>> well . >> well. >> well. >> a very good afternoon to you. i'm back from my holiday. it's 3 pm. welcome to martin daubney p.m. welcome to martin daubney show on gb news today we're broadcasting live from the heart of paddington. all across the uk. breaking news as a man is arrested in london's famous leicester square after an 11 year old girl and a 34 year old woman were stabbed will be live on the scene . on the scene. >> well, this stabbing happened about 20 minutes before midday and at that time there were many hundreds of people here who saw this horrible event unfold with this horrible event unfold with this 11 year old girl. were told stabbed multiple times , and stabbed multiple times, and we'll cross the mark throughout the show of course. >> next question has britain lost respect for the police? while the home secretary, yvette coopen while the home secretary, yvette cooper, has claimed last week's riots show the uk has lost

respect for the police. but is that true or did that respect vanish a long time ago? for example, when police took the knee to black lives matter and in another sensational gb news exclusive, we can reveal that the uk's asylum budget has rocketed by 840% in five years to a staggering £6.6 billion in 2023 and 24, and we'll speak to the report's author, who claims that the true cost could even be higher than this astonishing figure and plans to fly the union flag and the tiny village of claxton in norfolk has caused a huge row to break out, as some residents have claimed. it's divisive. well, we sent our man charlie peters, to clacton to tell locals there that their plan is the very best of british, and that's all coming up over your next three hours. welcome the show. it's an absolute pleasure to have your company. as ever. i want to hear

from you an astonishing scene in the heart of london at leicester square. two stabbed in broad daylight so soon after. what happenedin daylight so soon after. what happened in southport? what on earth is going on? on the streets of britain and yvette cooper claiming the public has lost respect in the police because of those riots? you think actually the respect vanished a long time ago? perhaps coppers should stop dancing the macarena , taking the dancing the macarena, taking the knee to black lives matter and fishing around in identity politics and simply police without fear or favour. let me know your opinions. usual ways go to gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's time for your headlines with sam francis . with sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much. and good afternoon to you. >> 3:02 and we'll start with a roundup of that breaking news. >> we've been covering in the last few hours that a man has been arrested after two people, including an 11 year old girl, have been stabbed in leicester square in central london. >> police say the girl needs

hospital treatment, but we now know her injuries aren't life threatening. >> while a 34 year old woman wasn't as badly hurt as the girl. >> this is the scene live in leicester square, where a police cordon remains in place. it is, of course, one of the busiest areas of the capital in the heart of london's theatre district and very popular with tourists, particularly at this time of year . officers don't time of year. officers don't believe that there are any other suspects and they say there's no suggestion the incident was terror related. local security guard abdullah witnessed the attack this morning. >> i jumped on him, hold the handin >> i jumped on him, hold the hand in which he wasn't having a knife and he just put him down on the floor and just pulled him and kicked the knife away from him. and then a couple of more people joined as well, and we just hold him until the police came. it took like maybe 3 to 4 minutes. police arrived and they just took him into custody. and the child, just like all my colleagues, they gave him first aid and the police came as well. and they just gave the first aid and plenty more on that from

leicester square with martin. >> throughout the rest of this afternoon, more than 18,000 migrants have crossed the engush migrants have crossed the english channel so far this yeah >> that's after over 700 people crossed on sunday, the highest number on a single day since the keir starmer became president. and it comes after yesterday two people died attempting to reach the uk in a small boat. the prime minister has issued a joint statement with french and german leaders calling for a ceasefire negotiation between israel and hamas to resume immediately. it comes as the us has strengthened its military presence in the middle east, with concerns rising over a potential iranian retaliatory strike against israel. they've deployed a guided missile submarine and told an aircraft carrier strike group to arrive in the region earlier than originally planned. hamish falconer is the uk's for minister the middle east, so the statement from the prime minister and the leaders of france and germany just underlines how concerned we are about the risks of escalation in the region. we're making a strong statement of the need for

calm in the region to and iran in particular, not to escalate the situation . well, the uk the situation. well, the uk could see its hottest day of the year today with temperatures reaching up to 35 c. central england is expected to feel the most intense conditions in primrose hill in north london, people have been basking in the sunshine amongst the famous landmarks of the london skyline and at blackpool zoo, some pregnant elephants , noor jan and pregnant elephants, noorjan and aisha, have been calling themselves off in their very own swimming pool further north, though the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms, flash flooding and travel disruptions alongside northern ireland and in scotland, meteorologist jim dale says 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 hotter there. and that's going to test some people. >> in other news, a boy has died after being pulled from a canal in wolverhampton. west midlands ambulance service was called to a canal off hendon avenue just after 6:00 last night. police officers pulled the boy from the water before paramedics and a trauma doctor arrived. but sadly, despite their best efforts , he couldn't be saved efforts, he couldn't be saved and was confirmed dead at the scene . the home secretary has scene. the home secretary has said that respect for the police must be restored after they faced what she's called brazen abuse and contempt during rioting. in fact, cooper says it's crucial to maintain a strong police response on the ground and to keep up the pace of arrests and prosecutions. police remained on high alert over the weekend, but there were no widespread unrest . russia has no widespread unrest. russia has evacuated some 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, some experts suggest, at gaining an advantage in possible ceasefire talks after the us election . the news from the election. the news from the sporting world 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 and said that he felt they'd be better off without him . thorpe, better off without him. thorpe, who died at the age of 55, has been hailed as one of england's best cricket players with a distinguished international career, hitting 16 test hundreds for england . team gb athletes for england. team gb athletes have started returning home after a successful paris games.

great britain ended the games with 65 medals. that's the same number won at london 2012 and their second best ever tally on foreign soil. and last night the king and the queen sent their warmest congratulations to the team and his majesty hailed the great british athletes as an inspiration , while the prince inspiration, while the prince and princess of wales also congratulated the athletes in this special video . this special video. >> his 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. >> those are the latest gb gb news headlines for now. i'm sam francis. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you sam . and now let's

>> thank you sam. and now let's start with some breaking news. a man has been arrested after an 11 year old girl and a 34 year old woman was stabbed in london's leicester square. the metropolitan police have said. and joining us now from leicester square is our homeland security editor . mark white live security editor. mark white live there from central london. mark, two weeks ago today we saw the tragic killings in southport. now a girl and a woman stabbed in broad daylight in london. what do we know so far ? what do we know so far? >> well, people here understandably still trying to absorb the shocking, violent stabbings that took place just about 23 or so minutes to midday. so you can imagine at that time in the morning, there were many hundreds of people here in this very busy part of central london, an area that has some 2.5 million people that pass through leicester square every single week. and they heard the screams of this 34 year old woman and really,

within seconds, people came running to her aid and managed to tackle the suspect in particular, a young man called abdullah, a security guard in this twig tea shop just outside the location where this stabbing took place. he ran out, tackled. the suspect has been speaking to us. this is what he told us. >> i jumped on him. hold the handin >> i jumped on him. hold the hand in which he wasn't having a knife, and he just put him down on the floor and just hold him and kicked the knife away from him. and then a couple of more people joined as well, and we just hold him until the police came. it took like maybe 3 to 4 minutes. police arrived and they just took him into custody. and the child, just like all my colleagues, they gave him first aid. and in the meanwhile, police came as well and they . police came as well and they. >> so abdullah, they are obviously saying the police were on scene pretty quickly , in on scene pretty quickly, in terms of this area, it is described, of course, in security terms as a high threat

area in the sense that it is what they call in an umbrella term, a crowded place. so police will always police accordingly . will always police accordingly. and that means there are always patrols in and around this area of central london and able to respond pretty quickly to any unfolding incident, as they did do on this occasion. we spoke to another eyewitness who is a street performer here. every day goes by the name of desmond. didn't want to appear on camera, but did consent to us recording his audio as he spoke and described the moments after the police arrived. >> two but some two guys brought the man down and the police came not quite long, very fast. >> but did he struggle when he was being arrested? >> no, no no no, he was on the ground and when they came, they

just put the handcuff and they they stand him up and he was so calm. >> he was calm and i mean passers by. >> they must have been very shocked at what was happening. yeah, they was shocked. >> and everybody after a lot of people run away to took good guys who was just at the same position. they rushed the guy and hold him and put, pull, put him down. >> that was the street performer , >> that was the street performer, desmond. they are just describing the scenes as the police arrived and arrested this key suspect. martin, i just want to step to the side at the moment and give you a shot. just looking around this area, it's been cordoned off the immediate area around where this stabbing took place. but leicester square remains open and as such there are still many hundreds of people milling up and down, most of them actually not even knowing what occurred here just before midday today. a very

