of august, live across the 12th of august, live across the united kingdom, britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. thank you for joining us. so do we have any respect left for the police? the home secretary has condemned the brazen abuse of officers during the riots, and she's pledged to restore law and order. >> yvette cooper, the home secretary, says a soft approach to policing under the tories helped to lead to the trouble on the streets in the past ten days.is the streets in the past ten days. is she right ? days. is she right? >> and the funeral of nine year old alice dasilva aguiar, who was stabbed at the taylor swift themed dance, took place in southport. her parents said they wonder if she called for us in her final moments . her final moments. >> and the olympic closing ceremony? did you watch it? tom cruise brought the house down. we brought the games to a close in paris and william and kate congratulated team gb on their performance .

performance. >> rspb are you a fan of prince william's bold new beard? absolutely not. >> and get your shorts on. britain is braced for the hottest day of the year, with parts of the uk set to hit a 34 degree heat wave, and o'reilly has more . i mentioned the has more. i mentioned the cricketer . cricketer. >> yes, we're here in scarborough, where lots of holidaymakers and visitors will be coming to enjoy the sunshine, but there also might be a bit of rain as thunderstorms are forecast for the north of england . england. >> and also we're talking about this very powerful moving article in the times today. amanda thorpe, whose husband, graham thorpe was that famous england cricketer. she's admitted that his battle with mental illness was such that he felt that he, his wife and daughters would be better off

without him and he took his own life. how sad is that? >> very sad. gbnews.com/yoursay this morning with all of your contributions, we'd love to hear from you first though, the very latest news with cameron walker. >> thanks, bev. it's 932. i'm cameron walker here in the gb newsroom . the uk could see its newsroom. the uk could see its hottest day of the year today with temperatures reaching up to 35 c. cooler weather is expected to arrive later in the week, bringing temperatures back to more comfortable levels further north. today, the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in northern ireland, scotland and northern england. there could be flash flooding and travel disruptions , flooding and travel disruptions, and we've had some breaking news in the last few minutes. a boy has died after being pulled from a canal in wolverhampton. west midlands ambulance service was called to a canal off hendon avenue in ettingshall just after 6 pm. last night. police officers pulled the boy from the

canal before paramedics and a trauma doctor arrived, but despite their best efforts, he could not be saved and was confirmed dead at the scene . the confirmed dead at the scene. the home secretary was has said respect for the police must be restored after they faced brazen abuse and contempt during rioting . yvette cooper says it's rioting. yvette cooper says it's crucial to maintain a strong police response on the ground and keep up the pace of arrests and keep up the pace of arrests and prosecutions. police remained on high alert over the weekend, but there was no widespread unrest. stand up to racism rallies gathered in london, belfast and edinburgh, with thousands demonstrating outside the reform uk headquarters. train delays caused by signal failures have cost passengers almost 1,000,000 minutes since the 20 1819 financial year. that's according to network rail figures provided to network rail figures provided to the liberal democrats. after a freedom of information request, the party is calling for a freeze on rail fares in response to poor services. labour has promised to bring all passenger railway services back

into public ownership . customers into public ownership. customers receiving poor services from water companies could get more than double the usual compensation under new government proposals . the list government proposals. the list of circumstances that could trigger compensation could also be expanded under the plans , be expanded under the plans, including automatic payments for those issued boil notices or when water companies fail to conduct metre readings or installations. as promised . installations. as promised. environment secretary steve reed said the government hopes to turn the tide on the destructive destruction of our waterways. england cricketer graham thorpe took his own life after battling years of anxiety and depression, according to his family, in a statement, his wife amanda says she and graham's two daughters are devastated. he took his took his life earlier this month following an earlier suicide attempt in 2022. thorpe, who died aged 55, has been hailed as one of england's best cricket players with a distinguished international career, hitting 16 test hundreds for england . and

test hundreds for england. and team gb athletes are set to return home after a successful paris olympics . great britain paris olympics. great britain ended the games with 65 medals. the same number won at london 2012, and second best ever tally on foreign soil. but team gb did won eight fewer gold medals than in tokyo three years ago and rio in tokyo three years ago and rio in 2016. last night the king and queen sent their warmest congratulations and his majesty hailed team gb athletes as an inspiration. the prince and princess of wales also congratulated team gb in a special video featuring snoop dogg and david beckham . well, dogg and david beckham. well, those are your latest gb news headunes those are your latest gb news headlines for now. i'm cameron walker, back 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. >> hey good morning. it's 936. is britain's newsroom live across the united kingdom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> well, awfully sad news this morning. the family of graham thorpe has revealed that the cricket star took his own life after several years battling anxiety and depression . it was anxiety and depression. it was his second. he tried unsuccessfully to take his life before he actually thought his wife and two daughters would be better off without him. >> that's right. so his wife amanda, and their two daughters, kitty amanda, and their two daughters, kitty and emma, have spoken of his battle with mental health and their hope that his battles are on and off. the pitch will continue to inspire. she's they appear to have given an interview to mike atherton of course, also former cricketer for the times newspaper this morning . yeah. morning. yeah. >> and the quote i picked out was she amanda ? his wife said was she amanda? his wife said despite having a wife and two daughters he loved and who loved him , he did not get any better. him, he did not get any better. she's talking about his mental illness . he she's talking about his mental illness. he was so she's talking about his mental illness . he was so unwell she's talking about his mental illness. he was so unwell in recent times, he believed we would be better off without him.

we are devastated . he acted on we are devastated. he acted on that and took his own life. it's an that harrowing and i wonder if a part of it is you're you're almost a god when you're on the cricket pitch. england captain, england coach. you're in the pubuc england coach. you're in the public eye. you have a life. you know what you're doing. every morning you get out of bed and then when that comes to an end, is it difficult to come to terms with it? we know he battled with dnnk with it? we know he battled with drink and drugs, but i mean, 55, 55 because no age, you know, suicide is the biggest killer of men under the age of 45, think. >> isn't it a shocking fact , but >> isn't it a shocking fact, but to be 55, it's almost quite unusual, actually, i think, for men to take their own lives at that age. and sportspeople like that, they are so driven, it can be a blessing and a curse. you know , his wife is quoted in the know, his wife is quoted in the paper as saying he hardly ever talks about his success or his playing days. if someone asked him what he did, he said he knocked a ball about a bit . it's knocked a ball about a bit. it's almost like nothing was good

enough. was it? sometimes but yeah, very sad, but but good of them. yeah. to talk about it and she said, the mother said we are not ashamed to talk about it with remarkable composure and bravery. there's nothing to hide. it is not a stigma. >> and we're going to be talking to somebody a little later in the programme about that, sort of the signs and things that perhaps look out for now. the home secretary, yvette cooper, she's written in the daily telegraph, my, how the world is changing. the labour home secretary writing in the torygraph how she's going to restore the public's faith in law and order after two weeks of civil unrest. >> so yvette cooper said that the riots show the uk has lost respect for the police and that the recent disorder shows people believe that crime has no consequences. >> let's talk to our political editor , chris hope, who's in editor, chris hope, who's in westminster for us. chris, this once upon a time was traditional tory territory, law and order. have they did they vacate that space in the last few years and can labour fill it ? can labour fill it? >> well, it seems that way. and. morning, andrew. morning, bev. yes, it seems that way .

yes, it seems that way. according to yvette cooper, the home secretary , she's written home secretary, she's written in, say, telegraph, well, she's blaming that the soft approach to crime under the last government led many people to feel as though crime has no consequences, as well as punishing rioters. she said we must take to action restore respect for the police and respect for the police and respect for the law. charge rates have fallen, she says , and rates have fallen, she says, and court delays have grown. and we need to rebuild our communities and respect for the law. but the but respect for the law is first. now she talks about, she says in her article, they're short article on the telegraph website that she recognises the people have strong views on law and order, immigration and the nhs, but they don't justify picking up bricks and throwing them at police, looting shops, or wrecking cars. so yeah, she's saying that, you know, it's not acceptable. you may have concerns about immigration, but you shouldn't be rioting. and i guess everyone can agree with that. what the government is not doing yet is going towards. why are all these white boys in

trouble? why? what is the government doing to deal with that? these these boys in poorer neighbourhoods, of course it is. boys from all different backgrounds, but there is concern about the fact you have these people being being jailed. why are they rioting? why are they so angry and getting towards that might be helpful. i should say, though, that andrew andrew and bev this government is going to start to release 5000 prisoners early from prison next month. that's after serving 40%, not half of their jail term. so while she talks about soft justice and that damaging faith in the police, this same government will start releasing prisoners early to ease jail overcrowding. >> she's got a point, though, about being soft because, look, chris, the tories under theresa may as home secretary got rid of 20,000 police officers. absolute madness . and i pointed out in madness. and i pointed out in the mail today that they can whinge on about prisoners being released early. but the tory government closed seven prisons in 14 years. what were they

thinking of? four of them are now tourist attractions . now tourist attractions. >> i think one in shrewsbury, possibly. you're thinking about there, andrew? yeah. that's right. they did close a lot of these these prisons. and now it's come back, come back to bite them. the idea under the last labour government in the 20, in the 2000 was super prisons, superjails. they may come about there's this new planning reforms going through. being consulted on that will allow them to build these new prisons and almost overrule a lot of local concern about them. if people don't want prisons down, prisoners down the road being housed in jail. so, yeah, i think, i think again, labour has got space for this. they can blame the last government, the last 14 years of tory rule for the problems faced now, but how they deal with the with the fallout from the riots we are yet to see from this government. >> okay. thank you chris. we're joined now by former detective superintendent shabnam chaudhri. morning shabnam. >> morning, bev. morning, andrew.

>> morning. i don't know whether you've had a chance to look at the piece that the home secretary has written in the newspaper today, but the headuneis newspaper today, but the headline is we need to restore respect for our police. do you think events of the last week have restored respect for the police, or quite the opposite . police, or quite the opposite. >> look, i really like yvette coopen >> look, i really like yvette cooper, and i think she's doing a great job, in such an early stage, she's doing a lot of work around the violence against women and girls. i am surprised at the statement that she's made this early. when we're talking literally just a week after what's been happening, and there's nothing to suggest that this is going to completely die down. let's hope that, they have stopped these riots. but, of course, respect needs to be restored within policing. but the reality of it is that trust and confidence in policing is already at an all time low. we know that the metropolitan police, for example, has been labelled institutionally racist. we cannot get away from that misogynistic as well as homophobic, and we've got greater manchester police who was shown also still remains

institutionally racist. in november of last year. so there's a lot of work for policing to do. but what i would say is in this last week, whilst there's been a lot of criticism of policing, i think mostly the pubuc of policing, i think mostly the public are behind the police. they're doing an absolutely phenomenal job in incredibly difficult circumstances. significant number of police officers have been injured and, sustained sustained injuries, some very serious ones. so i think to say that, there's trust is low at the moment is probably not right now. the time to do that, i think, give it some time and reflect on what public think about it, because i think in the main, the vast majority of the pubuc main, the vast majority of the public are behind the police in terms of the challenges that they are facing at this really difficult, heightened in, you know, intensive times. >> and of course , i rather agree >> and of course, i rather agree with you and what my worry is that when the when now order is restored , that the police will

restored, that the police will melt away. and because of operational decisions taken by chief constables in different parts of the country, we don't see them anymore. we don't see them on the streets. there is no visibility and i suspect it's often because they're being put to work. perhaps doing stuff that other people think is more important, like looking for onune important, like looking for online hate crimes, which is why you don't see many bobbies on the beat, many police cars driving around communities. >> well, let me clarify. those police officers that you're talking about aren't the ones that who drive around as bobbies on the beat, as the neighbourhood police officers aren't the ones that will be looking at the, online, hate that you're seeing at the moment. and this isn't about people not having the freedom to speak. this is about people who are inciting hatred and violence. so they need to be looked at and you'll have a special, specially trained officers that will be looking at that kind of stuff. but what i would say is , in but what i would say is, in amongst all these riots that you're seeing and the thousands of police officers that are being deployed to work on these riots, these are your ordinary,

everyday police officers who work on the front line, who are neighbourhood officers, who are being redeployed to these riots. and that is where the issue is, because it's depleting the resources on the frontline. some of those are police forces, are already in special measures. the met's special measures. you've got, nottinghamshire in special measures, you've got devon and cornwall. these are forces that remain in special measures because they're not delivering the service to the public. their investigative capability is poon investigative capability is poor. so when you see what's going on in the last week or so, this is just going to add to those difficulties for policing taking them a lot longer to come out of special measures to and rebuild that trust and confidence. we're going around in circles here at the moment. >> okay. thank you. former detective superintendent shabnam chowdhury there. let us know your thoughts this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay. lots of comments coming in already. it's going to be a very hot day today. >> and of course we'll be bombarded with warnings about

