aged six, elsie stancombe, aged seven, and alice akua, aged nine. >> and the shocking riots in southport. almost 40 police officers injured last night when they came under attack outside a local mosque. >> yes, well, the sound of sirens punctuated the night here in southport . but today the in southport. but today the cleanup begins. >> meanwhile, after the horrors of last night, the community continued to come together in memory of those three little girls . girls. >> thank you both. and lawless britain. overnight, six people have been arrested after a machete fight broke out in southend on sea. more evidence of broken britain. we'll bring you the pictures. we're seeing them now. really shocking. fighting with huge machetes just near the children's fairground. >> huw edwards, the bbc

presenter, has arrived at westminster magistrates today charged with making 37 indecent images of children . images of children. shocking scenes. weren't they awful? as if that community has not been through enough. is that what the mums and dads of those three little girls want? and more torching shops and torching police cars and putting 37 police cars and putting 37 police officers, 27 of them are in hospital. >> understandable isn't it? though? there's so much anger, there's so much frustration. people feel like their lives are not getting any better. there's so much pent up frustration out there . how do you explain it? there. how do you explain it? gbnews.com/yoursay. first though, the very latest news with sophia wenzler. >> beth. thank you. good morning. it's 932. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. sir

keir starmer has accused those involved in a riot in southport last night of hijacking a peaceful vigil with violence and thuggery. he said they'd insulted the community as it grieves the three young girls who were killed in monday's stabbing attack and warned they'd feel the full force of they'd feel the full force of the law. it started when a group of around 300 people who'd gathered outside a mosque turned on police, throwing rocks larger than bricks and setting cars alight . many than bricks and setting cars alight. many were than bricks and setting cars alight . many were supporters of alight. many were supporters of the english defence league and were not from southport. they'd been encouraged by false posts on social media, which claimed the attacker was muslim. nearly 40 officers were injured and 27 taken to hospital. jenny stancomb, whose daughter elsie died in monday's attack, pleaded on social media for the violence to end, saying the police have been nothing but heroic. they and we don't need this. one local resident told gb news some of the violence appeared to be

coordinated. >> it was all people from outside of town that were brought in in buses and cars. they got changed when they got here into the streets and then they started to ride with the police, said the police van on fire and all hell broke loose. we could see on social media this was being planned. >> there are far right fascist groups. just seize the opportunity. seized on misinformation on the internet to mobilise and spread their hateful agenda. >> in other news, former bbc presenter huw edwards arrived in court moments ago charged with making indecent images of children. the 62 year old is alleged to have committed three offences between december 2020 and april 2022. the veteran broadcaster is accused of having photographs on whatsapp, including six of the most serious type and hamas's top political leader, ismail haniyeh, has been killed during an attack on the iranian

caphal an attack on the iranian capital. the terror group is publicly blaming israel for the attack. israel hasn't commented yet, but has previously vowed to eliminate hamas leaders. the strike comes hours after a senior hezbollah commander was killed in the lebanese capital, beirut. the attacks immediately raised fears of further escalation, with qatar warning that it undermines the chances of peace and the region risks slipping into chaos. 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 morning and welcome to britain's newsroom. we're live across the uk on gb news. with me andrew pierce and bev turner.

the morning after the night before those shocking scenes in southport. we saw the prime minister, sir keir starmer, over in southport yesterday. >> he's warned rioters there that they will feel the full force of the law for having hijacked, in his words, a vigil for knife attack victims. >> and if you're listening on the radio, the scenes on television shows a police van ablaze. how on earth does that help the families of those little girls who've been savagely murdered come to terms with the awful horrors that have been inflicted on this community. 37 police officers injured, 27 in hospital. >> that's right. there were a violent clashes last night with police outside a mosque. as andrew said , 39 police officers andrew said, 39 police officers are suffering fractures and concussions. of course, this is the fatal stabbings . three young the fatal stabbings. three young girls, others lost their lives. very sadly. we can see them here. seven year old elsie dot

stancombe alice dasilva aguiar, who is nine, and six year old b.b. king. aren't they gorgeous? >> aren't they gorgeous? beautiful? just innocently innocent? innocent. remember what they were doing? they were doing a taylor swift dance class, and if you go to a taylor swift concert, one of the things is you exchange those, friendship bracelets, and they were making friendship bracelets when hell stalked into that room. >> well, five adults, sorry, five children and two adults are still in hospital, some of them in a critical condition. so let's go over to southport and speak to our reporters, will hollis and sophie reaper morning. will we can see activity going on behind you there? i presume this is the clean up operation. >> yes. well, last night people were here in southport trying to tear the streets apart. but today the community is putting it back together. this building in the background, this red brick building, is the mosque,

which was really the centre of the riot, where people were throwing bricks, smashing windows of the cars and from the pictures that we've seen and we filmed here last night, set police cars on fire. but what's happening right now is members of the community, some of them people that are professionals, that do this kind of thing every day. others are little children armed with brushes, tearing down armed with brushes, tearing down a wall that they say is broken and can't be used for a wall anymore. and they're putting it into the trucks and this street. when we started filming here a couple of hours ago, was covered in bricks and rubble. and as the people started to come out of their houses, they started to clear it all away. it was something quite inspirational to see after what happened last night. bricks flying through the air, 1020 of them at a time, smashing into the arms, the rows and rows of police officers. we know that 39 of those police officers have been treated by the north west ambulance service. they said that every single officer , every single single officer, every single person that they treated last

night was a police officer. the police have arrested people and they've also put a dispersal order in place to stop people from coming back to southport and giving them extra powers. the local mp here, patrick thurley, has said that this is not what southport represents and these people are not from southport . the merseyside police southport. the merseyside police crime commissioner says that these are people that have come from outside and they believe that it's members of the english defence league. people have been describing them as far right fascists this morning. and one person that we spoke to, a man called norman wallace, he was telling me that this place looked like a war zone, but it wasn't people from southport that did this. >> that's will wallace. let's talk now to sophie reaper. sophie >> well, we're just less than half a mile away from where will is this morning? we're at the scene where that attack on monday took place . there's a monday took place. there's a much larger police presence here this morning than there was when

we were reporting from here yesterday. and i imagine that's following the events of last night. now, this morning, although it's now been over 48 hours or it just almost faded up 48 hours since the attack, we're still seeing members of the community coming out. they've been continuing to lay flowers. i know when we spoke to you yesterday, there were perhaps only a dozen bunches of flowers here. there are now well over 100. i'd say two, 300 bunches, in fact, as well as lots of messages and cuddly toys all left in memory. but what the members of the community have also been doing this morning is speaking to some of the officers that are here and thanking them for what they did last night for defending the community. we've spoken to people this morning who said that they lived in the area, that they were. they were watching it happen and they were they wanted to do what they could to try and stop it, because that's not what they are about. the people of southport. we heard one lady say this morning. she said, this is not

southport. this, of course, is a small residential seaside town here in the north west. this kind of thing really just doesn't happen here. now. yesterday, of course, we, we heard the names of those three little girls who lost their lives , baby elsie and alice, the lives, baby elsie and alice, the six, seven and nine years old, just unbelievable that this is something that we're talking about. and they lost their lives. of course , they went to lives. of course, they went to a taylor swift dance and yoga class, of course, that the taylor swift fan club have raised the last time i checked, it was £277,000 that they had raised. and that was that's gone up raised. and that was that's gone ”p by raised. and that was that's gone up by over £5,000 in the last hour alone . so incredible hour alone. so incredible amounts of support coming not just from the community, but all over the country . over the country. >> okay, sophie, thank you so much . and will hollis and sophie much. and will hollis and sophie reaper there in southport. thank you very much. just to clarify that, that fundraising, this is because taylor swift spoke out and said how awful it was . and

and said how awful it was. and of course, the swifties, as they call the fans, they just want to do something. i guess they've raised money for the families and you know, that money could even be used as some form of monument. i'm sure they will do so. 50. >> so. >> they'll do something. yeah, and extraordinary scenes. let's talk to, theo usherwood, political commentator. theo and ihave political commentator. theo and i have known each other many years trying to decide what to call you. because i knew you when you were political editor of lbc. theo this this riot was predicated on a social media myth. yes that the that we have to be very careful because there's nobody being charged yet, but that the they were labouring under the illusion wilfully or not, that the person who's been arrested, it was come to this country on a small boat and is a muslim. actually this the person who's been arrested, we can go no further than that is a 17 year old who was born in cardiff. and as we pointed out with mark white yesterday, this station has not named the person who's been arrested because the

law says we can't because he is regarded in the eyes of the law as a child. >> i know a bit about this because i used to cover courts, but before i was at lbc, i worked as a reporter covering court courts in the east midlands. so when you arrest somebody who is a child and charged somebody who is a child, there's something called a section 39 order. that individual cannot be named by law. and so there's so, so any of your viewers who might be at home thinking, hang on a moment, gb news haven't named him or any other broadcasters haven't named him. there's some sort of conspiracy of silence. conspiracy of silence. you would find your, you know, managing editors and editors would find themselves in the dock very quickly. if they. yeah. and that's just the law of the land. that's right. now, what can happen? and what may well happen is there may be an application before the criminal if there are to be criminal proceedings for that, for that, that order to be lifted so that the individual can be named. it happens in most 99% of times. it happens after the case when the individual has been sentenced. now, when you're at that kind of age limit, where it's 17, 18, where obviously 18, they can be named. but if you're

at 1617, there's a greater likelihood that an individual can be named when you get down. when you're talking about kids aged ten and 11, that's not going to happen. but there may be there may be. the police may look at this and actually say, we would like to ask for this order to be lifted. so the individual can be named, and we can clear this up once and for all. given the specific circumstances of this case, and given the way the rumours have been spreading, the mother of el—sisi, jenny stancomb, one of the little girls who lost her life, she said that this is the only thing that i will write. >> this was on twitter last night, but please stop the violence in southport. the police have been nothing but heroic these last 24 hours. they and we don't need this. absolutely. looking at the images here, theo , why did this images here, theo, why did this case act as a trigger to this sort of violence? do you think so? >> i think if you look at what's happened over the last 24 hours, you've had the rumours spreading online, pushed by bots, pushed by far right activists, and

indeed there is, you know, the daily telegraph reporting, saying that, you know, looking at potentially state actors like russia could potentially be in, you know, social media, this isn't 24 hours of social media has not to led this amount of violence. >> well, it was 25 years. >> well, it was 25 years. >> well, it was 25 years. >> well, i do make a distinction and i'll come on to that. i'll come on to that in a moment. so you have far right activists and that i think has been pushed on social media, i think and i think that's a great message from the mum. but there is, i think, also hurt in the community. and there was a very interesting clip when keir starmer came up yesterday to lay that wreath and you had the men shouting off and they didn't have, they didn't have scout accents. let's face it, they'd been shipped in. but at the very end there was a woman who broke down saying, i knew the nine year old girl. i mean, i held her and i knew her, and i know her and i knew her, and i know her mum and your prime minister. why aren't you doing something? and i think what happens is that in this particular case, you have the far right is able to take advantage. >> do you think? what do you

mean by the far right though? because i, i don't i wouldn't have thought many of those people at that riot are political. they're just fed up. they don't see themselves as being a political, far right person. i think they're just sick of the life that they lead. they're sick of seeing enormous amounts of enormous amounts of people living in their communities who they don't think are like them. and that is not to excuse that violence. but there's a problem that started with tony blair, 25 years. >> so there is a problem, i think, around community cohesion in this. sure. i think it's a big problem. and i and i've said this before in response to this, what's happened in, in southport is that there is a problem and the government and this government doesn't have a plan. and i was speaking to somebody, you know, senior in the labour party saying before the election , party saying before the election, you need a plan to deal with community cohesion and to deal with integration and to deal with integration and to deal with integration and to deal with integration and to bring people together rather than having disparate communities and of things. of course, on the other side, things have been, you know, exacerbated by the

conflict in the middle east as well, which is, of course, created huge problems in certain communities in that area. and then, of course, on the other, you have and then you have, you know, the what's happened up in southport, which is not the people of southport, but people coming in and, you know, using it as a as a launch pad for this senseless violence which has no place in that particular community. but what the government needs to do is it can't just step back and say, well, this is a problem on social media. and we're going, you know, there's nothing we can do or there's nothing we can. they need to be leaning into this and sorting this problem out. well, what do they do? i think if you want a short term answer, right, if you if you wanted if i looked at that image of keir starmer laying that wreath, i think, you know, yes, he's the prime minister, but he didn't have a connection with the people when he went up there. it was a bit too robotic. if i was looking at that, do i think angela rayner should have been making a statement in the house of commons about housing? you know, she's from stockport, which is on the other side of the m6, but she knows those people. and up in that part of

