serious offences involving young children , donald trump has got children, donald trump has got himself into a bit of hot for water questioning whether his democratic rival, kamala harris, is indian or black. >> he was speaking at a convention for black journalists. the white house has subsequently condemned his comments . comments. >> oh dear, so much for the heat wave. get your brollies out. some thunderstorms are going to hit parts of the uk today after the country experienced its hottest days of the year. maybe the downpours already started where you are.7 let us know . where you are.7 let us know. >> what you that would tell you be happy about that rain. the police? yes, because part of the reason we've had these riots for the last two nights, these hot, dry evenings, people are out on the streets, also turns people's heads a bit, doesn't it? the streets, also turns people's heads a bit, doesn't it ? the heat. >> and if you are listening to us on the radio, there's lots of you listening to us because the figures have come out. the

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attack at a holiday club. eight other children and two adults were also injured, some remain in a critical condition. the teenager has also been charged with ten counts of attempted murder , and he's due to appear murder, and he's due to appear at liverpool city magistrates court later. the prime minister will meet police leaders today amid widespread protests following monday's attack. angry crowds . angry crowds took to the crowds. angry crowds took to the streets of manchester, hartlepool and london, with some declaring their support for tommy robinson, saying we want our country back. it's after false social media posts claimed the attacker was a muslim asylum seeker who'd crossed the channel in a small boat. cars were set on fire in hartlepool while flares and bottles were thrown at a statue of winston churchill in london's parliament square. more than 100 people were arrested in the capital, while cleveland police made eight

arrests, with more expected. the culture secretary will meet the head of the bbc today after it emerged huw edwards continued to be employed even after he was arrested on suspicion of serious offences . lisa nandy will offences. lisa nandy will question the corporation's boss, tim davie, after it was revealed yesterday that the former news presenter was first arrested in november . presenter was first arrested in november. but presenter was first arrested in november . but despite the november. but despite the seriousness of the investigation, his employment continued until april. in a statement, the bbc said that at the time, no charges had been brought against mr edwards and it was also aware of a significant risk to his health. it comes after he pleaded guilty yesterday to charges related to receiving indecent images of children during an online chat. there's uncertainty over the bank of england's interest rate decision today, with some analysts suggesting improved inflation could lead to a cut. the base rate has been held at 5.25% since august last year,

which is the highest level since 2008. but new data suggests the cost of living crisis is easing thanks to inflation cooling off. that's leading some to predict a cut today, but economists caution that other pressures, including wages, are still a concern for policymakers, a decision is due around midday and we'll bring you that live here on gb news. 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. this is britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce >> i'm afraid they're out again. protesters took to the streets of london and hartlepool following that appalling mass

stabbing that resulted in the murder of those three little girls in southport on monday. >> so angry crowds threw flares and bottles at the gates of downing street. over 100 people were arrested. there were similar scenes in hartlepool. >> this comes as the 17 year old, a 70 year old man, has been charged with three counts of murder and the attempted murder of ten others, and he's just arrived in court. i think it's liverpool magistrates court, so we're going to be, we've got charlie peters there at the court and hopefully we'll be talking to charlie, >> a little bit later. but obviously questions have been raised about what the cause of these riots are. we had commentators on this channel yesterday saying this is all because of social media, and there's no doubt that people being able to communicate with each other causes part of the. yeah, it organises a coordination and it was false news on, on the, on the internet. >> but i still think the underlying problem has been years of simmering resentment over the impact of mass immigration on this country. the

failure of social cohesion, the fact that some people no longer feel at home in their own community. they feel marginalised, driven out. that is not to justify for one second breaking property , smashing up breaking property, smashing up people's homes, removing bricks from walls, torching police vans and by the way, what were they doing hurling protesting outside winston churchill's statue yesterday, one of the greatest patriots this country's ever seen. however i patriots this country's ever seen. howeveri still patriots this country's ever seen. however i still think that is big. the biggest part of the problem, >> one person who often talks really intelligently about this topic is katharine birbalsingh. she is, of course, the head of the michaela community school. she has a very diverse population at that school , she has a very diverse population at that school, and she is a very strong advocate of british values and bringing people together under the same roof of british values and believing in this country, no matter where you were born or what your religion is. and she was on gb news last night. she was on gb news last night. she was on gb news last night. she was on patrick christys show patrick's on holiday, hosted by

mark dolan. and this is what she said last night to gb news often concentrate simply on the immigration issue, which is an issue, but it is also the case that our schools are, teaching our children , and those children our children, and those children turn into adults. >> and if those children, whatever colour they are, whatever colour they are, whatever religion they are, are made to feel somewhat ashamed of being british, perhaps given the way in which we teach our history curriculum and so on. then children, the children who become adults, are not able to love their country in a way that i think will make us successful. now, loving your country doesn't mean you cannot be critical of it. i am massively critical of our education system , but i our education system, but i would say studio social integration experts. >> rakib ehsan morning rakib morning, i think she speaks with such eloquence on this topic. katharine birbalsingh she talks with such fearlessness because part of the problem is we haven't had a language where we've been allowed to talk about race, racial integration without

being accused of being racists. do you feel that that wheel is turning now so that we can now say, come on, we have to have a frank conversation about multiculturalism and how it doesn't always work? >> no, absolutely. i think that and that conversation needs to be had. that importance of having shared civic values, mutual obligations. and i think that without the presence of a common moral cultural standard, it's very difficult to sustain and cultivate social cohesion, especially in a society which is as racially , ethnically and as racially, ethnically and religiously diverse as ours . religiously diverse as ours. >> the having said that , what we >> the having said that, what we saw in the last few days is unacceptable . unacceptable. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> the violence and of course, one of the mums of one of the little girls who was murdered said, don't do this in my name. don't do this in the community's name. but but the point i was making that this resentment, this simmering resentment, i think that you you can feel in some communities , how do we some communities, how do we address it? how do you roll it back?isit address it? how do you roll it back? is it too late? is the is the damage done? you go to part

of our inner cities and it doesn't feel like britain. >> it's very difficult, but we have to remain as positive and optimistic as possible. i wouldn't be in the business of giving up, but i also understand the sentiment that we are neanng the sentiment that we are nearing towards a very dark place, and i think we can see the disorders which are taking place in different parts of the country now in terms of the, pubuc country now in terms of the, public disorders, we've seen, we have to be very firm in terms of making the point that respect for the rule of law is a cornerstone of british liberal democracy. but at the same time , democracy. but at the same time, politicians have to engage maturely with perfectly legitimate concerns over immigration, integration and identity. >> well, looking at the pictures here, this was outside 10 downing street last night, and what struck me . and of course, what struck me. and of course, there are some idiots here. of course there are making a causing a problem. it's totally unacceptable. but what struck me is the number of police officers there. how heavy handed they were with these protesters. whatever you want to call them agitators, maybe is a better word. and yet you compare that

to the footage in harefield in leeds, where there was , asian leeds, where there was, asian gangs setting to fire vehicles. the police just ran away. can you explain that? because i'm maybe i'm imagining it, but that's what i see with my eyes. and that also inflames these tensions. >> well, i think i think it's harehills, in leeds. and i think that the important point we have to make here is that our public institutions have to behave in the spirit of neutrality. and i think that also the language at times from the new labour government, when it comes to talking about different kinds of disorder, there have been differences there in terms of the tone and the language. and i think it's very important that politicians and public institutions, such as police forces, they engage with concerns that certain groups in british society may well be the beneficiaries of preferential preferential treatment when it comes to matters of law and order. >> what do you mean about the language deployed by the new labour government? they've only beenin labour government? they've only been in power 3 or 4 weeks. this

is the home secretary you're talking about? no i'm talking about the home secretary in particular. >> so if you see she said so, i think that her statement when it came to the southport riots, which were primarily caused by out of town troublemakers, i think that her language was robust and i think rightly so. she talked about violent thugs essentially coming into southport and being responsible for destruction of private property and also injuring 53 police officers. while i felt that her statement on, harehills, the harehills riots where police officers were attacked , police cars, police attacked, police cars, police car were flipped over, a double decker bus was set ablaze. i felt that she almost struck a more conciliatory tone. now the background behind that was that there were children that were removed from a romani family. yes. so we have to appreciate the circumstances are different. but if you issue statements on pubuc but if you issue statements on public disorder and there are differences in terms of the tone and the language people, it will tap into concerns that ultimately we have a two tiered approach when it comes to

policing and managing discretion about two tier, because of course, suella braverman got into a lot of trouble, didn't she, when she said there was two tier policing over the gaza protests, which we have in this great capital city, it seems every saturday she thought it was a not that they were being treated differently. >> and we now having two tier government because if the home secretary is saying one thing about disturbance in southport and one thing about a disturbance just a few hundred miles away in leeds, that's more worrying, isn't it? >> no, it is worrying. and i think the government has to try its best to adopt a neutral position to the best of its ability. i think that when she chose her words very carefully, no, she'd have been advised by civil servants what she should and shouldn't say. >> no. >> no. >> absolutely. and i think that suella braverman she's no stranger to making controversial statements, but i think that she certainly made a point there. i think in terms of the pro—palestine protest, and i'm someone who firmly believes in the cause of palestinian statehood, it's very clear that we saw a great deal of anti—semitic chanting, the displaying of pro terror paraphernalia as well, which undermines the palestinian cause . undermines the palestinian cause. but i felt like the policing

response when it came to those kind of disgraceful incidents was, somewhat weak. truth be told, this phrase, far right protesters has been bandied around willy nilly in the last 72 hours, >> so much of the mainstream media just, i think, lazily reaches for that trope. does that have any real meaning in terms of this conversation about these people here? would you say there is such a thing as a do they see themselves as a far right political movement? >> well, i think it would be a mistake to dismiss perfectly legitimate concerns over immigration integration as far right extremism. now, we saw in southport, for example, a local mosque was attacked. you could say that is traditional far right behaviour. i think that's a fair point to make. i also think in the aftermath of the southport riots, we did see anti—muslim conspiracy theories being peddled over the identity of the suspect, who turns out to be a british born teenager of rwandan origin . nigeria, sorry. rwandan origin. nigeria, sorry. niger. rwanda has a population , niger. rwanda has a population, a muslim population of just 2%. yeah. so i think that we percent

christian. yeah, exactly. so i think we should be very firm in terms of addressing that far right disinformation, calling out and far right behaviour. but i think the mistake that we would make is dismissing millions of people in the country who have perfectly legitimate concerns over immigration and the ability of newcomers to integrate into british liberal democratic values. that's not far right in my view, because i keep hearing on other radio stations, it's the english defence league . the english defence league. >> and she said the english defence league be banned . defence league be banned. tricky. look for the english defence league. they haven't got a website. i'm not even sure the engush a website. i'm not even sure the english defence league exists as an entity anymore. >> well, i think that prescribing the english defence league is just it's just a sticking plaster really, isn't it? i think that what we have to do, we have to have a political establishment that addresses those concerns over living in a two tier society, especially when it comes to matters of law and order. we need to have a more controlled immigration system. the chance of that at the moment are very slim, if truth be told. we also have a very dysfunctional asylum system and i think i'd make this point

