>> morning 930 on monday the 5th of august, live across the united kingdom. britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so good morning. violence swept the uk this weekend. violent clashes across the country of course, in the warm weather, the prime minister will hold an emergency cobra meeting this morning to come up with solutions to the unrest. sir keir starmer vowed those who are involved will regret it. >> i won't shy away from calling it what it is far right thuggery to those who feel targeted because of the colour of your skin. i want you to know that this violent mob do not represent our country . it down

here. >> we're here live at the houdayinn >> we're here live at the holiday inn express in rotherham, in which a riot broke out last night. the protest involved over 700 people, with ten police officers injured and one knocked unconscious. the clean up effort continues and police crime scene tape has been put in place . put in place. >> let this cobra meeting, they will be discussing policing resources, whether they've got enough for sustained violence over the coming days. >> and just and just what you want to hear. meghan meghan markle she's back banging on about how she hopes being open about how she hopes being open about her own suicidal thoughts when she was part of the royal family here in britain, can save others, as she vows to support parents who've lost children to harm and weight loss. >> jab warning pharmacists warn of an explosion in the unlicensed sale of medication onune unlicensed sale of medication online as ozempic shortages hit britain .

britain. so much to get through this morning. i've been looking at the news over the weekend. my blood has been boiling for all sorts of reasons. i'm sure you have as well, because there are two sides to every argument and we're going to be examining it in detail. >> this morning. and also we're talking to the interesting character, the chairman of reform uk who is a man called zia yusuf. he's a very successful muslim businessman because there has been criticism of some reform mps. you know who they are for apparently trying to stoke up a lot of this trouble , which i don't accept. trouble, which i don't accept. >> let us know your thoughts this morning. gbnews.com forward slash your say. it's going to be a belter between now and midday. first though, here's the news with sam francis. >> bev and andrew thank you very much and good morning to you . much and good morning to you. it's just after 9:30 and we'll start then with a recap of that top story today. as we've been

hearing, downing street is holding an emergency cobra meeting. later, after a weekend of rioting across the country, which the prime minister has described as far right thuggery , described as far right thuggery, police have now detained more than 400 people since violent disorder broke out six days ago following a stabbing spree in southport which killed three girls in middlesbrough alone. officers have detained 43 people after protesters chucked burning wheelie bins at police. sir keir starmer is promising that those involved will face the full force of the law and says that rioters would regret their actions. and overnight in rotherham and tamworth, masked anti—immigration protesters hurled wood chairs and bottles outside a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers. our reporter anna reilly is there for us. >> violence and disorder broke out in a protest made up of around 700 people who targeted this hotel, as it was being used to house asylum seekers. bricks

and missiles were thrown, fires were started and the hotel windows were smashed. at least ten police officers were injured as part of this, and the clean up effort is continuing . up effort is continuing. >> our reporter anna riley there for us in rotherham. well, just some breaking news to bring you from milton keynes this morning. we understand that a man is in a critical condition after being stabbed there at a music festival in the city. that was last night at around 9:00. he was attacked during a reggae concert at the national bowl. just as i say after 9:00. officers at this stage say they do believe it was a targeted attack. any more details on that we will bring to you. but as i say, a man in a critical condition after being stabbed at a music festival in milton keynes last night, a music festival in milton keynes last night , turning keynes last night, turning overseas now and family members of british embassy workers in beirut have been evacuated from the region amid fears of an all out war between israel and lebanon. the government's also renewing calls for all british

citizens to leave immediately , citizens to leave immediately, with the military said to be on standby to get people out of the middle east. tensions in the region are high after leaders of the lebanese militant group hezbollah and hamas were assassinated last week . back assassinated last week. back here, pharmacy bosses are urging people not to buy fake weight loss jabs online. they're warning people of a possible explosion in unlicensed medication on the internet after shortages with ozempic, which are expected to continue through until next year. the injections have become popular with social media and celebrities showing before and after pictures online of their fat loss . and finally, of their fat loss. and finally, some news from the sporting world. this morning, former england cricketer and coach graham thorpe has sadly died at the age of 55. thorpe, one of england's greatest batters, scored more than 6700 runs in 16 centuries in a 100 test matches. the england cricket team has expressed today their deep shock

at the news, calling thorpe a beloved member of the cricket family , adding his skill and his family, adding his skill and his achievements brought joy to fans and team—mates. achievements brought joy to fans and team—mates . those are the and team—mates. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam francis, back with you at 10:00. >> welcome to britain's newsroom. live across the uk on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> so the prime minister is going to be leading very shortly. an emergency cobra meeting this morning in downing street after those violent clashes. more violent clashes broke out between protesters and muslim counter—protesters over the weekend in rotherham , a the weekend in rotherham, a hotel used to house asylum seekers was set on fire and another in tamworth was targeted by anti—immigration protesters on sunday, starmer doubled down on sunday, starmer doubled down on his position to tackle the problem. this is what he had to say. >> i won't shy away from calling it what it is far right thuggery

to those who feel targeted because of the colour of your skin or your faith. i know how frightening this must be. i want you to know that this violent mob do not represent our country, and we will bring them to justice. >> one of the most divisive, dangerous speeches i think i've ever heard a politician do because it completely ignores both sides of this hideous situation. >> he and the home secretary are just going to keep on repeating the same mantra. this is all about far right thuggery . this about far right thuggery. this is not there is far right an element of far right. of course, there is. but a lot of people involved in this are people who genuinely feel aggrieved and overwhelmed by uncontrolled migration to this country. overwhelmed by uncontrolled migration to this country . what migration to this country. what impact it's having on their communities . communities. >> what i would want to say to sir keir starmer if i ever had the opportunity to interview him, is what does he mean by far right.7 because you can't have these conversations unless we

all agree on a definition. and i think that definition is open to debate . also, if your cause, if debate. also, if your cause, if you're taking some scaly little 18 year old who has never read a newspaper in his life, who doesn't have any politics, who basically doesn't have a job, isn't in education, watches some violent stuff online, and then decides to go out and have a rook. if you call him far right, you are basically undermining the value of that phrase. and there are people in the world who are far right. but if you call everybody that you don't allow the conversation to be had about what genuinely is a far right political activist, a lot of them are loutish teenagers. of course they are. >> and they are idiots, bored, and they want to smash things. you can see them in the photographs and they're in there behind their masks, of course, but you can see they're barely old enough to shave. >> all he had to say in that speech, sir keir starmer, was that there will be multiple elements driving multiple different characters in those riots and none of it is good. but we need to understand what's

happening here, and he's showing no effort to understand it. >> and every day we haven't talked. >> we talked about this on gb news last week. it was mark white exclusive. the number of people crossing the channel in small boats reached another record, and it's going to continue. legal migration is still at record levels. it's a complete mess and it all feeds into why why our towns and cities are in a state of unrest. >> it is partly that and there's no doubt that the juxtaposition of immigrants that a poor person looks at and says, it's not fair, my life is rubbish. my life is hard, i feel hopeless and i feel helpless. why is that immigrant getting free dentistry, free medical care, a free room and some cash to live on. you put those two together and that's your tinderbox, right there. now, that doesn't mean we shouldn't house people who are asylum seekers. it doesn't mean that britain doesn't have a role to play in that, but it does mean that you have to be sensitive and you have to acknowledge the resentment which is building. and i've not seen

one politician acknowledge that. >> and i've been saying this for a long time. these hotels, which are being taken over by large numbers of asylum seekers, who i would say a lot of them are economic migrants, he's causing big problems in communities. >> but you see, if people felt like their lives were good and they had a good job and they could feed their kids and they didn't go to the shop and a jar of coffee was £8. if they felt like life was good, they wouldn't be so resentful of people who appear to be here gaming the system. but we've got both, and that's the problem. and the trouble is, you know, i hate these pictures of these hotels being set alight because all it does is play into the idea that that we that, well , idea that that we that, well, it's terrible because there are people in these hotels that's why it's really appalling. >> it's shocking and it's got to stop. >> it's awful, but it complicates things and it's nuance. >> we've got mark white here, our home secretary, mark white. >> why don't we in europe, if we were really fed up with these morons, they would use water cannons in northern ireland. they can, but they don't. but

they can by law. i remember when bons they can by law. i remember when boris johnson was mayor of london, he brought in the water cannons, was blocked by a home secretary, theresa may. i mean, it would protect some of our police officers, one of whom was knocked unconscious last night. >> yeah, i mean, there's been an evolution, of policing in this country, which has developed a pubuc country, which has developed a public order policing model, which is, you know, one that doesn't welly in unless he really, really have to, to push back on, rioting mobs. but to control the situation, we have a different policing model to that in france, for instance, where they will bring in the water cannon, where they will fire tear gas regularly, and indeed baton rounds. we don't do that , baton rounds. we don't do that, some may say that, you know, we should have a tougher policing model . model. >> they got into these hotels where migrants are living

because these are human beings. >> yeah, but be careful what we call for on. >> be careful of the change. we usherin >> be careful of the change. we usher in because of a few idiots that will affect everyone. it depends what kind of country we want to be. i don't want to be a country that routinely gets out of the water. >> yeah, but you don't do it routinely, but you do it in extreme circumstances. >> you an extreme and you might argue, you might look cop has been dragged away here in awful, heartbreaking and business is being destroyed which won't come back very easily. there's certainly communities already. there's definitely an issue about how well resourced and able the police are to deal with disorder. >> if it continues to spread and spreads to multiple locations in a significant way, because there are about 4000 public order trained officers scattered across the country in about 130 odd units, and of course, they after a while , get very after a while, get very exhausted because the very nature of having to wear all of this equipment in the heat deal with this onslaught continually.

it will exhaust them. after a penod it will exhaust them. after a period of time. >> just want to draw your attention to these images here. because i was listening to the mp zarah sultana, she was debating with you on the telly. >> she wasn't debating, she was shouting at me. >> exactly. she was shouting. she wasn't prepared to listen. and she was saying that all muslims are the victims in this, and that they have no choice but to come out and to defend themselves because nobody else is. and what we're looking at here, if you're listening on the radio, is a group in bolton predominantly, i want to say asian men, but that might also be a little bit too well, i think general i think i think we can say muslim men. >> i mean, they're you're quite clearly in masks. you can hear them shouting allahu akbar, as they're going down the street. i don't think they're hindu, asian men. and understandably, people from elsewhere in the asian community. and they're very upset when there is a blanket description of asian, youths going down the street . i mean, going down the street. i mean, what i will say about public order situations is they normally have a finite lifespan of about a week to ten days

before those who are bent on violence get a bit bored, move on. we've got the football season starting at the weekend, as as well. you know, maybe that will be a distraction for some of the more unruly elements, the difficulty in seeing scenes like we've just shown there where in a number of towns these muslim gangs came out as well to try and confront those other protesters, those that were involved in some of the violence is that then you could spark up a new wave that becomes effectively race wars at that point. >> yeah. mark the cobra meeting very quickly. well, what what's he going to say.7 i mean , i heard he going to say.7 i mean, i heard one of the more fanciful suggestions to bring in the army. what for.7 >> they're not going to bring in the army at this stage. it's possible further down the road, military personnel could be used to sort of take over some of the policing functions at guard

dufies policing functions at guard duties and things like that. if they need to move, maybe some of they need to move, maybe some of the armed officers into public order teams and things like that. they wouldn't be armed at that. they wouldn't be armed at that point. obviously, they would take up a public order role, but we're not looking at that yet. there's still a resource out there. >> surprise, surprise, keir starmer was calling for more facial recognition on the street. we've got to move on. so sorry. we've got to move on. we're going to join now by former scotland yard detective mike neville. good morning mike, you helped identify around 4000 people that were involved in the london riots in 2011. so how do the police identify those involved in these protests .7 involved in these protests? >> well, what you find there is in the london riots, there's about 5000 suspects, 500 were arrested at the time. you know, like looting or attacking the police. about 500 were arrested because of dna or fingerprints found at the scene. and the rest were reliant on cctv footage being scanned through. linking offenders to different, crimes, then getting their name and