the world, she's a mum, she's a nana. and i would have said actually, if labour wants to be actually, if labour wants to be a team, you know, a government and they want to operate as a team, i'd be saying to angela raynen team, i'd be saying to angela rayner, we really need your help on this, actually. can you get up there? because if angela rayner had stepped in, drop everything. forget the housing for goodness sake. >> you can do it the next day. >> you can do it the next day. >> next day. you know, i think we may be in a position over the summer, actually, where parliament has to be recalled. get angela rayner up there. because if angela rayner had gone, you know what, sudbury? get rid of the reef. i'm going to go over and give that woman a hug.theni to go over and give that woman a hug. then i think it would have been a very different story. forget the men, don't worry about the men. but actually, you know, somebody, they need to have a human connection, a human touch, and they need to get on top of it. right now. >> i just think the people see right through that when they wheel out angela rayner, because she happens to have a northern accent. i just think the people of southport are smarter than that. they know what she's used for. i just think they're not going to. these people are angry. they're angry. they're not just angry at keir starmer, they're angry at feeling like their identity, their lives, their identity, their lives, their britishness, their safety on british streets has been compromised by what they see as

unfettered immigration for 20 odd years. i think that's that's where i think keir starmer, if you wanted to make a statement about that, then make a statement about that . statement about that. >> the clock speed. >> the clock speed. >> sorry, sorry. don't go anywhere. you stay with us. >> you're staying with us. we're going for a short

newsroom. >> and just to add to the idea that there's crime is out of control here, these extraordinary images came out of south end , where police officers south end, where police officers had to invade, where six young men were fighting with machetes very close to south end pier. there's a fairground there, children. it's summer holiday time running amok in broad daylight. extraordinary long machetes, which should have been banned. i thought those clips

have been banned by the last government months ago. theo, this feeds into the idea that the police are losing control of the police are losing control of the streets. >> yes. and it's, you know, it's lawless. it's lawless. britain isn't it? i mean, this is this has suddenly become the number one issue. everything else that we've been talking about, you know, keir starmer has had a relatively it's been well planned, fair play to number 10 and to the government, you know, the last three weeks since they took power. but actually now all of that shifts to the sidelines. it's events that events have taken over. and, you know, i watched that footage with horror, but not a great deal of surprise to see because, i mean, i've in living in london, i've seen similar not as bad, but i've seen similar. >> this is leith south end, where people like to go for a day out to walk on the promenade. promenade. >> and it's an adventure park. yeah and, and these are, these are three foot long machetes wielding, they're wielding and i mean, i don't mind if they kill each other, theo, but it's other people get caught up in it. >> and our police yet again being forced to take. i mean, they need they're going to have to be armed and armour plated at

some point. >> but but the problem is that this is south end. this isn't the palace of westminster, you know, westminster, you're used to seeing armed police and it's almost perfectly normal. but you don't necessarily want to see that. no. you say you don't want armed police in this country. it's not the way. it's not the way we do policing. and there is a concern, obviously, that if things start to run away from us as a country where you have these, you know, and again, social media accelerated by social media accelerated by social media, it's not necessarily the cause, but accelerated by social media that you have these images, it becomes it becomes instils fear. and that's not how we want to. that's not how we want this country. nobody wants that. that country, whether you're on the left or the right, where you have this fear of just doing something simple, like going to a fairground. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, it's really complicated. >> and i want to see proper leadership now in this country. i don't think keir starmer walking along in his shirt and tie with his flowers yesterday, was that leadership at all? i imagine they must be very conflicted now labour party of how to handle this situation. how do they handle this against their values? >> well, they need to get a grip with it and quick. >> theo, always good to see you.

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>> good morning. it's 10:00 >> good morning. it's10:00 on wednesday, the 31st of july, live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> the three girls killed in the southport stabbing attack. they've been named bebe king, aged six, elsie stancombe just seven, and alice mcguire, age nine. >> and of course followed riots in southport, almost 40 officers were injured last night as

protesters attacked the police outside a mosque . outside a mosque. >> and is it really now lawless britain ? overnight, six people britain? overnight, six people have been arrested after a machete fight, believe it or not, in southend on sea, just a few yards from the local funfair is britain broken? >> and as labour scrap the european scrutiny committee , european scrutiny committee, find out why brexiteers are furious. could we be moving a step closer to rejoining the eu? we're going to talk to mark francois in just a moment. >> and huw edwards in court. the former bbc presenter has arrived at westminster magistrates today charged with making 37 indecent images of children . images of children. >> this train terminates here. oh wait, you're all too stupid to understand that . let me try to understand that. let me try again. this train ends here. >> hahahahahai that's right, some major railway services are dumbing down train tannoy

announcements to make the language easier to understand. what do you think of that ? what do you think of that? let us know what you think about that. making it easier to understand is that because so many people here don't speak english, don't know what terminates means. i want my children to sit on the train and think, terminate. that's an interesting word. what does that mean? instead of saying your train stops here, let's know youn >> if it starts at all, that is your train. >> that's a very good point. to the point gbnews.com/yoursay. >> first though, the very latest news with sophia wenzler. >> bev and andrew. thank you. good morning. it's10:00. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. sir keir starmer has accused those involved in a riot in southport last night of hijacking a peaceful vigil with

violence and thuggery. he said they'd insulted the community as it grieves for three young girls who were killed in monday's stabbing attack and warned they'd feel the full force of they'd feel the full force of the law. it started when a group of around 300 people who'd gathered outside a mosque turned on police, throwing rocks larger than bricks and setting cars alight. many were supporters of the english defence league and were not from southport . they'd were not from southport. they'd been encouraged by posts on social media which falsely claimed the attacker was muslim. nearly 40 officers were injured and 27 were taken to hospital. jenny stancomb , whose daughter jenny stancomb, whose daughter elsie died in monday's attack , elsie died in monday's attack, pleaded on social media for the violence to end , saying the violence to end, saying the police have been nothing but heroic . they and we don't need heroic. they and we don't need this, one local resident told gb news. some of the violence appeared to be coordinated. >> it was all people from outside of town that were brought in in buses and cars. they got changed when they got

here into the streets and then they started to ride with the police, set a police van on fire and all hell broke loose. >> we could see on social media this was being planned. >> there are far right fascist groups. just seize the opportunity. seized on misinformation on the internet to mobilise and spread their hateful agenda. >> in other news, hamas's top political leader, ismail haniyeh , political leader, ismail haniyeh, has been killed during an attack on the iranian capital. the terror group is publicly blaming israel for the attack. israel hasn't commented yet , but israel for the attack. israel hasn't commented yet, but has previously vowed to eliminate hamas's leaders. the us says it's working to ease tensions, but confirmed it would help defend israel if it were attacked . the strike on tehran attacked. the strike on tehran comes hours after israel killed a senior hezbollah commander in the lebanese capital, beirut. israeli officials say he was behind saturday's rocket attack on the golan heights, which killed 12 people, mostly

children. the strikes have immediately raised fears of further escalation, with qatar warning it undermines the chances of peace and the region risks slipping into chaos. former bbc presenter huw edwards has arrived in court a short time ago , charged with making time ago, charged with making indecent images of children . the indecent images of children. the 62 year old is alleged to have committed the three offences dating back to 2020. the veteran broadcaster is accused of having photographs on whatsapp, including six of the most serious type. angela rayner is playing down suggestions of a backlash against the government's housebuilding drive as she launches a new towns taskforce, the deputy prime minister told mps yesterday the government was restoring mandatory housing targets for local authorities after they were scrapped by the conservatives. she's also appointed two experts to lead an effort to create communities of at least 10,000 homes each , at least 10,000 homes each, housing minister matthew

pennycook told gb news the government has its work cut out for them . for them. >> inheritance we're picking up is absolutely dire. we're looking at new housing supply dipping under 200,000 homes a yean dipping under 200,000 homes a year, partly due to some of the changes the government made late last year, abolishing mandatory housing targets , which we housing targets, which we reversed in the changes we made to national planning policy yesterday. so it's a five year target. it's stretching . we target. it's stretching. we think it's achievable partly because of those changes we made yesterday. but with this new towns task force bringing forward appropriate locations forward appropriate locations for large scale new communities across the country above, over and above that target that we've announced on local authorities across england to bring forward 370,000. >> in paris, triathlons have been allowed to take place today after tests showed the river senneis after tests showed the river senne is clear and clean enough. it's after the men's event was cancelled yesterday over fears the famous river was too polluted. but world triathlon says the water is much healthier

today, which is good news for team gb, with beth potter picking up a bronze medal in the women's triathlon this morning . women's triathlon this morning. and while the skies are a little gloomy in london this morning, heat warnings remain in place across the uk. parts of england are forecasting 28 degrees today, which is expected to continue into friday. but if you fancy a quick trip to the beach, you better be quick because thunderstorms are expected later in the week . those are the 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 forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> good morning. welcome back to britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news. >> so the prime minister has

warned rioters in southport they will feel what he says is the full force of the law after they hijacked that vigil for the knife attack victims. >> so violent protests broke out last night as demonstrators clashed with police. this was outside of a mosque. 39 officers were injured, with some of them suffering fractures and concussion. >> of course, it follows the fatal stabbing at the taylor swift holiday clubs, where seven year old elsie dot stancombe alice maguire, who was nine, and six year old b.b. king were all murdered. and of course, we've got five people still with critical injuries in hospital. >> so we're joined by former chairman of the conservative muslim forward foreman forum. sorry, mohammed amin, good morning. mohamed. so these riots last night, were outside a mosque that doesn't seem to be coincidental, but of course, this appears to have been triggered by, a mistake around the facts of this case with an assumption wrong that the perpetrator, who had been arrested, the alleged perpetrator was of muslim faith.

is that your understanding of why that location was chosen? >> good morning. bev. my knowledge comes from the bbc gb news media. i've not been to southport. i'm presently in switzerland. what happened on monday was absolutely horrifying and i can understand people being incredibly upset. angry? you want somebody to blame but attack if you think that the perpetrator was muslim. at the moment we have no reason to believe that he was. i just don't know. he may well be muslim, but attacking other muslims is not the way my city, manchester in 2017 saw 22 people killed by somebody who was a muslim, who was a terrorist. the city came together because we recognised that this was a terrorist. it was motivated by an ideology . other muslims were an ideology. other muslims were not to blame for what he did and what happened in southport. this riot last night is absolutely

appalling. it appears that many of these people were actually not from southport itself. this wasn't the community turning on itself . it was troublemakers itself. it was troublemakers from outside coming in to basically have a punch up , basically have a punch up, >> what what we saw, what happened. unacceptable. we all know that, mohammed, is there something the muslim community can do to ensure that there is perhaps a perception? there is a perception that integration has not always working. some people feel that they know it's no longer their town , their city. longer their town, their city. there's a sense of alienation. i mean, no way trying to justify or excuse the shocking scenes of violence last night. shocking and unacceptable. and we've already heard from one of the mums of the little girls who died saying, not in our name, please, but is there something muslim community leaders can do? do you think , andrew, first of do you think, andrew, first of all, you're right. >> there is a perception quite

wrong that integration isn't working. integration, actually, in britain is incredibly successful, far more successful than any other country in europe. there is something that muslims can do, should do, and indeed are doing so. for example, speaking personally, i regularly speak to schools for a charity called speakers for schools, and one topic i'm often asked to talk about is the relationship between christianity and islam. a few years ago, the muslim council of britain britain launched the open mosque initiative, where we see around the country more and more mosques on a particular day in the year, going out of their way to invite people to come in and people are welcome to visit mosque 365 days a year. but on one day a year, there's a special effort made to get people to come in and learn what muslims do believe, rather than going by incorrect social media narratives. >> i would suggest, though, that there are people who feel that they see in their day to day lives, and it may not be anybody

that lives in the westminster bubble, but they see in their day to day lives that there are muslims who get priority. i'm thinking about the workplace in ramadan. i've spoken to people who aren't muslim, who are resentful that during ramadan, when their colleagues are fasting, they don't have the same responsibilities to put to do the to do the heavy lifting, let's say quite literally, in some cases, people are distressed, i would say, or nervous by huge public spaces being taken over during islamic festivals. and you have got the case of the batley grammar school teacher still in hiding. we've got stories about halal meat only being served in schools . these cases, these schools. these cases, these individual cases are building up. mohammed to have some people, not everybody, but some people, not everybody, but some people feeling looking left and right and going, i don't know where as a non—muslim , i fit in where as a non—muslim, i fit in this country anymore . this country anymore. >> bev, you gave me an