how to conduct ourselves. just in case you didn't realise, it gets hot that you perhaps should wear a hat, or perhaps put some sunblock on. >> drink some water won't give you any of those warnings. no, we'll just help you to look forward to it. so go go anywhere. this britain's newsroom on gb

it's 949. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. >> temperatures are soaring today. multiple parts of england are going to go above 30 degrees in what could be the hottest day of the year. so far. >> but if you're in scotland or the north of england, the met office have also issued yellow weather warnings for thunderstorms. well, joining us now is gb news reporter anna riley. good morning anna. it's look it's looking rather lovely a little breezy where you are. you're in scarborough . you're in scarborough. >> in scarborough. yes. and we've come just here to show you

the yorkshire tea. so if you want to come along to the tea kiosk, they've got yorkshire tea, which i know is your favourite, but yes there is thunderstorm warnings that are in place. we've got a little bit of fine rain coming on at the moment, but it is due to clear later on. it's starting to get a little bit busy. we can see a couple of people turning up now . couple of people turning up now. scarborough is a beautiful resort . it's actually britain's resort. it's actually britain's oldest seaside resort and it was in the 1660s where we can just see over there. that's the scarborough spa. people started coming because of the spa's heaung coming because of the spa's healing waters. and then from 1845, when the railway system was built, even more holidaymakers came and they continued to come. millions of people each year visiting this lovely resort, which still has that victorian feel to it. it's certainly a popular destination and a brilliant boost as well for businesses. when we've got warm days, it's the summer holidays when you've got families flocking to here spend

their money. it's certainly a boost for the local trade in the area and of course, with the warm weather comes those warnings, don't they, andrew? so just make sure that you're drinking plenty of water when it's getting hotter throughout today. >> and we hope you've got your sunblock on anna factor 50 please. >> that's it. definitely and your sunglasses as well. >> very good. anna, really lovely to talk to you. well, let's talk now to meteorologist john kettley, who needs no introduction to people watching and listening to gb news john, finally, is it a proper heat wave, >> just for a couple of days. actually, andrew sandie vara didn't look that hot at scarborough, did it? i've got to say, at the moment, it's still it's still a little bit temperate, i think, but yeah, the hotter weather is on the way today. it's going to be affecting much of southern, central, eastern england really as far as east yorkshire. and we will see temperatures up around 34, 35 degrees. you know, this is historically called glorious 12th, isn't it? the 12th of

august. they always used to call it in country terms, the, the glorious 12th. it's interesting that in 2020 and 2022 and again today, we're going to see temperatures up around 34 or 35 degrees around the home counties, which is far too hot for many, i think. >> andrew, john, what do you do on a hot day as an experienced weatherman ? weatherman? >> well, i do hunker down a little bit, actually. >> i mean, i do like the sunshine. i'm not going to tell people what they should be doing and what they shouldn't be doing. i think if you've got health issues, obviously if you're asthmatic or something, you've got to be a bit more careful, but i don't have those issues myself. so i do enjoy a bit of time in the garden. but, you know, when it gets to the middle of the day, they always say between 11 and 3, you should hunker to down some degree. and i'd probably go under a palm tree or something like that and just keep out of the blazing hot sun. >> you know, it's funny you should say that, because actually, one of the best places you can go on a really hot day if you don't like the hot

weather, is a little walk in a woodland is to is to find a little bit of english countryside and go under the trees where it can be just glorious and quite cool, it's lovely. i'm heading off to a water park this afternoon. andrew, you're very welcome to join me. >> i'm very nice offer, but i've got things to do. but where's the water park? >> in oxfordshire. one of those. one of those big lakes. because we're seeing more of that, john, now, aren't we? as the climate, i suppose, is warming up in this country, more water parks or places like lakes that we used to be reservoirs which are being converted into, into leisure areas, which is wonderful. >> yes they are, they are very good and very useful. but of course, some people do take extreme measures and they jump into these old quarries which have been flooded out. and, and it is very cold water actually, unless it's monitored. so that can be extremely dangerous for some people. it's not the sort of thing i would recommend at all. i prefer to go to the beach or something like that. if you want to just cool off, splash out for in 20 minutes, and then come out and get back into the sunshine. but yeah, i'm not part of the nanny state. i don't care what people do on hot days. we

don't get we don't get enough of them. quite frankly. and you know, if we do get 34 degrees in the south—east today, well, all well and good 28 tomorrow. and there is more rain on the way. and as you've mentioned already, it's a double edged sword today really, because we've had thunderstorms already in northern ireland in scotland. >> thank you john, i mean there's a bit of irony. i've got to cut you off because there's weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news, weather forecast from the met office. well this week starts off on a hot and humid note and that humidity is also giving way to some thunderstorms. the thunderstorms are already going across parts of northern england and scotland . of northern england and scotland. warnings are in force here throughout the morning and early afternoon. after a fairly lively night across parts of northern ireland, it is cheering up here, some sunshine developing , but some sunshine developing, but really the main bulk of the sunshine will be further south across england and wales. the heat here could just trigger the

odd thunderstorm, but most will be dry . but it's odd thunderstorm, but most will be dry. but it's going to be an uncomfortable feeling day. some places in the east potentially reaching 34 or 35 degrees. so as we end the afternoon and go into the evening, it's going to remain fine and dry across many parts of england. and wales could again just see the odd thunderstorm breaking out, but most will miss them and temperatures only slowly falling the way could still see temperatures in that their 30s. as we head into the evening. northern ireland, northern england and most of scotland seeing a drier end to the day winds also ease in here too, but could just hang on to the rain across shetland as we end monday evening. so for most it will be a fairly dry night, but a fairly warm and humid one, especially across the south. temperatures potentially holding up above 20 degrees in a few spots but out towards the west we will see this next band of rain and cloud move in and that will herald sank a little bit fresher, but it is going to be a bit of a

slow process as we go through tuesday. so a dry, sunny start for most of us on tuesday , but for most of us on tuesday, but the rain in the west will slowly spread its way eastward, so turning increasingly cloudy and damp for many western and eventually into some central areas too. but further east you areas too. but further east you are hanging on to the sunshine and also the heat. it won't be as hot across the east compared to today, but still highs reaching around 28 or possibly 29 degrees. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers

>> it's 10 am. on monday. the 12th of august, live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so respect for the police. is there any the home secretary condemns what she says is the brazen abuse officers have faced dunng brazen abuse officers have faced during the riots. she's pledging to restore law and order. >> the funeral of nine year old

alice dasilva aguiar, who was stabbed at a taylor swift themed dance class took place in southport yesterday. her parents said they wonder if she called for us in her final moments . for us in her final moments. >> so sad. and another sad story. it's been revealed this morning that the england cricket legend and father of four, graham thorpe, took his own life . graham thorpe, took his own life. >> at a water company crackdown, people in england and wales are going to see the amount of compensation they receive for poor customer service double under new rules. but is it enough? >> and did you watch it? i'm afraid i didn't. the olympic closing ceremony, tom cruise brought the games to a close in paris. william and kate congratulated team gb on their performance. >> from all of us watching at home, congratulations to team gb. >> well done on all you've achieved. you've been an inspiration to us all. >> and on that video message to team gb, are you a fan of prince

william's new beard? it's caused a lot of controversy. >> it's awful . >> it's awful. >> it's awful. >> it's awful. >> i like his beard. i don't normally like a beard, but i think it really suits him. >> i just think it made him look scruffy. >> oh, is that what it is? >> oh, is that what it is? >> scruffy. >> scruffy. >> and i know he's on holiday, but this is an official engagement. sort of. he could have shaved forjust engagement. sort of. he could have shaved for just that. >> but look, you know, it's a summer holidays. >> i just don't like beards. full stop. really >> i don't normally. but i have to say, i do think he looks quite nice. you notice there is not a single bearded member of the cabinet. >> there is. >> there is. >> i hadn't noticed that. but you know what the most recent controversial, beard is? vance. president trump? yeah, the deputy vice president . yeah, deputy vice president. yeah, that's a controversial beard because apparently they're not terribly popular in american politics as well. >> no, i saw darren jones, who's now the chief secretary to the treasury. it was day two of the

government. and as he was walking past on college green at westminster, i said, minister, that'll have to go. he said, what? i said, the beard. it won't last. >> it's gone. >> it's gone. >> well, para gb news cutting edge para gb news facial hair don't go anywhere. >> we're here until midday. gbnews.com/yoursay. do you like a beard or not? first with the news. here's cameron . news. here's cameron. >> good morning. it's 10:02. news. here's cameron. >> good morning. it's10:02. i'm cameron walker here in the gb newsroom, and we've got some breaking news to bring you. more than 700 migrants arrived in the uk after crossing the channel yesterday, according to home office figures. that's the highest number on a single day since sir keir starmer became prime minister, and the third highest daily number so far this yeah highest daily number so far this year. it comes after two migrants died yesterday attempting to cross the across the across the channel and reached the uk in small boats. the uk could see its hottest day of the year today with

temperatures reaching up to 35 c. temperatures reaching up to 35 c. central england is expected to feel the most intense conditions further north. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in northern ireland, scotland and northern england. there could be flash flooding and travel disruptions. meteorologist jim dale says the high temperatures are consistent with the summer season. >> we've seen 30 degrees now about 6 or 7 times somewhere in the uk on separate days, so it's not like we haven't had a summer , not like we haven't had a summer, we certainly have. and if it's if we're talking about 3334 air, well, in places like paris, madrid and rome, we're talking about 37, 38 a lot hotter there. and that's going to test some people. >> a boy has died after being pulled from a canal in wolverhampton west midlands ambulance service was called to a canal off hendon avenue in ettingshall just after 6 pm. last night. police officers pulled the boy from the canal before paramedics and a trauma

doctor arrived, but despite their best efforts, he could not be saved and was confirmed dead at the scene . the home secretary at the scene. the home secretary has said respects for the police must be restored after they faced brazen abuse and contempt dunng faced brazen abuse and contempt during rioting. yvette cooper says it's crucial to maintain a strong police response on the ground and keep up the pace of arrests and prosecutions. police remain remained on high alert over the weekend, but there was no widespread unrest. stand up to racism rallies gathered in london, belfast and edinburgh , london, belfast and edinburgh, with thousands demonstrating outside the reform uk headquarters. meanwhile, the archbishop of canterbury labels the far right as un—christian and condemned the use of christian imagery in the riots as an offence to our faith . as an offence to our faith. train delays caused by signal failures have cost passengers almost 1,000,000 minutes since the 2018 2019 financial year. that's according to the network rail figures provided to the

liberal democrats. after a freedom of information request, the party is calling for a freeze on rail fares in response to poor services. labour has promised to bring all passenger railway services back into pubuc railway services back into public ownership and customers receiving poor services from water companies could get more than double the usual compensation under new government's proposals. the list of circumstances that can trigger compensation could also be expanded under the plans, including automatic payments for those issued boil notices or when water companies fail to conduct metre readings or installations. as promised . installations. as promised. environment secretary steve reed said the government hopes to turn the tide on the destruction of our waterways. the prime minister has joined french and german leaders in a call for de—escalation and regional stability in the middle east. in a joint statement with france's emmanuel macron and germany's olaf scholz, sir keir starmer has urged iran and its allies to not jeopardise the opportunity to agree a ceasefire and the

release of hostages in gaza. the pm spoke with leaders in the middle east last week during a call with the president of egypt' call with the president of egypt, abdel fattah el—sisi, and in downing street with sultan haitham bin tariq al said of oman . england cricketer graham oman. england cricketer graham thorpe took his own life after battling years of anxiety and depression, according to his family . in a statement, his wife family. in a statement, his wife amanda says she and graham's two daughters are devastated. he took his own life earlier this month following an earlier suicide attempt in 2022. thorpe, who died aged 55, has been hailed as one of england's best cricket players with a distinguished international career, hitting 16 test hundreds for england . and team gb for england. and team gb athletes are set to return home after a successful paris olympics. great britain ended the games with 65 medals, the same number won at london 2012 and second best ever tally tally on foreign soil. but team gb won eight fewer gold medals than in

tokyo three years ago. last night the king and queen sent their warmest congratulations and his majesty hailed team gb athletes as an inspiration. the prince and princess of wales also congratulated team gb in a special video featuring snoop dogg and david beckham . dogg and david beckham. >> greetings loved ones from all of us watching at home. congratulations to team gb >> well done on all you've achieved. you've been an inspiration to us all and prince william sporting a new beard there as well. >> well those are your latest gb news headlines for now i'm cameron walker. 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 gb news. >> dot com. forward slash alerts .

