>> i'm ready. hey. hi. hello. good afternoon. it's 1:00 on sunday, the good afternoon. it's1:00 on sunday, the 4th of august. this is the weekend on gb news now, violence has erupted across the uk from hull, liverpool , uk from hull, liverpool, bristol, manchester, blackpool and belfast as demonstrations turned violent overnight . then turned violent overnight. then as student debt soars and a graduate opportunities shrink for the first time ever, proportion of 18 year old applicants has fallen for a second successive year. our british universities in serious trouble and should we be worried.7 and eric trump has told gb news exclusively that his dad, donald, would happily send

harry and meghan back to the uk if he wins. but would you want them back? is the big question, isn't it ? now i'm dawn neesom isn't it? now i'm dawn neesom and this is indeed the weekend and this is indeed the weekend and i hope you're having a really good one out there. thank you for joining really good one out there. thank you forjoining me. you for joining me. i killed that music, isn't it? do we need something a bit more oomph, do you reckon? because it's a hot sunday lunch, isn't it? right now? but this show is not all about me. funnily enough, it's nothing without you and your views. so let me know your thoughts on all the stories we're discussing today or anything we'll chat about. basically it's really simple. all you do is visit gbnews.com forward, slash your site and join our conversation. now i've got a cracking panel for you and they are both poised and ready to go. keeping me company on today's show is author and broadcaster amy nicholl, looking

stunning and broadcaster mike parry, who looking stunning. it looks stunning and is here. exactly, but before you know what's coming down, we get stuck into today's story . here what's coming down, we get stuck into today's story. here is what's coming down, we get stuck into today's story . here is with into today's story. here is with the equally stunning ray reading your news headlines out for you . your news headlines out for you. >> thanks, dawn. 1:02. our top stories this hour. police warn further violence is likely after at least 90 people were arrested yesterday as protests took place across england and northern ireland. many towns and cities saw clashes between anti—immigration demonstrators and counter—protesters, with police officers attacked and injured. it comes after three girls were killed in a knife attack at a dance club in southport on monday. among the arrests, 14 were made in bristol, 11 in liverpool, 20 in lancashire amid reports of looting and the setting of fires. speaking earlier on gb

news, former scotland yard detective peter bleksley did not mince his words. >> no matter what somebody's concerns are, if you pick up a brick or you pick up a bottle and you try it at a police officer, you are an idiot. end officer, you are an idiot. end of story. and unfortunately, we face yet another evening of violence when more police officers were injured , something officers were injured, something quite dramatic is going to have to happen here, because i see no sign at the moment of this unrest diminishing. in fact, i see it escalating and spreading . see it escalating and spreading. >> a supermarket owner in belfast says his business has been reduced to ashes after it was targeted during disorder in the city. bashir said muslim businesses were deliberately targeted and is criticising police for their response to the violence. this morning, a clean up operation was underway in the donegall road area following last night's unrest, which lasted for several hours. bashir

was asked if he would be able to reopen. >> i don't know, you have to ask the police about that. when they stop all of all of that, then we will talk about it . and all of will talk about it. and all of that happened and the police did nothing. i'm telling you the truth . what kind of police? truth. what kind of police? letting the people to burn everything down. i don't know where is the safety in that, but this is all rubbish . this is all rubbish. >> number 10 sources are disputing claims that sir keir starmer is planning a summer getaway on monday , despite the getaway on monday, despite the risk of further unrest. it comes after tory leadership candidate robert jenrick urged the pm to cancel his trip and get a grip on the situation. many more arrests have been promised in the coming days, as the prime minister said the police have his full support to take action against extremists . robert against extremists. robert jenrick says sir keir must stay and tackle the problem. >> well, look, i think it would be completely wrong for the prime minister to go on holiday

whilst parts of britain are burning. this is a very serious situation and we need the prime minister to be leading the country. we the police, need our full support and they need to know that he is there supporting them, making sure that this situation is being handled from the very top. >> but former labour mp and independent adviser to the government on political violence and disruption, lord walney , and disruption, lord walney, told us earlier on that the prime minister could work whilst on holiday. >> keir starmer you can see his absolutely on it, as is the home secretary and his, his ministers. and i imagine that even if you know formally he is spending some time with his family next week, he will be properly plugged into it. i'm sure that is a that is an issue which they are keeping a roving brief, and prime ministers are never fully off duty as as we know. even if they have, they've gone somewhere. they take with them the full apparatus to be fully, fully switched on.

>> sir keir starmer has accused protesters of attempting to sow hate by intimidating communities form uk mp rupert lowe says he needs to listen to the protesters concerns. >> what we need is an honest debate. i don't have a golden bullet. for years and years of the elite's mismanagement of our of our immigration policy, but we've got to have a frank and honest discussion about it. there isn't always a sort of one one line answer to these things. it's extremely complex, but what we can't go on doing is undermining the foundations of this great country and not listening to the people who are now concerned about it, because they're right to be concerned. they've got every right to be concerned about what's happening to their country . to their country. >> well, in the us, florida is now bracing itself as tropical storm debbie is expected to turn into a hurricane before hitting landfall this evening. governor ron desantis has called up 3000 national guard and placed most of florida's cities and counties

under emergency orders. evacuations are also taking place in areas most likely to be affected. the national hurricane centre has described it as a life threatening situation, with winds expected to build to 70mph, with waves two metres high. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm ray addison more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much. right now, let's get straight into today's stories, shall we? unfortunately we're starting off with the one that is on the front of all your newspapers this morning, violence has erupted across the uk from hull, liverpool, bristol, manchester, blackpool and belfast as demonstrations once again turned

violent. more than 90 people have been arrested as injured police officers are treated for broken bones. i mean, come on, what's going on? late last night, ministers were locked in talks with the judiciary to make courts sit for 24 hours to fast track sentencing. the prime minister has been telling police they have a ministers full backing to take all necessary action to keep our streets safe from thugs who so hate their words. joining me now is gb news reporter adam cherry, i believe, who is in london for us outside, i think the home office. is it adam or have you moved now ? adam or have you moved now? >> no. still outside the home office. dawn >> okay. and can you bring us up to date on what politicians are about saying the situation ? about saying the situation? >> yeah. so as you said in the last 24 hours, senior cabinet ministers meeting with members of the judiciary to figure out what comes next. and at the moment that comes in the form of more police officers on the beat

and opening courts for 24 hours to deal with the deluge of people coming in. and this will be achieved through something known as the additional courts protocol. now, the last time this was used was actually by keir starmer when he was the director of the crown prosecution service and, he was the, he was the one who determined in 2011 that following the riots , then it was following the riots, then it was appropriate to use this to, to get on top of things. and it was ultimately successful. then the question is, you know, will this work now it's not quite at the same level of intensity as we're seeing as we saw in 2011. so perhaps that's an appropriate step. the other problem keir starmer has at the moment, as ray addison referred to in the bulletins, is this debate over his holiday. now downing street are pushing back somewhat. it sounds to me like a little bit of spin, to be honest, because they're saying he's not going on houday they're saying he's not going on holiday on monday. this story originally appeared in the times, in which the allegation was that he's flying off in a week's time, which is not monday.

so downing street slightly dodging the real meat of the issue there. and you see robert jenrick jumping on that on our programme, actually saying whilst parts of britain burn, perhaps it's not a good idea for the prime minister to jet off. he actually criticised boris johnson for a similar thing in 2021, so i'm sure you will see mps say that as well, perhaps as soon as tomorrow dawn. 50011 as tomorrow dawn. >> soon as tomorrow dawn. >> adam, i think what an awful lot of people, including myself, by the way, are having trouble getting their heads around. is how the parliament is in recess , how the parliament is in recess, right? there are lots of commuters. we've been hearing from some of them on the news bulletins. you know, their their properties are being torched . properties are being torched. their their communities are being ruined. you know, buses and cars are being burnt in their streets and parliament is in recess. i mean, have we heard any more about, you know, people actually, you know, our politicians getting back to doing their jobs. >> so there are some voices, priti patel chief among them, who are calling for parliament to be returned immediately so they can debate this. and there is precedent for it, in fact, to

talk about 2021 again, which was dunng talk about 2021 again, which was during the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. that was when parliament was was recalled under emergency conditions. so you might see something similar here if it continues, if the riots continue in this way, again, it depends if it's an emergency and the optics are so poon emergency and the optics are so poor, mps simply not even in london to discuss this. whilst as robert jenrick puts it, parts of britain burn is an awful look. obviously parliament only went into recess what on tuesday. so there's not even been a week yet, and it is shorter recess anyway. but nonetheless, a question to be asked of our of our leaders. >> yeah. and one more question before i let you go. and i'm sorry to make you sort of like come up with these answers. but the other question i want to ask is, you know, yvette cooper, the home secretary, has been going about, you know, more police on the streets. you know, we're forcing the courts to work through the night. more judges doing the job. you know, we've been told constantly that our prisons are full. you know, that, you know, there's no more spaces for prisoners in fact,

we're going to have to release some in the next few weeks. we have prosecution levels at an all time low, particularly rape cases. by the way , where is cases. by the way, where is suddenly all this money and all these extra staff , police and these extra staff, police and judges coming from? have they explained that yet ? explained that yet? >> well, no, that's a good question, isn't it? i mean , it question, isn't it? i mean, it turns out governing is much more difficult than campaigning. in a few weeks time , the prime few weeks time, the prime minister is going to have to release thousands of convicts onto the streets because there are only, what, 700 spaces available in prisons, and you can't throw up a prison overnight. so some difficult choices to be made. that's partly why rachel reeves were so excoriating of jeremy hunt with this so—called £22 billion black hole. these are going to require some seriously difficult political choices, and it's much easier to blame the previous guys for it. and there is some truth to it. they've only been here a month, in fact, a month exactly since the election. so they can't fix everything overnight. but it is obviously