shocked to hear the news that an 11 year old girl, a 34 year old woman, had been so violently stabbed. now the encouraging news that we're getting from the police is that the injuries on the young girl are described as non—life threatening. she will stay in hospitals. she's being treated. the 34 year old woman, well , she was lightly treated. the 34 year old woman, well, she was lightly injured, suffered minor injuries , so she suffered minor injuries, so she will be released at some point soon. so that is some encouraging news. as for the suspect, he is a man in his 30s. he is being held by police at the moment as they try to piece together the exact sequence of events and try to fathom out a motive for what seems like a completely unfathomable sequence of events unfolding here, right in the heart of central london. in this busy tourist district with, as i say, many people

still coming through here can hardly believe what has happened here. this morning. >> and mark white, it's such a densely occupied area of central london, a huge tourist hot spot, especially now during the summer holidays. of course, it would be unlikely that some footage will emerge of what happened. of course, mark, we must not speculate about any of this if we can learn anything from southport. but with that in mind, how quickly do you think the police are likely to release the police are likely to release the identity of the individual who did this ? who did this? >> well, we hope that if not a name, they give us some indication a little bit of more of an understanding as to what unfolded here, because at the moment they're just saying that it wasn't terror related. you can see, though, that the world's media have descended on leicester square as they try to piece together the sequence of events as well. and you're right

to say, martin, that there will be video tourists, i'm sure, passing by locals in the area may well have filmed what happened, but just as importantly, there are so many cctv cameras around this very heavily surveilled part of central london that without a doubt, this incident will have been caught on security camera and that will give the police a clear indication as to what exactly unfolded here at 1136 this morning. but exactly unfolded here at 1136 this morning . but that suspect this morning. but that suspect is in custody. we don't know how cooperative he's being. and how far down the road the police have managed to go in trying to determine the motivation. what we can tell you, to according the eyewitnesses we've spoken to, is that it was a skinny white man in his 30s. >> okay. thank you. mark white course will cross live to you

throughout the show as this story unfolds. i'm now joined by former london police officer norman brennan . norman, welcome norman brennan. norman, welcome to the show once again. we're having the same conversation and the immediate aftermath of the triple killing in southport. you and i spoke on this show about the need for a national knife crime emergency. norman brennan, once again , here we are. scenes once again, here we are. scenes we've learned nothing . we've learned nothing. >> yeah, you may recall, martin, we had a drink in a lovely part of london about five years ago. do you remember when i was hoping to stand as an independent mayor, and we discussed at length about knife crime your last program? just before you went on holiday. it's your first day back. >> today is about knife crime . >> today is about knife crime. >> today is about knife crime. >> let me just answer the question you just asked martin. >> the police will probably release a age very quickly. >> and when they tell you that, which they may do, that the suspects and the victims were known to each other.

>> that may well give you an indication, too . but let me just indication, too. but let me just reassure everyone watching that it's exceptionally rare that a woman or a child are stabbed by anyone outside them. being in the relationship with the person, an ex relationship with the person, or actually, someone that they know that is absolutely right to put that right. >> and the other caveat, as well, martin, to reassure people , well, martin, to reassure people, two years ago there were 200 women that were murdered, 200 and 195 were stabbed , strangled, and 195 were stabbed, strangled, killed in whatever way by a current or ex—partner in their own home. five were killed or murdered on the streets of britain so that hopefully tempers that down. >> but you're absolutely right. our last conversation, a national emergency. when? when's the government going to listen ? the government going to listen? >> they clearly can't see the blue lights and listen to the

two tones and mercifully, we don't have a fatality as yet. >> they appear to be non—threatening. non—life threatening injuries, but it just underlines once again , does just underlines once again, does it not? norman brennan we have here one of the busiest parts of europe , packed with tourists europe, packed with tourists this time of year, enjoying an innocent day out. and amongst them walk man carrying knives. how do we get knives off our streets? norman >> well, just as a caveat to the last bit as well is, is that martin? >> if you've had a row with someone or, and again, we don't know the facts, i'm just hypothetically hypothesising exactly what may have happened, >> exactly the same as somebody that self—radicalized overnight. if you're intent is to cause harm or murder someone and the police or the public and even the victims are unaware, there is almost a zero chance that the police can stop that. so that has to be put in perspective. but what do we need to do about

knife crime? martin? how many times for 30 years? i mean, i've become the lead campaigner on knife crime in britain. i offered the last government my services. i've met 1000 families who've had somebody murdered. i've almost been murdered myself. i know the psychology of knife crime. i know the law on knife crime. i know the law on knife crime. i know the law on knife crime. i know all the threads around britain that need to be pulled together. i said to the last government, please give me the job. as britain's homicide gun and knife commissioner, i had a meeting with the home secretary in january. he cancelled it for no good reason. and until we take knife crime seriously with mandatory prison sentences . mandatory prison sentences. >> martin. >> martin. >> five years. just look what we're doing. just look what we're doing. just look what we're doing. just look what we're doing now with rioters. within a week, we have nipped . within a week, we have nipped. they're rioting, turning police cars over, hundreds of police officers being assaulted . we've officers being assaulted. we've nipped it in the bud. just imagine, martin, if we built 5

or 10 new prisons and we said five years for anyone, including children, maybe three years for them will have a mandatory sentence. you will not be given bail . you'll be sent to prison bail. you'll be sent to prison or young offenders institute. martin, i'm an expert on this subject. we can stop these hundreds of killings. we can stop these parents planning funerals instead of bright futures. why doesn't anyone listen? i've been shouting from the mountaintops, even as a serving police officer for 15 years, i predicted the epidemic. i'm an expert in the subject. i know it passionately. well, nobody has ever reached out. martin norman, us police officers to actually offer a hand of friendship and support. >> norman, the last time we spoke, i said we need to get this conversation moving forward. i'm going to say it to you again on live television. now we need to make something happen. make. let's speak after the show. i can hear your voice

breaking up there, norman brown, you were stabbed in the line of duty. you almost died. you care deeply about this. so do our viewers know we have to move on, norman. but please, let's pick this up after the show. thank you very , very much. i've got you very, very much. i've got lots more on that story throughout the show of course, and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gb news. com and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much. now it's the final three weeks of our £30,000 great british giveaway, so there's still plenty of time to get your entry in. now, what would you do with all that extra dosh? we'll hear all the details that you need for your chance to win it. >> celebrate a spectacular summer with your chance to win an incredible £30,000 in tax free cash in our great british giveaway. it's the biggest prize of the year so far and it's totally tax free. what would you spend that on luxury holidays? a new car or just put it away for a rainy day? whatever you'd do with £30,000 in tax free cash, make sure you don't miss out on a chance to make it yours for

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next. welcome back. 326 i'm martin daubney on gb news now. later in the show, migrant crisis costs have absolutely skyrocketed. find out more. just after 5:00. you will not believe the numbers . you will not believe the numbers. now, the home secretary, yvette coopeh now, the home secretary, yvette cooper, has pledged to restore the public's faith in law and order following the fortnight of unrest that has gripped the nation. and she has said that the riots show that the uk has lost respect for police as well as demonstrating people believe that there are no consequences for committing crime. well, i'm joined now by dave myers reporter adam cherry, who is live in westminster. adam, welcome to the show. seems astonishing. that yvette cooper is saying that the respect for law and order started. the disrespect started with the riots, when a lot of people are saying, actually, this goes back a long time. what about taking the knee to black lives matter? what about dancing the macarena at pride events? what about ignonng at pride events? what about ignoring grooming gangs? is the home secretary reading the room

right on this ? right on this? >> well, martin, this is central to the debate over two tier policing, isn't it? and it's a debate that's been raging, particularly for the last couple of weeks since these riots and downing street. and today, the home secretary pushing back on those claims, insisting there is no such thing as two tier policing, the police governance or police the streets without fear or favour. and that's a similar claim we saw from the metropolitan police commissioner last week, sir mark rowley, who of course pushed a microphone out of the way from from a journalist as he exited a cobra meeting. so there's clearly a lot of passion on on this topic, whether there's any serious debate about it once the riots and it looks like they've subsided. but once we're in the clear on this is another matter. if you look at the likes of robert jenrick last week, he was very clear that he doesn't think we don't necessarily have two tier policing, but in his view, we have two tier governing. so the language used to respond to last week's riots is robust and

