that never got this wrong because of the safety issues. but the international boxing association has been de—recognised by the ioc for other reasons to do with corruption. and so these are the ioc's own rules now being played

out in boxing. >> that's a fascinating distinction . it it's also distinction. it it's also interesting to note that that because this is a it's a very difficult line, is it not, when there are people who might be registered as as intersex and it's such a tiny, small proportion of people that exist on, on the earth, but it seems like that might be what's at play like that might be what's at play here, is it not? >> there are people registered. everyone's registered either male or female. but yes , you are male or female. but yes, you are right that there is a tiny number of people who are wrongly registered as female at birth and as i've explained, when they go through puberty , that becomes go through puberty, that becomes extremely apparent. now those people are overrepresented in sport because of course , if sport because of course, if you're registered female and you have all the advantages of male puberty, you are going to outperform a lot of other women, so really, a small number of males are causing unsafe play. and indeed, unfairness to across lots of other sports. and it's

very stark in boxing because of the safety issue , it is the safety issue, it is dangerous and it's nothing to do with with size or weight, by the way, because if you match, male and female for weight, as happensin and female for weight, as happens in boxing and weightlifting, in judo and so on, the male still has that gigantic advantage that that emma has described, so this is a problem not just in boxing, but it's suddenly becoming very apparent now that this is not safe. >> how can they justify this difference from the policy of the international boxing association when it's so clear that this actually poses a serious safety issue for women? because of course, there are all sorts of issues when it comes to, biological men participating in women's sports. but it seems so obvious that in a sport like boxing that women could actually die as a result of this decision. and surely they they are aware that they may be held accountable if that happens, if

they've chosen actively chosen to differ from the international boxing association's policy on this . this. >> well, you would think so. but you see, when your policy is dnven you see, when your policy is driven by ideology rather than science, this is where you end up because the ioc made that statement in 2021 saying no presumed advantage on the basis of trans identity or differences of trans identity or differences of sex development. so now they're stuck with following that through. if you say that trans women are women, then this is where you end up. these boxers, as we understand it, do not have trans identities, but they have disorders of sex development. they have male bodies . so development. they have male bodies. so but but the impact for women competing against them is the same. and it is indeed dangerous. but i would say, you know, we shouldn't have to wait until it's seriously dangerous like this. we've known that it's unfair. in the tokyo olympics, we had a male weightlifter in the women's competition, and everyone knew that was unfair and still nothing was done . so and still nothing was done. so weightlifting internationally has finally changed its rules. and now they don't allow males

in women's competitions. but it took the tokyo olympics to make that change, but this is this one is all really on the ioc . one is all really on the ioc. this is their choice. it's their policy . policy. >> now, we don't know whether these individuals actually even knew that they were intersex or had a difference in biological, sex development as they were growing up, it seems that there is a lot of uncertainty around this case. but what we do know is that with intersex people, they might also be at risk themselves if they were put in themselves if they were put in the male category. i mean, what should happen here? perhaps a third category? >> look, everyone is either male or female and you're quite right. they may not have known, they have they have been subject to tests in the past. it seems pretty clear now. it's not complicated to work out if someone's male or female. there are lots of simple ways of doing that. now, most people never get

to the olympics, so quite honestly, if they're not good enough to box in the men's category, they shouldn't be there , there's no there's no there, there's no there's no right for people to get access to sport in to order perform, but there is an expectation that women and girls will have equal opportunity in sport and that has to mean not having to compete against anyone male. that's that's what's simple about this . about this. >> okay. well, fiona. macarena. macarena thank you so much for talking us through that . that talking us through that. that really fascinating story there. >> now , deputy prime minister >> now, deputy prime minister angela rayner has unveiled an overhaul of the planning system to make way for 1.5 million homes over this parliament. >> but she's also been accusing the former conservative government of failing to meet the needs of the british people. let's have a listen. >> there are simply not enough homes. >> those on the benches opposite knew this, but what they did, what did they do? for 14 years, as my right hon. friend, the chancellor said yesterday, they

ducked the difficult decisions. they put party before country . they put party before country. they put party before country. they pulled the wool over people's eyes by crowing about getting 1 million new homes in this last parliament. but they failed to get anywhere near their target of 300,000 homes a year. their target of 300,000 homes a year . and in a bid to appease year. and in a bid to appease their anti—housing backbenchers, their anti —housing backbenchers, they their anti—housing backbenchers, they made housing targets only advisable. they knew that this would tank housing supply, but they still did it. and as i stand here today, i can now reveal the result that the number of new homes is now likely to drop below 200,000 this year. unforgivable >> well, joining us now is the chair of create streets, nicholas boys smith. nicholas, i want to get immediately into one of the details of this announcement, and it's creating announcement, and it's creating a little bit of controversy, the word beauty that was in the

national planning policy framework, appears to now have been dropped by this government striking references to beauty after sources inside the local government department said it was too ambiguous. >> so when i came on, on my little headphones here, the new nppf hadn't currently been , nppf hadn't currently been, hadnt nppf hadn't currently been, hadn't hadn't been printed or published, so i haven't i haven't seen the new text yet. >> my, my understanding is that some of them have, but many of them haven't. >> so i guess partly let's wait and see on that. >> what angela rayner did say, which i thought was very interesting, and i would strongly, strongly agree with, was that decisions about how we build homes and where they are precisely should be up to local people, so that seems to me the right trade off. >> so very clear, top down targets. >> i think she's absolutely right to put those back in, but then bottom up allow local communities, neighbourhoods, planning authorities to decide precisely where what it is and what they want, their new places

and new insertions into existing places to look like and to feel like. >> of course, it's no good if the labor party, build loads of homes that people don't actually want to live in. because they're, you know, they're not physically appealing or beautiful enough, and not the sorts of places where people want to raise a family and settle down. so how, you know, how confident are you that labour's policy on this isn't going to sacrifice building beautiful beautifully, in order to meet those targets? you know, how how confident are you that they will align with those recommendations of the of the building? >> beautiful commission building better building. beautiful, >> all those bees, so i'm, i'm, i'm a glass half full sort of guy, and i'm reasonably confident. so, you know, at the labour party conference last yean labour party conference last year, keir starmer, then the leader of opposition, talked very, clearly about building