incredibly long list. the big picture message is very simple. islam is the world's second largest religion. there are about 2.5 billion christians in the world, and about 1.8 billion muslims and with every year that goes by, the uk is looking more like the rest of the world, which is quite normal. that's happening everywhere else in the world. as people move around . world. as people move around. and islam is the second largest religion in our country, it's still not very big. there are about 6.5% of the british population who are muslims, and about 40%, 45% are christians. the number of christians keeps going down because more and more are becoming atheists. the country is changing, but i don't think this is a change for the worse in any shape or form . worse in any shape or form. >> okay. all right. >> okay. all right. >> that's mohammed amin, who is a former head of the conservative muslim forum. we've got in the studio with us tonight to say mark francois, who is a conservative mp who survived the cull and is an essex mp , you're really essex mp, you're really constituency. mark is next door

to southend , where we saw the to southend, where we saw the completely shocking scenes of young men wielding large, three foot long machete blades at each other in broad daylight near a fairground near the fun park, where children will be playing unacceptable on the streets of any town. but it seems even more shocking in southend, where you and i know a great man was called david amess. so david amess, who was a southend tory mp who was murdered by a muslim fanatic with a bladed weapon with a bladed weapon. >> no, i mean, the irony of that is not lost on me. and i still miss david tremendously, to be honest. we all do, my understanding of what happened is that essex police cordoned that area off quite quickly. they issue what's called a section 60 order, which gave them power to do that and enhanced powers of stop and search. and as i think you said earlier, once they'd isolated those individuals, six of them were arrested . so it's not like were arrested. so it's not like they got to do that. and then

you know, disappeared off scot free. they were nicked . yeah. free. they were nicked. yeah. but it's still a shame that it took a while to do that. but i think it's fair to say, you know, the chief constable of essex, ben—julian harrington, is a former paratrooper. right. you know, so once the police realise what was happening, they did take fairly decisive action and six people have been arrested and i hope you throw the book at them. >> shocking that our police have to put themselves in the line of danger with these fanatics with machetes. one of those police officers could be, dying or have really serious injuries as a result . result. >> yes, i don't know any of the details. and if there's been an arrest, there'll be a court case. so, you know, legally, we have to be careful. of course, it might be that that was all gang related. >> it's just the collapse of social fabric, isn't it? >> from everything from schools, education, respect, knives, crime. it's a massive issue, mark. we're looking at the footage here. this. this was southend on sea. last night. terrible, mark, we want to talk. >> my point is, when that

happens, it should not have happened. but when it did happen, the police did respond to it fairly robustly. >> we want to talk to you about european scrutiny committee being disbanded. >> so? >> so? >> so? >> so i was in the commons yesterday afternoon, mark, last day of term. i couldn't believe my ears when labour mps came up to me and said , you do know the to me and said, you do know the european scrutiny committee is being abolished without a vote by 6:00 tonight, last day of term . just explain what that term. just explain what that committee does, mark, why it's so important, bearing in mind we've got a labour government thatis we've got a labour government that is determined to take us much closer to the european union for the record, i said in the house of commons yesterday that it was a bad mistake to aboush that it was a bad mistake to abolish the committee. >> the european scrutiny committee was established decades ago to examine in detail the raft of eu legislation by which we could be legally bound. so it was a committee of experts with expert clerks supporting it , with expert clerks supporting it, chaired very ably for many years by sir bill cash , who, you know, by sir bill cash, who, you know, who knew his onions. he did, and they would go through this stuff, you know, line by line .

stuff, you know, line by line. and labour would argue, well now that we've left the eu, we don't have to worry about that . but have to worry about that. but that's not correct because labour have made plain they intend to mirror much future eu legislation in which case, if we're going to make our law mirror that eu law, even though we've left the eu following a democratic referendum, it's very important to have a body of experts in parliament who can scrutinise that. if it's going to become our law and they've just abolished the committee whose specific remit was to do precisely that. isn't that an outrage? >> without a vote in the commons? >> yeah, they deliberately put it at the last minute on the order paper on the final day when it was a one line whip day, and many mps had already returned to their constituencies. it was completely deliberate , and it's completely deliberate, and it's symptomatic of what i think labour will do. which comes to your wider point, look, i sat in the commons night after night for three years and what sir

keir starmer colluding with mps from all parties to try and keep us in the eu at any cost. starmer remains a remainer mark. >> i don't want. >> i don't want. >> i don't want. >> i have to interrupt you just for some breaking news. apologies. don't go anywhere and this is the news that former bbc presenter huw edwards has pleaded guilty at westminster magistrates court to three counts of making indecent images of children. >> mark carrier sorry just to pick up where i left off. so you know , night after night, starmer know, night after night, starmer collaborated with people from all parties, including my own, to try and keep us in the eu at any cost. so here's what think. >> second referendum. he wanted. >> second referendum. he wanted. >> not night after night, you know , i wrote a book about it know, i wrote a book about it called spartan victory, available on amazon. and so here's what i think they're going to do. they're not going to risk another referendum, because remember, until the last minute, the polls said that remain was going to win. and then mercifully, it didn't. it'll be grandmother's footsteps. so at some point they

will say, oh, you know, economic conditions are tough. maybe we should consider rejoining the single market. then if they get away with that, they'll say, well, there might be some advantages to being back in the customs union, even though that means we can no longer have an independent trade policy. and then if they get that far, they'll say, well, we're virtually back in. we might as well go the whole hog. and rejoin it. it'll be done. >> free movement of people. if you go in the single market, we get free movement of people again. >> yes. and after all of the arguments about migration during the general election, you know, and i got that on the doorstep like lots of other people, if you go into the single market free movement is fundamental. so i think what labour will do is they will try and do this incrementally step by step and one part of that is to get rid of the committee of experts who are there to keep an eye on you. >> and i was talking to a labour mp about it, stella creasy, who is a remainer. she's not on our side of the argument who was appalled. >> well, if it's not to betray a confidence, i spoke to stella earlier in the day. she was appalled. yeah, and i actually intervened on her during the

debate in order to get on the record that i thought it was a bad show, she came on gb news and said why? >> she thought the labour government was behaving undemocratically now, you know. >> so she's, you know, an ardent, passionate pro—european. i'm an ardent, passionate brexiteer. so, you know, we're kind of at either end of the spectrum, you might say ideologically on that, but we both felt that this was a mistake. so that tells you something and it's taking power away from mps and giving more power to this. >> overmighty executive. with a majority of 172. >> yeah. so i mean, we're already starting to see, you know, the new labour programme roll out mandatory housing targets . angela rayner announced targets. angela rayner announced those in the commons. so what that does is you pick your constituency leafy green rally, it will set town against town, village against village, community against community. i've been an mp nearly for nearly a quarter of a century. andrew, one thing i've learned about development is you can do it successfully, but you have to do it with people and not. and not two people. this is doing it. two people. and the targets

will be so high they'll be completely unrealistic. it's a recipe for disaster. okay, i'm with you. >> thank you. mark, always good to talk to you. >> thank you. right up next we're going to celebrate. thank goodness a change of mood. we're going to celebrate. team gb's success at the olympics with britain's newsroom on gb news

1023 this is britain's newsroom with me , bev turner and andrew pierce. >> so the former bbc presenter huw edwards, when doyen of the bbc wasn't he for decades , has bbc wasn't he for decades, has pleaded guilty at westminster magistrates court to three counts of making indecent images of children. >> that's right, the 62 year old arrived at westminster magistrates just after 9:00 this morning for his first court appearance since being charged on the 26th of june. >> he had dozens of photographs on whatsapp, including seven of

the most serious paedophilic types. he could receive a maximum penalty of up to ten years in jail. >> all right, our panel are here. stephen pound and mike parry. so good to see you, gentlemen. this morning, >> better to see you too, if i may say. oh, well, speak for yourself, please, stephen, if yourself, please, stephen, if you don't mind, you know, can we can we stop scrapping just for a minute? can we? four minutes of peace before we start ukip it? okay. >> we talk about the olympics. do you want to talk about the olympics, mike parry i'm a bit of olympic doubt. >> if you don't. if you. you know what i mean. one, listen, i love france. i love going to france and all that, but i must be insane. the french are very arrogant towards us, so i'm not exactly schadenfreude in the fact that lots of things are going wrong with the olympics. >> mike. >> mike. >> including. oh, thank you very much. including the fact that the river seine is unsuitable for olympic sport. >> and macron was going to go in it. yes. to prove how safe it was. >> he killed his own. yes. >> he killed his own. yes. >> and yet the poor hapless

mayor. >> yes, she did go in. >> yes, she did go in. >> they put her in, but they wouldn't put her head underwater. and we all know why exactly. yeah >> didn't they do the women's triathlon in there this morning? they did the. they did. yes. >> yeah. and you watch how sick they'll be in the next few days. and not just they might not have won the gold, but we got bronze medal in that madame hidalgo and the mayor actually dived in and of course the sports minister. >> then she went in the week before and she's actually been outed for sort of snogging president macron. have you seen the picture when she's got her hand around the back of his head. yeah. but she's kissing the back of his neck. >> what sort of sexual what i don't know, i'm a fairly innocent west london lad. >> i mean, i'm not i'm not familiar with these gestures. >> stephen pound long, does it? >> stephen pound long, does it? >> it doesn't say no, it does say, frankie howerd, as they say about political romances in france. >> three minutes, including the shower. >> yeah, yeah. deuce country. yeah. but i mean, it is a bit bizarre. i thought that the french is great. specialities were refusing to speak any language other than french and shrugging. right. and talking about a gallic shrug, a gallic talking about language .

talking about language. >> we are doing something here that they would just simply not do in france, because they believe in the value of their language. they prized their french language, they even have an institute, don't they, to make sure that it isn't anglicised. >> well, didn't sarkozy start an international? tv station speaking only in french because he thought people loved it? >> however, we in our on our trains, we're ditching complicated english words in case people don't understand them. >> like cancelled harry. well, can i just say one thing? every single french embassy and content everywhere in the world has two people who are diplomatic experts, and they came to us in 97 when we all came to us in 97 when we all came into parliament and said, you know, we are from the french cultural embassy. we would like to teach you conversational french. and so the first person who went was baron tricksy, who was an australian dentist in the house of lords who spoke with a very strong australian accent. and the other chap was a bloke from the newcastle who spoke with a kind of accent like this. and the three of us had actually had french conversational lessons in my, you know, sort of fairly middle class west london

accent, a thick geordie accent and a totally australian accent . and a totally australian accent. and this is baroness trixie gardner of parkes. yes, yes. do you remember her? she was a spy. anyway, suddenly, after the first three lessons, the guy from the french embassy said, oh, sir, i perceive an accent x scribbler and which was and whose accent was that? and all three of us. >> but is this the right thing to do? mike? what's up? simplify the language on trains. it's so that people who are who don't speak english can understand it. tony mayo, the plain english campaign, said getting rid of. >> so where do you stop? >> so where do you stop? >> so where do you stop? >> so instead of saying the train terminates here for passengers who have english as their second language. >> yeah, but look, this is about tradition in england. this is 19505 tradition in england. this is 1950s england. this is when we had steam trains. and when you got to where you were going, the guard would walk up and down with a flag on the, on the platform saying end of the line or the train terminates here or all change. do you know, even today on the line you use the elizabeth line. they actually say all changed when the train

gets to paddington, right . and gets to paddington, right. and the point is the train's got to go somewhere else when you get off. so i've never understood this all change thing. >> i get so cross about mike saying we no longer want to say the train terminates here. it's going to say the train ends its journey. that's right. what people actually want is the trains to operate on. yes, i agree, i totally agree. you have to get a seat. i totally agree, maybe even be able to buy a cup of tea. >> do you think somebody on an avanti train that's been delayed for two hours breaks down halfway to manchester and eventually gets there three hours late? is that worried what they're going to be told when they're going to be told when they eventually get to manchester? end of the line, get off the train or whatever the problem we've got here is burning. >> yeah, well, we had a situation like this in the health service years ago where they had to start having, you know, bilingual messages up on the walls. and so, you know, originally did it. so, so i can't remember what it was arabic and english and french and then we had swahili, romanian, polish. and it's insane. you then get this massive, great long list of names. so if you're going to actually try to include people by using language that's

