8th it is 12:00 on thursday the 8th of august. >> i'm emily carver and i'm patrick christys . patrick christys. >> order restored. keir starmer praises his government and the police for their performance last night . police for their performance last night. that is, thousands of counter—protesters took to the streets, but he completely swerves a question about immigration. is he ignoring that. >> yeah. we're going to play you that shortly dereliction of duty as well. labour might want to claim victory but the core issue has not gone away . meanwhile, has not gone away. meanwhile, rishi sunak and his wife have been spotted tucking into a meal at a beverly hills michelin star restaurant. during all this disorder, we don't have an opposition, do we.7 >> opposition, do we? >> and more gender roles coming now. the nhs is launching its first detransitioning service . first detransitioning service. that's for people wanting to return to the gender they were born in. what on earth is going on here? >> and taylor terror plot an isis terror attack has been foiled. two people have been arrested as taylor swift is forced to cancel three concerts in vienna. well, she's due to come to london in a couple of weeks time. hopefully nothing

happens. >> so we all heard, throughout the day yesterday that there were these supposed 100 anti—immigration protests, potentially violent protests that were going to take place. people didn't go to work. people stayed at home. please. people avoided certain routes . people avoided certain routes. people had their businesses all blockaded up to protect them. people were really scared . people were really scared. normal people in this country were scared to go about their business. as normal. turns out that that didn't happen, did it? >> no, it didn't happen. and i think there are questions to be asked about what intelligence there was around that . there is there was around that. there is a tweet doing the rounds, which we'll show you later on, which appears to suggest that it it may have been a hoax that has been refuted, but i think it's interesting to raise, isn't it? and keir starmer, in a clip that we're about to show you in a couple of moments time anyway, was asked a question today after

he said, yeah, we got it all right yesterday . well done us. right yesterday. well done us. that's the question. all right. are you going to actually deal with anyone's concerns about immigration now? he completely swerved it. i'm sorry, but this problem isn't going away. yeah, he did completely swerve it, >> which i think is wrong, but we'll show you the clip very shortly. so do stay with us and get in touch as well. your thoughts? gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, your headlines with tatiana . tatiana. >> emily and patrick. to good see you. the top stories. the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting this afternoon to reflect on last night. and plan for the coming days, adding it's important we don't let up. despite a quieter night of protest last night. that's as the met police made ten arrests, more arrests over the violent disorder outside downing street last week , downing street last week, launching raids in london this morning. thousands of counter—protesters rallied in cities and towns across england last night after a week of disorder. the protests were largely peaceful, with

counter—protesters chanting refugees are welcome here. police had been braced for further violence, with thousands of officers deployed and more than 100 events anticipated, while the prime minister says additional police presence and the quick sentencing of people involved in disorder were the reasons riots weren't any worse, the most important lesson is for those involving themselves in disorder, because what we've seen is that those that are being arrested now numbered in their hundreds, many have been charged , some already in court, charged, some already in court, and now a number of individuals sentenced to terms of imprisonment. >> that is a very important message to those involved in disorder and policing. >> minister dame diana johnson told gb news this morning. she is optimistic following police responses yesterday . responses yesterday. >> what we saw last night were the vast majority the law abiding people of this country, expressing a view that we live in a tolerant britain . we are

in a tolerant britain. we are law abiding people. we do not like to see this disorder, this violence, this criminality on our streets. so i think it's that i think the public revulsion at what happened, the police being on our streets, providing that security and safety and then the swift justice. i think it's a combination of things that makes me cautiously optimistic about how this is now being dealt with. >> meanwhile, it's understood his majesty the king has asked for daily updates on protests planned around the uk following the southport stabbings. king charles is said to be engaging privately in the issues. the unrest has generated. the king has a record of involvement in issues around community cohesion and interfaith dialogue, reports of antisemitic incidents in the country in the first half of this year have reached another record high, according to figures from a jewish security charity, the community security trust says it registered almost 2000 cases in the first half of the year, compared to 964 over

the year, compared to 964 over the same period in the year before. the charity, which provides protection for british jews against antisemitic attacks, says it's the highest total ever reported to cst in the first six months of any year. northern ireland's first minister says it's important for political leaders to speak with one voice, following scenes of violent disorder on the streets of belfast, stormont's been recalled following rioting in belfast, which police say involves a parliamentary element. members of the legislative assembly are meeting now to discuss a motion condemning criminal damage and targeting of businesses in recent days, six people have been arrested for race related hate crimes and disorder. across belfast. there have been several arrests in recent days, including a boy as young as 14 years old linked to allegations of race related hate crimes, disorder and rioting . in other disorder and rioting. in other news, patients in england with an inherited blood disorder are to become the first in europe to

benefit from a gene therapy costing well over £1 million a shot. the treatment, called castelvi, uses molecular scissors to disable a faulty gene that causes the debilitating condition beta thalassaemia. it can cause delayed growth, bone and hormonal problems, and affect quality and length of life. but in trials of castelvi, 90% of people were effectively cured by a single treatment and a special set of stamps is being issued marking the history of the tower of london. royal mail has partnered with historic royal palaces on the images of the ten stamps. the main set of six stamps. the main set of six stamps includes the white tower, tower green and the king's house. royal mail says the stamps celebrate the myth and legend, ceremony and tradition of one of the most famous buildings in the world. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me 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. >> wow. good afternoon britain. it's me patrick christys here alongside emily carver. there's alongside emily carver. there's a heck of a lot to go out today. heck of a lot to go out. so sir keir starmer says that it will chair a cobra meeting this afternoon, again saying it was important that he didn't let up despite a quiet night of protest last night. but we're about to play last night. but we're about to play a clip for you in a few minutes time anyway, of him completely swerving a question about immigration, do you think he really gets it? >> yes. well, last night thousands of anti—racism protesters took to the streets across the country in a show in an apparent show of solidarity against the far right and anti—immigration groups. now, police forces were braced, were braced for more than 100 demonstrations, many businesses

closing early , boarding closing early, boarding themselves up, lots of people not even going to work over fears of all this violence. >> i mean, to be fair , the gps >> i mean, to be fair, the gps were probably shut anyway. but let's bring in our home and security editor, mark white, for the very latest. yes, mark. go on. >> well , clearly, it's very good >> well, clearly, it's very good that we're now talking about a night of largely peaceful counter protests that took to the streets very few incidents reported. and that's because the intelligence around these 100 supposed protests that were going to target communities across the country turned out to be false, people mobilised on a telegram account that was apparently disseminated quite widely. we don't know who was behind that, but today the messaging, i think is slightly alarming in that you have no less than the country's top

police officer, sir mark rowley , police officer, sir mark rowley, coming out and praising people for effectively taking to the streets. okay counter—protesters, members of the community. but thousands, more than 25,000 is the estimate across the country . and with across the country. and with these people on the streets, if protesters had turned up, there was a potential for real disorder there with two opposing groups that the police would have to deal with. but this is what mark rowley said in his response to the policing operation and them coming on to the streets yesterday, there was a massive policing operation. >> i'm really pleased with how it went and we put thousands of officers on the street and i think the show of force from the police and frankly, the show of show of unity from communities together and defeated the challenges that we've seen . and challenges that we've seen. and it went off very peacefully last night, a couple of locations, we had some local criminals turn out and try and create a bit of antisocial behaviour, and we arrested a few of them, but it was a very successful night and

the fears of sort of extreme right disorder and were abated. so a successful operation thanks to communities and police , so to communities and police, so successful thanks to communities and police there, i, i just wonder whether he should have been more robust in his language to try to persuade members of the community from whatever side to stay at home and not to come out, because clearly , if other out, because clearly, if other protesters had turned up, it would have been very, very difficult for the police to manage that. >> now, interestingly, the language from dame diana johnson, the policing minister, was slightly different, different to that. when asked about members of the community mobilising in defiance of the other protests. this is what she told us. >> well , what we were saying told us. >> well, what we were saying in government yesterday was encouraging people not to go on these counter—protests. we wanted the police to be able to do their job and dealing with some of the incidents that we

knew were possible, possibly going to happen last evening. and we were saying to people to stay at home. now, clearly some people, as they have the right to do, came out to peacefully protest. and that's a tradition in this country. isn't it? but i think our advice was not to do that because we wanted the police to have all their available resources on dealing with any of the criminality and disorder that we'd seen in previous evenings. >> yeah. mark, you were alluding there too, to this telegram messaging app list that went around. that actually was really what prompted supposedly about 25,000 people to take to the streets yesterday. now, a lot of people thought at the time, i certainly did at the time. this is all a bit odd . this is all a is all a bit odd. this is all a bit odd. anyway, today there was a tweet that went out, that appeared to suggest that that telegram might have been a hoax to provoke a reaction. so this is a guy called nick lowles who's big in hope, not hate.

>> he's the director of hope, not hate. >> so he says, yes, that list was a hoax. but just look at the front pages of today's papers and anti—racist messages being transmitted to millions of homes. this morning. well, then, baroness claire fox is a regular on this channel. many people will know her, you know, followed that up by saying so sorry, misinformation is okay if it serves your particular cause. people were terrified. businesses lost money. look, was this a bit of a hoax? >> well, it seems, that it may have been a hoax, or it may have been put out with the intention of trying to mobilise people, but with no real organisation behind it . hopefully that will behind it. hopefully that will become clearer in the fullness of time, because you would imagine that the police are trying to actively find out who was behind this telegram message, who compiled this list and who disseminated it. but people took it up with gusto, didn't they? all of the media was reporting 100 different locations were likely to be

targeted, and that did cause a great deal of concern in communities right across the country where, as you say, 25,000 people. we estimate in lots of communities mobilised. and that gives a particular concern to the police. despite what mark rowley says about how impressed he was with this community mobilisation, because a lot of those who were mobilised, yes, of course, many were concerned people from those local communities, but there were also far left groups as well, out there, groups that gave the police no end of trouble on a regular basis at protests that they take part in, in the likes of central london. and add to that mix, many local youths massed up spoiling for a fight. there was a real potential for this to have, you know, really got very nasty last night, mark. >> i mean, that's a very

important point. has marc rowley been a little irresponsible saying, essentially praising the people who came out onto the streets? against the far right that didn't actually turn up, or that didn't actually turn up, or that there were a few people, weren't there? there were a handful of people around, but mostly it was just the counter—protest. mark, thank you very much indeed. mark white, our homeland security editor, will speak to you later. hopefully >> yeah. well, joining us from croydon now is our reporter , ray croydon now is our reporter, ray addison. now, croydon is a really interesting scene. okay. as i'm sure ray is about to tell you because, well, i mean, there were a couple of issues in croydon last night, ray, were being asked to believe that it was nothing to do with counter protests. i don't know, what do you know going on that ? you know going on that? >> well, it's an interesting one. there was 15 arrests in total in london, across the whole of london. ten of them were right here in croydon, and it would appear that there's a bit of an attempt potentially to ignore what's gone on last night or to sort of sweep it under the rug a little bit. none of the four mps who represent croydon have tweeted anything on on their ex about the events of

last night. and of course, the mayor of london as well issued a statement this morning where he praised the police. he's paid tribute to peaceful protesters and he said we'd seen appalling violence and disorder in towns and cities across the country in recent days, but there was no repeat in our capital overnight. and i think that the men and women who work here at croydon police station, it's about a 20 minute walk, a three minute drive to where the disorder took place last night. they had bottles thrown at them. they had fireworks set off in their direction by a group of 50 young people. they might strenuously disagree with that assessment . disagree with that assessment. so there was disorder here. around 50 individuals were told that they weren't from the far right. they weren't the counter—protesters. they were just a mob of people who were looking for trouble and local residents telling me that they were terrified by the events of what went on. many of them have

got apartments , and they could got apartments, and they could look down onto that high street . look down onto that high street. it's the main shopping high street that moves through that part of croydon , and they could part of croydon, and they could see the disorder that was taking place. in fact, this is what they had to tell us, pop ups here and there. >> but obviously those are people trying to stir stuff up. but overall, the protesters who are going against the violence as well, it was crazy and scary. >> i came out from the house just for like five minutes, walk to around here, and i turned around because i don't know. and i kept looking out the window to see if it comes any closer. it's, it's terrifying, to be honest. i think it's a complete catastrophe was going on. >> still, i just hope that the people can find some kind of common sense in it. >> so some of the people that we spoke to saying they did see signs and banners that appeared to be some sort of counter—protest against the far right. however, the far right wasn't there. and those

counter—protesters were not involved in the violence. it would appear. involved in the violence. it would appear . still, there was would appear. still, there was certainly disorder here. you can see those images on social media of the police in riot gear, charging at the group of young people and trying to sort of corral them into an area. ten arrests, including suspicion of violent disorder and one for assaulting an emergency worker assaulting an emergency worker as well. >> ray, thank you very , very >> ray, thank you very, very much. it's ray addison there from croydon, and the met police did put out a couple of clips of what happened last night in croydon. we'll bring those to you shortly. but i did want to. we both wanted to bring this to your attention because, keir starmer was asked earlier about the incidents last night and he was very positive. oh was the we handled it well as politicians. we really well as a police. and then the final question he was asked was basically , okay, are asked was basically, okay, are you now going to do anything to address people's concerns about immigration? here's what he had to say . to say. >> if we have indeed turned a corner and seen an end to the violence, is now the time to