that, the southport suspect being of rwandan origin, even though being born in britain, rwanda, as you know, has a history of extreme violence. >> well, his parents fled here after the terrible genocide. absolutely. >> and i think actually, you'll see that, children of refugees and asylum seekers , seekers, and asylum seekers, seekers, there's a high risk of psychiatric disorders. so i think those are the kind of things that we need to explore if we want to have a very mature conversation about preventing these kind of horrific atrocities, there's almost a theme if we and if we take what katharine birbalsingh said at the start of the show about the fact that you have to proactively bring people together, and she does it over a shared set of values, that is not going to happen under this government. >> that's my worry. they are too frightened to say, what are the shared set of values and what are the expectations of people in order to be british, they also know where their votes are . also know where their votes are. >> labour. >> labour. >> right. thanks so much. great to see you. nice to have you in studio two. is it another cover up studio two. is it another cover ”p by studio two. is it another cover up by the bbc over huw edwards, the culture secretary is talking to the top boss later this

morning. we'll let you know all about it. this is britain's

gb news. >> 949 this is britain's newsroom with gb news, with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so is it another cover up at the bbc? the broadcaster is at the bbc? the broadcaster is at the centre of controversy after they continued to pay the presenter, huw edwards, a fat salary after he was arrested on suspicion of serious offences. >> well, you all know he pleaded guilty at westminster magistrates court yesterday to three counts relating to images of children and admitted receiving 41 images on whatsapp, seven of the most serious kind involving children under age. >> in a statement, the bbc said he would have been sacked if he had been charged while still working for the corporation. well, former head of religion and ethics aqeel ahmed joins us now. former bbc head of religion and ethics. good morning, aqeel i guess the bbc's defences. you

know, he was arrested . he hadn't know, he was arrested. he hadn't been charged. he hadn't been found guilty of anything . we had found guilty of anything. we had an obligation under employment law to keep him on the payroll. is there any case to answer there? >> yeah, well, i'm speaking purely in a personal capacity here now, and i think that's the problem they faced. i think until he got charged, he hadn't been charged when it was first brought to their attention. and you must remember the two cases are not actually the same. you know what was going on before with regards to the young guy they was having a relationship with or alleged relationship with or alleged relationship with versus this . so when the with versus this. so when the police brought it to their attention, as they would have been, as they should have done, as their employer, as their employer of huw edwards, they had to have a they at that point, they he hasn't been charged with something. so they , charged with something. so they, you know, it would have been a very brave move to have actually sacked somebody when obviously he's not been you know, you haven't crossed that threshold. once you have crossed that threshold and because of the nature of the actual charges, then i think that's when he would have been sacked. and i

think that's what they've said themselves. i think they're in a bit of a legal bind. it's it when we look back at it now, it looks really bad. but the fact of the matter is at that time you don't necessarily know what he's being charged. he hasn't been charged with anything. they haven't given you exact details about what the what the what the allegations are. they've just let you know that he's under investigation for something which they think is serious. it's a very difficult process. and if you have to remember as well at that time, they had a duty of care because he was going through the mental health issues as well. so it's an absolute mess. i think if you look at it like that, and i think if we try and look at this, you know it liberally. what a mess. and a mess. you could argue that actually, you know, only hugh knows what was going on. and i think he's at the centre of all of this. and i think the bbc rightly will be asked questions. but i think ultimately all of us would think , ultimately all of us would think, my ultimately all of us would think, my god, you know, what a mess. it's not it's not as simple as we'd like to think it was. >> i get that, and i understand all the employment laws, akhil,

but the bbc is the public service broadcaster. i think it has to be seen to be in almost a higher place, perhaps than others. but were they really, was it really appropriate to give this man a £40,000 pay rise after this, after they were informed that he'd been arrested £40,000? that's more than most people earn . that's way above people earn. that's way above the national average wage. >> but i think we have to just go back to the earlier point. i mean, the bbc is not above the law, though. it's a problem, you see. so actually, even as an employer, the bbc still has to apply, has to apply the law. as it stands, i think looking at this in isolation , i think this in isolation, i think questions will be asked about why he was paid that money. he obviously hadn't been charged at that point. that's the other thing that we need to remember. so the bbc was unaware of the charges , but we, you know, the charges, but we, you know, the contract that he has is the contract. i think it's a bit strange personally , i think they strange personally, i think they could have had a conversation with him, and i think that's one of the things that i think they will have to answer as to why, when we knew there were issues with hugh at the time, why they

would have actually implemented that, but i do also know from contractually, sometimes you're stuck with that £40,000. wasn't them saying, oh, let's give hugh a pay them saying, oh, let's give hugh a pay rise? it was probably a milestone that was reached in the contract that he had . and the contract that he had. and they again, once again were probably in a bit of a legal bind, although they may, i think with hindsight probably say we probably could have toughed that one out and i think probably should have done. >> okay. thank you. so interesting. former bbc head of religion and ethics akhil ahmed joins us there. >> just so much so. so after he was arrested, he was paid £200,000 out of licence payers money. remember that's you, me and everybody watching with the pay and everybody watching with the pay rise, plus the pay rise, i still find it amazing that somebody can be engaging in such sordid activity and nobody knows about it. >> how can nobody know about it ? >> how can nobody know about it? it's really shocking. >> share. sharing images on a whatsapp with a with a paedophile known to the police. >> very odd right? >> very odd right? >> still to come up it's yorkshire day. we're going to be paying yorkshire day. we're going to be paying tribute to the special

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gb. news >> well . >> well. >> well. >> it's 10 am. on thursday. the 1st of august live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> the teenage . the teenager >> the teenage. the teenager charged over the southport stabbing attackers arrived at liverpool city magistrates court, flanked by a huge police convoy and, of course, disorder has hit britain. >> protests took place across the uk overnight after the southport stabbing attack. mark white has the latest.

>> well, the prime minister is going to host a meeting of chief constables at downing street this afternoon with some real concerns about the potential for a summer of disorder. >> cover up at the bbc seems like it, doesn't it? the broadcaster under fire for continuing to pay huw edwards his £480,000 salary despite knowing he'd been arrested on suspicion of serious offences, and they even chucked in a £40,000 pay rise. of course they did . did. >> donald trump is in hot water for questioning whether his democratic rival kamala harris is indian or black. at a convention for black journalists , convention for black journalists, the white house condemned the comments . comments. >> i'm not going to try and say it, so i'll just say it up. >> it's yorkshire day, the annual awareness day promoting the uk's largest ceremonial county, is a good place to be born to live, to work and visit is underway. >> anna o'reilly is there. >> anna o'reilly is there. >> anna o'reilly is there. >> a up and happy yorkshire day .

>> a up and happy yorkshire day. well, it may be raining here, but that's not dampening any spirits on the 1st of august for yorkshire day, celebrating everything that's fantastic about god's own . about god's own. county. >> i love my yorkshire tea. do you know that i drink nothing but yorkshire tea? i'm a lancashire girl anyway, but it doesn't matter. that's okay. >> well, i drink yorkshire tea as well. actually it's the best. >> there it is. right? other teas are available. >> before we get into trouble, send your comments. this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay a lot to get through between now midday. first though, the very latest news with sophia . latest news with sophia. >> bev and andrew thank you. good morning from the gb newsroom. it'sjust good morning from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 10:00 your headlines. a 17 year old boy has been charged with the murder of three girls after

monday stabbing attack in southport. three children, seven year old elsie dot stancombe alice aguilar, who was nine, and six year old b.b. alice aguilar, who was nine, and six year old bb. king, were killed during the attack at a houday killed during the attack at a holiday club. eight other children and two adults were also injured . some remain in also injured. some remain in a critical condition. the teenagers also been charged with ten counts of attempted murder and is appearing at liverpool city magistrates court, announcing the charges, chief constable serena kennedy said the investigation is continuing. >> a 17 year old boy from banks has been charged with the murders of bebe el—sisi , dot and murders of bebe el—sisi, dot and alice. ten counts of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article following the tragic incident in southport on monday the 29th of july, the 17 year old cannot be named for legal reasons as he is under 18. whilst these charges are a significant milestone within this investigation, this remains

very much a live investigation and we continue to work with our partners from lancashire police and counter terrorism policing nonh and counter terrorism policing north west . north west. >> meanwhile, the prime minister will meet police leaders today amid widespread protests following monday's attack and white. angry crowds took to the streets of manchester, hartlepool and london with some declaring their support for tommy robinson, saying we want our country back. it's after false social media posts claim the attacker was a muslim asylum seeker who'd crossed the channel in a small boat. cars were set on fire in hartlepool while flares and bottles were thrown at a statue of winston churchill in london's parliament square. more than 100 people were arrested in the capital, while cleveland police made eight arrests, with more expected. former police officer graham wetton told gb news

misinformation is a growing concern . concern. >> a lot of false information being posted, people are reacting to rumour and innuendo, not fact . and then we're seeing not fact. and then we're seeing the protests that escalated into violence and disorder on streets across the uk. it's not just you know, in the actual location because information is so widely shared. these days, you can understand the anger and the frustration, but to actually then, then take that into violence and disorder, i think , violence and disorder, i think, is unacceptable in the circumstances and doesn't take into account the families or the investigation that has been mentioned. it's still actually still actually live, albeit charges have been laid. >> in other news, the culture secretary will meet the head of the bbc today after it emerged huw edwards continued to be employed even after he was arrested on suspicion of serious offences. it comes after it was revealed that the former news presenter was arrested in november, but continued to be employed until april. in a statement, the bbc said that at the time no charges had been

brought against mr edwards and it was also aware of a significant risk to his health. he pleaded guilty yesterday to charges related to receiving indecent images of children dunng indecent images of children during an online chat. former bbc executive roger bolton told us that many questions remain. >> it's absolutely clear that bbc news and all the editors involved did not know until this week that huw edwards had been charged, let alone what he'd been charged with. and clearly, if you've watched all the reporting and reading the website of the bbc, the bbc news has been reporting this top item not hiding anything. however, the big questions remain about you know, we now know that the bbc executives were told in confidence that huw edwards had been arrested. when did they know he was charged ? and the big know he was charged? and the big question over all of this is why did they continue to pay him so, so much money in these circumstances? >> now tensions are rising in

the middle east as iran orders retaliatory strikes on israel following the death of a top hamas leader. following the death of a top hamas leader . thousands turned hamas leader. thousands turned out for the funeral of ismail haniyeh in tehran, who was the terror group's most senior political chief. he was killed dunng political chief. he was killed during a strike on the iranian capital this week, which immediately raised fears of a broader escalation in the region. both britain's foreign and defence secretaries are in qatar for talks aimed at quelling the tensions . there's quelling the tensions. there's uncertainty over the bank of england's interest rate decision today, with some analysts suggesting improved inflation could lead to cuts. the base rate has been held at 5.25% since august last year, which is the highest level since 2008. but new data suggests the cost of living crisis is easing thanks to inflation cooling off. that's leading to some predict a cut today, but economists caution that other pressures, including wages, are still a concern for policymakers. a decision is due at around midday

today and we'll bring you that live here on gb. news and just as you thought it was time to enjoy summer. thunderstorms are expected to hit at any moment now. yellow warnings are in place for much of england and wales as the heatwave continues , wales as the heatwave continues, but heavy showers, lightning and thunder will break the hot spell soon with travel disruption and power cuts possible. flood alerts are also in place in parts of the midlands. 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. >> if we're looking a little smug this morning, there may be good reason for doing that . good reason for doing that. we're both a big fan of radio,

aren't we really? >> big fans of radio? >> big fans of radio? >> and it turns out that you are as well. so thank you so much. the latest radio listening figures are out and gb news has done very, very well, particularly britain's newsroom. >> yeah we're up 89%. >> yeah we're up 89%. >> so we're pretty pleased about that. breakfast has done very well too. they're up 60% and we are whacking our rivals. they're trailing hopeless in our wake. >> so shall we name them. go on then. so, gb news audience growth was ahead of other news channels, including talk radio, lbc news uk and times radio, so i'm sure they're doing a lovely job. but thank you. never listen. thank you to you at home for supporting us on the radio because what i love about gb news and i just love this as a as a follower and a fan of gb news is i'll have it on on the telly, i'll be cooking the kids tea, i've got the telly on in the corner and then i have to go out of the house and do something else. you can carry on, just stick it on dab in the car, genius, or in your phone. listen on the apps.