>> dot com. forward slash alerts. >> dot com. forward slash alerts. >> too much at home talking about the weather, susan has said i live in plymouth on the devon and cornwall border. there's no heatwave here, grey skies and quite cool. >> and john says it's hot. >> and john says it's hot. >> if it's hot we have to wear a hat. keep out of the hot sun. if it's winter wrap up warm or it's going to be slippery underfoot. kindergarten stuff. do you nofice kindergarten stuff. do you notice if you get on the london underground stations now, the babble is it just never stops . babble is it just never stops. hot weather trying to get a seat. well, good luck getting a seat. well, good luck getting a seat on a packed underground train . drink water. if you don't train. drink water. if you don't feel very well, ask someone for help . it's just juvenalia. feel very well, ask someone for help . it'sjust juvenalia. it's help. it's just juvenalia. it's infantilising all of us, aren't they?itis infantilising all of us, aren't they? it is so irritating. >> it's awful. on this issue of the police, paula said the home secretary's comments visit vie . secretary's comments visit vie. respect for the police are proof that politicians live in their own bubble. sylvia says during the 2011 riots in tottenham, did david lammy go on tv to give a reason as to why they were

rioting? did he get called far left for passing comments? did the courts deal with the rioters immediately? and were the jail terms just as tough? >> the riots were different, of course. then it was the death of mark duggan triggered the riots, he was involved with the police and the sentences were swift because, remember, we had night courts and they sat at weekends, too. >> this is what i find astonishing is that keir starmer has suddenly been able to turn the power on underneath our judicial system, which had been labouring along and just doing nothing really, since the pandemic with a massive backlog. suddenly he's managing to get everybody through. yeah, which is a good thing of course it is. as long as you are banging up the right people. >> oh, i'm also uncomfortable too, when politicians seem to be saying what the sentences should be. that isn't that down to the judges? yes. really. we don't want them meddling in interfering in that. thank you very much. yeah, absolutely. >> we've got the revival of the counter—disinformation unit, which is going to work at the moment. it's going to town on people, but anyway, it's a picture is emerging, isn't it? now it was a hollywood ending to

the paris olympics as they passed the baton to sunny los angeles. >> pass me by. i'm afraid. the hollywood superstar, tom cruise. he stole the show with his descent from the roof of the stadium for taking to his motorbike around paris. look, i'm sorry, this is just a rip off of the queen and daniel craig in 2012, and that was far more dramatic. the queen apparently parachuting into the london 2012 stadium. >> can you do this? the queen did in 2012. >> i mean, it was quite a good attempt, but i mean, i didn't watch it, to be honest. i've only read about it, but it was based on that, wasn't it? >> of course it was. i mean, i don't even think it was a nod to that. they just thought, oh, tom cruise, what can we have him do? because it's always that it is the handing over the baton because they're going to la. now you get the mayor of paris will then hand off dover to the mayor of los angeles. so that's going to be in four years time. i don't think it's going to be quite as good as when lionel richie sang all night long in front of the in front of the stadium there in 84. >> was that a reference to the

closing ceremony or the opening ceremony? >> because all of them go on too long. >> that was it was it was pretty long last night, i think because they had 9000 athletes, they have to get in. >> do they all stay for it, paul >> do they all stay for it, paul, or do a lot of them go back? >> well, this is interesting because i thought you would want to stay if you were at the olympics. i thought you'd probably. it's like keely hodgkinson. i mean, i'm certainly never going to knock keely hodgkinson for not staying, but i would have thought you would want to stay because she's on she's on houday because she's on she's on holiday with her family because i saw the pictures in the papers at the weekend. >> but it slightly depends because what also remember i used to be married to an olympian. he had two gold medals. what also happens at the end of the olympics is that commercial opportunities present themselves. media opportunities present themselves back in the country are back. >> where are you from so suddenly? >> there's a take your marks, go and there's another competition as to who can get back and capitalise on your success. right? so if you're one of the first ones back, you're going to be the first one on gb news. you're going to be the first one on whatever. pick another inferior show. and so they often will have agents going. we need you back here because we've got

adidas on. we want a meeting, we want nike, we've got reebok. so come back and have some meetings. >> if you're in paris, surely you can come back and just go, you can come back and just go, you know what, i'm just going to go back for the closing. >> you'd want to stay. yeah, but it's desperate because there's only so many deals available. and the more olympic gold medallist we have. so it's literally there an auction go around. >> yeah. but also unbelievable. >> yeah. but also unbelievable. >> do you really want to spend three hours waiting to walk round the stadium? i mean, come on, this is the reason you never made it as an olympic athlete. >> no. or a sports report. >> no. or a sports report. >> or can i tell you i was a sports reporter on the gloucestershire echo. i did a bit of sports reporting for about three months. the end of my sports career, three months surprises me during that long cheltenham rugby seconds. on a tuesday night pouring with rain. there were 11 people at the match, right? there were more people on the pitch. that's when i knew i was done with sport. >> listen, sharon davis is going to talk to us in a minute, but i do want to hear. >> so yeah, i don't want to cut time with sharon paul. but how did we do overall? >> well we did better than maybe you might imagine because as far as the medal table, the americans did this thing where and i spoke about this with you about a week ago. the americans decided that they would do it on the amount of medals, not the amount of gold, although now

they've changed their mind because they've won the most amount and the most amount and the most amount of gold . but we the most amount of gold. but we would be seventh on the official medal table, below the netherlands, below france, below australia . but when it comes to australia. but when it comes to medals won, which is 65, we're third, which is extraordinary for a country of this size, i think so, and the only countries above us being china in the united states who have pretty large pop and i heard somebody carpi on the radio today. >> we didn't have enough goals. you try and get a gold medal or even a bronze medal or a silver. i think they did brilliantly. i, i think they did brilliantly. i, i didn't watch it, but i think they did great. >> what you said there and you say you didn't see the closing ceremony. andrew cotter who's the commentator because i thought the opening ceremony was probably still on. well, yes, i think it still is going on somewhere, but it is. it's an incredibly difficult to win a gold medal. this is unbelievable. and most of them are solitary sports anyway. yeah. and to go in and people are i was getting silver medals and, we've got emma there. who who won three medals. emily campbell in the weightlifting

and the weightlifting. she got a bronze. she was the final one, the 65th medal. >> she did a very bad cartwheel. >> she did a very bad cartwheel. >> well, i don't know, i had i hope she's not serious that she's going into strictly. >> paul, i love you, but i love sharon davis. just that little bit. >> you know what, so do i, so do i and i with for us. >> so let's talk to sharon now olympic swimmer of course. author of unfair play. the battle for women's sports. sharon, it's so nice to see you . sharon, it's so nice to see you. we've missed you so much during the olympics because obviously you were contracted to the. >> look, look, i have my flag. this went all the way to paris with me. it's come all the way back again. it sits in my little space when i do all my interviews and. and of course, i've been in that olympic bubble. so i've been home for about two days. just about got on top of the washing. like you do. >> good for you. right? how difficult was it for you, sharon? as somebody who's done such an amazing job in the last few years of raising awareness of really important political issues , particularly around issues, particularly around gender and sports, to just not be able to talk about those things for a couple of weeks. presumably you must be like a

coiled spring. now >> well, no, actually the bbc were pretty good. i mean, they they enabled me to have my own personal voice about it. i think it's always about trying to be respectful and always about trying to present, you know, the facts, as i always have. anyway so, you know, anyone that was following my twitter will will know that i did still speak about it, and i spoke to the bbc about it, and i spoke to the bbc about it. and they were you know, fine about it. i was entitled to that. so yes. i mean, it was difficult, wasn't it? i hope that this will bring it? i hope that this will bring it to everyone's attention at long last, that we have to do something properly and constructively to protect the female category. and we can't allow a passport which anyone can apply for and change to be, you know, the actual qualification to be into the women's category. and, and it's something like boxing. i mean, it really was atrocious that we actually had biological males punching females when we know that they punch 162% harder. you know, this was really a very, very serious accident waiting to happen, and those two, you know, male boxers, they flew through, you know , we're not losing you know, we're not losing a single point, so not only did

they take a place from their own countries of a female athlete, they've obviously taken medals from, you know , from female from, you know, from female athletes that will never be able to get them back because the rules as they stood at the time. >> sharon, for people who are listening on the radio, we're showing a photograph of khalife, the algerian boxer , being held the algerian boxer, being held aloft by her male trainer's team. but we've had lots of messages from people who are muslim saying if she was regarded as a woman, they would not, out of respect, have held aloft a female athlete. so they pretty much from from what we were told, regard her as more male than female , her own team. male than female, her own team. yes. >> i mean, yeah, exactly. and you know, i know that there's been a lot of sparring in the sparring. this person's been sparring. this person's been sparring with men, not with women, because they couldn't find women to spar against them because they were just too powerful. so. wow, you know, every single piece of evidence that was there was there. and the ioc initially were saying that they knew nothing about this. well, this isn't true. i mean, the iba sent them the results of those tests that were donein results of those tests that were done in 22 and 23, 14 months done in 22 and 23,14 months before the olympic games. you know, it was an absolute

shambles. what the ioc allowed to happen in boxing. and of course, it didn't happen in track and field and in swimming and in cycling because the rules were there to protect the female category. so it's very much now up to the ioc to understand that, you know, they can't keep preaching about gender parity if anyone can identify into the women's category that that's ridiculous. >> the speculation, sharon, that sebastian coe, lord coe may stand as ioc president. is your sense that seb would represent women from your point of view, that he might be more on side with that perspective on this very controversial issue? >> yeah, i think thomas bach has been very weak. i you know, as an individual, i'm not very impressed. and he tried very hard to extend his term, which thank goodness, wasn't allowed to happen. he's been there for 11 years, and the, you know, they're allowed to be there for 12. and he wanted to go for another four, and i think it's very much time for a change. you know, we know that change is

important in lots of things, you know, just as it is in politics. so, yes, hopefully some fresh blood. hopefully someone that's not prepared to, you know, that's to prepared stand up to the wokerati part of , of society the wokerati part of, of society at the moment that seems to think that we shouldn't have any rules and anyone should be able to do anything. and then the people that lose out are female athletes. but i do want to say that, you know, britain did really well and be on a positive side because there was some fantastic stories that came out of it. you're talking about 65 medals, which is amazing. sadly not as many gold as we had. we had five in the swimming pool and you know, we had three silvers that if you added up the difference between gold and silver in those three races wouldn't have even come to one tenth of a second. so you know, and so that's how close the races are and that's how important it is that we have a fair platform for female female athletes. >> we've shown just just one news story that we've seen today of one young boy we believe has lost his life in a canal hot day. this happens every year, doesn't it? how good are we at this in this country at making

sure that kids can swim and are water sensible? >> yeah, such a good point. but no, we're not very good. i mean, in the early 80s i worked with government to put swimming on the national curriculum, along with, you know, other people as well, to, to make sure that our kids were supposedly taught 25m and water safety by the time they leave primary school. that's not happening. it's not off. they've checked many, many schools, often schools that in areas of deprivation are not making sure that their children are being able to swim. i was talking to becky about this whilst we were out there. i think it's very important that we also include in that water safety, you know , because these safety, you know, because these young lads in particular think they're invincible when they're around water and the moment the sun comes out, it's extremely tempting and they're often the ones, unfortunately, which get themselves into difficulty. we've also lost 300 pools since covid. yeah so we have a massive problem with facilities as well. and we need to replace those. so there's two ways to be able to attack this . one is education as attack this. one is education as it always is. and the other is to make sure that there are pools for kids to go and learn to swim. here's a good little

thing for you to know as well, because obviously you were talking about the athletes not being at the closing ceremony. they're not allowed to stay in the village. so actually they're allowed two days and then they have to leave. wow. >> oh have to leave. wow. >> on is that. but that wasn't always the way though. sharon was it in your day? you were you were allowed to stay. >> so they're no longer allowed to stay till the end. >> what's the logic of that? >> what's the logic of that? >> that was a covid thing, wasn't it? >> good question. i mean, i love the fact that i was able to stay and go and support all the other athletes. i mean, of course, financial one, you know, obviously you have to pay for those positions in the village, quite a few of them did opt to stay in town because i saw freya anderson there, and i remember freya saying to me, i'm going to stay, you know, because i want to go to the closing ceremony. so they're allowed to go to the closing ceremony. they're just not allowed to be in the olympic village. >> i think that was a covid. i think that was the covid olympics. they kicked everyone out, didn't they, for infection control and they just never bnng control and they just never bring it back again. clever. >> sharon, lovely to talk to you as always. great to have you back. sharon davis, of course, who is one of our greatest olympians. i didn't know that. yeah, great. mean. no, but that's mean spirited. yeah saving money. penny pinching of

the word sort. >> but it's used as an excuse . >> but it's used as an excuse. >> but it's used as an excuse. >> now breaking news. more than 18,000 small boat migrants have crossed the english channel so far this year, the biggest single day of arrivals under the new labour government is just, has just been and gone. how many mark was it? >> mark white's with matt white with us security editor 703 people came across the english channel yesterday in 11 small boats. >> now this issue understandably has not got as much coverage. i knew it was, given that the riots have been boiling over for recent days. the two are not unrelated, given the tensions that the arrival of these people illegally across the channel is causing in communities across the country. so a very busy day yesterday. it takes the total who have arrived across the channel so far this year to 18,342, and that's 13% up on where we were last year. so the new labour government small town process of creating a border security command, they want to go after the people smugglers.