strong. yet other instances of unrest , it's slightly strong. yet other instances of unrest, it's slightly more cushioned perhaps. so this is a debate which will continue in the downing street briefing today. the downing street briefing today . the number 10 today. the number 10 spokesperson said that the country can have legitimate concerns about the likes of immigration and these issues and discuss those at an appropriate time, but it's not the focus of number 10 at the moment. >> thank you very much, adam. i'm now joined by former labour mp shaun simon, who joins us for a further discussion on this. welcome to the show there, sean. so let me put this question to you . we hear a lot about two you. we hear a lot about two tiered policing. if you're there and is this an example for example, when we saw the black lives matter riots, when we saw the 2010 riots, the police weren't quite so quick to clamp down. there was a discussion actually , about the underlying actually, about the underlying reasons of why those communities may have chosen to take to street resistance. no such conversation has taken place here. it'sjust conversation has taken place here. it's just been straight in

with the bubble boys. is that the right response ? the right response? >> i think the black lives matter riots is a good example. >> the police were very heavily criticised at the time for , very criticised at the time for, very heavy handed policing and an awful lot of people were arrested during those protests. and there was a lot of criticism for very draconian sentencing. so it's actually just not true at all. >> simon, the matter of the metropolitan police took the knee to black lives matter. it's well documented. they took the kneein well documented. they took the knee in front of the crowd. how on earth is that going hard on them ? them? >> because you don't measure policing by the individual acts of conscience or of individual police officers. you measure policing by the way they actually police the situation and the truth is that what actually happened is they went in very hard. they arrested a particularly large number of people for what were actually, remember, black lives matter , remember, black lives matter, overwhelmingly peaceful protests ,

overwhelmingly peaceful protests, peaceful protests. there were 135 arrests and there were 29 coppers injured , 29 police coppers injured, 29 police officers injured in two days. >> that's not mainly people at relatively peaceful protests, relatively peaceful protests, relatively peaceful protests, relatively peaceful , 29 injured. relatively peaceful, 29 injured. >> they were nothing like the kind of criminal hooliganism and violence. why were they not that we've seen over the last few weeks? they were policed almost as if they were. they were policed hard. there were loads of arrests and they were draconian sentences. that's what actually happened. >> well, can you give an example of for example, courts being open for 24 hours after the blm protest because that didn't happen ? happen? >> well, they they weren't anything like as as violent and criminal as these protests. they weren't on anything like the scale. so they didn't require anything like the same scale of response. they weren't cobra meetings. it wasn't necessary. and it wasn't this government, that i'm defending in this case, this was a previous conservative

government policing that i totally agree , i don't, sean, totally agree, i don't, sean, i don't think it is. >> can't win. >> can't win. >> whatever it does. >> whatever it does. >> i don't think it is a political conversation. it's a conversation about the political correctness or the way that the police police. and it's not a political argument. what is different? my simple point is this this time is there is no attempt at trying to understand the underlying reasons as to why these riots may have happened. for example, seven out of ten of the most deprived towns and areas in england had these riots, and they also have the highest level of asylum seekers in there. these people weren't listened to for years. and now the response is to simply lock them all up. if they complain . them all up. if they complain. >> i don't believe that at all. it's true, i don't, i don't, i don't believe that these people are have a have a right. these people, these criminals who are setting fire to hotels with people asleep in them, putting in hospital dozens and dozens and dozens of hard working

policemen and women who are putting their own lives and safety on the line. i don't care what motivates them. i don't care what they think. they have no right to a view. they have no right to a voice. all they need is to be banged up in prison for a long time . a long time. >> and thank god, sean, my point is this nobody is sticking up for those who attacked the police, irrespective of their motives. my point is this when it was black lives matter, when it was black lives matter, when it was black lives matter, when it was the riots in 2010, there was a police and a political engagement with the communities to try and understand why those riots happened. that's not happening with the yvette coopeh happening with the yvette cooper. she is simply saying that they're all far right thugs and we won't listen to them at all. that's what's happening. that's my point. now, i'm afraid we have to move on with. go on. >> i was i was just going to say, those people are all far right thugs who need to go to prison. that doesn't mean there's an issue. it doesn't mean there shouldn't be a sensible debate about immigration. but that's not the way to go about it. good, good. >> i think we've agreed on that.

thank you for joining >> i think we've agreed on that. thank you forjoining us >> i think we've agreed on that. thank you for joining us there. former labour mp sean simon, always a pleasure to have you on the show. lots more still to come to you now. 4:00 anger erupts in a village in norfolk over proposals to fly the union flag there, with some deeming it dismissive. we'll be live in claxton in just a moment to tell them they're the best of british. but first your headunesis british. but first your headlines is sam francis . headlines is sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you from the gb newsroom. just after 3:30. the top story this hour, an 11 year old girl who was stabbed in central london is understood not to have suffered life threatening injuries. a 34 year old woman was also hurt dunng year old woman was also hurt during that incident in leicester square earlier today. a man has now been arrested and a police cordon remains in place in leicester square, which is of course one of the busiest areas of the capital. popular with tourists. officers say they don't believe there were any other suspects, and there's no suggestion that the incident was terror related . what we've heard terror related. what we've heard in the last hour or so from

manchester that two people have been arrested after a man died from falling from a balcony in the salford area. the 57 year old was on the fourth floor of a block of flats last night when that incident happened. the 37 year old man and a 40 year old woman are being questioned on suspicion of murder. woman are being questioned on suspicion of murder . a boy has suspicion of murder. a boy has died after being pulled from a canalin died after being pulled from a canal in wolverhampton, west midlands ambulance service was called to the canal off hendon avenue just after 6:00 last night. police officers pulled the boy from the water before paramedics and a trauma doctor arrived. but despite their best efforts, he couldn't be saved and was confirmed dead at the scene . england cricketer graham scene. england cricketer graham thorpe took his own life after battling years of anxiety and depression, according to his family. in a statement today, his wife amanda has said she and graham's two daughters are devastated and said that he felt they'd be better off without him. well, thorpe, who died at the age of 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 if you or someone you know is, of course struggling with their mental health, you can find links to help and advice on the samaritans website. that's samaritans.org or call 116123. well, britain's most successful diver, tom daley, has announced today he is retiring. he's won five olympic medals, including a gold , three bronzes and a gold, three bronzes and a silver, most recently in paris . silver, most recently in paris. he's arrived back in the uk today alongside team gb's medal winning athletes on a gold train . winning athletes on a gold train. those are the latest gb news headunes. those are the latest gb news headlines . for now i'm sam headlines. for now i'm sam francis. your next update just after 4:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts .

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welcome back your time is 3.39. i'm martin daubney on gb news residents in a leafy norfolk village have erupted in fury over whether flying the union flag is divisive. klaxon, which has a population of just under 300, found itself at the centre of a political row over plans to erect a flagpole outside the village hall . and gb news village hall. and gb news national reporter joins us village hall. and gb news national reporterjoins us now national reporter joins us now live from claxton in norfolk . live from claxton in norfolk. charlie, welcome to the show. it seems an unlikely event for such a politically charged event, but this is the world we live in.

but it appears the locals in claxton are defiantly in favour of the national flag. tell us more . more. >> yes, martin. well, as you said, it's a village of just 300. and they gathered at this village hall behind me in may si king to pass a motion to get a flagpole erected here. now, due to government rules , if a flag to government rules, if a flag pole is over six metres, you need to seek permission from a more senior authority. but the land around me is owned by the pansh land around me is owned by the parish council, so they had to go to them to get permission. and in july there was a gathering of parishioners looking to vote on this flagpole being erected. it passed , but being erected. it passed, but some people in the audience were not happy about the plan, particularly because the village hall committee wanted the union flag to fly here in norfolk. they wanted to see our national flag hoisted high and proud, with one man speaking for 15 minutes in opposition to the

union flag being on display in this tight knit community, the cloth of our country receiving such a negative stance. now, it's understood that he said that the flag had negative connotations and that it could be a symbol of nationalism. there was a fine line between nationalism and patriotism. it's understood that just 3 or 4 people were speaking in opposition to the motion, and another person said that it could have be considered a symbol against immigration. that person said we should be proud of where we're from, but they would like to know why people are flying the flag. what's the motivations for seeing the union flag? well, the people i've spoken to here today said the motivations for flying the union flag in a village in norfolk is because norfolk is in the united kingdom. they want to see the cloth of their country flying in their village. and locals i've spoken to here say this is a tight knit community. this is a proud and patriotic community. they'd be very disturbed at some

people calling for the flag not to be flown. one man drove past us here a little while earlier and said that the national flag should be flying at every small village community hall. now, this issue, it's a small little issue, but it's actually been raised with the local labour mp, ben goldsborough was asked for his view on it, and he said that it was an issue for the village locals to decide. he said the most important thing is that all residents feel listened to and he added that there are people for and against this and they all need to have some buy in in the process. well, one man who was very stirred and very clear on what he thought should happen here is dick thompson, and he spoke to us just a moment ago. >> i think i'm very patriotic. >> i think i'm very patriotic. >> i think we should have a flag pole. definitely want the union jack up. when, when and when is necessary. >> i don't like to see lots of other flags up. i must say, but i can't see where there's any great. >> but there's only 1 or 2 against it. it's not everybody.