>> brilliant telling because i use cabs a bit and they've often got, gb news on the radio. >> good. >> good. >> about time too, right? protesters took to the streets of london and hartlepool last night following the mass stabbing, which resulted in the murder of three little girls on monday in southport. >> there were also disturbances in manchester and aldershot, and angry crowds threw flares and bottles at the gates of downing street. for some reason, they also thought it would be appropriate to attack the statue of winston churchill. no, i don't get it either, >> as andrew said, there were similar scenes across the country and this all of comes of course, after this 17 year old male has now been charged with three counts of murder and the attempted murder of ten others. he's currently inside liverpool magistrates court. >> well. gb news, home security editor mark white is with us. the disturbances mark. i keep heanng the disturbances mark. i keep hearing on other these stations which don't have as many listeners as us. i'm pleased to say that it's all about english defence. this is much more serious a problem. i think it's not just a response to the shocking killings of those three little girls, but i think this

is simmering resentment over years and years of the way people feel their local communities are not their local communities are not their local communities anymore . they've communities anymore. they've been they don't feel they feel like strangers in their own community. >> i think to brand these protests as far right protests are a complete mischaracterisation, perhaps a deliberate mischaracterisation of what is going on here. now, i'm not saying there weren't some far right elements, that attended some of these protests. they're certainly hotheads at these protests , as there are at these protests, as there are at pretty much every protest i've ever covered. covered. there's always from the left, from the right , always from the left, from the right, palestinian always from the left, from the right , palestinian protesters, right, palestinian protesters, whatever there are always elements in there that are looking to cause trouble. and sometimes they gain a critical mass and others get sucked into that and they can turn violent. but you're right. i think, to suggest that this has been simmering for years. a seething resentment of what is going on across the country, where they

look at incident after incident that has been linked either to asylum seekers , to immigrants, asylum seekers, to immigrants, or they would see as an illustration of the failings of multiculturalism and also, a feeling from the establishment that to talk about such issues as unpalatable as they might be, is seen as being somehow, you know, far, far right . and people know, far, far right. and people are sort of traduced for being concerned about perhaps legitimate issues, as you say . legitimate issues, as you say. >> one other thing on that, too, in so many towns and communities now, large hotels have been taken over by asylum seekers. who said who agreed to that? yeah. was it just in visited on hi. was it imposed by the home office. did the local council agree it's bad for business, i'm afraid, i mean, i'm thinking of i've got friends who've got a place in in hope, brighton. the lovely hotel. it's a dump. it's

because it's been an asylum seekers hotel for years and it's ruining the area. >> and that's why at least two of the protests that, sparked disorder last night in newton heath, in eastern suburbs of manchester and also, down in aldershot, where outside migrant hotels. but the same type of resentment is feeding. it is under this enough is enough banner that people are coming out. and yes, southport . okay. out. and yes, southport. okay. we know now that there was false information put out there on the internet that people took in and that did feed in and spark some of the anger, but it's very naive to think that it was just that and this misinformation about the individual suspect that has caused what we're seeing now, this has been building for years. and you rightly point out the issue around hotels. there's barely a

community around the country that hasn't seen a hotel in their local area. that has been requisitioned without their say. they have no say at all on what happens. it's an agreement between the hotel owners and these companies acting on behalf of the home office. they requisition these hotels . requisition these hotels. they're taken out of use sometimes for years. yeah places where you could go and have a wedding , where you could go and have a wedding, another where you could go and have a wedding , another function, wedding, another function, business people and tourists coming into your community. suddenly that ends. and on top of that, they see, hundreds of mainly young men in these hotels outside hanging about. they link them to criminality and such . so them to criminality and such. so there is absolutely an issue there is absolutely an issue there that needs to be explored. however, you know , unpalatable. however, you know, unpalatable. many people might feel that it is . is. >> is anybody handling this story as well as gb news? i know that sounds like a strange question to ask , but i've been question to ask, but i've been listening to lots of media outlets, have lots of people that live in the westminster

bubble who just still look and just say lazy, that lazy journalism, a far right thugs. they just don't like brown people. they're throwing bricks at the police. it is so much more complicated and nuanced than that. mark are you still disappointed that the rest of the media hasn't caught up with looking at these people and going, what are they actually angry about? what are they feeling? why do they feel so oppressed? it's not just about racism, i don't think. it's not that they are just looking at the brown person and saying, it's not fair. you get more than me. it's something else. it's about a sense of hopelessness. they feel like they've got no money, they can't get a house, they can't see the gp. the schools their kids go to are rubbish. there's a mass collapse of social fabric . why is it of social fabric. why is it there's so few media outlets understand that? yeah there's a societal disintegration that has been taking place slowly but surely, surely over recent years. >> and you're right, it's lazy journalism just to brand this as far right. and it's also people, with sensibilities that don't

want to go down the road of actually, you know, confronting some painful truths about perhaps the failure of multiculturalism in this country that that is too, too much of a risk for them to get sucked into. they don't want they're frightened of being judged. >> so they they brand it in simplistic terms when it is a multi—dimensional issue that is complex, but it is real and that's why we have senior police officers meeting in downing street this afternoon with the prime minister, because there is real concern about the potential for a summer of disorder. >> and while i think it's right to lend support to the police, who have got a difficult time ahead, perhaps maybe our political class also need to come out and address the wider society and maybe tell them that we get it. we understand the pain that you're going through and the issues that you see in

your society. what worries me about the disintegration of your community? >> we've got to go. but what worries me enormously as well, is this labour government will sit down with their instincts for control and start to impose all sorts of restrictions on all of us. and that's what worries me as a reaction to these sorts of riots. mark, thank you so much. >> now, coming up, the cover up at the bbc at the centre of controversy after they continued paying controversy after they continued paying the presenter, huw edwards, his colossal salary after he was arrested on suspicion of those serious offences against young children. >> in a statement, the bbc said he would have been sacked if he had been charged while still working for the corporation. >> well, we're joined now by the political columnist for the sun, trevor kavanagh, it was a bit of a political legend, certainly to me. trevor, morning to you. the sun newspaper, when it took on huw edwards last year by exposing the fact that he'd paid a 17 year old excuse me, £35,000 was attacked from on high by people like owen jones, the guardian columnist, david yelland, a former editor of the

sun, all saying the sun should be in the dock because an innocent man had been brought to the edge. vindication for the sun today . i the edge. vindication for the sun today. i wonder when we're going to get an apology from those, left wing agitators . those, left wing agitators. >> well, i must say that i'm looking forward to the apology from my former editor, david yelland, who i'm sure will be big enough to say that he was grotesquely mistaken and should have known better, the situation is that the bbc is known about, all of the information that we published on, huw edwards right from the beginning, simply because the parents of the young person who he, gave huge sums of to money in return for indecent pictures went to the bbc first and gave them all the information that they would have required, and they were turned away and nothing was done. so they came to the sun and the sun. i think, with considerable

courage. in fact, decided this was an incident that required coverage and we put it on the front page. we did not name huw edwards at the beginning . that edwards at the beginning. that was done by his wife, who said that the man was having a nervous breakdown or some sort of depression or something. mental health issues. now none of this excuses the for bbc failing to do something right at the start and not just about this particular incident that the parents reported, but about other incidents where he was approaching members of the bbc staff. for similar sort of favours . and this this was known favours. and this this was known within the bbc. so the idea that the bbc came to this innocent and with wide eyes, i think, is for the birds and they have a big case to answer on their failures to deal with an issue which i think has had previous track record with other characters like jimmy savile. >> what can the bbc learn from this? hugh going forward and making sure that presenters

aren't conducting themselves in this manner in the future ? this manner in the future? >> well, i think the very first thing they can do is investigate them properly, thoroughly and independently and take the action that would have resulted. and i think that the interesting thing is that they have known since last, autumn that he was arrested and the basic facts of this case were known to them from that point onwards. and yet they went ahead with not only leaving him on the payroll, but giving him a huge pay rise. in addition, now that is unforgivable, unacceptable and inexcusable . so, they have a inexcusable. so, they have a case to answer here, and i think that they need now to come out in public and explain themselves. >> we talked to a former head of ethics at the bbc, trevor, who said, well, the bbc were in a contractual obligation to pay that because he hadn't been charged at that point innocent until proven guilty. how would you respond to that ? you respond to that? >> well, i think that, katie

razzall has already made the point on the bbc, the bbc's media editor, that the simple fact that he had been accused is no different. really to the fact that he's been charged. the facts of the case are there. they were clear for the bbc to study and examine, and i think that that was the point at which they should have acted. >> okay. thank you. trevor kavanagh there. legendary. >> he really is from the sun, formerly of the sun. >> a bbc spokesperson has said it was made aware in confidence that huw edwards had been arrested on suspicion of serious offences and released on bail, whilst the police continued their investigation at the time, no charges had been brought against mr edwards. the bbc had also been made aware of a significant risk to his health. in the end, at the point of charge, he was no longer an employee of the bbc. >> no reference to the threat to the health of the young boys who were gratuitously exploited by huw edwards. >> right up next, labour pledged to fix your potholes. we'll tell you about their big plans next year with britain's newsroom on

gb news. okay. good morning. it's 1024. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pearson. bev turner. that clattering you can hear is carole malone. >> well, it's actually not me. >> well, it's actually not me. >> the microphone's falling off. that's why we are on. >> also joined this morning by the director of the charity world. right. kerry dingle, who you will have seen on michelle's show many times. but first time with us. kerry, thank you so much for joining with us. kerry, thank you so much forjoining us. it's lovely. >> thank you for having me, >> thank you for having me, >> do you want to talk about huw edwards then? and his downfall? go on. carol, i bet you're dying to get. do you know what i cannot believe to be? >> i mean, the echo is here, you know, of jimmy savile and rolf harris and all the rest of it. it's just outrageous that they have, you know, they have hidden this. they have tried and they're ridiculous. excuse they gave today for not firing him was that he hadn't been officially charged. they knew