accessible, where do you stop? because there are some people who do not speak. it doesn't matter if you're saying terminate ends blows up or goes off the settle to carlisle viaduct. if you if you can't understand the language. >> so, stephen, you're talking about catering for people who speak other language than english. we're talking here about messing around with great engush about messing around with great english expressions that we've had for decades. and people think they're old fashioned, therefore they're not good, which sounds silly. >> we wonder why people take to the streets and riots over what they see as a lack of kind of britishness. yes, when our language is lost, britishness. yes, when our language is lost , just we just language is lost, just we just shrug. we change it to accommodate people who don't speak english. that's why the streets are ablaze. is this sort of people feel a sense of loss? >> they do. and to call it nostalgia or to call it, you know, sort of some sort of right wing thing. it absolutely demeans it. you have to take this seriously because people genuinely feel as though something has gone from their lives. and it's not just black and white television looking back, it's actually something fundamental. it's about what makes this nation, what makes this nation a nation for all the people, because it cannot be a

good country for anyone to live in, unless it's a good country for everyone to live in. i agree that's the problem we have at the moment, and i tell you, it's going people actually feel actually out of sync with their own country. there's a real job to be done and to be fair, gb news actually does a pretty good job. we tried bringing people in, you know, the diversity, but also the standards. you can have diversity, but you've got to have standards. you can integrate, but you don't assimilate. yeah, no, i tell you agree. >> and to take that to the limit you're talking about a mate of mine had a very big house in the west midlands, suddenly decided to sell up, pack up and move to the cotswolds. lovely. and i said, why are you moving to the cotswolds? he said, the cotswolds? he said, the cotswolds is the only part of my country now, which i regard as so thoroughly english. i want to spend the rest of my life there . spend the rest of my life there. yeah, and i said, what do you mean by that? he said, every other area of my life has been infiltrated by things which i don't appreciate, which i don't think are terribly english, which i wasn't brought up with. >> he's he's feeling alienated in his own community, and he's

decided to move to somewhere where he says there's a last bastion of what i regard as great english values. and it's happening, you know, and you and you look out of trains and you see all these lovely rolling green countryside and angela rayner tells us yesterday, you think we're there's we're building on the grounds. don't worry about it. i do worry about it. i worry a lot. of course they're going to build all over our green and green country. >> of course i do. >> english forever. welsh, you know. yeah they read all these brownfield sites they can develop, but they're now calling it grey belts. >> no, i totally agree. they regard a meadow as something which only rich people use. whereas of course, some of the lowest standards of living in this country are in country villages, rural areas. they have duck ponds and they have the village green. but to a certain, you know, cachet of politicians in this country, that's elitist. >> mike, mike, you're going back to john major with the old maids cycling to communion in the mist. look, the reality is, one of the reasons why we have rural poverty is because we have no rural housing. people cannot

afford to live in those villages in sussex and kent and in the cotswolds, which is why we have to have housing to enable people who from those areas to live there, rather than having to move to milton keynes or luton. >> i agree it's going to be ugly housing. according to her own report, no we don't. >> well, let's hope not. let's hope not. right. listen, we've got to move on, gentlemen. thank you so much. sophia wenzler is waiting very patiently with your news. oh, sorry. >> bev. thank you. it's 1032. >> bev. thank you. it's1032. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. sir keir starmer has accused those involved in a riot in southport last night of hijacking a peaceful vigil with violence and thuggery. he said they'd insulted the community as it grieves for three young girls who were killed in monday's stabbing attack, and warned they'd feel the full force of they'd feel the full force of the law . it started when a group the law. it started when a group of around 300 people who'd gathered outside a mosque turned on police throwing rocks larger than bricks and setting cars alight. many were supporters of

the english defence league and were not from southport . they'd were not from southport. they'd been encouraged by false posts on social media which claimed the attacker was muslim. nearly 40 officers were injured and 27 were taken to hospital. jenny stancomb, whose daughter elsie died in monday's attack , pleaded died in monday's attack, pleaded on social media for the violence to end , saying the police have to end, saying the police have been nothing but heroic. they and we don't need this . former and we don't need this. former bbc presenter huw edwards has pleaded guilty at westminster magistrates court to three counts of making indecent images of children. the 62 year old admitted having images on whatsapp, including seven of the most serious type in offences dating back to 2020. hamas's top political leader , ismail political leader, ismail haniyeh, has been killed during an attack on the iranian caphal an attack on the iranian capital. the terror group is publicly blaming israel for the attack. israel hasn't commented yet , but has attack. israel hasn't commented yet, but has previously vowed to

eliminate hamas leaders. the strike comes hours after israel killed a senior hezbollah commander in the lebanese capital of beirut. the attacks immediately raised fears of further escalation, with qatar warning that it undermines the chances of peace and the region risks slipping into chaos. chances of peace and the region risks slipping into chaos . those risks slipping into chaos. 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. >> we're going to go to mark white soon. who is at the court where the breaking news that we heard earlier that huw edwards has pleaded guilty to accusations of possessing pornography, child pornography. yeah, let's see what you have been saying here to us this

morning. we've been talking about the fact that the train lines are going to change their language to make it easier to understand losing the word terminate. apparently, people don't know what terminate means. god help us. if anyone comes to live here, says jack, they must be forced to speak english. no translator should be provided. if immigrants can't speak engush if immigrants can't speak english well enough, they will need to provide their own translator or family member to help them. they should not be a burden on the taxpayer. how much national is spent from the pubuc national is spent from the public purse on translators? >> and if you go into any inner london hospital, the walls are filled with pages of different translations. >> can i just say now it is a mandatory requirement for british citizenship to speak english. i mean, i do the british citizenship ceremonies in my own borough. they have to do them in english. you cannot actually get british citizenship unless you can speak english. >> and if they fail because they can't speak english, are they deported? no. >> they just get knocked back. >> they just get knocked back. >> right. >> right. >> and then they. so they don't have to i mean, does it make any difference? >> of course it does. it makes a huge difference. because if you don't get british citizenship, you can't actually then have permanent residence in the

country. you're not entitled to pubuc country. you're not entitled to public funds. it makes a massive difference. >> is it a decent level of english? >> well, let me tell you what often happens. the cases that i used to deal with, people whose grandmothers are speaking sylheti or they're speaking urdu and they say, oh, granny, she's too old to learn another language. well, the problem you've got to actually be quite hard about this. she may be too old to speak another language, in which case she's too old to be uprooted from her homeland to come across to the uk. you have to have the language. so can i just assure your correspondent that they do actually have to? you did touch on a point, though, to what standard it has to be passable standard so that you can respond to emergency instructions if necessary, and if they're too old to learn a language, the chances are that very soon these old grannies burden on the health service, burden on the health service, burden on the nhs very, very quickly. >> stephen, having not paid into it, slightly worries me when you and i are agreeing. but this is all part of the resentment, isn't it, that there's huge resentment out there about the way inward migration has not been properly managed, and it's causing huge resentment. >> yeah, and i don't think any government's done it. >> well, they've all ignored it. >> well, they've all ignored it. >> well, they've all ignored it.

>> well housing is the biggest problem. we just talked about housing a few minutes ago. if you know the reason, there are no houses available for people who you could call indigenous british population is because a lot of them are now needed for people who've come to live in this country. >> irena stood on her feet and made that long speech about how she's going to bring in. if necessary, ugly housing. yeah, 1.7 million houses a year. i don't think i heard her say , don't think i heard her say, because we're gonna have to cope with all the huge influx of migration, which the labour government was triggered. first of all, under blair, absolutely no concession, no admission. i totally agree, she's a massive reason why we don't have enough houses. >> i agree, tony blair. what did he say? 50,000 people will come from eastern europe. yeah, 50,000. yeah >> in one year there's nobody came from eastern europe. what do you do? >> poland. i'm talking about poland. >> in eastern europe. poland is in the heart of europe. russia is eastern, regarded as eastern europe because it's part of the soviet union. >> that was all was i mean, when the new states came. >> absolutely. no. i remember exactly right. it was told, have transitional arrangements limiting the numbers that could come in. that's what other countries it was a period of eu

enlargement to do it. >> it was the period of eu enlargement and the united kingdom was one of three countries which didn't actually enforce that. >> we were the one that were flooded with most migrants. >> well, ireland was one of the others and they didn't. yeah, but the thing about the rural but the thing about the rural but ireland love the europeans because the europeans give them hundreds of millions of pounds. well, the thing that might just said about, you know, it's an underpopulated country about people taking taking over housing. are you talking about these rural villages we were describing earlier on? you mentioned, you know, lyrically describing the duck ponds and all that business. they aren't full of immigrants, you know, when you go to somewhere in the cotswolds, you don't find, you know, halal butchers, it's gone there. yeah, i know he's gone, but he doesn't want to. >> turin, stow on the wold high street. yeah >> incidentally, if anybody is in stow on the wold high street at the present time, trying to get a halal sausage, i mean. >> yeah, but but i never made i never said about housing being in rural locations what i'm saying is people want to protect the sort of lifestyle they had when they were being brought up in those villages. i agree, and they fear that it's being invaded. >> the loss of housing, loss of

rural housing is almost entirely due to either second homes or the increase in house prices actually forcing out the children of, to use your word, the indigenous population. if you go to cornwall, you go to the villages, you go to the isle of wight. you'll see that over and over again. the people cannot afford to live there. i mean, cornwall is the perfect example. if you think how many people from cornwall then have to move to bristol or to bath or to move to bristol or to bath or to plymouth because they cannot afford to live there, that's a problem we've got to face. and it's not a problem of immigration, it's a problem of a lack of housing. >> i'm not saying immigration is not a problem. i mean, the problem with housing. come on, stephen, where have you been? >> yeah, in this country for many, many years. >> well, then, you know, the immigration is a massive factor in why we don't have enough houses. >> it's a massive it's got to be if the, the population has gone up 6 million in the last decade, then it's got to be there's too many people who've got two, two homes and there's too many people. >> we actually. >> we actually. >> what do you mean, too many people got two homes? why can't ihave people got two homes? why can't i have a second home? does that make me a bad person? because i've worked all my life. you see, politics of envy. politics

of envy again? >> yeah. true face of labour. slip there. yeah. >> our homeland security editor, mark white. he's outside westminster magistrates court. mark >> that guilty plea from huw edwards inside westminster magistrates court marking what is a spectacular fall from grace for the bbc's most senior newsreader, one of the bbc's highest paid presenters, who, of course, has now left the corporation. he has pleaded guilty to indecent image offences of children that relate to 41 separate indecent images relating to one child as young as seven other children up to the age of 15. he arrived here this morning just after 9 am, decided to front it up. basically, a lot of people just arrived right at the front door in a taxi and shoot straight in to court , but he walked right up

to court, but he walked right up from a street just round the corner from here. and that allowed the many members of the media who are here, the photographers, the camera crews, to film him all the way in as he was wearing a dark suit, sunglasses , coming in here to sunglasses, coming in here to westminster court to face those charges. and of course, what quite often happens is there is no plea entered or they plead not guilty and it goes up to another court. often the crown court, given the severity of the charges. but now that he has pleaded guilty to these offences, the judge has asked for background reports , for background reports, sentencing reports and he is to appear back here at westminster magistrates court on the 17th of september, on the 18th of september. sorry someone shouting to me, but i can't actually hear 16th of september, so he'll appear back here then

that will be pre—sentencing heafing that will be pre—sentencing hearing to decide what they do with huw edwards, because it is possible he could face a significant jail term, or he could face a jail term as low as 12 months. it could be suspended. so it could be opened to the magistrate here at westminster magistrates court to decide, to deal with it here rather than refer it up to the crown court. but we won't know that until the 16th of december and that next court appearance by huw edwards what i should say is happening at the moment, and i'm just going to pop out of the way and allow joe, our cameraman, just to give you a flavour of all the press that are here. and, clearly waiting for huw edwards to come out. but he is now currently meeting with the probation officer inside the court before then leaving the court. and they'll decide at

that point how he exits this building. but it may well be similar to how he entered it. he's going to have to come out here, possibly straight into a taxior here, possibly straight into a taxi or or round a corner again, you can expect that it will continue to be a very significant what they call a press bunfight, as it was when he came in here with many dozens of photographers and camera crews and reporters following him into court , so huw edwards, him into court, so huw edwards, a surprise to me, and i think many people in the court deciding at this early stage to plead guilty to those, offences of, making indecent images. we should explain this as well. the prosecution clarified that making indecent images doesn't necessarily mean the act of making indecent images, but it can be just opening apps ,