arresting them. the only problem with all this, of course, is i kept telling them in 2011, and i've kept telling them since that there is no national way of identifying images. so if you leave your fingerprints or dna anywhere in the country, it doesn't matter where you pop up next, you will be identified. if you've got travelling people who are attacking the police and being videoed doing it, then it's very unlikely that they'll be linked, especially if they come from different areas and the police just don't use available technology as long as six years ago , i had the first six years ago, i had the first conviction for pattern recognition where somebody was wearing distinctive logos at burglaries. but the police are still not using it. it's still piecemeal, and it's a great shame because they could identify thugs very much quicker, but they do focus on this facial recognition technology and of course, it isn't much use when somebody has got a full face mask on. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> michael. so the problem with facial recognition technology, it doesn't always work. do you

think the resources the police could send in the horses, you and i have seen many disturbances on our streets where police officers, on horses. there's nothing puts the fear of god more into protesters. when a horse is in full flow. and i even talked about should we even contemplate the idea of water cannons? if this continues and doesn't abate ? this continues and doesn't abate? >> well, my expertise is really as a detective, you know, identifying people afterwards. but you're right. you know, i've been to football matches myself. and of course, a horse is an enormous thing. and standing next to it, you just put the fear of god into you. but the key thing that will deter people is if they see swift justice. but as we've heard, there's no prison places left. and so how are we going to lock people up if there's no prisons, even if we identify them? >> well, apparently they've made some prison places available now for the rioters. yvette cooper has been saying this morning, funny , isn't it, how they can funny, isn't it, how they can sort of suddenly do that. and maybe you do need we do need to do that in these situations. >> but they've been kicking offenders out, mike. they're kicking people out of prison and

then they're going to put what's then they're going to put what's the point of all this? it's a vicious circle. so you put you put yeah. >> you kick rogues out. and of course, these rogues are exactly the sort of people who'll join in. and if there's an opportunity, they'll do something. what? what has been different about these, this disorder, rather than the riots of 2011, is there has not been much looting. there's not much stealing from shops. all been focused on the hotels where people are or actual clashes between. >> what? >> what? >> i'm sorry, mike, the clock has beaten us. mike, good to see you as always. thanks for your experience, your contribution. up experience, your contribution. up next. novak djokovic has won olympic gold medal. yayi he's now the greatest of all time. roger federer, lots more olympic news. don't go anywhere. this is britain's newsroom on

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paul coyte here to tell us. there's so much happening. sports. >> oh, honestly, i've never heard you say such a thing, but actually, just tell us briefly. >> genuinely excited. >> genuinely excited. >> actually, did the death of graham thorpe, a very well known cricketer, only 55. yeah. terrible. 55 years old. he was. he was ill. it was a couple of years ago. i'd heard stories about the fact that that graham thorpe was ill because he'd been in england. coach. i mean, he's a legendary england batsman, left handed batsman, 100 tests, 16 centuries. really one of our greats playing in the 90s, then went to on coach, successful coach, left the england set up in 2022 and he was going to go to coach afghanistan, who you may be surprised to think actually are a pretty good cricketing nation. but then it didn't happen because we'd heard that he was ill. >> yeah, or really sad leaves behind his wife and four children as well. >> growing up 55, no age. >> growing up 55, no age. >> right, paul, let's talk about the olympics. amazing weekend of sport. where do you want to start, >> let's start with, well, actually, something that's just happened and that is the mixed triathlon, which is the relay,

male and female, male and female. so everybody does. so you do the 300 metre swim, which is in the same pool. and nobody, i don't think got e.coli from this one. i think just hold your breath when you're swimming in there. yeah. >> you shouldn't have to. just hold your breath. >> it's cost £1 billion to try and get it sorted. so they go from the bridge and they run up 36 steps, seven k bike ride, 1.8km run four of them do it. and we came, we came third. >> we'd have expected to do better than that. >> i you know, i don't want to sound bad because i'm thinking we came third. it was expected it was going to be between gb and france. we're dominant. but it was the germans that won and then the americans. it was a photo finish. it was announced that we'd come second and got silver. and then another one of those photo finishes. on no, that was it. so not like that photo finish for that poor woman in the shooting. on photo finish for that poor woman in the shooting. oh yeah. that was bad, wasn't it? >> right. she's got a gold. she should have got gold. >> yeah. this is, this was the. this was the skeet shooting. this was the skeet shooting. this was the skeet shooting. this was amber rutter. yeah. and she'd hit she'd hit the target basically the clay pigeon came up. hit it. people couldn't see

it with a naked eye. they didn't have any replays. >> men's 100m have any replays. >> men's100m running last night on the track . on the track. >> knew even i watched that. >> knew even i watched that. >> that was exciting . >> that was exciting. >> that was exciting. >> have you ever seen such a close race? no. noah lyles came through. it was the closest 100 metre race in the olympics i've ever seen. it was a 0.12. that's between the first and eighth. that's how much it was. >> 5,000th of a second. >> 5,000th of a second. >> because if you're watching this, why aren't you showing it? obviously the olympics is a big brand and the bbc have all the rights so no one else can show it. and djokovic winning olympic gold medal, finishing his medal, his trophy cabinet with everything you ever wanted. hurrah. made your day, made my day. >> good old novak. >> good old novak. >> one at a time, paul. right. don't go anywhere. we're going to be crossing over to downing street as this emergency cobra response meeting is taking place. don't miss it, greg. how's your weather? >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello there i welcome to your

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>> away . >> away. >> away. >> good morning. 10:00 on monday the 5th of august. live across the 5th of august. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pearson bev turner violence sweeping across the uk again. >> any moment now. the prime minister will be chairing an emergency cobra meeting in number 10 to tackle the unrest sweeping across britain. sir keir starmer has vowed that those who are involved will regret it. he says i won't shy away from calling it what it is far right thuggery to those who feel targeted because of the colour of your skin. >> i want you to know that this violent mob do not represent our country well at that cobra meeting, they will be discussing police resources , whether forces police resources, whether forces across the country have enough

in the way of public order, trained officers to be able to respond to this wave of violence . respond to this wave of violence. >> a meghan markle has been talking about her problems with mental health. the duchess of sussex says that she hopes that being open about her own suicidal thoughts can help save others, and she vows to support parents who've lost children to onune parents who've lost children to online harm . maybe this is a online harm. maybe this is a story about digital clampdowns and weight loss. >> jab warning pharmacists say there's been an explosion in the unlicensed sale of medication onune unlicensed sale of medication online as ozempic shortages hit britain . britain. >> maybe i'm being cynical about that. meghan and harry a story. i'm sure she's had some tough times, haven't we all? everybody has some tough times. she's had a look. she has a lovely life. but, you know, you can have a lovely life and still have

mental health problems. let's be honest. but isn't it funny? it's all about clamp down on the onune all about clamp down on the online harms issue. let's make the presence on the internet no longer an anonymous exercise. that's what this is sort of moving us all towards. i'd love to know your thoughts on that gbnews.com >> and poor old harry, if any of you saw in the interview he hardly got a word in. >> i know how he feels. first, the news with san francisco. >> bev and andrew, thank you very much. good morning to you. it's just coming up to 10:03 and we start this hour just with a quick breaking line for you from portsmouth. a major incident has been declared at queen alexandra hospital in the city, after what's been described this morning on social media by hospital bosses as an unexpected. and they say, serious loss of power. the a&e department is now closed to new patients and phone lines are down at this stage. patients with any serious medical conditions are being told to not attend a&e and instead to phone

nhs one, one 1 or 9 nine nine. bosses say at this stage they do believe services will likely be affected throughout the rest of the day. we will keep across any developments from that story in portsmouth . the top story of the portsmouth. the top story of the day though downing street is holding an emergency cobra meeting this morning after a weekend of rioting across the country, which the prime minister has described as far right thuggery . police have now right thuggery. police have now detained more than 400 people since disorder broke out in middlesbrough alone. officers detained 43 people after protesters chucked burning wheelie bins at police and overnight in rotherham and tamworth. masked anti—immigration protesters hurled wood chairs and bottles outside a hotel. our reporter anna reilly is there for us. >> violence and disorder broke out in a protest made up of around 700 people who targeted this hotel as it was being used to house asylum seekers. bricks and missiles were thrown , fires

and missiles were thrown, fires were started and the hotel windows were smashed. at least ten police officers were injured as part of this, and the clean up effort is continuing . up effort is continuing. >> well, there has now been six days of serious disorder following the murder of three children in southport. sir keir starmer is promising those involved will face the full force of the law, and says rioters would regret their actions. but shadow home secretary james cleverly told us this morning he thinks the government has been slow to react. >> it was only yesterday afternoon we found out that keir starmer was going to cancel his houday starmer was going to cancel his holiday plans. cobra is only meeting today after many days of violence and disorder. why did cobra not meet last week? to make the decisions about mutual aid, support for police officers, extra funding coordination and cross—government departments ? cross—government departments? the labour party have got to get used to the fact they are no longer in opposition. it's not just about what you say, it's about what you do. and they have been slow off the mark.

>> james cleverly speaking to us this morning. >> james cleverly speaking to us this morning . well, turning to this morning. well, turning to the middle east, family members of british embassy workers in beirut have been evacuated from the region amid fears of an all out war between israel and lebanon. the government's also renewing calls for all british citizens to leave immediately, with the military understood to be on standby to get people out of the middle east. tensions in the region are still high after leaders of the lebanese militant group hezbollah and hamas were assassinated last week in the us, vice president kamala harris is expected to announce her running mate later after interviewing three top candidates. her shortlist of all white men have a record of winning over rural, white and independent voters. the decision will be pivotal as harris prepares to challenge donald trump in the upcoming november election, following president biden's exit from the race. the candidates are understood to be informed either tonight or tomorrow morning, whether they've been picked and staying in the us, hurricane debbie has

been upgraded now to a category one storm as it approaches the east coast, threatening a ten foot storm surge and record breaking rainfall. more than 60 counties in florida are under a state of emergency today, with thousands ordered to evacuate before the storm makes landfall. forecasters are warning of catastrophic flooding and possible life threatening conditions here at home, though pharmacy bosses are urging people not to buy fake weight loss jabs online, they're warning of a possible explosion in unlicensed medication on the internet after shortages with ozempic, which are expected to continue into the next year. the injections have become popular with social media and celebrities showing before and after pictures of fat loss and news from the olympics. if you haven't seen it already, us sprinter noah lyles has been crowned the fastest man in the world after winning the 100m at the paris olympics last night. take a look at this. the american won the final by five

hundredths of a second in a photo finish with jamaica's christian thompson in paris. the winning time was, would you believe it, 9.79 seconds. meanwhile team gb's medal collection stands at 37 going into day nine of the games and finally, some other news from the sporting world. former england cricketer and coach graham thorpe has died at the age of 55. thorpe, one of england's greatest batters, scored more than 6700 runs in 16 centuries in a 100 test matches . centuries in a 100 test matches. the england cricket team has expressed their deep shock at the news today, calling thorpe a beloved member of the cricket family, adding his skill and achievements brought joy to fans and to team—mates. achievements brought joy to fans and to team—mates . those are the and to team—mates. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. your next update at just after half past ten for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to news smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com

>> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> 1007 this is britain's >>1007 this is britain's newsroom live across the uk. we're going to go straight to downing street because chris hope, our political editor, is there where the prime minister is about to lead one of those emergency cobra meetings after the violent clashes. chris, have they started arriving yet ? they started arriving yet? >> morning, andrew. morning, ben from downing street. well we think the meeting is taking place now in the cobra meeting, the cabinet office briefing room meeting with the prime minister, chairing a meeting of police chiefs. number 10 itself won't confirm the meeting is happening yet. we'll hear more in the lobby briefing at 1130 today. but no question, he'll be making clear that the full force of the law will be will be issued, will be used against these rioters over the weekend. and the 400 or so arrests will be treated swiftly of course, there's wider issues here about why people are

rioting. you've been saying that before on the show already , before on the show already, andrew and bev. i think that's probably for longer term to try and look at why communities feel so disaffected. they feel they can riot and try and smash up shops and fight with the police. but right now it's about restoring order on our streets. and that's why we've got this meeting between sir keir starmer and police chiefs. at the cobra meeting. >> okay. thank you very much , >> okay. thank you very much, christopher. keep us posted on events in downing street. let's also go now to gb news reporter anna riley. morning, anna. are you with us? she is there. >> she's in rotherham. so we've got her somewhere. if we can't find anna, we'll go to. here she is. anna kate. >> hello there. can you hear me? we can. i'm sure you're. yes. i'm here in rotherham. the day after the night before, where we saw some horrendous violence that was targeted towards 240 migrants that have been accommodated here. i'll just move out of shot. you can see

here that a crime scene tape has been put up. you can see some of the chairs behind as well that were used to smash the windows . were used to smash the windows. i don't know if you can see in shot there that the windows have been smashed through both on the bottom layer of this hotel, but up to the top as well. we know that around 700 people were involved in this protest last night, but it was a small number of people that turned violent that began smashing through windows, setting things on fire. it involved ten police officers becoming injured, one of them becoming injured, one of them becoming unconscious because of a blow to the head. with that clean up effort ongoing now, at the moment, we've seen community leaders that have come out to speak to residents and we've also seen the defence secretary, john healey, he spoke to us earlier . earlier. >> we're going to try and bring you that . you that. >> okay. i don't believe we've

got a clip there. but yeah, he was he was basically yeah, he was he was basically yeah, he was basically telling us how he'd gone out and spoke to residents who were ultimately terrified as well as the people, the migrants that were in the hotel that were terrified that the building was going to be set to . fire the residents that were to. fire the residents that were witnessing this, were also scared . many children as well scared. many children as well that had seen what was happening . that had seen what was happening. they said that as well as the hotel being targeted, it was their homes that were targeted as targeted as well . people as targeted as well. people ripping up their fences to use that to barricade their way through the hotel, smashing their cars and smashing windows of people's homes as well. he said that he's working closely with police and that people involved in this incident will face the full wrath of the law. we asked him as well with him being defence secretary, if it's got this bad now with these riots continuing from monday, that the army may have to be drafted in, he said no . he's

drafted in, he said no. he's reassured that the police have the right, approach towards this and towards handling this. and as, as we just mentioned earlier, there's that cobra meeting going on at the moment for the government to really get a grip of this. and reassure the pubuc a grip of this. and reassure the public as to what they are doing . public as to what they are doing. >> okay. anna riley in rotherham, thank you so much. and the best thing, anna said there is a small number absolutely. >> so important because that's because there's lots of people joining who are taking part in what they want to be a peaceful protest and demonstration. mark white is with us again. mark white. both bev and i flinched when we heard the prime minister going on about this is a far right. this is all about the far right. this is all about the far right. it's not. it's too simplistic , isn't it, to just simplistic, isn't it, to just say this is about the far right. the police have admitted, i heard a police chief in hartlepool saying lots of people here are local people who are deeply unhappy very about things . deeply unhappy very about things. generally it's lazy years of resentment. >> it's lazy terminology. it is last week, but it suits. i was keeping an eye on the those charged and appearing in court

and the vast majority that i could see were people from the local area being charged in relation to disorder that had been carried out in that area. so we had been told just a day or two earlier by sir keir starmer standing up in the downing street news conference that far right thugs were travelling on trains from other parts of the country to lead and coordinate these protests. now there might be some element of truth in that. there's definitely far right elements in there. you can see. i think there. you can see. i think there was from in southport at there was from in southport at the beginning, after the murder of those three little girls. absolutely. but others as well, you can see there are those very unsavoury elements in there who are definitely whipping up, local tensions. but that's the issue here. there is a backdrop to this, which is a growing level of tension in these communities that's been building for years. and there's a danger as well. and i'm hearing the sort of , you know, the political

sort of, you know, the political and the chattering classes down in london talking about that and the issues at play here, that's kind of lost on a lot of these people who can't necessarily intellectualise the arguments and what they feel, but what they know is for years they've seen a disintegration in their communities, in their standard of living in what they see as a social fabric. just seen those communities change beyond recognition for many of these communities. >> they can't get their kids in the local schools. and the latest manifestation of that is definitely been the issue around migrant hotels, where people have had no say at all in a hotel being requisitioned by the government, taken out of use for that local area and of course, people seeing often hundreds of young men outside the hotels congregating late at night, that's caused a lot of concern. >> we've had protests outside migrant hotel hotels for many months now on a regular basis, but never, of course, turning violent like this. and that's

where we are now, sadly, is this penod where we are now, sadly, is this period where it spilled over into disorder and it's being whipped up and utilised or, you know, worsened by these groups who definitely want to see disorder on the streets. >> well, look at the footage here. and this is predominantly a white crowd of predominantly men, if not 100% men. and all they're doing here is attacking a building. i don't know what the building . the building. >> well, they're attacking the migrant hotel. that's the hotel. well, they are attacking police officers. >> i think that's the migrant hotel in rotherham. >> got it. thank you for the clarification. but we've had citizens advice bureaux attacked over the weekend. we've had police stations attacked over the weekend and when you see the police being attacked like this, you just wonder what these idiots think they're going to achieve. >> makes me want to weep. >> makes me want to weep. >> what are they achieving by doing? this is one question, but also what are labour achieving by being so reductive? mark, if they just say this is just far

right, we will send more resources to protect the muslim communities. what are they? what are they playing at? is what i'm saying. why don't they recognise that the nuance these pictures aren't nuance. these are just idiots. these are probably racist. to attract attack in a hotel. but why aren't they being more sensitive? >> well, the reason the police are being attacked is because they are seen as authority figures. they are the closest representation for these people of government. you know, they even though we don't police like that, we police by consent in this country, that that argument is lost on people on the streets . is lost on people on the streets. they just see authority figures. that's why they're being attacked. but these are, for instance, in southport, the same police officers that rushed in that apprehended that suspect, that apprehended that suspect, that tried their best to stem the blood flow and save the lives of these little girls who died. those same police officers then facing this disorder. it's inexcusable. it is absolutely, you know, there is no excuse for

the violence that we're seeing. and what that does, of course, is that diminishes the ability of people like us. another more reason people, i would say, to have the argument about the wider, issues within communities because we get shouted down, as you know , excusing the behaviour you know, excusing the behaviour thatis you know, excusing the behaviour that is being seen out on the streets of so many communities across the country this weekend. no one is excusing that violence. but i think what we're seeing is, look, try to see it in a wider context and perhaps, you know , instead of this very you know, instead of this very robust and i've heard it again today with or, you know, over the weekend and today with the prime minister yesterday again branding this as far right thugs , branding this as far right thugs, and yvette cooper this morning appearing on every channel, including an interview from our own husband on one channel, but not appearing on this channel to talk about there will be a reckoning. these people have to pay reckoning. these people have to pay the price, but not actually

acknowledging that there needs to be perhaps longer term communication with communities who feel disenfranchised and forgotten at bolton. >> here we look at the pictures of bolton here and, zarah sultana mp was talking with you. andrew. >> you said it wasn't she? >> you said it wasn't she? >> all the muslims here are victims, she says, but here we are. we've got muslim. these are these words. carefully hundreds, hundreds of muslim, young muslim men, mostly in mask shouting allah akbar looking for trouble . allah akbar looking for trouble. >> yes. and this is the real trouble. this is a real concern because public order, incidents, riots that i've covered in the past, they have a finite lifespan of about a week to ten days before people get just bored , exhausted. they want to bored, exhausted. they want to move on. and of course , lots of move on. and of course, lots of arrests also have an impact on taking out some of the most troublesome elements there. but when you get an opposing group and here young muslim men coming

out and then confronting those groups and adding to that, it then descends potentially into a much wider race war and nobody wants that. >> and then what? >> and then what? >> and then you'll have yvette cooper coming out today saying we're going to introduce much stricter powers, more facial recognition , which keir recognition, which keir starmer's already talked about using clamp down clamp down. because what worries me is when someone like, i don't know, let's say mayor giuliani in new york talks about zero tolerance of crime, it was very much about catching the criminal. what worries me about this labour government is when they talk about zero tolerance of crime, when a vet tries to talk about it, what she's talking about is sweeping everybody else into these particular systems, which are going to be enacted, or the innocent people. >> and can i say about giuliani as well, that was about was actually going after the low level offenders who were responsible for the breakdown in society, who these people see, you know, their society is disintegrating like that . there disintegrating like that. there would probably welcome that type of policing, the policing that responds to the burglary, the

broken window, the graffiti that we don't see. but yes, you're right. what we are seeing is that we need more powers to deal with the disorder to enhance the surveillance state. >> yeah, and one power they could do. of course, they could get on with the night courts, which we get these labs, which we don't have yet. >> now, that might be one thing they discuss in cobra, because there's no doubt there will be. representatives from the justice department, the crown prosecution service, as well as the police and security services, police said. >> all right , let's move services, police said. >> all right, let's move on. >> all right, let's move on. >> mark, thank you so much. we're going to be talking in just a moment about your favourite person, pearce. meghan markle. she's talked about mental health and her issue with mental health and her issue with mental health, but of course she's talking about it. to introduce more restriction online. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. welcome back. it's 1023. this is britain's newsroom with me bev turner and andrew pierce. >> and we are joined by the former labour adviser matthew laza and the author and broadcaster emma woolf in studio. and we haven't talked about meghan for a very long time. >> well, this is about suicidal ideations, which apparently meghan markle says she was having. >> we aren't. it's not our place to question whether that is true or not. but she's saying this, matt, isn't she? so that we can all be aware of online harms and therefore what we can't have anonymity online anymore? >> yeah, i think it's a bit i mean, obviously, you know, her personal story is very affecting and i think it will help people, you know, to hear it, to hear the issues because we hear issues around mental health, but we don't often hear in detail about suicidal ideation, which is that people having thoughts about suicide, not necessarily having a detailed plan to do it, >> so i think that's important. but then if you're going to say it's all about online harms, what do you mean what what do you want to change? what rules do you want to introduce or or you know, or alter. and i think

that's the issue that it doesn't actually go anywhere. >> so because she's given a talk in america, she's supporting a charity all very noble . so the charity all very noble. so the suicidal it was because of what she was reading about herself online. is that what she said? >> well, i think she said she thinks that because of the whole the whole structure really, of what she what she went through, what she what she went through, what did she go through herself? well, you know, she went she thinks she's been through trial by tabloids. others would disagree that again, emma, that again. >> i don't often agree with meghan markle. >> in fact, i never agree with meghan markle. but actually, on this, i'm reaching a point where i think the anonymity online and the abuse and the vitriol and the abuse and the vitriol and the violence and the threats that you can fling at people onune that you can fling at people online is actually really getting too much. and i think that it getting too much. and i think thatitis getting too much. and i think that it is dangerous. and i do think that when you receive really hateful , think that when you receive really hateful, blasphemous messages from people and it's always the be kind, the kind of hate mob, the kind of, well, we know who we're talking about, i they're almost 99.9% anonymous. and i think we do need to look

at that. it's almost impossible to. >> what do you mean ? i mean, >> what do you mean? i mean, listen, we should we should be honest. do we have the debate on the show last week about the olympic volleyball player. and we tried you and i, to get some nuance across about the fact that, let's not go there again, but the rapist, the rapist absolutely found guilty, spent time in prison, etc. we thought we were having a conversation about whether people can be rehabilitated, whether there's ever redemption, whether redemption is ever possible. >> once you have committed a heinous crime, which was absolutely a horrible, unacceptable crime. >> and whilst sort of talking that through, you said something which i don't know whether you would back that up now or whether you would go back a little bit on. >> i already issued a fulsome apology and then received thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands more. and i mean, this rape and death threats in my personal email address. yeah. and also on twitter. me too. >> so me too. i had a really tough that is. but again, i would still and i know this is controversial. i would defend people's right to send me mean messages. >> and i've always had this. >> and i've always had this.