about his arrest in november last year, and they knew about the nature of the vile things that he's been charged with in you. they knew about, which he's now admitted, to which he's now admitted to. so this but this is just so typical of the bbc that they they have you know, they, they they have you know, they, they didn't listen to the parents of that, that young boy that he paid 35 grand for. >> they really tried, which is why they read their story to the sun in the first place. >> they have to and, and then but they choose to listen to this, to their tv presenters. it's not the first time that they've done this, because in their eyes, the tv presenters are sacrosanct. and the ordinary people out there, the people who pay people out there, the people who pay the licence fee, are just not worth listening to. and these parents would never have gone to the papers, i'm pretty sure, had they been listened to. but you know what? what i want to say in all this, and this is a shout out to the media, you know, the sun is the hero of this piece and the bbc, you know, and it's the lofty state broadcaster is the villain in all of this, you know the sun and i'm because i'm pretty sure the police would not have have pursued these allegations

without it. >> i would think there's no doubt about it. >> they would not have pursued them had it not been for the sun's story. they had to pursue. >> and the sun got completely vilified. i remember sitting in here last july . vilified. i remember sitting in here last july. i think it was when this happened and there was still so much fear because his name might come out, although everybody knew who it was, nobody was going to say anything. the sun got absolutely damned and vilified for saying what was going on with people like owen jones calling for said calling for it to the sun is a disgusting rag. >> they have to pay for what they've done to huw edwards. they tried to destroy someone's lives with false claims of illegality. >> and i know, and not only that, the other names that as well there was, there was emily maitlis and there was jon, jon sopel and there was david yelland. but having said all that, well, firstly the one of the problems we've got is i think the which is wrong are this privacy kind of judges decision which isn't actually

law. you know, because the sun was clearly acting in the public interest and made a decision itself not to reveal his name because it actually wasn't a legal requirement. it was a judge's, you know, bbc decision. >> if the bbc had any sense of responsibility, they would have named him at the time. and it turned out his wife was the one who named him. >> we mustn't forget he got a £40,000 pay rise after the bbc was told he'd been arrested with serious charges of . serious charges of. >> and they're now coming out with all this tosh about. they had to do it because until he'd been forced, you know, they didn't actually rise. they didn't actually rise. they didn't have to give him the pay rise. and the thing is, the bbc have got this is not the first time they've got form for this. they've got form for hiding, you know, the perverted behaviour of some of their staff and, you know, they, they absolutely knew about the other accusations from employees within the bbc that were happening. you know , on were happening. you know, on a regular basis, people making complaints about edwards, making suggestions to them . and they

suggestions to them. and they ignored that as well. they did nothing. and what i really want to say, they've conducted an investigation which is farcical. they're investigating themselves. where is the result of that investigation? we really need to see that now. they did an internal review. we've not seen that. >> but the issue for me is very much for both the importance of press freedom and we saw how important it was in terms of what the sun was able to do. so i think that's absolutely vital. but i would say even something as shocking as this , i don't as shocking as this, i don't think people should lose their jobs. on the strength of allegation. i think charges are quite important. so i don't think that's wrong. i'm not complaining about that. i do think and i understand maybe the bbc has got contractual obugafions bbc has got contractual obligations or whatever, but it must be possible, you know, given it's paying out so much to money claw back some of this inordinate amount of money that they've paid this man. yes absolutely. and also , the bbc

absolutely. and also, the bbc shouldn't get off scot free for allowing its privileged, powerful celebrities. but they will, to get away with things as shocking as this. >> but also just just like cast our minds back to russell brand caused a massive row between me and andrew at the time. >> it won't be the last. >> it won't be the last. >> russell brands was had allegations made against him in allegations made against him in a documentary. caroline dinnage, who is the chair of the culture, media and sport committee at the time, wrote house of commons headed paper saying that he should not be allowed to monetise his work online. i was included in that letter for even saying that a man is innocent until proven guilty. where were those mps about huw edwards? do you see the double standard? double standard is extreme, but also you have that you have you have double standards as well within the corporation where you have the bosses of that corporation. >> yesterday sending a statement to all employees saying, you know, we're appalled at this. you know, like they didn't know were appalled at this. there is definitely no place for this at

the bbc. well, yes, there is under them because they did nothing to stop it . so all of nothing to stop it. so all of the people who have colluded in this , who have colluded to hide this, who have colluded to hide it, to keep it under the carpet, they need to be got rid of because they're going to let it happen again. yes. >> and we should remember that, you know, stuart hall, remember him stuart hall. >> yeah. completely yes. there's savile, there was rob howard. can i just say as well that, you know, the way that mental health is now used as a get out. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. on everything i think there's something seriously wrong with this because even last july i remember as soon as, his wife came out and named him and everyone went like, oh, okay, we can him, but mental health. oh dean can him, but mental health. oh dear. as though that means you take no responsibility for your actions. >> it's clever because it gagged the press. the press was gagged, shut down. >> it's this idea that somebody might be suicidal and that has become this idea that you can't. you can't have blood on your hands. well, but it's. >> and if he's suicidal, that's not the media's fault. that's the person who committed these

heinous offences for. exactly because of the shame he's brought on himself, didn't it seem family? >> didn't it seem like to me like a plot at the time that suddenly his wife comes out and names him and literally within minutes, the press are told that he's gone into the priory. he's gonein he's gone into the priory. he's gone in because of mental health issues . and that that i think is issues. and that that i think is was that gagged us that effectively gagged? >> yeah. it did, did it did. >> yeah. it did, did it did. >> we've already done the statement from the bbc so we don't need to read it for a third time. so we've you're going to come back because we've got to go to the slides i'm afraid. >> i think i do have to read this statement. >> i'm going to read it again. why have we got to read it ' 7 m. again? >> well, the bbc well, because there are rules in which we have to operate, they have said about this issue at the time, no charges had been brought against mr edwards and the bbc had also been made aware of the significant risk to his health as we were discussing in the end, at the point of charge, he was no longer an employee at the bbc. >> so just in case you didn't, that the first time we're repeating it, but also we're not on because you might not have heard it. >> we're not talking about carol. >> thank you. sorry it was so

brief. >> we'll be back and they're going to talk about potholes. well, big issue for everybody listening a bit about a bit of yeah. >> no sophia . >> no sophia. >> no sophia. >> beth. thank you. it's 1032. >> beth. thank you. it's1032. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines. a 17 year old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of three girls after monday's stabbing attack in southport. eight other children and two adults were also injured. some remain in a critical condition. the teenager can't be named because of his age. he's also been charged with ten counts of attempted murder and remains in youth detention . meanwhile, it youth detention. meanwhile, it was another night of violence across britain last night, with angry crowds taking to the streets of manchester, hartlepool and london encouraged by false social media posts. some declared their support for

tommy robinson, saying we want our country back. more than 100 people were arrested in the caphal people were arrested in the capital, while cleveland police made eight arrests, with more expected . the prime minister is expected. the prime minister is due to discuss the situation with police leaders today . the with police leaders today. the culture secretary will meet the head of the bbc today after it was revealed that former news presenter sue edwards was arrested in november, but continued to be employed until april. he pleaded guilty yesterday to charges related to receiving indecent images of children . during an online chat. children. during an online chat. tensions are rising in the middle east as iran orders retaliatory strikes on israel following the death of a top hamas leader. thousands turned out for the funeral of ismail haniyeh in tehran, who was the terror group's most senior political chief. he was killed dunng political chief. he was killed during a strike on the iranian capital this week, which immediately raised fears of broader escalation in the region. both britain's foreign and defence secretaries are in

qatar for talks aimed at quelling the tensions . and just quelling the tensions. and just when you thought it was time to enjoy summer. thunderstorms are expected to hit at any moment now. yellow warnings are in place for much of england and wales, with heavy showers, lightning and thunder likely to impact travel. 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. >> cheers! >> cheers! >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's a quick report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you $1.2765 and ,1.1842. the price of gold is £1,905.77 per ounce,

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and they've soared. we're up 89%, breakfast is up 60% and the station as a whole has overtaken i think it's called times radio , i think it's called times radio, 89%, 89% more listeners to this, to this radio show, tv show. >> we're one of the very few people. we are the only one now, aren't we? that's simulcast. that means we're on the tv and we're on the radio exactly the same time. what you watch here on the telly, you can get in your car or go in the kitchen, put on your dab radio and carry on listening to us. what a joy, right. what have you been saying at home? let's have a look here. what? well, clive says we're doing it on paper because, as you know, i'm not very good at doing it on on the computer. >> they say andrew and bev says the british way of life is being eradicated in front of our very eyes. that's what is making people angry. we're talking about again, more unrest last night and i fear if we have, particularly if it's a hot summer, could we have a summer of unrest? i hope not, but immigration is good for the country, but not at the current levels. it's too fast for people to integrate and blend into our society . clive, i agree with you

society. clive, i agree with you because i just don't think there's many efforts to integrate. they just becoming a big homogenous block. aren't they? the bengali community? are there , white community there, there, white community there, but they're feeling forced out. >> and this is what katharine birbalsingh says. and i always think . are a brilliant think. are a brilliant microcosm, aren't they? of the country at large and into a country at large and into a country as a whole. and she was saying on gb news last night, britain's strictest head as channel 4 caller, you cannot just say, look at this lovely experiment. it will all be fine. you have to, she manages, because she says if she doesn't manage it in her playground, she will have the african kids and the pakistani kids and the bangladeshi kids and the english kids, and they will naturally segregate. so she works really hard. she makes them break bread together , quite literally. together, quite literally. they're forced to have lunch together. >> and of course, she had got into the difficulties because she refused to allow the muslim children to have a prayer room, to have a prayer room. >> and she was and she was taken to court over it. but she won

and she won, and that was important because she didn't want them to be treated differently to the other children. because what about the children. because what about the children who are jewish? can they go to synagogue? and the catholic kids, the anglican kids, and she won. >> i'm just not sure. >> i'm just not sure. >> no prayer at all. >> no prayer at all. >> i'm just not sure how you can actively encourage that. on a wider level, though , how do you wider level, though, how do you do that with members of your community? i'd love to know what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay on the huw edwards story, alan has said the bbc will continue this behaviour as long as it is a taxpayer funded gravy train. i guess to some degree. that's right. they aren't held to the same commercial standards as other channels, so they can just get away with things. >> and it's interesting that the culture secretary, the new culture secretary, the new culture secretary, the new culture secretary, she's called, what is she called? i'll come to you in a second. she is meant to be meeting the director general of the bbc today, but it may not be a face to face meeting because lisa nandy because she's got to go to the olympics. what's more important ? dressing what's more important? dressing a dressing down for the director general of the bbc who thought

it was appropriate to give to give huw edwards a £40,000 pay rise after he'd been arrested over these very serious allegations . well, he's now allegations. well, he's now admitted to paedophilia, £40,000 pay admitted to paedophilia, £40,000 pay rise on his £440,000 salary. >> i've got a suggestion, lisa nandy. >> if you're at the olympics, go and check out the boxing where there are genetically born men fighting the female boxers. as somebody that actually has a strong opinion in that lisa nandy, well, she approves of that because she's now already said, as a new minister in the government that she approves of trans women competing alongside women who are born women in sport, which i think is it's not had the attention it should have, frankly, we're going to be talking to mark foster, talking about the olympics in just a little while straight from paris, to see how we get on there to mark foster about the olympics, i'm going to listen, right. today is yorkshire day. it's an annual awareness day promoting the uk's largest ceremonial ceremonial county as a good place to be born to live, to work and to visit . to work and to visit. >> so who better to talk to than our very own gb news yorkshire

and humber reporter our very own anna riley. anna riley i'm not going to say good morning in a yorkshire accent. i'm just going to say good morning. how are you? happy yorkshire day. >> well i'll say happy yorkshire day and i'll say a up to you and i'll do, i can get away with it because i'm from yorkshire. as you can see we are in the magnificent york. you can just see the man. >> oh, i think we've lost anna's audio for now. >> oh, shame, i think. >> oh, shame, i think. >> what anna yorkshire anna riley was going to say. we're looking there at the cobbled streets in york . streets in york. >> why are you doing a birmingham accent? >> i love anna riley's accent. i could listen to it all day. i think it's fantastic. am i right in thinking it was raining on those pictures? was it actually raining? well, it doesn't. >> it often rain in york? >> it often rain in york? >> exactly. that's what i'm saying. i don't know, it's like outside here in london today. it was very sunny this morning. >> i thought we were going to play >> i thought we were going to play the music from last of the summer wine to introduce our der, der, der der der der.