can be just opening apps, effectively, downloading images . effectively, downloading images. and that is indeed what the defence team have been saying here, that, huw edwards was not actually making in the traditional sense of the word indecent images, but he was opening apps and of course , some opening apps and of course, some of those apps related to some very young children. and some of the images related to children that were up to the age of 15, serious offence, there is no doubt about that. but in pleading guilty to all of these images relating to 41 separate images, then there will be a deduction of whatever the eventual sentence for huw edwards is . and of course the edwards is. and of course the judge will also take into account other issues, such as his previously , good character. his previously, good character. other issues such as potentially

his mental health issues that we've heard an awful lot about that led of course, to his departure from the bbc following those allegations last year. and one other thing to add, the offences that he has now pleaded guilty today do not relate to the allegations that were so publicly aired last year that led to huw edwards, being suspended, then suffering, we're told that mental health episode and then subsequently leaving the bbc. so you're looking at these live images outside of westminster magistrates court as we await the departure of a man who was once the bbc's most senior news presenter, covered all of these big state occasions, announced the death of her majesty queen elizabeth

ii , presided and presented over ii, presided and presented over her funeral and many other state occasions over the years. huw edwards was responsible for fronting front and centre of the bbc's coverage. no longer now, as he has left the bbc and has pleaded guilty to these serious sexual offences , which of course sexual offences, which of course could potentially carry a jail term . term. >> thank you mark mark white there. we will go back to mark when huw edwards leaves the court. don't go anywhere. let's see what you've been saying, at home, have you got the you've not got the emails up, have you? >> i don't know. >> i don't know. >> so you read the emails. you know, i'm computer illiterate like your secretary. >> i have to admit it, >> i have to admit it, >> right . let's see what you've >> right. let's see what you've been saying at home. let's have a look now. sorry. hold the line, caller. i should say in a simple language that, like trainer. >> just just don't terminate the conversation. >> your call is important to us. >> your call is important to us.

>> your call is important to us. your presence is important to us, john has said, why is nobody concerned about a certain religion taking over this country , when we. he's obviously country, when we. he's obviously talking about islam , bowing to talking about islam, bowing to them regarding merry christmas on cards , our children's on cards, our children's nativity plays, and it feels like they could be taking over under a labour government. 3000 have come into the country since they got the power. you haven't mentioned it. that's the small boats. >> and actually we did mention it. we mentioned it yesterday because it was an exclusive revealed on gb news by mark white, who's actually at court today with huw edwards. 3000 have crossed on small boats since labour came to power. but don't worry, they're going to smash the gangs , remember, smash the gangs, remember, they're going to smash the gangs. they just haven't smashed any yet because apparently it's quite easy to do it. >> see. and deirdre has said, good morning, deirdre. she said, perhaps if we if they stop paying perhaps if we if they stop paying out £8 million a day for illegal migrants, they could afford to keep the winter fuel payments for pensioners. now, this was the news we learned yesterday, wasn't it, mike? about losing this pensioners winter fuel payment. yeah.

unless you claim pensioner credit . yeah. credit. yeah. >> which a lot of old pensioners don't know how to do because they don't want to because, well, they, they don't want to because they're too proud or b they simply don't know how to get round the paperwork on a laptop. bobby pages to do it. exactly. i think i'm not. i'm just amazed there isn't another huge, you know, well of anger creeping up that we're taking money off the most vulnerable in our society who can't heat their homes in the winter, and giving it to so—called junior doctors, some who earn 60 or £70,000 a yean some who earn 60 or £70,000 a year, such as 96,000. >> i agree. and one of the junior doctors leaders is in the papers today saying next year will be the next window of opportunity for industrial action when the honeymoon of this labour government has gone. yes. so, so wes streeting has paid them 22% pay rise. yeah, over two years to stop the strikes. and next year they could be back at the door. we want more. >> and two thirds of the public sector are still waiting to see how this pans out before they put in their claims. and they're going to be the same. by the

way, where's, streeting the, the health minister, health secretary, he said he said 35% is completely unacceptable. we won't get anywhere near it. he's given them 22% over two years. so over three years, that would have been 35%. >> now we got to go from you to elite athletes here. >> yes. to another one. yes. because this is a gentleman who's running from athens to london. well, that's the challenge that jack cooper is facing . he's challenge that jack cooper is facing. he's in the middle. he's running 3000km to raise funds for men's mental health. after struggling with depression himself. here he is. i speak to jack now. can we do it in miles, please? >> forrest gump, good morning . >> forrest gump, good morning. >> forrest gump, good morning. >> jack, you're having a break? >> jack, you're having a break? >> yes. yeah. taking a little rest day. just 20 or 30 k today, >> listen, andrew just said, can you say it in miles, please? how long is 3000km in miles for the dinosaurs at this desk? >> it's about. >> it's about. >> it's about 2000 miles. >> it's about 2000 miles. >> amazing. >> amazing. >> amazing. >> amazing , >> amazing. >> amazing, amazing. so tell us exactly what you're doing, jack. and why, >> so, like you said, the, the

challenge did start off as athens to london. it has now since changed slightly, so i'm overall running about just under 2000km. again, i'm not entirely sure that is in miles from vienna to london to raise money and awareness for movember, a charity that helps support men's mental health. >> that's mo from moustache in november. do you normally have a moustache, jack? or is that is that part of the branding ? that part of the branding? >> it's part of the branding. but to be honest, i've grown to like it quite a lot, usually rock the beard, but, seeing as i'm running for movember. yeah, i'm running for movember. yeah, i thought i'd, get the tache going for this challenge. what >> jack, how experienced are you at long distance running? because this is an extraordinary thing you're doing , thing you're doing, >> i mean, i've been running for 2 or 3 years now. that's it. last movember, i ran 500km in a month, which is just under a half marathon every day , and half marathon every day, and that obviously it was a lot of long distance training then this is like really up the stakes really , to about 50, 60 k every

day. >> and what you'd like the message to get across. jack it. correct me if i'm wrong, is this idea that people who are struggling with their mood, that depression or mental health or motivation sport, and actually just getting out with your trainers on is a way to help? >> absolutely. yeah. in my movember story that i recently had on their website, i said that nothing changes, nothing changes. you've got to find an outlet or something to really change your direction. when you're in a low period and exercise is a great way of doing that. it boosts your mood. you feel better about yourself afterwards, and it just gives you a bit of a momentum and prepares you for when things do get tough. yeah. i've always found that exercise helps me massively with my mental health about how you fortify yourself each day. >> what are you eating and drinking , drinking, >> i have to say, my diet out here isn't amazing, because being on the road doesn't doesn't provide you with, the luxury of home cooked meals, i'm having a lot of, sort of meal

replacement shakes. and the main thing i need is just lots of carbs. just bananas, biscuits , carbs. just bananas, biscuits, sweets, honestly, i'm just looking forward to a home cooked meal when i'm back because, vegetables and fruits are slightly limited out here. >> we've got to go. we wish you all the best. we're going back live to mark white. where she elle edwards is leaving the court. mark >> so? so he's leaving westminster magistrates court. this is an extraordinary moment. he is one of our most famous broadcasters. the man who was trusted by the bbc to tell the world her majesty the queen had died . huw edwards leaving court, died. huw edwards leaving court, he has admitted, pleaded guilty to a number of counts of making sharing indecent images of children, it's child pornography, possessing paedophilia. >> if you're listening on the radio, there are dozens of photographers. you don't see scenes like this anymore very often with paparazzi. >> and i think it is both because he is a worldwide famous

figure, because the image of him telling the world the queen died went all around the world. mark white is there for us from gb news mark white. >> yeah, i mean, just scenes of utter chaos as you would expect. i mean, so many camera crews and photographers and protesters and other members of the public that are here and that spilled right out onto the main road here, the main marylebone road outside westminster magistrates court. huw edwards now getting into that vehicle to take him away from here, deciding i think, sensibly, or at least it may have been decided for him not to do what he did when he came in this morning, which was to come on the long walk. there was just too many people there and quite a few of the protesters shouting at him as well. as he headed towards that vehicle. so that is huw edwards now until the 16th of september, when he will be

back here at westminster magistrates court having pleaded guilty to these images of making, or these charges of making, or these charges of making indecent images, 41 separate images , seven in the separate images, seven in the most serious category , category most serious category, category a images and they relate to one child as young as seven other children, right up to the age of 15. his his defence team saying that he was not making images in the traditional sense, but rather opening attachments. but he has pleaded guilty to those offences. he could face a jail term. he has been asked to come back here where pre—sentencing reports are currently going to be carried out , that will assess be carried out, that will assess his previous offending behaviour or good behaviour. issues around his mental health and of course

the fact that he pleaded guilty at the very earliest opportunity, which is today . opportunity, which is today. that will add to a discount on his sentence. so it's possible the judge may decide to send this up to the crown court if he feels a more significant sentence is in order. but if it's a sentence of 12 months or less, it will be dealt with here at westminster magistrates court so this man, 62 years old, known, of course, to people right up and down the country as the most senior bbc news presenter before leaving that corporation recently, has now left here and will be back on the 16th of september. for those pre—sentencing reports. >> and mark, it's fascinating because i was curious about the sentencing because of course, a crown court can impose a much larger sentence and he could be technically, i guess, sentenced to up to ten years. what is the talk about a discount on the

sentence? is that because they will take into account the fact that he's pleaded guilty, would should that make any difference to the length of sentence? >> well, it will do. yeah. i mean, the way in which the court system works, they incentivise an early plea because of course it one it shows an acknowledgement of a crime and contrition, but two, it saves an awful lot of time for the courts and saves potential victims. the ordeal of testifying as well. so that's why they incentivise that with up to a third off for an early, very early guilty plea . early, very early guilty plea. so it remains to be seen just what the magistrate will decide to do with these sentencing options. as you quite rightly point out , andrew, he could be point out, andrew, he could be facing a more significant sentence, but that will all depend on what those pre—sentencing reports come up

with, what they tell the judge to inform his sentencing , to inform his sentencing, decision making process going forward. so it might be that when we are back here again in september, that that is the point where they just sentence huw edwards at that point, or as i say, it could go to either another hearing here or indeed the crown court, in which case we know, then we are looking at a more serious sentence for this 62 year old. >> all right. that's mark white at westminster magistrates courts. mark, thanks for being with us. there'll be more on that throughout the programme. astonishing. yeah >> extraordinary scenes. >> extraordinary scenes. >> you must be one of the most famous broadcasters in the land. >> yeah, well, listen, i'm the most respected. >> don't go anywhere. we've got huge amounts to get through between now and midday. but first, here is the weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news

>> hello. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office. dry and sunny and warm. for most of us it's feeling increasingly humid over the next few days. that's going to increase the threat of thunderstorms for some areas. low pressure is not too far away across the near continent. that's where that threat of thunderstorms is coming from. further north, though, high pressure still dominating, so plenty of dry and warm weather. quite a lot of sunshine as well. still some hazy sunshine here and there across parts of northern england , across parts of northern england, some areas of northern ireland and the far north of scotland. still holding on to a bit of cloud and possibly some rain . cloud and possibly some rain. but where we do see the long lived sunshine across southern areas, temperatures will likely climb into the 30s once again. this afternoon. but it's across the south—east where there's a risk of thunderstorms. there is some uncertainty in whether they will bring any impacts, but i think you will likely see some lightning offshore further north, though no risk of thunderstorms across scotland, it's likely to be a slightly warmer evening this evening than last night. it was quite a chilly night out across scotland

compared to elsewhere in the country, so temperatures in the mid—teens 20s for some areas of central southern scotland and some cloud around, but mainly a dry and pleasant evening for most of us. but there's still this threat of thunderstorms and a warning in force for the southeast throughout the afternoon and into this evening. but the threat really does increase overnight tonight, as an area of thunderstorms develops across parts of wales and across the southeast . those and across the southeast. those will push north and eastwards overnight. so there's a wider area that's covered by this thunderstorm warning. we could see some localised impact due to flooding , lightning and some flooding, lightning and some fairly large hail as well, and it's going to be a humid night for most of us. as i said, a milder night tonight across scotland than last night as well. so potentially a pretty wet start to the day across some eastern areas of england, some southeastern areas of scotland, potentially with that thunderstorm risk continuing and behind it, we see some more thunderstorms breaking out across much of england and wales. but away from this risk, dry, sunny and again . another very sunny and again. another very humid and warm day.