we've already got one. but in the meantime we've already got one. >> one. >> mark, you and i know that they're just calling it something different. >> well, certainly i can't see much apart from an extra focus on going after the people smugglers. that's that much different because the previous , different because the previous, small boats operational command at the conservatives had in operation was, a command that did also go after the people smugglers yesterday, we should say, as well. one boat came very close to landing on a beach, saint margaret's bay near dover in kent, and that's the first time for two and a half years that a boat has come. this close. it took border force by surprise, came out of the morning sea mist and was just metres really from landing on the beach. >> all right , the beach. >> all right, mark, thank you so much. right. we've got some good for news you. hopefully i doubt it if you're not satisfied with your water company. i'm not sure it's that good news. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> 1026 it's. yes it's britain's gb news. andrew. piers bev turner. we've got the panel here. who have we got today? >> we've got judith de silva and emma woolf are with us. good to see you both. >> welcome to you both for having us. >> this morning. right. should we, it's just almost too awful to discuss. it's a front page of the telegraph this morning. quite a the funeral of little alice. it is. sorry >> it's the photograph. can we show that photograph so people can see? >> this is nine year old alice de silva next to the cardboard cut out of taylor swift before the dance class in southport. we showed it on the menu at the top of the show, didn't we? where? yeah, this was this was her. >> there she is. they've got it going into the dance class. >> she's so excited . she's. it's

>> she's so excited. she's. it's the picture of innocence. that is a picture of innocence. and within minutes, evil has arrived. and of course, it was her funeral yesterday. and the family left. put out that extraordinary statement, wondering if she cried out for them. in the end, the parents, i mean, how emma, how it's the summer holidays. >> it's a picture of her first. you know , what she's going to do you know, what she's going to do in the summer holidays. i was dropping my toddler at the summer group today, and i was just thinking that little nine year old should be getting excited about the warm weather, what she's going to do for the next three, four weeks. and there she is. and they're having her funeral last night. and we, apart from all the things that i know and you know, the family have revealed as well that her six year old sister was at the same dance class, so actually saw her big sister being savagely murdered. >> the scars for that child, the scars for that child and let alone the fairies, the parents going over and over again in your mind. >> what she went through in her final moments? yeah. totally unimaginable. i mean, it's just unimaginable. i mean, it'sjust it's harrowing just to think, because if i kept looking at

interviews with bereaved parents who've been through similar tragedies and the same thing they would always say is like, instinctively, particularly with mothers, because you just know your child was calling for you in that moment and that is what haunts them most of all. >> and knowing they now have to manage the ptsd of their other child. yeah. before even beginning to navigate what they're going around. grief. it's like multiple trauma over trauma. >> they've been so courageous, and i thought it was very courageous to allow the cameras into the funeral service, because some people said to me, oh, it's outrageous. they would not have been in there without the family's permission. exactly. and they wanted that message , which was their message message, which was their message which the chief counsel delivered. not in my name. the headteacher talking about it too . headteacher talking about it too. >> exactly. and it's so unfair that the parents have had to go through all of the other all of the collateral damage and the unrest across this country since then, when they are, as you say , then, when they are, as you say, going through the most unimaginable time. and there's something about, you know, taylor swift dance group, you know, the excitement of grown women or men about getting swiftie tickets . you know,

swiftie tickets. you know, there's a kind of and taylor swift herself, who is such a kind of seems to be such a warm and lovely person. yeah it all centres around this completely incomprehensible event, which has, as i say, nine year old who doesn't have any summer holidays, just just evil. >> three little girls. >> three little girls. >> what ? why? >> what? why? >> what? why? >> yeah, the parents are remarkable human beings. because even that choice of having the cameras coming, yeah, they're constantly thinking about they've accepted there's something bigger happening as a result of this. what can i do to make things better ? so there's make things better? so there's eveni make things better? so there's even i feel guilt that they shouldn't have to deal with any of this. let them have a private funeral. but they're just thinking the optics of seeing that small coffin will make people just stop, because it made me stop. and i just say that you've got these are exceptionally powerful, strong willed human beings to go through that. and see beyond themselves, even in such a profound moment of grief. >> yeah. and the vicious, stupid moron headbangers. he was smashing up property. he must look at those images. >> i hope they do. i hope they

do. and i hope it gives them pause for thought as well, because it's just, you know, there are no words really. let's look at another story here. >> editor. this knockdown prices for the green belt are councils are to be given new powers to compulsory buy up green belt land. >> the move is towards meeting that target by 2030 of building 1.5 million homes. the idea is that they're not. they're going to prioritise brownfield sites and low quality land in the green belt area. and then relax the legislature around getting planning permission. but there's also a prerequisite that developers would have to build up green spaces in that when you look at the kind of targets the labour government has to meet by 2030, they're going to have to make some questionable or difficult decisions because you can't have the you can't execute perfectly with something that is so massive in its scope. so i do understand what they're doing and they're not going gay. abandoned in the green belt area, they're looking at these.

this is a land that's pretty much redundant. we can do something beneficial for the whole community with that. >> i think that's more in i think that's a very optimistic assessment . i suspect that some assessment. i suspect that some prime green belt land will now be under huge pressure. >> we really need to be careful kind of what we wish for. it's a difficult one because we all want we know we need more housing, we all want more housing, we all want more housing, but we all want our green spaces . we know about green spaces. we know about nimbyism. nimbyism is when people go, yeah, yeah , but not people go, yeah, yeah, but not not here, not near me, not not around us. there is . there is around us. there is. there is a lot of grey, you know, the grey belt. the brown belt , all of belt. the brown belt, all of that that isn't being used properly. but, you know, that was labour promising 1.5 million new homes with gay abandon. >> and now they need to actually deliver on that, and they need to talk to builders as well. >> and the construction, but also but also not just deliver. >> you can't just say how are they going to instruct a local authority to build it if they've got a planning committee, which may say, we've looked at all the issues, not here exactly. so planning local councillors view will no longer matter. >> well, are they going to override them because it isn't as simple as this. it isn't as simple as just putting it in

your manifesto and promising it. you've got to deliver. >> i think i do give them credit that you have to do things that are difficult and be the bad guy, because then when it comes to a point of involving local councils and mps that this is a decision that needs to be made, this is the target that needs to be met. if you put a stop to it, you are the stopping block, you are the bottleneck and are you comfortable being that when you know this is what we're trying to achieve, it's not just homes, it's not just homes. >> when you build, when you dump people in a load of places, you also need schools and hospitals, shops, transport networks, roads. you know, you need quite a lot and also you need to look at the root causes of why we are under so much pressure to provide so many millions of new homes. >> and it's also some detail about the fact that they're capping the profits that that landowners can make from the sale of their land. >> how does that well, i don't know how that works. >> that is something that if i'm a property owner or a land owner, this is a window of opportunity for a smash and grab. and they have to mitigate that potential disaster because it's almost one step forward, ten steps back. so if you have ownership to a certain, it's

almost like when you have gentrification and you happen to have a house you're not using, that's in a very key area. they want to build up, and you can just hold out and hold out and hold out until you get an extortionate amount of money. >> yeah. because what they're getting at here is that a number of developers have got prime pieces of land, and they refuse to build it because they're waiting for the land price to rise. so they then get more return for the house. so the government say they're going to break that. but again, legally, i don't know how they do that. they're going to have to get new laws to do it. >> they are going to have to do that. but when you look, it's the state taking far more powers. again, it's but then it's you've got to counteract opportunism, which is what would happen with those developers who have an asset they know would appreciate based on how desperate the government get. >> if you're if you're a if you're an old couple that have got a little plot of land that you've kept for decades, that you've kept for decades, that you may be bought for nothing in the 70s or the 80s, and then you can make a significant profit on it, and the government come along and say, no, i'm really sorry. >> we're not going to. it's almost like compulsory purchase exactly what it is. >> so they can make your life pretty unpleasant.

>> they can they can make it pretty hellish for you. if they say, okay, we'll just develop around you, you know, if you are an old couple with this tiny, precious plot of land, it sounds like a hollywood movie, but, i mean, they can make it pretty unpleasant for people. they can pressure people into moving out. >> there's a surprising number of people who are like that in the country, though. it's not that all the land is owned by barratt homes and everybody else is. sometimes there are little for some people that has been their pension pot, but they've got to get move on this they want because this is one of their big, big pledges. >> isn't it? >> isn't it? >> and they have to do it quickly. so time is of the essence. but i do think involving local councils who can speak up for the small independent owner, it's something you have to deal with on a case by case basis, as opposed to one size fits all. >> yeah. okay. >> yeah. okay. >> right. thank you. emma thank you judith. up next, would you support your local council bringing in £100 on the spot fines for swearing in public? >> well, i'm not saying that. next word you can. >> i'm not saying it. we be debating that. >> thank you. this is whoever wrote that swear

1038 this is britain's newsroom. well, a labour run council, here we go. >> has imposed a controversial new order to find people £100 for swearing in the street. do you know what? >> it just makes me want to go up to thanet district and swear. just walk up and down the street. swear. bleep, bleep bleep it's facing this council is facing a legal channel challenge after adopting this pubuc challenge after adopting this public spaces protection order that bans behaviour that might distress people. >> who is going to enforce it? how is it going to be enforced? what are they going to do with the money? can they just actually do their job and sort actually do theirjob and sort out dog poo? >> it's literally policing language. i don't like swearing, l, language. i don't like swearing, i, i don't like swearing. i certainly wouldn't swear in front of children or on the streets just but sworn in. >> sworn in front of me. >> sworn in front of me. >> seriously, is this literally the country we want to live in? oh, we're joined by journalist and podcaster from the spectator australia, will kingston , and australia, will kingston, and child behavioural expert amanda

jenner. child behavioural expert amanda jenner . good child behavioural expert amanda jenner. good morning to you both. so will kingston . what do both. so will kingston. what do you make of this? what kind of country is great britain becoming when you might have somebody give you a £100 fine for saying a swear word in public? >> i miss the days when councillors took pride in just taking out the bins and assessing planning applications. but that's obviously not sexy enough for councillors to have something interesting to say at lefty cocktail parties . so here lefty cocktail parties. so here we are. that's the country we're in today. this is yet another attack on free speech in this country, and it's not just swearing, guys. it is the grey areas like political protest, pubuc areas like political protest, public performance art where you will see that ideology is being what is being imposed here. >> and of course, it's this idea that what you say might cause someone distress that is entirely subjective. subjective, of course, it is. >> and also what is a swear word? well, a swear word in australia might be different to a swear word in phthalates . a swear word in phthalates. >> don't give us any examples, just pointing out that people in

australia do listen to us. but let's bring in amanda jenner, child behavioural expert. amanda, do you think sometimes adults are a bit loose with with language in front of children? now using, profanities? let's say, and that we should be drawing a distinction for kids. >> yes i do, i mean and the thing is, you know, you hear all the time in the streets and little children are like sponges and they pick these words up and, you know, in an awkward position, they just come out and say it. so i really think you know, i don't know how they're going to police it, but i think it would be a good thing to stop this because , you know, i hear this because, you know, i hear i work a lot with little children. they come out with these words and i'm like, where did you hear that? you know, and it's that's the thing. they repeat it and then they think it's the norm to do it. and then when they get to school, they use it to bully. so, yeah, i think, you know, it is a good idea, but i don't know how they're going to implement it, to be honest. >> amanda. amanda, i hear that. and of course, we don't want children growing up with bad language. in our house, if you swore you had palmolive soap