>> should we just sing it? >> should we just sing it? >> where's the music from? last of the summer? >> we haven't got the rights to play >> we haven't got the rights to play it. oh, it's cheaper to have me sing it. >> you back down the back and are you there? >> i'm here. yes. so since 1985, yorkshire day has been officially celebrated. organised by the yorkshire society. and every year a new town or a different city has the honour of hosting the official civic celebrations. and here in york, we can just hear now behind us, bandis we can just hear now behind us, band is starting up, so there's over 120 dignitaries that have come. apparently they say it's the largest gathering of mayors of council , leaders of of council, leaders of dignitaries in the uk, and perhaps even in the world. now, today, august, the first, it's all about celebrating the heritage, the rich culture that we have in yorkshire. and the idea was born actually back in 1975. it was a result of when the local government act came

in. it split the traditional three ridings of yorkshire and people wanted to have this day on august the 1st, to make sure that we protect our heritage of yorkshire, protect our culture. bev, i know how much you love our yorkshire tea. we have fantastic food as well. who doesn't love a yorkshire pudding? a bit of parking. we've also got our own language in a way as such, our own lexicon, our own sayings. we've even got our own sayings. we've even got our own sayings. we've even got our own flag . but as you can see our own flag. but as you can see now, the area has been cleared. this procession that's currently being led is going to go all the way to york minster, down stonegate, and then there's going to be a special service at york minster, followed by a civic lunch . so we can see that civic lunch. so we can see that the drum bearer and then if we just see behind, we can see the lord mayor and the sheriff of

york who spoke to earlier, and they were just telling us about how fantastic york and yorkshire is , how much of an honour it is is, how much of an honour it is for york to be hosting this special day. and just telling us as well about how it puts york on the map. it also helps tourism in the area as well, having special days like this. and it's not just people from across yorkshire that have come, it's people from across the world. we spoke to somebody earlier from australia, an 88 year old man called john lunn, and he's the delegate from australia. he's been there over 50 years, but he's still got his yorkshire accent . he's still yorkshire accent. he's still very proud of his roots. and he told me he wants it to be a national holiday. he said we've got saint patrick's, why can't we have yorkshire day for everyone to celebrate? so yeah, we can see the procession going past us now. the fine regalia . i past us now. the fine regalia. i don't know about you both, but i

just think it's fantastic to have this pomp and ceremony and the outfits that people are wearing. i've been told those chains that they're wearing are quite heavy, but they just look absolutely brilliant. and if you can see around us, well, there's plenty of people that have turned out here to watch this procession go by. but as i say, they are now following to on york minster, where that special service has been held. and we'll have more for you later on. celebrating god's own country. >> oh how nice. thank you anna, how lovely. >> you know what you notice though ? they're all kind of though? they're all kind of tapping on a bit, aren't they? those mayors? yeah. and you just want to think that the next generation are going to carry on that baton . that baton. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> because it's important to celebrate your heritage and it makes the point. i mean, in london they have a huge celebration for saint patrick's day, which i've never quite understood when we don't bother with saint george's day, patron saint of england. >> but when you start bothering right up next, scotland are getting tougher on those dangerous xl bully dogs.

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>> 1051 this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so there are new rules and safeguards surrounding the ownership of xl bully dogs in scotland from today. >> of course, scotland decided it didn't want to go down the engush it didn't want to go down the english route, but now they're going to make it a criminal offence to own the breed unless there is an exemption certificate. >> so joining us now is gb news scotland reporter tony maguire, who is in a dog shelter this morning. morning, tony. so scottish legislation caught up with england. now >> yes. good morning. that's definitely seems to be the case. there was that little bit of hesitation wasn't there at the beginning of this year when the scottish government did not follow suit with wales and

england, but that was soon rectified some months later. and last night the deadline arrived for owners of xl bullies to register their dogs , along with register their dogs, along with a slew of other criteria. now, from today, here's everything that's really changed. the dogs now need to be microchipped and neutered and rehoming shelters like this. ayla dog rescue can no longer rehome dogs of that breed. interestingly enough, some breeders are already trying to get around the ban. seen across the uk by with a new breed which is, the pocket bully. now that's obviously uses the dna of the xl bullies, but crosses with other small and small breeds as well . small breeds as well. >> they've done this in scotland because there was a rise in attacks on people or because they feared there'd be a rise. >> well, there certainly has been. and in fact, you know,

social media has actually, you know, as it has been across the uk, been the greatest tool in identifying just how much of a problem this is now attacks by big dogs are nothing new, but indeed there has been a real disproportionate amount of those attacks have been done by the xl bully breed, which has been bred to be aggressive and in some cases, sadly, to fight . now, you cases, sadly, to fight. now, you know, speaking to the owner here at islay dog rescue, they said that some of those dogs sure are big softies, but the real danger is the reason that they bite and that moment that they can just choose to snap. >> very interesting. all right, tony, that's, xl bully dogs have caught up with the latest. they rather mocked the fact that the engush rather mocked the fact that the english government was going down that way. that was tony maguire, of course, in scotland, and of course, a lot of people are very upset with the idea that all of these dogs are going to be put down. they're not dogs, they're beasts. >> right. still to come, we're going to have more on the disorder and protests that are

spreading across britain. we're going to consider the reasons why this is britain's newsroom on gb news, the people's channel. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on gb solar, sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to your latest gb news. weather forecast from the met office on what is for some of us going to be a hot, humid and thundery day. it is a bit fresher , more comfortable across fresher, more comfortable across parts of scotland and northern ireland. some outbreaks of rain here, but across parts of england and wales we already had some heavy thunderstorms overnight and some of them are starting to clear away towards the east. but as we head into this afternoon, i am expecting some more heavy thundery showers to develop, particularly across central and eastern parts of england. it is still going to be hot and humid, especially in the south. temperatures in the high 20s, possibly low 30s, a bit more comfortable further north, but perhaps a bit warmer than it was yesterday. as we go through the rest of today and across scotland, there will be a few

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>> morning, 11 am. on thursday, the 1st of august, live across the 1st of august, live across the united kingdom. >> this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and . bev turner. >> the teenager charged over the southport stabbing attack has been remanded in youth detention accommodation at liverpool magistrates court as he entered the dock. gb news understands that he smiled towards the press gallery. >> more disorder across the

country. protests took place overnight after the southport stabbing attack. mark white has more. >> will the prime minister is hosting a meeting of senior police chief constables at downing street this afternoon, with some real concerns about the potential for a summer of disorder . disorder. >> and cover up at the bbc. the broadcaster is under fire for continuing to pay huw edwards his £480,000 salary, despite him having been arrested on suspicion of serious offences . suspicion of serious offences. >> and that man, donald trump. he's in hot water again. he's questioned whether his democratic rival kamala harris is indian or black, and he did it at all places. a convention for black journalists. the white house has condemned him . house has condemned him. >> wow. breaking news as well.

gps have vowed to take collective action for the first time in 60 years. >> well, that's going to be a problem for wes streeting, the new secretary of state for health, who thought everything was going to be hunky dory with the election of a labour government. they're not going to government. they're not going to go on strike. but one of the nine forms of collective action will be reducing the number of appointments they give to patients. currently, it can be between 37 to 50 a day if you're lucky , down to 25. extraordinary. >> well, not that anyone can get an appointment anyway. any gp at the moment let us know what you think gbnews.com/yoursay. also, we've got some breaking news about the olympics in just a minute. but first, here's the news with sophia . news with sophia. >> but thank you. good morning. it's 11:02. i'm sophia >> but thank you. good morning. it's11:o2. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. a 17 year old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of three girls after monday stabbing attack in southport. three

children, seven year old elsie dot stancombe alice aguilar, who was nine, and six year old b.b. was nine, and six year old bb. king, were killed during the attack at a holiday club. eight other children and two adults were also injured . some remain were also injured. some remain in a critical condition. the teenager can't be named because of his age. he's also been charged with ten counts of attempted murder and remains in youth detention. meanwhile, the prime minister will meet police leaders today amid widespread protests following monday's attack . angry crowds took to the attack. angry crowds took to the streets of manchester, hartlepool and london, with some declaring their support for tommy robinson, saying we want our country back. it's after false social media posts claim the attacker was a muslim asylum seeker who'd crossed the channel in a small boat. cars were set on fire in hartlepool while flares and bottles were thrown at a statue of winston churchill

in london's parliament square. more than 100 people were arrested in the capital, while cleveland police made eight arrests, with more expected. former police officer graham witton told gb news misinformation is a growing concern. >> a lot of false information being posted, people are reacting to rumour and innuendo, not fact. and then we're seeing the protests that escalated into violence and disorder on streets across the uk. it's not just, you know, in the actual location because information is so widely shared these days, you can understand the anger and the frustration, but to actually then then take that into violence and disorder, i think , violence and disorder, i think, is unacceptable in the circumstances and doesn't take into account the families or the investigation that has been mentioned. it's still actually still actually live, albeit charges have been laid. >> in other news, the culture secretary will meet the head of the bbc today after it emerged huw edwards continued to be employed even after he was arrested on suspicion of serious

offences. it comes after it was revealed that the former news presenter was arrested in november, but continued to be employed until april. in a statement, the bbc said that at the time no charges had been brought against mr edwards and it was also aware of a significant risk to his health. he pleaded guilty yesterday to charges related to receiving indecent images of children dunng indecent images of children during an online chat, former bbc executive roger bolton told us that while some in the corporation may have known, its editorial staff didn't. >> it's absolutely clear that bbc news and all the editors involved did not know until this week that huw edwards had been charged, let alone what he'd been charged with. and clearly, if you've watched all the reporting and reading the website of the bbc, the bbc news has been reporting this top item not hiding anything . however, not hiding anything. however, the big questions remain about, you know , we now know that the you know, we now know that the bbc executives were told in confidence that huw edwards had

