for martin i'm dawn neesom in for martin daubney. you might have spotted the difference. different chromosomes. tall, lanky, blonde. same thing though. hope you're having a wonderful friday out there. you've made it to the weekend very nearly now. former labour councillor ricky jones has been charged with encouraging a violent disorder after he was filmed saying rioters are disgusting and should have their throats cut. and sir keir starmer's crackdown continues as courts have been kept busy as more violent demonstrators have been sentenced and jailed across the country. and this is including two men involved in a counter protest after a group of asian men kicking and punching a smaller group of four white men in leeds. gosh, it's all happening, isn't it .7 there are happening, isn't it.7 there are claims that rioters could be banned from going to football matches with the english football league season that starting this evening, we'll ask why this particular sport is being dragged into all of this. i'm really angry about this one. and there's the rest of the day's news as well. bbc has our shamed former presenter huw edwards to return the money he

was paid after he was arrested last year. good luck with that. the bbc chairman has branded him a villain who behaved in bad faith. that's all coming up between now and 6:00 and you really don't want to be going anywhere . but as i always say anywhere. but as i always say, and i promise this is the case. this is about you. it's not about me or even daubeny when it's here. it's about you and your opinions. and i'm going to read as many out as i can today, i really promise. so send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, before we get all the really exciting stuff that's coming up, it's the news headunes coming up, it's the news headlines with the very, very lovely tatiana sanchez . lovely tatiana sanchez. >> dawn, thank you very much. the top stories this hour as you've been hearing, former labour councillor ricky jones has been charged with encouraging violent disorder. it's after he was filmed

addressing a crowd at a london demonstration on wednesday evening that, coming from the crown prosecution service, he's appearing at westminster magistrates court this afternoon and some breaking news this houn and some breaking news this hour. a man has been sentenced over facebook posts he made dunng over facebook posts he made during the riots and violence seen across the country and he's been jailed for stirring up racial hatred online. 28 year old jordan parler has been sentenced to 20 months in prison. meanwhile, two men have been sent to prison for an attack on what prosecutors described as pro edl protesters after rival demonstrations clashed in leeds city centre last saturday. leeds crown court was shown cctv of a large group of asian men kicking and punching a small group of four white men, 21 year old samir ali, from leeds, and 31 year old adnan ghafoor , who also lives in adnan ghafoor, who also lives in leeds, admitted affray earlier on this week . well, it comes as on this week. well, it comes as the prime minister has issued a warning to those using social media to encourage violence and

disorder. visiting the metropolitan police command centre in central london, sir keir starmer said social media is not a law free zone . he said is not a law free zone. he said the police are actively pursuing those breaking the law online with more swift sentences expected to be handed down today. he said it was a reminder today. he said it was a reminder to everyone that whether they're directly involved or remotely involved, those people are still culpable. >> those that are thinking about getting involved in disorder of any sort is very clear. if you involve yourself in disorder, then the full force of the law will be applied. and the fact that we've seen this week people not just in court, but being sentenced to significant terms of custody for their behaviour just a few days ago, i think is a very important message to anyone who's thinking of getting involved in the coming days. >> several police forces have issued further cctv appeals to identify suspects they believe to have been responsible for some of the violence and disorder seen. detectives

investigating riots in merseyside issued images of 11 people after a separate appeal helped identify individuals earlier this week. greater manchester police have issued a similar appeal for information they're asking the public to contact them directly. alternatively, they have said to contact crime stoppers anonymously if they recognise any of the people pictured there . any of the people pictured there. now the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has claimed he does not feel safe as an openly muslim politician following the riots. asked by reporters if he felt at risk during the riots given, he said religion, he said clearly i'm not safe, which is why i've got police protection. the mayor expressed alarm at recent events, comparing them to the racial tensions he faced growing up in the 1970s and the 1980s. to other news, now disgraced former bbc news presenter huw edwards has been asked to return his salary by the corporation's board. it comes after the 62

year old admitted in court last week to having indecent images of children. seven of the 41 images were described as being in the most serious category of child abuse pictures, and videos. the bbc's board has told him to repay his salary from the time he was arrested in november last year, saying the presenter undermined trust in the bbc and brought it into disrepute . now brought it into disrepute. now former us president donald trump has agreed to debate vice president kamala harris on television in the race to the white house. it's been confirmed the republican nominee will debate his democratic rival on the 10th of september on the us network. abc and trump told a news conference at his florida home last night that he also wants to add two more debates on fox news and on nbc. during his news conference, mr trump claimed his opponent wasn't intellectually up to the challenge . in other news, challenge. in other news, russia's defence ministry has confirmed that reserve forces are being sent to the country's

western kursk region, where it still hasn't regained control after a cross—border offensive by ukrainian troops. moscow claims ukraine lost more than 280 military personnel in the past 24 hours, a claim that has not been independently verified. reports suggest that ukrainian troops are operating more than six miles inside russia , the six miles inside russia, the deepest cross—border advance by kyiv since moscow launched its full scale invasion of ukraine two years ago . and finally, two years ago. and finally, former reality tv star katie price has appeared in court today after being arrested at heathrow airport last night. it comes after a judge issued a warrant following her failure to attend a high court bankruptcy heanng attend a high court bankruptcy hearing last month. price was declared bankrupt in november 2019 and then again in march this year. miss price is expected to attend a further heanng expected to attend a further hearing this month . and those hearing this month. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. it

is back to dawn for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much, tatiana. now, well, what should we start with.7 oh yeah. let's start with the riot, shall we, the crackdown on rioters have shamed britain, and in the last few minutes, a man has been jailed for publishing written material intended to stir racial hatred. 28 year old jordan parler, from leeds, was sentenced to 20 months in prison. meanwhile former labour councillor ricky jones has been charged with one count of encouraging violent disorder after he was filmed saying rioters are disgusting and should have their throats cut, complete with the symbol for doing so nice, gb news political editor christopher hopeis

political editor christopher hope is joining me now in my little cosy studio. that's not cosy. it's quite cold, actually, to explain where we are with the riots politically. now, what's going on.7 >> well, two days of peace. dawn is what's happened. and that's good news for sir keir starmer. he has shown, i think, the value of his background as a former director of public prosecutions. he's pulled all the levers he knows to get the system working properly and we now often it doesn't work properly, frankly. on gb news but we have got violence on the streets since a horrific killings of those three girls in southport last, last monday. and since then you've seen people being arrested, charged and jailed days after it happened. that's often because it's a guilty plea. but even so, that's i think that that is serving to dampen down the rioting. and that's a good thing for everybody. of course, the challenge for him, for sir keir starmer is what comes next. he's done really well. i think to get this under control. i would argue, although some would definitely dispute him calling

everyone far right who is concerned about immigration. that's not certainly where gb news viewers and listeners are, but what comes next is how to work out why people are so upset, why they're concerned about immigration. a lot of the blame is on the last government, because putting up migrants in hotels is hardly popular in many communities, and allowing so many to arrive here legally and not combating illegal migration. it was all on the tory party, but now it's five weeks into this government. it's labour's fault. craig mckinlay, former tory mp, stood down in the last election. no known to our viewers as the bionic mp because yes, of course he lost arms and legs to sepsis. welcome back. in an emotional moment on the day of the election was called. he's given an interview to me for our podcast. the gb news called chopper's political podcast, in which he talks . which he talks. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> do tune in, but he talks. thank you john. he talks about why people are on the streets and, and talks about the fact that not everyone is far right. and here's what he had to say following the riots since the

dreadful killings in southport last week, craig mckinley, are you comfortable about the blame on the far right.7 a lot of viewers, listeners to gb news are concerned about the idea that the government's been willing to say it's just a far right and it almost says if you're worried about immigration, it's a far right issue, when, of course, as we know, it's a wider issue and a deeper issue than just one held by by some some thugs on the far right . right. >> well, i mean, if the far right are that good at organising things, then they're far better at organising things than any political party or government that i know in the uk. so i, i actually don't believe fully. i mean, there's always going to be some nutters and they should be dealt with very robustly and they should be in prison where appropriate. i'm fully in favour of all of that. but if you look at some of these, you know, rallies that are going on, there are lots of couples in these rallies that you'd expect to go and see in the dog and dunk dog and duck on a friday afternoon. these are normal people. and i think what happened with southport, southport, it's sort of

culminated what i feel is a deep malaise in this country, a deep worry. and it sort of brought it together in an unexpected way. and i'm afraid that's how things often happen. you know, it's like the, the butterfly wings in, in brazil create a storm in, in, in brazil create a storm in, in africa. you know, this is almost one of those moments where i think a lot of people have said, forget what the southport was actually all about. it actually made people rather annoyed about the state of britain today. i mean, i was so upset about that southport incident. i craig mckinley, lord mckinley, joining the house of lords in october. >> he's back in public life then i should say he knows about the writer politics. he founded ukip. >> i've forgotten you mentioned. >> i've forgotten you mentioned. >> yeah, you mentioned that just now. yes, >> he fought nigel farage for the seat in in south thanet in 2015. he knows about the right. he's not far right at all. he's not far right at all. but he knows the how the right think about things and that's why he's talking from a right wing perspective. i should say that last night cobra met for the

third time over the riots . third time over the riots. that's in the meeting in cabinet office briefing room a it's called cobra. sir keir starmer chaired the meeting . he said he chaired the meeting. he said he wanted a police on a high alert this weekend because they are not out of the woods yet. they know that. and social media, as we heard earlier, is not a law free zone. you can say things on twitter x facebook and go to prison, as we're seeing today in leeds. also, a slight controversy is going to be the government's plans. i say slight, a big control of releasing prisoners early to ease overcrowding. you serve 40% of your of your jail term, not 50%, and you're released. that could include rioters because so far the most any rioters have got got has been three years, three, 30 months. and 12, 20 months for three years. so anyone with a term of less than four years can be released early under the government's own plan, starting next month. so this will be a long tail of debate about the riots. >> yeah, there's a lot to there's a lot to be a lot of questions to be answered there.

i think craig had a very good point, though. if you look at some of the sentencing, there were two, two lads, a couple they are who you were having a few beers and playing bingo all afternoon and then just decided to go out. they're not politically motivated, are they? >> i mean, obviously i don't know what their case we don't know what their case we don't know about their case. >> we don't know who they are. we know we don't know enough about their motivation. and we haven't followed their case closely. but his wider point he's making here, i think, is that people get caught up in things. yes, they want to express concern about things and others are battling away . and others are battling away. and often you are seeing some of the guilty plea, some tears in the dock, huge apologies from people being caught up in things they weren't meant to be. they just got on the wrong side of a police line. maybe we don't know again about the detail of all these cases, but there's a general feeling that that it's not necessarily a right wing issue. and that's what was, i think, a misstep by the sir keir starmer, according to our viewers and listeners @gbnews, they said it's not far right to be worried about immigration. >> of course. >> of course. >> of course it is. and no one's condoning the rioting in any way, shape or form. indeed. but what i do notice with sir keir

starmer is he's very keen to engage with communities, to talk to communities about what the labour government can do to help those communities. but it doesn't appear to be talking to what he has deemed or the labour party have been deeming the far right . right. >> indeed, i've been talking to people, voters as voters. >> i know people who've been with the prime minister and angela rayner on the visits up north, and they are spending a long time talking to communities. they are doing the kind of soft outreach which they have to do as a government to bnng have to do as a government to bring communities together. but as part of that, i think it's recognising without any go anywhere near justifying the violence. dawn. no, of course not. recognising the concern about immigration in this country. and it's not a far right issue. it's the point. no, absolutely. >> so i mean, obviously we are in recess at the moment, aren't we? this is, as you say, feel like the third cobra meeting we've had, but sir keir summer was due to go on holiday i think this week, wasn't he? is he any sign of that or. >> well, we were told we only get one moment to ask the government things in recess on the monday morning lobby briefing, we were told last

monday that as planned, he's here all week working at his desk. now, the question is, can he go away next week? i mean, i think he needs a break. he's fought and won an election. he's set up a government from scratch, he's five weeks in. no one will begrudge him a holiday. having said that, you're also in charge. and if he's pictured with his feet up on a sun lounger and it's kicking off again in britain, in england or wherever it is, that won't be a good look. and that's the problem of being in power, the burden of being in power. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> the buck stops with you. i just want one question on mayor sadiq khan comments about not feeling safe as a muslim in the capital city. how has that been received politically? >> yeah , well, and what he says >> yeah, well, and what he says matters. he is the mayor of london. he oversees the police. he's the boss essentially, of sir mark rowley. who's the police chief? we he has talked in the past about his security. he doesn't like to talk about it that much, but he has a quite a wide ranging security because of his high profile. but the most public, most publicly , muslim

public, most publicly, muslim politician we have in this country, and, yeah, he's worried about it. i mean, i think, you know, i frankly, i don't think you can begrudge him saying that. >> no, of course not. >> no. and he has said he's been trigger triggered in, in that word by the far right protests. and he is worried about it. but he does have, security, i think in fact, he says he's not safe in fact, he says he's not safe in london, is maybe a testament to the wider issue of being safe in london. i mean, if he feels that means that people haven't got the security, he's got who are muslim will be feeling the same. >> yeah. i mean, obviously , as >> yeah. i mean, obviously, as someone who lives in, in london, i could mention. >> well, you feel it knife crime and being a woman in london and feeling safe. >> but i mean, obviously that's splitting hair. okay, just one final question, labour and a introducing a legislation about islamophobia, making it almost an official definition. yes. what can you explain a bit more about that? well, we're not there yet. >> it's not defined in law. what is islamophobia ? the tory party is islamophobia? the tory party didn't go there . they looked at

didn't go there. they looked at it. they reviewed it. the party was accused of having problems with islamophobia amongst its membership base. that was denied by the party. although other senior tories did say they'd seen it. and they're worried about it, what? we're not there yet. but the government is looking at defining islamophobia, and that could mean that you have remarks made in public life about muslim people which could fall foul of the law suddenly. so we'll see how that goes and how it's defined . we saw, didn't we, defined. we saw, didn't we, about the definition of anti—semitism, of course. and would you accept the official international one or not? and did did a, jeremy corbyn accept it or not? back when he was labour leader? so it's a whole complicated space and we're about to i think we are going to see that defined by this government and what that means for people talking about islam on social media and muslim people will wait and see. >> yeah, there's a lot of work to be done. >> controversial. it is controversial, but arguably it needs to be done. well, something does, doesn't it? and there's a lot of work to be done.i there's a lot of work to be done. i wouldn't want to be in a sun lounge at the moment,