>> a morning to you again 11 am. on wednesday, the 31st of july. live across the united kingdom. britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning sir. a former bbc presenter, huw edwards has pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children. he left westminster magistrates court only a few moments ago and the streets of southport. >> it's the big cleanup the morning after the night before. after the rioting, which saw followed the savage death of three young girls at that taylor swift summer camp and a lawless . swift summer camp and a lawless. and we've got will hollis, who's in southport overnight, was that of police sirens and helicopters. >> today it's been replaced by street sweepers and an army of people coming to clean up the mess that they say people who do

not live here made . not live here made. >> and a heavier police presence here this morning as community continue to bring flowers following an attack which has rocked this community here in southport . southport. >> lawless britain overnight, six people arrested after a machete fight broke out in southend on sea, just yards from the funfair. is britain broken ? the funfair. is britain broken? >> and if you think train tannoy announcements are too complicated, don't worry are some major railway services are swapping the phrase this train terminates here in favour of this train journey. this train ends its journey here. i don't even like the grammar, to be honest. it's to make language eafien honest. it's to make language easier, apparently, for everyone to understand .

to understand. shouldn't be. this train ends. its journey here. it should be. this train journey ends here. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's clumsy. so because we don't think, we don't think people can understand the engush people can understand the english language, and it's being rewritten by people who clearly don't understand the english language either. >> honestly, we're living in an idiocracy, aren't we? let us know your thoughts. this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay. first though, the very latest news with sophia wenzler. >> beth. thank you. good morning. it's 11:02. >> beth. thank you. good morning. it's11:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. let's recap that breaking news. former bbc presenter huw edwards has pleaded guilty at westminster magistrates court to three counts relating to images of children. it's a significant fall for the 62 year old, who was once the bbc's most senior news presenter. he's now admitted to receiving 41 images on whatsapp, seven of which are the most serious kind. the court

heard that he'd taken part in an onune heard that he'd taken part in an online chat with another adult man, who sent him the images. sir keir starmer has accused those involved in a riot in southport last night of hijacking a peaceful vigil with violence and thuggery. he said they'd insulted the community as it grieves for the three young girls who were killed in monday's stabbing attack, and warned they'd feel the full force of the law. it started when a group of around 300 people who'd gathered outside a mosque turned on police throwing rocks larger than bricks and setting cars alight. many were supporters of the english defence league and were not from southport. they'd been encouraged by false posts on social media, which claimed the attacker was muslim. nearly 40 officers were injured and 27 were taken to hospital . jenny were taken to hospital. jenny stancomb, whose daughter elsie died in monday's attack, pleaded on social media for the violence to end , saying the police have to end, saying the police have been nothing but heroic. they

and we don't need this. local residents told gb news some of the violence appeared to be coordinated. >> it was all people from outside of town that were brought in in buses and cars. they got changed when they got here into the streets and then they started to ride with the police, set a police van on fire and all hell broke loose. >> we could see on social media this was being planned. there are far right fascist groups just seize the opportunity. seized on misinformation on the internet to mobilise and spread their hateful agenda. >> in other news, hamas's top political leader, ismail haniyeh , political leader, ismail haniyeh, has been killed during an attack on the iranian capital. the terror group is publicly blaming israel for the attack. israel hasn't commented yet, but has previously vowed to eliminate hamas's leaders. the us says it's working to ease tensions, but confirmed it would help defend israel if it were attacked . the strike on tehran attacked. the strike on tehran comes hours after israel killed

a senior hezbollah commander in the lebanese capital of beirut. israeli officials say he was behind saturday's rocket attack on the golan heights, which killed 12 people, mostly children. it raised fears of further escalation, with qatar warning it undermines the chances of peace and the region risks slipping into chaos. angela rayner is playing down suggestions of a backlash against the government's housebuilding drive as she launches a new towns task force. the deputy prime minister told mps yesterday the government was restoring mandatory housing targets for local authorities after they were scrapped by the conservatives. she's also appointed two experts to lead an effort to create communities of at least 10,000 homes each , at least 10,000 homes each, housing minister matthew pennycook told gb news the government has its work cut out for them . for them. >> inheritance. we're picking up is absolutely dire. we're looking at new housing supply

dipping under 200,000 homes a yean dipping under 200,000 homes a year, partly due to some of the changes the government made late last year, abolishing mandatory housing targets, which we reversed in the changes we made to national planning policy yesterday. so it's a five year target. it's stretching. we think it's achievable partly because of those changes we made yesterday. but with this new towns task force bringing forward appropriate locations forward appropriate locations for large scale new communities across the country above, over and above that target that we've announced on local authorities across england to bring forward 370,000. >> in paris, triathlons have been allowed to take place today after tests showed the river severn is clean enough. it's after the men's event was cancelled yesterday over fears the famous river was too polluted. but world triathlon says the water is much healthier today, which is good news for team gb, with beth potter picking up a bronze medal in the women's triathlon this morning. and while the skies are a little gloomy in london this morning,

heat warnings remain in place across the uk. parts of england are forecasting 28 degrees today, which is expected to continue into friday. but if you fancy a last minute trip to the beach, you better be quick because thunderstorms are expected later in the week. those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so extraordinary scenes at westminster magistrates court, where the former bbc presenter huw edwards has pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children, some as young as seven. let's cross now to our home security editor mark white,

who's at the court. mark >> well, it was the most surreal of spectacles to watch huw edwards, someone known so well to me and so many people right across this country as such a prominent face of bbc news standing in the dock, giving his name his address in south west london and his date of birth and then to gasps in the court, confirming that he was pleading guilty to these images or charges of making indecent images. some 41 images in total, seven category a the most serious and explicit of sexual images. someone involving a child as young as seven. another 12 category b images and 22 which are classed as category c

images and they were a mixture of still images and moving video. the court has been told the youngest child has to say seven years old. it's believed the oldest , up to 15 years of the oldest, up to 15 years of age. it was three separate counts that were put to huw edwards, and he pleaded guilty to all three of those counts and now what will happen is that he will appear back here at westminster magistrates court on the 16th of september for a pre—sentencing hearing. we are in a stage at the moment where pre—sentencing reports are being prepared and they will examine lots of different aspects around any previous offending behaviour. is previous good character issues, of course, that have been well publicised around his mental health problems. the fact that he has

pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and it was the very, very earliest opportunity. his first court appearance here at this magistrates court that will, because of the rules around sentencing, result in a discount on his sentence as well. and there's a few options open to the magistrate here. it's possible that he could decide to deal with the sentencing right here at westminster magistrates court. if it's a sentence of 12 months or less. but if he feels that the sentence that's required needs to be more than 12 months, then it would have to be referred up to the crown court and a further sentencing hearing arranged at the crown court. but we'll know on the 16th of september, i think once the judge has heard those pre—sentencing reports, what he

is minded to do. it's perfectly possible that he could decide to pass sentence at that particular time on that particular day , the time on that particular day, the defence team for huw edwards when they spoke briefly here in court, they were keen to point out that although the charge specifies making indecent images of children , he was not making, of children, he was not making, they said these images in the traditional sense . rather, he traditional sense. rather, he was accessing images, downloading and opening attachments to images via the whatsapp chat group. but he has pleaded guilty now and this former bbc presenter will be back here on the 16th of september. >> thanks, mark. that's mark white, our home security editor at westminster magistrates court. in a momentous court heafing court. in a momentous court hearing this morning. >> so moving on, violent protests broke out last night as

demonstrators clashed with police outside a mosque in southport. 39 officers were injured, with some suffering fractures and concussion off the back of the stabbing frenzy. >> a clean up operation is underway. we're going to cross to southport now and speak to our reporter, will hollis. i don't think we think we've got there as well. >> i thought because there was the sound of helicopters overhead and people were worried about what was happening to their community, they were seeing it in person and on social media. violent disorder playing out on the streets and the police as well as local people, said that the people causing this trouble weren't from around here. and that's the same thing that norman wallace, who's a local businessman, runs the southport pleasureland would say . you're sure that these say. you're sure that these people weren't from southport area that were causing the violence? >> absolutely. they were brought in by people with with another agenda that have hijacked a very

sad, sad incident. they were they're not from this area. despicable behaviour. cowards organised and it's just terrible what they've done. but this is not the face of southport. this is not the true southport. this morning the communities come together, cleaned up the street. southport is a very safe place to live, to work and to visit as it always has been. it's a it's a really good place, but these people have come in from elsewhere and what they've done is just terrible. >> what is it that they've done? we've seen it on the screens. but what did you see as a local person in southport happening in this seaside town? >> they they set fire to a police van. they set fire to dustbins. they used bricks from people's walls to use as projectiles and throw at the police and anything they could to cause mayhem. but they've all come. cowards masked, all in black and hoodies with masks on. and they're just cowards. and the hijacking a very, very sad incident that's happened again, which is a one off incident. an

isolated incident in our town, which is very sad, very sad for all the people involved. and southport is so tight knit . southport is so tight knit. everybody knows someone that is actually knows the families. that's how tight it is. and this morning hundreds of people have been here on this street, worked together and cleaned the street up again. and now we're open for business. so please, there should be no fear for anyone to come to southport to visit southport , to visit pleasureland southport, to visit pleasureland and to have a good time and feel safe. >> it's a very different picture to right where we were standing last night. we couldn't get in here because of the rows of people and the rows of police officers. we've heard from the nonh officers. we've heard from the north west ambulance service that police officers, about 39 of them, were taken for treatment, broken noses. you can hear the noise in the background, the clean up operation is still ongoing. heavy machinery in the background . but people were background. but people were really hurt in this. how is the community feeling now? the morning after something very bad happening, after another very bad incident,

happening, after another very bad incident , the killing of bad incident, the killing of three girls, the community is feeling motivated to come together to show the rest of the world that this is not the true face of southport and that's very important. >> and you can see that by all the comments last night and this morning. >> norman, very noisy here. thank you for joining >> norman, very noisy here. thank you forjoining us on gb thank you for joining us on gb news. we know that you've been speaking to a lot of people from the tv, and it's good to have a voice of a local person that can speak on behalf of a community that's hurting. the community is really hurting bev and andrew, but we know that it is coming together at a time when people from outside of the town, local people say, are trying to tear these streets apart. >> thank you. will. will hollis there? and just to remind you as well, the mother of elsie sansom, who died , the little sansom, who died, the little blonde girl, she has issued a statement she said this is the only thing that i will write, but please stop the violence in southport. the police have been nothing but heroic this last 24 hours. and they and we do not

need this ripping bricks out of people's garden walls to throw at the police. it achieves nothing. it achieves absolutely nothing. it achieves absolutely nothing . right. joining nothing. it achieves absolutely nothing. right. joining us nothing. it achieves absolutely nothing . right. joining us now nothing. right. joining us now is retired scotland yard detective mike neville. good. good morning. mike. thank you for joining us, i say that this forjoining us, i say that this violence and these rioting that achieves nothing. what what do the protesters, let's call them that kindly. what do they think they're going to achieve, mike, on an evening like that? >> well, i don't think a lot of them want to achieve much, really. they've turned up for the sort of fun of throwing rocks at the police, if that's fun at all. what's what i picked up on recently, though, is the in a sense, with the reaction to the manchester, you know, the kicking of the suspects on the ground is people i thought were quite rational, really angry about things. and, you know, they're saying it's almost justified doing things like that. and i just think the whole, country is polarised and it's seen the most awful crime that occurred in southport. and

they feel that not these characters, but just the people ideal characters, but just the people i deal with. they feel that the government has let them down, that they see these attacks happening time and time again and nothing is done about it. but of course, the thing to do about it is not to riot in the street and set fire to police vans, but something must be done because people just feeling so frustrated that they feel they're not being protected and their kids can't go to a dance class, where can they go for the pictures as well? >> in south end , mike from last >> in south end, mike from last night look as a hot day. you know, you've got these teenagers just running riot on the streets, these absolute thugs just attacking each other with with machetes. and what would be the chances of a police officer getting involved in a situation like that? there are some people in tabards that i thought at first might have been the police that were just stepping back and letting them get on with it. there's now a suggestion that maybe they aren't police officers, but they're security. you can see them in the bottom of the footage there that these

guys may be a security officers from the fairground, but there's nothing they can do in that situation. mike, is there . situation. mike, is there. >> he's got these security officers are told, you know, if you tackle people and get injured, you're not insured. you know, it's that it's that bad. that's why we see people just brazenly shoplifting and walking by the security guards, because the security staff are told, you know , don't intervene. but know, don't intervene. but those, again, those those pictures that you're showing southend people take the children there to that funfair and you've got thugs running around with machetes, chains, a gun. it is absolutely horrendous and it just feels really lawless. and people are afraid, i think, to leave their home. >> what can the police do, mike? because i mean, it's for the police to have to challenge a young man or six young men wielding a three foot blade. i suppose they can taser them, but i mean, are we going to have to get to the point where we're going to have to consider arming the police more intensely, intensively ?