very difficult . very difficult. >> that is adam cherry for us. thank you very much . live thank you very much. live outside the home office and he seems to be indeed the only one there, which also says a lot , there, which also says a lot, doesn't it? right. okay. now let's see what my brilliant panel make of this. as i've told you, i've got amy nicholl and mike parry with me today, you know , front page of the know, front page of the newspapers today, shocking scenes overnight, newspapers today, shocking scenes overnight , literally scenes overnight, literally across the country from to north south, parliament, mostly nowhere to be seen. it has to be said. what on earth is going on, mike? are we right to be angry? >> well, we're right to be angry and right to be concerned. but i'm not over concerned. i i'm an expert in rioting. okay? in the early 80s, i did toxteth, moss side, belfast , early 80s, i did toxteth, moss side, belfast, brixton and i saw riots which literally demolished communities and the riots. we i'm not trying to belittle, you know, the devastation it brings to communities in the present form , but i saw whole streets form, but i saw whole streets burnt down, you know, the riots in the early 80s were absolutely

shocking. and if you've ever beenin shocking. and if you've ever been in belfast with a riot , been in belfast with a riot, i've dodged more petrol bombs than most people have dodged . than most people have dodged. raindrops. okay, so i'm not trying to underplay it. what i'm saying is that the thing that happened with riots is sometimes it's a legitimate protest. you can bet your life once a legitimate protest has been announced, the extremists will move in from all over the place and take advantage. it's lawlessness. it's often looting, by the way. people forget that a lot of it is about smashing into shops and smashing their windows and taking everything. and the core protest issue is always lost in everything else that happened. setting fire to buses and cars and all that. now the other thing i'd like to say just quickly is that we've had we've had riots in this country in leicester and leeds this this yean leicester and leeds this this year, and we've had riots. we've seen over the last couple of weeks and there've been different sorts of riots far right have definitely got involved in the riots over the last week or so. and keir

starmer has reacted to that. but there's a different attitude from politicians when it's groups of ethnic people in leicester writing against each other and in harehills in leeds, which was, you know, a terrible ride which seemed to have been sparked by nothing except some children being asked to go into social care. so i do think, i do think politicians are selective about how serious they think it all is. when it happens . all is. when it happens. >> i would agree with you that politicians are certainly selective, because if we look at the reaction to the palestine protests, they were very quick to call out anti—semitism. all of our leaders very quick , of our leaders very quick, particularly suella braverman, who jumped on calling them hate marches because of pocket's tiny, tiny pockets of people who were being anti—semitic on the marches. now, with these riots, these racist riots. but they weren't riots, hijacking the palestinian, the palestinian marches often weren't riots, were they? political party in this country has concerns about immigration levels and has policies to target immigration. and the numbers that we're seeing , every

and the numbers that we're seeing, every single one. you cannot say that these riots are an expression of those legitimate concerns that are held by millions of people who manage to not set fire to a shoe zone in the process. now, we need to call out this islamophobia, because businesses are being targeted, individuals are being targeted, individuals are being targeted, individuals are being targeted. there have been videos of people who are just ethnic minority background walking around and being chased by these rioters. so we need to say what they are. they are racist riots. you cannot call them. >> but this happens in ryan protests. >> that is just an insult to anyone with concerns about immigration who manage to not go. these are small, but extremely loud group of people. >> i agree i'm not. but in leeds, policemen were being chased away by rioters. that's what happens in riots. those outside come in and want to cause chaos and anarchy. i think that was very localised to that community because they have had a historic distrust of policing, particularly around family matters , which led to those protests. >> now, i'm not justifying the violence at all. i'm just trying to explain it with this. what we've seen is social media

communicating across the country to start protests outside, asylum hotels, for example, which aren't even local communities. these local communities. these local communities are going turning up to counter protest. these are people being bused around the country. a small number of people being bused around the country, evidence of that more widespread. >> is there evidence of that ? >> is there evidence of that? >> is there evidence of that? >> but a list of the hotels? well, on the on the internet, so that this small group of people being bused to attend these riots absolutely is. well i've, i've seen evidence of that arrived in people in places like bristol, the local community in bristol, the local community in bristol have gone to the hotel ahead of time to counter protest. these do not represent the local people of those areas. in high wycombe the same thing happened. they turned up at the railway station in high wycombe and the local residents met them and the local residents met them and said shove off. >> these allegations are made in southport and yet the police and the authorities have now checked, you know, on those that they've arrested and all that. they're all local people. >> you had the mother of the children in southport saying, please do not, of course, of coui'se. >> course. >> name of course , of course you

>> name of course, of course you did. but what i'm saying is, you know, again, it seems to be social media. we all know that, social media. we all know that, social media. we all know that, social media put out a completely false description of the person alleged to have been responsible for the crimes in southport. it could have come from as far away as russia. it was. it was horrible stuff . but was. it was horrible stuff. but i haven't seen any evidence yet. you may have evidence that i haven't seen of people actually going around the country and coaches joining riots. i haven't seen that. >> i have seen coordinated lists coming out on social media of, let's go to this list of hotels, let's go to this list of hotels, let's get people to these areas, particularly blackpool. that's another example. there was a rebellion punk festival going on at the time. peaceful, lovely . at the time. peaceful, lovely. great example of that community doing something nice and, and they went and attacked that we are running out of time. >> do you understand ? not not >> do you understand? not not the violence, amy, but the anger of people out there who are now being branded far right. and they're saying, i'm not far right. i'm just concerned about what is happening. i think if you're if you're if you're

turning up to a town you're not from, with a six pack of cider and a and some matches to set fire to, to set fire to a, i didn't ask that. what was the rioters, amy? i asked what about the people who are turning advice bureaux? >> but they're not protests, are they? they are not protests. yes. of course, maybe it started with the original march. the saturday before saturday was saturday. maybe there were pockets of people with legitimate concerns. but now that that legitimate concern has been completely hijacked and is being used as a smokescreen to commit violence, all protests are and you're talking about integration and the failure of integration and the failure of integration in this country. >> and we're all concerned about that. doesn't matter which side of the political divide you come from, integration is a complete failure in this country, and it's a failure because politicians refuse to acknowledge the difference that integrating different communities makes. >> i think we've seen from the clean up that integration has worked , and it is just these worked, and it is just these outliers that are coming . outliers that are coming. >> we are coming back to this subject in the next hour. but for now, unfortunately, we're running out of time. thank you very much, for all the best

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oh welcome back to the weekend with me dawn neesom. we've just been discussing pvc. i told you this would get spicy and that is to come. don't worry now. but now we're talking about education, our british universities are becoming less popular as student debt soars and graduate opportunities shrink. for the first time ever, the proportion of 18 year old applicants has fallen for a second successive year . are our second successive year. are our universities in serious trouble, though? and is it something we should actually be worried about, amy, i'm going to come to you first on this one. i don't even know if you went to university. i'm assuming you did. >> oh, i'm glad you yes, i did, yes. >> so i thought you would do because i mean, the thing is, i mean, because i'm so academic. because you are very intelligent as well. but the age thing, when i were, when i was at school, only two girls from my school

went to university. i mean, it just wasn't the done thing, but obviously it was back in the 18005. obviously it was back in the 1800s. so what do you make of this story? why aren't kids going to university anymore? >> well, it's only a point three drop, so i think this story has been slightly inflated, but it is true that more people have been getting put off because things like you are going to expect to pay a 9% tax for your entire working life to pay back your student loan. i think the fees have just got ridiculous and i think that's terrible because of the amount of good that university does. and i'm not just talking about your possible earnings . i'm talking possible earnings. i'm talking about the non—monetary benefits of higher education and also the fact that universities are such engines of regional growth and keep towns and cities alive in terms of the employment that they give, in terms of the research, the innovation. and we live longer than ever. surely we want to spend longer in education and we've got much more time to do it. and it's just so great for you as a person to attend university. putting your job aside at the end of it. even if you went and never got a job for me, it would

still be worth it. yeah. >> what do you reckon, mike? >> what do you reckon, mike? >> i think universities have become a massive racket in this country. on on two scales, £9,000 are the tuition fees for somebody in this country. do you know they can charge up to £35,000 for overseas students ? £35,000 for overseas students? now, i live down on the coast near portsmouth. i would say one third of the students there are foreign students at portsmouth uni paying that £35,000. and do you know that these vice chancellor universities get paid £400,000 a year because they're employed to run a money making business? i'm part of that business, by the way. sorry to keep going on are huge student blocks of flats which are literally in the billion pound industry market. these contracts are given to developers who build these units, and they're full of overseas students whose parents can afford to put them into a two bedroom, two bathroom apartment . as a student, it's apartment. as a student, it's a huge racket. now what? >> sorry . international students