because you're just going to be stressed out all the time, aren't you? thank you very much, christopher hope. love you, choppen christopher hope. love you, chopper. thank you, but the sentence we've been talking about, are they too harsh? we've seen in the last 20 minutes. jordan parlour was sentenced to 20 months in prison for what he wrote on facebook. and daniel mcguire was handed two years and two months in prison after spitting at police in plymouth, i'm struggling with this as a woman on the grounds that sort of like sexual assault and rape in london, certainly under the met police, barely even, you know, get prosecuted. i mean, no one really bothers, do they? so i'm curious as to find out what's going on with this sentencing. so joining me now is a criminal defence lawyer, paul britten. paul, good to see you. thank you very much for joining me this afternoon. now the obvious question that i want to ask is how comes you know that the justice system has been on its knees for a long time? you know, things take years to go through the courts in particular, as a woman, i'm concerned about sex crime. suddenly, overnight, we not only have prison cells, but we have

judges sitting and people are guilty and in jail straight away . guilty and in jail straight away. how is this happening? >> i mean, look , it's not >> i mean, look, it's not suddenly, it's right that these people are brought to justice. >> and the ones that we've seen come in before, the courts have actually been in the system for actually been in the system for a little bit longer than you'd ordinarily , ordinarily think, ordinarily, ordinarily think, the public are watching. there is a doctrine in law that justice doesn't just have to be done, but it has to be seen to be done . be done. >> and the government and the judiciary are under a lot of pressure to be reacting quickly to this. >> and that's why we are seeing that already in the news headunes. headlines. >> and i know you mentioned a few cases there where people have been sentenced. and i think you mentioned one was 20 months and i don't know the details of that in particular. but when we sentence someone to fewer than two years, they can have what we call a suspended sentence, which means they don't go into jail. but if they reoffend in that penod but if they reoffend in that period of time, they do go straight in. so we're probably not seeing those people taking

up a prison cell when it's over the two years. that's probably done deliberately , because that done deliberately, because that individual has done something that warrants them going to jail and the judiciary or the judge in particular, in any particular case, will want to see that person in jail for a set period of time. of course, they can apply of time. of course, they can apply for parole once they're in, which might see them get out early, but these people aren't being convicted of under the under the public order act of 86. and section one is quite helpful for rioting . and we are helpful for rioting. and we are talking about rioting. and rioting is when 12 or more people come together for a common objective, whether that be political or to cause trouble and cause an ordinary person of what we call reasonable firmness, to feel alarm or harm and distress. if they're found guilty of that sort of offence, they're looking to up to ten years, depending on many factors. >> paul, i know , i know you said >> paul, i know, i know you said that, you know, it's not

happening as quickly as i think, but the riots haven't been going on for that long. and already we are seeing people going through the courts straight away . i the courts straight away. i still i know you've tried to explain it. i still can't get my head around how it can happen. so quickly when there's a will to do so . to do so. >> but one of the points you were saying is that there's not prison. cells available or prison. cells available or prison places, but you know, in many cases they are going to be sentenced to fewer than the two years. is it happening quickly? people that are arrested for serious crimes that are affecting public order, and all of us as a majority? i mean, it's everywhere. it's from the south right up to the north. it's from the east to the west. they need to be dealt with in, in an expeditious way so that we are sending a clear message, because it's also prevention. now, a murderer will be brought before the court quite quickly and they'll enter a plea. and if they say they're not guilty, then they'll have to determine whether they go out on bail or they're held in remand. that's because it's a serious crime.

put together what is happening in our country right now is an incredibly serious crime , and incredibly serious crime, and the public at large are at risk . the public at large are at risk. >> okay, unfortunately, we're running out of time there, that's criminal defence lawyer paul britton. thank you very much for joining paul britton. thank you very much forjoining us. thanks for much for joining us. thanks for having me. afternoon. thank you. right. well, let me know what you think about that, because i'm still not entirely convinced that it's, you know, they can do it when they want to, can't they? so why don't they do it all the time? but we move on now. an iraqi national has been arrested by a police investigating a planned terror attack on a taylor swift concert in austria. i'm dawn neesom info martin daubney. this is britain's news channel. put the kettle on, but don't go too far. are you saying?

welcome back. i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news. i'm standing in for martin daubney now . the for martin daubney now. the teenage suspect in a plot to

carry out a terror attack at the now cancelled taylor swift concerts in vienna were apparently planning to use knives and homemade explosives to kill as many people as possible . and you've seen who possible. and you've seen who goes to taylor swift gigs, haven't you? they're little girls, their moms and dads. it's just, oh, god . any case now, but just, oh, god. any case now, but taylor swift is due here on thursday, and her fans are worried that the gigs might not go ahead in london either. but that got me thinking why target taylor swift's concert in particular? is she a threat to islamists? i mean, that's what we're going to ask. it's interesting that the suppositories didn't choose to target the wrestling event the day before in the same venue. could it be a similar to the bombing at. yeah, ariana grande's concert in manchester. remember another feisty young woman that was seven years ago? her audience, again largely women and girls, sing along to songs that empower females. what on earth is going on here? well, to answer that question, hopefully is a feminist, khadija khan , who grew up a muslim khan, who grew up a muslim before she left the religion. khadija, thank you so much for

joining me this afternoon, ariana grande , taylor swift, ariana grande, taylor swift, what is it going on here? >> we see a pattern here, >> we see a pattern here, >> as you just said that. who goes to these concerts? these are little girls. these are . are little girls. these are. they are mothers of these little girls. young women . they go to girls. young women. they go to these concerts. so, as far as i see this whole situation , there see this whole situation, there are people who have been radicalised with islamist ideology , and they have pledged ideology, and they have pledged allegiance to the terrorist group isis. and the same thing happenedin group isis. and the same thing happened in ariana grande, the concert when, salman abedi, he, targeted that area, the, manchester arena and, he the isis took the responsibility for that incident. and here we see the person who carried who planned to carry out this

attack. he has also pledged , attack. he has also pledged, allegiance to isis. so there is allegiance to isis. so there is a pattern between these two incidents. we see that the these attackers, they aim to apparently aim to claim as many casualties as possible. and then there is a religious misogyny component to these incidents because according to the radical interpretation of religion, women who dance , drink and spend women who dance, drink and spend time at home enjoy , you know, time at home enjoy, you know, with their friends, they deserve to be punished. and some radical and some extremist people, they take this responsibility on themselves. and the thing that it's all justified, punishing these women who are apparently in their eyes, are not good enough to be respected and protected. so i mean, i'm struggling with this. >> i mean, if you've just said , >> i mean, if you've just said, khadija, you know, mostly little girls and quite a few gay men as well, in particular, certainly

with taylor swift, big, big fan, what is it? that radical islam has an issue with, with young women out enjoying themselves , a women out enjoying themselves, a radical interpretation of islam has problem with everything that we hold dear in the western democracies. >> i mean, you talk about radicalisation . so radicalisation. so radicalisation. so radicalisation did not, stop with the, you know , demolition with the, you know, demolition of isis as a group, with the, you know, demolition of isis as a group , the ideology of isis as a group, the ideology lives on. we need to understand this thing. the radicalisation of young people is very much a reality of our lives . and, as reality of our lives. and, as far as it why they have problem with women who are independent and who they see as a threat to their. you know, authority, it's very obvious there is a very clear concept of religious misogyny that that seeks, validation from religious discourse. so it's no wonder

that we see these kind of attacks. and i want to say one thing that it's been a long time. we're talking about radicalisation. and there are many mosques and seminaries, have been reported in media for propagating, you know, radical views , misogynistic views, just views, misogynistic views, just recently for islamic charities. they they have they are under investigation for promoting you know, for condoning, for hosting , know, for condoning, for hosting, an extremist cleric, from pakistan who condones sexual slavery. and it is very important to mention that this person, this cleric, extremist cleric, he is notorious for his for promoting misogynistic views , for promoting misogynistic views, and he does it on daily basis, not only in pakistan. he has followers around the world. so we have a situation where mosque and seminaries, certain mosques and seminaries, certain mosques and certain seminaries, they not only invite these, foreign extreme radical clerics and

provide them ample opportunities to propagate these vile and appalling views, which are antithetical to everything that western democratic societies stand for. >> khadija, just briefly, we are running out of time . you're running out of time. you're obviously a very bright, independent, you know , young independent, you know, young woman. what reaction have you had to when you come out and give interviews like this and talk about your views? i mean, have you been threatened? >> it's not easy to live a normal life when you are criticising islam. and i think it's very much clear, you know, there, there have been, instances and there have been evidence, evidences that people who criticise islam, they face, repercussions and consequences. and of course , it's not, easy to and of course, it's not, easy to just talk about, you know, radical aspects of a religion and then live a normal life.

then of course, i've faced lots of discrimination, and you know, from very orthodox religious people and, yes, threats. it's a part of life i can imagine, >> khadija , we're run out of >> khadija, we're run out of time. unfortunately. i could talk to you for much, much longer. thank you very much for speaking out so bravely. and carry on doing what you do. thank you very much. that's khadua thank you very much. that's khadija khan, a journalist and broadcaster. there now. gosh, i'm running out of time already , i'm running out of time already, it's i'm running out of time already, wsfime i'm running out of time already, it's time for the latest news headunes it's time for the latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez. and here she is . and here she is. >> don't. thank you. the top story from the gb newsroom. former labour councillor ricky jones has been charged with encouraging violent disorder. it's after he was filmed addressing a crowd at a london demonstration on wednesday evening that, coming from the crown prosecution service, he's appearing at westminster magistrates court this afternoon . magistrates court this afternoon. a facebook user who urged people

to attack a leeds hotel used to house asylum seekers has been jailed. 28 year old jordan parler has been sentenced to 20 months after pleading guilty to publishing written material intended to stir racial hatred. meanwhile, two men have been sent to prison for an attack on what prosecutors described as pro edl protests after rival demonstrations clashed in leeds city centre last saturday. leeds crown court was shown cctv footage of a large group of asian men kicking and punching a smaller group of four white men, 21 year old samir ali from leeds, and 31 year old adnan ghafoor, who also lives in leeds, admitted affray earlier this week . it comes as the prime this week. it comes as the prime minister has issued a warning to those using social media to encourage violence and disorder, visiting the metropolitan police command centre in central london, sir keir starmer said social media is not a law free zone. he said the police are actively pursuing those breaking the law online, with more swift

sentences. he said it was a reminder to everyone that whether they're indirectly involved or remotely involved, those people are still culpable . those people are still culpable. disgraced former bbc news presenter huw edwards has been asked to return his salary by the corporation's board. it comes after the 62 year old admitted in court last week to having an indecent images of children. seven of the 41 images were described as being in the most serious category of child abuse pictures and videos. the bbc's board has told him to repay his salary from the time he was arrested in november last yean he was arrested in november last year, saying the presenter undermined trust in the bbc and brought it into disrepute and in sports. lee carsley has been named as interim head coach of the england men's football squad, ahead of the upcoming nafions squad, ahead of the upcoming nations league fixtures. carsley will step up to replace gareth southgate, who brought his eight years in charge to an end after defeat to spain in the euro 2024 final last month . and those are

final last month. and those 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. >> thank you very much, tatiana. there are loads of you are already getting in touch and certainly after listening to khadua certainly after listening to khadija khan, they're talking about our the threat of militant islamists to women. alan evans says this lady will be next to get locked up for criticising the religion. and davy. hi davy says have we missed keir starmer, the uk prime minister, condemning islamic attitudes to awards women? it's not. it's militant islam. it's not all islam, is it? i mean, it's just militant islam. but yeah, obviously it's dangerous. so thank you very much, khadija,

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welcome back. i tell you what, i hope you're nice and warm out there. it's a bit nippy in the studio. it has to be said. anyway, i'm not meant to say things like that, am i? but it is right. i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news. and later in the show i'll talk about a sharp fall in people applying to move to the uk. i wonder if anything to the uk. i wonder if anything to do with the riots, but let's return to the riots, shall we? we can't avoid this subject. they are the worst riots we've seen in a decade, and police are significantly increasing their presence at several football matches tonight and over the weekend. football season kicks off this weekend , championship off this weekend, championship premiership next weekend, and there are fears that hooligan gangs could kick off. and those

who have taken part in the past week of unrest could be barred from future matches. starmer had this to say earlier. >> i think a lot of things in the mix, this weekend, but of course , whatever the challenge, course, whatever the challenge, we have to rise to it and that's why i've had cobra meetings. that's why i've been talking to the police today about their plans for the weekend. yes football is added into the mix. there are other things in the mix, but our focus has to be absolutely , solely on the absolutely, solely on the safety. and, you know , security safety. and, you know, security of our communities. and that's exactly where it is . exactly where it is. >> ha. but is it really fair to lump a rioting thugs in with football fans like myself? come on, you irons. by the way , we're on, you irons. by the way, we're not playing this weekend. that's next weekend. joining me now to discuss is former scotland yard detective and unfortunately for him, a qpr fan, we can't all we all have our crosses to bear. peter bleksley , peter, i got peter bleksley, peter, i got very annoyed about this story. police are examining links between far right extremists and

football hooligans amid, you know, violence flaring up this weekend, sir keir starmer, who's an arsenal fan, by the way, and goes regularly. i bet he gets prawn sandwiches though, you know, it's implying that football fans are somehow linked to rioting and far right thugs. what do you make of all this? >> this is lazy labelling, like it's so to easy do when they say everybody who who stupidly threw a brick at a police officer is a far right thug. >> just labelling ill thought out, painting people with a very broad brush with not an awful a lot of evidence with which to support it. football has come a very long way since the 70s, and the 80s, when it was riddled with rampant violence. and you will now go to any football ground in the country playing at any level and find families, children in unprecedented numbers. >> so this is lazy. it's wrong andifs >> so this is lazy. it's wrong and it's prejudicial against the

good, decent football fans . good, decent football fans. >> it is really annoying, isn't it, peter? i mean, i do find it quite upsetting. i've been going to football since i was a little kid with my dad and it's like, you know, all right. yeah, things were bad at certain points, but things have moved on. so, so much. so why do you think they're doing? you know keir starmer's thing right isn't it peter. he's engaging with the community. he does a lot of engaging with communities. but meanwhile if you're a football fan and i'm stereotyping but it's normally white working class blokes , you're not getting class blokes, you're not getting any engagement at all. you're being dismissed as you're probably going to start a riot because you are a football fan and you're very definitely going to be far right. if that's the case, when keir starmer and any other senior politician engages with the public, as they call it, these are pre—arranged, staged , managed meetings with staged, managed meetings with the cameras. >> there for all the photo opportunities and all the soundbites. it's not like you and me both very talkative people who speak to the cab

drivers, the people working on the tube, the people working in the tube, the people working in the restaurant, the people in pubs and clubs and on the street. i speak to people every single day of the week. that's community engagement, not a stage managed set up. so consequently, when you put that together with the fact that the westminster bubble is just an echo chamber full of some of the most unworldly people i've ever come across, some of whom worked as special advisers to these politicians and believe you me, there's nothing special about them. and i wouldn't take any advice off them. couple all those things together. they're in an echo chamber. they're not very worldly. and all these engagements are mere photo opportunities. >> yeah, and this is just going to inflame football fans more. i mean, you know, i'm a sort of like, mild mannered, middle aged woman, honestly. and i just think i'm angry at being tarred with this brush purely because i follow a particular sport.