beautiful new towns and cities . beautiful new towns and cities. there were very clear statements, i think, in the labour manifesto about creating, i forget the word they used, but they certainly talked about good design, >> i think exemplary was the word they used. and then obviously they released working with create streets, >> some principles for what new towns should look like, how they should be beautiful, walkable street light, street tree lined, etc. so, you know, a clear statement, a series of statements in, in opposition and certainly, the principles of, you know, let people decide bottom up, what it is and where it is, though the numbers top down will be. well, we'll be just that i think is the right way is the right way to do it. and certainly the approach i've been, recommending for many years. >> so i'm, i remain confident and hopeful until, until until i hear otherwise. that's very interesting. so, so the policy from this, from this government is each local authority will be told you have to you have to allow x number of homes being built. but you can decide where

those homes are within your local authority and how they're designed. >> but tom here hates nimbys . so >> but tom here hates nimbys. so does this mean that people will frustrate the process, or does it make it more likely the process will succeed because people actually have a say in where things are built and how they're built? >> well, it also gets to the nature of the planning system. and tom and i have talked about this before, our current system is very weird. it's a bit of an outlier in international terms, andifs outlier in international terms, and it's very, very discretionary. >> and most of the decision making takes place at the end of the process on a case by case bafis. basis. >> that is a nimbys charter. >> that is a nimbys charter. >> what? >> what? >> i think it's fair to say the previous government. i hope this current government, i believe so are trying to do is create more certainty in the local plan, >> so that more of the decision making takes place then systemically, which should be locally democratic. >> i think that's what i heard from secretary of state today, and then if you're within the carapace of that, anything that fits within that, you know, you can get through in a, in a less risky fashion. >> and that's absolutely crucial.

holy grail of this is not that people spend lots of time and money shouting each, each other. a final plan is presented and then it's all disapproved. the holy grail is that people work towards a plan together that then says , if you build here then says, if you build here like this, it will be approved. and interestingly, there are already mechanisms. so yes. so the quick answer is yes, that is the quick answer is yes, that is the holy grail, holy grail has just been discovered. >> no, but there are already mechanisms and it certainly could be many more to do that. >> and we're beginning to see examples up and down the country where a town council or a parish council is starting to think, how can we bring into the local plan pre permission or very, very de—risk development, >> you know, it's something we're struggling to do, trying to do. >> but i think that will happen more and more. >> if i can. »- >> if i can. >> i don't think you're allowed to have two holy grails, but you know, where there's been other holy grail, definitely making our metaphors go wrong here, >> it would be that we as a society, as a culture, you might almost say, fall back in love with the future and with the concept that new development, new places, new buildings, new

insertions in streets won't just provide some of those desperately needed new homes, but will also make existing places better and, yes, more beautiful, more well designed, more more elegant, or whatever word you wish to use. >> well, i know that your your social enterprise does so much work in designing very, very attractive looking buildings. let's hope that you have something to do, something to do with what happens over the next 4 or 5 years. nicholas boys smith, thank you so much for joining us and talking through an interesting announcement in parliament today . parliament today. >> now, andy murray could be facing his final ever match today as he prepares for his doubles match at the paris olympics. more on that shortly

>> good afternoon britain. it's nine minutes to two now. andy

murray could be facing his final ever match today as he and dan evans take to the court in round two of the doubles at the paris olympics, the second time gold medallist scraped through the first round at roland—garros >> at roland—garros. but anything but a win today will see his career come to a poignant end. >> for more on this and the rest of the huge olympic talking points is the sports broadcaster chris scudder. chris, this could be the last time we see andy murray in a professional match. >> it could be, but it's not going to be. they're going to get through today. >> incredible effort in that first round match when it all looked to the wheels , seemed to looked to the wheels, seemed to be falling off with his partner dan evans in that match against the japanese pair, the experienced nishikori. but you know, in all of his career, i'm sure if you asked andy murray, have you ever saved five match points consecutively to win? i bet he would say no. and not many players could say that in the whole world. an incredible comeback. there were nine four

down. it was all over and they suddenly won seven points in a row out of nowhere. and you can see the pictures there. they went mad and so did the neutrals in the crowd. fantastic achievement. and now they're playing a belgian pair , gilles playing a belgian pair, gilles and vliegen. modest pair. but doubles is a bit different to singles, where teamwork is everything. >> and of course murray with dan evans. they haven't done it before so. but that would have given a massive amount of encouragement the other day and i'm sure when they play later on today, it's going to be a terrific atmosphere. >> and if they can win, they'll be through to the quarterfinals, so i think they will. >> if you were a betting man, would you say that you think he's going to win? >> yeah, definitely. i just think that momentum and there's something about andy murray's career isn't it ? career isn't it? >> he's done it so many times when he's defied the odds and come through, and that was ridiculous comeback the other day when it just looked to be oven day when it just looked to be over. and i think the neutrals i know , there's a bit, a bit of, know, there's a bit, a bit of, tension, a bit of , tension, a bit of, competitiveness between the french and the british in this, in this olympics to finish higher in the medals table. i think the neutrals will be on

andy's side and a fantastic player. and, just i should have mentioned, by the way, in the singles, we've lost a player today. jack draper, who's the british number one at the moment. >> he's just lost to the american taylor fritz in three sets, who was ranked higher than him in the world. they won the first set, did jack draper, but lost the next two. >> apparently it was so hot that it was. he just took everything out of him. i hope it's not going to be the same for when andy's on later on. >> well, andy murray, of course, is from scotland. is the heat going to be a disadvantage, >> well, it's. and i'm sure he's played in all kinds of pressure cookers during here, but he's 37 now. don't forget. i mean, he, but he, he's such a patriot really when it comes to, to tennis when you remember, when he led pretty much single handedly britain to the davis cup title, he hadn't done it for nearly 80 years. back in 2015. and this might be an omen. they beat belgium in the final that day, and they're playing some belgians this afternoon . so belgians this afternoon. so andy, who's already got three olympic medals, will be not wanting to finish it today. no way.