>> sorry. international students bnngin >> sorry. international students bring in billions to the economy. that's exactly net benefit. that's exactly what i'm saying. take them away. we have even less. >> no, no, no, that's exactly what i'm saying. and what's happening now? as you said, it's only a 0.3% drop on the numbers concerned. that's a big drop. and i know for a fact student lettings companies are now suffering because for the first time in about 20 years, they're not getting 100% capacity in the homes that they provide for students. it's going to be a crisis. but i think that kids are now suddenly starting to think for themselves for the first time and thinking this conveyor belt o—levels, a—levels, university isn't the answer any more, because the time that it takes a student with a degree that's not a terribly good degree to get a job when they come out, can be up to two years and they end up working in mcdonald's. not that that's a bad job, but you know what i mean. they're wasting their time. what i mean. they're wasting theirtime. i what i mean. they're wasting their time. i went to university after one year. i realised, having won the snooker competition and my local pubs darts competition, there was

nothing else to do. so i got out and the world will be so grateful because i started my media career and i've been communicating with the world ever since . that's what i think ever since. that's what i think young people should do. >> so the thing about it is, it's at the moment with the government, with the with the loans that don't get repaid it actually the government cuts even because the i high earners still subsidise those that never managed to start repaying their loans. now, the government has shown that they can interfere with the universities because last year, if you remember, they suddenly said, right, international students can't bnng international students can't bring any dependents. that's right. so they did interfere there. so they could interfere here and help and come in and bail out the universities a little bit to bring the fees down, not the government. nobody should be paying the amounts that they are to go to university. they're taxing aspiration. yeah. >> the problem i have with that, with that principle , amy, is the with that principle, amy, is the fact that you say the government could bail out universities. it's not the government. the government doesn't have money, it's taxpayers. we're already paying it's taxpayers. we're already paying more tax than we have in 70 years. >> okay. but i'm looking at the good that university brings to

all the areas that there are universities, what they bring to the local economy because their businesses, their innovation, their research departments, they're constantly uncovering new medical advances and scientific advances, to not mention how much the arts research that comes out of university . they are an overall university. they are an overall good for the country. so it would be really short sighted to say, oh well, the student numbers are falling. they no one can afford it. so let's close some. rather they can't afford it. let's subsidise the fees they're going to have to. >> three universities, i'm told, are on the brink of closure because they simply can't keep up. >> it's all down to the government comes in. >> it's only it's all down to tony blair's education, education, education because tony blair inherited a great economy. but there was one area of the economy which was troublesome and that was youth employment. right so he came up with the idea, him and his labour government, i tell you what, to cover the let's sandie vara university. john major had already started turning polytechnics into universities, so we had far too many universities shove all the kids in there. but over the years, honestly, the number of degrees

now which are just utterly useless to young people, it's been a terrible contract. >> that can be so. i think you've characterised university incorrectly. you said school a—level , gcse, a—levels, a—level, gcse, a—levels, university as if they're all the same kind of thing. the university . so i said it to university. so i said it to production line doing full time education and doing exams and being in higher education is worth so much more than that. you learn who you are, you learn to how look after yourself. you learn what it is to be an independent adult. you have time to think, which i think is really important. >> but we haven't got any bricklayers and we haven't got any lorry drivers. i'm serious. we haven't got any plumbers. you know this idea we're going to build all these millions of houses. i don't know where you're going to get the bricklayers from because my mate who runs a house building business in scotland has to go to poland and romania every year to poland and romania every year to recruit bricklayers. we do so while shortage. so why don't we rebalance it? >> but you can't force somebody who wants to go and do an engush who wants to go and do an english literature degree to be a bricklayer. >> no, but you can offer incentives to say you don't all have to go to university to do a degree in embroidery or something. you could do something. you could do something more practical with your hands. that's what i think

we should be doing. >> do you actually think that everybody should go to university ? amy. university? amy. >> yeah, well, i think they should definitely be given the option. i think it's three wasted years if you start. but that just shows you didn't go. it just shows you didn't go. >> i did for one year and then i realised it was a waste of time. >> i mean, i think anyone, anyone that goes to university can see that. and i do think that the argument that we are, we are living longer is relevant here, because when you leave school at 18, you are still just a kid. yeah, you need that time. you need that more time to learn who you are and learn what you're about and what you like and what your interests are. and then when you go into the world of work, you're going to be more productive. whether you earn more or less, you're going to be a better, more rounded human. >> it's talking to someone who is obviously not rounded or even possibly human at the moment. i didn't go to university. but i have to move on. >>, >>, >> sorry about that folks. but we are. yeah. what are we doing now. oh yeah. i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news. i see, i get very excited about this point. there's plenty more coming up in the show, but i'm getting

excited because this is news headunes excited because this is news headlines with ray . headlines with ray. >> 132 our top stories police warn further violence is likely after at least 90 people were arrested yesterday as protests took place across england and northern ireland. many towns and cities saw clashes between anti—immigration demonstrators and counter—protesters, with police officers attacked and injured. it comes after three girls were killed in a knife attack at a dance club in southport on monday. among the arrests, 14 were made in bristol, 11 in liverpool and 20 in lancashire , amid reports of in lancashire, amid reports of looting and the setting of fires . looting and the setting of fires. number 10 sources are disputing claims that sir keir starmer is planning a summer getaway on monday, despite the risk of further unrest. it comes after tory leadership candidate robert jenrick urged the pm to cancel his trip and get a grip on the

situation. many more arrests have been promised in the coming days, as the prime minister said the police have his full support to take action against extremists. the public is being warned not to approach a suspect after a man was fatally stabbed in north london. 33 year old kamaal williams, from the isle of dogs, is believed to be connected to the murder of 53 year old derek neil thomas on the 30th of july. mr thomas died from a stab wound to the chest. the metropolitan police arrested a 30 year old woman on saturday on suspicion of assisting an offender in the us. florida is bracing itself as tropical storm debbie is expected to turn into a hurricane before hitting landfall this evening. governor ron desantis has called up 3000 national guard and placed most of florida's cities and counties under emergency orders. the national hurricane centre has described it as a life threatening situation . those threatening situation. those other latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm rhiannon ray

addison. excuse me 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 . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much. right now remember let me know your thoughts on all the stories we're discussing today by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and join the conversation. and i promise i am going to read as many of them out as i possibly can. so many of you getting in touch, certainly about the riots and legitimate protests and about being branded far right, whatever that actually even means, but so keep those messages coming in and we will get through as many as possible. i really promise that now, eric trump has told gb news that his dad, donald, would happily send harry and meghan back to the uk

if he wins. but look, let's not beat about the bush. would you want them back or them all that much more to come. i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news. this is the weekend and it's britain's news channel. and don't go too

it's time for you to prod me awake in my barn. doors down by dawn i'm standing by. i'm sitting down. anyways, welcome back to the weekend. it's me dawn neesom and this is gb news and i hope you have a wonderful, wonderful weekend out there. thank you for joining wonderful weekend out there. thank you forjoining me. now, thank you for joining me. now, eric trump has told gb news that donald trump would happily send harry and meghan thanks back to the uk if he wins that november election. this comes as the couple are set to speak to cbs on their sunday morning show. three years on that bombshell interview, how can you forget with oprah winfrey? in an

interview with gb news, ben leo, this is what eric trump had to say . say. >> what i can tell you is my father had so much respect for the queen, as did i. my mom knew so many of them for years. i think you probably know that had a great relationship with diana and everyone else. and, you know, that's a very sacred kind of institution. and you can happily have those two back. we'll happily send them back from america. you can have them back over here. but i'm not sure if you guys want them any more than we might not want them anymore. they feel like they're on a little bit of an island of their own. but listen, you can always have bad actors in anything you can always have, you know, spoilt apples and. and every orchard. but, the institution of the royal family is, is beautiful and, it's something that's really actually admired by, by a lot of americans and, and i think they should be protected and the royal family is beautiful. >> mike, harry, harry and meghan would you welcome them back with open arms, >> i'm not sure what eric trump's going on about. are you trying to second guess the british public saying sending them back? i think meghan's an

american citizen. anyway so why would you want to just expel them? he seems to insinuate that because harry upset the queen and my dad, you know, president trump, as he was and could be again, was very close to the queen. we think we'll punish them by sending them back. look, i feel very sorry for harry because i think he's a boy now . because i think he's a boy now. he's totally lost. i think he's living in isolation in california. i think that, you know, since they've sort of fallen out of public favour, i'm not sure he's got anything to do when he gets up each day. meghan has ambitions and all sorts of ways, you know, social websites and all that kind of stuff. and i don't think harry's doing anything and he keeps trying to change the agenda about why it all happened and how it happened. his latest was that , happened. his latest was that, well, you know, my brave war against the british media is the reason why i fell out with my family, and my family should have supported me. you betrayed your family, harry, for $100 million. and that's why you fell out with your family. and they won't speak to you. but he can't get his head around that. and look, i would have him back if i

felt he could be rehabilitated back into the royal family. but i can't see that ever happening. >> when you say, boy, he's actually, what, 40 now? is he 41? >> he's 39, 39. >> he's 39, 39. >> that's hardly a boy. >> that's hardly a boy. >> well, i but we still think of him as a, as a boy, don't we, because of what happened to his mother and 13 year old. yeah yeah. >> walking behind diana's coffin. yes but you said meghan is ambitious. coffin. yes but you said meghan is ambitious . yeah, i agree with is ambitious. yeah, i agree with you. i think steady on. meghan is innately political, right ? is innately political, right? she has been since she was a child. and she wrote that letter to the washing up company or whatever. that's right. she then when she was in her royal role, she stood up for me too, which was like, whoa, what are you doing? and i think meghan might enter politics, but if she bright politics. so no wonder trump wants to shove him to one side and get that going. >> yeah , but do you think she >> yeah, but do you think she can take on politics and what you've seen so far? >> i mean, think it might be a matter of time before they back kamala harris? >> i could see that coming. i see that coming too . yeah. but see that coming too. yeah. but

what i'm saying is, i don't think meghan's ever made, a policy statement or a speech in which anybody said. do you know what? i didn't know that she, you know, really had such a grasp of current affairs. she's only ever spoken about what i would call trite issues, you know, which which are dilettante type views on, on certain issues and a bit of moaning here and a bit of upset here. i've never seen it really say anything important. >> i think you underestimate her, mick. >> well, has she said anything important? if i missed it? >> yeah. like all the stuff they've done with the archewell foundation or the causes that they've raised money for and raised awareness of, every time she comes to the uk, she does some charity work while she's here. i think they are quite legitimate. >> okay. actually i was reminds me of a conversation with the lovely, colombian. cleaner. basically we have working in the building. she's really she's helped me learn spanish very, very sorry. yeah, yeah, i know i've managed all her and she's not doing too well, but, i mean, she's from colombia. and this bnngs she's from colombia. and this brings me. reminds me of the point that harry made talking about meghan being intelligent