engage with the underlying tensions that are in communities over the issue of immigration. >> the first priority is safety and security of our communities. and yes, last night was much better than was expected. but we are not going to, you know, give up on our efforts here. that's why it's very important that i continue my discussions coordinating with law enforcement, with police leaders to make sure we've got the right officers in the right place to keep pushing on the criminal justice response. i was very keen that we were able to demonstrate that if you're involved in disorder, within days, you'll be in the criminal justice system. and some people starting long terms of imprisonment that needs to continue. and so that is my sole focus. >> oh, that's his sole focus . >> oh, that's his sole focus. >> oh, that's his sole focus. >> it's interesting, isn't it, because most of the public and, you know, the survey data backs this up, want the government and want the police to come down hard on violent thuggery and disorder , anti—social behaviour,

disorder, anti—social behaviour, racial hatred and all of that , racial hatred and all of that, of course. but to completely ignore what he knows and he will know that the majority of people in this country, or a very large proportion of people in this country, are concerned about issues of immigration. they are concerned about illegal immigration, they are concerned about border control. and to completely skirt that completely swerve that it's almost as if i don't talk about it, if i don't draw attention to it, it will just all go away. as long as i bang up, you know, x amount of people, all of those worries are going to go away. everything will be hunky dory. you can't, you can't govern a country like that. >> a poll yesterday, a yougov poll yesterday showed that 51% of people now think immigration is the top issue facing this country. keir starmer has been asked about it there. he's saying that they face down the violence and the thuggery and all of this. so will you now deal with any of the root causes? and he basically it was a long way of going about saying

it, but he basically said no. didn't he let us know what you think? okay. we want to hear from you on this gbnews.com/yoursay, but we should also mention that there are ongoing raids at the moment of some of the violent thugs as, who were caught up in the initial disorder and the, you know, the racial hatred and all of that and arson attacks, etc. etc. the police are very much on the case and getting these people out of their homes, tracking them down and, you know, speeding them through, expediting them through the criminal justice system. >> indeed. >> indeed. >> but he's the current prime minister. what about the former one? because rishi sunak seems to be really enjoying his life beyond the gated little community of number 10? yes. >> as riots hit the uk, the daily mirror, they've released photographs of the tory leader and his wife, akshata murty, tucking in, tucking in to a michelin star meal in beverly hills. it's also reported that a mushroom pizza will set you back £32. >> who gets a mushroom pizza anyway? whatever. >> maybe it was the cheapest thing on the menu. >> possibly, yeah. >> possibly, yeah. >> or if it was, he was eating

them. >> if it was, then i'd get the mushroom pizza. but there we go. right. he's probably enjoying leaving the chaos sir keir starmer. but i'm sorry, there's a wider point here. we've got all of this carnage going on. we haven't got an opposition, have we? let's go now to our reporter, adam cherry. he's in westminster for us. unlike rishi sunak, i don't, you know, is this a dereliction of duty here? >> well, patrick, it's a consequence of a long electoral campaign and assumption that there would be a short window in parliamentary recess, which we have been in forjust about just over a week now for mps to run away and put their feet up and, and catch up on some r&r, the former prime minister, the leader of the opposition, rishi sunak, has been, silent online. we haven't seen him at all or heard anything from him since sunday, which, given the week of riots , did seem unusual. so riots, did seem unusual. so there was some suspicions that he'd jetted off somewhere. now, as you say, we see him, in beverly hills. he owns a rather nice place in santa monica for just over, i believe, $5 million. now, like i said,

parliament is in recess, so he's not going to be the only one who will be caught out by this. and, you know, there's a history of this sort of thing happening with leaders like boris johnson twice in 2011, he was on holiday dunng twice in 2011, he was on holiday during as london mayor. he was on holiday during the summer riots and in 2021, he and dominic raab were criticised for being away during the evacuation of troops from afghanistan . so of troops from afghanistan. so this does happen. and of course, mps don't have crystal balls, so sometimes they're caught out by this sort of thing. he might not be the only one this time, actually, because the prime minister, it was reported last week in the times that he may be jetting off himself sometime this weekend. and he was asked, or rather, the downing street spokesman was asked about this on monday . is spokesman was asked about this on monday. is the prime minister going on holiday, at some point soon? and they could categorically say that the prime minister will be in downing street working for this week. but they couldn't go any further. in terms of his diary beyond that. and there may be there is a suggestion that sometime this weekend, if things

stay as quiet as they now seem and the violence is, is quelled somewhat, he will leave as well . somewhat, he will leave as well. >> adam, we'll check in with you again a little bit later. adam cherry, our reporter in westminster. you know, he's voted out as prime minister. he's allowed to have a holiday. but i do think the fact that the conservatives haven't found a leader, a new leader yet, perhaps isn't quite good enough when you've got so much disorder in this country. yeah. >> look. absolutely. i don't begrudge the guys taking a houday begrudge the guys taking a holiday or anything like that. but i really do think that the fact that we do not have an opposition is a problem . right? opposition is a problem. right? okay. so we've got a heck of a lot coming your way, including are we about to see a wave of people detransitioning . yes, people detransitioning. yes, that's right, a bit more gender madness for you. this is good afternoon britain. now britain's news channel

hello and welcome back to good afternoon britain . back to good afternoon britain. lows to go out today as our top cop mark rowley. just given a green light to community action. and the anti—fascist groups etc. when it comes to things we saw on the streets last night. and why did sir keir starmer ignore people's concerns about immigration? but there's some other news in town. >> there is some other news in town because the nhs is reportedly going to allow transgender people to return to their gender, there perhaps will be the creation of a new clinic for people who essentially have transitioned to a different genden transitioned to a different gender, and they think they've made a mistake, or they want to turn back to the one that they were born in. so the move was announced yesterday by nhs england as part of the cass review , and will aim to improve review, and will aim to improve their care for gender questioning children. >> okay. so joining us now is lgbti+ liberation campaigner. so long business card peter peter tatchell peter thank you very , tatchell peter thank you very, very much for joining tatchell peter thank you very, very much forjoining us. okay. do you think we're going to see a wave of people detransitioning. and if so, what

does that really say about the whole transitioning process to begin with? >> well, the research in this country, the netherlands and the united states , shows that less united states, shows that less than 2% of people who transitioned to become trans have any regrets. that means that at least 98% plus are happy, content and feel fulfilled by the fact that they transitioned. so this is a very small minority. but of course, if they have regrets, they should be supported and there should be supported and there should be supported and there should be assistance for them to detransition . detransition. >> yeah, it seems that well, according to the cass review, which, you know, a lot of politicians have put their weight behind a lot of campaigners too. they don't seem to have this data really very much about how many people actually do regret their decision to transition in the first place. and, you know, a lot of people , it's only been in lot of people, it's only been in very recent years that they've gone through this process. so could it be that, yes, you say,

you know , it's a couple of you know, it's a couple of percent now, but could that be more in the future? seeing as more in the future? seeing as more people are now going through that process? if you see what i mean, peter. >> well, the recent research, it is quite recent in the two last years in three different countries still shows that only about 2% of people or less or less regret transitioning. now, yes, we should keep our minds open to the possibility that this may increase in the future, but people have been doing gender reassignment surgery and other hormone therapies as well for many, many years, and the figure has remained pretty static throughout the last two decades. >> i mean, peter, there have been whistleblowers who have come out. i'm thinking of tavistock clinic , the tavistock clinic, the transitioning where they were concerned that instead of giving, you know, holistic care to children potentially, who were thinking about changing gender or unsure of what gender they were, to give them affirmative care rather than treating them as a whole rather

than looking at potentially other mental health concerns, or perhaps autism and the like , and perhaps autism and the like, and sort of allowing children to just make these decisions very young. are you concerned about that, peter ? that, peter? >> well, i think in fact, in most instances that holistic approach is adopted. but the point is about affirmative care. it doesn't mean that you're immediately accept what the person says. it means that you don't dispute it or condemn it or reject it. in other words, you hear and accept what the young person says. but then perhaps you have an exploration, and that's the way it's been operating. there's been a handful of tiny cases, maybe less than half a dozen, where people appear to have been , people appear to have been, given, i suppose , unnecessary or given, i suppose, unnecessary or unjustified affirmation without proper exploratory care. but thatis proper exploratory care. but that is very , very rare for most that is very, very rare for most people who are seeking gender clinic support in most young people will wait at least two years. >> i yeah, can i just ask so no

one's no one's rushing this. peter. sorry. sorry to cut you off, but we're pressed for time. and this is an important point, i think, because we were told a lot about you know, how puberty blockers will never be used on kids, and it shouldn't be used on kids. and that was a bit of a red line for people. and then i read articles like this one in the guardian. you know, puberty blocker clinical trial to start next year. several thousand children and young people who are questioning their gender identity may participate in a puberty blocker trial. why are we doing that ? we doing that? >> well, that's because, cass, the cass report said there needs to be research into the value, benefits and effects of puberty blockers. in fact, we know that already from studies in other country. but, cass report wants that research to be done here in the uk as well. it's a bit duplicating, it's a bit unnecessary, but that's fine. and it will be under very rigorous nhs controls and no one will participate without them and their parents supporting it. >> okay, peter. well, look , >> okay, peter. well, look, thank you very, very much.

that's peter tatchell there who is an lgbtq+ i liberation campaigner i believe. so there we go. thank you very, very much. >> rolls off the tongue. >> rolls off the tongue. >> it just snaps doesn't it. it just snaps. yeah. >> now we're going to be returning to keir starmer and his decision. very clear decision to swerve any conversation, any questioning on immigration. he of course was praising the police response, praising the police response, praising the police response, praising the government's response. we didn't see the mass unrest that some thought there would be last night, but we're also going to be having a little look at taylor swift because she's been forced to cancel three concerts in vienna because an isis plot has been foiled, a terror plot. stay with us. it's. good afternoon, britain, we're on . gp news. on. gp news. >> emily, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting this afternoon to reflect on last night and plan for the coming days, adding it's important the government doesn't let up despite a quieter night

of protest last night. this is the metropolitan police made ten more arrests over the violent disorder outside downing street last week, launching raids in london this morning. thousands of counter—protesters rallied in cities and towns across england last night after a week of disorder . the protests were disorder. the protests were largely peaceful, with counter—protesters chanting refugees are welcome here. police had been braced for further violence, with thousands of officers deployed and more than 100 events anticipated. the prime minister says additional police presence and the quick sentencing of people involved in disorder were the reasons rights weren't any worse. >> the most important lesson is for those involving themselves in disorder, because what we've seen is that those that are being arrested now numbered in their hundreds, many have been charged, some already in court. and now a number of individuals sentenced to terms of imprisonment. that is sentenced to terms of imprisonment . that is a very imprisonment. that is a very important message to those involved in disorder.

>> northern ireland's first minister says it's important for political leaders to speak with one voice, following scenes of violent disorder on the streets of belfast, stormont has been recalled following the rioting, which police say involves a parliamentary element. six people have been arrested for race related hate crimes and disorder across belfast . one disorder across belfast. one arrest includes a boy as young as 14 linked to allegations of race related hate disorder and rioting . and a special set of rioting. and a special set of stamps is being issued marking the history of the tower of london. royal mail has partnered with historic royal palaces on the images of the ten stamps. the main set of six stamps includes the white tower , tower includes the white tower, tower green and the king's house. royal mail says the stamps celebrate the myth and legend ceremony and tradition of one of the most famous buildings in the world, and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest

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>> well good afternoon britain. it is now 1238. you're with me, emily and patrick of course. now three taylor swift concerts have had to be cancelled due to a suspected islamist terror plot. this is austrian authorities and they've made two arrests, with one suspect being linked to isis. >> yes, to according officials, a teenager accused of plotting the attack had carried out concrete preparatory actions. okay, so this is concerning stuff, not least actually , stuff, not least actually, because whilst i don't claim to because whilst i don't claim to be the biggest taylor swift fan, some people in the office have told me apparently she's due to

perform in britain again in a couple of weeks. >> yeah, and i would just point there that you do like taylor swift. taylor swift is a magnificent performer, but joining us now to discuss this is former head of the national counter terrorism security office, chris phillips. chris, what do we know about this plot that seemingly has been foiled by the austrian authorities ? by the austrian authorities? >> well, yeah, it's been foiled by the austrian authorities, but it appears that the intelligence has come from outside. so possibly or probably us or the us or through the five eyes. i would imagine, it, it does appear that these two were claiming to be part of isis, and that, by the looks of it, they were making precursor chemicals in order to make a bomb. the, the i think the issue is vienna and austria aren't overly experienced at dealing with terrorism . possibly, taylor terrorism. possibly, taylor swift's management team as well, a little bit concerned with the pubuchy a little bit concerned with the publicity , etc. after the publicity, etc. after the southport incident , murders,

publicity, etc. after the southport incident, murders, and i think they've cancelled , i think they've cancelled, which, is, you know, we wouldn't necessarily want people to do that because we've got to carry on living life as usual, but, they're clearly got some concerns. >> well, we all have concerns. i mean, i remember i'm sure we all remember the ariana grande incident at, the, the m.e.n. remember the ariana grande incident at, the, the men. the manchester arena, that was, you know, a concert. i would imagine there's a relatively similar demographic of people that might go to an ariana grande concert and a taylor swift concert. we have, unfortunately had all of this incident that's gone on in southport, which was a taylor swift themed event. and now this stuff in vienna. do you think this is, you know , isis? not not this is, you know, isis? not not the southport thing i'm talking about here, but do you think this is, you know, isis or terrorists targeting something because they know there's going to be women and girls there and they don't like the kind of idea of western women. and what is this? do you think ? this? do you think? >> yeah. patrick, listen, the threat of terrorism from people inspired by isis , if you want to