shoved in your mouth and you didn't do that again in a hurry, but isn't most of the swearing that they the swear words that they learn in the school or perhaps at home? i don't think they're going to hear us swear word in the street and think, oh, that's a new word. i'll use that. i just think it's not the problem. this council has identified is in the wrong place. it's not in the street. it's probably in the schools. and that's an issue for the schools . schools. >> yeah i agree, but they've they've heard it from somewhere. so yeah like you say at home or but they do they do hear it. you know in the streets i mean i, i'm away at the moment and i hear loads of like teenagers swearing and stuff. and the thing is with toddlers, you think they're not listening, but they actually do. they actually do listen and they just come out with it and you're like, wow, you know, that was a big word. because they do listen, you think they're preoccupied, but they are quite clever little things. and i think, yes, at home it needs to stop at home. we need to, you know, as parents, we need to teach them this is the wrong thing to do, to use bad language, and i agree, i remember i, you know, if i ever did, which i didn't

really but you know, we're going to get that soap and wash your mouth out. and that used to really scare me, so i think we need to be harder at home 100%. we are . we have to lead by we are. we have to lead by example. definitely. >> what what's what's occurring to me? will, what i'm hearing this is that actually, we need more speech in order to educate children about what is and isn't acceptable. polite conversation to have not not just a sort of a clamping down on what people say. do you know what i mean? i know we're in sort of murky territory at the moment in terms of free speech in this country. but what do you make of what amanda was saying? >> i think this swearing thing is a facade. whenever you want to kerb free speech, the first thing you always do is do the whole please think of the children routine, because it's harder to argue against. this is not about swearing. we already have the public order act that protects against that sort of speech in public. that's fine. i don't have a massive problem with it. this is about imposing ideology upon people. and to

your point, at the very start, it will be imposed subjectively by labour councillors who have a problem with, say, far right groups or whatever that means. and the last people say that it will be imposed on protesters would be, say, islamic protesters or people that they have more sympathy towards. this is about ideology. it is not about swearing. how chilling is it to you, will, that this is what's happening here in the uk now that you can have some trump top councillor prepared to issue a £100 ticket if somebody doesn't like what you say, even if there are no consequences to what you say. i think it's very sad, but i think the right has just as much responsibility here as the left. we had 14 years of as the left. we had 14 years of a conservative government where they did nothing to support free speech. and to be honest, we've forgotten how to argue for free speech on first principles. even the speech, which may be unpleasant or it may be even hateful. it is still better to hear that speech than the alternative which is banning it. and not enough people are arguing like that and arguing effectively in modern britain.

>> amanda, when you deal with children as a behavioural expert, what are you seeing in your therapy room about whether kids feel concerned or anxious about what they can and can't say in schools, particularly ? say in schools, particularly? >> i think the problem is going back to what we're saying about obviously being outside and heanng obviously being outside and hearing the swearing and stuff. i think a lot of it as well is because of the a lot of children , because of the a lot of children, young children i'm seeing three, three years old have got telephone or on social media, and they're hearing a lot of it there as well. so i think you're in a very different world today. you know, when i was young, we didn't have any of it. and now children are playing these games have got swear words in them. and, you know, all these different language they're using. so i think, you know, it's very difficult for parents to police this, but i think you know, schools could teach them a little bit more about the language. they use. so we don't have this imposed £100 fine left, right and centre because i think they'd make a lot of money if they walked the streets heanng if they walked the streets hearing everybody swearing, but i think we've just got to, you know , it starts at home and it

know, it starts at home and it continues in school and it's about educating those children what's right and wrong. and the biggest thing i'm seeing is, is a lack of manners, which is a simple free thing that you can teach your children and manners because children are so addicted to these games and they don't want to get off them, they're losing it. their tempers and, and you know, and i think it's manners. we, we teach them basic manners. we, we teach them basic manners. it's not you know, it doesn't cost anything. yeah. >> and that underpins so much i feel like nicely we've given up on that. it's almost like we've given up on that completely. well we idea of decency . well we idea of decency. >> all right. that was, jonathan podcast from the spectator australia. will kingston and child behavioural expert amanda jennett. yeah i never ever saw in front of my mum ever sometimes. >> and she gets really cross with me. >> yeah, but mum didn't swear enhen >> yeah, but mum didn't swear either, nor did my dad. >> sometimes the right swear word in the right context is brilliant. >> do you ever swear in front of your children? >> i try to , not no your children? >> itryto,not no i your children? >> i try to , not no i don't, >> i try to, not no i don't, that means you do. no, no, i have occasionally. if i've lost my mind for a moment, i might have in a curse. but you know what? they also have to know

that language is powerful. and i treat them that you don't walk into a job interview and swear. you don't swear on national tv. but sometimes, you know, and they also have to understand that language can offend and that language can offend and that they do have to know that it can offend. and you do have to be careful. >> any swear word ever heard my mum use began. bu that one. but very occasionally. was it bum? no.and very occasionally. was it bum? no. and then. but you know you're in trouble if that word came out now up next, find out how the government's latest crackdown on water companies could leave you with more money in your pocket. i'm not so sure about that. me neither. this is britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb. news

>> 1050 for indonesian tv news. >> 1050 for indonesian tv news. >> so this is a good headline for the government. they're going to double compensation for poor customer service and water companies. you're all jumping up and down and saying well it's

useless to water services water company. the moment the proposals will increase, the amount of reimbursement that customers are legally entitled to . if the plan makes it past to. if the plan makes it past the eight week consultation penod. period. >> so let's speak now to expert on this. founder of waterways protection, philip greenwood, and friend of the show , philip. and friend of the show, philip. how is this different? what's it going to mean for viewers watching this, >> not a lot of difference, really. we've always had these, compensation schemes in place. if you know, the repairman comes late or if a sewage is, you know, backed up into your bathroom, there's always been some sort of small compensation. and actually the compensation hasn't changed since the year 2000. so there's been no there's been no change whatsoever. so today here we are at, 2024, and the inflation has been at around 86%, so actually if you discount inflation, the increase is exactly like 13.6%. >> so if you did get a sewage,

yeah.in >> so if you did get a sewage, yeah. in your, in your home. very unpleasant. how much compensation currently would you get. and what are you going to get. and what are you going to get under this new scheme. >> okay. so this is a kind of interesting. so, what they've said is that if you do get sewage into your home or then the maximum that they will pay is no more than the amount of your wastewater part of your sewage bill. so they'll only refund you the part of what you pay refund you the part of what you pay for your wastewater. so it's not even the full bill. so it's like 50% or 100% of the waste element of your water bill. so that's it . okay. that's it. okay. >> so what people a lot of people won't realise this with your water bill. you pay partly for the water you receive for that service. then you pay partly for the water that goes out of the house. so what they're saying is we'll take that bit off your bill. yeah. and is that a lot of money, philip, for people like, are we talking thousands of pounds a year ?

year? >> if you've got four carpets that are ruined by sewage, >> no, i mean, it wouldn't. i mean , obviously you'd have to go mean, obviously you'd have to go to your, to your home insurance to your, to your home insurance to get that sorted out, but in terms and then your premium goes up. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> well, the premium might go up. i'm not an insurance expert, but but but but it might go up, but but but but it might go up, but yeah . no, but what they but yeah. no, but what they basically said is look, the sewage element, if you get sewage element, if you get sewage in your home, we're capping it at 50 to 100% of that element. that's it, you know, this obviously it's just sort of piecemeal. it'sjust this obviously it's just sort of piecemeal. it's just the people at the pr departments of the institutions that owned the water companies or whoever's got the, you know , whoever's got the the, you know, whoever's got the pr thing, they're just trying to generate a story. but the real story is it's not a doubling if you want to if obviously, i know you want to if obviously, i know you guys want to report accurately, but it's a 13% increase above inflation. >> let me ask you , this >> let me ask you, this government is making a big thing about going after the water companies. quite right too. and they're going to find them if for all these various pollution problems, millions of pounds in

fines, where does the money go ? fines, where does the money go? and does it come out of the punter's pocket , punter's pocket, >> well, we talk about fines, but, you know, we had , but, you know, we had, obviously, you know, last week there was a lot of headlines at there was a lot of headlines at the beginning of the week, but £168 million, where does it go ? £168 million, where does it go? fine. well, i mean, one you ask where it goes and when you ask where it goes and when you ask where it goes and when you ask where it goes, you assume that the fine is going to get paid, but it's not. i mean, that was a proposal of a fine. many of these fines are proposals, and sometimes the fines actually never get paid. what they'll do is they'll bring out new schemes, like they just gave them 21 million for like an i development project. and of course they're not going to do anything with it. so they just simply moving pots of money around amongst each other to just generate headlines, just to create the impression that the government and the civil servants are not doing the job. and in all they're doing is they're just playing around with

an excel sheet. they're literally trolling the nation at this point. >> philip, you played it so well. your common sense. brilliant, right? don't go anywhere. teachers are going to tell kids how to spot fake news online. honestly, here's weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> good morning . welcome to your >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news. weather forecast from the met office. well, this week starts off on a hot and humid note and that humidity is also giving way to some thunderstorms. the fund storms are already going across parts of northern england and scotland. warnings are in force here throughout the morning and early afternoon . after a fairly early afternoon. after a fairly lively night across parts of northern ireland. it is cheering up here, some sunshine developing, but really the main bulk of the sunshine will be further south across england and wales. the heat here could just trigger the odd thunderstorm, but most will be dry. but it's

going to be an uncomfortable feeling day. some places in the east potentially reaching 34 or 35 degrees. so as we end the afternoon and go into the evening, it's going to remain fine and dry across many parts of england. and wales could again just see the odd thunderstorm breaking out. but most will miss them and temperatures only slowly falling away could still see temperatures in that their 30s. as we head into the evening. northern ireland, northern england and most of scotland seen a drier end to the day. winds also ease in here too, but could just hang on to the rain across shetland as we end monday evening. so for most it will be a fairly dry night, but a fairly warm and humid one, especially across the south, temperatures potentially holding up above 20 degrees in a few spots, but out towards the west . we will see towards the west. we will see this next band of rain and cloud move in and that will herald sank a little bit fresher, but it is going to be a bit of a slow process as we go through tuesday. so a dry, sunny start for most of us on tuesday. but

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>> good morning. 11 am. on monday the 12th of august. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so is there any respect left for the police? the home secretary has condemned the brazen abuse that officers have faced during the riots, as she pledges to restore law and order, and sadly, it's been

revealed this morning the england cricket legend and father of two, graham thorpe, took his own life . and fake news took his own life. and fake news what is and what isn't true is going to be taught in schools. apparently, children are going to be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online. in a push to encourage critical thinking. is it really that time to get your shorts on britain? >> brace for the hottest day of the year. with parts of the uk set to be hit by a 34 c heatwave, fabulous . heatwave, fabulous. >> and did you watch the olympic closing ceremony? tom cruise brought the games to a close in paris. william and kate congratulated team gb on their performance. >> from all of us watching at home. congratulations to team gb. >> well done on all you've achieved. you've been an inspiration to us all. >> and on that video message to team gb, people were commenting on prince william's beard,

calling it bold scruff . calling it bold scruff. let us know your thoughts this morning gbnews.com forward slash your say and is it hotting up where you are? are you sat listening to us on the radio in the garden? are you watching us on your phone somewhere nice? let us know what you're doing first though. the very latest news with cameron . news with cameron. >> thanks, bev. good morning. it's 11:01. i'm >> thanks, bev. good morning. it's11:01. i'm cameron walker here in the gb newsroom. more than 18,000 small boats. migrants have crossed the engush migrants have crossed the english channel so far this yean english channel so far this year, according to official figures . year, according to official figures. that's year, according to official figures . that's after 703 figures. that's after 703 migrants crossed yesterday, the highest number on a single day since sir keir starmer became prime minister. it comes after two migrants died attempting to cross across the channel to reach the uk in small boats . the

reach the uk in small boats. the uk could see its hottest day of the year today, with temperatures reaching up to 35 c. temperatures reaching up to 35 c. central england is expected to feel the most intense conditions further north. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms, flash flooding and travel disruptions alongside northern ireland and scotland . northern ireland and scotland. meteorologist jim dale says the high temperatures are consistent with the summer season. >> we've seen 30 degrees now about 6 or 7 times somewhere in the uk on separate days, so it's not like we haven't had a summer, we certainly have. and if it's if we're talking about 3334 air, well in places like paris, madrid and rome, we're talking about 37, 38 a lot. and that's going to test some people. >> a boy has died after being pulled from a canal in wolverhampton. west midlands ambulance service was called to a canal off hendon avenue in ettingshall just after six last night. police officers pulled