>> i'm not sure i would i well, it's the world. >> it's the world we're in now. it is. how can you stop them, emma? how can you stop it? and also see the benefit of people being anonymous? >> i know people say, well, it can help with things like support, message boards and things like that, but i actually think we've reached a point on twitter where they're nasty, they abuse, they'll find another way around it. of course they will. >> they will point. that's the point. >> but also bear in mind, do you want it to become easier for the government? might be a government? might be a government you don't like? think of the politician you hate the most. it's what i always do think of the politician you hate the most. you imagine them knowing exactly what you're saying doing online and how they you could get a knock on the door to say we don't approve of what you said this morning, matthew laza we're going to have this in relation to the riots, aren't we? >> because the government is going to haul in as that phrase that they always the spin doctors, always use the social media companies this week? >> yeah. really? >> yeah. really? >> are they again, i don't think and do what page of the times. >> i don't think most of these people, some of them have their faces covered. many of them you could identify them as your

quite easily your next door neighbour, easily. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> they are committing violence and thuggery with impunity and a lot of them are just stupid, ignorant young boys. exactly. of course. looking for a barney, looking for a, you know, it's summer, it's hot. it's the weekend. they probably haven't got a job. torch some stuff. yeah. >> and these that with the deeper issues that we need to discuss about society and about that, let's not let's not forget we were talking about meghan here, does she, she, when she was, she's talking about when she was here. >> i know she's talking about her treatment within the royal family, or that suicide is an incredibly i've had friends, i had a partner who committed suicide. it's such a serious subject, and we have to take whatever she says seriously . and whatever she says seriously. and it's good to encourage that debate , but she had. yeah. well debate, but she had. yeah. well it's difficult to talk about anybody else's experience of. sure if she felt that way, she felt that way. and i'm glad that she's feeling better. >> are you worried about greater internet regulation? >> i mean, look, i think there are certain things that the social media companies can do. i think there are certain people who should be banned off x. i don't think it's going to happen under the current management. but i think that, you know, that would be helpful. certainly, for

example, like y down the current situation because there are clearly people who are saying things that are that are that are sort of basically inciting pubuc are sort of basically inciting public disorder. i'm not saying they should be permanently banned, but , they should be permanently banned, but, you know, i think that they do need to take more responsibility. i see i worry about everybody having to register, you know, with a government id and if before they were to register online, i don't think we're going to get anywhere near that. >> but listening to yvette cooper this morning, just an keir starmer this simplistic terms that they're talking about, these riots and this incredibly reductive way of just the far right and they're just racists. if you apply that mat to the content online, you're going to people are going to be dragged into that net who are making valid points about societal decay and debates we need to have. >> it's clearly very difficult. there's a handful of people i don't think we're going to name him because it would just, you know, don't give him any publicity. exactly. but i think i would take 2 or 3 of them out, excuse me off x. and then that would help calm things down. but i don't think you want to have a massive purge and take away people who have the solutions. >> hate speech. is more speech the solution to hate speech is

more speech. i can't say that enough because i want to know who the hate, who the haters are. don't you want to know who these racists are? don't you want to know who they are? >> they're just reductive. they're not even. it's, you know, look, we can see in the photographs that we can see in the footage that there were people on both sides. you can see that there are. i think they think the labels are one thing. but we've had an absolutely woeful response from our prime minister and our home secretary. he gave a speech yesterday, two minute long speech. he looked down at his notes 56 times, couldn't talk from the heart. 73 seconds. i know he had to glance. he looked absolutely terrified. he looked he looked like a deer caught in the headlights. he couldn't just deliver a speech about about a national emergency, about. he didn't say much. yeah. >> matthew. >> matthew. >> matthew, look, this you are a labour man to your. it wasn't a great response . great response. >> i think it's difficult because clearly why is it difficult? there was far right activism that has showed them that say it now as mark was saying, if more of the people being arrested are locals , there being arrested are locals, there are clearly people just causing trouble jumping on that bandwagon. there is misinformation going around. we

saw completely wrong information about misinformation from keir starmer saying they're all right wing. >> the police have said very clear information from a lot of these people are local people who are very unhappy. >> yeah, i think they are local people who are being exploited and stirred up by some very unpleasant forces. >> we have valid concerns about the way their communities is, what we have to call. >> i'm all for a debate . >> i'm all for a debate. >> i'm all for a debate. >> doesn't mean they should make country is changing. they can have those valid concerns, but it doesn't mean knock out a police officer. >> we're going to carry on this debate. we're going to go to headunes debate. we're going to go to headlines with sam francis. >> 1031 the top story from the newsroom this morning. downing street is holding an emergency cobra meeting later after a weekend of rioting, which the prime minister sir keir starmer, has described as far right thuggery . mps from all sides thuggery. mps from all sides including zarah sultana, nigel farage and james cleverly are all calling for parliament to be recalled to discuss the unrest over 400 people have so far been

detained . well, there's now been detained. well, there's now been six days of serious disorder following the murder of three small children in southport. sir keir starmer is promising that those involved will face the full force of the law, and says rioters would regret their actions. but shadow home secretary james cleverly told us this morning he thinks the government's been slow to react . government's been slow to react. >> it was only yesterday afternoon we found out that keir starmer was going to cancel his houday starmer was going to cancel his holiday plans. cobra is only meeting today after many days of violence and disorder. why did cobra not meet last week? to make the decisions about mutual aid, support for police officers, extra funding coordination and cross—government departments? the labour party have got to get used to the fact they are no longer in opposition. it's not just about what you say, it's about what you do. and they have been slow off the mark. >> meanwhile, malaysia has become the first country to now issue a warning to its citizens here in the uk in response to the violence and anti—immigration protests. the

country's ministry of foreign affairs is urging people living in or visiting britain to stay away from demonstrations and to stay vigilant . a major incident stay vigilant. a major incident has been declared at queen alexandra hospital in portsmouth today, after what's been described as an unexpected and a serious loss of power. the a and e departments , now closed to new e departments, now closed to new patients and phone lines, are down. patients with a serious medical condition are being told not to attend a&e and instead to phone nhs one, one 1 or 9 nine nine. police are investigating the suspected murder of a dog walker in suffolk, and have now identified two new areas of interest. 57 year old anita rose was found injured and unconscious in brantham on 24th of july, and she later died in hospital. cordons are now in place in the new mill lane area. three people arrested in connection with the incident have all been bailed and in the

olympics, team gb have taken bronze in the triathlon mixed team relay. after initially thinking they'd won silver, the photo finish revealed the british quartette. alex yee, sam dickinson, georgia taylor—brown and beth potter finished just behind the us and germany, who took gold ? we'll take a bronze. took gold? we'll take a bronze. it's still a good medal. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam francis, back with you at the top of the hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> dot com forward slash alerts . >> dot com forward slash alerts. >> dot com forward slash alerts. >> this britain's newsroom. it is 1034. up next we're going to hear from you. in touch

welcome back to britain's newsroom . 1037 now to britain's newsroom. 1037 now this story is a little different, but i think you're going to like it. this is a rewilding scheme in derbyshire which has not been received well by its residents. >> so the locals say erewash borough council has scheme effectively . it's allowing trees effectively. it's allowing trees and grass to grow much. wilder has brought rats , ticks, ticks has brought rats, ticks, ticks and guess what? lots of dog poo. how's that environmentally friendly? >> no doubt you've seen these scenes in your local parks and pavements near you. so the plan, named wild about erewash, was launched in march with a promise of creating colourful meadows and boosting local wildlife. so let's talk about this with conservative councillor for erewash borough council, paul mcginnes paul, thank you so much for joining us and i'm so glad forjoining us and i'm so glad we can cover this story because it's the sort of issue which is making people really angry on their streets. what's the logic behind this? basically cost saving attempt, not having to

mow the fields and the parks? what's the logic? >> i can't i can't describe the logic myself, to be honest with you, it's a liberal policy, they what they say is that they are tackling the climate emergency and they are improving biodiversity, they brought it in this time, this time last year. and i think anybody who says that voting doesn't make a difference , just come to erewash difference, just come to erewash and you'll see the voting does absolutely make a difference. as you can see in the photos there, they've just let the parks go free, the verges go free. and erewash residents are completely up in arms. and it may seem small beer compared to what everything else that's going on at the moment. >> it's really important, paul. >> it's really important, paul. >> it's really important, paul. >> it isn't small beer because this is small. >> it's not small beer because this is happening all across the country. it's going to be encouraged by this new labour government in the form of ed miliband. the net zero secretary. can you believe we've got a net zero secretary in the cabinet? but how do they argue not cutting the grass saves the planet. >> they just say it's, promoting

wildlife and it's tackling the climate emergency. that's what they say. it's actually , as bev they say. it's actually, as bev says, it's actually costing, it's actually saving a lot of money. and but they do have money. and but they do have money to, hire a 40 grand a year climate change officer at erewash borough council because that climate change officer can make a massive difference to saving, saving the world. and all we're saying is conservative councillors and residents is please just cut the grass and do yourjob and stop this nonsense. >> paul, this is and i want our viewers as well to send us your pictures. this morning of your parkways, your common land, your pavements, which aren't mowed under the excuse of saving the planet because the effect paul on the local people is what? how doesit on the local people is what? how does it make you feel when your local park is looking like that? >> yeah, it's just makes me feel angry. to be honest with you. i run a youth club, i've been running a youth club for four and a half years, and i take the young people down. we played

football, and every time the ball gets kicked anywhere , the ball gets kicked anywhere, the balls get lost. we've lost over ten balls in the last couple of months , we can't go down and months, we can't go down and play months, we can't go down and play rounders anymore because they'll be gone and even in the smaller parks, they've completely let them. completely overgrown. so 20 years ago, i bought my brother playing football jumpers for goalposts. you know, having a laugh. kids can't do that anymore. and they've completely restricted young people's opportunities. and they're up in arms as well. >> and paul, tell us about the dog poo. very important here because the grass is so long. what is it? people are walking. their dogs aren't bothering to collect it . collect it. >> absolutely. and i take my kids to the park and i don't want them playing in that, obviously, because there's dog muck, drug paraphernalia, litter and all we get from labour council. last, last thursday we had a three hour council meeting. and what did they say? the public need educating and we're against it. we're all climate deniers. we're also saying they said it last thursday. they said it to the audience in the gallery. there was queues in the gallery trying to get in to watch the council meeting and the labour council tried to kick them out and we managed to get the mayor to

overrule it, so that's how much they're listening . they're listening. >> okay. they're not here to defend themselves. and they would say in order to have bees and flowers and greater biodiversity, we need to let the grass grow long. when you put to them , paul, that's fine. that's them, paul, that's fine. that's lovely. but what about the human beings? what about the kids who can't get fit and kick a football? what about the people who can't walk their dogs through this area and go out and get exercise? what's their response to that ? response to that? >> well, they say they've got teething issues. that's how they describe it, and they've got the balance just about right. but there's a bit of teething issues. that's what that's what they sort of say. but you can't really argue with them because we just need re—educating. we just need to realise that they can tackle the climate emergency by doing this. and they just they're just not listening to us. but absolutely not listening to us. >> we don't like people throwing bncks >> we don't like people throwing bricks through windows and you know, you look. >> so we're looking forward to the united nations, paul making a statement saying congratulations to erewash for making such a difference to

global warming and climate change. it's so insulting, isn't it really, to people's intelligence? what they're doing? >> absolutely. i'm sure china will follow our lead and india will follow our lead and india will follow our lead, and the usa will follow our lead because we're the world leader. it doesn't matter about young people's opportunities. >> all right. thank you so much. i'm so glad we could do this. this spotted i spotted this story yesterday and i thought we've got to talk to you paul muggins from erewash borough council . council. >> conservative councillor lovely to talk to you. >> and of course this is happening on farms now. they're being ordered to give up food crops to rewild. it's all about the government's drive to make us more eco friendly. it's insanity. >> do you know what it does when you have messy pavements? i wish i'd taken a picture before i left the house this morning, because my council in hounslow have done this. another labour council, we had no mo may. so you don't mow the pavements in may, you know, you get your strip of coffee and you get a bit of grass and they've mowed them just sort of recently and it's messy. and when your streets look messy, there's a general sense of why do i bother? why do i care? you know, civic pride. where's your civic pnde? civic pride. where's your civic pride? and it has to start with

the councils. if our streets got the councils. if our streets got the graffiti off and they made the graffiti off and they made the lawns neat, maybe i'm just getting old, but i'm sorry. >> it makes a difference. so i say to people who say, oh, i can't be bothered to vote in a local elections. >> your local council in many ways is far more influential in your daily life than a government in whitehall. millions of miles away. >> please send us your pictures. go outside and take a picture of your messy pavement, or your park, or your common land so you won't be able to send it on the web on there. so send it to us on twitter @gbnews. on the twitter feed. if you don't mind, post your pictures and we will show as many of them of them as we can this morning. up next though, the government has announced that mosques will be offered greater protection in light of the ongoing riots. this is britain's newsroom live across the uk on