inspired by isis, if you want to call it that, whether it's on the internet or otherwise, it hasn't gone away at all. there are lots of people across our continent, actually, that would like to do this. you're absolutely right. music venues tend to be one of the key locations that are attacked , as locations that are attacked, as are religious sites and shopping centres. actually the three really that stand out as being attractive to terrorists and yeah, they just want to kill innocent people. why you know, none of us are going to be able to get our heads around why people want to do that, but that seems to be the plan. >> and, chris, we understand that, two teenagers, have been arrested over these plans, you know, isis supporters, isis terrorists potentially getting younger . younger. >> yeah. i mean, we always talk about children, don't we? you know, if you're under 17, you're a child. well, you know, you you can kill people under that age. and we've seen it recently. you know, those people that get this ideology in their head that that think that killing is the way forward, that murdering people

with guns and bullets. i mean, none of us will ever get our heads around it, but we've got to stop it. and it appears that the intelligence services have done a great job here. these people have been picked up early so that they couldn't make the bomb . and long, you know, let's bomb. and long, you know, let's hope that they spend a lot of years in prison. >> what do you think the kind of security is going to be like here in britain then? so i think taylor swift is due here in a couple of weeks or a few weeks, whenever it is, you know, we've obviously got this intel. there appears to be some serious concerns now about concerts like taylor swift. i mean, by the way, can i just say how depressing is it that we are in a society now, unfortunately, where you can't just go to a concert with your kids or whatever, but, you know, what are we going to see here? are we going to see, you know, a massively increased counter—terror situation at the taylor swift concerts in britain ? taylor swift concerts in britain? >> no, i think hopefully, patrick, they'll do all the right things as they should have been doing in any case, the there's actually a bit of legislation which we've talked about many times that we're

still waiting to come in, that forces, entertainment venues and events like this to actually consider terrorism, to put terrorism and responding to terrorism, preventing terrorism on their on their agenda. and, you know, we need that in as quickly as possible. but still, anyone that organises an event should be aware of the terrorism risk. they will possibly be some extra policing, input into it. they have counter—terrorism security coordinators that cannot sorry, coordinators that help events to manage this kind of threat . they need to make use of threat. they need to make use of threat. they need to make use of that. they need to make use of that. they need to make use of good security teams. and everyone does their job properly. that's the key. yeah. >> chris just very quickly wasn't there a little bit of pushback on that legislation you're talking about there for all the venues to have a plan for, for counter—terrorism and the like , because they were the like, because they were potentially going to ask very small venues to have these plans, which would be quite tncky plans, which would be quite tricky for , say, you know, your tricky for, say, you know, your average church hall or your average church hall or your average pub or whatever that can

have, you know, 100 people, 200 people. i mean, it's quite a lot for every single venue in the country to do, isn't it , for every single venue in the country to do, isn't it, emily? >> it's not a lot, actually. this is the thing. i think people put a price tag on it. what price tag can you put on? you know, a church congregation getting killed. there's. there's more things that you can do that don't cost a lot of money. most of it. most of the advice is free. in any case, there's lots of information out there and you know, you should be doing this anyway. you should be looking after your people, and taking sensible counterterrorism precautions. >> okay. well, thank you very much indeed. chris phillips, you are the former head of the national counter terrorism security office. thank you. >> can i just say this? this is one of the things that people are absolutely fuming about. this, this, this, this chipping away at day to day life enjoyment, you know, why do we have to have additional counter—terrorism at a church hall or a taylor swift concert, you know, and again, it just time into do we think our politicians really get it? we

we've been asking the overarching question today. we'll return to it as well. keir starmer was just asked a question there in light of the there not really being any riots last night. they're saying, well, if it's calmed down now, sir keir, will you address the people's concerns about immigration and what he basically said? no. >> yeah. he said he didn't say anything. he just went back to his previous answer about how well the police had been doing and the like. and we're hearing as well, reports of yet another shooting today. people are concerned about their safety on the streets, and that is something that this government is certainly going to have to address more broadly than just the far right thuggery that we're seeing. >> get your views coming in, though. gb views jo cox. sorry gbnews.com/yoursay. i've got some in front of me here. i'll come to them a little bit later on, but in a what must be said is a massive handbrake turn and shift in tone. imagine having £30,000 extra in your bank to play £30,000 extra in your bank to play with this year. well, it could be yours in our latest great british giveaway and we're giving away our biggest cash

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>> okay. welcome back. so sir keir starmer is facing calls to kick labour councillor ricky jones out of the party as he appears to incite violence. this is a really interesting clip. this. and we're going to play it for you now. this was a counter protest last night . we've got protest last night. we've got children and women using those trains just during the summer holidays. >> they are disgusting. nothing

that's true. and we need to go that route and get rid of all. i just want to say thank you all. i'm going to leave you now. >> and three, three, three free, free palestine, free, free palestine . thank you. god bless palestine. thank you. god bless you all. >> okay a lot going on there. there's the woman who appears to have an amnesty international badge on behind clapping away. and the key bit of that clip i think, was that he appeared to say, we need to cut their throats. gb news national reporter charlie peters joins us now. charlie, what's going on here? >> well, it appears to be a labour councillor, ricky jones, from from kent. he's a representative for the princes ward in dartford, where there have been some demonstrations in the last week. there were concerns about plasters containing razor blades at train stations in kent linked supposedly to the far right that was reported on widely, which has led to quite an uproar in

the town. and it's understood that ricky jones was responding to that situation, according to claims made online from people who were at the protest that he was responding to that. but regardless , he does appear to go regardless, he does appear to go very far in that statement, saying cut throats of nazi fascists and get rid of them on the street . now, we've raised the street. now, we've raised this with labour this morning. they've given us a statement saying that this behaviour is completely unacceptable and it will not be tolerated. the councillor has been suspended from the party, so he's been suspended. it's been announced in the last ten minutes after he raised this footage. we've also got in touch with kent police and the met police to see if they are going to investigate this issue, because of course, there has been significant discussion, hasn't there, about potential public order offences, about the stirring up of anger and violence online, but also in person here, potentially we could have an example of that at one of these so—called counter demos last night. >> okay. so a counter demo, we've got a dartford labour councillor, ricky jones, appearing to suggest that people there should cut the throats of,

you know, fascists far right nazis is the term he uses cheered on by a woman wearing an amnesty pass. so now these protests have been portrayed, on the whole as being all about peace , harmony, unity, being, peace, harmony, unity, being, accepting of refugees, etc. does appear from this image that there is a darker side. >> yeah. and concerns were raised before last night, in fact, with potentially some anti—semitic language being used at separate protests in london, where people had gathered. but we're using this language counter demo. i mean, was there actually a demo to respond to in walthamstow last night? i'm not convinced there was. i mean, walthamstow doesn't exactly have a burgeoning far right presence, doesit a burgeoning far right presence, does it ? it's east london, so does it? it's east london, so that wasn't appearing to me to be in response to anything. and the same eyewitness, the same. >> and they had turned up. >> and they had turned up. >> could have got pretty violent with those. that kind of language. >> no, precisely. and those are the concerns that are homeowner affairs and security. editor mark white has been raising today that we've had a lot of issues with sir mark rowley , the issues with sir mark rowley, the head of the met, calling in

praise. some of these demonstrations, saying that our communities came out last night, but there is a fear that that could have caused a bit of a ruckus. all right. >> now, look, we are going to be leading with this story at the top of the next hour. so i'm assuming you're going to stay put. but yeah, this raises serious questions. this clip okay. is that guy going to be booted out of the for party good? and if there isn't two tier policing in this country, do the police not need to go and get that chap a knock on the dooris get that chap a knock on the door is this good afternoon britain. we are on gb news, britain's news channel. stay tuned . tuned. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news hello. good morning . news hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office . a pretty from the met office. a pretty overcast and muggy day today. rain is going to spread in from the south and west though tomorrow is looking that much brighter wherever you are. so this weather front warm front at first bringing in that muggy air

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>> good afternoon britain. it is 1:00 exactly on thursday the 8th of august. i'm patrick christys and i'm emily carver. >> this . and i'm emily carver. >> this. disgusting, nasty and we need to go that route . we need to go that route. >> sir keir starmer is now facing calls to kick labour councillor ricky jones out of the party, as he appears to incite violence at counter protest. >> and the question earlier order restored keir starmer praises his government and the police for their performance last night. that is thousands of counter—protesters took to the streets but he appears to completely swerve a question about immigration. >> and in an unprecedented move, king charles asked the government for daily updates on the demonstrations as tensions remain high. should he issue a statement, do we think, or just stay out of it ? stay out of it? >> and conservative leadership candidate robert jenrick has been accused of islamophobia after saying people who shout

allahu akbar should be arrested. >> and in a slightly different news story, a ten foot basking shark has entered the cornish waters, apparently. but don't worry , it's harmless so you can worry, it's harmless so you can just carry on going for a. swim. so send your views, post your comments, go and visit a gbnews.com/yoursay we've got a lot to go out here with just a clip that has emerged that we have now had a response from the labour party on of a labour councillor talking about cutting people's throats. it appears anyway, one of these counter demonstrations last night, exactly what they were countering, by the way, is not entirely clear either. is it? it's also interesting that there's a couple of people around him, isn't there a woman with an amnesty? yeah, an amnesty international vest on, just clapping away as he talks about stuff. >> clearly not all as peaceful as some may have portrayed. get

your thoughts in gbnews.com/yoursay. we're going to get analysis on that after your headlines. >> emily, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories. the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting this afternoon to reflect on last night and plan for the coming days, adding it's important we don't let up. despite a quieter night of protest last night, sir keir starmer says the justice system is working speedily to deal with people involved in the disorder and sentencing, sending a powerful message that says the met police made ten more arrests over the violent disorder outside downing street last week, launching raids in london this morning. week, launching raids in london this morning . thousands of this morning. thousands of counter—protesters rallied in cities and towns across england last night after a week of disorder. the protests were largely peaceful, with counter—protesters chanting refugees are welcome here. police had been braced for further violence, with thousands of officers deployed in more than 100 events anticipated . sir

than 100 events anticipated. sir keir starmer says additional police presence is having an effect. >> the most important lesson is for those involving themselves in disorder , because what we've in disorder, because what we've seen is that those that are being arrested now numbered in their hundreds, many have been charged, some already in court and now a number of individuals sentenced to terms of imprisonment. that is a very important message to those involved in disorder. >> two rioters have each been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for violent disorder on merseyside. in the first televised sentencing hearing, 43 year old john o'malley admitted violent disorder, whilst 69 year old william morgan admitted to violent disorder and possessing an offensive weapon. more than 50 police officers were injured as protesters hurled bricks, lit fires and threw bottles a day after three little girls were killed in an attack at a taylor swift themed dance class in southport . northern ireland's

southport. northern ireland's first minister says it's important for political leaders to speak with one voice, following scenes of violent disorder on the streets of belfast. stormont has been recalled following the rioting, which police say involves a parliamentary element. six people have been arrested for race related hate crimes and disorder across belfast. the police service of northern ireland came under sustained attack from petrol bombs and bncks attack from petrol bombs and bricks in the city on monday night . one arrest includes a boy night. one arrest includes a boy as young as 14 linked to allegations of race related hate crimes, disorder and rioting . crimes, disorder and rioting. meanwhile, it's understood the his majesty the king has asked for daily updates on protests planned around the uk following the southport stabbings . king the southport stabbings. king charles is said to be engaging privately in the issues the unrest has generated. the king has a record of involvement in issues around community cohesion and interfaith dialogue . and interfaith dialogue. meanwhile, reports of antisemitic incidents in the uk

in the first half of this year have reached another record high, according to figures from a jewish security charity, the communities security trust says it registered almost 2000 cases in the first half of the year, compared to 964 over the same penod compared to 964 over the same period last year. the charity, which provides protection for british jews against antisemitic attacks, says it's the highest total ever reported to cst in the first six months of any year. in other news, patients in england with an inherited blood disorder are to become the first in europe to benefit from a gene therapy costing well over £1 million a shot. the treatment, called castelvi, uses molecular scissors to disable a faulty gene that causes the debilitating condition beta thalassaemia. it can cause delayed growth, bone and hormonal problems, and affect quality and length of life. but in trials of castelvi, 90% of people were effectively cured by a single treatment and a special

set of stamps is being issued marking the history of the tower of london. royal mail has partnered with historic royal palaces on the images of the ten stamps. the main set of six stamps. the main set of six stamps includes the white tower tower green and the king's house. royal mail says the stamps celebrate the myth and legend ceremony and tradition of one of the most famous buildings in the world, and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> right. well, the breaking news this hour, sir keir starmer he's facing calls to kick labour councillor ricky jones out of the party. he appears to incite

violence at a counter—protest here to watch . here to watch. >> we've got children and women using those trains just during the summer holidays. >> they are disgusting. nothing better and we need to go that route and get rid of them . all. route and get rid of them. all. i just want to say thank you all and believe me now and three, three, three palestine free, free palestine free free palestine. >> thank you. god bless you . >> thank you. god bless you. >> thank you. god bless you. >> right. okay. so that was a rather large counter—protest there being identified as ricky jones, the man shouting about cutting throats. we've got charlie peters, our national reporter here, and our home and security editor, mark white as well. charlie, what do we know? he's been suspended. sure. >> that's right. suspended by the labour party. i just want to give you some context. the video there, because right at the beginning we hear ricky jones, the labour councillor from dartford, say women and children

use those trains. now, i understand that in that account he's referring to an incident reported widely in the media in kent earlier this week, where knives were being hid under stickers on trains. so he's reacting very aggressively to that. that's been attributed to right wing activist groups, not certain how much the police are looking into that in kent, but that was the basis of his anger. but what he says next is really troubling, isn't it? talking about cutting throats of nazis who we need to get rid of. that's the language he's used there. and in response to this footage, which was circulating onune footage, which was circulating online a lot this morning, the labour party confirmed that this behaviour is completely unacceptable and it will not be tolerated. they went on to say that this councillor has been suspended from the party, so the whip's been removed. he can't sit as a councillor in kent at the moment for the labour party. >> yeah, so i've been to several of these kind of incidents , of these kind of incidents, whether it's the pro—palestine ones or whatever. i know you have as well and you and but the rhetoric at all of these things very often is everyone's a nazi. you're all fascist scum, and you

all need to go off the streets. so in that environment that quy's so in that environment that guy's saying, we need to cut the throats of nazis and fascists. well, frankly, anyone who turns up there with an england football shirt, as far as they're concerned, a lot of the time as a nazi, i think that's quite concerning, isn't it? >> well, last night in aldershot, when i was covering one of these stand offs, i did see many placards referring to nazi scum and also use of terms like enemies from a stand up to racism protest. >> so that instigated, i think, a lot of anger from the other side of the road, separated by the police, locals who just kind of turned up in reaction to what they were hearing from those who had actually come in from outside of town that to stand up racism protest in aldershot last night. majority of them arrived by train to aldershot, so that protest instigating quite a lot of anger potentially, in contrast to some of the language we've heard from sir mark rowley this morning about it being a show of unity from from protesters . protesters. >> now let's bring in mark white, our home and security editor on this. we've all seen that footage. now the labour party have chosen to suspend this man ricky jones. this councillor, your thoughts ?