>> yeah, but i've been on the end of some very rough handed treatment from police through following my beloved queens park rangers for decade after decade, when i have done absolutely nothing wrong other perhaps than arrive in a city that's not mine, on a train with some fellow football supporters. we've been herded. we've been shoved, we've been pushed, we've been abused . sometimes it goes been abused. sometimes it goes with the territory less so . i with the territory less so. i must say in recent times that the hands of the police then back in the 90s, in particular, where they were all a bit quick to raise their hands and shove us around, and that's a good thing. but yeah, many, many millions, quite literally millions, quite literally millions of decent, law abiding football fans have been besmirched by this lazy language. it'sjust besmirched by this lazy language. it's just bone idle, lazy terminology. applying it to media people. not a shred of

evidence. >> no, no. and i'm glad you mentioned that because, i mean, football fans are, you know, at the very front of two tier policing, aren't they? i mean, it's like one law for us just trying to get to an away ground , trying to get to an away ground, walking peacefully down the street with being kettled literally just walk into a ground. and one law for people that are going back to the blm marches and riots, when people were chucking things at police horses and the police were running away, or look at the pro—palestine marches that we've had almost every weekend to 7th of october last year, when people have issuing rotten chants , racist, vile chants and chants, racist, vile chants and waving flags and banners which should have got them instantly arrested, like, with the verve, perhaps. >> and the rigour that rioters are quite rightfully being arrested now, if only we'd seen that kind of consistency throughout some of those marches. a lot of people would be a lot happier. >> yeah, indeed. all right,

peter, have qpr got this weekend then. >> west brom at home. quarter one kick off tomorrow. if you can't get down there it's on the telly. enjoy. >> good luck and stay safe out there. that's. peter bleksley. a former police officer. thank you very much for joining former police officer. thank you very much forjoining us. and a qpr fan, obviously. thank you very much, peter. always a pleasure. now we move on, kamala harris is now the bookmakers favourite to become the new us president. we get the latest on her battle with donald trump. i'm dawn neesom and this gb news, britain's news channel. please don't go

welcome back. have you got a nice cup of tea in front of you? or possibly it's a friday, possibly a nice cold beer or something. i don't blame you in the slightest. i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news. right? let's have a look at what some of you have been saying. lots of support in the room. for what? both peter bleksley and khadija

were saying earlier on in the show, no. this is norman, you say, i started to write a post about two tier britain, but i stopped and was in fear of being arrested. i can be locked up for expressing my thoughts on facebook. government censorship is now stopping any shred of free speech. lots of you are saying similar sentiments there as well. and that's obviously that, 55 year old woman from cheshire has been, arrested for posting something misleading on x, formerly twitter, and alvin point of law says if a person pleads not guilty, they are entitled to a proper trial. clearly the people that are going so quickly through our courts are pleading guilty, yeah, that's true, but i mean, even so, it's remarkably speedy, isn't it? and i'm still slightly. well angry, i think, is the word that, you know, when , is the word that, you know, when, when the justice system wants to get moving, it can get moving. and meanwhile , so many people and meanwhile, so many people are waiting for cases to go to court, yeah. absolutely. yeah

and nuff said. they can do it when they want to serve themselves, but not you or me. and also the justice seen to be done rhetoric refers to process, not outcome. no secret courts. well, i mean, anything's possible, isn't it? these days? okay. lots more comments coming. do keep your comments coming in, and i will read as many out as possible. and yes, you can even ask me why i'm wearing black today. and to be completely honest with you, it's because i've run out of colours right? okay, now let's move on, shall we? oh, no. hold on. no, we've got. no, we've got some more coming in. right michael? thank you very much. michael said, i think we should all be careful with what we post on social media as they could be coming for you. oh, god. a lot of you are saying that really? and a lot of you are worried. did you know that in venezuela they are actually going to ban twitter stroke, x for ten days? just i mean, i know venezuela is sort

of like a firing dictatorship, but i mean, they're going to ban it. i mean, is that something that you could possibly see coming here, meanwhile, catherine has said protesters who are causing trouble are simply thugs. shouldn't give them more credit than that, john. meanwhile, john says too little, too late from starmer . little, too late from starmer. interesting, isn't it? i mean, do you think i mean, i keep coming back to the people that are getting prosecuted? obviously we don't know too much about individual cases, but you know, there are people sitting in bingo halls having a beer and they're being sort of like, you know what? what is it, two years? how politically motivated are there are so many questions. no one's condoning rioting, obviously. but if we want some even more mad politics, should we go across to america and see what's happening over there? makes you feel slightly better, doesn't it, presidential hopefuls donald trump and vice president kamala harris will go head to head in the first televised debate next month. but who will come out on top? this could be a ratings blockbuster, joining me now is the professor of international politics, david

dunn. david, thank you for joining me. lovely to see you this afternoon at david. so the debate is on, trump and kamala harris are going to go head to head. what's your prediction for how this one's going to go? >> well, it'll be a blockbuster 51 million watched the last one. >> and it caused one of the candidates to fall out. >> so everyone's going to be watching, this time around to see whether any of them trips up. >> makes a mistake. gives that one gaffe line, that actually makes a big impact on the race, >> so presidential debates have never been so important as they are this time. never been so important as they are this time . it's big time television. >> and i mean, obviously , you >> and i mean, obviously, you know, with biden and with the whole, the mental health issues and, and the we don't know what was wrong, but there were issues with him, kamala harris is a completely, completely different kettle of fish, isn't she ? kettle of fish, isn't she? >> it's a changed race entirely. and in fact, it seems that trump doesn't know how to respond to her. he's calling her names,

mispronouncing her name. he seems nostalgic for the loss of biden as his candidate against biden. trump was ascendant, and now that the race has turned around and she is ahead in the polls , polls, >> david, thank you very much for your. so quick. we've run out of time. that's professor david dunn. thank you very much, now, obviously, it's the all important. it's the weekend weather with alex burkill. here's what's coming . here's what's coming. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> good afternoon. here's your met office weather for gb news. whilst there will be a bit of cloud, a bit of rain around at times tomorrow, it's looking sunnier and hotter for many on sunday, but for the time being it is still quite blustery out there, especially across northern parts. there's quite a pressure gradient with an area of low pressure to the north of the uk, and it's this that's driving some breezy conditions . driving some breezy conditions. also, plenty of showers to end the day across parts of scotland

in particular, and some of them could be quite heavy. but rattling through quite quickly because of those brisk winds elsewhere turning largely dry with some clear skies, especially towards the east overnight. but thicker cloud and a bit of rain pushing in from the west. in the west. then temperatures holding up mid to possibly high teens for some of us, a little bit fresher, where we have some clearer skies further east. now taking a closer look first thing tomorrow morning and across parts of scotland it will still be a bit breezy and there will again be some showers around, perhaps some showers around, perhaps some longer spells of rain for a time, particularly across western scotland. all of that drifting north eastwards. a few showers, perhaps for parts of northern ireland and northwest england. a brighter picture for north—east england, also down the eastern side of england. a good deal of fine sunny for weather some to begin with. but the cloud, the outbreaks of rain which could be heavy over the hills towards the west , hills towards the west, gradually making their way eastwards as we go through the morning. so for many parts of england and wales it is going to be quite a grey day and there

will be a bit of rain at times, so shouldn't be too heavy for most of us. further north a slightly brighter picture similar to today really. some blustery showers rattling through, though the winds not quite as strong in the north, temperatures getting into the high teens, low 20s, mid 20s for some of us towards the southeast. later on tomorrow we will start to see the cloud and any rain across england and wales drifting away towards the east. so some clearer skies developing as we go through the night and the showers in the north should start to die out as well. and then sunday for most is looking fine with a decent amount of sunshine with temperatures rising as we go into monday by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news

>> well . >> well. >> well. >> right. a bit of breaking news for you. we're going to cross straight to leeds crown court where jordan plain is being sentenced for racially aggravated harassment over the leeds riots. >> and it caused alarm and distress to others in particular to miss sarwar, who has had the courage to come to court to tell

me and others, including you , me and others, including you, how she felt and how she feels. to summarise , only she was to summarise, only she was scared , anxious , traumatised by scared, anxious, traumatised by your behaviour. she was fearful of violence . she felt like she of violence. she felt like she didn't belong in her own home city. the city of leeds, where she has lived for all of her life , to the extent that she was life, to the extent that she was scared to go to work for four days following this incident, she remains anxious and she remains worried about returning to work and to her university . to work and to her university. you were arrested on the 5th of august and then interviewed. you are now 30 years of age and in particular you have convictions.

in july of 2012 for racially aggravated causing fear of violence and criminal damage . violence and criminal damage. those convictions are an aggravating factor. you have further convictions as an adult, including for violence. what you have done cannot be viewed in isolation. it must be viewed against the background of unrest and disorder in the country. this was your contribution to that disorder. your conduct, conduct and that of your group was designed to stir up racial hatred . it took place at a time hatred. it took place at a time when the social climate was particularly sensitive . by the particularly sensitive. by the 3rd of august, there had already been disorder in southport , been disorder in southport, manchester, hartlepool , manchester, hartlepool, aldershot, london, liverpool and

sunderland . i will now turn to sunderland. i will now turn to and follow the sentencing guidelines in terms of culpability, i find that this falls into category a since it involves the targeting of individuals by a group and it was a sustained incident. it also falls into category one for harm. since miss sarwar and the people like her, feared serious violence. not only on that day but also on subsequent days . the but also on subsequent days. the starting point for a category one offence without the aggravating factor of racial aggravation is a high level community order, with a range of up to 26 weeks imprisonment . up to 26 weeks imprisonment. given the context and the background of this incident and others around the country, i would have placed this offence

at the top of the range . i must at the top of the range. i must now consider the level of racial or religious aggravation involved and apply an appropriate uplift to the sentence in accordance with the guidelines . sentence in accordance with the guidelines. i am careful to not double count. i find that racial and religious aggravation was the predominant motivation for the predominant motivation for the offence, and you were assessed. you were associated with a group which was promoting hostility based upon colour, race, religion . in those race, religion. in those circumstances, i will increase the starting point that i consider to be appropriate. as i have said, your position is aggravated by your convictions for similar offending in 2012, for similar offending in 2012, for which you received a custodial sentence at the forefront of my mind are the purposes of sentence, which in

this case are punishment and deterrence . in mitigation, deterrence. in mitigation, i take into account that you pleaded guilty at the first available opportunity and you will receive full credit, that being one third, i also take into consideration your letter indicating your remorse. i take account of the comments of the probation officer that you are a single man living alone, but with responsibilities for a child with whom you have regular contact . you say that this contact. you say that this behaviour was caused by intoxication, but i note the similar convictions in the past. you are expressed by the probation service to be a high risk of re—offending. you are not in employment, risk of re—offending. you are not in employment , although not in employment, although apparently fit and well . i will apparently fit and well. i will now turn to the sentence. would you stand please? given the

context in which this incident occurred and the sustained nature of your conduct, which was designed to stir up racial hatred at a time of heightened social tension, an immediate custodial sentence cannot be avoided. the sentence that i pass has been reduced by one third to reflect your guilty plea. the sentence is one of eight months imprisonment . you eight months imprisonment. you will serve up to one half of your sentence in custody before your sentence in custody before you are released on licence. if you are released on licence. if you fail to abide by the conditions of your licence, you can be returned to prison to serve some or all of the remainder of your custodial term. the victim surcharge will apply term. the victim surcharge will apply and i will make a collection order. would you please take him down? >> right. okay. well, as you

say, that's, the latest, person accused of, racially aggravated, the crime during the riots. so i've got now gb news political edhon i've got now gb news political editor, chris hope with me to discuss just how fast these these cases are going through our courts. and we were saying dunng our courts. and we were saying during the break, christopher, that it's probably something to do with keystone's background that he knows the levers to pull to make this work. that's right. a former dpp director of public prosecutions ran the crown prosecution service during the last big riots in 2011. >> in this country, 3000 arrests there. i think a couple of thousand were were charged after that. we're down at 500 arrests now. really serious, of course, for those people and for the communities affected. but barely a sixth of the numbers charged arrested in 2011. but he know that back then, of course, we had court sitting through the night, magistrate courts to get urgent, charging and convictions

