>> morning 930 on wednesday the 7th of august. live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. so disorder in britain 6000 police officers are on standby as the nation braces itself for more than 30 protests later today. the prime minister says he's doing all that. he can to stop the unrest. >> you are likely to be dealt with within a week and that nobody but nobody should be involving themselves in this disorder . disorder. >> well, i and the two tier policing debate rages on is elon musk right.7 >> two tier care. the pressure is building . is building. >> and are you convinced .7 >> and are you convinced? because a new poll by yougov finds almost half of people

think the prime minister's handung think the prime minister's handling of the disorder has been poor . been poor. >> and the southport stabbing inquest into the deaths of three young girls, elsie dot stancombe , young girls, elsie dot stancombe, alice dasilva aguiar and baby king, who were all stabbed at the taylor swift dance class, opens today . opens today. >> and in the olympics, team gb bagged two silvers and one bronze last night . paul coyte, bronze last night. paul coyte, our very own is going to tell us what's happening today. >> well, really , it's good news >> well, really, it's good news and bad news. the good news from last night that josh kirby is fierce rival jakob ingebrigtsen , fierce rival jakob ingebrigtsen, with a new british record of the olympic 1500 metre final, the bad news is that the american cole hocker beat the both of them and surprised everybody, including me . including me. >> let us know your thoughts this morning, gbnews.com/yoursay. let's crack straight on first with the news.

sam francis . sam francis. >> bev and andrew, thank you very much and good morning to you. just after 9:30. and the top story today is, of course, that the prime minister is insisting communities, he says, will be safe as more than 6000 specialist police officers are geanng specialist police officers are gearing up for more than 30 potential rallies across the country. later, sir keir starmer is also warning that those involved in rioting could have their sentences handed down within just a week of being arrested. so far, more than 400 people have been detained across england and northern ireland. that's according to police sources. with that number expected to rise . the software expected to rise. the software firms being told it faces a £6 million fine for failing to prevent a cyber attack that disrupted nhs services , the data disrupted nhs services, the data watchdog says the advanced computer software group didn't protect the personal information of more than 80,000 people,

which was then held to ransom in 2022. in the us, presidential hopeful kamala harris has made her first campaign appearance alongside the man she picked yesterday as her running mate for the election, tim walz will become vice president if harris wins in november. the minnesota government repeated last night his attacks on their republican rivals, calling them weird as hell . hamas rivals, calling them weird as hell. hamas has named the mastermind behind the october the 7th attack. yahya sinwar as its new leader. he replaces the group's last chief, ismail haniyeh, who was assassinated in tehran last month. sinwar still tops israel's most wanted list here. tens of thousands of women who've been through the menopause could be offered a new bone strengthening drug on the nhs. the medicines watchdog claims that abaloparatide can protect against osteoporosis . protect against osteoporosis. we've heard this morning that

the government is being urged to consider banning a popular material that's used to make kitchen worktops. it's after a reported rise in an incurable disease linked with the manufacture of artificial stone . manufacture of artificial stone. and team gb are hoping for more success later at the paris olympics , after adding four olympics, after adding four medals to their haul at the games last night, josh kerr won silver in the 1500m and there was also podium finishes in track cycling, skateboarding and in boxing too. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm sam francis. your next update just after 10:00 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. >> very good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom live across the uk with me bev turner and

andrew pierce. >> so 6000 specialist police officers are on standby as the government says it's stepping up efforts to deal with the planned protest later today. a home office document suggesting there could be as many as 36 today alone. >> so the prime minister has promised that communities will be safe after he chaired an emergency cobra meeting on efforts to tackle the unrest . efforts to tackle the unrest. >> yesterday i made it very clear on a number of occasions that those involved will feel the full force of the law, so we coordinated . we went through coordinated. we went through some of the numbers, over 400 people now have been arrested, 100 have been charged, some in relation to online activity, and a number of them are already in court. and i'm now expecting substantive sentencing before the end of this week . the end of this week. >> not very impressive, is it? i have to say , i also i know that have to say, i also i know that this is a bit of a thing for me, but i would much rather somebody who's getting arrested for putting a piece of four by two through the window of your local greggs, than for sitting online

and writing some nonsense. >> and i wonder how many of those people who've been arrested were outside the pub in birmingham yesterday, where we spoke to the landlady, the deputy landlady, which was the pub, was smashed up, they barricaded themselves in and there was no police presence at all, and the local labour mp refused to condemn the activities. >> i still think keir starmer is not saying anything to quell tensions, he comes out like a lawyer, which is what he is , and lawyer, which is what he is, and talks in very cliched terms about the full force of the law will come down. and ewan talks about numbers 400 people arrested. can you just tell the british public what they want to hean british public what they want to hear, please? which is that you understand that there is poor behaviour on every side of this debate, and the reasons for this are complex. the thing is, if he'd been in charge for 14 years, i could understand why he might be dodging that issue. but he's not. and he's still not saying quite clearly, we've got social issues based on partly tribal racism, religious segregation, and poverty, all sorts of reasons. >> poverty , inequality,

>> poverty, inequality, alienation, division. these are what people feel in a lot of these communities where the unrest is taking place. and this labour government has to concede it, acknowledge it and say what they're going to do about it. >> it just doesn't get it, does he really doesn't get it. i can't understand how or why he's handung can't understand how or why he's handling this so badly. >> and i was thinking about jess phillips, the labour mp who said that the muslim protesters who smashed up the pub had been provoked by social media. she, of course , saw her share of the of course, saw her share of the vote in her constituency in birmingham . yardley collapsed by birmingham. yardley collapsed by 27% to an independent muslim candidate. i'm just wondering whether she's in. fearful that the muslim vote is turning more and more against us, so she feels she has to tread more carefully. she didn't tread carefully. she didn't tread carefully about the white morons who were involved in the disputes, did she ? disputes, did she? >> i'm really baffled by this, and i can't bear the way that politicians and other outside media broadcasters actually are

scapegoating this violence by via people like nigel farage and other making the most horrendous accusations. i was listening to accusations. i was listening to a radio show yesterday that was literally the sentence was are the riots nigel farage's fault ? the riots nigel farage's fault? i mean, that is just surely that's got some sort of legal bafis that's got some sort of legal basis to challenge such an allegation. >> and can we just recall what the trigger was? the trigger was the trigger was? the trigger was the murder of those little girls. what's the nigel farage got to do with that? it's just extraordinary. >> let us know your thoughts this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay gb news reporter adam cherry joins us now. >> adam, he we've had a second, cobra meeting the poll suggesting actually people don't haven't got a huge amount of confidence in keir starmer. and when you consider he was director of public prosecutions, when we had, in my view, far more serious riots back in 2011 when there was widespread looting and five people were actually killed. he was director of public prosecutions back then. we had court hearings in then. we had court hearings in

the evening and at weekends. we've not seen any of that so far . far. >> yeah, that's right andrew, and if you look at the recent opinion polling, his personal approval rating has dropped from 19% to 3% in just two weeks. so governing is much more difficult than campaigning. i think the labour government are now discovering that they were hoping for a nice honeymoon period, go on recess . period, go on recess. parliament. parliament is dissolved and they go on holiday, not so much. not so much the case in reality. in terms of the 2011 riots. it is interesting, isn't it? in 2011, as you say, when keir starmer was the director of public prosecutions, they opened the courts for 24 hours. it activated the additional courts protocol and moved people through the system very quickly . through the system very quickly. and that was seen ultimately as an effective way of quelling the unrest. now they are there are suggestions they will do the same. now they will activate the additional courts protocol. and you saw earlier in the programme, keir starmer, saying last night that they plan to move people through within a space of a week and start

charging and arresting, very quickly. now, whether that's effective, that remains to be seen , again, it governing is seen, again, it governing is much more difficult and over the next few days, if this doesn't end quickly, we're in serious trouble. i think. >> okay. thank you very much. adam gb news, reporter adam cherry there in westminster. now, the director of public prosecutions is considering terror offences for those who plan serious disruption . plan serious disruption. barrister sam fowles joins us now. morning sam. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> always good to see you and bnng >> always good to see you and bring a little bit of level headed experience and insight into this. right. so do you know what exactly they're getting at if you plan serious disruption. is that saying online right. everyone needs to meet at this place at this time and bring your weapons. is that considered a terrorist offence ? a terrorist offence? >> it could be. so. a terrorism , >> it could be. so. a terrorism, the legal definition is terrorism is if you commit acts of violence, acts against

property or acts that might endanger people's lives, and you do so with the intention of furthering a political cause and or causing intimidation or a change in government policy . so change in government policy. so if you make a plan with other people and that plan involves , people and that plan involves, say, firebombing a mosque or firebombing a hotel where asylum seekers are staying, then speaking hypothetically , that speaking hypothetically, that seems to me that it could well fall into the definition of terrorism. but there's also the offence of encouraging terrorism. and this is where if you make public statements that glorify or encourage terrorist acts and a reasonable person might assume that you did so with the intention of encouraging other people to partake in those acts , then partake in those acts, then that's a terrorism offence as well. so sam, what's the point of talking about terror charges? >> are are the sentences more

severe? is that what stephen parkinson, who's the director of pubuc parkinson, who's the director of public prosecutions, is getting at? >> yes, obviously. you know , >> yes, obviously. you know, some some of the offences people might be charged with may go up to attempted murder. i mean, which has a very severe sentence. but terrorism sentences generally carry longer tariffs. so for example encouraging terrorism can carry a tariff of up to 15 years in prison. >> how easy is it, sam, to prove political motivation? because what i mean by that is a lot of these rioters, protesters , these rioters, protesters, idiots are being called far right by keir starmer, which is an assumption about how they might see the world. i would say, can you prove that something is politically motivated ? motivated? >> i think and again, i'm just going to speak hypothetically because i don't we can't prejudice any cases that might be going on in real life. but hypothetically , if someone is hypothetically, if someone is throwing a brick through a

window , throwing a firebomb and window, throwing a firebomb and say, screaming, let's take our country back, out, or it's war. well, that seems to me to be someone expressing a political motivation. i think a reasonable person can say, yes, you're you're trying to achieve a political aim there. >> so . sorry, andrew, just, just >> so. sorry, andrew, just, just you might be probably going to ask the same question. so if, for instance, you're waving a palestinian flag whilst shouting something at other, the other side of this sort of disruption, would that be considered a terrorist act? >> well, no, because there's a difference between shouting and throwing a firebomb, sure. >> but if you're, if you're, if you're attacking somebody whilst shouting allahu akhbar and carrying a palestinian flag, is that terrorism? >> if you beat, if you beat someone up to the point where you're causing serious violence or you're endangering their life , or you're endangering their life, and you're so allahu akbar. by the way , just means god is the way, just means god is great. so i don't think we

should be. be careful before saying people believing in god is terrorism. yeah. but if you are, if you're beating someone up and endangering their life or you're throwing a firebomb, then regardless of your politics, it could be considered terrorism. >> what what of the suggestion, sam, to tier keir? i think that that's a label that waymo may well stick for starmer. we spoke to the landlady, the deputy landlady of a pub in birmingham yesterday. it had been attacked the previous night. there's well documented footage of the attack. sam where it was a young gang of muslim boys, many of them masked, smashing up the pub, smashing windows, the people inside had to barricade themselves in. one man, rather recklessly, in my view, came out to challenge their men and he was attacked. now the police did nothing and the local police chief has conceded that in hindsight, perhaps they have to look at what they're doing and are they taking it seriously ? are they taking it seriously? incidents on the other side.

isn't this what's going to lead to more and more evidence or suggestions that there is two tier policing? in other words, the police are much more, hands off when it's muslim gangs as opposed to the white trashy gangs who are smashing up buildings . buildings. >> it may lead to those suggestions , but those suggestions, but those suggestions, but those suggestions would be wrong. we're looking at one incidents here, whereas we're looking at hundreds and hundreds of incidents of , of, right wing, i incidents of, of, right wing, i would say far right, terrorist or race riot attacks across the country. and so i, i don't think that i think there has been a focus on, on 1 or 2, instances thatis focus on, on 1 or 2, instances that is being used to spread what i would describe as a far right conspiracy theory that police are treating muslims better than white people, but that is. but in reality, what that is. but in reality, what that comes down to is the far right's trying to play the victim and pretend that they're being in some way oppressed when

in reality, well, hang on, sam, we were talking to the deputy landlady of a pub. >> she's not far, right? she's not anything. she's the deputy landlady of a pub who had to barricade her customers in the pub.the barricade her customers in the pub. the point i'm making is, shouldn't the police be seen to be evenhanded in all matters? whether or not there's more white gangs smashing up property or not? if muslim gangs are seen to be behaving badly, don't the police have a duty to be seen to be policing it the same way ? be policing it the same way? >> yeah, absolutely. they do. and we and also we don't have information about who has been charged or who will be charged in relation to this pub. and i sincerely hope and i have confidence in the police, that they'll find the suspects, they'll find the suspects, they'll arrest them if the pub's got cctv , they can hand that got cctv, they can hand that cctv over, they'll arrest them and they'll charge them. but to suggest that this incident is indicative of a broad two tier, is , in my view, a conspiracy theory. >> okay, sam always good to see you. could talk to you for ages.