>> well, chris, let's hope that we, let's hope we clinch that gold. thank you so much for joining us. chris skudder. the sports broadcaster, now, stay with us. we're going to keep you updated on the aftermath of yesterday's shocking stabbing attack . attack. >> on a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb. news on. gb. news >> hello again. here's your latest gb news. weather forecast coming to you from the met office. for southern parts of the uk, it is likely to be the hottest day of the year so far. however, further north it's quite a bit fresher. we have had a cold front pushing through over the last 24 hours or so that has now decayed and so cleared away. as a result, we're not going to see a huge amount, if any rain, but it is going to be markedly fresher in the north. a brighter, sunnier picture than it was yesterday. nonetheless, still some cloud coming and going and a bit of

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>> good afternoon britain. it's 2:00 on tuesday the 30th of july. i'm emma webb and i'm tom harwood. more tragedy in southport as a third child dies following the brutal knife attack taylor swift has declared her shock at the mass stabbing,

with the home secretary adding her voice to those offering condolences. we'll be live on the scene shortly. >> radical islamist hate preacher anjem choudary has been sentenced to life in prison. the preacher, known for his celebration of the 9/11 attacks and association with many terrorists, was found guilty last week of directing a terror organisation. we're live outside woolwich crown court . woolwich crown court. >> and we're on course for the hottest day of the year, with temperatures expecting to soar to over 32 degrees. that's so hot. but it might be short lived with thunderstorms incoming, when will summer officially begin? we'll put it to an expert . begin? we'll put it to an expert. >> now, it's just been a little over an hour since the sentencing of anjem chowdhury, the radical islamist hate

preacher, perhaps the most notorious hate preacher in britain. >> he's probably the most famous islamist preacher since someone like abu hamza back in the in the 1990s, like abu hamza back in the in the 19905, 2000. like abu hamza back in the in the 1990s, 2000. so really significant for him to be jailed for such a long amount of time, which in any hope will prevent him at least from radicalising people in the public and hopefully also from radicalising his fellow prisoners in jail. if he's segregated as he was during his previous sentence. >> well, our man charlie peters has been at the court. he's outside the court for us. we'll be joining him in just a moment to repeat 28 years minimum as part of anjem chaudhry's life sentence. he will be in his 80s by the time his sentence is oven by the time his sentence is over. well, get in touch with your thoughts on that story, and indeed all the ones that we cover in our final hour. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to get involved. that's after your headunes get involved. that's after your headlines with sophia wenzler.

>> tom. thank you. good afternoon. it's 2:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. a nine year old girl has become the third child to die after yesterday's knife attack in southport. five other children and two adults remain in a critical condition after what was described as a ferocious attack at a taylor swift themed dance and yoga workshop . a 17 dance and yoga workshop. a 17 year old boy remains in custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. home secretary yvette cooper paid tribute to those affected and says the government is on a moral mission to address knife crime across the country. >> our thoughts will be with the families who have been affected, the loved ones who have been lost and the children who are injured. i've been meeting with some of the first responders, the emergency services, the police, fire service and paramedics who were there yesterday and who had to respond

with great bravery to make sure that more lives were not lost. and i thank them for the work that they did. there is also a serious criminal investigation underway now, but everyone's thoughts will be with those those injured children and just praying for them . praying for them. >> notorious hate preacher anjem choudary has been handed a life sentence after he was convicted of directing a banned terrorist organisation. the 59 year old was found guilty of running the terror group in a caretaker role after its founder was jailed in lebanon in 2014. he'll now spend at least 28 years in prison . now at least 28 years in prison. now carol hunt, who was the wife of bbc commentator john hunt, died bbc commentatorjohn hunt, died from stab wounds, according to hertfordshire police. the investigation into the triple murder found that two of their daughters, hannah and louise , daughters, hannah and louise, died from crossbow bolt injuries. police have still not been able to question a man arrested on suspicion of carrying out the murders. kyle

clifford remains in hospital after he was found in north london with what were thought to be self—inflicted injuries. in a statement, john hunt thanked those who've sent messages of support to him and his surviving daughter . in support to him and his surviving daughter. in other support to him and his surviving daughter . in other news, gb news daughter. in other news, gb news can reveal that more than 3000 small boat migrants have crossed the english channel since labour came to power. the milestone figure was passed as around 400 migrants reached british waters since yesterday morning. our analysis revealed that more than 130 small boat migrants have been taken to dover harbour so far today. the border force vessel defender arrived at the kent port shortly before 8:00 this morning, with the first group of migrants. the figure for the year so far is almost 17,000. jeremy hunt says he was angered by the chancellor's speech yesterday , which blamed speech yesterday, which blamed the conservatives for a reported £20 billion black hole in public finances. it's after rachel

reeves accused the previous government of covering up the true state of britain's economy, as she outlined a series of spending cuts. the shadow chancellor told gb news the new government is shifting the blame perfectly. >> all right to disagree with good conservative plans to deal with the challenges on public finances. but what you can't do isjunk finances. but what you can't do is junk the plans that we had in place and then blame the black hole that you have on the previous conservative government and the single most pressing thing, i think for most gb news listeners is the soaring welfare bill. and welfare reform was junked from the king's speech. so, you know, this is a political choice that the new labour government has made. they knew they were going to do it all along , and they should have all along, and they should have been up front about that, not trying to pass the blame on to their predecessors. >> now to just stop oil. protesters have been arrested at heathrow airport on suspicion of