councillor, your thoughts? >> well, i think the difficulty there is charlie , alluded to is there is charlie, alluded to is some of the messaging that's coming out now from political leaders , the policing leaders leaders, the policing leaders like mark rowley, also from many sections of the media. now, applauding the fact that more than 25,000 people mobilised to take on what they thought were going to be protests last night . going to be protests last night. and in doing that, of course, they will feel emboldened to come out in future to carry out more of these so—called counter—protests. every protest i've ever been to in the past, where there are so—called counter—protests from anti—fascist and anti—racism groups, are problematic for the police. they then have to double the resources they have to cover two protests, two baying mobs shouting at each other only raises attention. yet this was sir mark rowley's comments about

those counter—protesters last night and how he thinks they helped alleviate the threat that was out there . was out there. >> there was a massive policing operation . i'm really pleased operation. i'm really pleased with how it went and we put thousands of officers on the streets and i think the show of force from the police and frankly, the show of show of unity from communities together and defeated the challenges that we've seen. and it went off very peacefully last night, a couple of locations where some local criminals turn out and try and create a bit of anti—social behaviour. and we arrested a few of them, but it was a very successful night and the fears of sort of extreme right disorder were abated . so disorder were abated. so a successful operation thanks to communities and police, well, perhaps a message should really have been okay. >> i understand why you wanted to come out. don't don't come out. you make it more difficult for the police. you raise potential tensions and the prospect of trouble. should

people from the other side turn up to future protests? >> yeah . potentially giving the >> yeah. potentially giving the green light to this stuff and anyone. and he must know this. anyone who's ever been anywhere near those protests knows that . near those protests knows that. yes, you do get, you know, quite a few well—meaning individuals. you also get some really unsavoury characters there. and it is very volatile situation, and it looks as though the police have picked a side on this. and charlie, i'll ask you now, this is going to be a big test. is it not for two tier policing? we have a labour councillor who's on film at a counter protest talking about cutting throats, it appears. but what are they going to do about it? >> well , there's more political >> well, there's more political pressure on the police to act on this incident swiftly. now. nigel farage, the leader of reform , has posted on x in the reform, has posted on x in the last hour this man should be arrested. if not, we know there is two tier policing. the ashfield mp also for reform, lee anderson, told gb news. let's hope justice is as swift as it was for the protesters who were sent to prison this week for rioting . over to you, sir keir.

rioting. over to you, sir keir. >> oh yeah , we've seen quite >> oh yeah, we've seen quite a lot from the police and the government about cracking down on the incitement of hatred onune on the incitement of hatred online and of course, offline in real life. >> surely this is a clear cut case of inciting violence. >> you know, mark and to go into great detail here, but i think this is clearly a potential pubuc this is clearly a potential public order offence for the police to look into, specifically on the cutting throats statement that will be troubling, especially as it was applauded by the crowd behind him. now, in that clip, we played the woman next to him with the microphone appears to be shocked at first, but such is the way that crowds operate. there is then applause all around her and she seems to join in. in that. >> i just wonder, just in case people are just joining us, is it possible that we might be able to just play that clip for you again quickly? the rickie jones clip of this councillor. so let's just just just remind ourselves of this and then i'll, i'll throw over to mark white aj her. we've got children and women using those trains just dunng women using those trains just during the summer holidays. >> they are disgusting nasty.

and we need to go that route and get rid of . all. i just want to get rid of. all. i just want to say thank you all. i'm going to leave you now and. >> free, free, free palestine. free free palestine . free, free free free palestine. free, free palestine. thank you. god bless you . you. >> look on the bingo card of stuff there. it's got quite a lot. you've got amnesty international, you've got, you know , anti—fascism stuff. you've know, anti—fascism stuff. you've got the palestine flags, you've got the palestine flags, you've got the palestine flags, you've got the free, free palestine chant, you've got a labour councillor, you've got a lot going on there, mark. you know this is going to be a big test for two tier policing isn't it. >> well yes indeed , because on >> well yes indeed, because on the face of it, what's being said there certainly seems to me that there's a case for an incitement to, to violence charge. regarding what was said there and the thing to say about these so—called counter—protests that took to the streets last night as well is that, yes, of

course, there are many people there from the local community very rightly concerned about what's happened in recent days. but in amongst that are far left groups that we've seen at many protests in the past that give the police normally no end of trouble and add to that mix, many young people masked up and looking spoiling for a fight as well. but the messaging we're getting from the government, from policing at the moment, is all about being tough on who they have branded far right protesters. and once again, the police releasing some video footage that i think is worth playing. it's pretty dramatic footage of an assault that took place during the protests. and the body cam footage. >> is it is it what? >> is it is it what? >> yeah. so it's been released by police following the conviction of derek drummond, one of the protesters who has been convicted for a violent

assault on an emergency service workers. and he was given three years in prison for that. so some pretty hefty, sentences that are being handed down. and the message the message is a unified message, really from the police and the government. and thatis police and the government. and that is that any violence will not be tolerated , that we will not be tolerated, that we will clamp down on it, that the police have the full backing of the politicians and the judiciary should be empowered to hand down significant sentences. but let's just see in light of the footage that charlie has just brought us there, just how even handed they are in their approach going forward. i mean, mark, also to i mean, a lot of people out there on those scenes carrying placards , socialist carrying placards, socialist workers smash fascism and racism by any means necessary. >> and you can see how some bad

actors might feel mobilised to say, you know, violent things. >> i'll just feel comfortable doing it, isn't it? >> well, it's always the case in any sort of public order situation where you have protests that you have lots of people that go along, not with the intention of causing trouble, but get caught up in the moment because there are always on both sides of protests that i've covered. always hotheads, always people that are looking to stir up trouble and violence. and people do get caught up in that. not necessarily people that would have had any intention, as i say, to go out and do that. >> indeed. and again, you know, right, you've just played some body cam footage there of an individual who has been sent to prison, derek drummond, who's been sent to prison for three years for an assault on emergency services . now, many emergency services. now, many people will think that that is the kind of sentence you should get if you decide to assault an emergency worker and i'm certainly not disagreeing with that. okay. but you also do have to look at, well, what's happened with the manchester airport incident, what's still

going on there. we actually get any charges there. that's a bit tncky any charges there. that's a bit tricky isn't it? >> it's a very good point. you raise there because many people are looking at the situation in manchester, where there has not been any kind of expediting of the criminal justice process there, despite the very real pubuc there, despite the very real public concerns and i should say , public concerns and i should say, the very same people that the police are praising for coming out onto the streets last night, many of those were behind the protests that took place in manchester, outside andy burnham's offices in manchester, and at a police station there. following that incident at manchester airport. >> can i ask tony hudgell? sorry to make you repeat yourself. i think it's important. so labour have responded to this clip that we showed earlier on of a labour councillor, and again, it's worth comparing isn't it. you know. all right. so if this was a tory councillor or a reform councillor, what do we think. it'll probably be all over the media. but what of labour said

about this then. >> well they said it was completely unacceptable behaviour. and there is an administrative suspension in. and that means that the labour whip has been removed from, from rickie jones, the dartford councillor. so we can't sit in the council as a labour representative. but on this discussion that we were just having about the situation in manchester, the wider concerns in birmingham earlier this week, we also saw concerns raised about the actions of west midlands police in that area, didn't we, with regards to a mob marching up the street on monday evening, some had been seen brandishing weapons in public, so there is an increasing concern about this accusation of so—called two tier policing about the police applying force in certain areas. i think considering this clip we've seen this morning of someone last night calling for cut throats of nazis and tying into the comments from sir mark rowley that mark has brought to us today that will add fuel to that rather disturbing and rising political fire. >> yeah. no, indeed. >> yeah. no, indeed. >> and mark rowley very sensitive to this because if you

ever ask him a question about two tier policing, you'll rip the mic from you. >> well, you go right, you go , >> well, you go right, you go, yeah, indeed. again, you know, and i will reiterate as well, there's been another story that we were leading with earlier today, which was about keir starmer coming out. he's echoing what mark rowley has been saying. they've been singing publicly off the same hymn sheet so far. those two say, look, we didn't, you know , we didn't we didn't, you know, we didn't we didn't, you know, we didn't we didn't see much trouble last night. and that was to down a strong police presence. that was because we decided, you know, we were out there, we were nicking people. it was all great and everything. and then someone said to him, didn't they? they said, okay, well if now everything has died down, then are you going to deal with people's underlying concerns about immigration and he completely swerved the question. so we'll play that clip . see you so we'll play that clip. see you in a little bit. but, yeah, thank you very much. both of you, for filling us in on what is a an ongoing breaking story. i suppose. oh, in fact, we have some more news on this now. >> yes. >> yes. >> councillor ricky jones, the man that we've just been talking about, he's been suspended. he's had the whip removed. now a

labour spokesperson has said this behaviour is completely unacceptable. it will not be tolerated. the councillor has been suspended from the party. charlie, you did bring that to us. i will repeat it anyway. but there you go. the councillor involved in this incident, who we all saw pictured, may not have had a full song, throats his behaviour will not be tolerated, says a labour party spokesperson. so he's been suspended . suspended. >> okay. and yes, we're going to be hearing a bit more from sir keir starmer later on because he's got another cobra meeting, hasn't he, this afternoon saying it was important that we don't let up. so there we go. all right. we've got all that coming your way and much, much more. make sure you keep it gb news make sure you keep it. good afternoon. britain

>> okay. well good afternoon britain. it is now 1:24. now a lot has been said about king

charles and whether he should have or should be issuing some kind of statement. after all this chaos around the country. >> so reports suggest that his majesty is requesting daily updates on the disorder seen across the nation . throughout across the nation. throughout his life, the monarch has shown an interest in community cohesion and interfaith issues. >> yeah, so should he speak up now or she? should he stay well out of it? joining us now is royal commentator richard fitzwilliams, richard, what do you make of all this? do you think this is something that our monarch should have something to say about? >> well , i say about? >> well, i don't doubt that. >> well, i don't doubt that. >> in time, there will be something either said in something either said in something in the form of a statement or very possibly. and this obviously, security concerns would be pivotal here, that there may well be a visit at some point, either by king charles or indeed by the prince of wales. i mean, if we think back to 2011, queen elizabeth

didn't issue a statement, when there were the four days of riots there. but then but, the prince of wales, was visiting a, i visited tottenham and that was, when the riots were over and then subsequently , he paid and then subsequently, he paid further visits to the community. so it's probable that there will be something i mean, it's important to remember that under our unwritten constitution, the king acts on advice. so very clearly he's making it known of his concern because we've seen, week of the most appalling, vicious thuggery. and also, this is it's not only, terrifying for so many people in britain, but also of course, britain's reputation abroad. and one also bnngs reputation abroad. and one also brings bears in mind that, as i in our unwritten constitution to be advised in college and worn

are the king's, so to speak, powers so very clearly . he's powers so very clearly. he's made it known requesting updates indeed. made it known requesting updates indeed . but he would obviously indeed. but he would obviously act as advised by sir keir starmer the prime minister. >> yes, i guess, richard, he has to , as the monarch, be very to, as the monarch, be very careful of being seen in any way to potentially stick his foot in it , or to stoke to potentially stick his foot in it, or to stoke any to potentially stick his foot in it , or to stoke any type of it, or to stoke any type of community tension to say the wrong thing, particularly in such a fast moving, events like this is that probably something thatis this is that probably something that is because this is all very political, isn't it, richard? he needs to be very careful . needs to be very careful. >> well, obviously, the monarch is above party politics, but is very, very significant here is, i think, very broadly, these are cross—party. you could say , cross—party. you could say, issues in the sense that what be seen as terrifying rioting. but obviously, again, there's a security consideration. and obviously of course, with the prime minister and with cobra