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on gb news now. the home office announced that mosques will be offered greater protection with new emergency security in light of the ongoing riots. >> so now they're going to do that, but we'll find out, i guess after the cobra meeting, the police, local authorities and mosques can ask for rapid security to be deployed to this be to provide extra support and reassurance, as well as allowing people to return to worship as soon as possible. >> so let's discuss this issue. we're joined by former chairman of the conservative muslim forum, mohamed ahmed, a friend of the show and the co—founder of the show and the co—founder of the show and the co—founder of the together declaration, alan miller. good morning gentlemen. this is a sensitive topic and we have to handle it with the nuance that it requires. as we look at the situation across the country. alan, let me start with you. what's your assessment of what's happened this weekend in the last 4 or 5 days with these riots? >> well, i think it's a very terrible and tragic reality that what we've got is a number of chickens coming home to roost simultaneously . we've got, on simultaneously. we've got, on the one hand, a very small but

very aggressive and some cases violent, destructive group who have clearly targeted certain areas, one of them, the migrant hotel with, you know, attacks that we've all seen and other areas in the community that involves the whole community, which obviously is very, very problematic and should not happen. problematic and should not happen . i think if you step back happen. i think if you step back a little bit and then look at some of the broader issues and what many people in britain are concerned about, and i will say that i think for the most part, the majority of british people are absolutely decent people. we've shown that through the whole brexit discussions that people were welcoming. we've got less racism here than comparatively across europe, and it's very welcoming. so many people, though , are concerned people, though, are concerned about a number of issues. obviously, the cost of living crisis, what's gone on during brexit and not brexit, then lockdowns and a feeling that they're not heard and they're

often despised and treated with disdain when they raise questions and concerns, whether that's about borders , whether that's about borders, whether that's about borders, whether that's about borders, whether that's about multiculturalism and the question of integration, whether that's about how the police treat some people differently, and how the authorities and elected representatives often talk to people as though they're stupid, and beyond the pale and use those terms. and then at the same time, there are people on either sides of these situations that are stoking things up, and that are stoking things up, and thatis that are stoking things up, and that is enormously problematic. and i certainly would call for everyone to get involved in proper dialogue openly together with fellow citizens. but dialogue needs to be able to be freely spoken and so what we saw with keir's announcement that there will be a clampdown on protests and as we've seen with speech, that is worrying because people know when they say the far right, often what people mean is people challenging all sorts of questions, whether that's to do with ulez or ltns

or borders or integration. and so i would put a call out to everyone to talk to people particularly. we don't agree with calmly, democratically, openly. but don't allow this narrative as well to be turned into everyone british who's white hates everyone who's british who's not white. because actually we've got many common ties. lots of integration has happened. but in the last few years that's been halted by all sorts of identitarian ideas and difficult questions . difficult questions. >> mohammed, let's bring you into the conversation, i don't know . perhaps you want to know. perhaps you want to respond to what alan said, but also the prime minister when he spoke yesterday, talking this is about the far right mob mob rule thatis about the far right mob mob rule that is too simplistic a formula to explain what's been going on in the last week. >> actually, the prime minister is completely accurate. what we've been seeing over the last week are riots, not protests . week are riots, not protests. riots where people are attacking law abiding citizens. these riots have been promoted by

politicians , effectively politicians, effectively spreading misinformation . and spreading misinformation. and the prime minister is quite right to call it out. the britain has a great story. >> mohamed. hang on, what politicians are provoking it? >> well, the social media post by nigel farage last week where because he's a very good communicator, he'd avoided saying things that were alt but implied that he was asking questions. are things being withheld from us? he knows exactly the impact that words like that will have. we had all kinds of misinformation spreading about the alleged killer in southport, which that was nothing to do with him. >> that was nothing to do with him. >> that was actually to do with an american based, company. initially leaked that information. that was an american based company that had nothing to do with this. and we don't know what kind of mischief

they intended to create . they intended to create. >> when farage puts out a video saying, are things being withheld from us? what are they not telling us? it's quite clear that he's fanning these conspiracy theories. >> well, what what do you think he was insinuating? >> what he was insinuating was that the government is withholding things from the british people about this killer. >> so. okay, so what you're suggesting then, is that because we have to remember, the spark for this particular fire was the hideous death of three beautiful, innocent young girls. and we're losing that to some extent, alan miller, aren't we in this in this debate? that was just the flame effectively which which began this. but i think there is fault on every side here. we're seeing it being reduced to, as you said, that this is somehow anti—muslim. and it isn't just that some people.

yes, but it isn't just that. and if we don't listen to the angry people, to some degree, it's only going to get worse. >> alan, i think that it's really important to listen and discuss and have proper dialogue clearly , some people, have clearly, some people, have demonstrated that they are violent and they are anti—muslim. i think it's essential that, i mean, my view and i've said it many times on gb news, is that in general, migration improves situations in countries. there has been a particular i mean, america is an amazing example of that and so are we. in the last 5 to 10 years, there's been a particular strategy, that has not been won over with hearts and minds, all of the press, if you look at the backdrop, have addressed that. and now we've got arlene foster. >> i'm so sorry. i'm so. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello there. welcome to your

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>> good morning. 11 am. on monday the 5th of august. live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. the violence has swept the uk this weekend. there were a number of clashes across the country. the prime minister is holding an emergency cobra meeting this morning to come up with solutions to tackle the unrest . unrest. >> and it's exactly one week on since those lovely three little girls were killed in the knife attack in southport, which ignhed attack in southport, which ignited the protests across britain . our reporterjack britain. our reporter jack carson is there . carson is there. >> are still raw feeling of grief here in southport as flowers continue to be laid. of course, that emergency cobra meeting taking place today as keir starmer looks to try and condemn more of those riots

escalating across the country , escalating across the country, and weight loss jab warning pharmacists warning of an explosion in the unlicensed sale of medication online. >> this is because ozempic shortages have hit britain and the fake versions of the drug are surging . are surging. >> people must be very careful about ozempic. there are fakes galore on the internet and pharmacists say you shouldn't be on it unless you've been prescribed you by a doctor or pharmacist. >> so do be careful, i get it, it's really tempting. >> it sounds like the miracle drug. yeah. and in fact, there was a fantastic piece in your newspaper by one of our pundits actually , charlotte griffiths, actually, charlotte griffiths, who wrote about her experience of taking it and made her very, very ill. yeah, we're going to be talking about that gbnews.com/yoursay for all of your thoughts and don't forget to send us on x on twitter

@gbnews. pictures of your messy not non mode. what do i mean wild rewilding and rewilding. >> and we and we expecting shortly today and we'll be there. of course a press conference in rotherham with the south yorkshire police about what happened last night. but let's get the headlines with sam francis . francis. >> bev and andrew, thank you very much and good morning to you. 11:02, the top story today, the prime minister's promising that those involved in violent disorder will face the full force of the law after a weekend of unrest across the country, the government's cobra committee is set to meet this morning to discuss the violence and to see what can be done to make sure that it stops. police have now detained more than 400 people across the country since disorder broke out in middlesbrough alone, officers detained 43 people after protesters were seen chucking burning wheelie bins at police and overnight in rotherham and

tamworth. masked anti—immigration protesters hurled wood chairs and bottles outside a hotel. our reporter annie riley is there for us. >> violence and disorder broke out in a protest made up of around 700 people who targeted this hotel as it was being used to house asylum seekers, bricks and missiles were thrown, fires were started and the hotel windows were smashed. at least ten police officers were injured as part of this, and the clean up effort is continuing. >> anna riley there reporting for us earlier. well, there has now been six days of serious disorder following the murder of three small children in southport. the defence secretary, john healey, has ruled out today, putting any army on the streets to keep the peace. but shadow home secretary james cleverly claims the government's been slow to react. >> it was only yesterday afternoon we found out that keir starmer was going to cancel his

houday starmer was going to cancel his holiday plans. cobra is only meeting today after many days of violence and disorder. why did cobra not meet last week? to make the decisions about mutual aid, support for police officers, extra funding coordination and cross—government departments. the labour party have got to get used to the fact they are no longer in opposition. it's not just about what you say , it's just about what you say, it's about what you do. and they have been slow off the mark. >> well, in other news this morning we've heard that a major incident has been declared at queen alexandra hospital in portsmouth after what's been described as an unexpected and a serious loss of power there. the a&e department is now closed to new patients and phone lines are down. patients with a serious medical condition are being told not to attend the emergency department, and phone lines are still down at this stage. bosses say services will likely be affected throughout the day and let's cross now live to south yorkshire police as they give a statement in response to the

protests over the weekend against the hotel and set on fire with the clear intent to cause serious harm to the residents and staff. >> it was known that there were people residing and working in the hotel, but the mindless individuals responsible had absolutely no regard for their safety. it was ultimately a disgusting display of thuggery continuing well into the evening with our policing operation only finishing around 5 am, i want to say a heartfelt thanks to all those involved from south yorkshire police and the many forces who provided us with mutual aid. our partners in the fire and ambulance service and local partners for their continued support. i would also like to thank those who've already sent kind messages to the force. officers have worked through the night to begin identifying those involved in these horrendous scenes. please be assured if you were there, we

will find you and you will be held accountable for your part in yesterday's violence. to our local communities and particularly in manvers. yesterday was a dark day and we know this was felt across our county. our priority will always be public safety and you will see an increase of officers across south yorkshire over the coming weeks. across south yorkshire over the coming weeks . finally, we will coming weeks. finally, we will be sharing a link for anyone with footage from yesterday that they wish to share with us. alternatively, you can report any information anonymously via crime stoppers . thank you. crime stoppers. thank you. >> there's been, you know, the scale of the violence. >> well, that wasn't exactly a press conference. that was a statement from lindsey butterfield, who's a senior officer in south yorkshire police. we're going to go straight now to jack carson, who is our reporter in southport, of course, because exactly one week since those three little girls were stabbed to death, jack . were stabbed to death, jack. he's not there now, hasn't it, since since that, yeah, it's