criminal damage. it comes after orange paint was sprayed on passenger information screens and on the floor inside the airport's terminal five. police remain at the scene as a precaution while they deal with any further offences . today any further offences. today could be the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures in some areas expected to soar beyond 32 degrees. forecasters expect the heat to peak in southern england and wales later today. but you better make the most of it as thunderstorms are predicted to break the hot spell later in the week. and if you've ever dreamed of hosting the oscars, now might be your chance after two big names turned down the offer. the talk show host jemmy kimmel and comedian john mulaney have both been asked, but it seems it's a job nobody wants with both stars turning down the plum position . hosting down the plum position. hosting the academy awards is widely seen as a prestigious platform, but it also demands months of preparation and often attracts

harsh criticism. producers are now resuming their search for a new face ahead of next year's 97th awards. those are the latest gb news headlines for now , 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. >> good afternoon britain . it's >> good afternoon britain. it's 2:07. >> the nine year old girl killed in yesterday's knife attack has been named as alice agar. she has become the third child to die after the southport stabbings, merseyside police have confirmed. >> well, this tragic news comes as tributes continue to flood in the home. secretary yvette cooper laid flowers at the scene alongside southport mp patrick

hurley, a little earlier today. >> merseyside police say a 17 year old boy remains in custody following the ferocious attack. >> well, let's cross live now to gb news reporters sophie reaper , gb news reporters sophie reaper, who's at the scene, and will hollis, who is at one of the hospitals a little nearby. let's start with sophie sophie reaper. this news, this naming alice agar . agan >> yes, tom. absolutely. that's in the last few moments we've heard that that nine year old little girl who we heard a short while ago was had been announced as the third child to lose their life in this attack here in southport yesterday. now, we understand that it's the portuguese government who've confirmed that alice was a portuguese national. her parents, originally from madeira as well, that she was set to turn ten in october of this year. so incredibly sad news there to put a face and a name to that

nine year old who's lost her life. we've also heard from the police this afternoon that the other two children who lost their lives were a six and a seven year old girl. they, of course, were attending a taylor, a taylor swift dance and yoga class here, just about 100m behind me on hart street in southport. now there's been a steady stream of members of the local community coming here all throughout the morning and throughout the morning and throughout the morning and throughout the afternoon to lay flowers and tributes to those three little girls who sadly lost their lives. there's, cuddly toys. there were candles that were lit. and now i would say at least 100 bunches of flowers, there's also a poem that i'd just like to read out, that i'd just like to read out, that was left there that it's entitled hope . it says the sun, entitled hope. it says the sun, in all its wonder, brings light to every path. yet in its former glory embraces every heart. each

day we take for granted the joy of what has passed . but today of what has passed. but today our pain of sadness has left a shadow cast. and through this devastation, with tears can barely cope. our love to be ongoing. we cling to future hope. and i think that is a message that will be resonated throughout the entirety of southport. incredibly devastating news in the last hour or so that there are three young girls that lost their lives yesterday here in southport. but i think people here will also cling to that sense of hope as they continue to try to support those families who will, of course , now be in who will, of course, now be in grieving . grieving. >> sophie reaper, thank you so much . and thank you too, for much. and thank you too, for sharing that that moving poem left there, by by some of those , left there, by by some of those, those grieving families who've been visiting. >> absolutely heartbreaking. we've got will hollis now with us. alder hey children's

hospital will tell us more about what's been going on. where you are and what the atmosphere is like there on the ground . like there on the ground. >> yes. well, alder hey is about 40 minutes away from southport. this is in liverpool, just outside of the city centre. and it was here that many of those young children, most of whom it's understood to be girls from that taylor swift dance class, were brought here, some of them brought by heli med services from the merseyside, as well as the wider liverpool and manchester region. we know from what we've heard that now three children have been confirmed to have died, but five children are in a critical condition. the trust that runs alder hey haven't been able to confirm to us exactly how many children are critical inside of this hospital. we know that other hospitals around the region are being used as well, but we know that from what eyewitnesses say, that from what eyewitnesses say, that certainly some of those

children were brought here yesterday . it was the north west yesterday. it was the north west ambulance service who said that there had been a substantial response to the attack. that happened yesterday when a man walked into that taylor swift dance class. and as the police say, started attacking children and the adults who were there. we've heard from yvette cooper who says that what has happened is unimaginable. it's unimaginable for the leaders of the country, but it's also unimaginable for the people here in liverpool and around the region and country. and now, from what we've seen, this outpouring of grief on social media as well as the star who taylor swift, who the children were listening to, puts on her instagram, her thoughts, her condolences and brings what is a big story for the uk to a much bigger audience. as the people here living in liverpool and the wider region, southport, trying to make sense of what has happenedin to make sense of what has happened in their community, but a much wider community trying to

make sense as well as to what has happened. we know still that the police, merseyside police , the police, merseyside police, are interviewing that 17 year old male to try to figure out what the motive was. he's been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. we are waiting for some sort of a statement from the trust behind us that runs alder hey, and when we get that, we'll be bringing it to you. >> well, will hollis, thank you so much. and indeed to sophie reaper before as well. thank you for keeping across this story for keeping across this story for us as it as it continues to develop. >> alice agar. so never ever forget her name. so now on to other news. islamist cleric anjem choudary, who directed the banned terrorist organisation from his home in london that was al—muhajiroun, has been jailed for life and jim chowdhury had previously been found guilty of three terror charges earlier this month. charlie peters reports on the background to get

to the case. stand back, sir, stand back, stand back. >> here we go. >> here we go. >> a shameless and prolific radicalisation finally silenced for decades, putting a stop to anjem choudary has been a key objective for british counter—terrorism authorities. >> i am arresting you under section 41 of now convicted of three terror charges, chowdhury is finally behind bars and unable to warp new minds across the world. >> it's not only being a member of a terrorism organisation. guilty. it's not only encouraging a terrorist organisation guilty, but also it's section 56 of the terrorism act directing a terrorist organisation guilty. on that count. >> also usa, uk , usa, uk. >> also usa, uk, usa, uk. >> also usa, uk, usa, uk. >> chowdhury was found to be the director of terror group al—muhajiroun after american and canadian undercover officers recorded him giving lectures to

a us based group called the islamic thinkers society. his so—called personal assistant, a canadian called khalid hussain, told an undercover officer that the islamic thinkers society was the islamic thinkers society was the us branch of al—muhajiroun . the us branch of al—muhajiroun. >> most people don't know i'm part of al—muhajiroun or who the islamic thinkers society are anyway, so that's why i don't usually care. >> chowdhury had radicalised several terrorists . including several terrorists. including the isis supporting knifeman, who launched two separate attacks on london bridge in 2017 and 2019. he also inspired the killers of fusilier lee rigby, a soldier murdered outside his barracks . but britain's most barracks. but britain's most notorious islamist now faces many years behind bars. >> charlie peters, gb news