and harry saying, well, i can't possibly bring my wife back to the uk because it's not safe for her. >> no, i'll take colombia instead. >> yeah, exactly. but colombia, where they're going on tour is much safer. yeah i've always stuck up for them on this. >> right. because i've said if they don't have the government, security , then the security security, then the security can't carry a gun. and that's the difference . the close the difference. the close protection, it's not as. but yeah.then protection, it's not as. but yeah. then they sign up to go to colombia and it did cross my mind. yeah. >> and yeah, i mean i claim everybody in this country is protected by the metropolitan police. >> if they're in london, it doesn't matter who they are. >> there's a slight difference between the security he would get if he was a member of the royal family, and the security that he can employ privately. yeah, i agree, but so he wanted to he wanted to get that. >> that's why you don't need gunsin >> that's why you don't need guns in this country as much as you need them in colombia. very few people have guns in this country. >> they live in america where there are more guns than people in any case. >> yeah, exactly. and they try and kill former presidents. honestly, i think it's, i think it's a shallow argument. >> take them back, though. they're going to be shamima

begum, stateless. >> oh, there's an island somewhere. where can they go ? somewhere. where can they go? oh, well, we'll show you. tell us. well, no, hang on, hang on, hang on. >> she does want to come back. she's already said i trump's expelling them. i don't see how trump could expel them and for what reason. >> green card. he's going for harry's green card. >> i think that would be very unusual. i know loads of people lived in america for the last 25 years, applying for a green card. they've never been expelled because that's the way america works. >> think tank that is gunning for harry to have his green card removed. yeah, and they may or may not have trump's support. >> yes, but i may or may, harry may or may not have told a few porkies in his book about drugs and things. anyway, i'm finally out of time. oh my lord, you've got a second wind. used to mish i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news andifs i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news and it's the weekend and there's loads more coming up on today's pack show. now the fun police! yay, scottish greens are calling on the local council to end the edinburgh tattoo flypasts over claims it causes environmental damage. you knew that was coming and emotional harm on residents,

but is this just woke nonsense going too far? part 356 or whatever up to now, all of that and much more to come. this is gb news, britain's news channel. you can put the kettle on but don't go too far. see

soon. hello and welcome back to the weekend with me. dawn neesom on gb news now. fun police time. yeah, we've been there before, haven't we? edinburgh's labour council is considering calling for an end to the royal military tattoo. you know, the raf flypasts are amazing, aren't they, these aerial displays have come under attack, over claims they cause environmental damage and inflict emotional harm on residents. scottish greens have won cross—party support to scrap

the fly—past over edinburgh castle. you can see pictures on the screen now. it looks gorgeous, doesn't it, with the labour council leader right into military chiefs to express concerns over hitting net zero targets. right, okay. emotional harm from watching some jets fly over like, please alert. >> it's absolutely pathetic, isn't it? it really is utterly pathetic. you know? have you done the, edinburgh tattoo? i have , it's brilliant. so by, so have, it's brilliant. so by, so by, it's a fantastic occasion. and there's nothing but goodwill. all over the place, you know what i mean? everybody is saying everybody you meet, everybody you're working with the shows go on 24 hours a day. we had a set at 5 am. one year. we had a set at 5 am. one year. we were there, you know, and that was that was our time to do it. and you came off and you had breakfast with the people. it's a wonderful occasion and for somebody to put the damper on it now. and so, i mean, what do they mean that. oh, it's polluting the air, this steam that comes out of those planes is steam. it's coloured steam . is steam. it's coloured steam. you know, it's not rocket fuel

or anything like that. that's going to fall on the people below. it's specially manufactured, water which comes out blue, red and white, you know , and it's utterly pathetic. know, and it's utterly pathetic. what they really mean is that we think this is a bit too british and we don't like britain. we hate britain because we're against our own country. we think it's, you know, far too right wing even with a labour government. so why don't we scrap one of the great traditions of british life? because it's not just at the edinburgh festival that these jets fly around, you know, doing the things that the raf do, they do it at hundreds of events every year, and to try and scrap it is a lot of nonsense, and i dislike very much the people who are suggesting it . are suggesting it. >> amy, the, the scottish tory councillor, who's only one of two to vote against the move to condemn the fly—past, said these marxist masquerading as environmentalists are hell bent on obliterating the heritage of the uk, especially when it comes to our military.

>> see, i think like mike is being slightly hyperbolic in his language there. because really, this bloke and you, i don't think this is a marxist attack. i just think it's some councillors. >> i didn't say it was a marxist attack. >> what did you say it was? attack on british values and british rights? yes. i don't think it's that. i think it's just these councillors being oversensitive. so the green councillor has said a lot of residents i've spoken to want what the tattoo to reduce or end the number of flypasts. they are totally unnecessary and cause avoidable pollution and disturbance for residents but don't cause pollution. when i saw that, well, i guess it's a jet fuel, isn't it? it's just the jets going very fast. >> it's a very small jet. >> it's a very small jet. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and i thought, how many times is this happening for for, it to prompt this. but it's only 5 to 7 times. yeah. exactly. so i agree i think it is an overreaction. but just to see it from their perspective , they're from their perspective, they're talking about, the noise disturbing say veterans who have had experiences in conflict zones. now, this piqued my interest because then there was a response from the veterans

charity in edinburgh who said, no, no, we don't care. we quite like it. yeah, exactly. but do you see what i mean? they're trying to be kind. they're trying to be kind. they're trying to be kind. they're trying to do the right thing, but maybe they've just overdone it. >> politically motivated, isn't it? >> but equally, the story is politically motivated because there's nothing to say this is going to actually happen. it says they're considering it. and then at the end of the story, it says the council has no real power to cancel them anyway. >> no, of course they don't. >> no, of course they don't. >> so this is all a bit of hot air really. >> well, it's not hot air. it's somebody once again trying to you know, stamp their opinion on too much britishness. in britain. >> there's nothing to do with britishness. >> there's a it's just loud and polluting rubbish. >> it's . >> it's. >> it's. >> well how red, white and blue. >> well how red, white and blue. >> how come you know the jets. jets? yeah >> but how come it happens over 100 times a year in this country and nobody else has ever complained? i'm sure, i'm sure. so it's just this lot. you know, with their. >> it's a bit like the fireworks. >> stupid. you know, anti—british feelings who are making a fool of themselves. >> they're trying to be pro—british by considering everyone's needs. no they're not. and being kind and being nice. no, but then they've just doneit nice. no, but then they've just done it a bit. candidly. no, it's not going to happen anyway.

don't worry, edinburgh, you're a military city and you're going to keep your flypasts. but this was just a little, mooted suggestion. >> i'm going up to edinburgh next week in any case. so in any case, i'm dawn neesom, gb news and what's that weather going to be like for you? because that's important. here is greg with all your details. i hope it's good. one. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello there! welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. the north west south east split over the next 24 hours, turning increasingly humid as we go through monday for everyone. a deep area of low pressure sits to the north—west of the uk. outbreaks of heavy rain pushing into parts of western scotland. in particular, the met office warning in force from this evening onwards. here we could see 50 to 75mm of rain falling over 24 hours or so, leading to some local disruption. so the rain continues through the evening and overnight across

scotland, northern ireland, england and wales. generally dry, with some clear spells in the east western areas generally cloudier with some patchy rain over the hills, but that humid air moving in so temperatures overnight dropping no lower than 15 or 16 celsius in places. so first thing on monday morning, a wet start across western parts of scotland, the bright colours there indicating heavy rain. there could be some local disruption and that rain only slowly pushing north eastwards through the day. northern ireland seeing a cloudy start but further heavy rain quickly pushing in similar across north—west england. outbreaks of patchy rain. wales in the west country two. best of the sunshine to start the day across eastern and southeastern parts of england through the day on monday. further pulses of heavy rain continue to push their way north eastwards across northern ireland, western parts of scotland. the met office warning out until 9 pm. in the evening time so there could be some local disruption through the day, generally further south and east, drier and brighter, but

quite a bit of cloud. a very humid day. temperatures 25 to 27 celsius in the sunnier spots. a little breezy across the north—west as well into the evening time on monday. this weather front just starts to slip its way south eastwards, but just still notice some heavy bursts running along it across western parts of england and wales, and then it's a mixed picture. through the rest of the week. there will be some showers at times, temperatures on the warm side in the south looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news . weather on gb news. >> i wasn't quite sure i was liking the blue bits on greg's map there. not sure about that. anyway, there's loads more coming up on today's show. campaigners in dudley are marking the first anniversary of the burning down and subsequent demolition of the crooked house pub. remember that, will we get that crooked house back, though ? that crooked house back, though? all of that and much more to come. i'm dawn neesom. this is the weekend on gb news, britain's news

good afternoon. it's 2:00 on sunday, the 4th of august, and this is the 4th of august, and this is the weekend on the gb news. and ihope the weekend on the gb news. and i hope you're having a fabulous time out there. now violence has erupted across the uk from hull, liverpool, bristol , manchester, liverpool, bristol, manchester, blackpool and belfast as demonstrations once again turned violent. but what drives these protests to turn into this level of violence and aggression, then labouris of violence and aggression, then labour is reportedly shifting its focus to voters under 50, prioritising housebuilding and moving away from policies traditionally favoured by older brits. all this malaysian population are labour abandoning the older generation and campaigners in dudley are marking the first anniversary of the burning down of that wonderful pub, the crooked house. will we ever get that