intensively? >> yeah, i think i think we're coming to that point. andrew because, you know, the police as we have them, are really designed for sort of 19th century policing and the rest of the world, you know, people use it, compare it with america and say, oh, the police are shooting everybody. but of course, you compare it with europe. all the european forces carry weapons, countries much the same as ourselves , australia, new ourselves, australia, new zealand. they all carry a firearms. it'sjust zealand. they all carry a firearms. it's just part of the standard equipment. i was in the military police. you were issued a pistol. that's part of the equipment. and when you see scenes like that, of course, as an officer, as you say, the taser, it doesn't always work . taser, it doesn't always work. so when you're challenging somebody with a firearm or enormous machete, you're taking your chances by having to get close enough to them to taser them. but it just shows how brave some officers are on that make not all police officers have tasers far from it, and some police constables don't want tasers at all on their patch . that's right. but we're patch. that's right. but we're coming to a point where it's a case of, you know, you've got to carry something because it's not just about you. your job as a

just about you. yourjob as a police officer is to keep the community safe. my, my view as a as a police when i was a police officer was you have to run towards the trouble, not run away from it. and that means you need the desired equipment. you can keep people safe. >> all right. thank you. mike. mike neville there. i don't want armed police. no, only on our street. i think we have got to be really careful in these situations of what we leap towards. right. we've got to go. but kemi badenoch could be the next tory leader. she's been accused , though, of being accused, though, of being a bully. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. welcome back to britain's newsroom with me, bev and andrew pierce. of course, we've got labour mps, former labour mp stephen pound. i've promoted you then and demoted actually mike perry in the studio with us gentlemen. right. we talk about the tory leadership battle.

>> kenny baker, can i just say is not exactly set the country alight in battle, is it. is not exactly set the country alight in battle, is it . we're alight in battle, is it. we're not exactly talking about it in the dog. >> and don't we speak of little else? >> who's going to be the next tory leader? >> yeah, but i think that's a good thing, because i think i think it's almost a bit like what you call a soft launch, isn't it? for a new project, you know what i mean? just do it without causing too much attention and it'll happen in the background. i'm glad it's happening without much interest from the rest of the world, because the public is not interested. >> exactly, exactly, exactly. >> exactly, exactly, exactly. >> and if you, observe the complete indifference of the country as to who is going to be the next leader of the tory party, it makes it even less interesting. you know what mean? >> i think it's extremely important. it's very, very important, you know, basically because the point is proper opposition to challenge an overmighty executive. yeah if only. but don't forget, already scrapped the european screening committee without a vote. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> the what i was about to say was, in the interest of democracy, you do have to actually have a proper opposition. on the one hand, i've got no skin in the game. i mean, as a democrat and as a

person who's a patriot, you know, i want to see a valid opposition. my suggestion is that they actually give iain duncan smith the job for six months and let them have a proper, not navel gazing, but just working out what are conservatives for? yeah. i mean, are they going to tack towards the toucanet wing or are they going to towards the nigel farage wing, or are they actually going to go and actually going to go and actually be conservative now a conservative, they might actually win an election. >> well, exactly. all these people say, oh, we've got to move to the centre to mrs. thatcher wasn't in the centre. and the reason david cameron, you know, brought the country to a standstill in terms of politics with an opposition is because he became a liberal democrat and that did nothing. as for kemi badenoch story, of course, this morning on the front of the guardian, where she's now been accused of bullying within her department, we've seen this a few times before, haven't we, with, tory politicians. >> dominic raab, the justice secretary, had to resign, had to resign and priti patel was accused of bullying. but boris johnson said thank you very much to the ministerial tsar. i'm not sacking her. >> i agree, but this is a labour

party tactic, stephen, because years ago alastair campbell told me at some labour party conference he was blair's communications, he was blair's communications, he was blair's communication boss. but this was before he'd become that and he was very close to neil kinnock. and he actually said to me at a party conference, you know what, mike? it's not just good enough for us to win the next election when we do, we have to get the people we want into every institution in this country , institution in this country, into the army, into the police force, into the nhs and the civil service. and isn't it strange how many bullying allegations seem to arise against tory ministers and tory politicians, and very few seem to arise against labour politicians? >> i can remember when the mobile phones were flying around in the treasury , and there was in the treasury, and there was endless accusations against gordon brown and against many, many labour people. he went public. >> i was about to say that they certainly did go public. yeah >> who went against gordon? >> who went against gordon? >> they did. no, no, it was rumour . yeah. rumour. yeah. >> no, spencer livermore was

talking about it. i mean, hazel blears was talking about house of lords. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. i only read one story once about, gordon brown apparently got angry and pushed somebody out of a chair and jumped onto a keyboard or something like that, but again, it was very wishy washy. might have happened, whereas with dominic raab and priti patel, oh, official investigations were set up. and in my view, in my view, they've now lowered the bar so low for the allegation of bullying that you i think in one case with dominic raab, he was accused of bullying because he scolded a member of his department for getting facts wrong in a briefing paper that had been prepared for him, which is what he should have. >> don't forget, jacob rees—mogg was accused of bullying because he left a note on somebody's desk saying i was in here this morning, where were you? yes. i mean, the stuff that came out about john prescott, believe you me, that came from within the civil service, i hear that. >> but there were no official reports into investigate. investigate. is there an official report into the kemi badenoch? >> no, they're trying to start one. but there isn't one.

>> yeah. >> yeah. >> so three senior civil servants felt bullied. i wish 333 felt bullied because i think ministers should boot these civil servants around the place a bit more . a bit more. >> jake jacob rees—mogg was one of the best home office ministers we've had. >> yeah, the thing is, you shouldn't have to bully people to get the best out of them. you shouldn't have to. and i tell you what, the younger generation just won't have it. >> it just no, no they won't. it is bullying. >> is it bullying or is it being robust? mike. >> well, well this is what i'm saying. the definition of bullying has changed. now, if you'd have worked in a newspaper in the 80s, right. if you'd worked for some of the editors i worked for some of the editors i work with recently, then yeah, well, certainly in the 80s. and then it started getting a bit better. but andrew and i can tell you that bullying was not just an occasional problem. it was a 24 hour a day, every day event when your editor was telling you you were no good, you had no stories , you had to you had no stories, you had to do better. your job was on the line that was the constant working atmosphere of a fleet street newsroom .

street newsroom. >> the reality, the reality is getting on from what bev said, you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. and i think ultimately it's not particularly productive because people are scared and they will leave for another place. >> they will. it's a bad management style these days in 2024. >> that's the expression i was looking for. >> it's really poor management style, but but i still think i would like people say about kemi badenoch, she would cross the street to start a fight. >> no bad thing because i don't think the civil service has been delivering what the country has needed. yeah, i think they've deliberately blocked a lot of what the tories were trying to do. i agree, particularly in the home office. >> this is the blob, isn't it? >> this is the blob, isn't it? >> the blob. this is the blob. >> the blob. this is the blob. >> and isn't it a bit surprising that there were any civil servants around to bully her, or for her to bully, because most of them work from home. work from home? that's right. >> did michael gove ever credit you with that because you were actually talking about this? the institutional inertia of the civil service before michael gove. yeah. did you ever get any credit for that? >> why do i need the credit? i'm a humble hack. i'm a mere humble hack. >> and getting back to david cameron. andrew, you're an expert in politics. me a humble isn't the first thing he should have done when he became prime

minister. to have cleared out these people in the civil service who were institutionally against. yes, all of them . they against. yes, all of them. they were institutionally against conservative politics. >> when i can remember when the new labour government got in 97 again and again, the heads of information were being all being changed and sympathised with by alastair campbell . absolutely. alastair campbell. absolutely. and, and when cameron got in, he should have changed all that. and also he should have said that wretched human rights act out. yep. he should have got rid of the whole blair mindset. but he adopted it, i'm afraid, which is why the tories have never recovered, because they've never governed a proper tory administration ever since. >> so similar. right, stephen. mike, thank you so much . sophia mike, thank you so much. sophia wenzler. she's very patient. she's waiting for us again with you. news. here she is with no. >> bell. thank you. it's 1131. >> bell. thank you. it's1131. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . your headlines huw newsroom. your headlines huw edwards has pleaded guilty at westminster magistrates court to

three counts relating to images of children. it's a significant fall for the 62 year old, who was once the bbc's most senior news presenter. he's now admitted to receiving 41 images on whatsapp. seven of which are the most serious kind . the court the most serious kind. the court heard that he'd taken part in an onune heard that he'd taken part in an online chat with another adult man, who sent him the images. sir keir starmer has accused those involved in a riot in southport last night of hijacking a peaceful vigil, and says they'll feel the full force of the law. it's after a crowd who'd gathered outside a mosque turned on police , throwing rocks turned on police, throwing rocks larger than bricks and setting cars alight. they'd been encouraged by false posts on social media, which claimed the attacker was muslim. nearly 40 officers were injured and 27 were taken to hospital . hamas's were taken to hospital. hamas's top political leader, ismail haniyeh, has been killed in an attack on the iranian capital. the terror group is publicly blaming israel for the strike.

it comes hours after israel killed a senior hezbollah commander in lebanese capital, raising fears of further escalation . angela rayner says escalation. angela rayner says labour was elected on a manifesto to build more houses as she plays down suggestions of as she plays down suggestions of a backlash. the deputy prime minister unveiled a plan that will see mandatory housing targets for local authorities. she's also appointed experts to lead an effort to create a series of new communities of at least 10,000 homes, each in paris . triathlons have been paris. triathlons have been allowed to take place today after tests showed the river senneis after tests showed the river senne is clean enough. it's after the men's event was cancelled yesterday over fears the famous river was too polluted. and in news just in, alex yee has just won team gb's fifth gold medal in the men's triathlon. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news

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i'd been watching the triathlon. i'd been watching the triathlon. i sat here with you. i love the olympics. i love the track. >> but also he deserves more than the gold medal because he had to swim in that disgusting river, save. which, remember, macron said he would dive in to bathe in, bathe in, but not put his head in. and of course never did. >> can't wait to watch the highlights. >> and of course, that means that we're ahead of the united states of america. yes, in the medal table, not been out all about. >> may not last. >> may not last. >> yes it is medals. >> yes it is medals. >> yes. >> yes. >> it won't happen once. >> it won't happen once. >> did you see how the new york times is doing their medal table though compared? it's different to any other newspaper on the face of the planet. they're totting up every single because america has a whole bunch of silvers and bronzes, but not many gold. right? so they're doing the whole medal total as if a bronze, >> that's right, everyone else ranks it by golds. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah. exactly. >> yeah. exactly. >> how many will have dysentery. >> how many will have dysentery. >> well done him for getting. yeah. well, was he defending his gold? >> i think it was wasn't he. >> i think it was wasn't he. >> might have been, but apparently he had an amazing comeback. he was behind and then he, managed to make he got silver in tokyo and he closed the gap right at the last minute. gold and he managed to

overtake them. >> second place. hope so. i don't know who came second yet, but, definitely want to be here with you. always. it is it really? >> what else are you talking about? this afternoon, guys? >> goodness me. well, of course, as we speak, westminster magistrates court is hearing extraordinary. the most extraordinary. the most extraordinary trial. the former lead presenter for the bbc, huw edwards, is there. marc edwards. marc edwards, mark white mark white. home security, home and security editor is get a grip, tom. >> my goodness, what do you know? what are you overwhelmed by this olympic about medals? >> i yeah, i'm we're going to be outside, man. westminster. magic. do you know what i'm just. >> i'm just gonna head off now. emma? emma, what are you doing? >> please. >> please. >> it's not going well, >> it's not going well, >> with all of the latest from the huw edwards trial. and also, we're going to be talking, of course, about the hangover from from yesterday southport riot in southport and also what's been happening in southend . shocking