>> charlie peters, gb news >> now to tell us just how many years behind bars that that abu hamza anjem choudary, i beg your pardon? anjum chaudry will be serving charlie peters joins us from outside woolwich crown court. charlie >> well, it's a life sentence with a minimum of 28 years, and anjum chowdhury is just the second person since 2008 to be convicted under section 56 of the terrorism act, which is for directing a terrorist organisation in this case al—muhajiroun. that most serious of terrorism charges is so rare because capturing the ringleader, the radicalised the leader of a terror group, is so difficult for counter—terrorism authorities. all too often they get the foot soldiers, those who carry out those horrific acts on the streets of britain and abroad. but it's rare that they can pin down with the intelligence and the networks and all the disruption they need to pick off the head of an organisation. but that's what's

been achieved here today at woolwich crown court, with anjum chowdhury facing that life sentence where mr justice wall, the judge here said that he had no doubt that andrew chowdhury was convinced of the rightness of his warped and twisted mindset. he said that unless anjan chowdhury faced a significant sentence, he would continue to preach and warp new minds. but with that life sentence where andrew chowdhury is unlikely to face parole until he is at least 85 years old, his freedom to radicalise new minds, as he has done for so many years, has been strictly limited . years, has been strictly limited. >> charlie peters, thank you very much indeed . we're going to very much indeed. we're going to cross now to counter national security and counter terrorism expert anthony glees. anthony, what are the implications of this sentencing ? this sentencing? >> well, i think there are many implications as far as the united kingdom is concerned is very good news as far as the world is concerned. anjem choudary had global reach and

has has an absolutely terrible track record . but there's track record. but there's another implication, as you said in the lead in to this, he's finally been put behind bars for 28 years at least. but possibly life is finally i mean , anjem life is finally i mean, anjem choudary, a product of the british higher education system. i should say, at southampton university, he studied law before that, he was a medical student at barts in london, has, been a danger for such a long time. it is remarkable, really, that it has taken this long to put him where he needs to be. so, that's an implication . and so, that's an implication. and finally, it doesn't really solve the problem, i'm afraid, because, chowdhury understood that if you want somebody to be

an extremist, the younger you get them, the more likely you are to keep them. so he will have radicalised countless thousands of people throughout the world, as students, and use them, to be his foot soldiers , them, to be his foot soldiers, even as he, lingers in jail. in my view, he is too dangerous ever to be released in my view, he should never have been released , to conduct his latest released, to conduct his latest machinations. he's a clever man, and educated man and has used the camouflage of free speech to incite others to kill for his crazy project , which is to make crazy project, which is to make the world a sharia republic. >> we've known for such a long time that anjem choudary was leading the group al—muhajiroun. that so many, islamist

terrorists were connected to al—muhajiroun. and as you say, he's been quite clever at making sure that he stays on the right side of the line of the law . so side of the line of the law. so why is it that it's taken so long for him to receive this sentence? of course. he was previously sentenced, for support of islamic state. but why is it that only then he receives such a short sentence andifs receives such a short sentence and it's taken this long for him to properly see justice for the significant impact he's had, against the security of the country that he was calling home. >> well, it's a very good question. i don't believe he ever regarded the united kingdom as his home. he regarded the united kingdom as a useful idiot to help him do what he wanted to do. indeed, the name al—muhajiroun means the immigrants, and they saw themselves basically as citizens of this world islamic republic.

but they played the law. and that's because choudary understood how to play the law. why the law did not understand this and get their hands around his neck earlier. that remains to be seen. he changed the name of his organisation. i think it was 50 times. yeah, 50 times. and why is that important? because the organisations are proscribed by name. if you look at the government website, as i was just doing a few minutes ago , was just doing a few minutes ago, i still couldn't find al—muhajiroun as a proscribed organisation. it is there, but under another name, but it didn't actually add up to a proper proscription. proscription means that it is a criminal offence to be a member. it is a criminal offence to use that organisation for extreme acts. i think it's 81 different organisations plus 14 in northern ireland, so it's a big

long list. but no, we could see what he was like. we could see what he was like. we could see what his disciples were doing and we should have acted quickly. this whole issue of proscription needs to be looked to , but looked at by the new to, but looked at by the new home secretary, yvette cooper, because it is clearly not fit for purpose and she there'd been a back and forth for a long time about other organisations, islamist organisations, whether they should be prescribed or whether they shouldn't. >> you say here that he, him and his followers gamed the law. how do we prevent others from gaming the law in the same way? or is this sentencing a sign that actually some of those loopholes, perhaps, or weak patches, have been fortified, or is it still possible that some may continue to sort of game the system in this way with malign intent to harm the united kingdom? >> well , harm kingdom? >> well, harm the united kingdom andindeed >> well, harm the united kingdom and indeed the rest of the world, because through the internet age, people like chowdhury have global reach. thatis chowdhury have global reach. that is the danger. and no,

unfortunately , although this unfortunately, although this sentence is richly deserved and given by mr justice warr , one of given by mr justice warr, one of the most experienced judges in the most experienced judges in the terrorism business, it will not deter other people . not deter other people. unfortunately. what we need to do is understand that there are people who are using the ideas of free speech and very important liberal idea. they're using these ideas of free speech to say anything and do anything they damn well want to. and that needs to be staked out carefully to make sure that these things can't happen again . and one can't happen again. and one final point, if i may say it, chaudhry's fertile breeding ground with young people, young men of course, under largely young men under the age of 25, and that included many people like chaudhry himself at universities. he'd had

experience of two of them, southampton university and london university. so we're deaung london university. so we're dealing here with very clever people, and we've got to be even more clever in order to stop them. >> a hugely important message. anthony glees thank you so much for joining us. national security forjoining us. national security and counterterrorism expert. of course. now coming up, labour will, confirm they'll push ahead with plans for a private school tax raid. but private school tax raid. but private schools are worried this will majorly impact students and staff. could the comprehensive sector get overloaded? we'll discuss this after this .