we didn't even ask you about that press conference about manchester airport attack yesterday. i was dying to ask you about that. but we've run out of time. see you soon. up next in maine, khalife the algerian boxer at the heart of the gender dances. after cruising into the olympics boxing final. will you be happy if she wins a gold? this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> 950, let's talk to paul coyte about olympics, because we were supposed to win the 1500 metre goal >> oh, yes. >> oh, yes. >> what went wrong there? well, he got silver, which is great. yeah, that's good. >> and see the thing, it was a new british record. you can't argue with that. faster than any brits ever won before. you use the word champ, he is the world champion. so there's the good parts of it. and it was him against jakob ingebrigtsen, the norwegian. so there was this huge rivalry between the two of them, the reigning olympic champion, the reigning olympic

champion. one of them was going to win this race, right. so ingebrigtsen goes out extremely quick, which i suspected because he can run a faster 1500 than josh kerr can. he's got a faster personal best, so he runs out in front and thinking, yeah, he's just going to take everybody on. now that feller in the front, his name's cole hocker from the usa and nobody thought about cole for a second. i don't think even cole did . so jakob even cole did. so jakob ingebrigtsen he's gone back into fourth. first true ghost josh kerr and we're thinking josh is going to win it. and then this guy comes from nowhere and they forgot about him and it was almost like their own fault because they were concentrating on each other. they forgot about the american who came through and a new olympic record. >> does he not notice him coming up on the side? no, nobody. >> nobody did. >> nobody did. >> it came up right around the almost through the middle of the what, bev? >> i don't even think he was in the race. i think he joined it with 100m to go because nobody expected this. and he came through and won the gold and everybody was extremely surprised. josh kerr was happy with his silver medal, happy that he's got the british

record. but within him it's like how did that happen? >> let's talk about skateboarding. >> love the skateboard. >> love the skateboard. >> oh i loved the skateboarding yesterday. all these gorgeous young girls 13 years old, the kids, the kids, they are children. >> and i always worried about that because we had that with the winter olympics. and it's like, you can't put kids in these situations because what happens, there's so much pressure. the world's watching and australian 14 year old wins it. we've got sky brown. >> she got a bronze at 16. >> she got a bronze at 16. >> she got a bronze at 16. >> she got a bronze at 13, she got a bronze at 13. >> and but the thing is she dislocated a shoulder two weeks ago. she dislocated a shoulder an hour. because i've had this. it just popped out. and this is a 16 year old kid pops it back in again painful. and then she goes and wins a bronze medal, which is amazing. so we've got the men's skateboarding today and you know who our representative is. no, andy mcdonald. and you know how old he is. no. he's 51 years old. >> no no he is 51 years old. >> no no he is 51 years old. >> so you think this is going to go well, i tell you what, phil, a medal prospect, one thing

she's got problem with her shoulder popping up. he's probably got problem with arthritis. >> yeah, he's 51 but he's a skateboarding legend. >> he's a he's american, but he has british parents, so he lives in los angeles. so he's going to represent i've spoken to him. hopefully we'll have him on the show tomorrow. so he's going to represent these kids. >> what's his chance of a medal? >> what's his chance of a medal? >> i think they must be pretty good because he's a legend. but when you're competing against 13, 14 year olds, they don't seem as granddad. >> they seem as great granddad, i think. so it's like word is the men's field all older was the men's field all older was the is the girls field unusual. >> so he is literally against teenage boys. >> he is going to be they're all going to be sort of teenagers early 20s. >> and then there's granddad 50w. >> oh he's still hot for you. this is what i'm thinking. >> hell i've never been on a skateboard, not even for like five minutes. >> no, i doesn't, that's likely. you're more of a roller skating guy, aren't you? well we had roller skates when we were kids. >> no. not good. >> no. not good. >> those ones with a tie up bit that you used to put your shoe. >> i was quite enjoyed. ice skating. >> how you did, robin cousins.

>> how you did, robin cousins. >> what was the other one. curry. curry. >> we've got goals with them. >> we've got goals with them. >> we've got goals with them. >> we certainly did. >> we certainly did. >> torvill and dean. torvill and they were the greatest 76 john curry 80. >> robin cousins. but tonight by the way matt hudson—smith 400m. great chance to win a medal. what a gold okay i'm very hopeful i'm not going to say it but i think there's going to be a medal there. >> well you'll be back to tell us all about it. >> thank you paul. right up next, a former labour mp will give his thoughts on the growing unrest in britain and the shocking scenes in birmingham. don't miss it. here's alex with your very important weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. it's a day of sunshine and showers. some places won't see too many showers . others, particularly showers. others, particularly western scotland, will see lots of them. that's where the low pressure is. you can see the swirl here. very wet day basically across the highlands.

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gb. news >> it's 10 am. on wednesday the 7th of august, live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner disorder in britain again. >> 6000 police officers are on standby as the nation braces for more than 30 protests later today. the prime minister says he's doing all he can to stop the unrest. >> you are likely to be dealt with within a week and that nobody, but nobody should be involving themselves in this disorder . disorder. >> meanwhile, a new poll by yougov finds that almost half of people think the prime minister's handling of the disorder has been poor and the olympic gender boxing round will not go away. >> the algerian boxer imani khalife sailed through to olympics final. how are you going to feel if she wins the gold medal ? gold medal? >> and waltzing into power. kamala harris has chosen minnesota governor tim walz as her vice presidential running mate. will tell you all you need to know about him .

to know about him. he was quoted as saying that republicans were weirdos. >> it was. and she apparently was very taken by that quote. nobody's ever heard of him. well, that's going to be part of the problem. >> we'll show you a clip and you can decide whether you think they are both slightly weird. let us know your thoughts. gbnews.com/yoursay. first though, the very latest news with sam francis . with sam francis. >> very good morning to you. just after 10:00, the top story today, the prime minister says that the criminal justice system has shown a robust and a swift response in the face of ongoing riots in the uk. 30 protests are expected today, following days of other riots and disorder up and down the country . several and down the country. several people have already appeared in court with additional prison spaces opening up. well, speaking after another emergency cobra meeting yesterday, sir keir starmer warned that anyone

involved in violence will be deau involved in violence will be dealt with. he says within a week from arrest i made it very clear on a number of occasions that those involved will feel the full force of the law, so we coordinated, we went through some of the numbers. >> over 400 people now have been arrested, 100 have been charged, some in relation to online activity and a number of them are already in court. and i'm now expecting substantive sentencing before the end of this week . this week. >> however, speaking last night, the former home secretary priti patel told us here on gb news that the labour government needs to be more accountable . to be more accountable. >> i made it very clear on a number of occasions that those involved will feel the full force of the law, so we coordinated. we went through some of the numbers over 400 people now have been arrested. 100 have been charged, some in relation to online activity, and a number apologies there. >> that was clearly not priti

patel. that was sir keir starmer again. the riots though, were sparked by misinformation online following last week's stabbing in southport that saw three young girls die . shadow minister young girls die. shadow minister for crime and policing matt vickers told us earlier he thinks online criminality should be taken just as seriously as offline social media operators have to take responsibility for some of the things that are going on. >> do you know what? if you allow people to spread misinformation on the scale it's been spread that has real consequences . we saw the online consequences. we saw the online safety bill come forward. one of the problems with with social media is that it moves so fast. technology moves so fast. but we saw the online safety bill come forward, creating that precedent that these operators will be held to account for what goes on. they do have responsibility to make sure that misinformation is controlled, is prevented . is controlled, is prevented. >> matt vickers, they're speaking to us earlier on breakfast. well, inquests are set to be opened later into the deaths of those three schoolgirls who died in that stabbing spree in southport last

week . bebe stabbing spree in southport last week. bebe king alice dasilva aguiar and elsie dot stancombe were killed after an attack at a dance class over a week ago. 17 year old axel rudakubana will stand trial next year after being charged with three counts of murder and ten of attempted murder . the of murder and ten of attempted murder. the health of murder and ten of attempted murder . the health secretary of murder and ten of attempted murder. the health secretary has said that people who are racist to nhs staff can and should be turned away. wes streeting has condemned mindless thuggery, in his words, seen across britain in the aftermath of the southport stabbings. two filipino nurses were attacked on friday night as they travelled to work to provide emergency cover during unrest in sunderland. wes streeting said it's brought enormous shame on our country . it's brought enormous shame on our country. in the us, kamala harris says tim walz is the vice president. america deserves, after officially unveiling him as her running mate at a campaign rally last night, the democratic presidential nominee says she chose the minnesota governor because he's a fighter for the middle class and a

patriot. the former teacher is considered a more progressive choice . here, a software choice. here, a software provider has provisionally been fined just over £6 million for a ransomware attack that disrupted nhs services. the information commissioner's office found that advanced computer software group failed to implement measures to protect some 80,000 people's personal information . that was personal information. that was in 2022. the attack led to the disruption of critical services and data taken included phone numbers and medical records. hamas has named the mastermind behind the october 7 attack, yahya sinwar, as its new leader . yahya sinwar, as its new leader. he replaces the group's last chief, ismail haniyeh , who was chief, ismail haniyeh, who was assassinated in tehran last month . sinwar now tops israel's month. sinwar now tops israel's most wanted list . the medicines most wanted list. the medicines watchdog, rather says tens of thousands of women who've gone through the menopause might benefit from a new bone

strengthening drug. albert peroxide can protect against osteoporosis , which increases osteoporosis, which increases the risk of broken bones. the drug is set to become available on the nhs in england within the next three months. the government's being urged to consider banning a popular material that's used to make kitchen worktops. it's after a reported rise in an incurable disease that's linked with the manufacture of artificial stone. the first case of silicosis, unked the first case of silicosis, linked to the cutting of the material was identified last yean material was identified last year, and medics have seen a rise in cases since . the royal rise in cases since. the royal mint has opened a factory to remove gold from old computers, tvs and phones to then turn it into jewellery and collectables. the firm plans to extract the metal from 4000 tons of circuit boards each year. it's part of efforts to reduce reliance on mining and to encourage more sustainable industry practices . sustainable industry practices. and finally, new research

suggests the hours between 4:00 and 8:00 in the evening are when we most need a happiness boost. nearly a third of respondents to a survey agreed that it's that time of day that they struggle. most where our moods drop to its lowest in the day. but more than 2/5 said that laughing with friends and family helps to give them a lift . or of course, them a lift. or of course, watching gb news. those are the latest headlines. for now, i'm sam francis. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> very good morning. 1007 thanks for joining us. >> very good morning. 1007 thanks forjoining us. you've thanks for joining us. you've all been getting in touch at home on the riots , stephen. home on the riots, stephen. i said, it's a complete cop out for people to keep blaming nigel farage for everything. they're just sticking their heads in the

sand and perpetuating the myth that none of the social and economic problems exist. >> yeah. and crystal glasses. no, no, i don't need glasses, christine says. >> i doubt these riots were going to stop until the pm acknowledges and answers the public's fears on immigration. i live in southport. our community has been devastated by the tragedy which happened to those beautiful, innocent girls on monday. our government keeps tiptoeing around the issues and is and this is making people angner is and this is making people angrier and creating further division. i don't support the riots or the abuse of our police , riots or the abuse of our police, but these tensions have been brewing for years, and the government has continued to ignore the issue. absolutely. spot on. christine and it must be very difficult living in southport at the moment because we've got the opening today of the inquest into the deaths of those little girls, john has said. >> morning , john. brits jailed >> morning, john. brits jailed one within week 1.5 million criminal illegals not jailed within ten years. almost no deportations. this feels like two tier justice, and ted has two tierjustice, and ted has said, isn't it strange how some

groups are given an inflammatory political aligned names like far right and others are called sectarian? it's strange how housing is being found to get criminal migrants out of hotels, but not found for our homeless. i'm not being racist, but if migrants are living on the streets like british people are, then life in this country would be even handled. but we have split families, children taken into care because of homelessness. you know, you echo a lot of this feeling of discontentment. >> also , you want the prime >> also, you want the prime minister to empathise. >> he doesn't and i just don't think he does. >> you don't want him to empathise with the terrible thing that happened in in southport. i thought he was flat footed and wooden when he went up there twice. >> i'm reading his his biography at the moment, >> i'm reading his his biography at the moment , trying to sort of at the moment, trying to sort of work him out really, and sort of good luck with that going on. it's quite dull, but it's almost like when i read about him and i look at what he's doing, it's like he's trying to create this country in the utopian image of human rights lawyer. that's what it feels like. like everything will be fabulous and everyone will be fabulous and everyone will just live together. and you

just have to share in the collective. it's always more important than the individual. and i just think that's incredibly naive. >> yeah, well, i mean, the and remember, the first 100 days, they say of a leader can define they say of a leader can define the whole, the public view. so poor old ian duncan, when he was tory leader his first 100 days. well it was nine, 11 so he didn't get a look in and he never recovered. and this, these first 100 days could be pretty difficult for starmer because we've had the reckless decision, in my view, to take away winter fuel from 10 million pensioners. we now see he's caving in on trade union reform to make it easier for people to go on strike. but i think his response to the riots has been poor, flat footed and missing the point. >> now, remember those scenes in birmingham this week? well, we talked earlier about the fact that the pub landlord, the assistant landlord, said to us yesterday on gb news that the police didn't turn up the next day, they didn't come and gather evidence. it was one guy was beaten up, they didn't come and see who'd caused the damage.