>> some people have said that the union flag could be a sign of nationalism, and that it was, and that it was divisive. what's your reaction to that? >> is it rubbish? >> is it rubbish? >> that's a load of rubbish. it's not divisive. it's our flag. we should show every country shows the flags . country shows the flags. >> well, one of the person i spoke to earlier today told me that the individual who gave that the individual who gave that 15 minute, impassioned anti—union flag speech last month at the parish council meeting was later invited to a birthday party. when he arrived, walking through the garage , what walking through the garage, what did he find before him? well, a large union flag on the wall and sources close to the birthday party told gb news that that complainer did not leave the party. so clearly, in some circumstances, the union flag doesn't raise lots of concern to the agitators against our national cloth. here in claxton. >> charlie. peter's faith in humanity restored dick thomas and the locals, showing that

lefty a union flag. if you don't like it, clear off charlie. excellent as ever. thank you very , very much for joining us very, very much for joining us there. live from claxton . now up there. live from claxton. now up next. are you feeling hot? hot, hot . well, britain experiences a hot. well, britain experiences a heat wave at last with parts of uk hitting 34 degrees. don't go anywhere. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel

welcome back. your time is 348. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. coming up just after 4 pm. former policing minister chris philp will be joining me live to discuss the state of our streets following that stabbing in central london and also he's called for journalists to be protected during these street riots. a gb news presenter, in fact, charlie peters, my colleague you just heard a

moment ago, he was harangued on saturday and this needs to stop now. i'm feeling hot, hot, hot britain is experiencing the hottest day of the year, so far, with some parts of the country set to hit 34 c. now doctors have urged members of the public to protect themselves during this mini heat wave , and this this mini heat wave, and this comes as the met office have also issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in scotland and across the north of england. well gb news reporter anna riley has more. anna, welcome to the show. i hope you're keeping cool out there . you're keeping cool out there. >> good afternoon , martin, and >> good afternoon, martin, and welcome to sunny scarborough. we haven't quite got the levels in the 30s that other areas, especially probably where you are in london, have reached, but we're around 24 degrees and we can just see what an amazing turnout it's been here at scarborough. the beach is completely full. we've got

people swimming, we've got people swimming, we've got people enjoying themselves and we can see animals as well. you can see this little puppy just here coming along because as well as that advice being issued to people about keeping cool in the heat , to people about keeping cool in the heat, wearing suncream, keeping out of the sun between the hours of 11 and three. there's also one ins to keep animals cool as well, and earlier i've been to yorkshire wildlife park and here's this report about how they keep their animals cool in the heatwave with record temperatures expected this week. how do zoos keep their cooler creatures cold? well, at yorkshire wildlife park, the polar bears are enjoying a vegetable ice block . block. >> polar bears. >> polar bears. >> they do have quite a variety of different temperatures that they naturally do find once they're moving off. these polar ice caps, they are in the likes of down in the areas of canada, hudson bay. naturally, they were finding polar bears in 35 degree temperatures year upon year.

>> so they are very much used to warm temperatures and heatwaves. >> as such, what you'll tend to find is they'll go for a good swim and then go for a snooze in the shade thereafter. >> not wanting to miss out, the sea lions are treated to a huge fish lolly in the hot weather. >> it's really important to give them ice because these guys, they don't drink salt water. they don't drink saltwater. >> these pools are actually saltwater pools. they actually dnnk saltwater pools. they actually drink fresh water. >> they've got two fresh water pools in their house. >> but again, being able to provide that in their outside enclosure is also really important. so offering them ice with their fish, is not only enriching, but it's actually beneficial to their welfare as well. >> other animals like the lemurs will be basking in the sun , but will be basking in the sun, but also cooling down with frozen sweet potato. so we've got three different species of lemur here, they come in all different shapes, colours, sizes, but they are native to madagascar. madagascar can get quite hot, understandably so throughout the cold months here in yorkshire. we do give them nice heated

house all year round, but especially making sure it's nice and warm in the winter for them, and warm in the winter for them, and it does mean that in the hot spells as well that we have, we're able to keep our eyes on them and try and give them things that make them a bit more comfortable with that incoming hot weather as well. the frozen food on offer here certainly has the seal of approval on what could be the hottest day of the yeah could be the hottest day of the year, anna riley gb news, doncaster . so that's what doncaster. so that's what they're doing there at yorkshire wildlife to keep their animals cool during this hot weather. a couple of seagulls as well. you might be able to see martin. i know we spoke last year about the spate of seagull muggings in coastal areas like this one, so people have definitely been watching the fish and chips and their ice creams while they've been out. but you just see this beautiful view here. we're on south bay in scarborough. amazing turnout. it's obviously the summer holidays. we've got people waving to us over there as well. it's the summer holidays. great for families to

come out, people of all ages enjoying this sun. it might not be 30 degrees, but it's certainly warm, lovely sea breeze and great for businesses here as well. it's been unseasonably cold this summer and we've had a lot more rainy weather than in comparison to other summers, so great for business. on days like this, people turning out spending the money at the coast and enjoying our beautiful british coastline. >> and you're dead right. every time you go to scarborough, i get hungry. the fish suppers look legendary, the ice creams look legendary, the ice creams look legendary. but as you say , look legendary. but as you say, be careful because those seagulls, they dive bomb in all they see is a giant open air picnic and a ride . thank you so picnic and a ride. thank you so much for joining picnic and a ride. thank you so much forjoining us there. live much for joining us there. live from scarborough . always an from scarborough. always an absolute pleasure. just got back from holiday . and, you know, i'm from holiday. and, you know, i'm already getting beach envy now. coming up, yvette cooper claims the country has lost respect for the country has lost respect for the police. more in that after this break. but i'll put it to you. is it really a breakdown of trust following the recent riots or did that trust break down a

long time ago ? what about long time ago? what about ignonng long time ago? what about ignoring grooming gangs for many, many years, a multitude of reports saying the police simply buned reports saying the police simply buried their heads in the sand? what about when the police took the knee to black lives matter protesters during lockdown? what about when police, police tweets and not streets asking for clampdowns on social media, banging doors in because of what you put on facebook? what about when they dance the macarena and wear pride colours at at events? does that restore your faith and trust in the police? or is that actually the nub of the issue? is it a bit rich , do you think, is it a bit rich, do you think, for the home secretary to blame the breakdown in trust simply on the breakdown in trust simply on the events of the past two weeks? or was this trust, this erosion of trust, a long time coming? i know what i think you think. make sure you get your views into me gbnews.com/yoursay and i'll read out their best before the end of the show. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel. but now

it's britain's news channel. but now wsfime britain's news channel. but now it's time during this heatwave for your . weather. for your. weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . solar sponsors of weather on. gb. news hello. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news, weather update brought to you from the met office through the rest of today. should stay fairly dry and sunny for many of us, but there is still a risk of thunderstorms after the rather wet start. this morning. for some of us seeing cold front move through today , that's move through today, that's bringing the spell of wet weather, particularly to northern areas. but also into parts of central and southern areas of england. some showery outbreaks of thundery rain still possible into the evening, but onceit possible into the evening, but once it does clear away to the east, it will be a dry and clear night. it's going to be a fresher night than last night as well. temperatures will fall away a little lower and that might make for a good meteor shower viewing conditions as well. with those clear skies as well. with those clear skies as well , we'll well. with those clear skies as well, we'll turn a bit cloudier from the west, the temperatures