good afternoon britain. it's 2:28. now the labour party has

announced plans to remove the vat exemption on independent schools. >> the additional fees are expected to come in from january and are predicted to fund 6500 new teachers in state schools. >> but what could the implications of this new tax be? joining us now is reem ibrahim, the communications officer at the communications officer at the institute of economic affairs. rhiannon thanks for joining us. this tax is coming in sooner than many expected . in sooner than many expected. >> it is. yes. and there are numerous different consequences that could occur if we look over at greece, we know exactly what does happen when you impose vat on private school fees. >> effectively, you often see a lot of teachers losing their jobs. >> we know that in the united kingdom, 71% of the amount of money that is raised through tuition fees for independent schools is actually used to pay for staff costs. so we could see a lot of teachers losing their jobs. >> we could see a lot of costs trying to be cut by those

particular independent schools that would then be impacted by the implementation of vat onto education. >> there's also the element of the fact that we might see many students flood into the state sector. so effectively, if the cost of private education increases, those middle income families that scrimp and save to try and get their children into private education, those are the families that are going to be impacted by this. and we don't know how many of those students, how many of those children will actually enter the state sector, even by the institute for fiscal studies? quite optimistic measure. they said about 5% would enter the state sector. even by that measure, that would still add a huge, huge impact and a huge amount of pressure onto the already burdened state sector . sector. >> reem, could this be completely counterproductive? could this end up actually costing the money? it's costing the government more money, as the government more money, as the adam smith institute's research has suggested, by effectively, getting rid of so

much of the private sector that they wouldn't be able to raise they wouldn't be able to raise the money, all those students flooding into the state sector would actually end up costing the taxpayer more. >> yes, it's really interesting. so the adam smith institute's paper estimated that it could actually cost the treasury treasury around £1.6 billion as an estimate. again, we don't really know what the real impact of this will be. we've seen over the last decade or so, tuition fees have increased significantly , and there hasn't significantly, and there hasn't been a huge impact on the number of students that have been in the private, private sector. education however, we've not seen a huge jump in tuition fees like 20%, for example, which is what the standard rate of vat would be now. i think it's really interesting. sorry, just from a free market perspective and also from a reality of what's actually going on. so i'm actually in favour of applying vat to everything so that there aren't those exemptions, but actually being a lot lower. so i think that the tax burden is partly the fact that taxes are really high, but also the fact

that the tax system is incredibly complicated, the fact that we have all of these various different exemptions, i think is actually quite unhelpful. but we should be doing is applying it to everything and having a broad base and ensuring it is significantly lower that unfortunately , is not what the unfortunately, is not what the labour party are doing in government. this is effectively a attempt at a punitive tax for private education and is very, very likely in to order appease what i believe is a quite sort of hard left elements of the labour party, those people that believe that private schools aren't good. and let's be very clear, private schools are fantastic. they take the burden off of the state sector by allowing those families to have choice . those particular choice. those particular education systems are able to then compete with one another, especially for children, for example, that have special educational needs. they're able to then achieve and actually attain much, much higher results than they would be in the state sector, whilst not burdening those particular institutions. so we've got to be very clear here. private education is good

and we should be encouraging it to occur. and actually applying this vat directly onto private education is only going to hurt children, >> well, parents have very little time now to plan for their children. the term of course, starts in september. let's see what happens for now. reem ibrahim, communications officer at the institute of economic affairs. appreciate your time . your time. >> now coming up, the royal family pays tribute to the victims of the knife attack in southport. we'll keep you updated on the ground after your headunes updated on the ground after your headlines with sophia . headlines with sophia. >> emma. thank you. it's 232. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines. the third child to die after yesterday's knife attack in southport has been named as nine year old alice akua, five other children and two adults remain in a critical condition after what was described as a ferocious attack at a taylor swift themed dance and yoga

workshop. home secretary yvette cooper paid tribute to those affected and says the government is on a moral mission to address knife crime across the country. a 17 year old boy remains in custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder . notorious and attempted murder. notorious hate preacher anjem chowdhury has been handed a life sentence after he was convicted of directing a banned terrorist organisation. the 59 year old was found guilty of running the terror group in a caretaker role after its founder was jailed in lebanon in 2014. he'll now spend at least 28 years in prison . at least 28 years in prison. carol hunt, who was the wife of bbc commentator john hunt, died bbc commentatorjohn hunt, died from stab wounds, according to hertfordshire police , the hertfordshire police, the investigation into the triple murder found that two of their daughters, hannah and louise, were killed with a crossbow. police are still waiting to question a suspect who remains in hospital with self—inflicted injuries . gb news can reveal

injuries. gb news can reveal that more than 3000 small boat migrants have crossed the engush migrants have crossed the english channel since labour came to power. the figure was passed as around 400 migrants were detected reaching british waters since yesterday morning. the figure for the year so far is almost 17,002. just stop oil protesters were arrested at heathrow airport this morning after orange paint was splattered in a terminal. two suspects were detained on suspicion of criminal damage . suspicion of criminal damage. the airport says it's continuing to operate as normal and today could be the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures in some areas expected to soar beyond 32 degrees. forecasters expect the heat to peak in southern england and wales later today, but you better make the most of it as thunderstorms are predicted to break the hot spell later in the week . those are the later in the week. 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