well, have a listen to what superintendent emlyn richards of that area said after the scenes in birmingham. this is interesting. >> we knew that there was going to be a large amount of people out on that counter protest. we knew who the vast majority of those people were. we'd had conversations in terms of , what conversations in terms of, what that was likely to look like. and so our policing response was commensurate to that intelligence and the information that we'd held with our partners and communities prior to that event. taking place. >> so in other words, i mean, it's quite an admission . in it's quite an admission. in other words, we spoke to the community leaders of the muslim area. yeah, they assured us that they had it in hand. they were in control. there would be no trouble. so we didn't send the coppers to down the pub in birmingham. we were with the far right protesters at the other end of the street. i mean, at least he's being honest about it. well, joining us now is former labour mp khalid mahmood. morning khalid does that does

that, does that surprise you to hear that admission there from the police superintendent of that area to say, well, we checked it and it's good that they have good relationship with they have good relationship with the muslim leaders in that area. good. that's how policing should work. but to then say based on that intelligence, we knew that it would all be fine and calm. thatis it would all be fine and calm. that is exactly the definition of two tier policing . of two tier policing. >> well, i think that's policing that hasn't taken into account what could have possibly happened. and that should have happened. and that should have happened because when they have a fair number of people gathered together, some wearing masks, and geared up, perhaps to, have and geared up, perhaps to, have a go, essentially, which is what they were expecting. the, people on the other side to be doing. and i think you expected that there to be as well. there should have been some presence, of the police to calm these people down. you see, cars racing around the island, at the time, with complete oblivion to everything else. and i know a number of reporters were also

threatened as well , but threatened as well, but certainly at the pub, you know, they should have been some presence at all. but if there wasn't certainly, i suppose the next day somebody should turn up and crime that issue which has been hugely available in social to media, see. so i think there should have been better policing for both sides and the, the trouble is, khalid, i mean, this, this tag of two tier care could stick because we've seen, the way he's not addressed this , the way he's not addressed this, has he? >> he's just talked about the far right, the far right extremists. this is the same , extremists. this is the same, mantra that's trotted out by the home secretary to. i think he's in danger of losing the losing the public here because he's got to engage more broadly with the underlying causes as well, of why some so many people feel we were talking earlier about, inequality, alienation . that's

inequality, alienation. that's what some people feel now in these communities. and i'm talking about the white people. khalid >> well, that's right, what i've said and also in another hat that i wear as chairman of the labour muslim forum, what i've said is that those people that engagein said is that those people that engage in this process, first of all, should expect, the, the, the hard hand of the law, whichever side they're on, they should not be people countering these demonstrations because that puts more onus on the police and divides their resources, and that's what happened here. but you do need to show both sides of the turnout that they will be dealt with severely by the police, and there should be a police presence on both sides. yes. >> what did you make of jess phillips's tweets, where she effectively blamed the internet for those muslim men accumulating in, huge numbers outside that mcdonald's in birmingham ?

birmingham? >> well, look, as far as i'm concerned, of course, there's a huge amount of information disinformation, that's going on on the internet, and we shouldn't stick anything by that. but we all have responsibility ourselves. we, as the muslim forum said, please do not attend any of these , not attend any of these, demonstrations or whatever happensin demonstrations or whatever happens in those areas because you will then become a part of that. you will then become a part of that . so our advice you will then become a part of that. so our advice is very clear. if there's something happening, please do not attend , happening, please do not attend, because if you attend, then you'll be contributing to all this violence. and please do not do that . do that. >> so if these, muslim community leaders are so good, why can't they get that message through to these kids ? these kids? >> well, look , i don't really >> well, look, i don't really believe any type of leaders , in believe any type of leaders, in any, any of these situations when you've got young people on any side, and people who have pent up anger, then you you're

looking for issues that are not controllable by any form of leadership. that you have. so therefore what you must do, is ensure that that position doesn't arise in the first place. once people get together, the whole issue gets out of hand. people egg each other on in these situations, and this is where it ends up in violence. that's what we want to stop. that's what we want to stop. that's what we don't want people coming out in the first instance. once you get people out in the street, there is a strong possibility there will be some sort of violence, isn't it? >> don't you think? also, khalid, a lot of this is just toxic masculinity, bored young men. some of them as well. some of these kids are 11 teenagers. they're bored young men. they're not politically motivated. they're just joining in the unrest for a for a for a hoot. whether it's vandalising or chanting racist slogans, it's toxic masculinity. >> well , absolutely, i toxic masculinity. >> well, absolutely, i mean, one of the rotherham, rioters you saw, he was picking up a brick, which you could hardly hold up,

and he was throwing it across to the police. and it is that and i think what we need to do is calm the situation down by making sure people do not turn up. if you're a community leader of any sort that you are, your first reaction should be, please do not go out there. please do not get involved in this because once you're there, something will happen , and as it's been will happen, and as it's been said that you will then actually take a legal action to be taken against you and you'll be dealt with severely. >> we're saying keir starmer was looking forward to his honeymoon period. khalid, as as prime minister, i mean, they're not at the honeymoon. it's like sort of nightmare. the divorce papers have been signed. the place has burned down. it's just. have been signed. the place has burned down. it'sjust. it's just a catastrophic first period in office, isn't it ? in office, isn't it? >> it's, of course, very , very >> it's, of course, very, very difficult when you have this sort of violence across most of the country and you're trying to control it . resources are control it. resources are limited, as we all know, because the previous government, hadn't not invested into the police, and we've got serious problems in trying to resolve this. there

are there has been a huge, agenda to, basically, manipulate against the immigrants that have come through there is legal migration, which is our responsibility because we allow that to happen. and then there's the people who come through illegally. so we have to test both of those . but when you put both of those. but when you put everything together, when do you give permission to people to come here and then you're still calling it mass migration, then i think there's an issue that previous politics have had to deal with, and they haven't deau deal with, and they haven't dealt with that . okay. dealt with that. okay. >> all right. we've got i think we've really run out of time. i'm so sorry. >> so very, very quickly just a yes or no answer. khalid do you think legal migration is too high in this country? >> i think it's our fault that it's too high, because we haven't trained our own people to do the jobs that they should be doing locally. >> all right. thank you so much, khalid mahmood. they're right. don't go anywhere. we're going to have a little change of gear after the break, and we'll tell you why. one olympic athlete thinks she might not win gold.

and i promise you, i'm going to give you the break to think what that might be. we will have no idea. don't give it away. >> we doa do a multiple choice question and answer. >> we didn't get round to

>> 1022 this is britain's >>1022 this is britain's newsroom with me , bev turner and newsroom with me, bev turner and andrew. >> we won't tell you what we were looking at. >> stephen powis already giggling, but we will tell you we're going to talk about it, i think. >> aren't we mike paris here looking disgusted with us? >> i certainly am. sinks sinking as well. >> can we do the pole vaulter story yet? this is what we want to know. i'm not sure, because we sort of had it ready for the next section, i think. but i think, i think we probably can. well, this was the french pole vaulter, stephen pound, who was in the olympics. now we can't show you the video because of course, the bbc owned the rights to the olympics. but just just tell us what happened. >> what happened was i mean, basically the headline should be

say magnifique. i mean, he was coming up. >> he was about to leap over the bar. >> he was about to leap over the ban do >> he was about to leap over the bar. do what was probably not the fosbury flop on this occasion. >> that's high jump. >> that's high jump. >> that's high jump, is it? >> that's high jump, is it? >> well, i don't know. anyway, the old meat and two veg flopped out at the last minute. >> well, it didn't come out of his trousers. we should be clear. he had very tight lycra on. yeah have you seen the footage, mike? >> he he hit the bar. he should have been much more careful about how he dressed himself, because he was competing for olympic gold. i mean, imagine if a runner, had something protruding from the front of his body to get him over the line more quickly or to impede the way he was running, or his shoes were too heavy to stop him running. the man should have been a professional and should have taken more care of how he presented himself for this great event. >> tighter underpants could have been the difference. >> well, no. you see, the problem is tight underpants may have been even worse because it's the it's the size of the of the hair. >> would you say to win the 500 metre by a couple of inches? >> can we carry on walking on eggshells on this, please? >> it is quite you might be watching. he goes over the bar

frontways and then everything is completely out of the way except for one particular item. it is anatomy. >> it is. and i heard it described by one, sports commentator. has he got the angle of the dangle wrong? yeah so if the angle of the dangle was wrong, he should have done something to correct the angle of the shot. >> like he hasn't done this before. >> no. exactly. >> no. exactly. >> so it's the french will neven >> so it's the french will never, ever stop bragging about this, will they? >> but he didn't get the medal. >> but he didn't get the medal. >> listen, while we're on the olympics, there's another story that we trailed just before the break. >> now, this is amazing. this is a golfer. she is american, and she has said that she may not. we're going to try and bring up a picture of her any minute now . a picture of her any minute now. she wants to win the olympics. and the reason she may not win the olympics is because she's not allowed to smoke. >> amazing isn't it? >> amazing isn't it? >> look at her. so normally she she competes in the in golfing matches. what do you call it? competition tournament tournaments. thank you. with a cigarette in her mouth. and of course, they're not letting her in france . stephen, should they

in france. stephen, should they let her? >> do you remember? >> do you remember? >> there used to be a tennis competition sponsored by virginia slims? yes. that's right. ladies. cigarette? yes. that's right. the slim, elegant and pastel shades. yeah, yeah. well, i mean, i find it a bit odd that she wants to actually go around the course with a fag in her mouth. >> well, it helps, it helps her relax. >> it's a concentration thing, charlie. >> i'm sorry, but when i. when i gave up smoking, i got the old nicotine gum and the lozenges. yeah, you can do it. i mean, i think it's a bit silly. if they're going to stop it, she can hardly be infecting somebody else. >> well, i think if they don't want people to see her smoking, because all that celebrating sporting achievement and it's she's a role model. >> i hadn't seen this story, but my memory tells me a few years ago there was an australian golfer called jack newton who used to smoke on the green. right. in those days, he was allowed to and it was part of his act. and he would throw the cigarette away and somebody would have to scurry around and pick up the. but he came to a sorry end because he walked into the propeller of his private plane and lost his arm. yeah, yeah. >> was he smoking at the time?