been arrested. when did they know he was charged ? and the big know he was charged? and the big question over all of this is why did they continue to pay him so , did they continue to pay him so, so much money, in these circumstances? >> now, tensions are rising in the middle east as iran orders retaliatory strikes on israel following the death of a top hamas leader. thousands turned out for the funeral of ismail haniyeh in tehran, who was the terror group's most senior political chief. he was killed dunng political chief. he was killed during a strike on the iranian capital this week, which immediately raised fears of a broader escalation in the region. both britain's foreign and defence secretaries are in qatar for talks aimed at quelling the tensions . now, to quelling the tensions. now, to some breaking news. gps in england have voted in favour of work to rule action. that vote took place moments ago and it could limit the number of appointments available. it comes despite the health secretary warning that taking action against the new government would

only punish patients. it's the first time gps have taken collective action since 1964, and we'll bring you more on this as we get it. there's uncertainty over the bank of england's interest rates today , england's interest rates today, with some analysts suggesting improved inflation could lead to a cut. the base rate has been held at 5.25% since august last year , which is the highest level year, which is the highest level since 2008. but new data suggests the cost of living crisis is easing thanks to inflation cooling off. that's leading some to predict a cut today, but economists caution that other pressures, including wages, are still a concern for policymakers . a decision is due policymakers. a decision is due at around midday and we'll bring you that live here on gb news and just as you thought it was time to enjoy summer, thunderstorms are expected to hit at any moment. yellow warnings are in place for much of england and wales as the heatwave continues, but heavy showers, lightning and thunder

will break the hot spell soon with travel disruption and power cuts possible. flood alerts are also in place in parts of the midlands. 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 the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> so to recap that breaking news gps have voted to take collective action for the first time in 60 years. >> this disruption could potentially see gps limit the number of patients they see each day to 25. so if you thought it was already impossible to see your family doctor, good luck when this action takes place . when this action takes place. >> amazing, right? five days, 17 medals. the best start to an olympic games for 112 years. and we're pleased to announce within

the last hour we have won another two medals a bronze in the women's double sculls. this is on the lake. this is the rowing and silver in the women's rowing. four. there's no stopping us. it seems . although stopping us. it seems. although ihave stopping us. it seems. although i have to say that silver will be very disappointing. that's the boat that has helen glover in it. you'll know helen glover. she got olympic gold. mark white is with us as well in the studio. it didn't. i think helen glover got gold in london 2012 and maybe one after. no, she did. >> and then of course she went off and had two children, three, three children. she had twins and another one, she's married to steve backshall, the tv presenter from deadly 60. >> kids will know him. >> kids will know him. >> yeah, absolutely. he's been sending him his best alongside the children . and you know helen the children. and you know helen there with the other team have been really tipped as the group that would do so well that we were kind of bang on for the gold, but they were just pipped right at the last there by the netherlands team. >> still great achievement. >> still great achievement. >> oh incredible. >> oh incredible. >> she'll she'll be

disappointed. >> of course she will after having three kids. >> yeah i mean i couldn't row a boat now i'd be hopeless. yeah. >> and it's amazing. >> and it's amazing. >> amazing. it's amazing to realise that we've done so well . realise that we've done so well. yeah, you know, the best we've ever achieved at this stage in the competition with the medals tally. and we're going to be. >> we didn't . we didn't get you >> we didn't. we didn't get you in here, marcus and olympics expert. we're going to be talking to mark foster as well in a moment. but of course we got you in here to talk about the chaos last night in london and hartlepool, and an aldershot in manchester too. thank you. yes. there were and, and why this might be happening. mark >> why now. >> why now. >> well of course there's been a lot of commentary which has described the protests as being far right, orchestrated and inspired. i think that is actually a lazy characterisation that misrepresents what is happening out there. there has been for years, a growing anger, a seething anger of what people see as a disintegration of their

communities and their values. and a lot of it is being blamed on mass migration, in particular, of course, the issue around asylum seekers and the requisitioning of hotels without any regard to what the local community might want, with hundreds of young males, usually, posted to these hotels that are taken out of commission for years on end. and it's not just a british issue. we should remember, just go over the irish sea and look at what's happening in ireland and all of the unrest there. and similar , similar , there. and similar, similar, real, seething anger at their political class who are branding the protesters there from communities as being far right instead of actually, perhaps tackling the issues of concern to these people. and as i say, it's not even just the uk in ireland, right across europe, countries are grappling with

this issue of mass migration and feeling of discontent within their communities. there's got some countries there looking to adopt, for instance , the rwanda adopt, for instance, the rwanda model of a third country to send asylum seekers to. you would never have thought it in eu member countries, but they are looking at that because they know they've got to come up with solutions or they are really heading down the road of potentially serious problems ahead. >> and mark, we've talked before in the form of the former home secretary, suella braverman, about two tier policing, but we were talking earlier to raqib hassan, who's a social integration expert who said the home secretary is using different language for what's happenedin different language for what's happened in southport, completely different language and tone to what happened with those disturbances in what was that suburb of leeds, harehills, harehills . harehills. >> that's very dangerous because that means she's treating one group he was suggesting with kid gloves, the rioters in her hills who were people of, racial

origin was, differently to the white mob who caused problems in southport. well, i saw those clips of interviews with yvette cooper to be fair, she is condemning both. >> she is the violence in harehills and of course, the violence in southport. but you're right to characterise it as her being more robust in her language and the condemnation of what had taken place in southport than what was. why the kid gloves for what happened in her, i don't know, you'd have to ask her that . but of course that ask her that. but of course that just feeds in to a feeling, perhaps within a wider community, that there is, you know, two tier policing that there is disregard for the concerns that people in communities right across the country are feeling and have been feeling for years. this didn't just happen in isolation. it wasn't just sparked by the events as absolutely hideous as they were in southport and the misidentification, or at least

the facts that were coming out about this 17 year old suspect and suggesting that he'd come across a year ago on a boat as an asylum seeker. >> there's so much dissatisfaction, mark, and it's almost like so much of government policy hasn't factored in any sort of psycho psychological behavioural impacts. and what i mean by that, what i mean is we, you know, take this. let's go back to 2020. we had we had the lockdowns, which will have closed some businesses for people. it will have affected relationships, it will have affected kids and teenagers in this crowd who've got mental health issues. i know we use that term too loosely, but the sense of what now, you know, the fallout from the last four years, the conservatives have ndden years, the conservatives have ridden off into the horizon. all the key architects from that penod the key architects from that period of time have had no form of recourse as to whether they made any of the right decisions. and now you've got labour in power who just wanted more restrictions on people, and you oppress a group of people, you crush them like happened in the last four years. don't be

surprised if this volcano erupts out of various fissures, because these people don't have a sense of hope and purpose. and what now? where do they go? will that happen again ? will they just be happen again? will they just be told they've all got to stay at home one day? because we never kind of for me, we don't we haven't put that to bed. a lot of people in that crowd will feel like this as well, you know? and i feel like there's got to be more conversations to be had around where these people go. what is their life going to look like now, going forward? where do they get their hope from and when you put that against, as you say, the unfairness that they feel that people can arrive here and get a dentist, dentist, get their teeth seen to get their health looked at in a hostel, they get money. they literally get handed cash when they arrive at the hotel to spend that week. who is looking after these people who feel that the state takes them tax? we're all paying massive amounts of tax , but we're not amounts of tax, but we're not getting anything in return for that. do you think labour have got any idea what they've walked

into? >> well, they are realising very quickly that they are facing, discontent in communities right across the country and the potential, which is why you've got these senior policing figures going to downing street for this really to become a very nasty summer ahead. unless some of those concerns are redressed. and yes, it's right, i think, to meet policing leaders to and give support to the police who will be facing some very difficult days and weeks ahead . difficult days and weeks ahead. but perhaps as well, maybe the politicians need to be doing exactly as you've said. they're addressing the other wider concerns and this feeling that in society, things are getting worse for individual people in our communities, an acknowledgement that perhaps the government understands and is looking at solutions , for looking at solutions, for instance, to be fair to the labour government, they are, they say, absolutely committed

to getting these hotels back into public ownership and stopping the requisition of the hotels for use by asylum seekers. >> let's just get back to what the home secretary said, because she did talk about mob thugs in, in southport burning police cars, police cars were burnt in harehills where she talked about audacious criminality. that is completely different language. she did not many of those protesters were british, south asian muslims. they were protesting because a romany child was being removed from his family by social services. she didn't call them mobs . she didn't call them mobs. she didn't call them mobs. she didn't call them mobs. she didn't call it gang warfare. it was different language, wasn't it? and that's leading to this idea . it's them and us. idea. it's them and us. >> there's no doubt when you analyse the two statements made by the home secretary, there is different language being used. and again, this feeds into a perception amongst people around the country as well that i think it traces back a seminal moment

was when the child abuse scandals were unearthed in northern towns that involved rochdale, rochdale and many other places besides that were mainly men of pakistani heritage that local authorities, police forces and others in positions of authorities sat on try to bury, didn't want to talk about because of the potential for an issue around, affecting community cohesion. and really, since then, trust in these communities towards their authority figures have been slowly degraded. and it's getting worse, not better. >> mark, thank you so much . >> mark, thank you so much. right. still to come this morning, the olympian mark foster you might know from strictly come dancing as well. he's been on your telly every night this week covering the olympics swimming from the pool. he's going to join us live from paris to tell us what to expect.