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>> good afternoon britain. it's 2:38 and up next is martin daubney. he joins us now. martin, what's coming up from 3:00? >> fantastic show guys. well, of course i'll be continuing to keep an eye on the story that's gripping the nation. the heartbreaking stabbing in southport, our little star, alice nine. tributes pouring into her. of course we'll have the full update on that. and jim chowdhury , 28 years in jail, the chowdhury, 28 years in jail, the islamist hate preacher. but i think the true story is not how long he's got in jail. but why did it take so long to get him in jail? and is the real work going to begin now? will he

continue his badge of honour, as he called it, as britain's number one radicalise, or will he become the most poisonous influence inside british prisons ? influence inside british prisons? does the hard work actually begin right now and today on the quiet, without anybody, even noticing? on the last day of parliament, the labour party is trying to get rid of the european scrutiny committee for over 40 years. it's kept a beady eye on brussels, making sure eu rules don't get their snouts in the trough of britain today quietly being put to sleep, i'll have the chairman of the committee, sir bill cash, on my show, saying why this is a day brexiteers should stand up and take notice. is this the first of another sign of the long road to rejoin from sir keir starmer's labour party? all that 3 to 6. >> hugely important story. there martin. so glad you are covering it. we will be tuning in from 3 pm. now. p.m. now. >> the nine year old girl killed

in yesterday's knife attack has been named as alice agar. she's become the third child to die after the southport stabbings. merseyside police have confirmed . merseyside police have confirmed. >> well, yesterday the royal family paid tribute to the victims of this horrific attack. the king said he and the queen had been profoundly shocked to hear of the utterly horrific incident, while the prince and princess of wales also released a statement saying as parents, we cannot begin to imagine what the families, friends and loved ones of those killed and injured in southport are going through. >> we send our love, thoughts and prayers to all those involved in this horrid and heinous attack. >> well, the bbc's former royal correspondent michael cole joins us now because michael, i suppose it's at times like this that, the unifying nature of the royal family comes to the fore . royal family comes to the fore. >> good afternoon tom. good afternoon emma. yes, i would

expect one member or maybe more members of the royal family to go to southport in the next few days to offer their personal condolences to the bereaved families. and perhaps, if it's possible to visit some of the wounded children in a hospital in liverpool , the queen, the in liverpool, the queen, the late queen said she had very few regrets in life, but one of the regrets in life, but one of the regrets was that she did not go immediately to aberfan in south wales in 1966, when a heap engulfed, a primary school and 160 children. among 144 deaths were recorded. she and the duke of edinburgh went later and laid wreaths, the princess of wales, later, princess of wales, lady diana. and she didn't wait upon protocol. in 1996, when 16 children and their teachers at dunblane in scotland straight there offered comfort to the

families. it's been a long tradition that the royal family does pay. personal condolences in 1940. perhaps this was the first occasion it really happened. there had been a particularly bad german luftwaffe raid on the east end, and king george vi and queen elizabeth went there and met the people there, and it was a tremendously important moment. the queen, who later became the queen mother, of course, said when buckingham palace was bombed, she said, and now i can look the east end in the eye, because she had also suffered from the blitz. so these things are not easy to achieve. there are not easy to achieve. there are certain protocols buckingham palace will liaise with number 10 downing street and also talk to the emergency services. the police and others in lancashire and of course take soundings from the lord lieutenant of lancashire as their representative in the county . representative in the county. and that is because, they don't

want to go up and get in the way of anything that's going on. if there are rescue operations, which of course they're not in this case, but they don't want to get in the way, but they do want to pay a personal part in in bringing some relief and concern to the families who goodness knows, they need it now . goodness knows, they need it now. >> now the royal family have a unique ability to represent the feelings of the nation, and i think there will be people across the country now who who have this need to be able to express their profound sympathies to these families, because i think the nation is really hurting, for those that have have gone through this horrific attack and the royal family have a unique ability to sort of represent and incarnate the, the, the nation, but what would be the best way for them to go about , would be the best way for them to go about, visiting southport if they go too soon, perhaps it will be a distraction if they wait too long, perhaps it could

be a regret like as with the queen, visiting aberfan. so what would be the best way for them to do it tactfully , perhaps to to do it tactfully, perhaps to 90, to do it tactfully, perhaps to go, for the for the prince and princess of wales to go and visit, a hospital, sort of quietly, with no attention from the press. what's the most tactful way for them to do this? in a way that would really make the country feel that their sympathies could be extended through the monarch? >> you put it, you put it very well, emma. these things have to be done carefully, it's not a question of observing protocols so much as doing what is the right thing at the at the right time, and they will take advice , time, and they will take advice, particularly from the lord lieutenant, who is the representative of the king in, in lancashire. and they will speak to the hospitals and they will speak to the emergency services and the police, and they'll go at the right time, as you say, they don't want to get in the way. they don't want to go at the wrong time. and on the same time, they don't want to

leave it too long, too much of a hiatus. they will do what they think is the right thing. and i'm sure that when they go, the people will appreciate it, it's a it's a right and proper thing that as the head of state, the king takes a leading part in this. and also the prince and princess of wales as his immediate understudies, whether kate, the princess of wales , kate, the princess of wales, will be well enough to go, we shall see. but her concern as the mother of three children is obviously genuine and apparent and immediate. and i'm sure that if she can go , she will go, if she can go, she will go, because everybody, as you say, is horrified by this. and when it comes from the very top, from the head of state and from the heir apparent, then it shows for the rest of us who can't go to southport, that they can represent us and our concern at a very, very difficult time , and a very, very difficult time, and particularly important given the nature of the victims, given particularly the three girls

that we know are now dead , six, that we know are now dead, six, seven and nine years old. >> the five more in critical condition , all because they went condition, all because they went to dance to the music of taylor swift, of course, the prince of wales and the princess of wales recently met taylor swift with their children when she was in london. >> that underlines it all. tom of course it does. and you make some really good salient points there. they are parents first. they may have royal status, but they're parents first. they've got three children and every parent in this land puts themself immediately in that position. what would have happened if that had happened to me? we've all had daughters. i know that i have who went to dance classes all those years ago, and it's just unthinkable. it is appalling. it is the most dreadful thing one could possibly think of. innocent lives wasted in this most terrible, cruel and vile manner, there's no hoping, for anything

that's going to be truly comforting to these people. they're grieving very seriously and probably will for the rest of their lives , but for people of their lives, but for people to reach out to them and to express their concern, particularly when it comes from members of the royal family, that will matter , that will that will matter, that will count, and that will really comfort them. and all of us, including everybody watching this program and everybody at gb views certainly sends our sympathies and our deepest concerns. >> well, michael cole, thank you so much for talking through the royal angle to that , this royal angle to that, this tragedy, this tragedy in southport. >> now, to finish the show, we are on course for the hottest day of the year with temperatures expected above 32 degrees in parts of the country. but how long will it last? we'll put that to an expert.