the boy from the water before paramedics and a trauma doctor arrived. but despite their best efforts, he could not be saved and was confirmed dead at the scene . the home secretary has scene. the home secretary has said respects for the police must be restored after they faced brazen abuse and contempt dunng faced brazen abuse and contempt during the rioting . yvette during the rioting. yvette cooper says it's crucial to maintain a strong police response on the ground and keep up the pace of arrests and prosecutions. police remained on high alert over the weekend, but there was no widespread unrest . there was no widespread unrest. train delays caused by signal failures have cost passengers almost 1,000,000 minutes since the 20 1819 financial year. that's according to network rail figures provided to the liberal democrats. after a freedom of information request. the party is calling for a freeze on rail fares in response to poor services. labour has promised to bnng services. labour has promised to bring all passenger railway services back into public ownership. customers receiving poor services from water companies could get more than

double the usual compensation under new government proposals. the list of circumstances that can trigger compensation could also expand under plans, including automatic payments for those issued boiler notices. environment secretary steve reed said the government hopes to turn the tide on the disruption of our waterways . the prime of our waterways. the prime minister has joined french and german leaders in a call for de—escalation and regional stability in the middle east. in a joint statement, the with france's emmanuel macron and germany's olaf scholz, sir keir starmer has urged iran and its allies not to jeopardise the opportunity to agree a ceasefire and the release of hostages in gaza. the prime minister spoke with leaders in the middle east last week during a call with the president of egypt, abdel fattah el—sisi, and in downing street with sultan haitham bin tariq al said of oman. russia has evacuated 11,000 people from parts of the belgorod region as

ukrainian forces ramp up military activity near the border. it comes just days after parts of another russian region was evacuated following ukraine's biggest attack on sovereign russian territory since the start of the war in 2022. ukrainian forces rammed through the border last tuesday in a surprise attack that may be aimed at gaining an advantage in possible ceasefire talks after the us election . england's the us election. england's cricketer graham thorpe took his own life after battling years of anxiety and depression, according to his family. in a statement, his wife amanda said she and graham's two daughters are devastated. he took his own life earlier this month following an earlier suicide attempt in 2022. thorpe, who died aged 55, has been hailed as one of england's best cricket players with a distinguished international career, hitting 16 test hundreds for england . team test hundreds for england. team gb athletes are set to return home after a successful paris olympics. great britain ended

the games with 65 medals, the same number won at london 2012 and second best ever tally on foreign soil. last night, the king and queen sent their warmest congratulations and his majesty hailed team gb's athletes as an inspiration. the prince and princess of wales also congratulated team gb and a special video featuring snoop dogg and david beckham . dogg and david beckham. >> greetings loved ones from all of us watching at home. congratulations to team gb. >> well done on all you've achieved. you've been an inspiration to us all and prince william sporting a new beard there as well. >> well those are your latest gb news headlines for now i'm cameron walker. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to gbnews.com the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> lots of you getting in touch this morning. this idea that you

could be fined £100 for saying something that might cause distress on the street, cynthia said . stop swearing in the said. stop swearing in the streets. okay then stop it. in the council offices to nicolae ceausescu here he comes. selina has said another form of control, john has said, i believe i recently heard someone say there were upwards of a million unfulfilled planning permissions for residential buildings in the uk. this is about whether labour will compulsorily purchase greenbelt. if that is the case, then the government should give those holders six months to complete their build or lose their planning permissions and return to square one. it's a very good point. yeah. >> i think what happens is some of the developers get what they call an outline planning permission to build on the land, but they then have to submit detailed applications on the scale. how many and the style. and they never get beyond the outline planning application. and they sit on the land for some years. that's where we are. and labour are saying they're going to now change that. and compulsory purchase the land at cut price. how can they? how can

they decide what is the cut price if they just refuse to sell it ? we're price if they just refuse to sell it? we're gonna have a council says you will say it's because we're going to change the law. how does that work? >> this government appears to not feel accountable to anyone. that's the impression that i'm getting. they're acting with absolute impunity . they've got absolute impunity. they've got two thirds of the seats in the house of commons, with one third of the votes. remember that? what two year care is what i'm hoping. >> and yeah , and 80% didn't vote >> and yeah, and 80% didn't vote for it because of the terrible turnout . turnout. >> well, listen, cynthia said teaching children to recognise conspiracy theories, etc. is so that they can be taught to only believe what the government tells them. it is very, very dangerous, says encapsulates . it dangerous, says encapsulates. it is not funny, i agree with you, cynthia. we're going to be talking to somebody about that later this morning about whether whether the teachers are best placed to tell children what is fact and what is fiction. >> i'm probably a bit old fashioned, but i quite like just to talk about 1066 and all that and algebra and, pronouns and verbs and, and leave the other

stuff to the parents. now, some sad news this morning. it's been revealed the england cricketer graham thorpe took his own life after battling years of anxiety and depression in a statement, his wife amanda has said that she and graham's two daughters are devastated that he took his life earlier this month following an earlier suicide attempt in 2022. graham thorpe was 55. he was hailed as one of england's best ever cricket players, with a distinguished international career, hitting 16 test hundreds for england . test hundreds for england. >> so we're joined now by sally baken >> so we're joined now by sally baker, who is a therapist with a specialism in trauma. good to talk to you again, sally, we know that that that suicide is the biggest killer of men. amazingly, under 45, yes. is this incident slightly unusual that graham thorpe was 55? and one might have thought that somehow we kind of have this idea that you sort of settle into, maybe into middle, middle age with a sort of contentment, but clearly not, clearly not.

>> and we don't have the full picture of what happened here. but we have already been told that he suffered years of anxiety and depression. so he's really battled , for a long time. really battled, for a long time. and this is not this is not his first attempt at suicide . so first attempt at suicide. so it's very sad. >> sally. the saddest thing reading the interview that, his wife has given to michael mike atherton in the times , she, she atherton in the times, she, she used the expression, she said that, despite having a wife and two daughters, he loved and who loved him, he didn't get any better. he was so unwell in recent times, he believed he we. that's mum. and the two girls would be better off without him and were devastated. he took his own life. people listening and watching were thinking how desperate can a person be that despite the great love from these three women? and he also had two children from a previous marriage, it wasn't enough . marriage, it wasn't enough. >> it wasn't enough. and it's not external influences or other

people that can stop, such a sad event occurring when people are on this pathway. there's very little you can do. it seems like they did their very to best make him feel loved. but, you know, there's something it's about whether people let that love in, whether people let that love in, whether they're able to accept and receive that love. and perhaps he wasn't. and it's very difficult to even , assume or difficult to even, assume or suggest what was going on in his mind. but clearly these were desperate times and his family are devastated. i wonder, because, look, he was an incredibly famous, glamorous sportsman in the public eye, much loved. >> he was very successful as a cricketer. he was very successful as a coach . and successful as a coach. and perhaps when that begins to fade , perhaps when that begins to fade, is it then for some people when, when reality in the grip on reality starts to be prised apart? >> it's interesting because that group of citizens, athletes, sportsmen at a very high level often have the most resilience because it's kind of it's trained into them that, you

know, personal bests always end in targets to be beaten by the next cohort. failure is almost in the dna of sports people because they eventually have to give up or they get superseded by the next generation. so they understand and they're often trained .forpeak performance, trained .for peak performance, but they're often trained to cope and be resilient. but they're often trained to cope and be resilient . and this cope and be resilient. and this hasn't happened for him. i mean, he's we're not going to know we're not going to know the full story, perhaps ever, about his background, his childhood, all of the things that could have influenced him on this, on this pathway, rates of depression. >> sally, i think statistically are very high with professional, professional athletes particularly. and it's partly it's that double edged sword, you know , wanting to kick a ball you know, wanting to kick a ball better than anyone or throw a ball is sort of illogical as an adult. it doesn't sort of on paper doesn't really make sense. but that drive and thank goodness those people do that, that drive to make them throw that drive to make them throw that ball better than anyone. so kick a football can also mean that it can be difficult to live

life after the sport, because thatis life after the sport, because that is what sustains your self esteem. >> it's self—esteem and self—worth. they're very closely augned self—worth. they're very closely aligned and it's not always the most natural and healthy way to assess your self—worth. by external. yeah gongs, gold medals, silver medals and all the rest of it. you have to believe. you have to believe in your own self—worth. whatever else happens, that's that's inner resilience . that's what inner resilience. that's what gets people through lots of sports people. we see them in their moments of glory. but often, you know, that's four years at an olympics of solo early morning trainings on the field, on the track, in the pool field, on the track, in the pool, just with their small focused team. and then we think, oh, their life must be all this high profile . but it's not. it's high profile. but it's not. it's a slog. it's so that helps for very many sports people to build resilience. but when they've lost that sense of direction, sense of focus, then that's when they're at their most vulnerable. >> okay. sally, good to talk to you as always. sally baker, their trauma therapist, and adam peaty, of course, swimmer talk about his mental health. >> yes, of course.

>>— >> yes, of course. >> and there was one of our athletes who won a medal. i'm so sorry. i can't remember his name, but he also, he he he had a suicide attempt, and he spoke very openly about it and then went on and won a medal on the track and adam peaty had his own demons, didn't he, with drink, drugs and depression. >> but he fought back and he won silver and nearly won gold. >> yeah. he's amazing. now, if you want advice on these sorts of issues , samaritans.org or you of issues, samaritans.org or you can call the samaritans on 116123. now for the latest way the government are getting involved in children's lives. well, kids at school are going to be taught, apparently, how to spot a fake news and extreme content in a revamp of the curriculum. >> so after last week's riot, schools are going to use lessons to teach children as young as five five how to arm themselves against quotes putrid conspiracy theories, do you think children are five? know what the word should means? >> well, bridget phillipson does, and i find her quite scary. i can't, i can't lie, we're joined now by the executive head at saint thomas the apostle school in london.

serge, stephanie, serge, great to see you. right. what is the government doing deciding it can tell teachers how to educate kids about what they read online. i find this deeply troubling . troubling. >> i mean, your camp, they don't know what they're doing. they don't know what they're talking about. my job as a head teacher is to monitor what's being taught. i employ people who are qualified to teach the subject. so the first question is, who's going to teach it? i love my teachers. they work really hard and they teach history , maths, and they teach history, maths, science, etc. are they going to train my teachers to teach this stuff because i don't know enough about it. i don't think adults know enough about it. and, once again, is this just a gimmick to get them off the hook? because trying to ignore what the real problem is, is trying to tackle this thing at source . and by source i mean source. and by source i mean the, the it companies that allow this stuff on their websites.

and of course, we don't like to talk about it. the parents we need to control it there, there's lots of other things that worry me about this. i do. we risk bringing things to the table that our children shouldn't know about. we all know given give kids a dictionary and the first thing they're going to do is look up all the rude words, if you bring this to the attention of certain children, it actually make them more curious about what's going on. so such nonsense. i don't know, it's going to. i don't know, it's going to. i don't know how this is going to happen, but i would not feel comfortable about my teachers taking on this. >> yeah, i just want to . if so, >> yeah, i just want to. if so, can you say no ? can you say no? >> well, i don't know yet. so we're not getting anything through separately. this is all coming through the media. so, i don't know what these government advisers do. maybe you know more than me, but i reckon none of them have ever been in schools.