happening in southend. shocking people running riot with or not quite literally running riot but running around with enormous machetes, >> right by the right by the funfair where the children playing and it's summer holidays time. >> so appalling. >> so appalling. >> so appalling. >> so we'll be talking about all of the sort of lawlessness and chaos that seems to be unfolding this week. and we'll also be getting the latest on everything that's been happening in southport. >> sure. okay. all right. >> sure. okay. all right. >> good. tom will have learned to string a sentence together. >> i will, i'm gonna have a sharp coffee. >> yes. >> yes. >> tom and emma from midday. up next, though , our labour next, though, our labour breaking promises already. we're going to hear from the chancellor. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. 740 this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> so the chancellor , rachel >> so the chancellor, rachel reeves, has finally confirmed she didn't manage to do this

dufing she didn't manage to do this during the six week general election campaign, did she? that there will be tax rises in the budget, which is in october? >> so our labour breaking promises already. our political editor chris hope, joins us. good morning chris. we haven't seen you for a little while so it's nice to see you. we've been on our holidays. i imagine you have too. right. so it's all going on now. of course, labour are in the driving seat and is the sense that rachel reeves is now pedalling back on some of the promises she made before the election. >> morning, bev. morning, andrew. that's right. it does seem that way, doesn't it? we know there'll be a budget on october the 30th, and now a lot of politics is working out which taxes might go up or might go down. we know from the government, from rachel reeves, the chair. so she won't increase income tax, vat or national insurance, and she won't touch the triple lock, which protects the triple lock, which protects the state pension for millions of pensioners. but we have seen already this week how the government will abandon this winter fuel allowance , which

winter fuel allowance, which will, which will be benefit. so many millions, millions of pensioners and will push some into fuel poverty. but what's quite interesting is on a podcast last night, she admitted the chancellor for the first time that she will have to increase taxes in the budget and she refused to rule out increases on wealth taxes. that is inheritance tax and capital gains tax and the speculation they might try and increase, capital gains tax to the level of income tax at 40%. currently, that's around 20%. but it struck me, it reminded me of an interview i did with rachel reeves when she was a shadow chancellor on may the 29th, and i asked her particularly about wealth taxes. here's what she had to say. i think a wealth tax is yet. is that the that's that's the trash. the trash. you're keeping locked up. >> labour will not be introducing wealth taxes on on homes, that kind of thing. >> capital gains tax labour are not going to be introducing wealth taxes. >> indeed, chris, we've set forward our plans and they are all fully costed and fully

funded and there will be nothing in our manifesto that requires any further increases in taxation . taxation. >> that we have rachel reeves, now the chancellor, with her hands on the exchequer and tax raising powers, saying clearly twice we will not be introducing wealth taxes. she went on to talk about the manifesto, but it is clear to me she is really giving a guarantee. i think, to gb news viewers and listeners that wealth taxes won't go up. so i think watch this space because it looks like they're moving towards that. in the briefing >> now, how, defensive are they over the shoal of emails, texts and statements we've seen now from people like rachel reeves, darren jones, the chief secretary to the treasury and others? i think also the prime minister saying that the winter fuel allowance was safe in labour's hands. i think darren jones said that as recently as six weeks ago. >> yeah. it's hard to reconcile that now. what's been happening with this new government.

they've been pitch rolling for cuts elsewhere. on spending and also tax increases. we saw it, didn't we? andrew and bev by the tory party back in 2010, helped by that. liam byrne letter saying there's no money left. of course he was the number two in the treasury, the chief secretary to the treasury. so the government has gone in there that they found apparently a £22 billion black hole that is partially supported by the office for budgetary responsibility and people in the institute for fiscal studies, the independent watchdog. but the independent watchdog. but the tories are apoplectic. they say they knew what was coming. the government , this labour the government, this labour government, but they didn't want to say what their plans were. and it is these are awkward remarks, aren't they? i think from darren jones on the issue of the winter fuel payment. and also, i should say, frankly, what on earth would, would rishi sunak be saying about this if he had hung on with his election by another six months, he would have guaranteed that payment for millions of pensioners this winter because it would be too late to axe it. so yet again , late to axe it. so yet again, another reason for so many tories to regret this early

election. >> yeah, chris, you and i were in the commons yesterday. >> we were talking and there were labour mps angry about it too. and you interviewed stella creasy, the labour mp, about it yesterday. a lot of anger that the government chose on the very last day of term, because we're in recess now to scrap the european scrutiny committee, which has been looking at legislation spewing out of the eu. we're not in the eu anymore. but of course, this government wants to be closer to the european union. legislation may affect us and they've got rid of that watchdog committee . a very that watchdog committee. a very important moment. >> and i'm so sorry, chris, but we've run out of time. we have to move on, but still to come. good to see you, christopher. hope there. are we heading for a for a farming crisis? have the rural community been forgotten by the government? we'll have expert analysis next. this is britain's newsroom

gb news. welcome back to prince newsroom. so are we heading for a farming crisis? as the government

forgotten the rural community? >> well, here he is . dougie is >> well, here he is. dougie is all the way over from northern ireland with us in the studio. do the king speech. no mention of farming at all. why do you think there's a problem? >> well, there's a problem because europe or britain is obviously becoming closer to europe once more. those european legislations and regulations that have caused so much trouble in europe itself. we've seen riots in holland and france and so forth, all around farming now, farming incomes, i mean , now, farming incomes, i mean, why this came to my attention was there was a report just a couple of weeks ago in northern ireland that snuck out and it basically said 2223 farming incomes in northern ireland were down 47.6%. wow >> that's a huge amount, half their wages. >> we're not talking about turnover. we're talking about their incomes. and this is going to cause a food problem. i mean, northern ireland supplies millions of meals to britain every single day. its biggest sector is being dairy, chicken

and beef. but it's just not northern ireland. this is right across the uk because the legislation that has been put in place is more about wilding growing trees, cutting down and methane because the rush to net zero. and was that rush to net zero. and was that rush to net zero that theresa may started. yeah, yeah. in 2018 boris carried it on. boris carried it on.and carried it on. boris carried it on. and it is now continuing and we are now in these few weeks that are here now the farming community is renegotiating because they have to at the end of each mandate, what subsidies are coming into farming because they get single farm payment, etc. and the last government took so much of the single farm payment off them. and handed it to them if they greened the land. now that means taking land out of operation and growing trees and flowers . now, if trees and flowers. now, if you're a tenant farmer and i have spoken to many, many tenant farmers in the north east of england and scotland who are

losing their farms because they don't own the farm. but the owners of those farms are now seeing more wealth and planting trees and greening the land. now, back in 1980, we were 80% self—sufficient. now we're less than 50%. some would argue that it's more. britain is the third biggest importer of food in the world. and if you look at our health crisis, that's now we are seeing rising obesity, diabetes, heart disease and that has all came from that generation. that was very , very much into was very, very much into processed food. and why are we farming to regulations that the rest of the world isn't farming to? why are we doing that in europe when they're importing from brazil and argentina? >> did we not leave the european union? >> well, we did well, northern ireland could be argued that we didn't know. well, that's true, but most of most of britain left the eu and they're being dragged back into it. and this net zero

continues to rise. we have things like arable farmers need fertiliser, but if you are cutting your herds by a third, you're taking away 20% of your beef cattle and dairy to do away with methane . natural manure is with methane. natural manure is not being produced . so they're not being produced. so they're having to bring in, artificial fertiliser that is made in russia. >> belarus expense , europe and >> belarus expense, europe and that c02, >> belarus expense, europe and that co2, carbon from the lorries, the transported across europe into ferries belting out much more co2 into, britain and then more lorries to transport. >> and this business model, dougie, is built upon this assumption that there is consensus that methane and carbon is bad for the environment. we need to move towards a carbon zero environment. and yet there's dispute about that. and in the meantime, the money gets pushed up and up and up to bigger transnational corporations, all in bed with governments around the world. and the farmers are the world. and the farmers are the ones who end up with no

money in their pocket. what do we do about it, though? what do we do about it, though? what do we do? absolutely. >> and i mean usda department of agriculture figures for the last since 1970 have very much proved that agriculture is only responsible for about 9% of methane. and you can break that down into three parts. and britain's cattle are mainly kept outside. so they're grass fed cattle. they don't produce the same amount of methane. they're not inside being fed highly intensive soya meal, etc. that happensin intensive soya meal, etc. that happens in the states. it doesn't happen here and you have to ask the question, why are we farming by legislation the whole way through europe? you know what the climate is in france, in spain, in germany is not the same as here. and we've had three months of really bad weather at the start of this yeah weather at the start of this year. i was up in newcastle. some of the winter barley crops are being redeployed back into the ground again because they were destroyed. so this is going to affect agenda 2030 hurtling towards un sustainable global goals. >> and it's going to put the

cost of our food bill up every month. >> dougie, thank you so much. nice to see you in the flesh. >> right. to finish the show with some good news. >> great britain's lauren henry, hannah scott, lola anderson and georgie bradshaw have won gold in the women's quadruple sculls, rowing at the paris olympics. >> well done, well done. >> well done, well done. >> am i not say well done girls, you can say, well, i won't get into trouble for that, will i? >> will i will, i've said it how. >> now. >> they could, they could probably crush you with a single thumb. you could call them girls, right. that's it from britain's newsroom for today. up next. good afternoon, britain with tom and emma. see you tomorrow. >> now it is raining gold medals. but coming up on good morning britain we are going to be talking about the latest from southport, the riot following the vigil last night. and we'll also be going to the other end of the country to south end to talk about the machete wielding mob down there that has has seen a number of arrests. >> we'll also be outside manchester magistrates court or rather westminster magistrates court, where huw edwards has appeared this morning pleading guilty to making pictures of

indecent pictures of children that next looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office. another hot day today, but as the humidity rises, so does the thunderstorm risk across southern areas. but for most of us, it's going to be a dry, warm and sunny day. i think the sunshine will be more widely felt across parts of northern ireland and scotland into this afternoon . there will still be afternoon. there will still be some hazy sunshine here and there , but i think for most of there, but i think for most of us a dry and warm day. but across the south coast, notice these showers starting to edge ever closer to the south coast. there is some uncertainty in whether we'll see any impacts from that, but there is a warning in force now away from that thunderstorm risk. temperatures still climbing into the high 20s, the low 30s still possible. we could see 32 degrees again today, but into

this evening it will stay quite warm, even across parts of scotland, where it has been a bit of a cooler week so far. its eastern areas of scotland. that will be warmest in the west, with still a little bit more in the way of cloud around temperatures in the mid teens here this evening into northern ireland. potentially some hazy sunshine, some clouds still lingering across parts of wales. but as i said, it's across the south coast where temperatures are the highest still in the mid to high 20s to end this evening, where the humidity is rising and that thunderstorm risk does increase. so that's where the weather warnings in force across southeastern areas of england through this afternoon and into the evening. but overnight that risk becomes more widespread across parts of england and wales. parts of south wales and then northeastern england could see some heavy downpours, large hail and lightning, as well overnight and temperatures will be high. it's going to be a warm, potentially quite muggy night tonight, quite widely so warm start to the day on thursday. some sunshine across the north and west, but in the east still and west, but in the east still a risk of some very heavy downpours. the continued risk of

thunderstorms and hail into thursday afternoon , as well as thursday afternoon, as well as that area clears away to the east. it's from the west. we start to see more in the way of showers thunderstorms as well, and it will be another very warm and it will be another very warm and humid feeling day by that warm feeling inside. >> from boxt boilers . sponsors >> from boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on

gb. news >> well . >> well. >> well. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on wednesday. the 31st of july. >> i'm tom harwood and i'm emma webb. >> guilty. that's the plea of former bbc presenter huw edwards, who has today admitted to making indecent images of children. we're live at westminster magistrates court. >> southport riot unrest bursts onto the streets of merseyside last night after a peaceful

vigil for the three girls that have been killed and seven others in critical condition following monday's horrific mass stabbing. we're live on the scene and more unrest at the other end of the country. >> the streets of southend played host to a daylight machete fight. the seafront was cordoned off as the brutal brawl forced onlookers to flee . forced onlookers to flee. it seems like the majority of the show today is going to be on crime , on justice, on law and on order. >> it's the only thing on anyone's mind. the country seems to have descended into a kind of spiral of lawlessness. everywhere you look, there's somebody climbing on the back of a bus with a machete running through the streets with machetes, fighting each other. i think people are wondering what on earth is going on. >> absolutely. and not to

mention the aftermath and the