and clearly he's learned that lesson here. he's pulled some levers in government, he's you know, he's made sure that the cps is quick. so we have got violence and trouble last week, arresting , charging guilty off arresting, charging guilty off to prison the following week. thatis to prison the following week. that is unusual, but it's clearly been done by the government or organised by the government, with the support of the court service to send a message to people. just don't get in trouble because it can really blight your career and depnve really blight your career and deprive you of liberty. >> do you think, sir keir starmer believes that the way they are doing this, the way they are doing this, the way they are doing this, the way they are handling this, is having an effect on people wanting to go out and cause unrest? i mean, we saw on wednesday there weren't the threatened far right in inverted commas, if you're listening on the radio, protests that were threatened, that didn't happen. so do you think sir keir starmer, the labour government, are convinced that it's their behaviour that's stopping that? or is it something else maybe going on part of it. >> and no question that the police are important to this. you know, thousands of officers ready to be deployed around the country using special powers,

last used in 2011, the sir keir starmer had his third covid meeting since the killings. >> christopher three three in what, a week? >> yeah, i think he took a while to have the first one, frankly. yeah.i to have the first one, frankly. yeah. i mean, the first one, i think was the weekend, maybe sunday, i think. and there was one after that. and then one last night. i think he waited a bit too long maybe. but as things stand, you know, he's, he's, he's coordinating these meetings. what that means is it means cabinet office briefing room a where they've got a room. inever room a where they've got a room. i never been to it. we will never go to it unless you run the country door one day. but if you look around the screens in there, allowing someone like the pm to get a grip on and get immediate access to the data, what's going on? what's what are the cameras we have around the country? seeing he had a meeting last night of senior advisers, probably the home secretary there, although we haven't we haven't had a readout. he says after the meeting that the police will be on high alert this weekend because we have absolutely we have to make absolutely we have to make absolutely make sure that our

communities are safe and secure. he said there that social media is not a law free zone, and we're seeing the sensing right now in court , across in some now in court, across in some parts of the country about people for putting things on facebook and elsewhere and land themselves up in prison. it seems, or certainly with a conviction , and more sentencing conviction, and more sentencing happening today, he said. if you're directly involved or whether you're remotely involved, you are culpable and you will be put before the courts. if you've broken the law. so he's doing the bits he knows about dawn, which is dealing with prosecution, prosecutions, getting the kind of system working effectively in the most efficient way. we've seen it in some years. the harder, harder problem. he's got is the political choice. where do you go after this? how do you make sure these communities are are, you know, how do you reach out to communities hit by the violence? what did you do next? do you do you just call them far right? and there were far right. i mean, look on the screen now, there are far right people involved in this, but around the margins there are people maybe who are there who aren't the far right just concerned about my migration. what do you do about those people? i don't know if we

have the clip, but i spoke to craig mckinlay, the former tory mp for south thanet and now a peen mp for south thanet and now a peer, he's he he's concerned, we got the clip, but we are he did say on my podcast, chopper's political podcast that there were normal people, some people you might expect to go and see in the dog and duck on friday afternoon involved in some in some of these marches and the like. so he thinks that it's dangerous to say it's all far right, because because that hardly hardly goes towards where the actual problems is for all the actual problems is for all the people. i think the clips available now, following the riots since the dreadful killings in southport last week. craig mckinley, are you comfortable about the blame on the far right? a lot of viewers, listeners to gb news are concerned about the idea that the government's been willing to say it's just a far right, and that almost says if you're worried about immigration, it's a far right issue, when, of course , as we know, it's a wider course, as we know, it's a wider issue and a deeper issue than just one held by by some some thugs on the far right.

>> well, i mean, if the far right are that good at organising things, then they're far better at organising things than any political party or government that i know in the uk. so i, i actually don't believe, fully. i mean, there's always going to be some nutters and they should be dealt with very robustly and they should be in prison where appropriate. i'm fully in favour of all of that. but if you look at some of these, you know, rallies that are going on, there are lots of couples on these rallies that you'd expect to go and see in the dog and duck, dog and duck on a friday afternoon. these are normal people. and i think what happened with southport, southport, it's sort of culminated what i feel is a deep malaise in this country, a deep worry. and it sort of brought it together in an unexpected way. and i'm afraid that's how things often happen. you know, it's like the, the butterfly wings in, in brazil create a storm in, in, in brazil create a storm in, in africa, you know, this is almost one of those moments where i think a lot of people have said, forget what the southport was actually all about. it actually made people

rather annoyed about the state of britain today. i mean, i was so upset about that southport incident. i that's craig mckinney there talking to my podcast, chopper's political podcast >> this will have a long tail to it. the drama of the past nine days or so, because you have got these individuals being jailed, three, three years in liverpool, 30 months, 20 months more jailing today, more and, convictions. i should say in leeds, the government policy though is if you're jailed for less than four years, and in most cases you will only serve 40%, not 50% of your term. that's to ease jail overcrowding. so you might well see people being convicted at the moment being released early. and that in itself could be a problem for the government when that starts to happen. >> because, i mean, we were told in the run up to sort of like the general election just after it, there weren't any prison cells. i mean, we were down to, i think the last few hundred, a few hundred. yeah, it was like literally 600. and, you know, there were so many cases going through. and yet suddenly there's room where it seems that

way, doesn't it? >> i think this is again, this is the state almost demonstrating its its power to people saying, careful what you're doing here, because we are going to be really tough on this. and the sentencing is long for some of these people. >> what's the long term game plan with this. so obviously they are making a point now. they are sort of like, you know, getting these cases through. they're getting people in prison. but at some point there has to be, some game plan as to where this goes. and what it means for our political or our justice system. >> yeah, i'm not sure. i think that , you know, i >> yeah, i'm not sure. i think that, you know, i think it does show how fast the system can move when it has to, because they are moving this fast and they're allowing us to see it in court. of course, using new legislation of the tory party. but that is helpful because we are sort of demonstrating there's a price to be paid for being involved in this fight in this fighting and rioting, which is appalling and disgraceful. it doesn't go to the heart of why some people are demonstrating, i think, and that's that's the political challenge we haven't yet seen from the government. >> this is the point. i think

the big point here and many, many of you, and please do keep your messages coming in many of your messages coming in many of you are asking, when are the politicians going to engage with us? and we've seen sir keir starmer engaging with communities around the country sitting , talking to imams, etc, sitting, talking to imams, etc, etc. all very fine and good. but a lot of people are saying they need to sit and talk to us. they need to sit and talk to us. they need to sit and talk to us. they need to listen to us. we are the voters. >> you can't just say it's all far right because it's not really people who are concerned about migration, legal or illegal migration. we know from my email inbox, don't we? >> very much so, yeah, but look at reform uk, look at how the toys lost the election. >> basically. on failing to a large part on immigration. it's not a far right issue to be worried about these issues, and that's why i think we haven't heard yet from the government how they're going to deal with that. >> yeah, i know it's, it'd be very interesting to see what are they going on holiday, though, are they? >> well, we'll find out on monday. this week we were told the pm was not planning to go on holiday, so isn't i'm sure i'm sure he wants a break. i mean, he's fought and won an election. he's been on election watch since about april. it's now august. he needs to reboot, will

he get a chance to. and it all depends, i think, on if this country's peace at peace with itself. fingers crossed. we hope itself. fingers crossed. we hope it is. >> yeah, well, hopefully this weekend with the football starting, maybe people will be distracted and not go and kick off at football. by the way, just go and watch a decent game of football. yeah. depending on your team, obviously, christopher hope, thank you very much for joining christopher hope, thank you very much forjoining us. now we will much for joining us. now we will have lots more on the write later in the show, and there's plenty of coverage on our website gbnews.com. you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much for that. now the olympics, which normally is a nice bit of light relief, isn't it? however, the controversial boxer imani khalife could win that gold medal at the olympics this evening. but one famous former british olympian says the people she's beaten in paris should take legal action. well i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news you don't want to miss what's coming next. don't go too far. legal

action. welcome back. i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news now. later this hour, get reaction to a london mayor sadiq khan's claim that he does not feel safe as a muslim. following the recent riots, but before we go to that, i'm going to go to a gb news political correspondent, olivia utley is at city hall today and bnngs utley is at city hall today and brings us this report . brings us this report. >> yes. sadiq khan has done this very powerful interview yesterday where he talked about being a muslim politician in london and no longer feeling safe. he said he felt triggered by last week's events and suggested that he had hoped that his generation would be the to last experience this sort of racism in the capital. but now he feels as though his children are going through the same experience. it feels as though what's been happening over the

past couple of days is that this heated debate, this argument, has shifted from the streets. it now seems as though the government is getting a hold on the riots on the streets to the more political sector . the riots on the streets to the more political sector. sadiq khan has hit out two at conservative politicians and former conservative politicians, particularly suella braverman. the former home secretary, and lee anderson, now a reform mp . lee anderson, now a reform mp. and he has suggested that those two politicians have sort of helped to incite the sort of hatred that we're seeing, that we've been seeing on the streets in recent weeks. will braverman and lee anderson hit back. it doesn't feel as though this debate is getting any less toxic. the only potentially helpful thing for keir starmer is that immigration is actually going down. legal immigration, that is. now why is that? that is because of changes introduced by rishi sunaks government before they left office in may because of changes to the immigration plans whereby people

on, student visas or care visas can no longer bring dependants over people on those visas have dipped from over 90,000 last year to less than 60,000 this yeah >> that might give keir starmer a bit of a leg up going forwards. >> but for now, it does not feel as though the heat is going out of this debate . of this debate. >> thank you very much, olivia. now loads of you have been getting in touch and there is a slight glitch with the system if you keep trying. they do come through to us. so please do keep trying, not a lot of love in the room for a keir starmer. ben said, comrade starmer must go, mary, meanwhile, is questioning when did court sentencing become live tv? i thought only appeal courts at the high court of justice were filmed, well, i'm not entirely sure what the rules are around that, but nothing is as we expect it to be at the moment. is it, mary? i mean, the speed. these are going through the courts and barry a lot of

you are asking the same question as barry. why is cutthroat jones, you know, the labour councillor at the walthamstow peace march, who said that, the rioters should have their throats cut, why is he not being charged with incitement to murder? well, he's been arrested. we don't know what's happening yet. and then we're. yeah we just read that one. and starmer. yeah. dave says, starmer. yeah. dave says, starmer say social media is not a law free zone. well, yeah, a lot of people are agreeing with that at the moment. and yeah. would starmer lock the thugs up now please do keep all your comments coming in on that. and we are going to talk about all aspects of the riots, because it is the only thing in town. and all we can all hope for is that, that it doesn't kick off again this weekend. we've got the football season coming up, the championship kicks off this weekend, charity shield this weekend, charity shield this weekend, so hopefully it will

calm down. but what i know from you is do you think the way keir starmer and the labour government have handled this situation, do you think that's what's calming it down, or do you think that maybe the other night the weather wasn't as good? it was during the week ? good? it was during the week? and are you worried about what's coming up this weekend ? i mean, coming up this weekend? i mean, are you are you worried? i mean, as we've seen sadiq khan say he is worried to be a muslim in london at the moment. and i was talking to, my, my friend aram, kriss akabusi, the other day, and he was saying that as a black man, this is kriss akabusi, an olympian. he served as a soldier for this country. he was saying that as a black man. now he also feels more vulnerable. i mean, you know, these are this is what they're experiencing. oh, what do you think about that? i mean, you know, are you if you're a person of colour, are you feeling more vulnerable out there? is it something you're worried about? something you're worried about letting your kids go out? you know, during the day it's it is worrying times . and we just hope

worrying times. and we just hope that it does actually stay a bit more peaceful this weekend. now we are going to go on, start talking about the olympics very soon, because normally sport is one of those things that is a distraction, isn't it? it really is. it's like especially the olympics, we're doing incredibly well. right. okay but before we go to the olympics, yeah, we have actually got a clip of sadiq khan talking about how he feels when he's out and about in london. and let's have a listen, shall we? >> it's very important that we are, you know, not complacent. and we're vigilant. i'm really proud of what our police service has done, not just over the last 24 hours, but the last few weeks. yesterday, more than a thousand police officers are making sure our communities were safe from the threat of the far right. we know from across the country that they're trying to spread violence , racism and hatred. and violence, racism and hatred. and i'm also proud of londoners who came together , united against came together, united against racism, islamophobia and anti—semitism. we've got to

recognise, though, the far right is not going away . is not going away. >> okay . now, the london mayor >> okay. now, the london mayor is wading in on the riots across the country as sadiq khan, as you've just heard, declared he no longer feels safe as a muslim in london. he says, despite the anti—fascist demonstrations, many people from minority communities do feel scared. so joining me now is social policy analysis. doctor raqib hassan raqib. thank you very much for joining me this afternoon. what do you make of what you've heard? sadiq khan say in particular? >> well, it's understandable, dawn , we've seen the far right disorder. >> it's had a decidedly anti—muslim dimension. we saw in the aftermath of that horrific atrocity in southport, the killing of the three little girls. we saw anti—muslim conspiracy theories, speculating. well, the

background of the suspect is not just speculating, but saying the suspect is, illegal. muslim migrant of middle eastern origin who arrived in the uk by crossing, the english channel from france. so i think we've also seen, during the rioting, the targeting of mosques and, muslim communities more generally. so i think these are troubling times. and i think, understandably, there will be families, within our british muslim communities who are deeply unsettled by it . deeply unsettled by it. >> raqeeb what do you think of the way sir keir starmer and the labour government are handling the situation at the moment? i mean, some of the language, you know, as a white working class football fan, i'm still finding some of the rhetoric coming from them. it's troubling . what do them. it's troubling. what do you make of sort of like, you know, the whole link between now we've seen the link between football fans and some of the rioters and, and the fact that

we're still using the phrase far right to describe people who are maybe just have genuine concerns, not talking about people breaking the law, but people breaking the law, but people who have genuine concerns about where this country is going with immigration. what would what what do you say to that? >> raqeeb well, i think if we're talking about people deliberately peddling anti—muslim conspiracy theories, rioters targeting, mosques, but also muslim owned businesses and knowing that they are muslim owned businesses , that that is owned businesses, that that is classic, far right behaviour . classic, far right behaviour. >> and we should call it out. i think what we have to do, we have to disentangle what is quite blatant forms of far right disorder and then perfectly legitimate concerns over immigration and asylum policy and indeed, integration. and we can go even further than that , can go even further than that, islamist extremism, but but i think that what you'll find, dawn, is that the average british voter who has concerns those, conservative concerns