house, that crooked house pub back?i house, that crooked house pub back? i love pubs, i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend . neesom and this is the weekend. thatis neesom and this is the weekend. that is very countryfile, isn't it? but this show is nothing without you and your views. and i really, really promise i am going to read some of them out, but there's so many coming in and i love you all for doing that. i can't keep up with them at the moment, but i'm going to get to them. and if you want to join in and put more of them on there, here's how you do it, it's like it's very simple. it's a she says, remembering it. visit gbnews.com/yoursay and yet join in. i will read them out. promise. most of those coming up now, but keeping me company on today's show is author and broadcaster amy nicholl, and i can't. i'm sorry, i've forgotten your name. lovely. but thank you to the person said. good god, amy's had a thought, and broadcaster mike parry. and i

can't read that one out about mike because i, you know, probably get thrown off, but thank you, no, it was it was very complimentary, but before we get stuck into today's story , we get stuck into today's story, here is the news with ray addison . addison. >> thanks, dawn. 2:01. our top stories this hour. anti—immigration supporters have begun to gather outside hotels in rotherham and aldershot as police warned further violence is likely following protests in england and northern ireland. at least 90 people were arrested yesterday amid clashes between demonstrators and counter—protesters, with police officers attacked and injured. it comes after three girls were killed in a knife attack at a dance club in southport on monday. greater manchester police have put a section 34 dispersal notice in place in bolton until 10:00 pm this evening. speaking earlier on gb news, former scotland yard detective peter bleksley did not

mince his words. >> no matter what somebody's concerns are , if you pick up concerns are, if you pick up a brick or you pick up a bottle and you try it at a police officer, you are an idiot. end officer, you are an idiot. end of story. and unfortunately, we face yet another evening of violence when more police officers were injured, something quite dramatic is going to have to happen here, because i see no sign at the moment of this unrest diminishing. in fact, i see it escalating and spreading . see it escalating and spreading. >> a supermarket owner in belfast says his business has been reduced to ashes after it was targeted during disorder in the city. bashir said muslim businesses were deliberately targeted and is criticising police for their response to the violence. this morning, a clean up operation was underway in the donegall road area following last night's unrest, which lasted for several hours. bashir was asked if he would be able to ever reopen. >> i don't know, you have to ask

the police about that. when they stop all of all of that, then we will talk about it and all of that happened and the police did nothing. i'm telling you the truth . what kind of police? truth. what kind of police? letting the people to burn everything down. i don't know where is the safety in that. but this is all rubbish. >> number 10, sources are disputing claims that sir keir starmer is planning a summer getaway on monday , despite the getaway on monday, despite the risk of further unrest. it comes after tory leadership candidate robert jenrick urged the pm to cancel his trip and get a grip on the situation. many more arrests have been promised in the coming days, as the pm said the coming days, as the pm said the police have his full support to take action against extremists. robert jenrick says sir keir must stay and tackle this problem. >> well, look, i think it would be completely wrong for the prime minister to go on holiday whilst parts of britain are burning this is a very serious situation and we need the prime

minister to be leading the country . we, the police, need country. we, the police, need our full support and they need to know that he is there , to know that he is there, supporting them, making sure that this situation is being handled from the very top. >> former labour mp and independent adviser to the government now on political violence and disruption, lord walney, told us the pm can work whilst on holiday. >> keir starmer, you can see, is absolutely on it, as is the home secretary and his, his ministers and i imagine that even if you know formally he is spending some time with his family, next week he will be properly plugged into it. i'm sure that is a that is an issue which they are keeping a roving brief and prime ministers are never fully off duty as as we know. ministers are never fully off duty as as we know . even if they duty as as we know. even if they have, they've gone somewhere. they take with them the full apparatus to be fully , fully apparatus to be fully, fully switched on. >> so keir starmer has accused

protesters of attempting to sow hate by intimidating communities. reform uk mp rupert lowe says he needs to listen to the protesters concerns. >> what we need is an honest debate. i don't have a golden bullet. for years and years of the elite's mismanagement of our of our immigration policy, but we've got to have a frank and honest discussion about it. there isn't always a sort of one one line answer to these things. it's extremely complex. but what we can't go on doing is undermining the foundations of this great country and not listening to the people who are now concerned about it, because they're right to be concerned. they've got every right to be concerned about what's happening to their country. >> in the us, florida is bracing itself as tropical storm debbie is expected to turn into a hurricane before hitting landfall. this evening. governor ron desantis has called up 3000 national guard and placed most of florida's cities and counties under emergency orders. evacuations are taking place in those areas most likely to be affected. the national hurricane

centre has described it as a life threatening situation. winds are expected to build to 70mph, and waves will get to two metres high. okay, those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm ray addison more in half an hour's time for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much. right now i've got my glasses perched on the end of my nose, trying to read out some of your comments, richard, come back here. richard says you haven't read any comments out yet after promising to read out as many as possible. is it because you're waiting for someone to say something positive about amy? no, i'm not like that. no, there are some there are some nice ones. but this is one that i was interesting because it echoes what i was been saying as well.

earlier on, from someone called ex—military. funny, harry yvette cooper confined prison space for your words. white british men and speed up court process. but immigrants are not even arrested. the illegal immigrants across the across the channel. this attitude will accelerate unrest and is not a deterrent. again, lots of you saying about how come suddenly the courts can open up and speed people through the courts when you know we are emptying prisons of prisoners and rape cases aren't prosecuted, but violence has erupted once again across the uk from hull , liverpool, bristol from hull, liverpool, bristol and manchester, blackpool and belfast as demonstrations have turned violent once again . more turned violent once again. more than 90 people have been arrested as injured police officers are treated for broken bones, late last night, ministers were locked in talks with the judiciary to make courts sit for 24 hours to just been talking about this, to fast track sentencing, the prime minister telling police they have ministers full backing to

take all necessary action to keep our streets safe from thugs who so, so hate prime minister's words, not mine. joining me is gb news reporter adam cherry, who i believe is outside the home office forest , adam, look, home office forest, adam, look, everyone's saying, what's happening? why are we not seeing anything? why are we one suffering out? our streets are being burnt down. we're all being burnt down. we're all being branded far right. and all we're hearing is words. we're not getting any proper action from the government . from the government. >> yeah, well, i mean, there is some action being taken as you described. and as we've said in the bulletins, it's over this 24 hour court process. so they'll activate what's known as the additional courts protocol, which means that they sit for 24 hours to deal with the volume of cases flying into custody. whether that's enough , we'll whether that's enough, we'll see. i mean, it did work in 2011 when keir starmer was the

director of public prosecutions. this was part of the deal that was discussed yesterday. was was activating this protocol. and then it worked . but you know, then it worked. but you know, then it worked. but you know, the question is this going to be enough long term? obviously a short term solution is necessary, but the comments speak to the deeper problem and perhaps they'll be a necessary conversation later on. further down the line about why these protests are so violent and why this tension is simmering, but i'd say that's that's a discussion, perhaps for another day. for now, the priority is, is getting the violence down, and we'll just have to wait and see whether that works. of course, keir starmer himself, facing some difficulty in the next few days because he is reportedly going on holiday on well at some point in the next week. downing street pushing back somewhat, saying that he will not be jetting off on monday, although that's not actually what the initial story was in the first place. if you

read the times piece, times say he was going to fly away next week, or rather in a week's time. so a bit of spin there. but we'll we'll see how that goes. robert jenrick the tory leadership contender, saying whilst britain burns, it's not a goodidea whilst britain burns, it's not a good idea for the prime minister to shoot off. so perhaps he'll have to get a refund on his plane tickets. dawn indeed, not a good idea. >> yeah, i think they should all get back. i mean, why should they go on holiday and where we're all putting up with this? thank you very much. that's adam cherry there. now i want to look at a different angle on this, because this is an angle i thought of when i was looking at the pictures from the riots overnight . so joining me now is overnight. so joining me now is psychotherapist lucy beresford. lucy. hello, lovely. thank you very much for joining lucy. hello, lovely. thank you very much forjoining me. this afternoon. now, you know, we're all talking, until we're blue in the face about, you know, why people are so angry, why we're writing. but what i want to do from you is understand the psychology of a riot. the psychology of a riot. the psychology of a riot. the psychology of rioting. now, obviously , basically, people are obviously, basically, people are angry. but what makes some

people turn it into the violence? we have seen? >> well, i think what we're looking at is a very complicated picture, but also one that's very simple in human psychological terms, when we are frightened , when we are scared, frightened, when we are scared, we will often lash out. >> people have heard, i'm sure, of the flight or the fight response , and if you are on your response, and if you are on your own, the chances are you might run away. but if you know that there is a group around you, if you can imagine, you know the sabre tooth tiger is chasing you. there's a real threat and you've got your tribe around you.then you've got your tribe around you. then you're going to feel much more confident about facing that threat. so what we had six days ago was a really traumatic incident, a tragedy where three small girls were were murdered. and that has made people feel very unsafe. and very vulnerable and very quickly. what you see

is that people find that they are not alone in those feelings. they want to express those feelings, and they start to go out onto the street. and the more that you see people going out onto the street, the more inclined you might be to go out on the street as well. we're very imitative creatures, human beings. we tend to learn about the world by copying other people. and so with social media in the mix, amplifying the stories and spreading the images of people going out and causing trouble or having a really powerful emotional , angry powerful emotional, angry response, there is something very primitive about human beings, and they will respond to that and follow suit. >> so lucy , basically it is a >> so lucy, basically it is a you know, no one's condoning this behaviour. it is appalling, it's shocking, it's criminal. and, you know, people are suffering. people are losing their businesses. police are being attacked and having, you know, you know, bones broken. so no one's condoning it, but it is