and with, issues dealing with the police and their response, all of this is obviously hypersensitive . it's in that hypersensitive. it's in that context for the monarchy doesn't tend you wouldn't tend to find the monarch commentating on current events which have. so to speak, a political flavour, which this does even though, as i say, the response to it very broadly has been obviously been cross—party. >> yeah. no, indeed. i mean, look, the idea that king charles will wade into this, i think is actually quite unwise because i think if he was to wade into it, he would have to try to find a way of what talking about immigration as well. i mean, he can't just say, oh, i'm devastated at what i've seen outside, certain mosques or something like that. i mean, without saying as well, you know, about people's genuine concerns not to condone any of the, you know, hard right action or anything like that, but to talk about what the underbelly of the millions and millions and millions of people who have

serious concerns about. he's not going to wade into that, is he? i wonder if there's a risk here that, you know, he's had some maybe woke advice recently. i don't know what's going on at buckingham palace, but whether or not he wades into that again and gets it wrong and actually ends up annoying a lot of people who might be royalists, i think it's important to remember that, as i say, he will act as advised by the prime minister. >> it isn't a question, so to speak, of taking advice, though, you know. no, no, don't take soundings from courtiers and so forth from anyone else officially. i mean, that is his constitutional duty. it was always thought in a completely different context in previous years where we know his concerns, for example, environmental concerns. and so forth, that there was something, so to speak, on certain issues of the activist in the king himself. but he knew when he became a king, that the role was very different. and so far as, community cohesion is concerned and interfaith understanding, i mean, as we know he's championed

those and the king's helped over a million, disadvantaged and unemployed young people. so he personally has a remarkable record on this. but as i say, he will act as and when it is thought both sensible and safe . thought both sensible and safe. >> okay. >> okay. >> well, thank you very much indeed. richard fitzwilliams, royal commentator, of course, essentially. so we just have to say what the government tells him to say. really? >> well, i suppose so. i mean, or advisers, i think i just think he'd be really unwise, really unwise to do because it is such a hotbed and complicated issue. just a couple of the your essays coming in now. thank you very much for everybody who's been getting in touch. we played you a clip earlier on of what turns out to be shock, horror, a labour councillor talking about cutting people's throats at this, one of the counter demonstrations last night. by the way, i don't think there was anything for them to counter, so i don't really know why we're calling them counter demonstrations. but anyway, and people are saying, look, this is two tier policing. if that man is not arrested, if that man is not spoken to by the police, the

labour councillor should be arrested. let's have fair policing, says june. three years in jail. this is the other person who was talking about someone who's already been sentenced to three years in jail. by the way, that was for one of the attacks on police officers. but they say that was donein officers. but they say that was done in a week. so come on, keir, let's see it, there we go. as well. we've got in today's cobra meeting says lou, is the pm going to address that labour, labour person who supports hamas as well. that's a different person they're talking about. there but look, this is the issue that people are really going out at the moment. this labour councillor, who's been suspended by the party now after appearing to call for people having their throats cut. you've got an amnesty international vest behind them, someone else there with a high of his jacket on, they're all just cheering away. yeah, let's cut people's throats . throats. >> yeah, yeah. keep your views coming in gbnews.com forward slash your say. what do you make of it all. lots of others saying the king should absolutely stay out of it. yes. i think we can all agree that will probably be the wisest move for now anyway, but yes, imagine having £30,000 extra in your bank to play with

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spokesperson has told gb news this behaviour is completely unacceptable and it will not be tolerated . the prime minister tolerated. the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting this afternoon to reflect on last night and plan for the coming days, adding it's important we don't let up. despite a quieter night of protest last night, sir keir starmer says the justice system is working speedily to deal with people involved in the disorder and sentencings are sending a powerful message. he says. that's as the metropolitan police made ten more arrests over the violent disorder outside downing street last week, launching raids in london this morning. thousands of counter—protesters rallied in cities and towns across england last night after a week of disorder. the protests were largely peaceful, with counter—protesters chanting refugees are welcome here. police had been braced for further violence with thousands of officers deployed and more than 100 events anticipated. the prime minister says additional police presence is having an effect . effect. >> most important lesson is for

those involving themselves in disorder because what we've seen is that those that are being arrested now numbered in their hundreds, many have been charged, some already in court, and now a number of individuals sentenced to terms of imprisonment. that is a very important message to those involved in disorder. >> meanwhile, two rioters have each been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for violent disorder on merseyside, 43 year old john o'malley admitted violent disorder whilst admitted violent disorder whilst a 69 year old william morgan, also admitted to violent disorder and possessing an offensive weapon. more than 50 police officers were injured as protesters hurled bricks, lit fires and threw bottles a day after three little girls were killed in an attack at a taylor swift themed dance class . and swift themed dance class. and another news a special set of stamps is being issued marking the history of the tower of london. royal mail has partnered with historic royal palaces on

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>> hello. welcome back to good afternoon britain. now, tory leadership hopeful robert jenrick is defending himself after receiving criticism for saying that police should arrest protesters who shout allahu akbar. >> yes. so commenting on what he said initially on sky news, the former immigration minister says the phrase has been abused by extremists to intimidate people and he's hit back as well now because he said whilst using allahu akbar is spoken peacefully and spiritually by millions of british muslims in their daily lives, aggressive chanting of it can be

intimidatory and threatening. >> he then followed that up with this video. on no, we'll show you that video shortly, don't worry. but yes, joining us now is the deputy chair of the conservative muslim forum, naveed asghar naveed . i'm sure naveed asghar naveed. i'm sure we've all seen the video, but yes, there are a few of them doing the rounds anyway, which is a group of chaps in bolton. there's plenty of other ones. there's plenty of other ones. there's been some in stoke, there's been some in birmingham as well where people have been wearing balaclavas, in some cases carrying weapons, shouting it as they run through the streets as well. was it all about context this for robert jenrick do you think? is he right to be being called islamophobic , islamophobic, >> i did reach out to robert's team earlier today. i've not had anything back from them, so i really wanted to get his take on, you know, why he made the comments and what his background was in making the comments. but you know, allahu akbar is a peaceful phrase said five times a day in prayers, and it's a happy, successful time. people see it in, you know, daily conversation. but let's take it

into that context with that video. of course, i've seen that video. of course, i've seen that video. now, let's say a group of young men travelling down any city centre with balaclavas on, they could be shouting anything. it is intimidating, you know, for the average person, regardless if you're a religious person or not. and i am totally against that. and that is education that our community that we need to do to people within our community. don't say these phrases and don't chant them to make other people fearful of these phrases. but it's a heightened situation with the riots going on in the last couple of days, and yet everybody's acting in different ways than they normally would. >> i mean, there's been a huge, huge amount of pushback. lots of people accusing robert jenrick of being an islamophobe, being racist, whatever you want to say, but is that not a bit disingenuous? he's clearly not talking about someone in a place of worship or someone at home saying allahu akbar when they're praying to god. it was clear he was talking about this in the in the, in the, in the context of protest in the context of bad behaviour. surely, naveed ,

behaviour. surely, naveed, that's obvious, is it not? >> no. here's the thing. when he originally was speaking, he never put into context. so it was taken as a general comment. and that's why the general media and, you know, all the comments are going on that had and this video and his comment wasn't posted until well after the original comment. had he have actually written and said, look, i've seen a video today where there is youths walking down a high street with masks on, walking with intent, you know, walking with intent, you know, walking with intent, you know, walking with purpose, shouting this phrase. and this seems really bad . and for that, really bad. and for that, anybody i think should be, there's already existing laws in place and regardless of whatever they were shouting, if that was they were shouting, if that was the case, they should be stopped by the security services, by the police. where are you going? what are you planning to do? there's a lot of you. where are you actually going? they should be stopped, but i think the context wasn't there originally. and now he's put that context in. so, you know , he's in. so, you know, he's a leadership candidate. i'm a party member, and i just wish that, you know, things like this weren't, the key focus of his campaign. if he's going into campaign, his campaign should focus on the positives of what

he will bring to, you know, the party to, you know , if he's party to, you know, if he's elected as prime minister, if he becomes the leader, etc. and i'm always, you know, saddened when these kind of things take precedence over the actual work that he may have done in the past. >> yeah. i mean, i, i think in his defence with this, it was a clumsy turn of phrase that he used.i clumsy turn of phrase that he used. i don't think he was intending it to be anything like the centre of his campaign or anything like that. and it has, it has erupted in that sense, can you understand , though, why can you understand, though, why some members of the public so forget robert jenrick but why some members of the public might get a little bit concerned if they do hear those words shouted out, because it's all very well and good. you know, it's literal translation, translation. it's all very well and good, you know. you know how most people would say, obviously in a time of prayer or whatever, but there is unfortunately the association with it now with some terrorist atrocities that we've seen, not just here, but but right across the world. you may obviously think that's unfair, and i

understand that, but can you understand that, but can you understand why some people might be worried and they do hear that around the streets . around the streets. >> and that is why we as a community, as, religion , etc, community, as, religion, etc, must make our people understand that this is a peaceful phrase and don't use it in terms of creating havoc, and don't use it in negative terms. and, you know, there's 2 billion muslims in the world, 25% of the world's population follows the religion of islam, and the majority of those people are peaceful, and those people are peaceful, and those people are peaceful, and those people who fly the flag of islam and do terrorist atrocities around the world are not part of our community, are not part of our community, are not part of our community, are not part of our peaceful religion, and they have are usually a sick or twisted, mindset about what they're doing and what it does is it wraps up all the innocent people, from that culture or from that religion, so we, we, we disown people like that, and again, you know, this one particular video, obviously it comes under the heightened situation of the riots over the last couple of days. and these group of people have obviously secured themselves to make sure that their streets or their

businesses or their families are not attacked, you know, which they are allowed to do, but in that particular thing, they should watch what they're saying and how they're carrying themselves, because two wrongs don't make a right, you know, they should be there peacefully and trying to protect their homes, businesses, they're allowed to do that. but the security services, the police service, etc. are there . so we service, etc. are there. so we should not be drawing attention. and, you know , giving any and, you know, giving any negative connotations from our side . side. >> all right then, naveed asghar, thank you very much indeed for your time . deputy indeed for your time. deputy chair of the conservative muslim forum . forum. >> yes. okay. all right. well, what do you make of that as well? you know, there is sometimes i think, a rush to call things islamophobic. so i absolutely understood what our guest was saying there. you know, about there wasn't really any context from what robert jenrick said, but i don't know if that context was quite obvious. i mean, i think conversation about policing , conversation about policing, wasn't it? >> it was in a wider conversation about protests and perhaps, yes, i do agree. i did say this earlier that he should, you know, perhaps there should have been more specific context

given, but unfortunately there is when there is intimidated, intimidatory behaviour coupled with the shouting out of allahu akban with the shouting out of allahu akbar, people will be worried. people will be worried because unfortunately, when there have been terror attacks in the west or elsewhere around the world thatis or elsewhere around the world that is shouted out when it's inspired by islamism, that's just a fact. that's just a fact . just a fact. that's just a fact. so, yeah. do you think robert jenrick his explanation, that will put it to bed ? will put it to bed? >> well, well, we'll see, won't we? we will see. we get in touch, though . touch, though. gbnews.com/yoursay. we have got a lot coming. your way, we are going to be, you know , going to be, you know, revisiting that story that we broke earlier on about the labour councillor who's been suspended now after talking about cutting people's throats . about cutting people's throats. but we're going to be talking about something a little bit lighter as well, aren't we? yes >> it must be a silly season. we have a shark story. they come around every august. apparently. we're going to tell you more in a moment. don't be too

well, good afternoon, britain, 150 is the time now, children in saint ives harbour, cornwall, are panicked when a harmless, a harmless ten foot basking shark entered shallow waters. there he is cry—babies despite being harmless to humans, you'd be terrified. >> yeah, despite being harmless to humans, the sight of the shark cause the children to flee the sea and seek safety on shore. joining us now is the managing director of the shark trust. we've gone right to the top on this paul cox. paul, thank you very, very much . so thank you very, very much. so i mean, this is absolutely astonishing , isn't it? or does astonishing, isn't it? or does this kind of stuff happen all the time? i mean, a lot of people pay to money kind of swim all of these things. there's kids coming, running out of the water. >> yeah. i like to think that they were squeals of joy rather than anything else, but yeah, i mean, they're very lucky. it's a

fantastic sighting. a fantastic experience for them, we do see basking sharks in our waters over the summer months, and they kind of appear in, in different places, not usually this close into shore, though, so i can understand why people in the water might have been taken a little bit aback . little bit aback. >> friendly. do they, do they like, do they want to know you? that's stupid. no indications, are they? >> i mean, essentially they're feeding at this time of year. they're just they're just feeding them, feeding them, feeding them, feeding them, feeding them, feeding them, feeding them, getting as much food into them as they can. and they because of the way they feed, they open their mouths wide. they're plankton feeders. they just sieve the water and they'll just follow wherever the food is. they will, go in that direction. and so because they're feeding at the surface, you get that, that lovely, big fin sticking out of the water, which does kind of evoke images in people's minds. >> so absolutely no danger of them wanting to eat a human. pauli them wanting to eat a human. paul i couldn't even if they tried. they couldn't even if they tried. okay. so they really