obviously been a week since that horrific and tragic incident here in southport. >> and, you know, the flowers here, you know, remain and continue to be, you know, coming in their hundreds, in their thousands. i mean this is just obviously one location just outside of southport here. and they've been put in these temporary buckets. and because of how many flowers quite simply are still being brought here to, of course, to mourn these three girls, six year old bebe king elsie dot stancombe, who was, of course, seven years old, and a nine year old alice da silva aguilar. of course, those other children were in critical condition in hospital after the attack. and of course, two of the people who were taking charge of that taylor swift dance class as well, of course, and we've been speaking to people here this morning, reflecting on, of course, a week on and it's amazing how raw the grief still is here in the community outside. the town hall in, in the town centre , there's in, in the town centre, there's another, you know, just like

this where the flowers are here, there's a, there's another, you know, rows of buckets and circled around the front of the town hall and people just coming town hall and people just coming to just kind of have a moment there. one lady we spoke to who was there, you know, walking around the flowers, just felt like she didn't really know how else to cope with something this tragic. she talked about how this is a small town. this is a small community. of course, we've heard over the past week, haven't we, about it's a seaside town. people at the moment are coming here for their for their summer holidays. now that the schools have broken up. and yet this place was hit with such a tragic incident with, with innocent girls trying, of course, to just enjoy themselves and enjoy something that they loved, like taylor swift's music and dancing and having fun with their friends, of course. so it's a lot of raw grief, really, from the community. but what's also been shown over the past week is how much and how quickly this community came together. i mean, the kind of the soft toys that have been here, you know, laid at these kind of, you that have been here, you know, laid at these kind of , you know, laid at these kind of, you know, temporary memorials here on, on

the streets. what they've been doneis the streets. what they've been done is they've actually been they've been put in plastic bags to stop them from from getting wet in the rain. some people have actually taken them, taken them away as well. so, so that's just, you know, some example of how the community's come together here. >> okay . thank you. jack jack >> okay. thank you. jack jack carson. they're awful. and it is important to remember that the chaos and the rioting we've seen this weekend all stemmed from the loss for those three families of those little girls, some of them use it as an excuse, of course. excuse, of course. >> excuse, of course. >> well, in the studio did i say, is zia yusuf joins us. he's the chairman of reform uk. i had the chairman of reform uk. i had the misfortune to get into a bit of a punch up today with an independent labour mp. she's lost the whip. zarah sultana, who says, irresponsible politicians like nigel farage have caused a lot of the problems by questioning quotes whether the truth is being withheld from us. what do you say to that, sir? >> i think the devastating scenes that we are seeing around the country, and let's be really clear, they are devastating. i think a lot of people in this country feel deeply, deeply

unsafe. i think it is down to irresponsible politicians. i think it's down to 14 years of conservative rule where they've exploded the size of the population failed to ensure, well, you couldn't possibly assimilate so many people. such assimilate so many people. such a vast number, almost 2 million in the last three years alone . in the last three years alone. that meant assimilation hasn't happened. and on top of that quarter of the population of london, these are these are staggering, staggering numbers over the last decade. and then on top of that, whenever anyone, including nigel stands up and says, can we have a serious conversation about this, please? because we are headed to a very dark place. i mean, that's what i wrote in the telegraph earlier this year. one of the reasons i came into politics was because i could see where we're heading to a very dark place as we exploded the size of the population. and any time somebody tries to ask perfectly legitimate questions, hard working people in britain ask perfectly legitimate questions about the numbers coming, about assimilation, about infrastructure. not only are they not listened to, they

are they not listened to, they are insulted. their lives are destroyed. they are dehumanised. this has been systematic. and now by the way, we have a labour government. keir starmer has beenin government. keir starmer has been in charge for a month. he's always looking for scapegoats for his party's absolutely appalling performance. i mean, if you look at what he's done inside the month that he has beenin inside the month that he has been in power, they've changed the word illegal migration to irregular migration. he announced an amnesty for tens of thousands of people who had come here illegally, knowingly come here illegally, knowingly come here illegally, knowingly come here illegally by boat. he has announced that they're going to release tens of thousands of criminals out of our jails. they completely failed to make clear that police were off limits at the harehills riots, where a police car was upturned and a bus set ablaze . on top of that, bus set ablaze. on top of that, we saw again the two tiered policing. if you look at what happenedin policing. if you look at what happened in manchester airport, where a female police officer had her face smashed in, those assailants are currently out on bail. totally different approach, totally different

approach, totally different approach to the way he's talking about quite rightly, by the way, deaung about quite rightly, by the way, dealing with with the hooligans over the weekend. >> you're excusing this behaviour. just respond to that accusation for the avoidance of doubt, myself and the reform party condemn in the strongest possible terms the violence, the thuggery, the threat to life, the menace that we have seen over the last few days . over the last few days. >> this is we can't make that any clearer than we have. however, the way that the labour government and frankly, most of the conservative party, you've seen the comments from priti patel this morning. i mean, this should tell you that in order to actually win the conservative leadership, i think the country needs to know this because we are reconstituting the centre right politics at reform. people need to understand in order to actually win the conservative leadership. you actually do have to sign up to open borders. you have to sign up to the idea that working people in britain essentially don't get a say in how their country is run, how many people get to come here? >> well, we've had you've talked about the 2 million that have

come into this country in two years, three years, three years. what would reform do? >> well, what we would do is, number one, we would stop the illegal boats, you know. well but that's but that's a small been but that's but that's a small beer, frankly. well let's be clear. those are people. >> but it's small beer, isn't it? it is 50,000 a year in comparison to the enormous numbers that are coming here. >> legally. yes. but let's be clear about something . these are clear about something. these are people about whom we know nothing. there are 80% male and we know almost nothing about them. so when you're talking about national security and when you're talking about potentially violent crime. and by the way, these are people who are being trafficked by illegal gangs . trafficked by illegal gangs. right. so it is a real problem. it's an affront to hard working british people. there's no civilised country in the world where the populists are consistently told that having a secure border is beyond us. we spend £50 billion on defence every single year. that is hard working. british people's taxpayers money that is spent on that. by the way , i forgot to that. by the way, i forgot to mention, another thing labour did was was dissolve the rwanda

programme , which, as much as it programme, which, as much as it was a bit of a boneheaded programme that had been paid £230 billion. >> my party is very critical of that policy. >> absolutely, but we're practical. unfortunately for all of us. rishi sunak paid the rwandan government £230 million of our money up front for it, so there was no point in scrapping it other than if you actually wanted to increase the numbers coming here illegally. >> what worries me and i lost the gb news viewers as well, is where this goes next. and what i mean by that is not more riots, because normally these thugs will burn themselves out over a few weeks. they go back and do something else and or hopefully they get banged up, is what the labour government used this for. how they weaponize this disruption in order to clamp down on the civil liberties of everybody. do you share that worry? >> well, we're seeing it. we're seeing it happen in real time . i seeing it happen in real time. i mean, keir starmer's response in the speech he gave a few days ago was to announce essentially some sort of robocop policing again for a very specific group. again, i just want to reiterate, for the avoidance of doubt, violence in all of its forms, we

condemn and those people should absolutely face the full force of the law. however, it seems to be that the response by keir starmer's government is under home secretary in particular, is totally different depending on the demographic who are committing the crimes. and we are seeing, you know, the british people are smart, they can see that. and so, yes, we are deeply concerned about civil liberties. keir starmer has demonstrated herself to be deeply authoritarian and by the way, i would i would reiterate the point labour and the conservative party want to silence nigel farage, who who is simply asking perfectly valid questions on behalf of the british people. a lot of people watching won't know you. >> you're the chairman of reform uk, you're relatively new to politics. i know you had a stellar career in the city. then you set up your very successful business, who are you? where are you from? how did you get. why did you go into become a reform party activist? >> my parents came to this country in the 1980s, by the way, a time when where did they come from? so they came from sri

lanka originally. my father had recently qualified as a doctor, they had to travel all over the country wherever the work was. they didn't really have much to their name beyond that medical degree. i was born up in scotland, in a little town called bellshill. my little sister was born in cornwall. my older brother went to six different primary schools. such was the amount of travel my parents had to do to find work. my parents had to do to find work. my mother then qualified as a nurse. between them they've given half a century of service to our nhs. i'm deeply proud of them. and look, i am an example of the social mobility that has historically been possible in this country. i'm deeply , deeply this country. i'm deeply, deeply grateful for this. that's why when i sold my company last yeanl when i sold my company last year, i thought very hard about doing what i could to serve my country and a really pivotal moment for me was when nigel, whom i've known for a decade, obviously got nothing but admiration for , announced that admiration for, announced that he was going to stand at the seat in clacton. and, you know, when i decided to get involved in politics and at that time make a donation, we should remember reform are still polling in the single digits, right? it was it was 5050.

whether he would win a seat, whether even he would win a seat in clacton. and obviously now we see our movement is stronger than ever. we obviously want 14% of the vote in, in the general. and i think actually we're headed for much, much greater things. >> how well do you think keir starmer is doing as prime minister, and how long do you think he's going to be in that role? >> well, he has inflicted upon this country the greatest civil unrest that we have seen probably in a decade. he would say, that's not fair . say, that's not fair. >> he didn't kill those little girls. >> the obviously that is absolutely correct. however, the buck stops with the executive. thatis buck stops with the executive. that is exactly as someone who was an executive myself, the reality is that when you're the prime minister and you've had a month and by the way, i just rattled off their achievements in that month, almost all of which were incendiary and actually, i think, intended to goad the hard working british people with whom he disagrees. and we shouldn't forget while they got this walloping historic majority in terms of seats , that majority in terms of seats, that was a that was an idiosyncratic

event of our system. 80% of people eligible to for vote him, 80% of eligible voters in this country did not vote for him. and many of those actively voted against him. and so he and his government are behaving in a deeply authoritarian manner. he has to take responsibility so of course, he's not responsible for those horrific murders. i want to be really clear about that. however, he is the executive of this country. he has reacted every single chance he has had to actually impact the situation in a positive way, which involves listening to the concerns of hard working british people. he not only has not listened, he has insulted them and goaded them. and for that, i think he has an awful lot to answer for. >> why is he not listening? >> why is he not listening? >> he would probably say you're the hard right and he's saying the hard right and he's saying the hard right and he's saying the hard right, of course, far right. >> well, the response right. >> well, the response right. >> the response of the authoritarian left to anybody who asks legitimate questions of them is to insult them and to launch into ad hominem attacks because they actually can't engage on the issues. i mean, how can you even if you look at the numbers of people coming

here illegally, since keir starmer took over on a daily rate basis has gone up, it's gone up. >> the three boats crossing the channel as we speak. >> so . and you know, what's >> so. and you know, what's really interesting is we ran on a platform and our stated policy for solving the migrant crossings problem is to is to have those boats taken back to france. and during the general election campaign , everybody election campaign, everybody told us this is ridiculous. you know, the french would do all sorts of things. and what happened? labour actually took some migrants back to france. france took them back. and for some reason, labour, we actually thought as patriots they might actually be solving the problem would be fully supportive of that course of action. instead they presumably realised that that worked and decided that was obviously not the thing that they wanted to do, and returned illegal crossings back to record numbers again. >> okay, we've got to leave it there, sadly. >> but you'll come and see us again, i hope. >> absolutely. see you. >> absolutely. see you. >> yusuf, chairman of reform uk. coming up, we're still going to have we're gonna have the latest from starmer's emergency cobra meeting. what action will he take to tackle the thugs and