>> was he smoking at the time? >> no. well, i don't know. but i always think the great dimitar berbatov, one of the finest footballers ever to play for fulham. >> yeah. you know, he could scarcely get off the pitch without lighting a fag. really. and my hero, when i was a boy, tosh chamberlain used to have his fags down one sock and his matches down the other. >> but times have changed, haven't they? well, this smoking's universally seen as very bad to be serious. >> i think if you've got a woman who is this good at sport, fit and healthy, she goes to the gym every day. in all honesty, she shouldn't be doing it. and i think really, if she needs the nicotine to calm herself down, there are ways of doing it. >> let me tell you what she says. so she says, i only smoke, i hardly drink, i don't need to dnnk i hardly drink, i don't need to drink because actually i can have a fun time it, she have a fun time without it, she said. my dad smokes 40 cigarettes a day and he has since he was 12 years old and is now 75, and my nephew smokes. he's like 25. my whole family smokes, so it's not something i've noticed being odd. yeah, she says, i hate smoking. i used to curse at my dad when i was youngen to curse at my dad when i was younger, but i think it's just to do when i'm stressed out and let's face it, you're going to

be stressed out. >> but what she could do, she could, she could chew a smoking a nicotine. >> but i don't think it's that. do you know what it's like? a lot of people smoke anyway just to give their hands something to do. you see what i mean? she's got a hold of golf. stephen barclay. i know, but but stick. but what i'm saying, what i'm saying is it takes her mind off the fact that everybody's looking at her if she's got that cigarette in her mouth. seriously, mike, what's more revelatory about this is something we've always said. >> she was brought up in a household where people smoked, so she smokes. and i think one of the reasons not to smoke, and certainly i remember when i gave up smoking, my daughter, actually, i saw her going down with all these polythene bags. i said, well, she said she used to cover her school uniform with polythene bags because she'd go to primary school reeking of tobacco fags. yeah, and i've never smoked since. >> my mum had a woodbine in her mouth for the first 12 years of my life. when you were born, attached to her. that's true. you did. and when my dad took us to school in his car, his morris minor, he was smoking all the way. so by the time we got there, i got out the back of this little morris minor. we smelt of smoke all the time. we were lucky to survive. >> he smoked norm, wasn't it? >> he smoked norm, wasn't it? >> he smoked full strength capstan cigarettes, you know,

all day , all day long. navy man. all day, all day long. navy man. he wasn't a man. yeah. times change. >> my granddad used to. my granddad does. which is none today. none tomorrow. none the day after. you know, my father smoked old, old hobo and tobacco roll ups on a saturday and sunday. >> he smoked benson hedges because that was posh. really? yeah. >> yeah, i keep forgetting your middle class. >> right, gentlemen, do you want to talk about gps striking or the riots and the two tier policing? >> well, you're in charge. well, i think the riots and two tier policing. >> i think we've got another revelation here, which is the best example yet of two tier policing. and i'm talking about the incident at the pub in yardley in birmingham. i spoke to the landlady yesterday. yeah, thank you very much indeed. >> she had to barricade her customers in. >> it was an absolute disgraceful situation. not only was it not the scene of the demonstration, the demonstration was two miles away. yeah, yeah , was two miles away. yeah, yeah, but nobody turned up for the demonstration. so the people that we're talking about who eventually caused the trouble said, well, we went out to counter the demonstration. the

demonstration didn't happen. they walked two miles to a respect. yeah, two miles to, you know , to look for somebody to know, to look for somebody to cause trouble with during that two miles, which must have taken them a good half an hour. the police didn't pick up on them. and when asked later, why on earth didn't you intercept these people before they went and started attacking the clumsy swan pub in yardley? the police said, oh, we had five other incidents at the time. most people would say if that had been, quote, far right people marching two miles, they'd have been jumped on immediately. >> if you're listening on the radio, we've got footage here round and round the roundabout. these young men were driving their cars at high speed , highly their cars at high speed, highly dangerous. nothing was done to stop them. >> but what's terrifying about this? this is, i think, sean mcdermott, who took a kicking out there . the landlady of that out there. the landlady of that pub barricaded. she did a pub . pub barricaded. she did a pub. now to me, you know, in 2024, in this country it's a barricade, a pub against a mob of baying at the door. that's terrifying. now, quite frankly, the old bill should have been down there. >> yeah, but this is just a

local. >> a local harvester pub. it's that sort of pub, you know, where families will go. were there karaoke night? it was karaoke night. >> well, they were sitting outside. >> they were sitting outside. and this, this mob of, you know, people intent on trouble turned up.and people intent on trouble turned up. and it was horrifying. i mean, there are some pictures of one poor chap who got kicked to the ground, kicked to the ground and stamped on. yeah, but gentlemen, we just played a clip then of emily richards, who's one of the police superintendents of that area, and he said we had spoken to the community leaders, the muslim community leaders, the muslim community leaders, the muslim community leaders, what's a community leaders, what's a community leader? >> and we were told that we knew the level of threat. so they said, it's okay. our guys aren't going to cause any trouble. they're just going to be out there and they we'll keep an eye on them. don't you worry. and he bought it, which meant it went the other way. and this lot were able to do that. >> if he'd like to buy london bridge, i'd like to have a word with him next week. but yeah. and so this is, this is really, really worrying about this. because what we're having in london at the moment is we don't actually think, thank god, touchwood. we don't have a problem in london at the moment, but all over social media there are people saying it's going to be this bar or that bar. what's

happening is groups of people who say, oh, if they're going to come, if the far right quote are going to come to my borough, we're going to tool up with the old hockey sticks. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> then that will then people say, oh, there's a whole group of people over there that would exaggerate it. >> it's almost tempted to leave them to it, you know, to me. and i know that's the norm. duke it out. i know that's an awful thing to say, but not when there's kids in the harvest. >> i know, i know, i know, and also businesses get smashed up, of course. that's right. and then people lose their jobs. then people lose theirjobs. they do, and their lives in the middle of it. >> the riots in croydon when they burned down a furniture shop that had been there 150 years, they came back. it never came back. they couldn't rebuild it and all that. i have to say, and i'm not being trite. i've done riots in toxteth, in moss side, in brixton and in belfast. you mean you've covered them? covered them? yeah, i've been in the middle of them. that's very, very good. correct. yeah >> glad we clarified that, mark. >> glad we clarified that, mark. >> yeah . thanks for pointing >> yeah. thanks for pointing that out. thank you very much, andrew. but the point i make and you'd be dodging petrol bombs and stuff like that. i am not being trite, but these riots are of a very minimal level to what

i worked on in toxteth and when whole streets were ablaze. let's hopeit whole streets were ablaze. let's hope it doesn't . hope it doesn't. >> and even in 2011, actually, mike, five people were killed. that's a result of those riots. >> that's right. so let's not get into competitive. >> i mean, i was in derry when lyra mckee got killed by firing a gun. >> yeah, we got to get some news. but you're absolutely right. and we might talk in the next hour as well about the fact that sometimes men just riot. they've been doing it for years. they're just not necessarily just involved in this. yeah, right . sam francis is waiting right. sam francis is waiting very patiently with your news here. he is . here. he is. >> very good morning to you . >> very good morning to you. just after 10:30. and the top story this morning, a quick breaking line for you. inquests into the deaths of three southport stabbing victims have this morning been opened and now adjourned, with the senior coroner there telling the heanng coroner there telling the hearing that it was impossible to articulate the devastating and lifelong effects of the truly tragic events last monday,

bebe king, alice dasilva aguiar and elsie dot stancombe were killed after an attack at a dance class over a week ago. 17 year old axel rudakubana will stand trial next year after being charged with three counts of murder and ten of attempted murder . of murder and ten of attempted murder. well, of murder and ten of attempted murder . well, following those murder. well, following those stabbings last week in southport, more than 6000 specialist police officers are now gearing up for more than 30 potential rallies across the uk later. but the prime minister insists communities will be kept safe. sir keir starmer is also warning that those involved in rioting could have sentences handed down within just a week of being arrested . more than 400 of being arrested. more than 400 people have so far been detained across england and northern ireland, according to police sources, with that number expected to rise . a software expected to rise. a software firm has been told it faces a £6 million fine for failing to prevent a cyber attack that disrupted nhs services. the data

watchdog says. the advanced computer software group didn't protect the personal information of more than 80,000 people, which was held to ransom in 2022 and in the us, presidential hopeful kamala harris has made her first campaign appearance alongside the man that she picked as her running mate for the election, tim walz will become vice president if harris wins in november. the minnesota governor repeated his attacks last night on their republican rivals, calling them weird as hell . hamas rivals, calling them weird as hell. hamas has named the mastermind behind the october the 7th attack. yahya sinwar as its new leader. he replaces the group's last chief, ismail haniyeh, who was assassinated in tehran last month. and sinwar still tops israel's most wanted list . tens of still tops israel's most wanted list. tens of thousands of women who've been through the menopause could be offered a new bone strengthening drug on the nhs, with the medicines watchdog claiming abaloparatide can protect against osteoporosis .

protect against osteoporosis. meanwhile ministers are being urged to consider banning a popular material used to make kitchen worktops . it's after kitchen worktops. it's after a rise in cases of an incurable disease that's linked with the manufacture of artificial stone . manufacture of artificial stone. and finally, some sports news for you from paris, where team gb are hoping for more success later, after adding four medals to their haul at the games last night , josh kerr won silver in night, josh kerr won silver in the 1500 metres and there were also podium finishes in the cycling, in skateboarding and in boxing too. well, we will keep across all of the latest from paris throughout the day. any more medals we will let you know here on gb news now though, it's back to andrew and bev 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. >> up next, across the atlantic, kamala harris has chosen her running mate. we will tell you everything you need to know about tim waltz. looks entirely normal there, doesn't he? don't they both look entirely normal ? they both look entirely normal? >> what's he doing? >> what's he doing? >> it'sjust >> what's he doing? >> it's just a >> what's he doing? >> it'sjust a bit >> what's he doing? >> it's just a bit weird. and he. apparently she likes him because he called republicans weird. >> takes one to know one. >> takes one to know one. >> right.

>> 1039 britain's newsroom on gb news so the democratic presidential candidate, kamala harris , has picked her new vice harris, has picked her new vice presidential running mate. he is an unknown, certainly to us. minnesota governor tim wolf's. they've been campaigning for the first time together in philadelphia. have a look and have a listen. >> since the day that i announced my candidacy , i set announced my candidacy, i set out to find a partner who can help build this brighter future . help build this brighter future. a fighter for the middle class,

a patriot who believes, as i do in the extraordinary promise of america sylvania. i'm here today because i found such a leader. >> and i got to tell you, i can't wait to debate the guy. thatis can't wait to debate the guy. that is as if he's willing to get off the couch and show up. so >> right. well, let's talk now to professor of international politics david dunn, who is normally a staunch defender of the democrats, i think. are you, david? if i correct me if i'm if i'm wrong, what do you make of this guy? why she picked him. >> well, i think she's picked him because he is a unity candidate for the party. he unhes candidate for the party. he unites the party. there was some concern about some of the other candidates. josh shapiro, for example, that wouldn't have been as welcome across the base. but she's also picked him because of his energy, his enthusiasm, his humour, and also the fact that actually he represents normal

america. that's the theme and contrast to the weirdness. just to correct you, by the way, you said , waltz, calls that said, waltz, calls that republicans weird . he doesn't. republicans weird. he doesn't. he calls vance and trump weird. that's quite a different thing. and what he's doing is saying we are the normal party. and he also the candidate who is not harassed. i mean, he is from the midwest. he's obviously white. he's he's been a school teacher, a member of the national guard. he's a hunter. he's is a he's someone who isn't educated in one of the fancier universities , one of the fancier universities, like, vance's for yale and therefore, he appeals to the crucial swing states in the midwest area. >> david, two questions. if you don't mind. how significant and important is the vice presidential candidate alongside kamala harris ? do people care? kamala harris? do people care? aren't they only really voting for her or trump? and secondly, is he really as down to earth an ordinary? when i gather he signed an executive order requiring state schools in his to state stock period products

in in the boys lose in in the in the schools that's a bit woke isn't it. it's not very grounded and to down earth. >> so the first question in terms of , so what >> so the first question in terms of, so what was >> so the first question in terms of , so what was the first terms of, so what was the first question? the i'll come back to, how is significant? >> does it matter who her candidate who the vice president is. >> so normally. so normally the conventional wisdom is that the vice presidential pick doesn't doesn't matter. actually people vote for the top of the ticket. and, essentially, unless you get it wrong, like john mccain did in picking sarah palin where she was seen to detract from the ticket. and indeed, some people are speculating that jd. vance detracts from from trump's support by picking someone who has clearly, some unfortunate media appearances. you know, the, you know, cat lady comments that have come out from previous interviews. by and large, it isn't regarded as that important. but this time around, this election is fairly unprecedented. there are so many aspects of this race, not least, of course, the sitting president