i think over the last, maybe longer than this 20 years. and, you know, during covid, as adults, we are just abdicating our responsibility of bringing up children properly, for goodness sake. you talked about listening to your program all morning about respect , manners, morning about respect, manners, etc, etc. they should be part and parcel of how we bring up children collectively as a society. we've all seemed to have forgotten about it. there's excuses for bad behaviour which only serves to confuse the kids . only serves to confuse the kids. it's somebody else's fault. it's your home. circumstances or whatever it might be. this is another example of we have a problem and let's put it into schools. well, i'm not comfortable with my teachers teaching anything that they're not qualified to teach. >> doesn't it? also, serge, doesn't it also leave the door open for teachers to impose upon children their version of the truth, whether that is around climate change, transgender issues , anything that the issues, anything that the teacher decides, oh, well , don't

teacher decides, oh, well, don't read that on. don't look at the gb news website . you must only gb news website. you must only look at the bbc website and frankly, you know, don't even get me started on the misinformation we're seeing. >> spot on, i've been 45 years in the game. i can't tell you how many times i tell teachers. all right, leave your personal life at home, okay? that's to not be discussed. and, make sure you're offline. don't bring your private life into anything to do with school, and you're there to teach facts, not an opinion. children will ask questions. but if we're looking at critical thinking here, you know, that's a matter of opinion at times. yeah. and as i've already said, i would not be comfortable with my teachers , teaching anything my teachers, teaching anything that i'm not comfortable with. that's why we have curriculums. that's why we have curriculums. that's why we have curriculums. that's why we have syllabuses, that's why we have assessment. that's the other part of this thing. is this going to be assessed as to how well it's being taught? yeah, because that's how i hold teachers to account. yeah. there's an

assessment at the end of it . assessment at the end of it. therefore i will know if my teachers have taught it to the right standards. yeah, it's just pie in the sky nonsense. it's just a diversionary tactic, i think. when again , i repeat back think. when again, i repeat back to the source, this stuff shouldn't be online. and as we know, the whole society knows we've got it at the moment. it's not controlled . so, parents, you not controlled. so, parents, you step in now, all right? you step in and you start controlling what these kids are online with. and i mean, i'm old in the tooth. so you know we talked about swearing just a little while ago. when you say parents, your role models and i can't tell you how many conversations i've had when it's usually a 15 or a 17 year old preparing for their exams and they're not revised enough. and the biggest problem is guess what? they're on their phones the whole time. >> this is the parents. >> this is the parents. >> parents walk into my office on their phones. they put it right by their side. do they think they're going to tell 15 year olds to get off their

phones when they're on it themselves? 20 471 love you, but we have to say goodbye, sir. >> we've run out of time. serge saffy, what a great executive head at saint thomas the apostle school. and if we had more headmasters like that, we'd be in a much better place. right up next. why are immigrants filling more jobs than brits? since the covid pandemic? interesting. don't miss it. britain's newsroom

gb news. >> 1123 britain's newsroom live across the uk andrew pierce and bev turner. the panel's back judha bev turner. the panel's back judita dasilva and also from broadcaster emma woolf. they're here right. >> what is this story about immigrants filling more jobs than brits? since covid? why? >> i think it's quite a pointed headune >> i think it's quite a pointed headline to go for, but you have to like i say, i'm always for full and for information being given. >> but always give it with full disclosure. otherwise you run the risk of ending up where we've been for the past couple

of weeks. they're talking about indians and nigerians being predominant. there's been a spike in how many migrants have taken jobs in the uk, but the key question is which jobs ? when key question is which jobs? when you look at what happened after brexit and then the pandemic and also britain being a country thatis also britain being a country that is seeing people live longer, so you've got a population above 65 that is growing. there was a deficit in the workforce in areas like health and social, adult, social care. so then there was a relaxation of visa requirements for particularly health and worker social worker visas to come into the country to fill those gaps, bear in mind, when they took those jobs, which is predominantly where these numbers come from, they have the longest hours and get some of the lowest pay in the entire country. these are jobs that were not being filled by the indigenous population, nor did they want to. so they filled a deficits that required their services. >> yeah. so this is since 2019. there's been an increase of nearly half a million jobs in the uk filled by indian workers. and nearly 300,000 roles being taken by people from nigeria,

that's okay emma, surely i think so. >> i think, you know, i think we're all for legal migration. and this data points out these are people working extremely hard for not particularly good. well, very low wages. >> but is it okay when we've got so many people malingering on benefits? >> it's not okay that those people are malingering on benefits. it's not okay. but andrew, i'm angry about the fact that we pay these essential services care, work, health care workers so appallingly low. and i'm angry that we let young british people just languish , british people just languish, just come out of school, maybe not go into no education, no and employment or training. yeah. so there are other things there. but i don't think the target, you know, i don't think the anger should be at these workers who are working extremely hard. we've all met them, haven't we. we've all met them, haven't we. we've gone into it's a system that it's the failure of the system that means we need these people. >> i actually really agree with that because this is where this is potentially where misinformation slides in, because someone will read that and just take that. oh, the

migrants are taking my jobs. no they're not. the government's did not pay social care workers enough to entice the indigenous population to see that it is worth my time and worth my effort, or the private care homes. yeah, you're not paying me. what is the my value? so then you went to a different country and said, come, we're still going to pay you very little value, but you're willing to work for it. so you come in and do that and they will direct their ire at you, when really their ire at you, when really the problem is pay social care workers what they deserve because it is a brutal and thankless job. >> this is very different to coming over on small boats. this is a failure of the benefits system, a failure of the education system, and it's a failure of, of our employment system. >> and, and we've been going round and round like a hamster in this in the wheel. well, i think that's because the government will not. they keep saying they'll they'll make the employment system work so that it's not more advantageous to malinger on benefits, but it still is. yes, exactly. for some people, it still is. >> and it's absolutely an option for people. and it shouldn't be an option. it's a career option. we shouldn't be pushing people into hard jobs that are paid so badly. we should be valuing

these really, really important jobs. it's interesting though, isn't it? parents, we've all had poorly relatives who need excellent care, and you do get excellent care, and you do get excellent care, and you do get excellent care from people inevitably entice young british people to go into social care when they know i will earn a decent living doing a job that is much needed . is much needed. >> of course, the argument against this would be, well, if we didn't allow in this, if we didn't allow people from india and nigeria to take this, you know, 800,000 jobs, then the authorities in this country be that the private care homes or the government would have to pay more to entice. >> but there's another negative here. we've been we've been talking we were talking earlier about housing and how the government say they're going to seize this land. 800,000 people coming to do jobs that could be done here. these people have to have homes, extra homes. they have homes, extra homes. they have children, families. it's a knock on effect again. >> of course it is. and that's it goes back to our story about labour and all the new homes they're promising. we are failing to get to the root of

the issues and discuss them in a rational way, because everything is so polarised that we can't even talk about immigration and employment and people on benefits and all of that, because there's just anger and denial on either side. >> but the numbers will go are set to there's a fear they will go down because earlier this yean go down because earlier this year, the conservative government brought in the cap, saying that even if you're coming in on a health and care worker visa, you cannot bring your dependants. yeah. so you're extracting individuals from their families where they're going to be. the lion's share of their time is spent here in very difficult work with no emotional support system . they're not support system. they're not going to want to. same with international. now you have . international. now you have. >> but i mean, if you if you're bringing in a carer, do you really want them to bring four kids and a husband? >> well, that's what they're doing at the moment. so what. well, this is what the conservatives tried to clamp down on the number of dependents arriving with foreign workers tripled since 2019. that's only around the corner. in our rear—view mirror, two 155,000, mainly driven by indians with 67 400 workers bringing in 71,000

dependents in 2022. >> so if your partner and a child or dependents. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and the number goes on and on. on. >> on. >> but then you argue the question, what do you do? >> so now you've said they can't bnng >> so now you've said they can't bring their family. they're not going to want to come. so then you're going to create that vacuum in the work sector where you don't have a well—paying job that will entice locals to do it. so if you now raise the wage, where does that money where do you say to them, if you don't take the job, you're going to lose your benefits, but do you really want that's what you do. >> somebody raisi not looking after your 88 year old mother in after your 88 year old mother in a care home who doesn't want to be there. you want them to want to do that job. >> take the benefits off them? >> take the benefits off them? >> yeah, that's a slightly different target targeting young brits who could be working. yes. be working. and it'd be better for their mental health. >> their health be better for the 19 year olds. >> should not be on benefits full time. there's no need for it. >> different target to the people who are coming over here and working extremely hard for, you know, insultingly low levels of pay. >> should we talk about cake? >> should we talk about cake? let's change this. >> why have you made some outrageous. >> should we get angry about

cake? >> yes. go on, victoria sponge. >> yes. go on, victoria sponge. >> which actually isn't all that. but anyway. oh, i love victoria. sponge has lost its first sort of first spot in our hearts to cheesecake. the shocking, the shocking american of course american cheesecake. so we have. so these are the top ten cakes cheesecake then chocolate cake. no don't like that carrot cake . yes. lemon drizzle. >> lemon drizzle then victoria sponge is languishing in only fifth place. >> and then the rest are rubbish. >> you nearly. >> you nearly. >> thank you youtube. but you didn't . didn't. >> you're going to say crumbly said they are crumpets . said they are crumpets. >> number six bakewell tart. yeah.i >> number six bakewell tart. yeah. i mean that's not really very exciting. >> mr kipling's bakewell tart. i remember those adverts as a child. >> lovely. >> lovely. >> seven doughnuts. i mean, they're not really a cake. eight is millionaire's shortbread number nine lemon meringue and number 10 coffee cake. i think top spot should go to carrot cake. >> what's your favourite? >> what's your favourite? >> it's got to be carrot cake. oh, right. >> so i do like a bakewell tart. but when it's really well made, can any of you make cakes really well made and really moist and has really carroty amazing. >> can any of you make cakes of

course. >> can't make cakes. >> can't make cakes. >> you can't make cake. >> you can't make cake. >> you can't make cake. >> you can't make cake, cake, cake, cake. what cake do you make? >> oh, i invented a strawberry and white chocolate sponge. >> if we say we don't believe you, you'll have to prove it by bringing it in next time. >> i can't cook. look at me. everyone says i can't. >> no, i'm sure you can. that's why i asked. >> no, no, we'd be delighted, but we want to taste it. >> we're showing. we want to taste it. what? >> looks like microwave mug. you pour a load of cake stuff and you put it in a microwave. >> i don't ever buy cake, but i like it if someone makes it. >> oh, i have to say, one of the very good things about social media for kids is how many baking videos they watch. so my girls will now come in and they will just go in the cupboards and they will appear with a cake. >> wow. >> wow. >> and they watch it online and they just, you know, we've never seen any of the evidence of this handiwork in this studio ever. >> never makes it in. >> never makes it in. >> okay , just janita and, emma, >> okay, just janita and, emma, thank you so much. right. here's cameron with the . news. cameron with the. news. >> good morning. it's 1132. cameron with the. news. >> good morning. it's1132. i'm cameron walker here in the gb newsroom. more than 18,000 small

boat migrants have crossed the engush boat migrants have crossed the english channel. so far this yeah english channel. so far this year. that's after 703 migrants crossed on sunday, the highest number on a single day since sir keir starmer became prime minister. it comes after two migrants died yesterday attempting to cross the channel to the uk in a small boat. the uk could see its hottest day of the year today, with temperatures reaching up to 35 c. temperatures reaching up to 35 c. further north. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in northern ireland, scotland and northern england. there could be flash flooding and travel disruptions . flooding and travel disruptions. a boy has died after being pulled from a canal in wolverhampton, west midlands ambulance service was called to a canal off hendon avenue in ettingshall just after 6:00 last night. police officers pulled the boy from the canal before paramedics and a trauma doctor arrived, but despite their best efforts, he could not be saved and will was confirmed dead at the scene . three men have been

the scene. three men have been charged with allegedly intending to stir up racial hatred online dunng to stir up racial hatred online during the recent riots. james aspin, from blyth, northumberland , was charged in northumberland, was charged in relation to an alleged video published on tiktok on or before the 8th of august, 2024. geraint boyce and jamie michael, from south wales, have both been charged in relation to the alleged publication of threatening facebook material. all three will appear in court today. all three will appear in court today . customers receiving poor today. customers receiving poor services from water companies could get more than double the usual compensation under new government proposals. the list of circumstances that can trigger compensation could also be expanded under under the plans, including automatic payments for those issued boil notices or when water companies fail to conduct metre readings or installations as promised. environment secretary steve reed said the government hopes to turn the tide on the disruption. disruption of our water waves england cricketer graham thorpe

took his own life after battling years of anxiety and depression, according to his family, in a statement, his wife amanda says she and graham's two daughters are devastated. he took his own life earlier this month following an earlier suicide attempt in 2022. thorpe, who died aged 55, has been hailed as one of england's best cricket players with a distinguished international career, hitting 16 test hundreds for england . team test hundreds for england. team gb athletes are set to return home after a successful paris olympics. great britain ended the games with 65 medals, the same number won at london 2012 , same number won at london 2012, and second best ever tally on foreign soil. last night, and second best ever tally on foreign soil. last night , the foreign soil. last night, the king and queen sent their warmest congratulations and his majesty hailed team gb athletes as an inspiration. the prince and princess of wales also congratulated team gb in a special video message featuring snoop dogg and david beckham . snoop dogg and david beckham. well, those are your latest gb news headlines for now i'm

cameron walker. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> emily and tom are here. what's coming up on the show? back from your holiday. tom. nice to see you. >> yes, perhaps a little bit browner. not much, not much, not much. no, i did wear my factor 50. well done. oh, good. >> good. >> good. >> very hot out there. i will stay looking this young forever. yes. >> we haven't presented together for two weeks. >> dorian grey, alternating holidays. so it's always a little bit of continuity. but today we're going to be looking into the state of free speech in the uk . the uk. >> absolutely we are. i mean, elon musk, i'm sure lots of people have seen that. elon musk, the billionaire owner of twitter, has been very much taking keir starmer to task over free speech in this country. he's been essentially saying that posting memes is going to