starting to rise across western areas by tomorrow morning. but for most of us, as i said , a for most of us, as i said, a much fresher night to come. now wet weather is going to spread in from the west through tuesday, so still a pretty bright start across eastern areas, much of southern england seeing plenty of sunshine first thing and temperatures around 15 or 16 degrees. good few degrees cooler than it was first thing this morning. eastern scotland, as well as north eastern england, still seeing plenty of sunshine too, but northern ireland and western areas of scotland, perhaps some heavy bursts of rain and the winds are going to really start to pick up around this area of rain out to the northwest of scotland. that's an area of low pressure that's going to be bringing this unsettled weather across western areas through tuesday. however, across the east it should stay largely dry and bright, at least until the middle part of the afternoon. quite a lot of cloud, though across parts of wales , though across parts of wales, south—west england, northern england and scotland as well. and as i said, it does remain quite breezy across the far northwest, so definitely a fresher feel for most of us will be a good 5 or 6 degrees cooler tomorrow compared to today, but in the south and east, still a

very warm day and still quite humid here as well. tuesday evening sees this rain spread into southeastern areas so that fresher air will arrive over tuesday night and into wednesday, and that will likely unger wednesday, and that will likely linger across eastern areas through wednesday. thursday looks a bit more widely wet, and then friday it looks drier and warmer once again. by that warm feeling inside. from boxt boilers , sponsors of weather on boilers, sponsors of weather on gb

>>a >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 4:00 pm and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news today we're broadcasting live from the heart of paddington all across the uk. breaking news as across the uk. breaking news as a man is arrested in london's famous leicester square after an 11 year old girl and a 34 year old woman were stabbed and were live on the scene . live on the scene. >> well, the scene of that

double stabbing remains sealed off with police guarding the crime scene. we're told that both the 11 year old girl and a 34 year old woman are in a non—life threatening condition. >> thank you. mark we'll have more throughout the show, of course, on that. and the home secretary, yvette cooper, has claimed that last week's riots showed the uk has lost respect for the police. but is that true or fair , or did this respect or fair, or did this respect vanish when police took the knee , vanish when police took the knee, for example, to black lives matter? four years ago? and in another gb news sensational exclusive, we can reveal that the uk's asylum budget has rocketed by an astonishing 840% in the past five years to a staggering £6.6 billion in 20 2324. and we'll speak to the report's author, who claims that the true cost could be even higher and plans to fly the

union flag in the tiny village of claxton in norfolk, has caused a huge political row to break out as some residents have claimed it's divisive. well, we've sent our man, charlie peters, to claxton to tell locals that their plan is the best of british, and that's all coming over your next two hours. most of the show . always most of the show. always a pleasure to have your company in a short time. i'm going to speak to chris philp. he's a former policing minister for the conservative party. he wrote a piece in the telegraph today saying journalists need to be protected on the protests on the streets. i second that motion. charlie peters of gb news was harangued outside the reform party hq on saturday by so—called anti—racists . he was so—called anti—racists. he was saying gb news off our streets, journalists have a freedom, a duty to operate without that kind of oppressive feah and this must stop. i put it to him.

chris philp, shortly send your views and post the usual way by going to gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's your headlines with sam francis . francis. >> martin, thank you very much. and good afternoon to you. just after 4:00, the top story today, after 4:00, the top story today, a man now confirmed as a 32 year old, has been arrested after two people, including an 11 year old girl, were stabbed in leicester square in central london earlier. it's understood that girl was taken to hospital with stabbing injuries. she is seriously injured. we understand and will require further treatment, but police have just said that her condition isn't life threatening. her 34 year old mother is also suffering from minor injuries. well, a police cordon remains in place in leicester square, which is one of the busiest areas of the caphal one of the busiest areas of the capital. popular with tourists and theatre goers. officers don't believe there are any other suspects and at this stage there's no suggestion that the

incident was terror related. plenty more on that from our reporter mark white and martin throughout this afternoon in greater manchester. two people have been arrested after a man died falling from a balcony. the 57 year old was on the fourth floor of a block of flats in salford last night when the incident happened. a 37 year old man and a 40 year old woman are being questioned on suspicion of murder . more being questioned on suspicion of murder. more than being questioned on suspicion of murder . more than 18,000 murdeh more than 18,000 migrants have crossed the engush migrants have crossed the english channel so far this yeah english channel so far this year. that's afterjust over 700 year. that's after just over 700 people crossed on sunday. the highest number on a single day since sir keir starmer became prime minister. and it comes after yesterday two people died attempting to reach the uk in a small boat . a 12 year old boy small boat. a 12 year old boy has become the youngest person convicted in connection with nationwide public disorder in the uk. he admitted today to violent disorder charges after throwing a missile at police vans and participating in unrest

in manchester. the court heard he was part of a group outside a houdayinn he was part of a group outside a holiday inn that was housing asylum seekers on the 31st of july, and was filmed kicking the window of a vape shop and a passing bus. due to his age, the boy can't be named. it's also understood that another 12 year old is set to appear in liverpool youth court, facing similar charges . meanwhile, the similar charges. meanwhile, the home secretary has said that respect for the police must be restored after they faced what she called brazen abuse and contempt during the recent riots. yvette cooper says it's crucial to maintain a strong police response on the ground and to keep up the pace of arrests and prosecutions. police remained on high alert over the weekend, but there was no widespread spread. unrest the prime minister has issued a joint statement with french and german leaders calling for ceasefire negotiations between israel and hamas to resume immediately. it comes as the us has strengthened its military presence in the middle east, with concerns rising over a

potential iranian retaliatory strike against israel. they've deployed a guided missile submarine and told an aircraft carrier strike group to arrive in the region earlier than originally planned. well, hamish faulkner is the uk's minister for the middle east, so the statement from the prime minister and the leaders of france and germany just underlines how concerned we are about the risks of escalation in the region. >> we're making a strong statement of the need for calm in the region and to iran in particular, to not escalate the situation. >> 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 said she and graham's two daughters are devastated and said that he felt they'd be better off without him. thorpe, who died at the age of 55, has been hailed as one of england's best cricket players with a distinguished international career, hitting 16 test hundreds for england . and if you or

for england. and if you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, you can find links to help and advice on the samaritans website. that's samaritans.org. or you can call 116123. the uk could see its hottest day of the year today, with temperatures reaching up to 35 c, with central england expected to feel the most intense conditions across london. landmarks. people have been basking in the sunshine. but if you're watching on television, that's not people basking in the sunshine. that is in fact some pregnant elephants , in fact some pregnant elephants, nooflahan in fact some pregnant elephants, noorjahan and eesha, have been calling themselves off in their swimming pool. lucky them. further north, though, the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorm s, weather warning for thunderstorms, flash flooding and possible travel disruptions , and possible travel disruptions, meteorologist jim dale says the high temperatures are consistent with the summer season . 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 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 3738 a lot hotter there. and that's going to test some people. >> turning to sport. some people. >> turning to sport . and >> turning to sport. and britain's most successful diver, tim tom daley rather has announced his retirement. he's won five olympic medals, including a gold, three bronzes and most recently a silver in paris. well, daley's now arrived back in the uk alongside other medal winning athletes today. great britain ended the games with 65 medals, the same number won at london 2012, and their second best ever medal haul on foreign soil. last night, the king and the queen sent their warmest congratulations and his majesty hailed team gb as an inspiration, while the prince and princess of wales also congratulated the athletes in this special video. >> 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. >> those are the latest gb news

headunes >> those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sam francis, back with you for your next update. just after 4:30 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you sam, and let's start the hour with some breaking news. and a man has been arrested after an 11 year old girl and a 34 year old woman were stabbed in london's leicester square in broad daylight. the metropolitan police said. and joining us now is our home and security editor, mark white, who is live from the scene. leicester square there in central london, mark, two weeks ago, three girls were killed in ago, three girls were killed in a stabbing incident in southport. today. another horrific incident. mark, what do we know? so far ?