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gb news. >> morning. very happy news. just breaking, >> morning. very happy news. just breaking , two children have just breaking, two children have been discharged from hospital after the shocking attacks in southport. so that's very good for news the family. that really is. we'll bring you more when we know about that. >> yeah, >> yeah, >> we're joined in the studio now by carole malone and kerry dingle are here with us. right. what do you want to talk about, ladies? >> we thought we would do dup, who have just voted, just broken just now . this morning, i voted just now. this morning, i voted to go on strike. >> it's not a strike, carole. it's they're going to. it's industrial action. they're going to do a lot fewer appointments. if you could get one in the first place, a lot fewer appointments, you know. >> but you know, the whole premise of this gp's taking industrial action. i mean i think it's hideous, you know,

but they, they there was, there was as well as this action they were taking, they also there was a poll this week that said 84% of them would go on strike if that was put to them. and i find this astonishing that, you know, we have you're quite right. it's hard enough to get an appointment now anyway. i get why they want more time with people . but, you know, people. but, you know, a majority of gp's now just work three days a week. so if maybe you worked five days a week, they wouldn't have as many. they wouldn't have such a big backlog. and also, you know, we're talking about how how they're not terribly well paid. i mean they're incredibly well paid. you know, most of them are gp partners in england. and the average salary for a gp partner is 153 grand a year. they are not on the bones of their backside. and for any doctor to threaten to bring the national health service to a standstill, it is a total betrayal of patients. it's a betrayal of the hippocratic oath because they are literally putting people in dangen are literally putting people in danger. and for what? these are very well paid, privileged people . yes, they work hard, we people. yes, they work hard, we know that. but to abandon patients, i think, is not a good

thing . thing. >> kerry, are they abandoning their patients? >> yes, i think they are. i mean, i always support people fighting for more and a better life, but these people don't have a bad life and a hard time. and i think a lot of citizens in britain , elderly friends of mine britain, elderly friends of mine and relatives, i mean, you can't get an appointment wherever you are in the country for love, nor money. this is a failure of pubuc money. this is a failure of public service . the whole ethos public service. the whole ethos of service for the public seems to have gone down the swanee, and these people are acting like entitled children who think they should have over 100 grand a year for more funding for what? let's face it, covid was used as an excuse to make appointments by phone , to not see anybody and by phone, to not see anybody and to carry on with an inadequate second rate service afterwards . second rate service afterwards. >> kerry, their pay since covid just since covid has increased by 24%, which is astonishing when you think about it. and you know they're going on about they

need more family time, how much more do they need three days a week? they don't work evenings and they don't work weekends. you know, they work a lot less hard than a lot of other people for who work for a fraction of their money. >> i think now they've got industrial action in their dna, this mish medical association. it's becoming rapidly now the most militant trade union in the country, the junior doctors, some of whom we know, they're not really juniors, they're one below the level of consultants, 30 years. some are earning £96,000 a year. their leader has already said this week within a year's time, we'll be a good, convenient window for another strike. thanks very much for the 22%, by the way, you've given, even though they're taking money away from poor pensioners in the winter, fuel allowance , i think winter, fuel allowance, i think they've just got it in their dna now and they're going to continue to strike. and this is going to be a big problem for this new labour government and their mates in the unions. >> well, i think that you you might well be right, andrew, but i'm not against people taking strike action or taking strike action. and i am for people demanding doing more. but i'm not sympathetic to this

particular sector and to the bma. it's not as though they ever support anybody else having a pay ever support anybody else having a pay rise. it's not as though they come out and say, we're a against a tax on people's living standards. they're not doing anything of the sort . standards. they're not doing anything of the sort. this is standards. they're not doing anything of the sort . this is i anything of the sort. this is i mean, we're superior. anything of the sort. this is i mean, we're superior . screw you mean, we're superior. screw you all. we want more for us only. and i, i don't think the public are going to be sympathetic to them at all. >> you hit it on the head there. i think they do think they're superior, because i'm sick of heanng superior, because i'm sick of hearing doctors saying, you know, we do a very important job. so does everybody in their job. so does everybody in their job. they all feel that their job. they all feel that their job is very important and some of them work very people who do deliveries for next to no money for next to no money. >> so it's been men and women where would we be without them? >> and it is astonishing that you're right. they're privileged. they're they're entitled and they work fewer hours than most other people . hours than most other people. >> i would be completely draconian. i would say they can't go on strike. and i would also have it into their contract. after your extensive training at the british taxpayer, you pay back if you're going to australia or thailand as a doctor, you're going to

repay every money we put into your training. that's what i would do because this is going on. this is it looks like this is just going to carry on under the new government. >> well, well it is i mean, to be honest, i did think if labour got in they wouldn't, they would give them an easy time. but they're clearly not going to. they're the junior doctors are, are ungrateful for the 22%. they're saying it's not a good the bma, the people who are the officers of the bma, they're hard left. yeah. they accept it and then they accept it. and on the day they accepted, later in the day they accepted, later in the afternoon, they said, well, actually it's not a very good offer. >> i don't think there's anything left wing about acting as a, you know, privileged scumbag. and i'm afraid that's what i wanted to say, that i don't think that's left wing at all. i consider myself of the left and i think they're behaving behaviour is appalling. i wouldn't be draconian on something like the right to strike, because i think it's a slippery slope . yes, it will slippery slope. yes, it will affect people who, you know, like that . we've seen in amazon like that. we've seen in amazon that they're they're fighting to get a trade union because they have no right to take any action at all. so i think if you crack

down on on anyone, it will affect everyone else. >> there would be certain services. police officers are already immune from. they can't strike, nor can, nor can the armed forces. i'm sorry i put doctors in there to people in emergency services. >> people, people who are deaung >> people, people who are dealing with people's lives on a daily basis, saving them shouldn't be allowed. >> and i would say that we paid to train them completely. >> and i would say, you know, and they're always talking about, you know, australia is a much better system. yeah. you know why? because it's a mostly privatised. yes. that's why they pay privatised. yes. that's why they pay doctors more. but but they're insistent than the bma. is that the national health service has to be free at the point of use. so you can't have it both ways. you can't have massive salaries for doctors and still have a national health service in the way we have. >> do you talk about potholes? we've been trailing this all morning. are you aware of the potholes story? >> yes, i am, i'm i'm not, but i'm very i get very annoyed with the potholes. >> you have a car? i do. >> so is your car been in a. >> oh horrendous horrendous horrendous. yeah. and an blew a tire and i had to have the

police help get my car across the road after it had gone bang in a in a they pledged £8.3 billion labour didn't they. >> in the run up to the election. are they going to stand by? >> rachel reeves did this and everything she's pledged so far has gone down the toilet. so the pothole. well, okay. i think everyone knows who she is now. andrew. yeah, for the u—turn, she's done . yeah. so they're now she's done. yeah. so they're now not going to do it. they're going to. and you know she's there was an interesting start this morning for the 26th day. she's been chancellor she has committed £1 billion of public money to the pay rise to the national wealth fund. to some girls i can't remember, but but but all of that money, £1 billion a day, for the pay rises for the public sector pay rises, actually the one so. and now she's saying the potholes, which, you know, it might not seem a big thing to a lot of people, but as you've just said, kerri, it i know you said a bad word there. it wrecks your car. my word there. it wrecks your car. my tire was blown out. that was £200 to replace it, and it hit

the bottom. and that's happening to everybody in my street. they had we counted 156 potholes. they came to fill the ones outside my house the other day. do you know what i mean? this is it's beyond the wit of councils. it's that high. much higher above the road surface. so it's just as dangerous for your tires as the potholes were. >> but haven't we got a broader problem anyway? and that's just growing anti—car culture. and we've got it with this new government, with their commitment to net zero. we've seen it with ulez in london, which is a disaster. and so anything you know, and the number of people now saying that, oh, you know, you don't need a car and why do you have to have a car i don't know what planet they're on. >> and 20 mile an hour speed limits. >> it's just a joke. >> it's just a joke. >> they are just cycle lanes going everywhere and it's just nightmare. >> and these city schemes where you can only go, you know , a you can only go, you know, a certain distance, like they were going to bring in oxford. i think they've even brought it in in brighton park. i think it's appalling. i think denying us the great advances of mobility

and freedom of movement in our own country is appalling and unfortunately, potholes are very much part of that because , you much part of that because, you know, they don't care about what most people want. >> there's 200 miles of roadworks going on in the uk today on on major motorways. do you know what they're doing? putting in extra laybys on the smart motorways. >> they, they take away the space proven so dangerous they're having to stop. >> so if you're going anywhere this weekend and of course it's the august weekend, people are going to be going around visiting family, going off on holidays, 200 miles of roadworks because they've had to close down the ad laybys ridiculous . down the ad laybys ridiculous. >> the m3 has got, has had a 50 mile limit on it now for about a year and a half. they finished all the roadworks. they're not happening now. and yet we all have to go because if you go over it, you get a ticket and sign and the sign will say, sometimes we're doing this for air pollution. >> yeah, please. right, ladies, thank you so much . okay. sophia thank you so much. okay. sophia wenzler is waiting with your headlines. here she is .

headlines. here she is. >> bev. thank you. good morning. i'm sophia wenzler your headunes i'm sophia wenzler your headlines at 1132. children have now been discharged from hospital after monday's stabbing attack in southport. it comes after a 17 year old boy appeared in court this morning charged with the murder of three girls. the teenager can't be named because of his age. he's also been charged with ten counts of attempted murder and remains in youth detention . it was another youth detention. it was another night of violence across britain last night, with angry crowds taking to the streets of manchester, hartlepool and london encouraged by false social media posts regarding monday's stabbing attack. some declared their support for tommy robinson, saying we want our country back . more than 100 country back. more than 100 people were arrested in the caphal people were arrested in the capital, while cleveland police made eight arrests, with more

expected. the prime minister is due to discuss the situation with police leaders today . gp's with police leaders today. gp's in england have voted to limit the number of appointments available in their first collective action since 1964. nhs england says it could cause significant disruption across the whole health service. the british medical association says it's taking action over what it describes as a lack of funding for bp's . the culture secretary for bp's. the culture secretary will meet the head of the bbc today after it was revealed that former news presenter huw edwards was arrested in november , edwards was arrested in november, but continued to be employed until april . he pleaded guilty until april. he pleaded guilty yesterday to charges relating to receiving indecent images of children during an online chat, and just when you thought it was time to enjoy summer, thunderstorms are expected to hit any moment now. yellow warnings are in place for much of england and wales as the heatwave continues, but heavy

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financial report. >> up at noon. good afternoon britain with tom and emma webb. hello, both of you. what have you got coming up on the show today? >> you know what you think you get to august and the news slows down. not always. not you enter some sort of silly season where you just talk about, i don't know, alpacas or or llamas or whatever, but, but but we've got three enormous stories today that continues to rumble on through this week. starting off of course, with the disorder that we're seeing, not just in southport now, but in london in hartlepool and in manchester. >> aldershot too . yeah. shocking. >> people are really angry. >> people are really angry. >> they are. we've been talking about that. >> it's not just immigration and it's not just social media is it? >> it's not just immigration. >> it's not just immigration. >> it's not just immigration. >> it's not just social media. it's a really complex social mix of a sense of hopelessness and powerlessness. and i think people are sick of being told, you know , just hold hands, sing you know, just hold hands, sing kum ba yah. >> yeah. they go to another vigil when children are murdered. it is totally

legitimate to be angry, not legitimate to be angry, not legitimate to be angry, not legitimate to sure smash up places or whatever, but it is perfectly legitimate to be angry. and i think people are allowed to be angry. >> and it's simplistic for politicians like the home secretary yvette cooper to go on about the far right and the engush about the far right and the english defence league, because it's not about that . it's not about that. >> it's been very, very badly handled, i think. >> yeah, i think it gives the prime minister, of course, meeting with police chiefs today. we'll see what comes of that. but also nothing the suspect in in the stabbing case in southport appearing in court, there has been some discussion about whether this anonymity thatis about whether this anonymity that is provided to anyone under the age of 18 who is suspected of or indeed charged around a criminal act, whether they should have the same level of anonymity applied in law as all children. i mean, personally, my personal view is that if you're 17 and you might be six foot four and have a full beard, you might be burlier than i am. i'm not sure you should have the same protection as an eight year old. >> and tommy, it's an

interesting question for this new government because they want to give 16 year olds the vote. so if you're old enough to vote, you're certainly old enough to be named in a criminal case. what's the benefit? >> what's the benefit of naming them, though? what is the benefit? >> i think a lot of the i think a lot of the suspicion and the anger comes from a distrust, a lack of trust between authority and people. >> people think it's being covered up and an enormous openness is the no information people need to have information about what's happened. >> they need information about motive and so on. and i think it's frustrating for people to not have that information. >> i suspect the i suspect i don't think we do have a right to know. oh, i do know because if you because you start to go into the territory, then of anybody under 18, sorry, under 18 are treated like adults. >> and that is a very dangerous. >> and that is a very dangerous. >> i'm not saying there should be no the age of criminal responsibility is 16. >> so maybe between the age of 16 and 18 there should be discretion for the home secretary if it is in the public interest to release that information, that otherwise what will happen is the judge will

will happen is the judge will will make an order after the after after sentencing. >> i just i just think if he's if he's found guilty by which time he might be 18 anyway. >> yeah. i don't know. i think it's a, i think it's a really i think it's a really difficult one. >> it's a very difficult one. but of course that's not the only thing we're talking about as well. we've got interest rate decision perhaps the first cut, another, another mind bending reason as to why the last prime minister called the election when he soon. i mean, we've seen now pretty strong growth in the country higher than was expected in the last numbers. we've seen inflation now back to target for a number of months on the trot, we're likely to see the first interest rate cut since 2022. today at midday. goodness me. why on earth did the prime minister living off the family cell? >> he was. >> he was. >> he was. >> he had enough of that job he just wanted talking about the bbc and hugh. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> selfish reasons. right tom and emma will be here from midday. up next, it's yorkshire day and o'reilly is live in york. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. >> she was supposed to say ey up, but she didn't.