>> good afternoon britain. it's nine minutes until 3:00. now the uk is on course for a heat wave, with the met office predicting today will be the hottest day of the year. temperatures are set to soar across the south, with london experiencing heights of 32 degrees. but how long will it last and is everywhere, enjoying quite so much sun ? quite so much sun? >> let's pose that question to meteorologist john kettley. john, tell us how hot is it going to be and how long is it going to be and how long is it going to be and how long is it going to last? >> well, they've already spilled the beans, haven't they. they've already said 32 degrees today. >> i've been saying for a few days that it is going to be the hottest day of the week, and it's certainly going to be the hottest day of the summer so far. a few caveats as to what's going to happen in the next 4 or 5 weeks, but i think as far as this week's concerned, well, we

are likely to keep this pretty hot weather right the way through until friday, especially across southeastern parts of britain. but there are, of course , differences wherever you course, differences wherever you are in the country and the hot weather doesn't suit everybody. of course, we all know that 32 degrees could be too hot for many people in fact, even in the south—east, where it is extremely warm at the moment. but further north, although there's plenty of sunshine around, it's going to be more like 20 to 23 degrees, and that's the way things are likely to stay now. there are going to be some changes coming along, even tonight, across to the west of paris. you might see this in the olympic games this evening. there are going to be some downpours of rain, even some flashes of lightning looking out to the west from paris. and that's a sign of some heavy downpours or thunderstorms to come across northern parts of france. and eventually they're going to start moving northwards across england in particular, as we go through the next two days. now, probably tonight , but more now, probably tonight, but more likely during the latter part of wednesday and into thursday, we are going to see some showers, heavy showers or rumbles of thunder becoming more widespread

from the south across many parts of england. but let's not just, put a damper on it too quickly. >> we've got plenty of warm weather mitigated goods. is it ? weather mitigated goods. is it? i mean, it doesn't suit everybody . everybody. >> clarifications. >> clarifications. >> well, i know, but we just need some good news at the moment. >> it might not be to everyone's taste when it's very hot, but at least we've got some dry weather for the time being. >> anyway. >> anyway. >> at least we didn't experience the paris experience. i don't know if i'm i should feel guilty or not, but i did feel a little bit smug. just how just how localised the rainstorm seemed to be at the paris olympic opening ceremony. >> john, what about the rest of august? how is it going to look for the rest of the month? >> oh gosh, that's very difficult to say. >> i mean, there are going to be some nice warm spells, there's no doubt about that, but you can't put together 2 or 3 weeks all in a row and say, that's how things are going to be now for the rest of the summer. it's not like that at all. certainly some hot spells continuing over central and eastern. well, john, i'm afraid that's all we've got time for meteorologist john kettley. >> thank you so much forjoining us. that's all from today. up next, it's martin daubney. we're

both back from midday tomorrow. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello again. welcome to your latest gb news weather update coming to you from the met office. the hot and humid weather across southern parts will continue for a few days still to come, and with that we have the risk of some thunderstorms further north. it's a fresher feel, but generally we are under the influence of high pressure, which is why there is plenty of fine sunny weather around. a bit of cloud coming and going, but as we go through the end of the day, lots of late sunshine to look forward to. for most of us, and for many, it is going to be and for many, it is going to be a dry, clear night in the south. watch out for some isolated thunderstorms that could push their way through as we go through the early hours and in the south, it is going to stay

particularly warm overnight. some places holding up in high teens, possibly low 20s. further north, a fresher night, some places dropping to around 4 or 5 celsius. so as we start first thing tomorrow morning, there is the risk of some showers across southern parts, but these are going to become more frequent as we go through the day. otherwise, it's a generally bright and sunny story. some cloud across northern parts of england, and perhaps northern ireland as well, but across much of scotland it is also going to be largely fine and sunny here. however, over the northern isles there may be a bit of showery rain around and, like i said, a chillier start across parts of scotland compared to other parts of the uk through the day then. and as i mentioned, the showers across southern parts are going to become a bit more of a feature. watch out for some heavy thunderstorms pushing into parts of the south and southeast, and these could lead to some disruption, which is why we have a warning in force elsewhere. it's likely to stay mostly dry and bright and again in the south, feeling pretty hot. temperatures getting into the low 30s markedly fresher than this across northern parts,

mid to high teens or low 20s for most places here. more showers to come across southern parts as we go through the evening on wednesday, and these could still be heavy and could still be thundery, with more thunderstorms likely across much of england and wales as we go through thursday as well. then something a little bit fresher from the west by the weekend. by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

good afternoon. it's 3 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. a third child, a girl aged just nine, has died after the southport knife attack yesterday. live pictures on your screen there now of locals laying down flowers in tribute to other girls. a six and seven

have also died and five remain critically injured. the big questions are what happens next and when will the attacker be identified? we'll have the latest live from southport throughout the show. next up hate preacher anjem choudary has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 28 years. chowdhury once bragged he was the number one radicalised in britain. we'll have the full story on the long road to jailing one of the uk's most notorious and divisive islamists , notorious and divisive islamists, and millions of pensioners are furious today after rachel reeves axe the winter fuel allowance for all but the poorest of pensioners. is it fair to punish those who've paid in for a lifetime or a tough but necessary choice while pensioners freeze thanks to rachel reeves, that's all coming up in your next hour. welcome to the show. always a pleasure to

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