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it is 1123. this is britain's newsroom live across the united kingdom. bev turner i've got to say, i thought he was great, sir yusuf . was great, sir yusuf. >> really good. fabulous. >> really good. fabulous. >> and what a great. what an accomplished speaker. very successful business. effectively, if you picked up the phone and you wanted to watch orcas swimming in norway, he could organise it for you . he could organise it for you. >> is that right? well, if i wish i'd known that i'd made him booked me a trip to the orcas. >> no. very successful and self—made . self—made. >> very successful, >> very successful, >> talking of successful and self—made, matthew laza and emma woolf are with us. >> are self this morning. >> are self this morning. >> right. shall we talk about this ozempic weight loss jab emma, which you know, struggling with your weight is difficult

andifs with your weight is difficult and it's complicated. and for some people it feels like a lifetime's ambition is to lose a significant amount of weight . significant amount of weight. this looks like the magic bullet, but is it? >> well, this. let's just be clear. this isn't just online. >> it's not like fake perfume or something fake online drugs are really dangerous. yeah ozempic wegovy things like that need to be prescribed. they need to be prescribed for specific conditions, sometimes type 2 diabetes, but also people wanting to lose weight. they're preying on people's desperation. there are lots of overweight and obese people out there who are desperate to lose weight. understandably, it's a lifetime thing. it's the yo—yo thing , and thing. it's the yo—yo thing, and there's often a reason why they've not had it prescribed to them. >> emma. yeah, and there are reasons, but there are also people who are like, i've talked a lot about anorexia. >> there are people who are going to buy this stuff, who are going to buy this stuff, who are going to buy this stuff, who are going to use it in a really dangerous way. that concerns me as well. there's no monitoring with these online pharmacies, and you have no guarantee that what you get sent through the post, you know, this isn't a knockoff chanel number five, is it? this could be anything. these are injections. these are

onune these are injections. these are online jabs. this is absolutely sorry. you know, this is yeah. >> they are it is dangerous , man. >> it's dangerous. it's not safe. >> and even if you do get even if you what you get is the legitimate real deal, it's adding to the to the national shortage because basically, the manufacturers can't keep up with the demand, the company that makes it, is now its value is now bigger than the whole gdp of denmark , the danish based denmark, the danish based company. >> it's a sign of how obese the world is. >> absolutely. so there is a shortage . people with diabetes, shortage. people with diabetes, type 2 diabetes, who who have it to regulate blood insulin, which is in fact where it started out as a drug, are struggling to get her to get it from the local pharmacy because of the national. >> and we've had pharmacies on this program saying, please, please don't do it. if you've not had it prescribed to you by a gp or a farm, don't take it. and certainly don't be buying it onune and certainly don't be buying it online when it could be something completely fake, really unsafe, fuelled by this whole social media that before and the after pictures, the whole the stupid idea of getting a bikini body so that you take drugs sort of short , short term.

drugs sort of short, short term. >> and i think we've spoken before about i don't think that things like ozempic and wegovy are going to change people's lifestyle, change their actual habits. a long term nutritional habits, the boring stuff, you know , everything in moderation. know, everything in moderation. that kind of thing is not eat smaller meals, aspiration, smaller meals, aspiration, smaller meals, aspiration, smaller meals, healthier food more exercise, move more, eat less, eat more healthy, more, more green stuff, less of the junk food and ultra processed food ups which we have rampant in our society. because it's cheap. no one needs to move to do anything. you order everything from your phone. there are so many kind of societal factors. we live in an obesogenic society , but taking obesogenic society, but taking a jab and especially the fake jabs doesn't solve anything. >> we spoke another story which was incensing andrew and i, which is about the parkland in the area of erewash , which is the area of erewash, which is being allowed to rewild . being allowed to rewild. >> matthew, you're not buying into the rewilding, are you? >> no, not buying into it at all. >> so we asked local people to sendin >> so we asked local people to send in some pictures and i think we've got some to send you

in just a minute. now, the problem with this of course, is that scruffy environment leads to poor behaviour. you. we have to poor behaviour. you. we have to see smart and streets in order to expect people to aim higher. >> there's a big. there's a thing about rewilding in the countryside that's a big issue. it's proper debate to have. but rewilding on your grass verge, on your on your street corner is another thing. and of course, it's actually became a major political issue in brighton, which is the home of the greens initial successes. the green party ran brighton and hove council and one of the reasons not well, by the way. not well. one of the reasons they lost power was because they did this rewilding thing. and therefore what's happening is because weeds were growing between paving stones, paving stones were coming up. that's right. >> people were tripping over, over. >> oven >> it was difficult for people with wheelchairs and pushchairs. so actually it was one of the big issues that led to the green council. so other council should be aware. >> and it's also often it's an excuse to save money. of course it is, because they don't want to pay the gardener and the to someone to mow the lawn. is that what it's often about? emma? >> yeah, i think so.

>> yeah, i think so. >> i like a bit of rewilding, evenin >> i like a bit of rewilding, even in sort of london parks near us, they just leave some areas and it looks really pretty when you get all the different kind of, you know, wildflowers and things like that. but no, i don't know why. in this country we have a thing about just letting our local. there seems to be no pride in our local neighbourhoods and we just, you know, someone dumps a white good, someone dumps a fridge, someone else dumps a washing machine, someone else dumps a sofa, and then there's trash everywhere. it's getting so much worse. it wouldn't happen in switzerland. it wouldn't happen in france. the streets are much, much cleaner in other parts of europe. i don't get it about the uk. why? we have? >> because. >> because. >> because. >> because we because you never you >> because we because you never you never >> because we because you never you never hear about people being fined for. >> because no one ever. because nobody ever does. flytipping exactly. >> if they're rewilding the pavements. let's not get everybody started on the potholes on the roads in front of them. >> oh my god, i don't get me started on potholes. well, you're not meant to be sorting that out, aren't you? >> i've only had four weeks, andrew, but it is that it's potholes. >> it's bus stops, it's graffiti. i was telling andrew a story about driving in last week when the car in front of me, the dnven when the car in front of me, the driver, put his windows down

through the rubbish out one window, drove a bit of through rubbish out the other window, so i drove up alongside him. you put my window down? yes, i love that and i just shout out and i said these streets are not your dustbin, these streets are not your dustbin. >> why? >> why? >> somebody came along and thought that we were having a bit of road rage. and then he heard what i was saying. he went, oh yeah, good for you, good for you. don't blame you the kind of thing i do, and you'll end up getting into your well, i don't care, right? >> right. i don't mean spirited. we need to defend the cleanliness of our country, their feet on the bus, people putting their their feet on the seat, on the bus. >> oh. for some. so my mum, god rest her, used to tell people, you know, into her 80s, but some poor person got, got attacked on a london bus for doing just that. >> and that's why we don't do it anymore. that's why you don't challenge youth who are just behaving incredibly badly, anti—socially and seeking to provoke people trouble. >> you get stabbed, you know, you have to be really, really careful when you challenge people. but you're right that otherwise standards just go. just drop. >> but also, there aren't enough litter bins. and i can remember i can remember a labour spokesman in the right direction being asked, are there enough bins? even rachel reeves

wouldn't allow them to say, we need more bins. >> commit to spending on a few extra bins. >> i mean, there aren't enough. >> i mean, there aren't enough. >> no, i actually have to go to three wins over the weekend to throw away some rubbish because they were overflowing. and there's an interesting report out today on the future of town centres, which actually says that provision of toilets is one of the things that we need in order for people to want to go where they've been closed down, because if you go to the out of town shopping mall, then there are there are toilets. they're provided by the private landlord. yeah, but as you say, they will be closed down. >> older people need lavatories. pregnant women need lavatories. >> and the other thing and pubs are closing. >> she can't even go in the local pub. >> so clocks, we don't have functioning. there's no care for our town centres. >> a very good point. >> a very good point. >> you can't just see the time in the way that you used to. >> that's a very good point, no pun intended. >> it's the grass roots really issues which need dealing with. and then you start from the bottom bread and butter bring back a sense of civic pride. >> and if the if you know, it'd be a pretty easy win to get more litter bins up and down the country compared to some other big spending, you could even get a company to sponsor them. >> it's not rocket science, is

it? >> right? >> right? >> matt laser emma woolf thank you so much. good to see you. sam francis is waiting with your news at 1130. >> very good morning to you from the newsroom. just coming up to 11:31, the prime minister has been chairing an emergency cobra meeting today after a weekend of rioting, which sir keir starmer has described as far right thuggery. it appears that meeting has just finished with shabana mahmood, justice secretary, seen leaving the cabinet office moments ago. mps from all sides, including zarah sultana, nigel farage and james cleverly, are calling for parliament to be recalled to discuss the unrest. over 400 arrests have been made over the last six days. overnight in rotherham, at least 12 police officers were injured during disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers . six arrests have asylum seekers. six arrests have been made so far and one person has been charged. south yorkshire police say they do

expect that number to increase significantly in the coming days . significantly in the coming days. well, that unrest comes after the murder of three small children in southport last week. sir keir starmer is promising that those involved will face the full force of the law, and says that rioters would regret their actions. but shadow home secretary james cleverly told us this morning he thinks the government's been slow to react . government's been slow to react. >> it was only yesterday afternoon we found out that keir starmer was going to cancel his houday starmer was going to cancel his holiday plans. cobra is only meeting today after many days of violence and disorder. why did cobra not meet last week? to make the decisions about mutual aid, support for police officers, extra funding coordination and cross—government departments ? cross—government departments? the labour party have got to get used to the fact they are no longer in opposition. it's not just about what you say, it's about what you do. and they have been slow off the mark. >> meanwhile, malaysia is the first country to now issue a warning to its citizens in the uk in response to the violent

anti—immigration protests and riots. the country's ministry of foreign affairs is urging people living or visiting britain to stay away from demonstrations to and stay vigilant. in other news, a major incidents being declared at queen alexandra hospital in portsmouth after what's been described today as an unexpected and serious loss of power, the a&e department is now closed to new patients and phone lines are down. bosses there say services will likely be affected throughout the day . be affected throughout the day. police investigating the suspected murder of a dog walker in suffolk have identified two new areas of interest. 57 year old anita rose was found injured and unconscious in the brantham area on the 24th of july. she later died in hospital. cordons are now in place in the new mill lane area. three people arrested in connection with the incident to have all been bailed , and to have all been bailed, and team gb have taken bronze in the triathlon mixed team relay at the paris olympics. after

initially thinking they'd won silver , the photo finish silver, the photo finish revealed the british quartette, including alex lee, sam dickinson, georgia taylor—brown and beth potter finished just behind the us and germany, who took gold ? those are the latest took gold? those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sam francis back with you at the top of the hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> cheers! >> cheers! >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> here's a quick look at the markets for you this morning. the pound will buy you 1.27 for $3 and ,1.1649. the price of gold, £1,901.12 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 7997 points. >> cheers, britannia wine club

proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> oh, it's an all girl team today for afternoon britain. emma webb and emily carver are here looking gorgeous and being smart and brilliant as usual. it is indeed. >> emma posted that we were on together on social media and there was a huge amount of excitement. >> is it your first? is it your first time together? it is. yeah, yeah. well done. we can by being in the same room, can prove to everyone that we are not the same person. >> yes , we do often get confused. >> i'm not sure what it is. i guess we kind of look a little similar, perhaps, but. yeah, i mean, i've been away for the past week and watching from afar what's been going on in this country, depressing . shocking, country, depressing. shocking, that's essentially the two. but predictable was predictable, perhaps . yes. and we're going to perhaps. yes. and we're going to be looking at keir starmer's response. of course, this cobra meeting being called, should it have been called sooner ,

have been called sooner, considering everything that's been going on, has he been slightly naive in his response? we'll be digging into that. >> it's also been a whole week since the stabbing in southport, so we'll be revisiting southport. yeah, to look at how the community is grieving with all of this chaos. >> and we should not forget in the mum of one of the little girls said, don't do this in our name, we don't want this. >> she said the police have been nothing but heroes. >> it's got to be quite frightening. >> under siege with these children in the area as well, for something like this to happen and then suddenly for them, if you're small, i mean something like that. >> it's like the apocalypse, isn't it? yeah. >> i mean, just imagine that was one of these areas. was the street you're living on the street you're living on the street you're living on the street you have your family in, and you see arson attacks and you see violence and thuggery. we're also going to be looking at these counter protests that seem to be going on specifically in bolton as well. of course, getting the latest from mark white there, from what appears to be asian groups, muslim groups, fighting back. >> yeah, there's some really good footage we showed earlier of hundreds of muslim boys, young men often masks chanting