dropping out of the race that make it very unusual. so perhaps it matters more on on this occasion than on on other cases. and certainly the, the momentum that, that, wars has seems to bnng that, that, wars has seems to bring to the ticket, is seen as important because effectively what we have is a much more truncated election period. normally elections in america last, for two years this time has been upended by biden withdrawing. so you've really got three months of a campaign . got three months of a campaign. so you've got new energy and new momentum, and having announcements like a new vice presidential candidate and one that seems to actually have a way with words. and he is the one who say, who actually phrased that, that idea that, that, that trump and vance were weird. it adds to the ticket in a way in which it wasn't before. with regard to his record in minnesota , he brought in such minnesota, he brought in such radical ideas as as a paid parental leave. free school meals for, for high school kids, which actually improves school attainment levels , and he is

attainment levels, and he is also someone who actually tried to bring in or did bring in a ban on assault rifles. yes. he actually is progressive on things like, free, sanitary , things like, free, sanitary, products in schools. and yeah, he is someone who has been a supporter of, my, in the boys toilets. >> i think it's look, we i wouldn't call it progressive. >> i call it mad. >> i call it mad. >> look, period products in toilets at schools. fantastic. marvellous. but he is fought for them to be in the boys toilets. i mean, it was interesting, david, is that you've got absolute clear water between these two parties in america. we didn't kind of have that in this country. there was also almost the one uni party is what some, some commentators would describe british politics. you've got such clear water, you've got, waltz and kamala harris defending abortion rights . defending abortion rights. you've got trump and vance very much not doing so, you've got all of the trans issue and, and

biden, you know, biden i'm saying still we forget he's not there anymore. but harris very much in terms of the child should decide. and taking decisions away from the parents. i mean, in terms of this distinction between the two parties, can you remember a time when there was such clear water between them? >> i think, yeah, but i think you missed the two vital, important points here. you've got one party that actually believes in respecting the results of an election and not denying it. and that's a crucial thing for the future of all democracy. the way democracy works is that actually the process is more important than the result. and here you have two candidates, and trump and vance, who actually say we would overturn that. we wouldn't. we don't agree with the results of the election. that's fundamentally a change. we haven't seen that in 250 years in america. and we have another crucial difference whereby there's been a foreign policy consensus in america since 1941 to support european security and be a force for stability and alliances in the world. and what

you have in vance and trump is someone who actually are to prepared abandon ukraine and possibly abandon nato . they are possibly abandon nato. they are more important than actually what products are in the high schools in minnesota. i think actually, perhaps surprisingly, kamala harris's popularity rating is no different than biden's was. >> is it ? >> is it? >> is it? >> well, what you've seen is that since the debate on the 27th, biden's popularity plummeted hugely, and states like minnesota and new york, solid democratic bastions were in play. and that's why in play. and that's partly why they forced him out, because his numbers were seen as as crashing, because he was not seen as a credible candidate who couldn't communicate. and what you've seen since then is that the democratic party's support has actually stabilised and crept up to the point whereby the election is now back to where it was previously , which where it was previously, which is a knife edge. and as a consequence of that, it really is all to play for in the next three months. >> okay, interesting . thank you

>> okay, interesting. thank you so much, professor of international politics at david dunn there. >> the vice president choice. also, he supported legalising recreational marijuana that will not be popular with, republicans. >> i'm telling you, massive difference between the two parties now. right up next, we had covid, we had the european war and now protests on britain's streets. and how on earth do we stop children from worrying about their future and just let them be kids? this is britain's newsroom we're going to be talking to a psychologist in just a moment.

>> introduce this woman. 1050 it is 1050 britain's newsroom. when gb news. it's been a tough week of news with the ongoing protests throughout the nation, many of our children who spend most of their days online been exposed to violent footage of disorder on their devices. >> so how do we let kids be kids

and stop them worrying about the world that they live in? well, joining us now is psychologist and children's author doctor pam spurr. good morning pam. always lovely to see you. we were reflecting on this this morning and before we came on air. and when you actually stop to think about it, since spring 2020, we've given children an unleavened diet of things to be frightened of , and we unleavened diet of things to be frightened of, and we as adults might be able to rationalise them . but how do we talk to kids them. but how do we talk to kids about danger ? about danger? >> well, you're absolutely right, throughout their child's childhood, parents will face many, even personal challenges, like discussing questions about the loss of a grandparent or the loss of a family pet. it's no different when they get wind of horrific news stories . what's horrific news stories. what's crucial is the starting point is your own anxiety and managing it. i saw one woman who was laying flowers in southport, who was literally a basket case, so upset that she had a daughter, age five, who was going to houday age five, who was going to holiday camps, and she was

terrified for her daughter. and if you don't think about the fact that your own anxiety will be transferred to your child because they are emotional sponges. so the starting point is working with your own anxiety. and may i please take this moment to offer my deepest condolences to the families of alice and elsie and bebe. so the starting point is managing your own anxiety and even if you take care with, say, turning off the news when your child comes into the room or turning off the car radio, they will, as you rightly say, bev, see things online. even young children . so first even young children. so first off, you have to work with the age of the child. what you say to a five year old would be very different. to say what you say to a 12 year old with a five year old, you use concrete, short, clear sentences, things like there are very angry people in this world and they do bad things, but we're very lucky that's not the people we know. we don't know people like that. and then say to them, next, you

can always ask me any questions. you want, because suddenly you know you'll find a bath time. a child will be asking questions or, you know , breakfast, or, you know, breakfast, whatever they need to know, they can ask you at any time. >> also interesting. sorry, pam. go on. >> well, let them know that their own anxiety and worries is quite natural, but that those feelings pass. you don't want to say tell them oh , you're being say tell them oh, you're being a silly girl. that's not going to. that's not going to happen here. don't worry about it. you need to say, i totally understand why you're worried, but you're worried feelings will pass and you are safe here in our home. and what are you going to say to that? >> i was just going to say i was interested that you raised that issue of the parent effectively still behaving like a child, and that and if we do that and we don't control our own emotions, then the kids will pick up on that. and yet we're being told all the time, be honest with your kids. tell them exactly how your kids. tell them exactly how you feel. it's a fine line, isn't it ? isn't it? >> it's a very fine line. and i do not advocate telling your

your children, particularly younger children, how you feel all the time because otherwise you make your whole life about, oh my gosh, my feelings. this my feeling that children need to just learn that they can get on and that we all have a bit of resilience . so as as i said, resilience. so as as i said, it's important that you can knowledge their feelings, but let them know those feelings pass. they don't need to be. they won't be worried in the next few days. right now they feel that way, but they are safe. >> okay. >> okay. >> thank you. pam, i'm so sorry we ran out of time. that's a perfect bit to end on it. you are safe right up next, 6000 police officers are ready to be deployed as there are protests expected to take place later today. here's the weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> good morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. it's a day of sunshine and showers. some places won't see too many showers, others particularly western scotland, will see lots of them. that's where the low

pressure is. you can see the swirl here. very wet day basically across the highlands. the closer you are to the low, the more showers you'll see. so they'll be on and off through they'll be on and off through the day for northern ireland, northwest england, further south, the showers a bit more scattered. so longer drier spells, particularly this afternoon over the midlands and wales. some decent spells of sunshine here. not many showers at all across southern and eastern england. generally a dry day and a fresher feel as well. could still get to 2223. further north. temperatures mostly in the high teens and fairly cool with a pretty brisk wind that will chug the showers along quite a bit here across parts of the north—west. whereas further south, well, we might see a shower zipping through, but generally it's a fine day and a fine evening as well. a few more showers across northern england, but even here i suspect by this evening the showers fading as they should across northern ireland. we'll keep the showers going across western scotland , going across western scotland, but again to the east. that's still some fine weather to be had through the evening time. plenty of sunshine likely here, staying fairly blustery and showery across the northern isles through this evening. elsewhere, many places becoming

dry with lengthy clear spells. but notice the cloud gathering down to the south—west. it's going to mix things up a little bit for thursday. the cloud increasing for wales and south—west england, things turning a bit damp here by thursday morning. quite a warm night as well as that, cloud moves in temperatures holding up at 14 or 15 12 to 13 elsewhere. so for tomorrow , perhaps a so for tomorrow, perhaps a bright sunny start across eastern scotland, much of central and eastern england, but a different day for wales, south—west england. grey rain and drizzle on and off, particularly over hills and around coasts. some of that rain at times coming into northern ireland and eventually southern scotland, but generally a drier day over the highlands again, parts of eastern england staying fine all day. and here the top temperatures of 24 degrees. bye for now . for now. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

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>> well. >> well. >> good morning. 11 am. on wednesday the 7th of august, live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. thanks for joining us. >> so forjoining us. >> so police prepared for riots. 6000 police officers are on standby . apparently they're standby. apparently they're going to be more than 30 protests later today . protests later today. >> meanwhile, a new poll by yougov finds almost half of half of us think the prime minister's handung of us think the prime minister's handling of the disorder has been poor , and the southport been poor, and the southport stabbing inquest into the deaths of the three young girls, who were all savagely murdered at the taylor swift dance class, has opened this morning. >> jack carson has more . >> jack carson has more. >> jack carson has more. >> yeah. the senior coroner here described the young children as full of life and energy . today full of life and energy. today their inquest was opened and adjourned and i'll have all of the details and the olympic gender boxing rule will it rumbles on. >> the algerian boxer imani

khalife sailed through to olympics final. she fights on friday. how are you going to feel if she wins the gold ? feel if she wins the gold? >> rumbles on. did you just make that up? that was like a boxing metaphor. >> do you remember the rumble in the jungle at muhammad ali? ken norton yeah, ken norton, wasn't it ken norton or was it, was it? >> no. hang on. >> no. hang on. >> or was it george foreman and george foreman? >> that's right, that's right. >> that's right, that's right. >> well, who's still around? he promotes those grills. yeah, right. let us know. one of those. >> let us know your thoughts this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay. first though, here's the very latest news with sam francis . news with sam francis. >> bev and andrew. thank you very much. and good morning to you. just coming up to 11:02, the top story this hour.

inquests have opened into the deaths of the three schoolgirls who died in the southport stabbing spree last week . bebe stabbing spree last week. bebe king alice dasilva aguiar and elsie dot stancombe were killed after an attack at a dance class over a week ago. the coroner told the hearing today it's impossible to articulate the devastating and lifelong effects of what she described as the truly tragic events of last monday . more on that with our monday. more on that with our reporter jack carson later this houn reporter jack carson later this hour. well, the prime minister is insisting criminal justice has been robust and swift in the face of ongoing riots in the uk following that stabbing last week in southport. dozens of people have been appearing in court, with additional prison spaces opening up. 30 more protests are expected later following those days of disorder, and police are urging anyone to ignore a list of locations which has been shared on social media as possible targets for gatherings. they're telling rioters that officers will be waiting for them.

speaking after another emergency, cobra meeting yesterday, sir keir starmer warned that anyone involved in violence will be dealt with. he says within a week of arrest i made it very clear on a number of occasions that those involved will feel the full force of the law, so we coordinated. >> we went through some of the numbers over 400 people now have been arrested, 100 have been charged, some in relation to onune charged, some in relation to online activity, and a number of them are already in court. and i'm now expecting substantive sentencing before the end of this week. >> sir keir starmer well, speaking last night, though, the former home secretary priti patel called for the labour government to be more accountable. >> this is why we have to have the questions. the scrutiny to the questions. the scrutiny to the home secretary and to keir starmer, because actually the police need to have the tools, the equipment, the backing to police in the right way across all protests. it doesn't matter who, but literally all the

protests where we're seeing thuggery , violence, criminality, thuggery, violence, criminality, everyone that's involved in that, these protests should be pleased. i've seen footage on television. i'm sure you have as well. i saw some on social media last night from one part of the country where i saw no police. i want to know. i want to know why that was . why? why was there no that was. why? why was there no police presence? >> priti patel, speaking to patrick christys last night . patrick christys last night. well, the riots were sparked by misinformation online following last week's stabbings in southport , and shadow minister southport, and shadow minister for crime and policing matt vickers told us this morning that he thinks online criminality should be taken just as seriously as offline social media operators have to take responsibility for some of the things that are going on. >> do you know what? if you allow people to spread misinformation on the scale , misinformation on the scale, it's being spread that has real consequences. we saw the online safety bill come forward. one of the problems with with social media is that it moves so fast. technology moves so fast. but we saw the online safety bill come