over immigration, asylum policy, how integration is working or rather not working in this country. they tend to have a very firm respect for the rule of law. they tend to be very conservative when it comes to matters of law and order. as well. so i think that it's very clear that the prime minister he's wanted to clamp down and he wants to clamp down on these disorders through mass arrests and the courts operating for longer hours in order to enable swifter prosecutions. but of course, we should continue having the conversation in terms of how do we foster a more just and stable democratic national community and that does involve having admittedly sensitive conversations on matters of immigration and asylum policy. >> do you think they're doing enough of that at the moment? rikki neave no. >> my view, no. i think that the labour party hasn't done that for some times. i think that that's why there's a fundamental disconnect between the labour party and many traditional white

british working class communities. and i think that sir keir starmer, he's had a number of opportunities in interviews where he's been asked, but do you at least acknowledge that there are perfectly legitimate concerns surrounding immigration and asylum? but he hasn't really engaged with those points, and i think that that that's somewhat troubling. now, of course , he's troubling. now, of course, he's taken a very i would say, a very rational, clear cut approach in terms of we there need to be mass arrests, they need to be swift prosecutions and people who are guilty of any form of criminality. they should meet the full force of the law. but i would like to hear, a sort of a vision for the country moving forwards . how do we move on from forwards. how do we move on from this and how do we have a more stable, prosperous and decent society? at the moment? i'm not heanng society? at the moment? i'm not hearing much of that from the prime minister. unfortunately >> yeah, just finally raqib, one one thing that they, they may be considering going forward is a definitely a legal definition of islamophobia. in the way, in the same way that anti—semitism is ,

same way that anti—semitism is, is defined, what do you make to that? >> well, i think this is the thing. so i think you're referring to the ihra definition of anti—semitism. and ultimately this appg british muslims working definition of islamophobia. it is modelled on the ash'ari definition of anti—semitism. and i actually have problems with both, because i think that in some cases that the definitions they tend to provide cover for foreign regimes. and i think the focus needs to be fighting discrimination against religious minorities living in the uk. and in my view , we shouldn't in my view, we shouldn't conflate discrimination with perfectly legitimate criticism of foreign regimes and also, more broadly, religious belief systems . systems. >> yeah, i mean, it has been very briefly, i really appreciate your time this afternoon. it has been critics have said it could amount to a blasphemy law by the back door. what do you say to that? >> well, in my view, we need to guard against that. oh, i keep .

guard against that. oh, i keep. >> oh, right. okay. well, i think we lost raqib there very briefly, but thank you, ricky, for joining us. we're going to forjoining us. we're going to go to the news headlines now. i believe, and it's tatiana sanchez. >> dawn, thank you very much. the top stories this hour. a 30 year old man has been jailed for eight months for racially aggravated intentional harassment during the riots in leeds. harassment during the riots in leeds . the judge said his leeds. the judge said his sentence was reduced to take his guilty plea into account. at one point, jordan plain was filmed with others mocking muslim prayers and a facebook user who urged people to attack a leeds hotel used to house asylum seekers, has also been jailed . seekers, has also been jailed. 28 year old jordan parler has been sentenced to 20 months after pleading guilty to publishing written material intended to stir racial hatred. meanwhile, two men have been sent to prison for an attack on what prosecutors described as

described as pro edl protesters after rival demonstrations clashed in leeds city centre last saturday, leeds crown court was shown cctv footage of a large group of asian men kicking and punching a smaller group of four white men, 21 year old samir ali, from leeds, and 31 year old adnan ghafoor, also from leeds , admitted affray from leeds, admitted affray earlier this week . it comes as earlier this week. it comes as the prime minister has issued a warning to those using social media to encourage violence and disorder. visiting the metropolitan police command centre in central london, sir keir starmer said social media is not a law free zone. he said the police are actively pursuing those breaking the law online, with more swift sentences. he said it was a reminder to everyone that whether they're directly involved or remotely involved, those people are still culpable. the national police chiefs council has said 595 arrests have been made in relation to disorder across the country following the southport stabbings, attack . former labour

stabbings, attack. former labour councillor ricky jones has been charged with encouraging violent disorder. it's after he was filmed addressing a crowd at a london demonstration on wednesday evening that, coming from the crown prosecution service, he's appearing at westminster magistrates court shortly and disgraced former bbc news presenter huw edwards has been asked to return his salary by the corporation's board . it by the corporation's board. it comes after the 62 year old admitted in court last week to having indecent images of children. seven of the 41 images were described as being in the most serious category of child abuse pictures and videos. the bbc's board has told him to repay his salary from the time he was arrested in november last yeah he was arrested in november last year, saying the presenter undermined trust in the bbc and brought it into disrepute . and brought it into disrepute. and those are the latest gb news headunes those 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

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evening. she is amazing, now. but the controversy of the games, isn't it? algerian boxer imani khalife fights for the boxing gold tonight. but while the boxer is on the brink of a bit glory, the journey that. i'm going to say they had been on to get there hasn't been without controversy. the boxer was previously barred from women's competition, as they not only have high levels of testosterone, but also understood to have xy male chromosomes. a man's average punch has over 2.6 times the force of one delivered by a woman. and believe me, i know i've been on the end of one dunng i've been on the end of one during boxing training. it's not fun. now, is this fair or even safe? joining us now is co—founder and executive director at sex matters, maya forstater. maya, thank you so much for joining forstater. maya, thank you so much forjoining me. a pleasure to talk to you this afternoon. now, obviously, this controversy has been rumbling on for a week now, as sharon davis in an interview in the telegraph

today, has raised fears of a woman olympian being killed as she joins in the fairness for fair sport campaigners in demanding sex tests for all competitors. what do you make of what sharon's had to say? i mean, do you think that's a potential a possibility, >> boxing is a dangerous sport, >> boxing is a dangerous sport, >> and a male boxer should not be fighting against women in the olympics. it's a travesty. and it is dangerous. >> it's unfair. >> it's unfair. >> and unsafe, >> and unsafe, >> i think sharon is right, which isn't great news for female sport. >> i mean, boxing obviously is a contact sport, but i mean, you know, the same applies to so many sports where men are demonstrably, stronger, fitter, faster , and yeah, as you say in faster, and yeah, as you say in sports like boxing, it could be, it could be, it could be lethal . it could be, it could be lethal. how have we got here, maya? i mean, how have we got to this situation where we don't know the full details, but we think, that, you know, these two boxers

have x y chromosomes, which makes them biologically male. how are they even in this situation where they are fighting x female boxers in the fing? >> well, the ioc, the olympic organisers, it's they're in slightly an odd position because for most sports they leave it up to the national governing bodies and the, the international governing bodies to, determine who's eligible. but because with boxing, the olympics is running the rules themselves, that's why this has happened this time. so previously , for example, in the previously, for example, in the athletics, we had this issue with caster semenya and with other, runners who who had what we think is the same, dsd, the same disorder of sexual development as these boxers , development as these boxers, which is somebody who is born male, has male chromosomes, has internal testes, has male levels

of testosterone , and their body of testosterone, and their body responds to it. and in the athletics it wasn't unsafe, but it was unfair. and now there are rules that those athletes with those conditions cannot compete against women. but in the boxing, the ioc has taken over the boxing regulation from the international boxing association and they have applied a rule that says it's what's on your passport that counts, not your biology. >> are you and sharon and various other , commentators various other, commentators fighting for, you know, women's rights in sport have been very vocal about this. and the ioc are basically saying you by saying what you're saying, are stigmatising these two boxers, khalife and lie—in is the other one. what would you say to that? >> i think it it comes back to the ioc. >> it's the ioc that have stigmatised these boxers by not having clear rules and clear

fair rules and enforcing them, it shouldn't be playing out on social media like this. it shouldn't be playing out in the pubuc shouldn't be playing out in the public eye. what should happen is there should be clear, fair rules. there should be sex testing, which means, a cheek swab, it's easy. it's not invasive, and it does mean that male athletes will not be able to compete in the female category. but, you know, most people don't get to compete in the olympics. and if you know, in sports where there are weight categories, if you're over the weight limit, you don't get to compete, it would just simply mean that they're not able to compete , but it doesn't play out compete, but it doesn't play out in social media. it doesn't play out in this controversial way. it's just those are the rules and they should be enforced. but at the moment, for the ioc in boxing, those are not the rules. the rules they have are, if your passport says female, we will consider you female . even if you consider you female. even if you have a male body and, producing testosterone at male levels, as

you say, it's a very simple swab test to prove genetically, whether you're male or female, the ioc are saying, no one wants to return to sex testing, but surveys have consistently shown that the vast majority of female athletes want this brought in. >> certainly, the 1996 olympic games. atlanta 82% of those surveyed were in favour. you think for the next olympics that this has to change? >> i think so, i, i think, what's happened here has been a travesty. it's been unfair. it's been unsafe, it's put female athletes at risk and they can't do this again. >> the >> the defeated >> the defeated boxers >> the defeated boxers have >> the defeated boxers have been urged female chromosome wise have been urged to take legal action against the ioc or the xy boxers. they are fighting. what do you think to that . do you think to that. >> if i were them i would

definitely take advice. >> indeed . because i mean it. do >> indeed. because i mean it. do you think do you i mean sharon has been very vocal on it and she says that someone is going to get seriously hurt if this continues. and you would certainly echo those thoughts. >> yes. and like angela, carine she, you know , she stopped the she, you know, she stopped the fight because it was unsafe at some point. you know, you have to put your safety ahead of, ahead of the competition. so i just hope that the women who fight in the finals, come out safely. >> indeed, maya forstater , thank >> indeed, maya forstater, thank you so much forjoining us. really appreciate your time talking about the controversy that has dogged the boxing. thank you very much, maya. great to see you this afternoon. now we move on. the number of people who applied to come to the uk fell by more than a third in july. are we finally getting a grip on the migrant crisis or is something else going on here? i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news at britain's news channel. see

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to do with it. the number of foreign workers and students applying to come to our country has decreased by a third over the last 12 months. but, but but could this help prime minister sir keir starmer meet his promise to reduce sky high levels of net migration , and how levels of net migration, and how much of it is to do with him? or is it to do with what rishi sunak was doing beforehand? let's get to the bottom of all this with research director at the centre for migration control, robert bates, robert, thank you very much for joining us. right. okay. migration levels are falling. this sounds like good news, but what's really going on here? >> well, you're right to say that the measures that the former conservative government introduced are the reason behind this fall. i think a large part of that was them simply unwinding a problem of their own creation, >> and, you know, pick picking the low hanging fruit, essentially, with, with the clamping down on, migrants being able to bring over family members, i think anyone with any common sense would struggle to

make the case that it's sensible for one care worker to be able to come over to the uk with three dependents with them, for instance, i think the problem we face now is we've almost got a sense of stockholm syndrome, and it was so used to everything being so bad that numbers and the anticipated drop that we're heanng the anticipated drop that we're hearing about today is now somehow being treated like like it's a triumph, like it's a great bit of, news to rejoice ove r. ove t. >> oveh >> whereas in actual fact, what we're now going to see is, a stasis set around the figures of 400, 500,000, whatever it might settle up being and being told that this is, you know, a dramatic, decrease from where things were. >> and the problem is that now labour have no real incentive to actually take any further steps over the next five years to bnng over the next five years to bring numbers down, because, you know, they've, they've delivered, i suppose they could make the case. >> they've delivered on their, on their promise to bring, bring net migration down. and we've already seen them backtracking on other certain measures, such as the combined family threshold in recent years, recent weeks. >> so yvette cooper said that she wasn't planning on, carrying on with those, those, those plans. >> so i think the problem is, now that we're stuck in a

position where net migration will settle around 400,000, but there's no impetus and no momentum for things to fall, even further. >> oh, right. so i hadn't actually thought about that. so basically, you think they're going to maybe take their foot off the gas now ? off the gas now? >> well of course. well, i mean , >> well of course. well, i mean, the labour party are averse to any sense of border control anyway. >> so i think they've been able to inherit a situation where we have seen a huge drop. and, you know, some of the reporting of it on, on it today is quite slavish really. >> and, you know, we're meant to be absolutely over the moon by this. but i think the simple fact of the matter is that 400,000, even if that was to be what the number settles on, is still far, far too high. >> and there are countless other avenues of huge migration need to be clamped down on. >> arguably, we need to have a conversation about where the actual salary threshold is for people able to enter the uk. at the moment, the conservative party have raised it to 38,000 at the end of their administration. >> arguably that needs to be increased to about 50 55,000 if we really want to bring down migration, make sure we have a

system that's high skill, high pay, system that's high skill, high pay, rather than what we've got at the moment, which is people able to enter the uk on a salary of about £20,000. >> and it's, you know, the inevitable consequences that come with that on public services, on wages for british people, on a culture, it's, it's something that i don't think the labour party now are going to do anything, anything more on. i think we're stuck with a situation for the next five years of 400,000, but we're going to be told that it's fantastic because it's not as bad as it once was, haha. >> yeah. yvette cooper has paused their plans to raise the threshold further, hasn't she? so that's one thing that's out the window. the only thing that concerns me here, robert, is the fact that we do need more care workers in this country. i mean, the care system is on its knees, so we do need more carers and less students. coming over here as well means that universities are not getting the funding they used to get from foreign students coming here. so is that something we should be worried about? >> well, on the care worker point , that's perfectly easy to point, that's perfectly easy to solve, to be perfectly honest. i mean, we're repeatedly told that young brits don't want to go