basically what you're trying to say. it's like it's human nature. it's tribal. >> what i'm saying is that it's very understandable. i think you're very right to not condone it, because there have been all sorts of incidents where there, as you say, it's broken bones, people attacking the police, people attacking the police, people attacking the police, people attacking mosques, attacking shops , looting, that attacking shops, looting, that actually there's been real offensive criminal behaviour. but from a psychological point of view , it's incredibly of view, it's incredibly understandable because people are very afraid. and the two words that keep coming up a lot and they've come up a lot, they came up a lot in the election, and they've come up a lot with this particular episode is a lack of trust and fairness, and people feel very unheard. they feel like the people in power are not listening to them, and they also feel that if they're listening, they're only listening, they're only listening to certain segments of society. and if there's another thing that human beings are very, very alert for , it's

very, very alert for, it's fairness from a very early age. you're very attuned to whether you're getting your parental attention, or maybe your sibling is getting a bit more than you. who in the classroom is getting more favouritism from the teacher than you are? we're very, very alert because it's a survival mechanism. and so if you can look at it through that lens, you don't condone it, but you can at least understand it, because if you can understand it, you can start to address the root causes. >> lucy, as always, incredibly fascinating to talk to you. thank you so much. that's lucy beresford, psychotherapist. thank you so much for joining me. so basically, the political point of it, you know , people point of it, you know, people are angry. they are they don't understand. they feel like they're not being listened to. we are hearing that constantly from from youths out there and loads of people are saying the same thing. you know, the westminster bubble isn't listening to me. i'm not far right, but i am worried. lucy has just said psychologically, thatis has just said psychologically, that is what that is, what's

going on as well. it's not just political. what what do you make of what you've just heard, amy? >> i found that quite difficult to listen to, actually, because lucy said it's completely understandable and that people think from a psychological point of view, not from a political or a criminal point of view. this, to me is a complete demonstration of what happens when you scapegoat migrants for everything in society over the last 14 years, and this is the chickens coming home to roost. people think they can't get housing because of migrants. they think that they can't get healthcare because of migrants. they think all of society's ills. and all the unfairness that they experience in their life are because of immigration. immigration has contributed to their lives. immigration is propping up, construction is propping up, construction is propping up, construction is propping up the health care system . without immigration, system. without immigration, people will be far, far, far worse off. but because of the way our media works, because of the way certain politicians work to be able to blame everything that's going wrong for this portion of society that are upset on migration. well, that's that's great, isn't it? because

then it's not their fault. so they can shift the blame to the migrant community for government's failings. >> i'm just going to read this , >> i'm just going to read this, this this one quick message, no, it's not a message. it was someone who's been interviewed in the paper. john crook, 62, a plasterer, travel from bradford to liverpool for the rally to protest, to not riot. he believes the government is not listening to people like him who are not racist or far right, but have concerns about immigration, and this is going back. it's just not recent immigration as well. i grew up in an area of bradford which these days is like a no go area, and nobody wants to admit it. 40 years ago my mum would clean the stone steps of the house and would go to church. now you can't walk those streets, mike. does that sound like a far right racist to you or an ordinary concerned citizen echoing the gut feelings that lucy beresford were just talking about? >> well, a concerned citizen, and i think there's millions of them. i agree with one thing amy has said, not with a lot of what she said, but when she said lucy described it as completely understandable. i don't think it's completely understandable to witness this sort of behaviour. we've had . lucy, i'm

behaviour. we've had. lucy, i'm sure, is a very highly qualified psychologist, right? no doubt about that. but psychotherapist? yeah, psychotherapist. but i didn't see her once mentioned thuggery. a lot of people just pile in on these sort of demonstrations just because they want to become a thug for the night and then get away with it. you get away with it because there's more rioters and there are police. so you haven't got much chance, really. you're being lifted. you know, i know 90 people have been lifted and arrested, but that's out of hundreds, if not thousands who've been writing. so a lot of it is about thuggery. a lot of it is about thuggery. a lot of it is about taking advantage of the situation because you have now suddenly got it over the, law and order authorities in this country. so get stuck in there. if at the back of your mind there is you know, a bit of an anguish you've got about you think that your local community, say, in harehills and leeds , has say, in harehills and leeds, has been completely taken over by people who've come to this country and they've diluted the indigenous population of where you grew up. then you know, we

know in this country we're one of the most tolerant in the world. you should take that to your local mp, take it to your local council. but they haven't got time to do that. the shortest route is to get involved in a riot that somebody else started and express your frustration like that. and it's something we've got to keep an eye on to say that's an appropriate emotional response or an emotional response that is completely understandable is akin to justifying domestic violence by being like, well , violence by being like, well, you know, she really wound him up. >> so, you know, you can understand why there is no, no understanding of what we've seen over the last two days. >> okay. well, let us know what you think. i mean, you've heard what the panel think. you've heard what lucy beresford said, and for all the best analysis and for all the best analysis and opinion on that story, just go to our website, gb news.com, but now some good news for you. imagine having a £30,000 extra in your bank to play with this yeah in your bank to play with this year. well, it could be yours in our latest great british giveaway as we are giving away the biggest cash prize so far this summer. and it could be yours, basically. and here's all yours, basically. and here's all

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hello. welcome back. this is the weekend on gb news with me. dawn neesom have got a nice cup in front of you or possibly a beer. it's sunday afternoon. i just want to read kim's comment out because kim echoes what a lot of you are saying and indeed the comment i read out earlier on from that gentleman who attended

one of the protests. but didn't riot, kim says, can i say the vast majority of people protesting are peaceful? the hoougans protesting are peaceful? the hooligans rioters are just idiots. after what happened in london by police, bullying by police and government people are angry. well, i mean, that's kim's opinion. i haven't witnessed any bullying by police. but you know , hashtag police. but you know, hashtag two tier keir is trending make of that what you will. social media is interesting at the moment isn't it, right. okay. now let's move on. let's do another story shall we? labour is reportedly shifting its focus to voters under 50, prioritising housebuilding and moving away from policies favouring the grey vote. the strategy comes after labour's sweeping victory and aims to address generational inequalities and housing shortages . so with labour now shortages. so with labour now focusing their efforts on the youth, are the older generation being forgotten? now i'm going to come to the baby of the family on this one. that's amy. amy, we were talking about

universities earlier on and people going to universities when we actually need more people out there to build houses for young folk who can't get housing. so, labour, throwing the older generation under the bus. >> i think it's , it's not. >> i think it's, it's not. >> i think it's, it's not. >> or should they be throwing the older generation under the bus. >> absolutely. but i think it's just inevitable that their policies are going to be more in tune with the under 50s may not not by design as such, but just when you're going for, growth , when you're going for, growth, addressing that generational inequality, they're going to translate to policies like housebuilding and energy, gb energy and maybe focusing on childcare, which are all going to affect more people under 50. but i think this isn't i don't think they're politicising the, the, the decision in the same way as say, when, when the tories made the decision to go for welfare, when it perhaps wasn't the best thing for the country, but it's just looks good. performatively, and good. perform atively, and politically, good. performatively, and politically, i think this, this whole perception that they're

going for the that they're leaving out the over 50 isn't really the case. >> is it a perception, though, mike? i mean, last week, rachel reeves decision to delay a cap on social care costs and to scrap winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners . millions of pensioners. >> yeah. nasty. >> yeah. nasty. >> it's not perception. it's reality. >> i'm not joking that to scrap that winter fuel allowance for pensioner nasty pernicious thing. why nasty pernicious act really early into their government. they've made it absolutely clear who they're going after to take £300 off an old lady who gets about 12,500 pounds a year. and he was checking literally the price of every, purchase that she makes in morrisons supermarket. like that , to take that £300 offer. that, to take that £300 offer. so she's going to have to huddle up in her coat in a winter's evening, because they've taken £300 away and to give it to a so—called junior doctor who probably earns about 60 or £70,000 a year, they don't. he's one of the nastiest pieces of legislation i've ever come across. i reframe, and we know exactly why we do. i know

exactly why we do. i know exactly why we do. i know exactly why they're doing it now. i am technically of pension age, and i can remember labour governments have been in power and they've always bankrupted the country. and so people of my generation know that labour will eventually bankrupt the country again, and they're not going to vote for labour, and they know that. but the people who do vote for labour are people who've worked in the public sector because they've got gold plated pensions, so they don't need the £300 because labour have looked after them in the past. it's people who've worked in the private sector who've now come to the end of their working life, who are on 30, 12.5 to £13,000 a year pension, who've had this £300 snatched away for him. i think it's the nastiest piece of legislation i've ever come across. if i put it to you that i'm taking £300 off alan sugar and i'm giving it to a junior doctor, how many alan sugars are there a second job, how many? alan sugars are there? amy, tell me that. >> how many millionaire pensioners is it? like 10%? >> no, nothing like it. and if it is, it's because they've got a house property. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> they've got a house worth £1

million. well, unless they start sawing up the furniture to provide themselves with heat in the winter, that house doesn't pay the winter, that house doesn't pay for their winter fuel generation. >> that could buy a house with something like three times their income. now it's eight times their income. and whose fault is that? needs to be done to address this generational inequality? that's not the fault of the pensioners today, but everybody can frame the winter fuel allowance. and oh, poor marjorie, who has to wear three coats on the bus. it's not really about those people, is it? it's more about just rich pensioners and not means testing. >> so let's punish these pensioners because, you know, they've so—called they've got £1 million house. it wasn't their fault that houses were in plentiful supply in those days. we've got 6 million more people in the country now. and that's why there's a housing shortage. >> well, we didn't build any houses and we're not putting any forward planning because you're sending everyone to university. >> so we haven't got any builders to build houses. sorry, couldn't resist that one, but age uk say that 2 million people may struggle to stay warm this winter because of this. this winter because of this. this winter because of rachel reeves. >> they will. but then when you think about it in terms of what they want to put their emphasis