forward creating that precedent that these operators will be held to account for what goes on. they do have responsibility to make sure that misinformation is controlled, is prevented . is controlled, is prevented. >> turning to news in the us and kamala harris says tim walz is the vice president america deserves after officially unveiling him as her running mate at a campaign rally last night, the democratic presidential nominee says she chose the minnesota governor because he's a fighter for the middle class and called him a patriot. the former teacher is considered a more progressive choice here. a software provider has been provisionally fined just over £6 million for a ransomware attack that disrupted nhs services in 2022. the information commissioner's office found that advanced computer software group failed to implement measures to protect some 80,000 people's personal information . the attack led to information. the attack led to the disruption of critical services and data that included phone numbers and medical records . the government's being

records. the government's being urged today to consider banning a popular material used to make kitchen worktops. it's after a reported rise in an incurable disease linked with the manufacture of artificial stone. the first uk case of silicosis, unked the first uk case of silicosis, linked to the cutting of the material was identified last yean material was identified last year, and medics have seen a case rise since . the royal mint case rise since. the royal mint has opened a factory to remove gold from old computers , tvs and gold from old computers, tvs and phones because they say they want to turn it into jewellery and collectables. the firm plans to extract the metal from 4000 tonnes of circuit boards each yeah tonnes of circuit boards each year. it's part of efforts to reduce reliance on mining and to encourage more sustainable practices in the industry . and practices in the industry. and if you're anything like me, andrew or bev, you may have experienced a dip in your mood between the hours of four and 8:00. well, you're not alone. new research suggests we're most in need of a happiness boost. in the late afternoon, nearly a third of people responding to a

survey agreed. it's the time of day they struggle with the most, where our moods dropped to its lowest in the day. but more than 2/5 of those surveyed said, laughing with friends and family helps give them a lift . those helps give them a lift. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sam francis back with you in just after half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> oh, welcome back to britain's newsroom live across the uk here at andrew doyle. a little harrumph. he's looking for the emails we've had, our little biscuit and our cup of tea. so we actually got sent a massive box. we did, we did. we don't know who sent them but thank you . know who sent them but thank you. >> thank you very much. and beverly has eaten most of them. >> we put a big we put a picture on twitter if you want to see

us. look, honestly, we are so easy to excite. we are a massive box of biscuits, so thank you. if you said biscuits. >> so marx talked to lots of emails coming in. mark says it's great to see the first of these thugs being sentenced today. patrick says starmer misses the point. if you don't recognise the problem, you won't find the solution. and that's what we've talked about alienation, poverty , talked about alienation, poverty, the problems with social cohesion and all the usual boys, teenage boys, young men who have no outlet for their aggression . no outlet for their aggression. >> yeah, you know, no outlet. we've got so little sports facilities. no, it's, you know, a lot of these teenagers , they a lot of these teenagers, they might normally do a bit of sports at school. they're not doing that. it's the summer holidays. they're not burning off any energy. they're sat in their in their rooms on their phones, and then they're coming out at night for a fight and they want to get they join in because it's, it's thrilling for them as well. >> remember it's follow my leader. >> they don't necessarily hate each other. probably some of these teenagers sit next to each other in school. it's toxic at six. toxic masculinity.

>> they're bored and they've got not much to do. >> and i'm not sure it is toxic masculinity because i, i think i have a problem with that because we that that particular phrase, i think it gets sort of misquoted a little bit because i quite like masculinity. yeah, yeah. and the problem is i think it's been bastardised as toxic. >> yeah. but they're using it the wrong way, aren't they. it's not. there are no girls in these protests, are they. >> that's right. and masculinity is good. we shouldn't think of it as being toxic. and i think we've suppressed masculinity so that we've got all these boys and we're forced to sit down and read books and write essays all day, and they need to be out there punching, you know, punch bags and hanging out of trees. yeah. you know, not punching each other. anyway. sorry. can you tell i'm a bit wound up about it? yeah, gary said i voted for brexit, but i can see myself moving abroad now. humza yousaf was saying that he's going to move abroad now because of islamophobia. >> that's the former scottish first minister by by then. shall we pack his bags for him to make sure he goes, say that allah

said to sort out the rioters with water cannons. you said i said that. why not? it's an option. they do it on the continent. >> and in terms of children being so anxious about everything, we're talking to the psychologist at virginia says the only way to let kids be kids is to ban the internet and social media until they're 18. >> how do you do that though? >> how do you do that though? >> how do you do that? >> how do you do that? >> you know, it's that's a nightmare for a parent. that's a nightmare for a parent. that's a nightmare for a school. and i was talking to some the other day, they said when their daughter is 12, they're getting a phone, but it won't have access to the internet. >> yeah, well, yeah. good luck. hope. unfortunately. problem is, peer pressure kicks in and everyone else has it, so it's not easy, right now. let's move on. remember those scenes in birmingham this week? this was the pub in birmingham. we're seeing it here, the clumsy swan. we know now that the superintendent of that area was told by the muslim leaders, it's fine. i know what my boys are going to be like. it's fine. yeah. >> we didn't tell it to them. the community leaders were ehhen the community leaders were either, did he? but this is what superintendent emin richard said after those scenes in birmingham, which frankly, were

shocking, not least because the police didn't go there and didn't bother to follow it up the next day. >> we knew that there was going to be a large amount of people out on that counter—protest . we out on that counter—protest. we knew who the vast majority of those people were. we'd had conversations in terms of, what that was likely to look like. and so our policing response was commensurate to that intelligence and the information that we'd held with our partners and communities prior to that event. taking place . event. taking place. >> right then. yeah commensurate with they got it completely wrong because that the landlady said they had to barricade the regulars families there for a karaoke night . karaoke night. >> inside the pub, the roundabout was was like a lawless zone as those young men were driving those cars at high speed, round and round the roundabout. no police presence at all and no. and what i found astonishing about no follow up the next day. >> now we know why. because they'd had a chat to the leaders of the communities, whoever they are. don't worry, it will be peaceful. let's talk now to former police officer graham whetstone, who joins us now and

also author. morning, graham. it's good, isn't it, that police have contacts with these communities. we complain too much that we don't have community policing. but did that sound a bit like a guest house there for that particular superintendent to say, well, we knew they were going to be all right. so we just let them get on with it. >> yeah . morning both. >> yeah. morning both. >> yeah. morning both. >> i agree it wasn't a great look. i found it astonishing listening to that. and it is great. we have community contacts is great. you build relationships, trust , confidence relationships, trust, confidence etc. we all want that. and listening to the community leaders, they reassure you that they, you know, it's going to be peaceful. we're going to be there, we're going to manage it. even if it's a big if, even if you accept that and you just want to go with it, i would still be tempted to have put a police unit there just to basically support the community leaders in their efforts. we won't step in. it's up to you , won't step in. it's up to you, but we just need to be here to monitor, observe. but even if you don't, then do that as soon as you see these images. they

were reported live. there was a news team there , reporting live. news team there, reporting live. we had to leave the area as soon as you see those images and police stations have news outlets on, most times the ops rooms have them on, but as soon as you're getting information, this is happening, you then have to deploy at that time of night. you don't you don't wait and see what the community needs to come back to you to say when you're seeing people that barricaded in a pub, as you're showing the images you're showing now, once you see those and these were live on the on the tv news, i was watching it. i found it astonishing that literally within within minutes, there wasn't a marked police unit on scene or one of those senior officers that had these meetings turning up to find the person who they'd spoken to saying, what's going on there? and i think we need to step in. >> graham, i'm always curious by this expression, community leaders, because it's often used when we talk about, relationship with the ethnic community. do police have conversations with community leaders in the white community? because who are they and who are the leaders of the who are these community leaders in the muslim community? i'm puzzled. >> they're mainly they're mainly

white, understandably, faith or community groups . so, so in the community groups. so, so in the old days they were called neighbourhood watches. but basically , like residents basically, like residents associations, community leaders is a label that's now used for all sorts of things, like residents associations , residents associations, neighbourhood groups, local local councillors , groups. so local councillors, groups. so they're the types of community leaders and obviously faith leaders. as well. so across the whole spectrum of society, they will meet with all different, different members of society, but they're the community leaders they're referring to, whether they representative of some of the individuals we've seen out recently, i'm not convinced. >> what's a bit baffling , >> what's a bit baffling, though, graham, i think andrew raises a really good point, which is that in the muslim community, a lot of their culture, their organisation, they're galvanised, sense of community is around, is around the church, around their religion. it's around the mosque. if the sort of white we have to step around the words here, the white british people down the road who are going out and causing trouble, they don't

have that same representative because they don't have religion in the same way to unite them. so who speaks for those people in relation to the police ? in relation to the police? >> i think that's a that's a challenge. you know , identifying challenge. you know, identifying who you should speak to and who you should then then liaise and negotiate with because it is it is a challenge. if there isn't ehhen is a challenge. if there isn't either, as i said, like a neighbourhood watch group or a residents association or a, a, a local authority group, you can speak to , and, and clearly speak to, and, and clearly there's differences in cultures and societies. policing is trying its best to speak to identify the right people to not just talk to , but to listen to. just talk to, but to listen to. because even when you're policing these events, you do talk to a lot of people and you get a lot of very, very different views. some of them are are, you know , justified. are are, you know, justified. others are just are just rhetoric or just anger. just there is a balance there and growing just very briefly on this because of pressure, of time, i'm afraid it goes back to what we're talking about all, all the time now about two tier policing, because these conversations do go on with the muslim community leaders, but

there's no conversations as far as i can see going on with the white lads who are fed up or the white lads who are fed up or the white families who are fed up. >> nobody from the police is talking to them about their grievances, which is why it feels skewed. >> i get that the issue around two tiers for me is that there's always been different levels of policing. to say that it's based on either preference or favouritism for me hasn't i haven't experienced that at all. there's no preference or favouritism. it's based on risk , favouritism. it's based on risk, there are some groups that the within say the white community. it's difficult to work around these labels. as such, people like a label or putting people into a box. i think as, as, as a society , policing needs to talk society, policing needs to talk to all sections of society , not to all sections of society, not just some. and they are trying to do that. but again , it's to do that. but again, it's identifying the right responsible people to speak to and listen to. that's the challenge. yeah. >> all right okay. thank you. graham whetstone there, >> from we've got stephen pound coming in a little later in the panel as a former mp who represented a very ethnic, diverse community, we must ask him about this idea of the

community leaders. >> you know what's missing from this whole debate this whole week? everyone talking about this is the is the concept of morality. and what is the right way to behave and expectations of people in society. do you know what i mean? i do it's like we're just talking about punish them. it's about racism. who is going to say, where's the prime minister saying, can we have a conversation about the right way to behave , please, and what is to behave, please, and what is right and what is wrong anymore? not just right and left, but right and wrong. i'm not hearing any prime minister or any politician talk about it. >> you never hear them talk about it. >> you don't. right. >> you don't. right. >> moving on. no. moving on. because the inquest into the deaths of those three little southport girls have been opened with the senior coroner telling the hearing it was, to, quote, impossible to articulate the devastating lifelong effects of the truly tragic events. well, let's talk to gb news reporter jack carson jack . jack carson jack. >> yeah. good. well, yeah. good morning to you both. the senior coroner, julie goulding, saying that these three young lives had been lost in such cruel and such

horrific circumstances. it was a very short proceeding here this morning at the coroner's court simply to open and adjourn and suspend the coronial investigation. of course, that is because there are criminal proceedings now ongoing . and the proceedings now ongoing. and the senior coroner, julie goulding, saying that in to order provide those investigations to take place, in her words, unfettered, it was right to open the proceedings today and adjourn them until a later date. no members of the family were present here this morning, but we did hear the details from the coroner's office. coroner's officer, around the circumstances of course, in which these three young girls came to loss to lose their lives when it came to elsie, we heard that she was identified by parts of her clothing in a recent photo. her time of death was recorded at 1353 at the dance

studio when it came, of course, to bebe , she was pronounced dead to bebe, she was pronounced dead at 1303 hours. now, the address of her, the pronunciation of her death, was just further up the street from that dance studio in alice, of course, who had a vigil just yesterday in southport, remembering her life. she was pronounced dead at alder hey children's hospital at 20, past one in the morning and identified by her father. you read out some of the comments there that the senior coroner had said. she said that it was impossible to adequately articulate the devastating lifelong effects that the truly tragic events of last monday will, of course, have had. she described the three young children who lost their lives as full of life and energy. she said that they would be missed beyond any description that she said my woefully inadequate words may attempt to describe . words may attempt to describe. she offered her deepest condolences to all of the parents, the families and of

course, the friends and within these proceedings, she ended by registering the death certificates. of course, of those three young girls and releasing them officially in order for them to be buried and have their funerals. of course, we know that the funeral, of alice is set to take place this sunday as well. and so the coroner very simply and very quickly opening and suspending these hearings here at the coroners court today . coroners court today. >> all right. that's jack carson. thank you very much. with that very sad moment in that family's history. extraordinary. and of course, there will be a full inquest at some later date, which will be even more painful for them. >> just that mom's head on his shoulder. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, but but how lovely. again that that community has come together again. bev. and there was that lovely, they were balloons and the children were there. i mean, thatis the children were there. i mean, that is the community's response to these terrible disturbances we've seen up and down the country. there's mum leaning on her husband's shoulder. and she has to keep going because she's got other children too much. up