into that line of work. it's nonsense. you look at ucas application statistics, there's high, high demand still from young brits wanting to enter that field. the simple fact of the matter is that the care sector at the moment is run by these big companies that aren't prepared to actually invest in the british workforce, and instead pay themselves huge dividends on the university point, i think it's become a bit of a ponzi scheme, to be perfectly honest with you. i think far too many of our universities are incredibly low grade. they don't actually offer a high value education. what they do simply offer is a visa factory type situation where people are able to get themselves on an undergraduate course to study things like wardrobe design or video game music composition, and then before you know it, you know, thanks to the government, the previous government's brilliant graduate visa route as well, they were then able to stay for an additional two years. so i think we need to recalibrate and reassess. really the argument that immigration is vital for a thriving, proper, higher education sector, because at the moment it just seems to be propping up, those that are perhaps not reputable institutions. >> robert, very quickly, i know we're running out of time very,

very quickly. a lot of viewers this afternoon are saying, how can you cancel out the rioters, but you can't sort out the immigration processing that as fast. just very quickly explain what you think's going on there. >> well, i think there's a there's a it's an issue of will, isn't it. and it's an issue of where the incentives that the politicians are actually adhenng politicians are actually adhering to. i think the incentives for keir starmer is to keep european courts of human rights happy, keep international lawyers happy. leftie lawyers and things like that. but they obviously, at the same time have the impetus. >> sorry, robert, thank you very much. that was my fault for asking you that question. i wanted to, but, in any case, alex wahaca with the weather. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> good afternoon. here's your met office weather for gb news. whilst there will be a bit of cloud, a bit of rain around at times tomorrow, it's looking sunnier and hotter for many on sunday, but for the time being

it is still quite blustery out there, especially across northern parts. there's quite a pressure gradient with an area of low pressure to the north of the uk, and it's this that's driving some breezy conditions. also, plenty of showers to end the day across parts of scotland in particular, and some of them could be quite heavy but rattling through quite quickly because of those brisk winds elsewhere turning largely dry with some clear skies, especially towards the east. overnight but thicker cloud and a bit of rain pushing in from the west in the west, then temperatures holding up mid to possibly high teens for some of us a little bit fresher where we have some clearer skies further east. now taking a closer look first thing tomorrow morning and across parts of scotland it will still be a bit breezy and there will again be some showers around, perhaps some longer spells of rain for a time, particularly across western scotland. all of that drifting north eastwards. a few showers, perhaps for parts of northern ireland and northwest england. a brighter picture for north—east england, also down the eastern side of england. a good deal of fine sunny weather for to some

begin with. but the cloud the outbreaks of rain which could be heavy over the hills towards the west, gradually making their way eastwards as we go through the morning. so for many parts of england and wales it is going to be quite a grey day and there will be a bit of rain at times though. shouldn't be too heavy for most of us further north. a slightly brighter picture similar to today really. some blustery showers rattling through, though the winds not quite as strong in the north. temperatures getting into the high teens, low 20s, mid 20s for some of us towards the south—east later on tomorrow we will start to see the cloud and any rain across england and wales drifting away towards the east. so some clearer skies developing as we go through the night and the showers in the north should start to die out as well. and then sunday for most is looking fine with

>> good afternoon. it's 5:00 on friday afternoon . friday afternoon. congratulations. you made it nearly the weekend, i'm dawn neesom and i'm not martin daubney because you would spot well, hopefully you'd spot the difference. at least chrome is only where different, now. okay. former labour councillor ricky jones has been charged with encouraging violent disorder after he was filmed addressing a crowd in walthamstow on wednesday night. crowd in walthamstow on wednesday night . meanwhile, more wednesday night. meanwhile, more people are being jailed for their involvement in the riots. tyler kay has been sentenced to 38 months for stirring up racial hatred . he used social media to hatred. he used social media to call for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set alight , while seekers to be set alight, while jordan plane has been jailed for eight months for mocking muslim prayers and making monkey noises at the riots. and there's the rest of the day's news as well. the bbc has asked shamed former presenter huw edwards to return the money. he was paid after he was arrested last year. good luck. the bbc chairman has

branded him a villain who behaved in bad faith. all of that coming up over this next packed hour. but and it's working. it's working. now i want to hear from you. send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay . visiting gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, hey, it's like a minute past five. so i think that's probably time for the news headunes probably time for the news headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> dawn, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories from the gb newsroom. 830 year old man has been jailed for eight months for racially aggravated intentional harassment during the riots in leeds. the judge said his sentence was reduced to take his guilty plea into account . at one point, jordan account. at one point, jordan plain was filmed with others

mocking muslim prayers. meanwhile, a facebook user who urged people to attack a leeds hotel used to house asylum seekers has also been jailed. 28 year old jordan parler has been sentenced to 20 months after pleading guilty to publishing written material intended to stir racial hatred. meanwhile, two men have been sent to prison for an attack on what prosecutors described as pro edl protesters after rival demonstrations clashed in leeds city centre last saturday. 21 year old samir ali, from leeds, and 31 year old adnan ghafoor admitted affray earlier this week . it admitted affray earlier this week. it comes as the prime minister has issued a warning to those using social to media encourage violence and disorder. visiting the metropolitan police command centre in central london, sir keir starmer said social media is not a law free zone. he said the police are actively pursuing those breaking the law online, with more swift sentences. the national police chiefs council has said almost

600 arrests have been made in relation to disorder across the country, following the southport stabbing attack. sir keir starmer says those committing offences online are still culpable and will be brought to justice. >> those that are thinking about getting involved in disorder of any sort is very clear. if you involve yourself in disorder, then the full force of the law will be applied. and the fact that we've seen this week people not just in court, but being sentenced to significant terms of custody for their behaviour just a few days ago, i think is a very important message to anyone who's thinking of getting involved in the coming days. >> meanwhile, former labour councillor ricky jones has been charged with encouraging violent disorder. it's after he was filmed addressing a crowd at a london demonstration on wednesday evening that, coming from the crown prosecution service , he is appearing at service, he is appearing at westminster magistrates court today. westminster magistrates court today . a man who swore at

today. a man who swore at a police officer before kicking him amid disorder in central london has been sentenced. 20 year old aussie cush swore at officers responding to widespread disorder in westminster on wednesday. the sist westminster on wednesday. the 31st of july. officers with the metropolitan police were walking along whitehall in the direction of trafalgar square, informing demonstrators that a dispersal order was in force and encouraging people to leave the area. taking exception to their presence, kush was recorded walking across the path of the officers before sticking his middle finger towards them and kicking an officer . several kicking an officer. several police forces have issued further cctv appeals to identify suspects they believe to have been responsible for some of the violence, and disorder detectives investigating riots in merseyside issued images of 11 people after a separate appeal helped identify individuals. earlier this week. greater manchester police have issued a similar appeal for information . they're asking the

information. they're asking the pubuc information. they're asking the public to contact them directly or contact crime stoppers if they recognise any of the people pictured here. in other news, disgraced former bbc news presenter huw edwards has been asked to return his salary by the corporation's board. it comes after the 62 year old admitted in court last week to having indecent images of children . seven of the 41 images children. seven of the 41 images were described as being in the most serious category of child abuse pictures, and videos. the bbc's board has told him to repay his salary from the time he was arrested in november last yeah he was arrested in november last year, saying the presenter undermined trust in the bbc and brought it into disrepute. huw edwards has resigned from two honorary positions at his former university in wales . former us university in wales. former us president donald trump has agreed to debate vice president kamala harris on television in the race to the white house. it's been confirmed the republican nominee will debate

his democratic rival on the 10th of september on the us network abc and trump told a news conference at his florida home last night that he would also wants to add two more debates on fox news and nbc. during his news conference, mr trump claimed his opponent wasn't intellectually up to the challenge , and former reality tv challenge, and former reality tv star katie price has appeared in court today after being arrested at heathrow airport last night. it comes after a judge issued a warrant following her failure to attend a high court bankruptcy heanng attend a high court bankruptcy hearing last month. price was declared bankrupt in november 2019 and again in march this yeah 2019 and again in march this year. miss price is expected to attend a further hearing later this month . and those are the this month. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez . more 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 your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com

>> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much , tatiana. >> thank you very much, tatiana. right, okay. we're going to start with, well, the biggest story in town, the only one that's not going away, is it. the crackdown on rioters that have shamed britain and former labour councillor ricky jones. that's him. there has appeared in court this afternoon. he's been charged with encouraging violent disorder after he was filmed saying rioters are disgusting and should have their throats cut, complete with the throats cut, complete with the throat cutting gesture. meanwhile, father of three tyler kay has been jailed for 38 months for stirring up racial hatred. he used social media platform x to call for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set alight . and 28 year old jordan alight. and 28 year old jordan parler, from leeds , was parler, from leeds, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for publishing a written material intended to stir up racial hatred. woo lots of stuff to talk about, which is why i'm very, very glad that i've got

the lovely christopher hope with me. gb news political supremo. i think we should call you. i like that title, christopher, look , that title, christopher, look, we've seen people being sentenced today , labour thinking sentenced today, labour thinking they are doing a good job with they are doing a good job with the way they are controlling this situation . it. this situation. it. >> labour's been in charge for one month or five weeks. this would test any government i think even one in charge of 14 years. it certainly tests the tory party back in 2011. yes. when there were six times as many arrests. but this is a challenge to any new government. they've got their own ideas of what they want to do. they've got their plans for this week. get keir starmer on the road doing a speech and the rest of it, or getting other things happening, but instead they are deaung happening, but instead they are dealing with real time threats to public order and i think after, you know, a slow start , after, you know, a slow start, they have got to grips with it. you've got sir keir starmer, i think using his using his experience as being the director of public prosecutions to get the all the things work in the right order coming into play, that arrests are happening,

charging guilty pleas, people imprisoned by the end of the week. that is record time. that shows and demonstrates that we're showing on our clips there on our news bulletins why people are being banged up for being online, encouraging things which are then are then also being involved in riots themselves , involved in riots themselves, they're not out of the woods yet, but as things stand, he's got to grips with it, which is the first challenge you've got as prime minister keep us all safe. he had three meetings, so far of the cobra group of top aides he met last night, he did say last night that police are now on a high alert this weekend. he's also being with sir mark rowley. he's a top police body in this country. and did say some words earlier which are worth repeating . are worth repeating. >> now, it's really important that we maintain high alert. i've always been here at the control room of the met, looking at what's essentially the nerve centre. but my message to the police and all of those that are charged with responding to disorder is maintain that high

alert. i am absolutely convinced that having the police officers in place these last few days in the right places, the swift justice that's being dispensed in our courts have had a real impact, but we have to stay on high alert going into this weekend because we absolutely have to make sure that our communities are safe and secure and feel safe and secure. >> sir keir starmer that met police headquarters here in london. he also said that social media is not a law free zone, that you say things on there. it will have consequences. and we're seeing that in the sentencing that straight away, haven't we today. the harder challenge, i think, for sir keir starmer is how to address the causes of this, to how go after what happened here, not justifying any of the rioting. we can't do that and we will not do that. and no one should do that at all. no one should do that. but it's about the people who demonstrated on not riot, but demonstrated are concerned about immigration. and i think the initial start of the of the nine days of trouble, when he

talked about the far right, did make our viewers and listeners cross @gbnews and other people, because being concerned about migration doesn't mean that you're far right. craig mckinley, the former tory mp for south thanet, lost his arms and his legs to sepsis should be enter the house of lords as lord mckinley. he was on my podcast, chopper's political podcast overnight and he made this very point in very clear terms. and here he is following the riots since the dreadful killings in southport last week. craig mckinley , are you comfortable mckinley, are you comfortable about the blame on the far right? a lot of viewers, listeners to gb news are concerned about the idea that the government's been willing to say it's just a far right and it almost says if you're worried about immigration, it's a far right issue. and of course, as we know, it's a wider issue and a deeper issue than just one held by by some, some thugs on the far right. >> well, i mean, if the far right are that good at organising things, then they're

far better at organising things than any political party or government that i know in the uk. so i, i actually don't believe, fully. i mean, there's always going to be some nutters and they should be dealt with very robustly and they should be in prison where appropriate. i'm fully in favour of all of that . fully in favour of all of that. but if you look at some of these, you know, rallies that are going on, there are lots of couples on these rallies that you'd expect to go and see in the dog and dunk dog and duck on a friday afternoon. these are normal people. and i think what happened with southport, southport, it's sort of culminated what i feel is a deep malaise in this country, a deep worry. and it sort of brought it together in an unexpected way. and i'm afraid that's how things often happen. you know, it's like the, the butterfly wings in, in brazil create a storm in, in, in brazil create a storm in, in africa. you know, this is almost one of those moments where i think a lot of people have said, forget what the southport was actually all about. it actually made people rather annoyed about the state of britain today. i mean , i was of britain today. i mean, i was so upset about that southport

incident. i the challenge there from craig mckinley, lord mckinley. >> can the labour government address the concerns felt by so many about immigration notwithstanding the dreadful violence, and that it should be deau violence, and that it should be dealt with by by the courts? just finally, also don't forget this government is going to start releasing prisoners early after serving just 40% of their time inside , not 50%. and that time inside, not 50%. and that means that many rioters who have been jailed in recent days could been jailed in recent days could be released early. the longest term has been three years, so far, 30 months and 20 months. those individuals could be released early under the government's own policy. so there could be some controversy down the line . down the line. >> yeah, there's a lot of controversy and a lot of people on here saying, christopher, that basically when is sir keir starmer going to start engaging with all communities, not just some communities. with all communities, not just some communities . and i think some communities. and i think thatis some communities. and i think that is that that is in a nutshell, the challenge this government faces. yeah all right. mr hope, thank you very much. a pleasure to have you in the studio. joining me. nice

company. thank you very much. now let's cross over to belfast, where similar things are going on. protesters are gathering and our northern ireland reporter , our northern ireland reporter, dougie beattie is there for us. dougie. good afternoon. what's going on? where you are ? going on? where you are? >> well, good afternoon and welcome to belfast city centre. yes. two protests starting here, one at the back end there, which is for all immigration. and once here, which is really, against immigration. now just to let you see how this works, the ones here for anti immigrants are all from working class areas. there's very small numbers of them. but if we just look at these police officers sitting here full riot gear absolutely ready to go and there is very very small numbers. and this is why these communities are really telling me about two tier policing. and if we come along, if we can just bring get my cameraman to come this side with me and you can see there's probably about 100 protesters in that site , full tsg, full tsg ,