we know? so far? >> yes, a shocking double stabbing here in leicester square earlier this morning. we've had an update now from the metropolitan police. a full statement . we're just going to statement. we're just going to give you a shot of what's happening here in leicester square at the moment is i read out that statement from you and a couple of important new lines worth imparting. they say that police were called at 1134 this morning and officers were on scene within four minutes of receiving those 999 calls. they gave, they said emergency first aid until the arrival of paramedics from the london ambulance service . they said ambulance service. they said that a girl, aged 11, was taken to hospital with stabbing injuries. she is seriously injured, they say, and will require further treatment. but her condition is thankfully not life threatening. her mother, aged 34, also suffered minor

injuries. they then go on to say a 32 year old man was arrested at the scene. officers are not looking, they say. for anyone else in connection with the attack. now, detective chief superintendent christina jesser, who's in charge of policing in westminster, has just released a statement as well. she says this is a horrific incident and our thoughts are with the victims and their families. we will continue to provide support to them over the coming days and weeks. as she goes on to say, i would like to pay tribute to the members of the public, including staff from local businesses who bravely intervened in this incident . they put themselves at incident. they put themselves at risk and showed the best of london in doing so. an urgent investigation, she said, is now ongoing and detectives are working to establish the details around what exactly happened . at

around what exactly happened. at this stage, we don't believe the suspect and the victims were known to each other, so an important point there being given to us by the detective chief superintendent saying that at this stage, the suspect and the victims were not, they believe, known to each other. she goes on to say, while we continue to work to establish the suspect's motives, at this stage, there is nothing to indicate that the attack was terror related. detective, she said, will continue to speak to anyone who was in the area and have information that can assist them with their enquiries, and she is urging anyone who was in the area and who can help to come forward . so i think martin, come forward. so i think martin, some real pieces of information that are new and important in this statement, just released by the metropolitan police. the fact that this young 11 year old

girl is seriously injured, thankfully not life threatening , thankfully not life threatening, but she will continue to be treated in hospital also. of course , thanking those very course, thanking those very brave members of the public, including staff members who came to the assistance of the young girl and her mother. that another important fact that we didn't know before, but the two females are related to each other. the 11 year old girl was the daughter of the 34 year old woman, who was also injured but more lightly injured, and the other key piece of information worth reiterating is that the suspect is not believed to have been known to those that were stabbed here. we spoke a little earlier to abdullah, one of those that the detective chief superintendent was praising in that statement. he is a security guard here at wgt, and he rushed

out within seconds of hearing the mother screaming to subdue that suspect. this is what he told us. >> i jumped on him. hold the handin >> i jumped on him. hold the hand in which he wasn't having a knife, and he just put him down on the floor and just hold him and kick the knife away from him. and then a couple of more people joined as well, and we just hold him until the police came. it took like maybe 3 to 4 minutes. police arrived and they just took him into custody and the child, just like all my colleagues , they gave him first colleagues, they gave him first aid and the police came as well. and they just gave the first aid until they are from tw and they just gave the first aid until they are from t w w and they just gave the first aid until they are from tw w g until they are from t w w gt who is clearly very , very brave who is clearly very, very brave man rushing forward to encounter that danger really. >> and try to bring that suspect to the ground which he did. and that helped, of course , that helped, of course, enormously to end what was happening here on the street in leicester square. now, i also

spoke to a street entertainer who's here every day, a man known as desmond. he didn't want to show his face on camera, but he told us what happened in the moments when he heard the mother of this young girl screaming her two. >> but some two guys brought the man down and the police came not quite long, very fast. >> but did he struggle when he was being arrested? >> no, no no no, he was on the ground and when they came, they just put the handcuff and they they stand him up and he was so calm. >> he was calm and i mean passers by. >> they must have been very shocked at what was happening. yeah, they was shocked. >> and everybody after a lot of people ran out, they took both guys who were just at the same position. >> they rushed the guy and hold him and put put him down. >> so both desmond and abdullah,

describing a frantic and horrific scene they have been spoken to by the metropolitan police, but they are keen to speak to anyone else who was in this area that can give a detailed account of just how this incident unfolded. >> mark white, first of all, heroic actions by abdullah there for putting himself in danger and stepping in to be the difference . fantastic work difference. fantastic work there. we speak to norman brennan earlier on mark white, who said the vast majority of instances where it's a mom and a daughter like this is where the attacker is known. but mark white, you're saying that the attacker was not known to them , attacker was not known to them, indicating this is something more random and mark white? my next question is anybody who knows this area , particularly knows this area, particularly dunng knows this area, particularly during the summer holidays, thousands and thousands of tourists around, many of whom will have mobile phones. are we expecting footage to emerge of this attack ? this attack? >> well, police are calling for not just eyewitnesses, but any video footage taken on mobile

phones or however it was captured. they're asking for people to get in touch and to provide them with that. one of the key benefits of, of course, is very busy area of central london, where 2.5 million tourists every week pass through this area is it's very heavily surveilled. lots of cctv cameras that will undoubtedly some of them at least will have captured this incident. and indeed the moments leading up to this double stabbing, so that will no doubt help the police as they piece together exactly what happened. but yes, i was listening to what norman said and he certainly appeared to be indicating that we might hear that it was a domestic related incident that is now not proven to be the case. you're right, martin, it appears from what the police are saying, to point to much more random attack, the motivation just not known. but

we can say at this stage, the police do not believe that the suspect was known to the two people. the mother and the 11 year old daughter, who were targeted. >> okay, thank you mark white and we'll cross live to you of course, for more throughout the rest of the show. and joining us now is the former conservative policing minister, chris philp. chris, welcome to the show, under such sad circumstances, could i first get your reaction to another senseless and appears to another senseless and appears to be a random attack on a mother and a daughterjust aged 11, in broad daylight today on the streets of london? >> yeah, well, it's deeply worrying. it's every parent's worst nightmare to think of your child being attacked in this way. and i'm sure everybody watching would want to join me in sending our best wishes to the family for a speedy recovery . the family for a speedy recovery. >> it sounds like mother and daughter are getting the treatment they obviously need, we should pay tribute as well to the police for getting there quickly.

>> but also, the members of the public, the security guard who you just interviewed , and also you just interviewed, and also other members of the public who got involved really quickly and probably averted a tragedy. >> it sounds like the perpetrator, stabbed the victims multiple times and had the security guard and the other members of the public not intervened. >> we could well be looking at potentially a situation far worse even than the one that you've reported. >> potentially. it could have ended up in a double homicide. so i think thank you to those people who so bravely intervened. >> chris philp two weeks ago today, we saw three girls killed by a man and a knife man in southport. today, an 11 year old girl again, knife crime in this country is an absolute cancer. chris. it appears to be getting worse. what on earth can we do to stamp this out? people are feeling at their absolute wits end about this. >> well, there's a few things i would expect the government to be doing a number of dangerous

knives are going to a ban will come into force in september next month, >> to, outlaw some, zombie and zombie knives and machetes that should have been that should be outlawed . that's going to come outlawed. that's going to come into force in a few weeks time. i'd like to see hotspot patrols, surge policing , i'd like to see hotspot patrols, surge policing, going into i'd like to see hotspot patrols, surge policing , going into those surge policing, going into those areas where there are problems. the previous government, the conservative government, put in funding, i think it was about £70 million of extra money this year to fund those hotspot patrols. i want to see those police out on the street, hotspot patrolling and of course , hotspot patrolling and of course, leicester square, where this incident occurred today is exactly the kind of area where you would expect the extra hotspot patrols to take place, as well as places like croydon town centre, the borough that i represent in parliament. so hotspot patrolling is important. i think stop and search is important. we've seen a number of labour politicians, particularly sadiq khan, the mayor of london, but others as well, being very squeamish about stop and search, not wanting to use it . but

stop and search, not wanting to use it. but the stop and search, not wanting to use it . but the truth is stop use it. but the truth is stop and search, when it was being used more widely, was taking almost 500 knives a month off london's streets. so stopping people, searching them and taking a knife off them, i think, is an effective way of protecting the public. i remember there was a case of in croydon last year where a young girl , croydon last year where a young girl, elianne andam, was stabbed one morning. well, if only that perpetrator had been stopped and searched , then maybe she would searched, then maybe she would still be alive today . the other still be alive today. the other thing i'd like to see deployed is technology to scan people at a distance to see if they're carrying knives. i put some investment into that a few months ago, and by the end of this year or early next year , this year or early next year, that technology should be ready to deploy onto the streets so people can be scanned at a distance in bulk, like hundreds of people, as they walk down the street to see who is carrying a knife and who isn't. that could be a game . be a game. >> i'd like to ask you about an article you wrote, an zelenskyy you written today in the telegraph. freedom of the press is a cornerstone of our