on, so how many people are living in temporary accommodation is far more than 2 million people. so they're having to make difficult choices. and i think to put housing at the top of the agenda makes perfect sense , because it makes perfect sense, because it affects 100% of people living in this country. and not just. >> and does the 70 grand doctor really need the £300 off the old age pensioner lady who won't be able to light her fire in the winter? every single person uses pubuc winter? every single person uses public services. >> if that lady falls ill over winter, she's going to have to visit a doctor and hopefully they will not be on strike if they will not be on strike if they get to her before she freezes to death. >> i mean, it's a nasty, pernicious piece of legislation. i can't believe that the so—called labour party looking after people could be so cruel to the most vulnerable area of society in this country, and that's old people to look after society, we have to look after our you're not looking after old people, infrastructure and our pubuc people, infrastructure and our public services first stable pubuc public services first stable public services first stable public services is crucial to every stable public services is fine, but why take it off old age pensioners when there are millions of other ways to do it, like cutting wasteful public

spending in the nhs? >> we had to stop the public sector strike. somehow this was a way to do it. oh, with the least damage done by giving them 22%. >> oh, that's a brilliant way to stop it. let's give them 22%. you'll see inflation going up again now, and you'll see other pubuc again now, and you'll see other public sector unions demanding equal parity argument. >> so strange that people are saying, oh, now all the public sector will go on strike. all the public sectors have been on strike over the past five years, and now labour have come and actually negotiated and settled these things. people have a problem with that too ? problem with that too? >> no, it'll happen again. believe me. they've tasted blood . believe me. they've tasted blood. the public sector have tasted blood. they think, wow, she's a soft touch. that's rachel reeves, the chancellor. we're going after that. we're going to going after that. we're going to go after the money as well. it's in their nature. it's in their nature. >> blood or fair pay. >> blood or fair pay. >> i'm just just, just quickly on this one. i'm just wondering whether labour's decision to settle with the public service unions is anything to do with the amount the public service unions donate to labour? >> the bma is not affiliated

with labour. there are only two labour frontbenchers who are directly affiliated with unions. this is the least union affiliated labour party we've had in years, but it's the most militant union in the country. >> the bma, now the most militant union in the country, holding out for 35%, which actually they've got two years at 22%. a third year would have been 33%. well, we've run out of time on that one as well. >> but let us know what you think on that one. i mean, do you think labour are throwing older voters under the bus? do they not care about anyone over they not care about anyone over the age of 50, or are you on amy's side? and maybe youngsters do need looking after more, i'm dawn neesom this is gb news. it's the weekend and there's plenty more coming up on today's show. but first, my highlight. it's the news headlines with the very young ray .

right, okay. we appear to have a problem with ray's mic there. so we will be getting back to him very soon. but i just want to read out a few of your comments. why? | read out a few of your comments. why? i have got time to do so, the one i think. forgive me, i've lost your name for a while, but i think it was mary, pointing out that our, labour have only been in power for a month, and already we are seeing, problems. we're seeing riots on the street. we are seeing older people neglected, and nobody is being listened to. and so someone said, yeah , that and so someone said, yeah, that was paul. paul again agreeing labour only being in power for a few weeks and already they have the country in riots. they are calling people normal people who want the country back far right . want the country back far right. and that sounds like a government who has no idea what is going on, calling people thugs. at the very least , you thugs. at the very least, you know, there's a lot of that. there's a lot of that going on.

so please do keep your comments coming. but i think i think we can go back to ray now. is ray's mike working? let's have a try. ray, are you there? >> second time lucky. 233. they've got me . okay, we start they've got me. okay, we start with some breaking news. masked anti—immigration demonstrators have smashed windows at a houdayinn have smashed windows at a holiday inn express in rotherham, throwing pieces of wood and chairs, injuring at least one. police officer comes after police warned further violence was likely following protests in england and northern ireland. now at least 90 people were arrested yesterday amid clashes between demonstrators and counter—protesters, with police officers attacked and injured then as well. it comes after three girls were killed in after three girls were killed in a knife attack at a dance club in southport on monday. a knife attack at a dance club in southport on monday . well, in southport on monday. well, number 10 sources are disputing claims that sir keir starmer is planning a summer getaway on monday, despite the risk of further unrest which we're now

seeing. it comes after tory leadership candidate robert jenrick urged the pm to cancel his trip and get a grip on the situation. many more arrests have been promised in the coming days as the prime minister said the police have his full support to take action against extremists . well, the bbc is extremists. well, the bbc is reportedly paying for the therapy of a woman who made complaints about disgraced newsreader huw edwards, according to the sunday times. rachel became friends with him on instagram in 2018, but made complaints in 2021 and 2022 after their relationship became, quote , toxic. it comes days quote, toxic. it comes days after edwards pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children. the bbc has so far declined to comment, and in the us, florida is bracing itself as tropical storm debbie is expected to turn into a hurricane before hitting landfall this evening. governor ron desantis calling up 3000 national guard and placing most

of florida's cities and counties under emergency orders. the national hurricane centre, they're describing it as a life threatening situation . well, for threatening situation. well, for the latest stories, you can sign up for gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts . alerts. >> thank you very much, ray. i've just got to read this very quickly. i'm trying to get through as many as possible, honestly, so keep em coming, this is from adrian. adrian says i'm watching you on my ipad in my local spoons . exactly as you my local spoons. exactly as you should be sunday afternoon. so take us wherever you go. we're available now. there's plenty more coming up on today's show. but before i tell you what we've got lined up for you is a real treat. it's andrew doyle in daylight. later, at 3:00, he's standing in for the lovely nana akua. hello, andrew. lovely to see you. what have you got coming up in the show? >> lovely to see you too, dawn.

obviously, there's an awful lot to cover. we, of course, are going to be talking about the ongoing violence that's taking place in various cities and towns across the uk. what this means for keir starmer's leadership, whether the honeymoon period is in fact, oven honeymoon period is in fact, over, we're also going to be discussing the gender wars in women's boxing, and in particular now with the news that imane khelif will be proceeding and will win a medal. and what does this mean for the sport? is this a safe approach or not? we'll be talking about that. and also priti patel's comments about reform uk and about how they need to be defeated rather than appeased. so some spicy stuff coming up . so some spicy stuff coming up. >> very spicy indeed. exactly what we want on a sunday lunchtime. hot sauce with andrew doyle there. thank you very much, andrew. don't go too far. he's on at 3:00 straight after this. now, remember, i'm trying to get to as many as possible. let me know your thoughts on all the stories we're discussing today, especially if you're in your local pub watching us on your local pub watching us on your laptop. very simple. visiting gbnews.com forward slash your say and join the conversation. now there is really seriously loads more coming up. we're running out of time. campaigners in dudley are

marking the first anniversary of the burning down and subsequent demolition of the crooked house pub. will we get the crooked house pub back? we love pubs here. all of that and much more to come. i'm dawn neesom, this is gb news. it's the weekend and you're britain's news

hello, welcome back to the weekend with me. dawn neesom on gb news thank you forjoining on gb news thank you for joining me. hope you had a wonderful weekend out there. now this weekend out there. now this weekend indeed. campaigners in dudley are marking the first anniversary of the burning down and subsequent demolition of the crooked house pub . remember the crooked house pub. remember the building, which was dubbed britain's wonkiest in its amazing look at those pictures , amazing look at those pictures, had stood there since the 1700s, but a suspected arson attack pred but a suspected arson attack ripped through the building, leaving the community devastated. our west midlands

reporter, the lovely jack carson, joins me now to explain what's going on today. hello, jack. right, okay. well, tell us what's going on today then. i love that pub. it was great. >> yeah, well, this is it. love that pub. it was great. >> yeah, well, this is it . you >> yeah, well, this is it. you know, it's amazing how much. how much a year has gone by and how quickly it has gone by. of course. but it was a year ago that the crooked house was burnt down and the suspected arson attack, which staffordshire police are still investigating. you know, six suspects have been arrested. all released without charge. those investigations continue. and, of course, you know, in february we had south staffordshire council say that they had they got an enforcement nofice they had they got an enforcement notice on the owners to rebuild the pub. that's now gone to an appeal that's been delayed. so the campaign over the past year has probably been one of frustration. but of course paul turner from save the crooked house, let's get it rebuilt is all part of that campaign. i mean, paul, can you quite believe it's been a year? >> in some ways it feels like more than a year because the people i've been campaigning with, it feels like i've known them for years and i've never met them before we started, but

in other ways it seems to have flown by. yeah. >> i mean, what are your kind of memories of the crooked house? it was such an icon, really. what we've seen over the past year was how much it meant to so many people in the black country. >> well, i grew, i grew up in the local area. so, you know, i came down with my parents when i was a kid, sat outside with a bottle of coke and looked at this funny building. later on, i'd come down on my bike with my friends and, you know, the landlord had let us in and let us see the marble rolling up the ledge and then as i got older, i'd invite, you know , friends i'd invite, you know, friends who came to stay with us. we'd take them to the crooked house because it was a unique experience. so people, people love to see it. >> yeah. and why kind of organise this, this event today? is it about keeping the campaign going? what what's this event about today? you know, we can see the people around us. you know, there's a lot of people that have turned out for this. >> yeah. i mean we the council have ordered a rebuild. the owners have appealed and we're waiting for that to happen. it's been delayed until spring 2025. and so we're in a situation

where we need to keep things going, keep people interested and make sure that we're doing something that keeps us in the it keeps it in the news, keeps it keeps it in the news, keeps it keeps it in the news, keeps it keeps the media looking at it. >> and, you know, i guess it's frustrating because of how much things have been delayed. and, you know, i remember at the time, you know , when we first time, you know, when we first got there and you saw it and there was you could feel the emotion on the ground, but a lot of people maybe thought, well, it's just a pub, surely. but why did it matter to you? why why did it matter to you? why why did it? why did people feel so connected to it? >> well, it's been there since 17 holding. it's been a pub since the 1830s and, everybody knew it. i mean, it's even more famous now, of course, because of what's happened. but we all felt that it was ours. it didn't matter how owned it. it belonged to the black country it was there before the americans, before the united states of america existed. it's been there for so long, and we always thought we'd always be there. we never had any thought in our mind that there would be a time where it didn't exist.