are totally, totally harmless. so even if you were kicking away or an irritating it a little , it or an irritating it a little, it would probably just swim on its way. >> well , importantly, they are, >> well, importantly, they are, one of the very few shark species that are, classed as wildlife and are protected up to the hilt. so, you wouldn't want to disturb one because it's actually against the law, they, i mean, they're large sharks. this is a i think this is a relatively small one. i think it's about ten foot. and these things can grow to ten metres, so about 30ft. it's obviously a large shark, does create, a bit of a bit of power with their tails. so you wouldn't want to get too close to one anyway, even if you were allowed to. but no, in terms of the other end of from the tail, they really, as i say, they're plankton feeders. they've got tiny, tiny little teeth. all of their feeding is done with these big gill rakers as they're sieving the plankton out of the water. >> okay, i've got to ask, what's your favourite kind of shark, paul? >> i always get asked this, and ichange >> i always get asked this, and i change my mind every time i'm

asked. this week i'm going to go with oceanic whitetip, amazing sharks. beautiful really stunning. long pectoral fins. and, you know, a really kind of iconic species of the open ocean. >> so that's this week's what was the name of that shark ' 7 m. again? >> oceanic whitetip . >> oceanic whitetip. >> oceanic whitetip. >> gosh, there we are. well we'll have a look into that. and they are stunning. >> they are stunning i've just consulted google. well thank you though i'm more of a whale woman myself, but, you know, sharks are important too. thank you very much. >> paul in the office, i'm afraid, has to be sharks . afraid, has to be sharks. >> i think. >> i think. >> sharks only sharks. >> sharks only sharks. >> sharks only sharks. >> sharks . thank you. >> sharks. thank you. >> sharks. thank you. >> well, you're working at the right place. managing director of the shark trust, paul cox. thank you very much indeed. so there you go. lots of people getting in touch on robert jenrick comments, some saying you know, it was a stupid comment to make without sufficient context and that obviously allahu akbar is used in many different ways. others saying that actually, you know, people always leaping on these things. >> yeah, indeed. right. well, when we come back , we're going when we come back, we're going to be talking about that labour

councillor who's now been suspended by the labour party after a video clip emerged of him appearing at all of these, you know, so—called peaceful counter protest last night, talking about cutting people's throats. so we're talking about that. and also, why hasn't keir starmer decided to address any of the issues on immigration? he swerved a question on that, and finally as well, i didn't realise that when you said that you were you were away a woman. you were you were away a woman. if you were you were away a woman. if i'd have known that, then there would have been no need for me whatsoever to lose all that weight with that. so stay tuned. we'll be back for another houn >>a houn >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office through the rest of the day, it is unfortunately staying pretty cloudy and quite damp. it's going to stay muggy overnight as well, but tomorrow is looking a lot clearer. that's because a cold front will push

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>> well. >> well. >> good afternoon britain. it's 2:00 on thursday. the 8th of august. >> i'm emily carver and i'm patrick christys. >> well, just disgusting. nothing back and we need to go that route . well, just broken in that route. well, just broken in the last hour, labour have suspended a councillor for appearing to incite violence at appearing to incite violence at a protest last night. we're going to bring you the very latest and news just in. >> have been 483 arrests for those involved in violent disorder as police crack down on rioters and news just breaking a second police officer is now under investigation after the use of force during arrests at manchester airport. >> we're going to bring you more with our reporter , mark white. with our reporter, mark white. stay tuned. >> that is a big story and a big development. that's the second police officer under well under criminal investigation. and yes, brace yourselves for the hottest day of the year, but you're not allowed to enjoy it as the

climate change killjoys say it's a bad thing. well, we'll speak to one of those balls later. oh, good. yes. so, look, to just say the breaking news has just come through to us. here is the development is about that manchester airport incident . so manchester airport incident. so on friday the 26th of july, this is from greater manchester police. we announced that a greater manchester police constable was under criminal investigation for assault in connection to the first arrests made at manchester airport on the same day. they have now since said that a second greater manchester police officer has been advised that they are also under criminal investigation . under criminal investigation. well, we've all seen a lot of the cctv , haven't we, which the cctv, haven't we, which appeared to show numerous police officers being attacked, including a female police officer that had her nose broken , officer that had her nose broken, allegedly. and we have also seen the other footage as well. of course , of a couple of

course, of a couple of individuals being, well, one of them anyway, being kicked in the head. what are your thoughts on this? we are going to have much more detail on this when we come back with mark wise. >> i should say they're being investigated for potential gross misconduct, and that's for these alleged breaches of police professional standards, including, as patrick says, their use of force. so yes, do get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay mark white will be here with the details after your headlines . details after your headlines. >> yes, thank you for that and good afternoon. the top stories police action to pursue those involved in violent disorder has intensified today as the total number of arrests rises to 483, 149 charges have been made, with that figure expected to rise significantly as investigations progress. the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting this afternoon to reflect on last night and plan for the coming days, adding it's important we don't let up. despite a quieter night of protest last night that says the met police made ten more arrests over the violent disorder

outside downing street last week, launching raids in london this morning. thousands of counter—protesters rallied in cities and towns across england last night after a week of disorder. the protests were largely peaceful, with counter—protesters chanting refugees are welcome here. police had been braced for further violence, with thousands of officers deployed to more than 100 events anticipated. the prime minister says additional police presence is having an effect. >> the most important lesson is for those involving themselves in disorder , because what we've in disorder, because what we've seen is that those that are being arrested now numbered in their hundreds, many have been charged, some already in court , charged, some already in court, and now a number of individuals sentenced to terms of imprisonment. that is a very important message to those involved in disorder. >> and as you've been hearing gb news can reveal a labour councillor has been suspended from the party after footage emerged of him online in which

he said the throats of rioters should be cut. ricky jones, a dartford borough councillor, appeared in a video circulated onune appeared in a video circulated online making those remarks at an anti—racism demonstration. a labour party spokesperson told gb news this behaviour is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated . meanwhile, two not be tolerated. meanwhile, two rioters have each been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for violent disorder on merseyside. in the first televised sentencing hearing, 43 year old john o'malley admitted violent disorder, while 69 year old william morgan also admitted to violent disorder and possessing an offensive weapon. more than 50 police officers were injured as protesters hurled bricks, lit fires and threw bottles a day after three little girls were killed in an attack at a taylor swift themed dance class . policing attack at a taylor swift themed dance class. policing minister dame diana johnson told gb news she's optimistic following police presence yesterday. >> what we saw last night were the vast majority, the law

abiding people of this country, expressing a view that we live in a tolerant britain. we are law abiding people. we do not like to see this disorder, this violence, this criminality on our streets. so i think it's that i think the public revulsion at what happened, the police being on our streets, providing that security and safety and then the swift justice. i think it's a combination of things that makes me cautiously optimistic about how this is now being dealt with. >> reports of anti—semitic incidents in the uk in the first half of this year have reached another record high, according to figures from a jewish security charity. the community security trust says it registered almost 2000 cases in the first half of the year, compared to 964 over the same penod compared to 964 over the same period last year. the charity, which provides protection for british jews against antisemitic attacks, says it's the highest total ever reported to cst in the first six months of any year.

in other news, patients in england with an inherited blood disorder are to become the first in europe to benefit from a gene therapy costing well over £1 million a shot. the treatment, called castelvi, uses molecular scissors to disable a faulty gene that causes the debilitating condition beta thalassaemia. it can cause delayed growth, bone and hormonal problems, and affect quality and length of life. but in trials of castelvi, 90% of people were effectively cured by a single treatment . and finally, a single treatment. and finally, a single treatment. and finally, a special set of stamps is being issued marking the history of the tower of london. royal mail has partnered with historic royal palaces on images of the ten stamps and the main set of six stamps include the white tower tower green and the king's house. royal mail says the stamps celebrate the myth and legend, ceremony and tradition of one of the most famous buildings in the world. both are the latest gb news headlines.

for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> right well good afternoon britain. it's now 207 and we're going to bring you some more on that breaking news that manchester police has just announced. a second police officer now under investigation into the use of force as part of those arrests at manchester airport that hit the news last month . so our home and security month. so our home and security editor mark white is here for us. mark, i understand we've got a statement. >> yes. it's a detail really released by the independent office for police conduct that's carrying out this investigation into the way in which these greater manchester police officers, armed officers, dealt

with this incident on the 23rd of july at manchester airport. and you remember, of course, the initial incident was reports of an assault that the police were attending. they had identified a suspect in a multi—storey car park at a ticket machine. and this is the incident in question as an armed police officer is seeing kicking a man on the ground in the head and stamping on the head of that man as well. there's earlier footage that shows the point where these armed police and this is it now, where the armed police try to arrest the suspect who's been pointed out to them and then a very violent altercation. breaks out with the three armed police officers, two women being badly assaulted, the male armed officer being jumped on and punched, and we counted that he'd been punched around about

15 times during this incident as well. before then, one of those suspects on the ground is then kicked. so the news today is to confirm that that investigation is continuing, that it's very complex that they've got, and are continuing to get eyewitness accounts, video footage supply to them, but as part of that investigation, they have widened it to include an incident immediately after the initial altercation in which that man was arrested , in which three was arrested, in which three other people were in the midst of that altercation, another altercation with greater manchester police. >> so just just to clarify, if possible. right. so we had the initial head kick incident and the stomp that caused all of this outcry. and then everyone was like, well, let's see the context. then we saw the context

and the context initially appeared to be, well, it looked as though they batter the living daylights out of a load of armed police officers at manchester airport , including reportedly airport, including reportedly and allegedly breaking a female officer's nose. okay, so that's what people were thinking. well okay, maybe that was a justified use of force. are we thinking this second police officer that appears to be, you know, under some kind of criminal investigation? now, what bit of all of that are they being looked at for? do we know so yes. >> what happened is that police responding reinforcements, other colleagues in manchester airport , colleagues in manchester airport, responding to the call for assistance from the three armed officers who were being assaulted when they turned up , assaulted when they turned up, the two men who had been arrested were in handcuffs , but arrested were in handcuffs, but other people were being pointed out to them as being part of the initial altercation. and two of those people were then subsequently arrested. a third not arrested. but there have been complaints that one officer, had overstepped the

mark and assaulted people. so now the iopc are confirming with regard to that later altercation that another we believe armed officer is also being investigated. right. >> very interesting. now it was earlier this week that we had that slightly unusual press conference. the family and their new lawyer, the family that were involved in this incident, lots of people have been asking the question, why is no one being charged on that side of things? >> well, very interestingly, in the iopc statement, they make reference to the fact that greater manchester police are investigating separately to determine whether a crime was committed in the initial incident . well, to many people incident. well, to many people watching that footage, it would seem not perhaps the most complex of investigations, given that there would be body worn video footage as well , and video video footage as well, and video footage, perhaps from the person

that selectively sent out the very end frames of the incident where the police officer appears to kick the man in the head and stomp on his head , that earlier stomp on his head, that earlier footage was not part of that. so that may well be available to the police as well. so it seems, i think, strange that from the 23rd of july. now, what are we, two weeks, three weeks. >> we've also managed to lose control of the narrative. not once, but twice. okay, so there was the initial footage that was put out there, followed by a bit of silence, then them standing by their statement, this is the police, and then them decided to suspend the officer. >> yes, they did initially put out quite a strong statement backing their police officers, didn't they ? and, but a lot of didn't they? and, but a lot of fresh allegations of police violence were made at that press conference, wasn't it ? and conference, wasn't it? and usually these sort of things we'd hear in court. right. but it was all put out to these, this recent, this now that we know the second police officer is being investigated , might

is being investigated, might that have anything to do with with that, what was said at this press conference or anything? or is this very much separate? well, the iopc say that they have spoken to the family and the complainants again. >> with regard to the ongoing investigation. but as i say, it's widened out and there will be i think, a great deal of alarm amongst the armed policing unit officers at manchester airport. we know that a number of them, declined to carry firearms and do that sort of armed policing duty for a while in the immediate aftermath of this, the fact that a second, officer from their team is now being investigated for possible criminal charges, i'm sure will only exacerbate the concerns they have about whether they're getting the full backing. yeah of the masters within greater manchester police. >> yeah, absolutely. and again, you know, the public i'm sorry, but the, the average normal

common thinking person in the street right now has a right to ask why have there not been charges for the people that are on camera attacking our police officers at an airport? whatever justification that there are to that, you know, allegedly doing all of that stuff , why are there all of that stuff, why are there no charges there compared to two police officers? it is a perfectly reasonable question to ask that. look, mark, thank you. thank you very much for that. but there's another big story in town today . town today. >> and we've seen how quick the criminal justice system can work, but yes, in other news, we brought you a little earlier. labour have suspended councillor ricky jones. we've got charlie peters with us. our national reporter, tell us the latest then. well emily, the met are investigating the footage that we revealed earlier of this councillor ricky jones saying that he wished to cut the throats of nazis who were engagedin throats of nazis who were engaged in activity on trains. >> i'm not sure we have the footage we can show you now, but the met police said we are aware

of the significant public concern around this video . concern around this video. officers are investigating as a matter of urgency, and they will update as soon as they can. >> lastly, should we watch a little clip? yes they we've got children and women using those trains just during the summer holidays. >> they are disgusting , nasty >> they are disgusting, nasty and we need to go that route and get rid of them . all. i just get rid of them. all. i just want to say thank you all and believe me now and three, three, three palestine free, free palestine, free free palestine. thank you . look at you, thank you. look at you, >> well, that was labour councillor ricky jones from dartford in kent, speaking in walthamstow last night, talking about the need to cut throats again of nazis , referring it's again of nazis, referring it's understood to what he's describing as far right groups in kent. they've reportedly had left razor blades under