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panelis panel is mike parry and stephen pound. stephen, we were talking to the police officer , former to the police officer, former police officer at the moment about this conversation, this extraordinary conversation that the big cop in birmingham had with community leaders. and i said, who speaks to the communities on the other side , communities on the other side, non—muslims or non—hindus? you were an mp, you would have had conversations with communities who are they? >> well, believe you me, i can tell you one thing they are self—styled, self—appointed people who claim i am the community. let me through. i'm your leader . community. let me through. i'm your leader. it's an absolute nonsense because there is no validity and stability there. there's no actual justification. i would consider myself to have been a community leader because i was an elected member of

parliament. yeah, i think you can say that community leaders, originally they were imams in mosques or they were priests in local churches. and you can say that it may be that's a community leader, but what's ridiculous about this is the naivety of this police officer being told by saying, oh no, there's not going to be any trouble. well, thank you very much indeed. i'll stand my troops down. yeah, yeah. i'm sorry. the minute you actually think this is the old box, tick, tick, tick boxing thing, you say, who have you spoken to? oh, i've spoken to the community. who did you speak to in the community? what you need. if you want to speak to people, you have to have a big meeting to talk to. a lot of people, or you have to talk to people who really do speak for the community. and they are not people who go around with a little badge saying, i'm a community leader. this is naivety, stupidity, and it does nobody any good. >> and i think it's happening to all those people on the streets don't want to be represented by a community leader, because a lot of them have motives for being there, which are nothing to do with the community. they're just thugs . they might they're just thugs. they might be drunk, they might have taken drugs. oh, what a nice day for a punch up. it's summer. these

only ever happen in summer. they're not happening in winter, of course. okay, a nice night out going and wrecking other people's property. >> but, you know, in defence of the muslim community here, they are very well organised. and it is partly because they have these characters who will push themselves forward and say, i am in charge of you lads, and it is a bit like you said, the old fashioned british way of life where you might have had the local bobby on the beat, who knew all the teenagers or the priest at the local church, or the vicar or whatever. somehow we should be trying to emulate that. if you if we when i say we non—muslims should be saying, right, who are our local youth leaders? because you've got this fabric, you've got mums who struggle with teenage boys who do they turn to develop your point? >> it doesn't seem to have much effect if the community comes forward and says, right, i'm in charge and i'll keep everybody under control. and then they go and smash up a notice. yeah, fair do's. and you notice they just go and everything up. >> this is something when i was working with hazel. hazel ba.2 in the home office. and we used to have a real difficulty trying to have a real difficulty trying to actually talk to muslim

leaders because there is no hierarchy there. it's not like you've got a muslim equivalent of the pope or the archbishop. >> so you don't just go to the imam in the local mosque. >> yeah, but each single imam could speaks for a small group of people. there is no way you can talk collectively to a group of people in the hierarchical way that we're used to speaking to. >> let's talk about pensions , >> let's talk about pensions, because a fascinating story buned because a fascinating story buried in the daily telegraph, which if you were if you're struggling with your pension, your private sector pension, this is going to make your head spin. >> it's going to make your head spin. public sector pensions four times better than a private pension okay. so a private sector worker mp yes mp no wonder he's smiling. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> gold plated pension. okay, which is coming out of, you know, my hard earned money for the last 50 years, i have to say i'm grateful. yeah, he's very grateful. a private sector worker could expect an annual pension of £7,068 a year, the equivalent of around 20% of the final salary. the generous pubuc final salary. the generous public sector schemes a civil servant earning the same amount of money would retire on £25,084

a year, nearly four times what the private sector are getting . the private sector are getting. it's an absolute rip off. did you know that the size of the of the public sector pension debt in this country, that's what we owe to everybody in the public sector, have to pay it all back. is bigger than the entire british economy and runs into nearly £3 trillion. it is an absolute outrage. >> okay, two two factors. firstly, if you actually looked at those statistics, it's a big if, if, if that's predicated on somebody starting work, working at retiring at the age of 68 and earning a fairly high salary. >> well, a lot of people do because it's a job for life in the civil service. nobody gets sacked in the civil service. >> don't forget, traditionally civil service used to be you got fairly low paid, but you had job security. and i think it's the pension, it's levelling. but look back in i think it was the year 2000, tony blair decided to stop the non—contributory pension scheme. the mp said . pension scheme. the mp said. amazingly, i couldn't believe it. when i came into parliament, i was told your pension will go up and you don't have to pay

anything towards it . anything towards it. >> we just want i just sorry to interrupt you, but we just we just want to bring you some a bit of breaking news is what we've been talking about all morning. the met police commissioner, mark rowley, has made a statement about the two tier policing. he said it is complete nonsense as an allegation. he said they are putting officers at risk. i presume he means that saying that are putting officers, officers at risk, i think there's a little bit more to that statement. let me just read it to you, they're putting officers at risk by suggesting that any of those officers are going out with, that any of those officers are going outwith, as that any of those officers are going out with, as with that any of those officers are going outwith, as with any intent, other than to operate without fear or favour in protecting communities. he said it had been a positive and constructive meeting. i presume that was yesterday . that was yesterday. >> this is the one where he smashed the microphone out of the journalist hand for asking for two, and our collective response on that to somebody from black lives matter, absolute. >> he goes on to say, our collective response to hateful behaviour and violent disorder across this country didn't happenin across this country didn't happen in birmingham, did it? >> no, it didn't happen. there's a whole group of people going

driving round and round the round, waving flags and chanting, intimidating people, trying to break into a pub, beating up people outside the pub. people in this country barricading themselves inside a pub and journalists pursued by gangs. >> and they're doing their job. >> and they're doing their job. >> blinding behind her. yes, absolutely. >> threatening a journalist. >> threatening a journalist. >> this is the most senior piece of copper in britain, and he's woefully out of touch. >> he's woefully out of touch for him to say, oh, it threatens my woefully. what do you mean, it threatens your officers? if you say there's two tier policing, people might get a bit angry. well, don't have two tier policing. >> go back to the pensions because we can talk about some other a bit more. sure. so, steven, steven, of course , he's steven, steven, of course, he's of course trying to defend it. >> oh, stevie's saying it's a model. it's not a model. millions of piece it is. hang on steven, millions of people actually draw this money to this day. and the debt is larger than the size of the british economy. every time somebody look , the every time somebody look, the pubuc every time somebody look, the public sector expanded, didn't it ? under the last government, it? under the last government, the last tory government, massive 600,000, i think extra people for every one of those 600,000, you're not just paying

them to do a non—job, you're paying them to do a non—job, you're paying them for life in a pension fund. >> it's an outrage to say civil servants on those on those. that calculation includes the police officers. it includes the armed forces, includes prison officers. so this is not just bone idle civil servants. >> are you saying civil servants are bone idle? no. >> it's an interesting thing about, you know, how many people work in the civil service? yeah. >> not enough? >> not enough? >> no, she said about half of them. >> yeah, well i think yeah. well is that that many? well, that's very generous offer, so many of them work from home too. >> yes. that's absolutely. i mean, the figures here are just outrageous defined benefit schemes pay a proportion of workers salary in retirement, usually rising only with inflation. fantasy. it does, but it doesn't in the private sector you have to do it all yourself. but the public sector it's all done for you. you're given loads of money for doing nothing . i of money for doing nothing. i think i'm right in saying that about one third of your council tax bill now, and you will know about these things, steven, about these things, steven, about one third of your council tax bill now is paying the pensions of the people who work

at the town hall. >> absolute nonsense. the majority of the council tax bill nowadays goes to pay for adult and children's social services, as simple as that. it's a tiny percentage. but you talk about this figure, you throw these trillions around on. yesterday we had sort of bounce back tuesday. if you remember, we had this huge global recession on monday . well, actually four monday. well, actually four times that amount of money was actually wiped off the value of stocks. when you're actually talking about money at that level , it is not like money level, it is not like money that's in your pocket. in my pocket. >> oh, it is it mike. >> oh, it is it mike. >> it is it is it is. >> right. yeah. we've got to move on, gentlemen. i'm so sorry. we could always have longer with you, mike and steven. here, sam, with the headunes. headlines. >> very good morning to you. just after 11:30. and we'll start with a quick recap of that breaking line we've just heard regarding the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley. he has dismissed accusations of two tier policing, calling them complete nonsense. and he said those comments endanger the lives of officers. sir mark stated in a

comment just in the last few minutes we operate, he says , minutes we operate, he says, independently under the law, without fear or favour. that was addressing claims that some protests are policed more harshly than others, and the criticisms have come from figures including nigel farage and elon musk, who argued last week's disorder was handled more severely than if it had involved ethnic minorities. plenty more on that from andrew and bev throughout the next hour . well, throughout the next hour. well, a coroner has paid tribute to the victims of what she's described as the truly tragic events in southport last week as she opened an inquest into the deaths of three girls there. bay king alice dasilva aguiar and elsie dot stancombe were killed after an attack at a dance class over a week ago. the hearing was adjourned until criminal proceedings are complete . proceedings are complete. meanwhile, more than 6000 specialist police officers are geanng specialist police officers are gearing up for more than 30 potential rallies across the uk. later but the prime minister, sir keir starmer, insists communities will be kept safe.

he's also warning those involved in rioting could have sentences handed down within just a week of being arrested. more than 400 have so far been detained across england and northern ireland, according to police sources, with that number expected to rise in the coming days. with that number expected to rise in the coming days . a rise in the coming days. a software firm has been told it faces a £6 million fine for failing to prevent a cyber attack that disrupted nhs services, the data watchdog says. the advanced computer software group didn't protect the personal information of more than 80,000 people, which was held to ransom in 2022. in the us, meanwhile, presidential hopeful kamala harris has made her first campaign appearance alongside the man she's picked as her running mate for the election in november. tim walz will become vice president if kamala harris wins. the minnesota governor repeated last night his attacks on their republican rivals, calling them weird as hell . fujitsu is weird as hell. fujitsu is holding its first ever meeting

with a group of post office subpostmasters this morning. hundreds of branch managers were wrongfully convicted of fraud because of faults in fujitsu's honzon because of faults in fujitsu's horizon it system and the japanese companies now under pressure to pay them compensation . tens of thousands compensation. tens of thousands of women who've been through the menopause could be offered a new bone strengthening drug on the nhs, the medicines watchdog claims abaloparatide can protect against osteoporosis , and against osteoporosis, and ministers are being urged to consider banning a popular material that's used to make kitchen worktops after a rise in cases of an uncurable disease that's linked with the manufacture of artificial stone. and finally, a quick update on news from paris. team gb are hoping for more success at the games later, after they added four medals to their haul at the games last night. josh kerr won silver in the 1500 metres and there was also podium finishes in track cycling, in skateboarding and in boxing too. well, those are the latest gb

news headlines for now i'm sam francis. much more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to gbnews.com the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> up at noon good afternoon britain. it's emily and patrick this week. >> how happy they look too. >> how happy they look too. >> yes, he got more of a suntan. yeah well, i'm half greek, so i only have to go outside for ten minutes and i get a tan. very nice. you do indeed. >> and i'm matching my tie today, which is good. >> yes. nice, colour blocking is this the first time you've been back on telly since your honeymoon? >> yeah. together. together? yeah. it's only been a few days. >> and you still like each other despite being married. >> for at least i think so. is unreasonably, shocked that we might still like each other. >> i'm cynical. >> i'm cynical. >> yeah. how many weeks have you been married, >> five. maybe five? >> five. maybe five? >> no, another 45. five week

anniversary. >> oh , congratulations. >> oh, congratulations. >> oh, congratulations. >> professional. is it? >> professional. is it? >> not really. especially given what's going on in the country at the moment. >> i mean, in this country, of course, we now hearing 6000 police on standby ahead of these potentially 30 protests and counter protests that could erupt into violence, hoping that perhaps it might be a damp squib this evening that people may, in light of all the police response that's ramped up, decide, actually, we're not going to go out there and act like absolute barbarians. fingers crossed for that. but we'll be keeping an eye on everything. just hearing from mark rowley. denying accusations of two tier policing. the government is saying exactly the same thing. so to say nothing. perhaps, perhaps he would be better to say nothing. >> word of it. well, it's difficult for him to do that because we're going to be playing a clip of a police officer in the west midlands who appears to confirm two tier police. well, you've done we've heard it. yeah so we'll be talking about that. also. i think it's perfectly reasonable to ask whether or not yvette cooper has lost control and actually is working hard enough on this at the moment. she was really held to account on whether or not she'd been in