be illegal. >> he's been he's been denounced at the edinburgh fringe today by humza yousaf, that fool who was the scottish first when he said one of the most dangerous men on the planet . exaggeration. the planet. exaggeration. >> well, this is well taking a having a fight with very public fight with humza yousaf calling him a, what do you call him, a racist , anti—white baiter, race racist, anti—white baiter, race baiter? all of this, it'll be interesting to see what happens there, but it's fascinating. >> this man is the richest man in the world. he owns half of all satellites that orbit the globe. yeah, he has, more launch capacity in terms of rockets than just about any state. i mean, this is someone who is . mean, this is someone who is. now, i've been looking through his his twitter feed. he's just obsessed with the uk. yeah, yeah. he is everything going on here? i mean, this is a really big deal. >> yeah, it is how we're looking on the global stage. this weekend has been shocking and robert kennedy has waded in. yeah, joe rogan has waded in like lots of big american influencers are looking across the pond and going , what is the pond and going, what is happening in the uk? >> they absolutely are. and they've got they've got starmer in their sights. it's very interesting , isn't it? but it is

interesting, isn't it? but it is true. elon musk, he probably has more power than your average government leader. your average prime minister, your average president, so we'll be looking into that. and also the classrooms teachers now teaching your kid what's misinformation and what's not. that is worrying. we just talked about the bells ringing there. >> talked to her teacher saying how do they know what's right exactly. >> they don't. especially with current affairs . it's very current affairs. it's very different from teaching history. >> absolutely. it's very different. >> and our headteacher is going to say to the government, no , to say to the government, no, they should. >> i five years old, hard to believe that they were five years old. >> and all i think about is jacinda ardern during the pandemic saying we are your one source of truth. we are the government. you come to us, we are your. >> she did say that, didn't she? didn't she and that. >> and i rememberjust feeling >> and i remember just feeling so chilled by that and so north korean and we're doing it. >> it's very odd as well. the pandemic is such a good sort of reference point not to dwell too on much, but the government advice changed. yeah. first they said don't wear masks. yes. they said don't wear masks. yes. they said don't wear masks. yes. they said do wear. that's right. first they said this is all transmitted by touching things with your hands. then they said it was airborne. i mean , these

it was airborne. i mean, these things change the idea that there is one repository of all truth and facts that goes against the scientific education secretary, bridget phillipson, talking about putrid conspiracy theories. >> that's very interesting. that's a very loaded phrase to bounce off a five year old, isn't it? >> yeah. and what's the difference between a conspiracy theory and fact? >> six months. right all that with tom and emily at midday. >> some some of them not so still to come. >> a question to all the men out there. how would you feel about being asked if you are pregnant before having an x ray? >> are you pregnant? >> are you pregnant? >> i'm not pregnant. >> i'm not pregnant. >> are you sure? >> are you sure? >> i'm fairly sure. >> i'm fairly sure. >> you have to have an x ray. you might. >> yeah, i'm sure, but i'm sadly, i'm over 55, so i won't be asked the question because i would. >> are you too old? i, i would, i would, i would enjoy formulating a suitable response when they asked me. >> he's been through the he's been through the menopause. >> stop it. >> stop it. >> he's already been through the menopause . right. that latest in menopause. right. that latest in the wokery nonsense. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. 1142 this is britain's newsroom on gb news. with me , bev turner on gb news. with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> now listen to this figure. more than 18,000 have crossed the channel in small boats so far this year, after the biggest single day of arrivals under the new labour government. >> so this comes after two migrants died yesterday attempting the crossing to reach the uk in a small boat. we're joined now by gb news home and security editor mark white. mark, what's really struck me recently is that obviously in the run up to the election, the conservatives were getting hammered with these stats about the small boats every single day. and yet it seems that since labour have got in, the numbers haven't changed significantly. if anything, as we don't know specifically at the moment whether they've gone up or not. but they're getting a bit of a free ride. the press aren't mentioning them at all. >> well, i think understandably over the last couple of weeks,

given the very significant events that unfolded across the country, you could be forgiven for not focusing on those coming across the channel, this particular channel, we've always tried to ensure that people are up to date with actually what's happening out there in terms of these illegal crossings . and so these illegal crossings. and so that's why we can report today that's why we can report today that 18,342 people have crossed the english channel since the beginning of this year. that's 13% up on the same period last yeah 13% up on the same period last year. and you can see there this is a one off the lifeboats. the dover lifeboat coming in yesterday with 70 migrants. that lifeboat had gone across into french waters to help out in a rescue there yesterday, in which two migrants drowned. it didn't pick up any migrants from that rescue but did help out. then on its way back, it came across a

small boat with 70 people on board. and that's them being a small boat with 70 people on board. >> that's a small boat. >> that's a small boat. >> that's a small boat. amazing. very dangerous indeed . what you very dangerous indeed. what you have now as well is a phenomenon with, mainly african migrants who don't have the money to pay the people smugglers for the crossings, storming the boats just as they're being launched. so instead of carrying maybe 60 odd as the people smugglers intend , they are up 70, 80, 90, intend, they are up 70, 80, 90, even some over 100. getting into difficulties in the. >> well, well, i think you see, i think because of what happened in the last couple of weeks, this was but i actually said to some politicians on friday, the channel crossings will become a major issue in the next couple of weeks. the sea is calm, the weather's calm, they're going to be pouring across and they are. >> they come issue. what we're looking at now is a migrant boat that just about made it to saint margaret's bay, to the beach there, saint margaret's beach yesterday that came out of the

early morning sea fog completely took border force by so they could have just literally got off the beach and just disappeared. >> yeah, because there was a big issue. >> remember two and a half years ago over a two year period with multiple boats managing to land on beaches , and then migrants on beaches, and then migrants just skedaddling out of there and more serious incidents where and more serious incidents where a number of occasions these small boat migrants had ended up breaking into houses, knocking on doors, demanding money and transport to their pre—arranged location to meet other people, that would smuggle them off into the illegal economy. so that's why we got a sea change in the way that the operations happened in the channel. to intercept them further out into the middle of the channel. but clearly this one yesterday came very close to landing on a we're going to be certainly remain a very attractive we're going to be nostalgic soon for rwanda, >> right. we've got to move on. thanks, mark. we're going to be calling for any men out there.

if you've been left furious by not being asked if you're pregnant when you've gone for an x ray . yeah, that's right. this x ray. yeah, that's right. this is britain's newsroom. >> it's a country we live in

lots of texts and emails coming in. someone's. oh, i'm being ticked off about the beard. dan says, can someone please tell to andrew stop saying prince william looks awful with a beard. he doesn't. he looks handsome. he looks awful. i just think the beard is awful. >> jack has said , dear, sweet, >> jack has said, dear, sweet, wonderful gb news. i think he's talking to you. could your weather people please report the temperatures in fahrenheit? some of us are quite right about centigrade to fahrenheit, right . centigrade to fahrenheit, right. and let me do it. i've done it for you, jack. so 32 c is 89.6 fahrenheit. >> and also, i noticed when in

our scripts that samsung says kilometres, i'm quickly converting to miles because we don't do kilometres in this country like that, do you? >> well, i don't, it's miles here. >> you're right, it's you're right. we are still miles. i do a bit of both, but partly i have to work it out in my head, >> it's 1500m. to work it out in my head, >> it's1500m. is about a mile, isn't it? >> it is. yeah, right. >> it is. yeah, right. >> moving on. nhs x ray operators have been told to ask men if they are pregnant before conducting any scans. this is. radiographers at multiple hospitals have been saying can you check this? whether male patients between 12 and 15 are pregnant regardless of their sex? we're joined now by coordinator for the declaration for biological reality, james sps . morning, james. sps. morning, james. >> it's madness . >> it's madness. >> it's madness. >> just just make it make sense, james. make just make this make sense. >> madness . >> madness. >> madness. >> good morning. i wish i could , >> good morning. i wish i could, and if i didn't laugh, i'd cry. i mean, imagine for a moment going to the hospital and being asked if you had been neutered

or imagine being asked by your clinician if you're able to use the litter tray or write , or the litter tray or write, or even imagine being asked by your doctor when the last time you hibernated was this is the exact same as what we're seeing with men being asked if they are pregnant because these are biological impossibilities for human beings, it is utter madness that this question is being asked, and it's symptomatic of the woke ideologies that have infected our national health service . our national health service. >> trying to be compassionate here and why the side? why? because if you are a okay, let me get this right. a woman who's transitioned to living life as a man, and you sit there in the doctor's surgery and you've got short hair and you have a flat chest and you're wearing jeans and, i don't know, steel toe boots. i'm stereotyping here. and the doctor says , has to say and the doctor says, has to say to that person, are you

pregnant? isn't it up to the patients to volunteer the information and say , i live as a information and say, i live as a man? however, i have retained my uterus and i am currently pregnant . pregnant. >> well, i want to do away with the entire confusion that this is causing because we've introduced this notion that people can be born in the wrong body and change their sex, and it's simply not true . you know, it's simply not true. you know, this is the problem with the language that has infiltrated the nhs. terms like birthing parent chestfeeding like chestfeeding or even things like pregnant people and menopause affects everybody. no it doesn't. i'm a man and menopause will never affect me directly in that way , so it's utter that way, so it's utter nonsense. and you know , it's got nonsense. and you know, it's got real world ramifications here. we can laugh about this , but we can laugh about this, but i've heard of stories, for example, of men showing up to cervical screenings because

they've convinced themselves because they're transgender, that they have a cervix wasting nhs time. and i've equally heard of women not being notified of important cervical screening because the nhs has their sex down as male, because they have quote unquote , transitioned. so quote unquote, transitioned. so this is costing resources and it's potentially risking the health and wellbeing of patients of the nhs too , of the nhs too, >> a wonderful voice of common sense there from the declaration for biological reality. >> james esses, we've got to get him back on. >> we are done for the day. you better go and have your well—woman health check this afternoon. so ridiculous. see you tomorrow. >> they could ask me honestly 703. >> that's the number of illegal migrants who came across in small boats. just yesterday alone. whilst the whole country has been fixated on riots, have we missed the crisis in the engush we missed the crisis in the english channel? >> yes, indeed. and how worried are you about the state of free speech in this country ? keir speech in this country? keir starmer has been accused of

wanting to crack down on that fundamental right, of freedom, of expression. we'll get to the bottom of it all after your weather. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb. news weather on. gb. news >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. well this week starts off on a hot and humid note and that humidity is also giving way to some thunderstorms. the fund storms are already going across parts of northern england and scotland. warnings are in force here throughout the morning and early afternoon. after a fairly lively night across parts of northern ireland, it is cheering up here some sunshine developing, but really the main bulk of the sunshine will be further south across england and wales. the heat here could just trigger the odd thunderstorm, but most will be dry. but it's going to be an uncomfortable feeling day. some places in the east potentially reaching 34 or

35 degrees. so as we end the afternoon and go into the evening, it's going to remain fine and dry across many parts of england. and wales could again just see the odd thunderstorm breaking out, but most will miss them and temperatures only slowly falling away could still see temperatures in that their 30s. as we head into the evening. northern ireland, northern england and most of scotland seen a drier end to the day. winds also ease in here too, but could just hang on to the rain across shetland as we end monday evening. so for most it will be a fairly dry night, but a fairly warm and humid one, especially across the south. temperatures potentially holding up above 20 degrees in a few spots but out towards the west we will see this next band of rain and cloud move in and that will herald sank a little bit fresher, but it is going to be a bit of a slow process as we go through tuesday. so a dry, sunny start for most of us on tuesday. but the rain in the west will slowly spread its way eastward. so

turning increasingly cloudy and damp for many western and eventually into some central areas too. but further east you areas too. but further east you are hanging on to the sunshine and also the heat. it won't be as hot across the east compared to today, but still highs reaching around 28 or possibly 29 degrees. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb

>> well . >> well. >> well. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on monday the 12th of august. i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver 703. that's the shocking number of people who crossed the channel just yesterday. we'll have the latest pictures from the cliffs of dover. doveh >> and are we seeing a crackdown on free speech in this country? schools could have disinformation lessons as the

government plans to regulate legal but harmful speech . legal but harmful speech. >> and the mercury rises today could be the hottest day of the yeah could be the hottest day of the year. we're looking at live pictures here from london's beautiful primrose hill, where temperatures could reach 33 degrees. are you feeling the heat? where you are? what a scorcher . scorcher. >> now we want to talk to you today about free speech, the state of free speech in this country, and whether you are worried about it, whether you're worried about it, whether you're worried about it, whether you're worried about potential crackdowns. because there's been a lot made of this, hasn't there? we've seen elon musk, the billionaire owner of twitter, very much. well, almost goading keir starmer on the issue of free speech. he's saying, you know, that in in britain now, you could be banged up for a meme and there are people who

say all they've done is