democracy. of course you're referring to journalists being harangued, being harassed, being threatened, intimidated on the streets of britain during protests. i'd like to play you a clip, if i could, of my colleague charlie peters, who experienced that precise behaviour outside the reform party hq on saturday. let's take a look . firstly, let me does a look. firstly, let me does this mean i will? >> he's touching me right. now. >> he's touching me right. now. >> film it. >> film it. >> stephen, get yourself back , >> stephen, get yourself back, back, back. >> my job is your safety. no no no. >> yes. yeah. thank you, thank you. >> is that your bag? yes >> is that your bag? yes >> so chris we can see there a protester, was shouting gb news off our streets. this is precisely the kind of moronic behaviour that we have to clamp down upon. can you condemn the activity of that individual? there against my gb news colleague, charlie peters ? colleague, charlie peters? >> yeah. i mean, i'm

unreservedly condemn what we just saw. we saw that, fanatical protester trying to prevent a member of the press, your colleague for gb news, reporting on what was going on on that street. and if we're going to have a free society, a democracy, then it is vital that journalists doing their job are not impeded. and i'm afraid to say that the clip you just played and the play now , played and the play now, unfortunately, is not an isolated incident. we saw other incidents elsewhere. we saw an lbc journalist getting harangued. in fact, in an even more aggressive and violent way. i think in birmingham, a sky news reporter, was was threatened and harassed by, masked men. it was it was a female reporter. she was intimidated and threatened by masked men, some of whom it is believed were carrying weapons. one was screaming free palestine at her while, you know, she was the broadcast was effectively ended as a result of that intimidation. it is completely unacceptable. the police. i think, should be more active in

protecting journalists. now, i can see in the clip you just played, there were police obviously present, which is good. but the incident with the sky news reporter and the lbc news reporter in in in birmingham there was a very the police were essentially not really there. i think it's essential essential that when these protests or activities are taking place, the police should be present to protect journalists and if there is a protester or a rioter who is intimidating or harassing a journalist, they should be arrested and prosecuted straight away. because without a free press that can report without inhibition the foundations of our democracy is being undermined. >> chris, i totally agree with what you're saying there. but it's also true to say that the metropolitan police chief, sir mark rowley, bashed a microphone away from a sky news reporter when they asked him about two tiered policing. do you think he should get a tug as well ? should get a tug as well? >> well, so i wasn't obviously there when that happened, i think he has said subsequently he was trying to move it out of

the way. so i'm not going to i'm not going to, sort of cast stones for that particular, incident . but but it's, but it's incident. but but it's, but it's important that if a journalist is, is harassed or intimidated, they must the perpetrator must feel the full force of the law because free journalism is the lifeblood of our our democracy. and the public need to know the truth. the public need to know what is going on in order to have an informed view. and frankly, it's not just the public, it's politicians. as well, right? people in parliament, ministers, members of parliament need to see what is happening on our streets so they can make sure that we're legislating properly and that we're making sure the government and the police are doing what they're supposed to be doing. >> okay. thanks forjoining us. and thank you for sticking up for journalism and journalists. it makes a huge difference. thank you. former policing minister chris philp. thank you. former policing minister chris philp . thank you minister chris philp. thank you very much. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00 including anger erupts in a village in norfolk over proposals to fly the union flag, with some deeming it to be divisive. will be live in

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welcome back. 428 i'm martin daubney on gb news now. residents in a leafy norfolk village have erupted in fury over whether flying the union flag is divisive. klaxon which is a population of just under 300, found itself at the centre of a political row over plans to erect a flagpole outside the village hall. well gb news national reporter charlie peters has been in norfolk for us today. >> the union flag, a symbol of unity or one of division. we'll here in claxton, a village in norfolk for some, the cloth of our country is considered a divisive symbol that could be

associated with nationalism. in may, the village hall committee for the building just behind me decided they wanted to erect a flagpole here in the centre of the village in order to display our national flag. but at a pansh our national flag. but at a parish council meeting last month set to pass the motion, some people spoke from the floor and said that there were links with the national flag and nationalism, saying that it was a fine line between patriotism and nationalism . one man and nationalism. one man speaking for 15 minutes saying that he'd prefer to see bunting and not the union flag on a flagpole due to those so—called negative connotations. well, in this village of 300, the majority one and the union flag will be raised high and proud here in this village in norfolk. and one local, dick thompson, gave me his response to those trying to stop the national flag from being flown. >> i think i'm very patriotic. i think we should have a flagpole.

definitely want the union jack up when , when and when is up when, when and when is necessary. >> i don't like to see lots of other flags up, i must say, but i can't see where there's any. great, but there's only 1 or 2 against it. it's not everybody. >> some people have said that the union flag could be a sign of nationalism, and that it was, and that it was divisive. what's your reaction to that? >> is it rubbish? >> is it rubbish? >> that's a load of rubbish. it's not divisive. it's our flag. we should they show every country shows their flags. >> well, other locals i've spoken to here today told me that the main complaint against the flag being displayed later turned up at a birthday party in the village. and what greeted him when he walked in? well, a large union flag on the wall. sources close to the party told gb news that the man did not leave. so clearly the national flag in some circumstances doesn't offend those who want to stop it from being flown on a flagpole here in claxton. >> superb. thank you very much

there, charlie peters in claxton and faith in humanity restored there. dick thompson saying this is a load of rubbish. that's why it's so important to get out there, speak to the locals. a couple of trumped up complaints got the headlines, but the locals, they're all in favour of our national flag and why shouldn't they be? you've been getting in touch in your droves about the story. got a couple to read out here before the news. claudia says this. the negative connotations are in that man's head. there are 23 countries around the world former colonies and commonwealth countries that do have the union jack flag displayed on their national flag. they have no issues with it and nor should we. and finally, lee adds this anyone who states publicly that the union flag is a divisive or racist emblem should be arrested for trying to incite racial hatred, shouldn't they? now, lee, i see what you're doing . lee, i see what you're doing. they're a bit spicy, but point taken. the fact of the matter is, those locals in claxton in

norfolk, they love their flag. they want it to fly. common sense and national pride has prevailed. excellent report from charlie peters. now. lots more still to come between now and 5:00, including no respect for the police . while the home the police. while the home secretary condemns the brazen abuse that officers have faced dunng abuse that officers have faced during the riots as she orders to restore law and order. but could that disrespect for the police have deeper roots ? don't police have deeper roots? don't go anywhere. but first, it's your headlines with sam francis . your headlines with sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you. for 33, the headlines this hour, a security guard says he heard a scream before tackling and disarming a knifeman in leicester square in central london. earlier, an 11 year old and her 34 year old mother were stabbed . but the girl's stabbed. but the girl's condition isn't thought to be life threatening. at this stage. a 32 year old man was arrested at the scene . two people have

at the scene. two people have been arrested after a man fell from a fourth floor balcony in greater manchester. police say the 57 year old died last night in salford. a 37 year old man and a 40 year old woman are being questioned on suspicion of murder . a 12 being questioned on suspicion of murder. a 12 year old boy has murdeh a12 year old boy has become the youngest person to be charged over the riots, which broke out across the country last month. he's accused of violent disorder in southport , violent disorder in southport, where three girls were stabbed to death. another 12 year old is set to appear in liverpool youth court facing similar charges . court facing similar charges. 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 and said he felt they'd be better off without him. thorpe, who died at the age of 55, has been hailed as one of england's best cricket players with a distinguished international career, hitting 16 test hundreds for england . and