>> well, paul, thank you so much for doing this this afternoon. i know you're a very busy person, so thank you for your time because we, you know, we're here at the event of saving the crooked house. its one year anniversary. it's gone by very quickly. >> it really has. oh jack, thank you very much. that's our west midlands reporter, jack carson there, who every time i talk to him is somewhere where there's music and alcohol going. well, it's a sunday afternoon. who can blame him? he's young, he's having fun, but i hope you're having fun, but i hope you're having a wonderful time out there as well. now, the point of a pub is to be a hub for the community and for everyone to have a good time there. we've got very, very quick comment from our wonderful panel on this . from our wonderful panel on this. mike, you know what? it's we're rebuilding the pub. yeah. crooked or straight. well, i love british pubs, i really do. >> i'm a devotee of them. you take me to an english village, you know. no. you take me to an engush you know. no. you take me to an english village and the oldie worldy pub, you know, with the polished brass and all that. so i want to preserve every pub in this country that you possibly can. >> you are a one can. >> you are a one man can. >> you are a one man mission. >> you are a one man mission. >> i am, and one of these days i went out. but you can't rebuild

that pub. the reason it was unique was because of the subsidence that had come over 3 or 400 years. you can't rebuild it. i'm sorry. it's gone and there's an investigation going on to why it disappeared. and it was set to. fire i wouldn't rebuild it. honestly. it'll never be the same again. i'm sorry. it's gone. and there are, there are thousands of wonderful pubsin there are thousands of wonderful pubs in this country , so i would pubs in this country, so i would give it up. honestly amy. >> well, i've got a family pub. my >> well, i've got a family pub. my dad grew up in a pub. it's beenin my dad grew up in a pub. it's been in the family for generations. wow. i think if that burnt down we would have to try and rebuild it. yeah, but you couldn't build it crooked when, james, i think his name was james, said. jack said it's not. was it just a pub? it's like, no, it's more than that. yeah, no, pub is just a pub. they've been there for so long. like he pointed out, it's older than the usa. that's right. that's insane. yeah. no, local pubs are as important as i built something else. they are something else. they are something else. they are something else on the side. >> but you can't rebuild the crooked house because the crooked house because the crooked house because the crooked house was crooked. you can't build a crooked pub. >> well, there you go. dodgy builders, aren't we? pubs are pubs and they're very important. i agree with that. and we're

closing so many. we need to keep our pubs going. yeah, and we are on a mission here on to gb news save britain's pubs. right. okay. well i'm dawn neesom, this is gb news and it's the weekend and there's loads more coming up on today's show. okay, this is the good one. do you think it's appropriate to wear fetish gear in the office? one civil servant seems to think so. stay with us to find out more. mike's just adjusting his suspenders as we speak. all of that, and much more to come. this is gb news of britain's news channel, and it's the weekend. see you

soon. hello. welcome back to the weekend with me, dawn neesom. hope you're having a blooming good one out there. now. a government department is embroiled in a peculiar row over whether staff can wear fetish gear to work, following complaints from civil servants about a transgender colleague . about a transgender colleague. well, this is quite a unique

case. well, unless you know better, it has sparked a debate about what is appropriate to wear in the office. now, i must confess, in my career as a journalist , confess, in my career as a journalist, i did once wear a full pvc catsuit, but i was working undercover in a brothel that wasn't just in the office, but in the name of journalism , but in the name of journalism, in the name of journalism. and i made my excuses and left, you know. but we've all got stories like that, and i always wear a smart business. smart ish business, we've all been there. indeed. i'm hearing my ear. i need to find out more about that story. whoever said that, amy, what is a i mean, you always look very smart. you look very summery today, this fetish gear consists of low cut corsets, fishnet tights, and chokers with. >> yeah, but i want to see some pictures of this individual. >> sadly, we don't have any, but i don't. >> that's that's the issue i've got because i feel like this is a job. >> was it? if you don't mind me, she's working in the civil service, in the civil rac. yeah, well, that makes that makes sense. another mad. but did they

not have a dress code, do they? >> not because most workplaces do have a pretty clear dress code. exactly. and you leave a bit of yourself at home, if you know what i mean. and you're appropriate, right? yeah. i mean, that's not too much to ask, but i would like to see a picture of this because i don't really believe it because this person's attracted loads of attention, just for quite innocuous things. yeah. for the best part of this year. but she's actually done some great work. she's got an honorary doctorate for her work supporting lgbt rights. and i think she attracts the wrong kind of attention. so it's not fair to pin this on this individual. but if we open it up to what you're saying, what is appropriate in the office? well, iused appropriate in the office? well, i used to work in the sun. >> it's the department of work and pensions, ironically, basically. >> but in the name of journalism, i used to cover all sorts of things. i remember covering a naturist festival. so on that day i didn't wear very much. >> golly. >> golly. >> did you completely do the full? yeah >> oh my god, yeah. i'm an investigative journalist. >> we need to see the pictures of you for this. >> goodness gracious. i mean, oh, come on, mike, you must have gone undercover in naturist camp at one point. no, i never have. thank you. >> i think it's a bit of a rite of passage in features writing,

isn't it? >> yeah. yes. >> yeah. yes. >> yeah, i think the dress code in offices is something which has contributed to, in my view, you know, a backward track in society. when i was and dawn would be the same in fleet street. men wore jacket, shirt and ties and ladies wore dermot o'leary. you know, the more demure clothes to i had send a female reporter home once because her skirt was too short. and the reason i did that was because i said, look, if i send you out to a job that involves you out to a job that involves you mixing or addressing males, you mixing or addressing males, you know, supposing i had to send you to a building site because there'd been some problem with the scaffolding, i'm afraid you're going to be a distraction . so, mike, i'm not distraction. so, mike, i'm not being sexist, but you've got to dress appropriately for the job, and but wearing a short skirt is appropriate . believe me. it was appropriate. believe me. it was appropriate. believe me. it was a very, very short skirt because she was going somewhere after work to some do. and i said, well, in that case, you should have brought a change of clothing in because that is inappropriate in our newsroom. >> did you ever send a male colleague home? >> well, no, because i always insisted they wore a jacket, a

shirt and a tie, and they all did. if they'd come in with a, you know, a polo neck jumper on or something, i'd have sent them home. >> i have to confess very, very quickly. i did once send a male colleague home because it was a heatwave. he was a sports journalist . heatwave. he was a sports journalist. he was wearing shorts in the office, but he'd forgotten to put his underpants on underneath the shorts. and they were baggy shorts. >> oh , no. >> oh, no. >>- >> oh, no. >> that's disgraceful. and i'm glad you acted with a responsibility that an editor should, because i just wanted to mention , very briefly, the pole mention, very briefly, the pole vaulting at the olympics last night . night. >> perfect segue. appropriate dress. appropriate dress. yeah good underwear is important. and if you wonder what i'm talking about, this clip is available. the french pole vaulter. he was just hanging out of a wardrobe malfunction. any olympics, that's it. thank you very much for watching. lots more coming up on the on the pet channel today. don't go too far because the weather's now. see you . soon. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news

>> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news. weather forecast from the met office, the north west, south east split over the next 24 hours, turning increasingly humid as we go through monday for everyone. a deep area of low pressure sits to the north—west of the uk. outbreaks of heavy rain pushing into parts of western scotland into parts of western scotland in particular. met office warning in force from this evening onwards. here we could see 50 to 75mm of rain falling over 24 hours or so, leading to some local disruption. so the rain continues through the evening and overnight across scotland, northern ireland, england and wales. generally dry , england and wales. generally dry, with some clear spells in the east western areas generally cloudier with some patchy rain over the hills, but that humid air moving in so temperatures overnight dropping no lower than 15 or 16 celsius in places. so first thing on monday morning, a wet start across western parts of scotland, the bright colours there indicating heavy rain. there could be some local disruption and that rain only

slowly pushing north eastwards through the day. northern ireland seeing a cloudy start but further heavy rain quickly pushing in similar across north west england. outbreaks of patchy rain. wales in the west country two. best of the sunshine to start the day across eastern and south eastern parts of england through the day on monday. further pulses of heavy rain continue to push their way north eastwards across northern ireland. western parts of scotland, the met office warning out until 9 pm. in the evening time so there could be some local disruption through the day , local disruption through the day, generally further south and east, dry and brighter, but quite a bit of cloud. a very humid day. temperatures 25 to 27 celsius in the sunnier spots. a little breezy across the north—west as well into the evening time on monday. this weather front just starts to slip its way south eastwards, but just still notice some heavy bursts running along it across western parts of england and wales. and then it's a mixed picture. through the rest of the week. there will be some showers at times, temperatures on the

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>> hello and welcome to gb news on your tv and on your digital radio. i'm andrew doyle, standing for in nana akua and joining me in the next hour is broadcaster and journalist danny kelly and the broadcaster and author christine hamilton. coming up in a few moments, we'll be going head to head in clash of minds with gb. news, senior political commentator nigel nelson and political commentator suzanne evans. they'll be going head to head and violence has erupted across the uk this weekend from hull, liverpool, bristol, manchester, blackpool and belfast as demonstrations turned violent . demonstrations turned violent. algerian boxer mani khalife, the athlete at the centre of a gender eligibility storm, has advanced to the women's

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