stickers. that's what kent police confirmed that incident and local authorities said the same. but still the language was very stern. a potential incitement to violence there that the met police are now reviewing that footage and investigating urgently. now the labour party, a spokesperson said in the last hour that this behaviour was completely unacceptable. it can't be tolerated. they can affirm that they had suspended ricky jones, that councillor, after the incident last night in walthamstow. but a lot of fear and a lot of concern about that statement last night, as you can see, applauded by the demonstration surrounding ricky . demonstration surrounding ricky. >> but we now know that the met police are investigating this and he has been suspended from the labour party as it stands now. marc, other news, of course, relating to the riots in the unrest, 483 arrests have been made. >> yeah, this is the national police chiefs council who have issued those statistics and they confirmed that. yes, so far, just shy of 500 arrests have

been made and counting. and of those, almost 500 arrests, 149 people have now been charged, sort of charged within days . sort of charged within days. just to go back to that point about manchester airport and those people who two and a half weeks on still have no indication as to whether they'll be charged with those offences. so justice very swift. clearly there is an imperative on the part of the government and the police to get control of the disorder that we're seeing. so that's why they are rapidly ensuring that people see swift justice. and we've seen already the first convictions with very hefty jail terms handed out of up to three years. >> so far, there is a direct correlation, actually, between the manchester airport incident. and one of those blokes. was it just derek's me who got three years because you played the body cam footage earlier on of

what that individual did , and what that individual did, and there was a bank of riot shields with police officers behind them. he's come in swinging at one of them, presumably made contact, etc. so basically he's trying to fight police officers from behind their riot shields, and he has , within a week of and he has, within a week of that, been sentenced to three years in prison. we have got footage of the manchester airport incident where they tried to fight armed police officers and we haven't got anything going on there, and i just wonder why there might be a difference, i don't know. >> well, it would seem to probably sensible individuals who are viewing the situation as we are, that there isn't an awful lot of difference because, as you said, the incident in which derek drummond has been convicted relied to quite a significant degree on body worn video . other video that was used video. other video that was used to show the level of the violence meted out to those officers and indeed the officers

own testimonies. what does manchester airport consist of in terms of an evidential trail? its body worn video , other cctv its body worn video, other cctv video and police officers own account of what happened to them should be able to investigate the police for using force. >> at the same time as charging people who have committed a crime against said police. >> well, as the police, especially as i would say that the manchester airport incident is one that raised some significant concerns in that community. we had some very significant protests, particularly outside andy burnham's offices. the mayor of greater manchester's offices , greater manchester's offices, with a few hundred people turning up and the potential for that to spill over into violence. now, it didn't it didn't reach that critical mass where there was unrest, but there was real concern for a

while over that. and that would you think, would make the imperative for actually getting on with this investigation and letting the public know what the authorities believe is the true level of what's happened here, in that we are either bringing charges or we're not bringing charges or we're not bringing charges against these individuals involved in the initial allegations of assault. >> okay. and just to reiterate, charlie, final word to you on this. the other incident that we were talking about here within that section was about that labour councillor filmed talking about cutting throats, etc. at one of these peaceful anti peaceful anti protester demonstrations that we saw last night and so are the met investigating. >> yeah they're urgently investigating the footage. they'll update as soon as they can. as you said labour has suspended councillor ricky jones. and i think it points to a wider conversation as well, like the one you were just having this morning . the met's having this morning. the met's commissioner, sir mark rowley, was talking about last night being a show of unity from our communities. well, many people

will be concerned to see that language used after footage of people clapping to someone saying, we need to cut the throats of nazis. >> yeah. can i just say as well, to just wrap up on this, that i must admit, when i first saw that, i did think it was some kind of comedy sketch, right? because it's the way that he's like, i think we need to cut their throats, right? anyway, i'll leave it there. have a good night. free, free palestine. see you all in a bit. he's off. and it's like, is that. does that exist? it's. yeah, it's . there exist? it's. yeah, it's. there he is. >> you know, that's kind of that's that's what's, that's what's out there on the streets at the moment, isn't it. >> but anyway, look, we've got loads on haven't we. and thank you, charlie. >> thank you mark, as always must say. thank you before we move on. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> thank you everybody. thank you everybody. >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you. thank you. >> and you, up next, after we heard reports there would be 100 far right rallies last night, only for them not to come to fruition. mostly. was it all an onune fruition. mostly. was it all an online hoax ? we're going to be online hoax? we're going to be delving into this because it was all a bit bizarre . all a bit bizarre. >> it was a bit bizarre, yes. with

us. >> welcome to good afternoon britain . britain. >> now, social media platforms have been misused to create widespread panic after lists began circulating, claiming that a new wave of anti—immigration demonstrations had been planned. >> yes. and this in turn to led a surge of support for migrants and minorities. lots of people coming out onto the street, up to 25,000 people yesterday. now, this misleading list caused unrest but has unintentionally unhed unrest but has unintentionally united thousands in solidarity that we saw. >> yeah, well, it did. yeah. i mean, look, it was also backed up mean, look, it was also backed ”p by, mean, look, it was also backed up by, a mean, look, it was also backed ”p by, a guy mean, look, it was also backed up by, a guy who's a director of hope not hate, which is one of these, you know, some would say probably far, quite far left groups who tweeted something out earlier today that appeared to suggest that actually, this this was a hoax. this list of these immigration centres, etc. that were going to be targeted, which of course prompted this mass

fear and, you know, mass outrage and people, you know, genuinely boarding up shops . i mean, boarding up shops. i mean, that's the tweet. yes. the list was a hoax, but just look at the front pages of today's papers. and then the follow up from that was people saying, well , sorry, was people saying, well, sorry, but, you know, was it worth it? then joining us now to discuss this, the editor of spiked, tom slater. tom, look, what do you make of this? i mean, i think quite a few of us do think it was relatively unlikely that, you know, five lads wearing england shirts were actually planning on rampaging through walthamstow last night . walthamstow last night. >> well, it's something which hopefully in the days and weeks and months ahead will get to the bottom of what actually took place here. >> i mean, news of this particular telegram group in which these targets, these messages were circulating, was doing the rounds yesterday, there was a lot of speculation that there were a lot of kind of international far right groups who were in these message boards who were in these message boards who were in these message boards who were posting this information or amplifying it and whatever, and it's not entirely clear that it's 100% a hoax. i know those claims are being made now, but i think it does speak

to a broader problem, which is that there is understandably, a lot of concern about misinformation emanating from the hard right, as we saw in the wake of the southport riots, the baseless claims about the suspect being a muslim, small boats migrant and so on, which sparked the disorder we've seen. but also in recent days we have seen attempt alleged possible misinformation from figures from anti—racist activism. and that has consequences as well that can lead to, you know, mass showings of protest and anti—racist protests, as we've seen on the streets of london. but it can also so needless anxiety, like when there were rumours doing the rounds of muslim women being acid attacked , muslim women being acid attacked, which turned out not to be true. so it's just a reminder, i think, that if we're talking about misinformation, we need to take all forms of it seriously, rather than just focusing on the ones that , we've already ones that, we've already discussed at length in recent days, peas who seem to be suggesting that the government should get elon musk in the room and question him about his platform because, let's be

frank, elon musk has been getting stuck into keir starmer for quite a while over these riots. >> he has been amplifying, pictures of unrest to his huge amounts of followers on his own platform that he owns, how do we strike the right balance with all this? >> i think the key thing is that the state, let alone the social media companies, shouldn't be a ministry of truth. i mean, the thing about policing misinformation is that even if you've got the best of intentions, it's an incredibly difficult business. we saw that in recent years with many scandals in america of even journalistic stories, newspapers putting out stories about hunter biden and so on, which end up getting suppressed and which turn out to be true. so even though we can, we've seen in recent days clear cut examples of misinformation, it doesn't mean the state or the social media companies should be empowered, emboldened to suppress that. and if the government have problems with elon musk, you know, they can argue it out with him. what they shouldn't be doing is hauling him in and demanding more censorship, because that seems to me to will only kind of feed a lot of the problems that we've been seeing, rather than resolving them 100%. >> we had it in the wake of sir

david amess, killing by an islamist , where all of a sudden, islamist, where all of a sudden, very quickly, that conversation immediately shifted to it being an issue of social media. well, i'm sorry, i think it was more of an issue about radical islamist terrorism, quite literally. i mean, that's actually physically what killed him. but then if you look at this situation now, again, the rush, i think, and the propensity for a lot of people to want to put more restrictions in to censor speech online. the concern for me, tom, is that you only then get, you know, get what you've shown in things like the guardian or the bbc or, you know, online or on some of those outlets, whereas twitter actually can be a very good news source, can't it ? source, can't it? >> absolutely. we're always at risk of throwing out the good with the bad in situations like this. and i think, you know, aside from the arguments about freedom of speech that we've already gone into, this is a massive displacement activity. we see it in the wake of all kinds of horrendous things that take place, whether it's the racist rioting of recent days or the islamist attacks that we've seen in recent years, it's a lot

easier to blame elon musk and his platform, which actually has a fraction of the kind of user base that some of the much bigger platforms do. it's always been the kind of smaller cousin. it's just that because all the journalists and the politicians are on it, they tend to obsess over it. it's a lot easier to blame elon musk than it is to ask, how the hell did this happen? and how can we stop this real world violence and behaviour from taking place, rather than focusing on tweets and so on? >> and so i wonder if i can ask you a slightly different question. we heard earlier on a pull clip from keir starmer. he was asked about the policing and he, you know, praised the police and the government's action. and so on. a third question was put to him about whether , now that to him about whether, now that things appear to be dying down, he might wish to, you know, talk about potentially some of the issues behind some of this unrest, you know, issues to do with immigration, illegal immigration. and he completely swerved that. what do you make of that? and do you think it is time that actually keir starmer did speak about some of some of what's going on under the surface ? surface? >> i mean, on the one hand, you can understand it insofar as i think any prime minister of whatever political party doesn't

want to be seen to be having a debate, in response to violence and riots and so on. but i think it's another example of how, basically unsure on his feet he is he must recognise that there's a there's a broader context here doesn't justify what's gone on by any stretch of the imagination, but that is a context we should discuss. and i think his inability to be able to signal that he understands there are deeper problems here, is part of what has helped inflame the situation, at least at the fringes. he's made it very easy for the misinformation merchants on the far right to portray him as someone who doesn't isn't paying any attention to that stuff at all because he is refusing to talk about it, even in a in a kind of modest way . modest way. >> jolly tom, thank you very much. great to have you on the show. tom slater is the editor of spiked. well, in a moment. and this is this is a this is a good news story for everybody. this is a good news story. it's been a bit bleak recently, hasn't been a good one. and apparently watching sports just watching it can help you lose weight. it's a good job we've got the olympics, isn't it? but obviously don't watch the

olympics now because we're on here. and so is tatiana. with the . news. the. news. >> no it can't. patrick, thank you very much. the top stories this hour a second greater manchester police officer is under criminal investigation for assault after an incident at manchester airport last month that has been announced by the iopc. it comes after a video emerged of a man appearing to be kicked and punched by a police officer at the airport in july. three days later, the iopc announced a police constable was under a criminal investigation in relation to the events and they say it has since received a further referral of a complaint detailing several allegations from one of the people involved. the second police officer is also being investigated for potential gross misconduct for alleged breaches of police professional standards, including use of force police action to pursue those involved in violent disorder has

intensified today as the total number of arrests rises to 483. nearly 150 charges have been made with that figure expected to rise significantly as investigations progress. the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting this afternoon to reflect on last night and plan for the coming days, adding it's important we don't let up despite a quieter night of protest last night. that's as the metropolitan police made ten more arrests over the violent disorder outside downing street last week, launching raids in london this morning. thousands of counter—protesters rallied in cities and towns across england last night after a week of disorder. the protests were largely peaceful, with counter—protesters chanting refugees are welcome here. police had been braced for further violence, with thousands of officers deployed and more than 100 events anticipated . gb than 100 events anticipated. gb news can reveal a labour councillor has been suspended from the party after footage emerged of him online, in which he said the throats of rioters

should be cut. ricky jones , a should be cut. ricky jones, a dartford borough councillor, appeared in a video circulated onune appeared in a video circulated online making those remarks at an anti—racism demonstration. labour party a labour party spokesperson told gb news this behaviour is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated. and in other news, a special set of stamps is being issued marking the history of the tower of london. royal mail has partnered with historic royal palaces on images of the ten stamps. the main set of six stamps include the white tower , stamps include the white tower, tower green and the king's house. royal mail says the stamps celebrate the myth and legend ceremony and tradition of one of the most famous buildings in the world, and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, cameron has your next update 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

>> right. good for news patrick. guess what? watching sports from the sofa can burn as many calories as exercise. you've you've got a bit shorter since last segment up here. >> it appears as though there's a slight issue with the chair. i'm glad we're doing this on national television. >> according to a study by sports scientists at loughborough university. >> well, fans can burn significant calories through fidgeting. oh, that's me cheering and other physical reactions during games, okay. i mean, i'm i'm not really convinced, but isn't this just bafic convinced, but isn't this just basic movement ? basic movement? >> well, let's discuss it with, well, this bizarre finding with a former presenter of fat family, steve miller . well, family, steve miller. well, steve miller, you should know, whether this does indeed work. so if i'm sat at home and i'm watching, i don't know, the 1500 metre steeple chase, let's say.