that site, full tsg, full tsg, absolutely ready for trouble. we go round here and we look at we look at these, riot land rovers , look at these, riot land rovers, snatch land rovers that are here. and then we walk over to what is mainly public sector workers on this side. and there are hundreds of them here, absolutely hundreds of them. and you can see very clearly that there is no police with riot gear on this side. there is no police with riot gear on this side . these are all gear on this side. these are all ordinary dressed police officers, these riot or these protesters all have bibs on them. they are very well funded , them. they are very well funded, very well organised. and that in itself is the lack of political leadership in the other side. this is the problem that's really hitting the streets of britain throughout, throughout britain, because this is your pubuc britain, because this is your public sector workers. all the unions on this side and down the

other side. steve, you could just go back here. we just go back down in, we can see the amazing amount of police really ready to have the in case anything cracks off and starts to go. but people are swelling here on the other side. there is now quite a few coming through and numbers are swelling. there will be over this within the next hour or so . next hour or so. >> brilliant. thank you very much. that's dougie beattie in northern ireland for us on the similar situation with people protesting. thank you very much, dougie. now as labour crackdown on violent disorder, will the rioters they've just jailed be released? early reports suggest protesters jailed for less than four years could benefit from the government's plans to deal with overcrowding in prisons, but the ministry of justice say 500 new prison cells have been made available where from? i'm not sure and are waiting for anyone involved in what they're calling thuggery, we're joined now by former prisoner and

social campaigner winston davis. thank you very much for coming in to me, joining me in the studio . it's a bit cold and studio. it's a bit cold and lonely in here, winston, what do you make of how this is being handled so far? i mean, as far as i was aware, we were down to the last, sort of like 600 prison spaces in the country. yeah. now suddenly there is all these prison spaces available. >> yeah. what does it sound like to you going on here, >> i mean, look, i've been on many times talking about a shortage of prison spaces, and then all of a sudden they said, all of a sudden we've got spaces. >> yes, >> yes, >> before the riots kicked off, they brought in the 40%, release time to, you know, to ease the burden that was left from the last government. i think they've just said they got two new prisons, have got new two new wings, that they're going to create space in 500 places from hmp stock. and i think i read on one of them and, and somewhere else. listen, desperate measures i mean they need to be they need to be seen to be being robust to you know, to kerb the people coming out and, you know, people are going to think twice about putting things online, if they're going to think twice about going out to protest or to riot. but, it's a tough one. >> do you think it is having an

effect? i mean, we saw we were we were we were threatened with more riots on wednesday . that more riots on wednesday. that didn't happen. whether they were actually it was just a social media scam that was going on or whether they were really going to happen. but do you think the way sir keir starmer and labour are treating this, it is having an effect on people thinking twice? >> i think we are all thinking about it because they said whether it was a hoax or misinformation on wednesday or not, we're going to big test is going to be the next few days. yeah. if they don't come out or people don't come out protesting and, you know, kicking off again, then realistically, is it going to reassert itself in another week or two? probably not at the moment. if they're going to do it, it's going to be now, but the underlying issues aren't going away. the underlying issues i wrote about yesterday, you know, the working class being marginalised , not being being marginalised, not being not being taken seriously, underfunded, not being felt represented for decades now, that's not going away. that needs to be addressed. >> i'm so glad you said that, winston, because you are echoing

what so many of our viewers and listeners are saying today . it's listeners are saying today. it's like, you know, we have seen sir keir starmer engaging with communities, but the biggest community out there who are feeling completely ignored, they're not getting any engagement. >> but again, dawn, i mean, i said, i said, i understand why they would be frustrated. i said, i'm a working class man. i understand what it means to, to need and to want and to feel like you're not you're not well, i'm not good enough. almost. right. yeah, yeah. and the, the fact is that until they start, you know , speaking to those you know, speaking to those people, what you know , what's, people, what you know, what's, what's going to change that is the problem. >> how do you think they should go about it. what's the best thing they could do. >> do you know what put your money where your mouth is. yeah. put your money where your mouth is. you know, you shut down all the industry, the factories, the mines, you know, the lack of opportunities, the lack of the sold off all the housing. put your money where your mouth is. they said, i think there was a

levelling up, you know, let's get some more money, you know, talk about all these. the northern places of the country. let's start sending some money up there. you know, it's like london, the economic centre of the whole of the country. well actually, do you know what? let's spread it out. you know , let's spread it out. you know, let's share that out. but i said what i was writing about is that although i understand the frustration i do, i think it's directed at the wrong place and it's intentionally been directed at the wrong place. yeah. you know, the government that for again, for decades have been lining their pockets, lining the pockets of their friends, you know, and all the while, all the while people are sitting there saying, we haven't got, you know, enough spaces to go to, to schools to, for our, for our doctors, for our nurses. but it's been squeezed from , from it's been squeezed from, from somewhere. yeah, yeah. >> no you're right. absolutely. and again, a lot of people are saying when they want to do something , they can do it, as we something, they can do it, as we have seen with the with suddenly the judicial judicial system working very fast, proving places are available 100%. and people are confused by that. it's like, well, why can they do that now? but they can't sort out, say, the immigration before .

out, say, the immigration before. and you know, we've got, you know, migrants in hotels. why couldn't they sort that out? >> well, it's not it's not processing migrant applications . processing migrant applications. they just stopped. they just stopped doing it. and it goes back to, you know, talk about the whole prison problem, the problem with the prisons. 30 years ago, they started this private prison trial. now, 1 in 7 of our prisons are run or housed in a privately run prison. who is making the money from those privately run prisons ? from those privately run prisons? not not not the normal people, not normal people , you know, but not normal people, you know, but we pay for it with our taxes. yeah. while the shareholders are in prisons, they make the money. and the last government increased prison sentences 50% from 2012 to 2022. so they're increasing it for longer, keep people locked up for longer. yeah. it's going to put a strain on it. what's the answer. build more private prisons. who's going to get the money? shareholders. >> exactly. winston, just quickly we are running out of time. how optimistic are you that we have we've seen as a country the last of the riots. >> i, i, i would hope that it's going to be a turning point. i would hope that you know, enough people have, you know, had had

their say, you know, the people. and again last thing on this, sorry, the people that have gone out and created all the, you know, the craziness and got arrested and gone, they've been the fans have been, the fans of hate have been flamed and they've gone out and taken extreme action. and all of a sudden you get certain people, certain publications, turn around and say, actually , no, around and say, actually, no, let's cut ties with them. they're expendable. >> yeah , indeed. thank you very >> yeah, indeed. thank you very much for coming in and joining me. that's winston davis, a former prisoner and social campaigner, talking a lot of sense , echoing a lot of what sense, echoing a lot of what you're saying out there. so do keep those messages coming winston. thank you very much. now i'm going to get the latest on the retired british doctor who's gone missing in the french pyrenees. tom docherty sent his family messages from chu on tuesday asking them for help, saying he couldn't move. intriguing story, this one. i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news, britain's news channel. don't go too far. loads more coming up for you. see you

soon. oh welcome back. well, that was a fascinating chat with winston there. thank you. wasn't it right. i'm dawn neesom this is gb news now. later this hour i'll have the latest from day 14 already of the paris olympics, where katarina johnson—thompson. amazing. love her. could win a gold medal this evening . but gold medal this evening. but before we get to that, let's talk about a retired british doctor who has gone missing in the french pyrenees. he sent a final message to his family saying he had fallen over and could not move . his last known could not move. his last known location was itong diogo jota and he is presumed to be close to ariege. in the occitan region. as searches are finally as searches intensify, tom doherty's family is urgently appealing for help, joining me now to bring us up to speed on this story is french journalist and columnist anne—elisabeth moutet and elizabeth, thank you very much for joining moutet and elizabeth, thank you very much forjoining me, moutet and elizabeth, thank you very much for joining me, we hear a lot of these stories

about people going out in the wilderness, going for walks. i mean, doctor michael mosley was one in greece, what's the latest one in greece, what's the latest on this story? >> unfortunately, not much more, the police, of course, are circling and the gendarmerie and they've started sort of going in they've started sort of going in the area where he was supposed to be, >> it's a semi—mountainous. >> it's a semi—mountainous. >> it's in in the southwest of france, he sent a whatsapp to his family, and then it there were no more messages, but it's entirely possible he's out of battery, but still, it is worrisome, and we don't know any more. there was. there was very bad weather with with. storms, yesterday. so it was impossible to keep looking, not yesterday, but the seventh, because he's been he's disappeared since the 6th of august. since tuesday on the seventh. it was very difficult to look for him. they are still trying to look for him, but there's not much more. right now with the with the local gendarmerie and the,

they've even sent helicopters and so far no trace. >> and elizabeth, what is this area like? is it, you know , are area like? is it, you know, are there hiking trails through there, or is it a fairly remote area of the pyrenees? >> it's definitely it's got hiking trails. but, you know, i mean, it's france is a very large country, this is, this is at the, the bottom of the pyrenees. it's not the great heights of the pyrenees, but, you know, it's the, i couldn't walk up all this. it's pretty steep, he had, he was used to walking. from what we gather. and therefore it was not something that was impossible for him physically. but if he said that he fell and he was injured, then that changes everything . everything. >> no, indeed. >> no, indeed. >> very worrying times. and obviously it's a very popular area with hikers and campers . area with hikers and campers. and so there are people out and about and but there's been no sign of him. >> yes, again, it is it's a very large area. it's not a small area , and so it's not impossible area, and so it's not impossible

to to, be, to be in this, in this area and not see people for several hours. so that's, that's not, that's not always helpful. the only hope is that even though even if he's out of a battery, there's a possibility of still finding a signal, but how much of a signal and how weak that may be. nobody knows. and i'm. i'm really sorry not to have more news, but from an hour ago. nothing. nothing new. >> right. and his family are out there as well. are they waiting for. for news? >> they are. they know the region . they are waiting for region. they are waiting for him. they are in connection with the police. and we don't know much more than that . much more than that. >> right. okay. thank you very much for bringing us up to date on that story again. hopefully it will have a happy ending, but you know, we have had these stories this year already, haven't we? and that's anne—elisabeth moutet. thank you very much for joining anne—elisabeth moutet. thank you very much forjoining us right now. there's loads more coming up between now and 6:00. my god, the phones flying. i'll get reaction to the big development in the huw edwards saga. yes,

saga indeed. the bbc has asked him to return his salary from the time he was arrested in november. good luck with that one. but first, let's get the latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> dorner, thank you very much. the top stories this hour. former labour councillor ricky jones has been remanded in custody after appearing in court on charges of encouraging violent disorder at a rally organised by stand up to racism. jones was filmed addressing a crowd at the london demonstration on wednesday evening . 57 year old ricky jones evening. 57 year old ricky jones was charged at westminster magistrates court, which heard he gave a speech to a crowd which was capable of encouraging or assisting the commission of violent disorder. plea and trial preparation has been set for the 6th of september. a 30 year old man has been jailed for eight months for racially aggravated

intentional harassment during the riots in leeds. the judge said his sentence was reduced to take his guilty plea into account. at one point, jordan plain was filmed with others mocking muslim prayers and a facebook user who urged people to attack a leeds hotel used to house asylum seekers has also been jailed. today, 28 year old jordan parler has been sentenced to 20 months after pleading guilty to publishing written material intended to stir racial hatred. meanwhile, two men have been sent to prison for an attack on what prosecutors described as pro edl protesters after rival demonstrations clashed in leeds city centre last saturday. 21 year old samir ali, from leeds, and 31 year old adnan ghafoor admitted affray earlier this week. it comes as the prime minister has issued a warning to those using social to media encourage violence and disorder. visiting the metropolitan police command centre in central london, sir keir starmer said social media is not a law free zone. he said

the police are actively pursuing those breaking the law online with more swift sentences . the with more swift sentences. the national police chiefs council has said 595 arrests have been made in relation to disorder across the country, following the southport stabbing . and the southport stabbing. and disgraced former bbc news presenter huw edwards has been asked to return his salary by the corporation's board. it comes after the 62 year old admitted in court last week to having indecent images of children . seven of the 41 images children. seven of the 41 images were described as being in the most serious category of child abuse pictures and videos. the bbc's board has told him to repay his salary from the time he was arrested in november last yeah he was arrested in november last year, saying the presenter undermined trust in the bbc and brought it into disrepute . those brought it into disrepute. 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. >> thank you very much, tatiana. and doesn't she look gorgeous in that orange? you know, there's not a single colour. that tatiana doesn't look lovely in. very annoying. now for an update on the suspended labour councillor ricky jones, who was charged. we are joined by our reporter charlie peters , who is reporter charlie peters, who is outside westminster magistrates court. with this breaking story. charlie wright, bring us up to date what's going on. >> so ricky jones, that suspended labour councillor has now been remanded into custody here at westminster magistrates court. just in the last ten minutes, the judge, tan ikram , minutes, the judge, tan ikram, made that decision after hearing from both the prosecution, the crown and mrjones's solicitor in their hearings here. the first hearing on charges on

allegations that mr jones was encouraging violent disorder at an anti—fascist rally on wednesday evening in walthamstow, where the prosecution said that mrjones prosecution said that mr jones was filmed conducting a cutting motion across his neck. as he said we need to cut their throats, referring to what he described as nazi fascists. now the prosecutor , drita ahmed, the prosecutor, drita ahmed, said that in regards to the current environment of disorder across the country, these were dangerous remarks. now, in response , mrjones's solicitor, response, mr jones's solicitor, hossain zaheer kc, said that mr jones is a family man. he referred to his deep, deep roots and links within the community. he's from dartford in kent, where he is a suspended labour councillor , suspended by the councillor, suspended by the labour party yesterday. and he also went on to say that he has children and grandchildren within the community. he has been committed to his community over many, many years and mr