>> good morning. it's 1141. >> good morning. it's1141. it's been a long week. >> it certainly has. it's been andifs >> it certainly has. it's been and it's been a terrible week. >> awful, terrible. >> awful, terrible. >> and we think we've had a tough week. just think about if you're in southport. just think if you're a parent of one of those children thought of nothing else. and we will bring you more on this throughout the day. two of the little children have been discharged from hospital, so that is cheering news in southport. >> john has said. this morning he said i said at the beginning of the week when it was my son's 28th birthday, but he was killed last year that my heart went out to those parents who should never have to lose a child, and all the injured ones, and the emergency services that would have turned up to the horrific scenes. thank god two children have now been released from hospital. thank you john, i'm so sorry you've had to go through that terrible. kay says gps on industrial action. how would you

know, how would you know? i can't see one for love or money, ihave can't see one for love or money, i have to say. >> there is that point. i remember we had a bit of a run in with that doctor the other day who said, well, the whole plan of this is they want to spend more time with patients because they don't spend. so how does halving the number of appointments they're doing currently with patients mean you get to see spend more time with patients? i'm sorry . these patients? i'm sorry. these doctors will lose all public support. we've got what what we are now moving towards. >> and this is part of the problem, why we see all these riots and people being so angry. and i'm not excusing the behaviour. it's been horrific the last few nights. you feel a sense that there's those who can pay sense that there's those who can pay for a service life, and there are those who can't, and those of us who are lucky to have private health insurance. for the first time ever in my life, i'm 50 years old. the first time ever. i have now got private health insurance for my children, and i don't want to pay children, and i don't want to pay that money because i believe in the nhs. but i can't. pay that money because i believe in the nhs. but i can't . my kids in the nhs. but i can't. my kids can't see a gp, so i'd rather prioritise and budget so that i've got some private health

care when they need to. i shouldn't have to do that, and i shouldn't have to do that, and i shouldn't have to be able to get a service that somebody that isn't as fortunate as me can't access. >> and so and of course, you're paying >> and so and of course, you're paying twice because you're paying paying twice because you're paying your taxes into your nhs and now you're paying privately anyway. >> there's a lot to sort out, isn't there ? is it, what is it? isn't there? is it, what is it? halfway through the year, we got a little. well, we're in august now. we're in august. how did that happen? how did it become august? we're going to fix the country at the beginning of the yeah country at the beginning of the year. andrew pierce, we haven't done a very good job. >> don't worry. we've got a new labour government. they're going to fix it, phoebe says. >> i think if the bbc and other channels presented these incidents the same way as mark white, it would not have erupted. as it is. you can hear the frustration every day people feel about not being heard. i wonder how many of these rioters actually went out and voted and who did they vote for? it's a really good point, phoebe, yeah, let me let me see what else we've been saying on on here. do you have any emails and the gps? >> it'sjust you have any emails and the gps? >> it's just come through today if you're just tuning in. they this has been a ballot that was

started in the middle of june. it went completely under the radar during the general election. so they've not taken industrial action since 1964. so they are now taking nine different forms. but the one that's going to hurt people most is withdrawing the number of appointments they provide down to 25 a day, maximum . that's not to 25 a day, maximum. that's not a lot when some are providing 50, and that's if you actually get to see a gp. yeah. what's your experience of your gp? we'd like to hear from you. do you get can you get in to see a gp, a friend, a colleague actually the other day called in at that terrible eight 8:01 call. she was number 39, 30 minutes 30s past eight. yeah. 39 in the queue. >> right. still to come. do you recognise this ? recognise this? >> well, i'm not sure what we recognise here because there's nothing happening. >> can i. >> can i. >> can i. >> can you recognise us? that's bev turner. i'm andrew pierce. do you recognise us? lovely sure. should just take a breath . sure. should just take a breath. >> and relax . oh how lovely.

>> and relax. on how lovely. start >> that, of course, is a theme tune to last of the summer wine. for those of you who are of a vintage to remember that sunday night comedy , on nora batty, night comedy, on nora batty, nora batty and a wrinkled stockings and a rose in her hair. well, today is yorkshire day and we're going to go to york next. don't go anywhere

well, today's yorkshire day, and so i am. >> neither of us. well bev is going to do it again. she's going to do it again. she's going to do a yorkshire accent but i'm not. >> let's all celebrate and eat yorkshire puddings and gravy. >> why does she keep doing that birmingham accent i love, i love the yorkshire accent and no one's got a better yorkshire accent then our yorkshire and

humber reporter, anna riley. >> morning, anna. you're right. >> morning, anna. you're right. >> anna, can i interrupt you? anna, could i ask you to write? anna, could i ask you to write? anna, could i ask you to write? anna, could i ask you to score out of ten beverley turner's yorkshire accent ? yorkshire accent? >> i'm going to give her a solid six. i will try harder and i'll try much harder. >> right . what's going on? where >> right. what's going on? where you are looks beautiful. >> it's a little bit. a little bit deeper, a little bit deeper and a little bit longer in those vowels. and you've got it. e begum you've got it. oh. so yeah, happy yorkshire day. you joined. we're joined now at york minster where a service is currently being held. there's over 120 dignitaries that have come from all over yorkshire , come from all over yorkshire, mayors, members of the council, and they're in the in the minster at the moment, having a special service all in aid of yorkshire day. we'll just show you here just the extent of the minster. it's a huge building, dates back to the seventh

century. it's one of europe's, if not the world's most magnificent cathedrals. we'll just pan up a little bit here just pan up a little bit here just to show you how beautiful the building is. and then if we just move along, we can see the building is. and then if we just move along , we can see the just move along, we can see the statue that was unveiled by king charles back in november 2022, two months after the passing of our late queen. he unveiled that and that statue was made here, just around the corner of the minster. i think it's just beautiful. so i just wanted to show you that and what a fantastic tribute it is to our late queen and what a magnificent building it is. and today, august, the first, it's all about celebrating yorkshire day , officially it began back in day, officially it began back in 1975, but in 1985 the yorkshire society got together and started having civil ceremonies, having dignitaries from all over our god's own to county celebrate what's so great about yorkshire? our culture, our history, our

traditions , our language as traditions, our language as well. i spoke to sir rodney walker earlier. he's the chairman of the yorkshire society and this is what he had to say . to say. >> born , many years ago by >> born, many years ago by people from the county who actually think the largest county in the uk is worthy of its own recognition . i mean, its own recognition. i mean, remember, the population of yorkshire is bigger than that of scotland. it's renowned for its warmth and hospitality , its warmth and hospitality, its directness, its countryside, its scenery, its heritage and if that isn't worth recognising, once a year, then i don't know what is . what is. >> what an amazing summary there of just how brilliant yorkshire is. you can probably tell how proud is yorkshire people are of our region and after this event at the minster that's currently going on, the dignitaries will

then move on for a special civic lunch and i hope they've got yorkshire pudding on the menu, don't you? >> very much so. well, look, we have loved seeing the sights of yorkshire this morning. anna in your e begum. go on, have a go. >> no, i'm not doing it. >> no, i'm not doing it. >> oh, come on. >> no no i'm not. no, anna. because i wouldn't even get six out of ten. >> okay then e andrew. >> okay then e andrew. >> right. e begum. >> right. e begum. >> oh >> right. e begum. >> on very good. >> on very good. >> how many out of ten. that's not bad. >> that's not bad. >> that's not bad. >> i'll give you a six as well. >> i'll give you a six as well. >> no more. >> no more. >> more. >> more. >> we're fiercely competitive in this studio. seven, seven. >> there we are. seven. there we go. >> okay. you oh, we got to go, anna. >> i hope you have a lovely day up there in yorkshire. and happy yorkshire day to all our viewers and listeners, up north, up north and to especially to our radio listeners today, because it's a very special day, because our listening figures up 89%. >> great day for the station because breakfast were up 60%. >> spread the word. if you like what we do here @gbnews do tell your friends, won't you? we're

done for this week. although you're doing some holiday cover, andrew is actually working on saturday. this never happens. >> i am going to be nana akua between 3 and 6 pm. on saturday. we don't look alike , saturday. we don't look alike, we don't sound alike and. but it will be a lively programme, i can guarantee you that, >> and then we will both be back on monday morning. i hope you have a lovely weekend and a lovely friday as well. long weekend. >> and don't forget, sunshine, don't forget your brollies because the storms are on their way. >> this is true. we don't want to leave. on that note, tom and emma are here to cheer you up for the next three hours. >> well, i don't think it's going to be too cheery. so manchester. london hartlepool, all of the protests really kicking off over what happened in southport. we'll be talking about all of that on the show later. >> we will indeed. but meanwhile police are in downing street for a meeting about how law and frankly , disorder across the frankly, disorder across the country is breaking down. our reporter has been in southport in the same room as the defendant accused of killing those three little girls will

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>> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on thursday the 1st of august. >> i'm tom harwood and i'm emma webb. >> the bank of england are expected to make their decision on interest rates. any moment now. will they cut those rates

for the first time in almost a year? well joining us now is mark littlewood, the economist and director of popular conservatism . mark, obviously conservatism. mark, obviously the markets have one view. what do you reckon will happen in the next 30s? >> i'm a free marketeer. i'm not going to defy the markets. they say there's a good chance there'll be a quarter of mark. >> i'm going to interrupt you right now because we have the news. the bank of england have cut rates by a quarter of a percent. banks have fallen down to 5%, mark, i interrupted your prediction as your prediction became true. >> there you go. bang on the money. bang on the money. >> i think i beat the news by a fleeting second. i think, on balance, this is good news. tom. inflation is back under control. the bank of england is supposed to use interest rates to keep inflation around 2%. and it's pretty much bang on that. on that level at the moment. i would say this though, in the wider debate, we seem to have got ourselves into the ludicrous

position of believing that the lower