and i get awfully excited when i burn as many calories as hitting the treadmill. >> well, listen, let's throw let's throw a large chunk of common sense on the situation. >> i don't think they needed to do this study because it's just common sense. >> if i'm celebrating and i'm jumping up and down and i'm cheering and i'm back slapping and i'm doing high fives and maybe i'm even snogging my partner en route , you know, i'm partner en route, you know, i'm going to lose a bit of weight. >> well the calories, sorry. the calories are going to burn. the big one issue though, with this study, what it doesn't talk about as far as i can see, is what's happening whilst you're watching the sport . watching the sport. >> so you're probably, i don't know, supping the lager , supping know, supping the lager, supping the fizz and eating eating a takeaway at the same time. >> so you know, what is the net gain. >> net loss. >> net loss. >> we just don't know. but of course it is common sense. if i'm if i'm, you know, fidgety and jumping about, i'm going to burn some calories. i mean, i don't do it so much with sport, but i certainly do it with the votes when they come in for the eurovision song contest. >> absolutely. but it's true. i mean, i can remember, steve, you

know, when the nintendo wii came out and all of a sudden some people that potentially were of a certain size, we're using that as the excuse. well, i've done my workout because i've done my bowling on the wii, but what they weren't telling you was that also they had a burger in one hand while they were doing that. you know, i wonder if this is the same, the same kind of thing. and but i suppose it's good. every calorie counts, steve. >> well, it does, but you are right , we are greedy gannets >> well, it does, but you are right, we are greedy gannets in the uk and unfortunately we don't have a sense of control over the food. and the one thing i would say to people is, you know, it's okay doing the movement and everyone suddenly talks about the gym when they want to lose weight. but you do have to get a control on the food. it takes a lot of time to burn off. i don't know a portion of spotted dick as a dessert for example. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> 100% steve. i mean some of this is pretty good isn't it. so apparently fans weighing 80 kilos burn up to 540 calories just by fidgeting , jumping, air just by fidgeting, jumping, air punching, shouting of a three quarters of a match, 540

calories. that's about a big mac, isn't it ? mac, isn't it? >> it is. no. >>- >> it is. no. >> yes it is. i mean, it is around that. i mean, if that's for a guy, then his his recommended intake is 2500 calories a day and 2000 for a woman. so it is a decent chunk of calorie burn. but we have to remember that it's all about the net loss and net gain of calorie. and i suspect that for most people. and why not? you've got to enjoy your sport , you got to enjoy your sport, you know, at the same time are actually having a pint or they're having a glass of fizz and they're eating at the same time. so, you know, i think this study is accurate. i kind of get it, but i think it's just common sense. it'sjust it, but i think it's just common sense. it's just common sense. but the one thing britain's got to wake up about is about it's got to get a control. it's got to get a grip on the food and thatis to get a grip on the food and that is a totally different subject of nagging us. >> always nagging. >> always nagging. >> no, he's right, no he's right. and steve, steve, you said one thing to me that actually really stuck with me, which was you should eat cake naked because when you when you, when you eat cake naked, you know, you're consuming something that's bad for you, right? and,

and you look down and you think, oh, i'm a piggy. i'm a little piggy- >> i want to know what they do at home. >> and then you stop and then you stop eating it. maybe >> well, you look down and you can't see your family allowance. there is an issue. but the other thing, you know, and we've got to be honest about it, but on a serious note, you raise a very serious note, you raise a very serious point, because the one thing we're not good at in the uk is, is being is being honest with ourselves. and, you know, that sort of look in the mirror is actually a good thing. so actually being honest with yourself about your weight isn't to be pooh poohed and you know, people often say, well, paul's eating disorders, eating disorders is a much deeper subject, much deeper subject. so yes, we do need a wake up call. and sometimes the shock tactic can get us off the sofa and off the sofa and stop staying in it. >> yeah, yeah . >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> i mean, that's the problem, isn't it? too many people can't find that balance. you've got people who restrict and then end up binge eating in the evening. you've got people who are strict. >> you also have emily, you also have a lot of disabled people

who are fabulous at controlling their weight. i know many disabled people, you know, wheelchair bound. they control their weight and they do not make excuses in this country. we love excuses. and what are excuses? they're high in calories. >> oh, steve, you're good steve. well done. thank you very, very much. great to have you on the show. take care mate. all the best steve miller there families this loughborough university. >> they are known for their sporting. they are i think you go there if you're good at sports i think it's a specialism in sort of physiotherapy. oh yeah. yeah, yeah. and i don't know what else. sports management. >> i want to know who all these people are though . when you hear people are though. when you hear these things, you know, like they say, the daily recommended calorie allowance for men is 2500. i don't consume anything like 2500 calories. no. yeah. >> you do. you just don't know how much is in a little tablespoon of olive oil is like 150 calories. well, i didn't dnnk 150 calories. well, i didn't drink the bottle, do i? yeah, but you know, it will drizzle it. >> but then but then i think, you know, for some people we just cling on to wait a bit more

easily i cling on. yeah. >> there shouldn't be any shaming about it. i think some people are too far that way. if ispent people are too far that way. if i spent all your fault, if you're fat, you're not a good person. if you're fat, there's a lot of moralising, isn't there? >> if i spent all day in front of the olympics, there's no way i'd just lose 600 calories or whatever. that's. i don't know who these people are. >> i think when you were watching the euros, maybe. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well, excited. >> well, excited. >> very excited. >> very excited. >> up and down, up and down. up and down. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> until i wasn't a good thing to fidget if you want to shrink your waistline there we go. >> oh, well, you learn something every day right now. oh, talk about shrinking your waistline. you could be expanding your bank balance. why? because imagine having cheers, guys. imagine having cheers, guys. imagine having £30,000 extra in your bank to play with this year. well, it could be yours in our latest great british giveaway, we're giving away our biggest cash prize for the summer, so you've got to be in it to win it. here's how you can. >> don't miss out on your chance to win a whopping £30,000 in tax free cash to spend. however, you like. it's extra cash that could really make a difference to your

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course they are. >> of course they are. they don't want us to be happy. we' re we're going to discuss with a proper killjoy

next. >> welcome back. now, tropical storm debbie, who names anyway currently battering florida, might bring the hottest day of the year to the uk next week. >> although the storm won't hit british shores , its effect on british shores, its effect on the jet stream, that pesky jet stream could push temperatures into the mid 30s, creating a significant heat wave across southern parts of this country . southern parts of this country. >> okay. joining us now is a senior meteorologist at the british weather service's jim dale. jim, thank you very much. tell me all about debbie. >> you're welcome. you're welcome. >> patrick. nice to see you again. it's about a couple of years, isn't it, ulez when we're in bromley, that time and b rom ley. bromley. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> yeah, the ulez day . but >> oh, yeah. >> yeah, the ulez day. but i'm on. i want to know about debbie now. jim. >> yeah, of course, of course. okay.

>> so debbie, she's in the carolinas at the moment, putting a lot of rain down, >> maybe unprecedented rain. >> maybe unprecedented rain. >> we'll have to see in the next two days or so. now, what it will do is it will it will move towards, kind of washington new york way and then out to newfoundland, >> and bit by bit, then it will get on this hearse across the atlantic, >> and as it does. so what's going to happen? and that's in the jet stream as emily just mentioned, as it, as it moves across what we're going to see is, is, is very, very hot air moving up out of spain, where it's been forever and a day this summer, and into parts of the uk. and i stress parts because this is for not everybody, >> scotland, northern ireland unlikely to see temperatures of the dizzy heights of, for example, southeast england. >> so if i can give you a couple of temperatures, what i can see for sunday, for example, birmingham, bristol, 27, 28, the same on sunday in manchester, leeds and cardiff, 25 to 26,

edinburgh and glasgow at the same time, 18 to 20. but the big stuff is 32 to 33 degrees, which would break the 31.9 saint james's park a few days ago. yeah, that set for monday. london to norwich way. i think that's the area to watch. anything in between cambridge including. so yeah. if it breaks that 31.9 we will be into the hottest day of the year so far. >> now go on jim, tell us why we should be worried about this . should be worried about this. >> well, you use the word killjoy. a few minutes ago, emily, i'm not sure i am, look, people will enjoy. some people will enjoy 32 degrees in the south—east of england. i'm sure they'll love the day. they'll do. they'll go out on picnics. they'll put them do the right thing. that's the important thing. that's the important thing . other people will perhaps thing. other people will perhaps suffer. you know what it's like at 20 degrees in the night time, you can't get to sleep and you've got a morning stint, for example, it's not an easy time. so, you know, it's a marmite,

isn't it? it's a marmite occasion, but what you've got to do as far as climate change is concerned is look south because that and look east, by the way, as well, because that's where the plus 40 degrees, 40 to 45 degrees will be. and they are silly temperatures yet again for these areas . so it's not only these areas. so it's not only these areas. so it's not only the united states seeing this and other parts of the world, china. and it's, you know, we've been quite lucky this summer in a in a strange way. but having said that, we've broken 30 degrees and on around six, six occasions so far. so i don't think we've missed the summer completely. we've just been on the edge of most things. >> i mean, jim, i've seen some people going off to, places like dubai in the summer months. it's about 45, 50 degrees mad though , about 45, 50 degrees mad though, that i mean, i'm starting to cope with that. i couldn't cope with that. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> well, if you remember, dubai was one of the places, along with houston that the airports got flooded when, they had those sort of temperatures . and then, sort of temperatures. and then, you know, what happened next is the thunderstorms arrived and the thunderstorms arrived and the cataclysmic, rainfall. and

we've seen picture after picture, video after video and social media of cars floating down. not not rivers, roads floating down roads. and it seems to be virtually everywhere apart from ourselves at this moment in time. so, as i say, sometimes you can consider yourself lucky. i think people should look at this little mini heat wave, which is what it will be. and do what they feel is the best thing for them. that's that's the way to approach weather. it isn't to say this isn't , you know, this is bad for isn't, you know, this is bad for you. this is good for you. it is actually just to absorb it and make the most of it and do what you need to do, and that way you'll get through it. >> all right, jim sounding very reasonable. >> all good. well, i look forward to seeing if these temperatures materialise. 3132 might be quite nice for a day, thank you very much, jim dale . thank you very much, jim dale. you're welcome. >> good stuff. all the best, right. okay. well look, we've had quite a bit to recap today. i'm sure that other shows are going to be picking up on this, so we've had the keir starmer completely ignoring a question about immigration when it comes to people's protests. we've had a second police officer now put under criminal investigation in

manchester airport. we've had a labour councillor suspended by laboun labour councillor suspended by labour, now under investigation and now under investigation for saying that he wanted to well, talking, talking about cutting people's throats at one of these peaceful protests that we had last night. it was a big news day and it's only 3 pm, so it's not even 3 pm. because up next it is nana akua for in martin daubney, >> stay with us. it's your weather with annie shuttleworth . weather with annie shuttleworth. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar. >> sponsors of weather on gb news good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office. through the rest of the day, it is unfortunately staying pretty cloudy and quite damp. it's going to stay muggy overnight as well, but tomorrow is looking a lot clearer. that's because a cold front will push through the country overnight tonight. before then though, we've got a selection of warm

fronts bringing that muggy, humid air and quite a bit of rain to parts of scotland, northern england through this evening. some fairly persistent drizzly rain across parts of wales, southern areas of england that should linger through much of the night, whereas further north it will turn a bit fresher as the night goes on, clearer and drier air will move in by the morning, so it's not going to be quite as close across parts of scotland and northern ireland, but across the far south, temperatures holding up into the high teens. so quite a muqqy into the high teens. so quite a muggy start to the day across many southern areas of england. some drizzly rain still as well, particularly across the south—east, lingering towards lunchtime temperatures here 19 degrees in the west, though parts of west wales already a bit brighter by tomorrow morning . bit brighter by tomorrow morning. northern ireland and western scotland seeing some sunshine, but also a risk of a few showers through tomorrow morning. and there is a bit of a westerly wind as well, so it will be a bit breezier if you are across the west coast through friday, but in general it's going to be a brighter, a sunnier day for much of the uk once that rain

does clear away to the south and east, the risk of showers does continue for particularly northern areas of scotland, but across wales and much of england, as well as northern ireland, it should stay dry and bright through much of the day and in the sunshine it will feel quite warm. temperatures around 23 to 25 degrees across central and eastern areas of england in the high teens at further north friday evening doesn't look too bad. plenty of sunshine to end the working week, but overnight cloud will build once again from the south and west. introducing more humid air for saturday will likely brighten up by the afternoon, but it's sunday and monday when the temperatures are set to rise to the high 20s and low 30s. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news

>> gb news i'm nana akua. i'm in for martin daubney this afternoon so on the agenda police have made nearly 500 arrests as the crackdown on the violent disorder continues . they violent disorder continues. they are disgusting, not human and we need all the roads and. labour has suspended councillor ricky jones for what they've called completely unacceptable behaviour, as he appears to incite violence at a counter protest. the prime minister will chair another cobra meeting today. he's vowed to not let up in the response to the riot police as police brace for 20 potential further gatherings tonight. and tory leadership candidate robert jenrick has been accused of islamophobia after saying people who shout allahu akbar should be arrested. and this is very unusual. king charles asked the government to, for daily updates in demonstrations as tensions remain high. is it time for him to speak publicly? all that and more between now and 6:00.