allah akbar. >> and how do we put a lid on this exactly? >> it's very frightening. >> it's very frightening. >> and in slightly lighter news, we'll be talking about, meghan and harry sitting down for yet another interview , and meghan another interview, and meghan said that she's only scraped the surface of her mental health, so i'm sure they'll be doing lots more interviews in the future while feeding us info. >> she's got a mortgage to pay. >> she's got a mortgage to pay. >> yeah, but also but also, whilst it's not even just about paying whilst it's not even just about paying her mortgage, it's about drip feeding. greater surveillance on the internet and all do they know they're saying it? do they know they're doing that? i don't know, they're just useful idiots aren't they? >> and well, there you go. >> and well, there you go. >> that's a great segue from both of those stories, really, isn't it? yeah. because that's what we're going to see. there have been so many calls for clampdown on social media. is that really what this is all about? and potentially, the, the bringing forth of that definition of islamophobia? >> so yet another clampdown on free speech. >> yeah. okay. absolutely. >> yeah. okay. absolutely. >> well done. right. see you at 12:00, girls. now the boxer imane khelif has said that winning an olympic gold medal would be the best response to the wave of scrutiny that she

has faced over questions about her gender. we're going to look at that. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> it is 1141. this is britain's newsroom and gb news andrew pearson, bev turner. we are going to go back to rotherham because the primary has been holding this emergency cobra meeting this morning after those violent clashes over the weekend, and we're going to talk to anna riley , who is in to anna riley, who is in rotherham. anna >> yes, we're outside the hotel where it all happened last night. south yorkshire police giving a press conference. also this morning, they say that 750 people were in attendance here when violence and disorder broke out. they say that six arrests have been made. one person has

been charged and they say also that up to 12 officers were injured in what happened last night. i'm just going to step out here just so you can just see the extent of the devastation. there was 240 migrants that were being housed in this hotel, and it was surrounded by a small number of what has been branded thugs who were wearing balaclavas, who started attacking the police, who were in riot gear throwing. you may be able to see there the chairs through the windows. two of the windows at the bottom here completely smashed through further up as well. we can see, missiles were obviously thrown at the windows. they are cracked. and a fire was actually started within the hotel. the mayor, oliver coppard for south yorkshire, he was speaking to media earlier about the incident and this is what he had to say. >> i mean, you can see for

yourselves here this is devastating, this was an area that was, seized with shock and fear throughout yesterday, the staff and residents here barricaded in the hotel as people were breaking the windows, trying to set fire to the hotel. local residents holed up in their homes or have to flee to in in laws as they saw marauding mobs. and finally, for the police on the ground, on the front line , taking injuries and front line, taking injuries and facing a level of violence they've not seen in south yorkshire for many years, and doing it to protect us all. we've all been frustrated for nearly three years. the fact that this is a hotel used for asylum seekers, it's totally inappropriate in this area, but nothing justifies the level of violence and disorder, it was a level of vandalism, and it was violence. it was directed against the hotel. it was intimidating staff and the residents, and it put fear

throughout the whole of the rest of the neighbourhood. we will have a programme now. i know a number of them are going to come and help with the clear up. that's going to start in about an hour's time. we'll, we'll try and put in place now things that will help the estate settle down, make people feel safe and settled again here. and that's going to be a priority for me. it'll be a priority for the councillors as well as for the local councillors to clean up. >> oliver copper there. the metro mayor for south yorkshire, as well as him being present here, we saw john healey earlier as well, the defence secretary, he'd been out speaking to residents and out in the area to provide reassurance. he said that the army weren't needed and the police were able to tackle this situation and that those involved will feel the full force of the law. >> all right. thank you, anna, anna riley there in rotherham is the government. >> look, they always get wargame these things and think about how things are perceived. why would

you send the defence secretary to rotherham i wonder why? >> because it's amplifying the drama. >> of course it is. >> that's the point. amplification. amplification. we're going to crack down on you all. >> so what is it? what are we going to send in the army next? >> is that what the defence secretary? he's not the local mp. i just think that is an extraordinary decision to put the defence secretary in that position. right. it's a war now , position. right. it's a war now, is it? >> exactly. >> exactly. >> we're meant to think it's a war. please just remember, when we walk around these streets on a lovely sunny day in august, this is a tiny, tiny minority. yeah, it is we who are doing this. most of us do not wish any harm on people in this country. no, it's a tiny number. so just be wary when the government starts to try and make you feel terrified about walking down the street. what their solution with this is going to be. it's going to affect all of us. >> and of course, we will be heanng >> and of course, we will be hearing from the prime minister at some point because that cobra meeting is still going on, and we'll bring that to you. up next, though, we're going to be joined by a trans transgender activist because, you know, there's been this huge row at

there's been this huge row at the olympics over the boxer's imane khelif and lin yu ting. should they be competing against men rather than women, which is where they are competing. they're both in line

>> now imane khelif the algerian fighter who failed two gender tests, cried i am a woman. after easily reaching the semi—finals in boxing at the olympics, she's called for an end to the bullying. >> she says she's endured following the international olympic committee's decision to defend the fighter, with organisers calling for a stop spreading misinformation online campaign. well, we've got in the studio . he needs no introduction studio. he needs no introduction to our audience here, peter tatchell, national treasure that you are, peter , lgb activist, you are, peter, lgb activist, human rights activist. look she wasn't allowed in many khalife all the taiwanese boxer to take part in the a different was it the world championships last year because they failed this gender test? should they be

fighting against women in the olympics? >> well, the first thing to say is a man was born. >> he was female. >> he was female. >> she was she was raised as girl. >> yeah. she's competed as a woman. yeah. without any controversy. >> until recently. she did fail a gender test by the international boxing association. but they they have refused to say what that gender test was and they refused to pubush test was and they refused to publish the results . publish the results. >> but she's got x and y, hasn't she? >> well, that's that's just one aspect. but if you look at all things in totality, the iba has been stripped of its official status over allegations of misgovernance and corruption. the head of the iba is a russian ally of vladimir putin. another key official is accused of links with organised crime by suspending imane khelif. it actually helped the russian boxer, who she defeated get that defeat erased and increase and increase the rankings. >> isn't this a conspiracy too far? >> well, we don't know all the

facts until the iba publishes the methodology and gender test they used and until they show us they used and until they show us the results, none of us can say right or wrong, okay, they shouldn't have to publish those results because that is private medical information about these boxes. >> i would also i would defend that right. the conclusion being was just speculating is that both of these individuals have what's known as difference of sexual development. so that's a chromosomal abnormality that happensin chromosomal abnormality that happens in utero . so somebody happens in utero. so somebody who fits that description will have undescended testicles which may appear to be female genitalia. so particularly in algeria where imane khelif is from chinese taipei, we're using lie—in is from culturally. that's a difficult situation to grow up with. so they will have been raised as girls because to all intents and purposes, they have what appears to be female genitalia. they don't have reproductive organs and they will have all of the testosterone and the strength of the male that they were initially developing in upon

conception. but we don't know that that is speculation because none of us, you and me, we haven't got that information. >> and that's why the iba must pubush >> and that's why the iba must publish it. and the woman concerned, i believe, are happy for that information to be published because they want to clear the air. >> they aren't alone. there's been lots of athletes like this now. caster semenya, really famous, who was the runner who first brought this issue into the public eye and there is some sympathy for these individuals. ihave sympathy for these individuals. i have enormous sympathy . if you i have enormous sympathy. if you are born with dsd, of how you live your life, but they have a choice in terms of their sporting ambition, and to know that you have an unfair advantage to smash a woman in the face. i don't think is right. >> no one's going into the boxing ring to smash a woman in the face. >> they are. >> they are. >> they're going there to box. >> they're going there to box. >> yeah, but they do smash each other in the face. >> that's what they do. the other thing is, the woman that imane khelif defeated has now apologised and said she's sorry. she accepts the ioc decision and the rules, and she and she said

she's been given $100,000. and she's been given $100,000. and she said she did that if that if she said she did that if that if she met a man again, she would embrace her and respect her. >> the difference between caster semenya, who bev was talking about, she's running a race. you can run a race, you can leave your rival trading in your wake. in boxing, you could break their neck, you can break their nose. it's different. i think it has to be a different standard. >> i totally agree, there's got to be fairness in sport and if it is demonstrated from the tests being published and the results being published, that there is an unfair advantage , there is an unfair advantage, then fair enough. but until we know the facts, we cannot rush to judgement. so when the international boxing association banned them because of the xy chromosome, you're saying you don't believe that test? well, that may have been one aspect of the test and a person can have an x y chromosome, but their physiological development in other respects is actually very, very different . so they may very different. so they may physiologically develop more inclined to the female side than the male, even though they may have x y chromosome.

>> okay, peter touched on time. sati. >> thank you so much. right. we will be back tomorrow morning at 930, but next it is. good afternoon britain with emma and emma. >> we are going to be looking at the latest from southport one week on. since that horrific stabbing attack that saw three young girls killed will be live from southport. looking at how they are grieving against this background of chaos and disorder and of course huge violent riots over the weekend. >> keir starmer has called a cobra meeting. what exactly has been said? are you pleased with the response thus far and should parliament at this point be recalled? we'll be asking that question and more so stick with us after the weather. >> 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. further

heavy rain across scotland through the day today. dry and brighter across the south east, but a warm humid day for everyone. outbreaks of rain across northern ireland and scotland this morning. some tncky scotland this morning. some tricky driving conditions across western parts of scotland, in particular with the met office warning out for much of the day the rain will be heavy throughout much of monday. further south and east it will be drier and brighter. best of the sunshine holding on across south eastern areas. a muggy feeling day for everyone . feeling day for everyone. temperatures rising 25 to 27 across some eastern parts of england in the best of the sunshine. a little fresher across the north—west as we head through this evening time, the weather front just slowly pushes a little further southeastward you can see the heavy bursts of rain pushing along it across eastern parts of scotland. the west, though starting to turn dner west, though starting to turn drier and brighter as the rain starts to move away. northern ireland as well starting to see some brighter skies across the far west this evening time. but that heavy rain transferring into northern england, parts of wales , perhaps northern coast of

wales, perhaps northern coast of devon and cornwall, as well , devon and cornwall, as well, could lead to some tricky travelling conditions as we move through into the evening time. further south—east, a dry end to the day overnight into tuesday. the weather front just slowly pushes a bit further south and eastwards, affecting parts of northern england into the midlands, central southern england. by the end of the night, some heavy bursts in there, turning clearer behind it. temperatures fresher here, 1011 celsius, but under the cloud in the south and east, temperatures around 17 or 18 degrees. so another muggy night to come. so this band of rain just slowly pushes its way south and eastwards through tuesday, turning brighter behind it. fresher too, but also a scattering of showers, particularly across western scotland, northern ireland. some of these will be heavy at times, perhaps perhaps the weather front just lingering across the far south—east through the afternoon. temperatures here 23 or 24 degrees. generally, the high teens further north and east. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

>> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on monday the 5th of august. i'm emily carter and i'm emma webb. summer of discontent keir starmer cancels his holiday, calling an emergency cobra meeting. that's as violent protests continue across the country. we'll have the very latest from our home and security editor. but should parliament be recalled? >> one week on as as a community grieves the murder of three girls against the backdrop of a nationwide disorder, we will have the latest from southport. >> we will indeed . and in other >> we will indeed. and in other news, i haven't scraped the surface. those are the words of meghan markle discussing her mental health in the royal couple's latest sit down interview. what exactly was said ?