communication with top police chiefs. so. so we'll be talking about all of that. there's another big story, actually. there's lots of slipping under the radar at the moment because of all this carnage. right. so the other big story is there's operation scatter, which i think is incredibly tone deaf, given what's going on at the moment to scatter the asylum seekers around the country, but also as well, this idea, now that labour is looking set to scrap the plans, that people who are terrorists or violent offenders can't be on the social housing waiting list. so you could have a double whammy there really, of, you know, you know , houses of, you know, you know, houses being bought up for asylum seekers and also social housing isn't going to affect the political class. >> it's going to affect people who already may well feel deprived, may feel disrespected . deprived, may feel disrespected. >> already on the housing waiting list, there are tens of thousands on the housing waiting lists in london, birmingham, manchester. yeah, and it's the timing of this. it's they are tone deaf. this government and also andrew the pensioners heanng also andrew the pensioners hearing that millions of pensioners may well have their , pensioners may well have their, their, their bills on their

energy rise a lot a lot, a lot lot. >> hopefully we have a peaceful evening tonight. i did go on twitter last night who said, don't go out, watch patrick christys on the telly instead. yes, you're much less likely to get arrested. absolutely. and then i heard keir starmer bragging about people getting arrested for putting things online. but well, i think it will be all right to get arrested if you start any lounge in this country. yeah. >> i mean, look, just while he's saying that is you know, we hope that nothing kicks off tonight. i am going to be on air 9 to 11 pm. and, you know, if things do, will obviously bring that to you. so, you know, it could be a lively show if that's the right term. but we'll be we'll be keeping you abreast of everything we do a great job this week. >> right. thank you guys okay. still to come? yeah >> sir. mark rowley, the top dog at the metropolitan police, has slammed any accusations of two tier policing, calling it complete nonsense of course he would say that, wouldn't he? this is britain's newsroom on gb news

>> this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> so we're recapping that breaking news. the boss of the metropolitan police. this is the most senior police officer in the whole of the country. sam rowley has dismissed accusations of two tier policing as complete nonsense. this is the sir mark rowley, by the way, who pushed the microphone out of a journey somewhere. he asked that question. he says these comments endanger officers and stated we operate independently under the law without fear or favour. >> he's addressed claims that some protests are policed more harshly than others. let us know what you think. >> yeah , and send your views and >> yeah, and send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and i know this will be a story that will carry on into, and in a way, in a way, this this like two tier policing. >> i don't even like the phrase it's more like, preferential policing, isn't it? or discriminatory policing. >> it was suella braverman coined. the phrase didn't she? >> in a way, it doesn't make sense, though, does it really? >> is it? but i think it was.

>> is it? but i think it was. >> it'll stick around now because sir keir starmer rhymes with two tier, two tier care. >> he's going to he's going to stick, isn't it? it is. david has said so. why didn't our police, our politicians are prime minister, behave the same way with previous ethnic violent incidents as with our white engushin incidents as with our white english in our christian england became the same previous ethnic i can't think of any examples you might mean there. david grant has said this situation that happened in birmingham is deplorable, but there will be situations in cities around the country every weekend where doors will get closed at some point to either keep people out or keep people safe. so after this section of riots is done, maybe there should be conversations about how people behave on nights out in general too. that's kind of what i'm saying. grant there's a there's a complete absence in public discourse about expectations of behaviour and morality. >> and where's the i mean, we've talked a lot about muslim communities. where's the church ? communities. where's the church? the where's the archbishop of canterbury? said anything? has he spoken out our great spiritual leader, the leader of the anglican community around the anglican community around the world, did he not? lutheran church, that's the king. but what have we heard him if he if

we have. forgive me, i missed it. >> we haven't heard an awful lot from the conservatives. where have they gone? if you've seen them in action anywhere. only priti patel talking with patrick last night is the closest we've come to hearing from any senior politician. >> i saw robert jenrick, who is running for tory leadership, and i asked him today, would he like to go into gb news next week to talk about it? and he said he would. so hopefully we'll talk to him. >> excellent. john says thank you for the best, astute and knowledgeable show. you're welcome. john. it begs a question, doesn't it ? who is in question, doesn't it? who is in control of policing in birmingham following your interview with the superintendent? this is a major cause of concern to many reasonable people, not so—called far right , reasonable people, not so—called far right, and that those words and that superintendent are jaw dropping . dropping. >> actually, we went and talked to the community leaders . we got to the community leaders. we got reassurances from them. absolutely. everything's fine. and even when the violence was carried out in that pub, nothing from that same police leader eric says why are the government not banning public gatherings, which will inevitably lead to civil disobedience and riot with serious consequences? >> we don't live in that country. >> i know, eric, and the thing

is, if you go down that route, that means public protests, pubuc that means public protests, public demonstration, it's a key part of our way of life has to be allowed. you've just got to we've just got to try to ensure it's peaceful, because most demonstrations in this country are peaceful. and every saturday in this great capital city of ours , we have to put up with ours, we have to put up with those pro—palestinian marches. i defend their right to do it, but it drives me nuts. they've made their point, but they do it every saturday. it's hugely disruptive for the city. it's very bad for traders and businesses and it's very bad if you're jewish because jewish people don't feel safe. >> and i remind you, there was that big patriotic gathering in central london. was it last week or the week before, and a certain mr tony robinson was there and i know he's very divisive on this topic, but that was a peaceful event. it was lovely. i mean, there was just flags and gospel singers and little old ladies knitting and eating, drinking tea out of flasks . flasks. >> and that was and don't forget, we've had gospel singers dnven forget, we've had gospel singers driven off the streets by the police, and that was depicted by some of the media as a far right protest. >> we've got to distinguish between people who just believe

in this country and values and want to celebrate that and keep, keep that alive. and people who go out chucking bricks at police officers very, very different now up next, an algerian boxer, she can't we can't get away from academy. >> imane khelif rumbles on. the rail rumbles on. rumble in the jungle. remember it. she's through to the olympic final. she's the one at the centre of the gender row. how are you going to feel if she wins a gold medal? because my money on. she's going to. this is

so to be fair to the archbishop of canterbury, which i know i often am not, he has in fact spoken out . he gave an interview spoken out. he gave an interview to another station, not this one, obviously , where he talked one, obviously, where he talked about the fact the riots are not, in his view, english or british. he did not talk about morality or christianity at all, as far as i'm aware. >> he talked about the appalling manipulation of people on social media, appalling manipulation . media, appalling manipulation. we'll talk about the individual action, being responsible for what? what they do. how about that social social deprivation

does not in any way justify the violence. i agree with that. yeah. >> but also he's not. but why doesn't he talk more about the fact that some of the social deprivation is a trigger everyone needs to gain from being british, she said. >> one of the seven richest countries on earth. right. >> so imane khelif, who's at the centre of the gender she's now through to the women's boxing final against china's yang liu. and if she wins that bout, she's an olympic gold medallist. that fight is tomorrow . fight is tomorrow. >> interesting. so joining us now is lottie moore, a gender critical policy researcher. good morning lottie okay. so we do have to talk a little bit about the biology in this situation don't we, to understand this these aren't trans women. these aren't they weren't necessarily born male but they have x y chromosomes. just talk to us about that. yeah >> yeah. so there's , a minority >> yeah. so there's, a minority of people are born with disorders of sexual development where it's not entirely clear from their genitalia what sex they are , but everyone has x and they are, but everyone has x and xy chromosomes , khalife lin yu xy chromosomes, khalife lin yu ting, who are two male boxers who are competing in the female,

boxing, olympics at this time, are both male. they have male chromosomes, and so what we've seen is it's not exactly a plot twist. we spoke on saturday, andrew, and it's not exactly a surprise that now khalife is, through to the final, and he's already guaranteed a silver medal, and yuting, who's in the featherweight final tomorrow, is already guaranteed a, bronze medal, it's not a surprise that they've won , and i think paris they've won, and i think paris olympics will go down as the year that male violence against women became a sport which in 2024, is depressing david starkey. >> but they would say, look, they were born women brought up women , compete with women and women, compete with women and have competed as women successfully until last year, when they were banned by the international by a different boxing federation. >> yeah. iba >> yeah. iba >> they would say that, but but a piece of paper does not decide your sex. your sex. >> your sex. >> sex is immutable. it is. it

is determined in the uterus. it is determined in the uterus. it is not, it's sorry, not in the uterus. in uterus. it's not, it doesn't matter what you say you are, sport is played by bodies, not identities. and both of these people are male. >> so i love your strong position on this, lottie. i applaud it enormously because we don't have enough of that around this debate. is it that partly the cultures they were born into , the cultures they were born into, because their genitalia may appear female, even though they have undescended male testicles? they have been brought up as girls because it's a very tricky conversation to have. and it's a very difficult situation to manage. and so there is some sympathy for them, because they have only ever known the life of a girl . a girl. >> i think that's right. and i think we need to be really clear that it's not really the it's not the fault of, of, of them. it's the rules that should never have allowed the, allowed them to compete, and so the blame is really with the, with the

international olympic committee. and i think that, that the buck stops with them. and so i completely agree there is, there are many victims in the in this situation . situation. >> okay. we've run out of time, lottie, but we'd love you to talk to us after these finals. maybe tomorrow we are done for the day. britain's. good afternoon. britain is next with patrick and emily. see you tomorrow . tomorrow. >> yes. well, coming up, we've just heard, the met police chief respond to accusations of two tier policing. he's called it all absolute nonsense, and it's putting police officers at risk. we've got a lot more coming up after your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news >> good morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. it's a day of sunshine and showers. some places won't see too many showers, others particularly western scotland, will see lots

of them. that's where the low pressure is. you can see the swirl here. very wet day basically across the highlands. the closer you are to the low, the more showers you'll see. so they'll be on and off through they'll be on and off through the day for northern ireland, northwest england, further south, the showers a bit more scattered, so longer drier spells, particularly this afternoon over the midlands and wales. some decent spells of sunshine here. not many showers at all across southern and eastern england. generally a dry day and a fresher feel as well. could still get to 2223. further north. temperatures mostly in the high teens and fairly cool with a pretty brisk wind that will chug the showers along quite a bit here across parts of the north—west. whereas further south, well, we might see a shower zipping through , but shower zipping through, but generally it's a fine day and a fine evening as well. a few more showers across northern england, but even here, i suspect by this evening the showers fading as they should across northern ireland. we'll keep the showers going across western scotland, but again to the east that's still some fine weather to be had through the evening time. plenty of sunshine likely here, staying fairly blustery and showery across the northern isles through this evening.

elsewhere, many places becoming dry with lengthy clear spells. but notice the cloud gathering down to the southwest. it's going to mix things up a little bit for thursday, the cloud increasing for wales and south—west england. things turning a bit damp here by thursday morning. quite a warm night as well as that cloud moves in temperatures holding up at 14 or 15 12 to 13 elsewhere. so for tomorrow, perhaps a bright sunny start across eastern scotland, much of central and eastern england, but a different day for wales . a different day for wales. southwest england. grey rain and drizzle on and off, particularly over hills and around coasts. some of that rain at times coming into northern ireland and eventually southern scotland. but generally a drier day over the highlands again. parts of eastern england staying fine all day, and here the top temperatures of 24 degrees. bye for now . for now. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

>> good afternoon britain. it is 12:00 on wednesday the 7th of august. i'm emily carver and i'm patrick christys tinderbox britain. 6000 police officers are on standby. immigration lawyers boarding up their office windows. dozens appear in court as the nation braces itself for what could be the biggest night of riots yet serious questions over the government's handling so far. >> yeah, serious questions indeed. homes for criminals , indeed. homes for criminals, well convicted criminals, including violent offenders and even terrorists will no longer be banned from the social housing waiting list under laboun housing waiting list under labour. apparently this comes off the back of new plans to scatter asylum seekers all around the country as labour got its priorities wrong and left in the cold. >> labour's decision to scrap universal winter fuel payments will mean millions of pensioners face higher bills from october, despite energy prices falling for every other household. are pensioners being punished to