zaheer added that he was wholly committed to the welfare of others without the expression of any sort of prejudice at all. but after hearing from both the crown and the defence solicitor, judge ikram did go on to say that i'm told that while mr jones is an elected politician and in a position of leadership, he said that in a time of widespread tension , he uttered widespread tension, he uttered words that demonstrated a complete lack of judgement and, addressing mrjones in complete lack of judgement and, addressing mr jones in the complete lack of judgement and, addressing mrjones in the dock, he said the disorder is at risk of continuing. i have no confidence that in the midst of heightened tension you would not demonstrate such a lack of judgement again and in doing so he did remand mrjones, ricky jones , that suspended labour jones, that suspended labour councillor into custody until the next stage of these legal proceedings, which will be the 6th of september at the inner london crown court for the plea heanng london crown court for the plea hearing and trial preparation. >> that's great. thank you very

much, charlie peters, bring us up to date there on the labour councillor who did that slit throat thing. thank you very much, charlie, right. okay it is, it's, 5:30. it's nearly friday night people. and nearly your weekend .so . so let's take a quick break now. but there's loads more coming up, so

welcome back. sorry. you caught me reading all your messages and. yeah. and there's loads coming in now. the system has righted itself, so keep them coming in, i'm dawn neesom and this is indeed gb news. now, the bbc in your money because it is your money. remember the bbc is asking huw edwards to return more than £200,000 as they accuse him of acting in bad faith. the board say it is undermined trust by taking his wage. since his arrest in november , despite knowing he'd november, despite knowing he'd plead guilty to three counts of

making indecent images of children . joining us now is children. joining us now is former bbc producer and editor john mayer. john, thank you very much for joining john mayer. john, thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this afternoon, john, right . okay, afternoon, john, right. okay, the bbc not was going on with hugh for quite a while. it has to be said. and now they think it's going to hand the money back. what do you reckon the chances are on this one. >> hi, dawn . this has been a >> hi, dawn. this has been a double failure . huw edwards when double failure. huw edwards when he was arrested. should have gone to. should have said to the bbc. look, i'm. anyway, i'm suspended at the moment . i won't suspended at the moment. i won't take my wage. and what the bbc should have done was put the money into suspense account and said, look , your wages are going said, look, your wages are going into suspense account. if you get found innocent, you have the money, if you get if you, if you plead guilty, then we get the money. now that seemed to me very simple. instead of which they continued shouting out pubuc they continued shouting out public dosh. and this is where the board has been absolutely right today to say to huw edwards, look, you took money, you were arrested. you weren't, you were arrested. you weren't, you weren't charged , and you you weren't charged, and you should pay it back. now, trouble

is that, director general tim davies is surrounded by hr people, lawyers. he's not surrounded by any any journalists who say to him, look, this is playing very badly. what you should do is actually is actually put it into into a suspense account. that's it. but it's you know, it seemed very simple to me. it. but it's you know, it seemed very simple to me . and will he very simple to me. and will he return? it will. i don't know, because he probably lawyered up to his hilt and would his lawyers allow it? who knows. but he's got a moral duty to return it. i would have thought . it. i would have thought. >> but. but we all know what it's like when you've got money, john. it's like, you know, we all live to our means. and it's like, you know, if you've been paid that money, you will probably have done something. but the thing is, with tim davie, what i don't understand here, john, is how can he not understand the situation? how can he not not understand how badly this is playing out with the public and giving more voice to those people that constantly shout, defund the bbc? >> i don't know, i mean, as i said, tim surrounds himself with

hr people, pr people, they just surround himself with people who think this isn't going to play well . now, the director general well. now, the director general has always have somebody who's a flak catcher or should do. mark thompson had a man called mark byford, and their job is to catch the flak and say, don't do this because this will happen. he he doesn't have that sort of person. it was obvious that he was going to bring the corporation to disrepute, and that's in his contract. so what was the problem? just suspend him and put his money into a suspense bank account and pay it out when, when and if you know it's been a failure all along, actually from from the moment that that that, young man's stepfather walked into bbc wales and said, i'm worried about my i'm worried about my son who's getting messages from huw edwards offering 35,000 it the bbc complaints system failed there. it failed and failed again. you know, they do need to look very, very seriously at this. and you know, anybody who was who was involved in any of this should actually, assistant head should roll in this case,

john. >> i mean, it's not like the bbc haven't been here before, obviously with with jimmy savile they are accused of to a certain extent , trying to cover up what extent, trying to cover up what has been going on with the huw edwards case. i mean, what would you say to that? >> well, i don't think they cover up, but bbc has has the like an armadillo. they, they put a shell over themselves and hope that any, any any stuff coming in will just bounce off it. they should be much, much more proactive . and one thing by more proactive. and one thing by the way, all of huw edwards is archive . leave it right there. archive. leave it right there. he's actually he's actually done the work. he was there and he won the awards . leave them right won the awards. leave them right there. this is not stalling. you know, this is not trotsky. huw edwards huw edwards has done the work. what he's done in his private life. leave the archive there. the idea of cancelling there. the idea of cancelling the archive is such nonsense . the archive is such nonsense. >> that's interesting. why? why do you say that? >> i said because, look, we don't live in a stalinist society, you know, we can't

aboush society, you know, we can't abolish trotsky. we can't aboush abolish trotsky. we can't abolish huw edwards. he did the work. he did the work very well. you know, he read the news, he did the general elections, did the state occasions. so, you know, he did it as a professional, what he did in his private life. well, you know, that's to be but, you know, if he's tainted . so what, leave the he's tainted. so what, leave the archive there. you cannot cancel people . people. >> but this isn't a victimless crime, is it? i mean, there are families out there whose children have been involved in this. >> i agree, i agree, but, you know , and we should have all know, and we should have all sympathy for them. but you know, that doesn't mean you destroy the man's professional work. he you know, he did a professional job for 30, 40 years, leave his work where it is. he won awards galore for it. he was he was very good. >> okay. and finally i mean, where does this leave the future of the bbc? obviously, you know, the defund the bbc stopped paying the defund the bbc stopped paying the licence fee now very vocal once again. does the bbc have a future. >> of course it does. of course

it does. and the bbc board and bbc chairman today was being very proactive in saying, look, we live or die by trust and, you know, the bbc lives or dies by that. and it's acted and acted very honourably today. and what the bbc needs to do now is just make bloody good programmes. look at the olympics, look at, look at other programmes that makes good programmes and when people will pay for it. but it does need to think about the licence fee and how that might be changed for modern circumstances, maybe with an element of subscription using the iplayer as a barrier. >> brilliant. thank you very much for joining >> brilliant. thank you very much forjoining us. that's john mayer, a former bbc producer there, to talk about the huw edwards situation and the fact that the bbc hope to get £200,000 that they paid in back. good luck. now katarina johnson—thompson needs to produce one of the best runs of her life to win olympic gold in the heptathlon this evening i'll round up the day 14 events of the paris games. coming up next, dawn neesom. this gb news, britain's news channel.

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soon. welcome back. oh god. we're in. oh, the home. straight as it were. which brings us very neatly, to the olympics. i'm joined now by day 14 already. god, it's gone fast. i'm joined now by chris skudder to bring us up to date on what's going on, because i think we're doing quite well. chris. hello, lovely. thank you for joining quite well. chris. hello, lovely. thank you forjoining me , lovely. thank you for joining me, now, katarina johnson—thompson, i'm in awe of this. i mean, she's she's actually pulling all the stops out this time around, isn't she? so bring us up to date on what's going on on day 14. is it. >> she is. yeah. >> she is. yeah. >> just before we do that breaking news, we've just got another silver medal. >> just minutes ago. it's. >> just minutes ago. it's. >> come on. the, the cyclists on the track cycling, it's a massively long event . massively long event. >> the madison. >> the madison. >> it is, elinor barker and neah evans. >> they were the world champions. they were just beaten by the italians. in fact, they

just got up from some bronze to silver on the very last couple of laps. elinor barker did so. well done to them, >> always a lie on the cyclists. >> always a lie on the cyclists. >> they haven't got as many goals yet as they maybe ought to have got, but that's three silvers now, a couple of bronze, a gold as well. >> and jack carlin's going for a bronze in the next half hour as well. so, that's breaking. so, silver medal for britain in the women's madison. well done to them. yeah, indeed, so yeah. katherine kjt is what a storeyed career as we were saying yesterday, she's had she's won everything except an olympic medal. she always every time you see her, she she she's kind of surrounded by, catastrophes when it comes to the olympics. i mean, you remember that injury in the 200m in the tokyo games , in the 200m in the tokyo games, but she was in the lead here after five events, and she had a great chance to increase that in the long jump as you're looking at there. but she didn't do that well in the long jump. that was the first event this morning, she was still in the lead after that. however, it was followed by one of her weaker events,

there were the smiles, but the javelin followed. and although she did well in her event in the javelin, her throw, her big opponent here, nafi thiam, the double olympic champion from belgium, threw much further, as she was expected to do. and because of that, she has gone into the lead and it leaves now, katarina johnson—thompson having to, as you say, have the run of her life tonight. all on the last event, tonight about half seven, i think in the 800m. it's looking i've got to be honest, like a silver medal because she's got to beat her with all the equations, points you see that accumulate in this event. she's got to beat her by about 8.5 seconds over 800m. that's roughly. that's roughly 50m. so i think i think she may be just didn't quite do enough in the long jump. this morning, which is a real shame, tom's brilliant. she's she's won the last two olympic titles, beat jess ennis in rio, but, you know, you never know. i mean , know, you never know. i mean, kjt is in much better form than she has been. if she can win

tonight, would it be a sensational comeback? it would be a bit like alex yee in the in the men's triathlon. remember that? if she could come and win it. but, you know, we'd be all screaming at the tv, i'm sure tonight. but eight seconds is probably a bit too much to make up. but let's fingers cross. >> got to hope, isn't it? yeah, yeah. and what else is going on tonight? what other events we've got coming up tonight, >> listen, there could be more medals on the, on the. so i think minimum silver for kjt, i think minimum silver for kjt, i think minimum silver as well in the four by 100m relay for women , the four by 100m relay for women, you know dina asher—smith coming into that, it's a very strong british team. they were i think fastest in, in qualifying, and there are a number of relays tonight. the men could get one as well, a 4x4 relays as well. so always strong in the relays, we can update that. so it's now 1418 silvers and that's the updated chart on our screen. just updated 53 medals now. so listen, that's right behind france. and when you consider that france, have got a much, much bigger squad than we have in these olympic games, we could

yet finish the third highest medal haul behind the obvious front two, the usa and china . so front two, the usa and china. so things are looking good. as i say, another could be another cycling. bronze in the next half hour forjack cycling. bronze in the next half hour for jack carlin. he's cycling. bronze in the next half hour forjack carlin. he's got a hour for jack carlin. he's got a ride off, and more to come. really. the cyclists will deliver more, probably over the weekend. and there's more relays and there's some taekwondo hopes and there's some taekwondo hopes and some pentathlon hopes. we're good at that as well. so all things being equal, it's been another pretty good day. oh, we haven't mentioned yet toby roberts. the, the climber, the young lad, 19 year old who won a gold medal this afternoon. how did we miss that one out? well, he, it's called the boulder and lead. it's one of these new events, a bit like, for tokyo. they brought it in. i don't know why they haven't done it before. it's climbing, you know, speed climbing and endurance climbing and what they do, i mean, he's literally having to climb a wall and hang on by two fingers, which is overhanging on top of you. and he beat, a hot favourite from japan in an incredible, performance this

afternoon , he's only 19. he took afternoon, he's only 19. he took up the sport when he was 12, just after the rio games, when it was announced they were going to do this. and in seven years, he's become olympic champion . he's become olympic champion. incredible. toby roberts, 19, from surrey . from surrey. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and the olympics. >> and the olympics. >> thank you so much. that's chris skudder with an update on your olympics for us. well we've run out of time unfortunately, but stay tuned. dewbs& co is up until next. but before i go, thank you for watching and here's your weather with alex burkill. have a lovely week . burkill. have a lovely week. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> good afternoon. here's your met office weather for gb news. whilst there will be a bit of cloud, a bit of rain around at times tomorrow it's looking sunnier and hotter for many on sunday, but for the time being it is still quite blustery out there, especially across northern parts. there's quite a pressure gradient with an area of low pressure to the north of the uk, and it's this that's driving some breezy conditions.

also plenty of showers to end the day across parts of scotland in particular, and some of them could be quite heavy but rattling through quite quickly because of those brisk winds elsewhere turning largely dry with some clear skies, especially towards the east overnight. but thicker cloud and a bit of rain pushing in from the west in the west, then temperatures holding up mid to possibly high teens for some of us a little bit fresher, where we have some clearer skies further east. now, taking a closer look first thing tomorrow morning and across parts of scotland it will still be a bit breezy and there will again be some showers around, perhaps some showers around, perhaps some longer spells of rain for a time , particularly across time, particularly across western scotland. all of that drifting north eastwards. a few showers, perhaps for parts of northern ireland and northwest england. a brighter picture for north—east england, also down the eastern side of england, a good deal of fine sunny weather for some to begin with, but the cloud the outbreaks of rain which could be heavy over the hills towards the west, gradually making their way eastwards as we go through the morning. so for many parts of england and wales it is going to

be quite a grey day and there will be a bit of rain at times, so shouldn't be too heavy for most of us further north. a slightly brighter picture similar to today really. some blustery showers rattling through though the winds not quite as strong in the north. temperatures getting into the high teens, low 20s, mid 20s for some of us towards the south—east later on tomorrow we will start to see the cloud and any rain across england and wales drifting away towards the east. so some clearer skies developing as we go through the night and the showers in the north should start to die out as well. and then sunday for most is looking fine with a decent amount of sunshine with temperatures rising as we go into monday by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

they are the worst deprived in england. that cannot be a coincidence. let's have a look at what is going on and while it's still relatively calm here, people are on the streets in belfast. we will be following that also today we've seen people sent to jail for purse on their facebook. is that fair and needed or overkill? also, many are calling on the government to adopt an agreed definition of islamophobia and to give it legal protection. do we need that? and if anything was to convince you to have a career change, it might be this barclays have just become the first bank to lift the bankers bonus cap. your thoughts ? all bonus cap. your thoughts? all that and more. but first, the 6:00 news headlines .