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welcome back. your time is 438. i'm martin daubney on gb news. the home secretary, yvette cooper, has pledged to restore the public's faith in law and order following the fourth night of unrest that has gnpped fourth night of unrest that has gripped the nation. she has said that the riots show that the uk has lost respect for police, as well as demonstrating people believe that there are no consequences for committing crime. well, i'm joined now by gb news reporter adam cherry, who is live in westminster. adam, welcome to the show . so adam, welcome to the show. so yvette cooper fairly and squarely pointing the finger at the breakdown of trust in the police at the so—called far right over these past two weeks. there is, however , a bigger

there is, however, a bigger question to ask. firstly, did that respect break down a long time ago? we've seen the police taking the knee, for example, dunng taking the knee, for example, during black lives matter rallies, wearing pride flags, seeming to have two tier policing at pro—palestine protests. do you think yvette cooper , the home secretary, is cooper, the home secretary, is reading the room here? >> well, as you say, martin, this is fundamental to the political debate over two tier policing. the idea that one group is treated differently to another when unrest unfolds. funny enough, as we stand here, there is a palestine protest which is set to kick off at some point this evening in westminster, and i can already see behind the camera there are lots of policemen here, just an interesting observation, right? theidea interesting observation, right? the idea that, the likes of those riots after southport were treated in one way and the palestine marches perhaps treated in another, as you say, downing street, are totally rejecting the characterisation. the home secretary today saying that she she will she will not

accept this claim that the police do not treat criminals as they find them, you know, don't, don't police without fear or favour or favour. excuse me . favour or favour. excuse me. echoing the language we saw from downing street last week, you saw keir starmer say a similar thing. and in the downing street briefing today with political journalists, the deputy spokesman said we can have this discussion about underlying tensions which are brewing over subjects like immigration and those hot button topics. but now is not the time. they're not interested in doing that , interested in doing that, they're very much interested instead on focusing on social media and how that, in their view, is promoting this unrest through misinformation. again using all their language here. this is how they see it. but for now, it's focusing on stopping the immediate unrest and restoring trust in policing by suggesting that there is no such thing as that two tier approach. >> adam cherry, what was notable? sir keir starmer was in charge of the prosecution side

of things in 2010, when we saw those riots across london, particularly in tottenham , particularly in tottenham, ostensibly in the black community, he was hard on the riots. legally. the courts were open throughout the night. then, as they are now. but what happenedin as they are now. but what happened in the aftermath was that he was also more understanding about the causes of the riots. the background of the riots, the conversation with the riots, the conversation with the community, with leaders to try to get to the bottom of why those communities felt frustrated. adam cherry i'm not sensing any similar kind of appetite to have a similar conversation about perhaps why locals in the seven most depnved locals in the seven most deprived towns in in britain who have the most asylum seekers in their communities, for example, their communities, for example, their frustrations, they don't seem to concern sir keir starmer . seem to concern sir keir starmer. >> well, it was interesting in the downing street briefing last week, this very topic was brought up. you know, can we have this debate about immigration and its effect on local communities ? and the local communities? and the spokesperson, spokesperson then

said, yes, people can have legitimate debates about those topics, but now is not the time . topics, but now is not the time. again, the question is when does that time come? and we'll see in our in our postbox. gb news viewers are very feel very strongly about this, downing street for whatever reason. just not willing to have that conversation today . conversation today. >> and, you know, nobody is condoning the actions of the rioters, whatever side you're on, attacking police, smashing property, setting vehicles. that's wrong. but the point remains, is it not adam cherry that sources close to sir keir starmer yesterday said in the sunday times there was an opportunity for a more expansive and inclusive conversation. that word and inclusive conversation in those white working class communities about why people felt frustrated. but it just doesn't seem to be happening. and does that underline, do you think, adam, that feeling of two tier policing ? tier policing? >> i think it does. i think downing street have to have to make some sort of comment on

this. we can, we can and will hopefully see the end of these of this immediate unrest. perhaps we already have, but it may well bubble up again. this is a concern of some political figures on the right, like nigel farage, like priti patel, like robert jenrick, who are, of course, conservative leadership hopefuls . they are making a hopefuls. they are making a similar point to what you've just made, martin, which is that we can paper over the cracks, but if we don't address the fundamental problems, this will keep happening. interestingly, don't forget what keir starmer said during his election campaign . he said we are not campaign. he said we are not going back to the era of what he called sticking plaster politics. right? so we need to address fundamental long term problems. and this looks like a big one. and they need to move on it sooner rather than later. >> adam cherry, dame margaret hodge, of course, a labour grandee of many, many years service. she said today that sir keir starmer is too frightened to talk about immigration. but she adds we have to show that we can control our borders. those who aren't legitimate asylum seekers, you send them back as

quickly as you can. adam, i put it to you. if we heard a bit more of that from today's labour party instead of the former members of the labour party, former ministers, we might get somewhere . somewhere. >> well, possibly. you know, funnily enough, in the downing street meeting today, of course, it comes as 703, asylum seekers excuse me. migrants cross the channelin excuse me. migrants cross the channel in small boats. a new record since labour took power. you ask them, what are you going to do about this? this is a serious issue. and other than smashing the gangs, which is another election line that we've heard over and over verbatim, you know, ad nauseum. excuse me. get my latin phrases mixed up there, there's no real conversation about it. it's just the same thing over and over. >> okay. adam, joe, thanks for joining us there. live. from what looks like a very sticky westminster. thank you very much. there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00, including the home secretary , as including the home secretary, as i just said, condemns the brazen abuse that officers have faced dunng abuse that officers have faced during the riots as she pledges to restore law and order. don't

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this lovely weather that we're having. you can see the beautiful harbourjust having. you can see the beautiful harbour just to the side here. lots of day trippers have been going out on speedboats and pirate boats. we can just see at the top there scarborough castle. beautiful view from there and all the shops along. so we've got plenty of amusement stars, fish and chip shops, places to buy some rock and if you've got a sweet tooth and also, of course, the sea. so if we just look behind us here, we can see people in the sea. they're making the most of this gorgeous weather. it's not been 34 degrees here. it could well be the hottest day of the year. we've got temperatures of around 24 degrees, but certainly still people going into the water there to cool off. we can just see, the royal hotel, the grand hotel just there. and then right along the bay there is also the spa . we

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adds this i agree that respect for police took a nosedive when they were seen dancing at the notting hill drink fuelled debacle, wearing rainbow stickers on uniforms , painting stickers on uniforms, painting police cars with rainbow livery livery. now, kathy, i agree that kind of thing surely has no no place in policing. it's meant to be inclusive, but pride, we know, is a political movement. they say that themselves. let's get rid of that nonsense. a lot of people will agree. chris adds this i despair that yet again, a child has been stabbed in broad daylight. daylight. our entire political class is letting the people down. sadiq khan, keir starmer their priorities should be knife crime, not locking people up who disagree with their ideology. they can fast track rioters, then surely they can fast track knife crime and bang those people up. and finally , connor says, when the finally, connor says, when the police war the back, the blue patch, they got criticism. but pride colours no problem. now

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>>a >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 5:00 pm and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. today we're broadcasting live from the heart of paddington all across the uk. breaking news as the man is arrested in london's famous leicester square after an 11 year old girl and a 34 year old woman have been stabbed.

we'll be live on the scene with mark white. >> well, police have confirmed that the suspect was not known to the two victims. crime scene officers. forensic officers have just arrived at the scene here to begin a meticulous search of the area . the area. >> thank you. mark and the home secretary, yvette cooper has claimed that last week's riots show the uk has lost respect for police. but is that fair or true, or did respect for the police vanish? a long time ago, for example, when they took the knee to black lives matter and in another sensational gb news exclusive, we can reveal that the uk is asylum. budget has rocketed by 840% in the past five years to a staggering £6.6 billion in the year 20 2324. we'll speak to leigh evans, the report author, who claims that

the true cost could be even higher and plans to fly the union flag and the tiny village of claxton in norfolk, has caused a huge political row to break out as some residents have claimed. it's divisive. well, we sent our man charlie peters, to clacton to tell locals that their plan is the best of british, and that's all coming up over your next hour. british, and that's all coming up over your next hour . we hope up over your next hour. we hope to show always a pleasure to have your company another stabbing of a young girl and a woman, 34, a mother and daughter. as it transpires in broad daylight, this time in central london, two weeks to the day since that triple killing in southport. what on earth is going on on british streets? how on earth can it be stopped? please get in touch all the usual ways. gbnews.com forward slash your say and now your headunes slash your say and now your

headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much and good afternoon to you. it's just after 5:00. we start with a round up then of that breaking news this afternoon that a security guard has now said he heard a scream before tackling a knifeman in central london. and he described the moments that he, distraught, disrupted that attack . a 34 year old man has attack. a 34 year old man has now been arrested after attacking two people, injuring an 11 year old girl and a 34 year old woman. they have been taken to hospital but their injuries are not thought to be life threatening. at this stage. police say the person they have detained is their only suspect, adding that there is no suggestion it was terror related. much more on that and the latest lines coming to us from mark white and martin later this hour in greater manchester, two people have been arrested after a man died falling from a balcony. the 57 year old was on

the fourth floor of a block of flats in salford last night when the incident happened. a 37 year old man and a 40 year old woman are being questioned on suspicion of murder. are being questioned on suspicion of murder . more are being questioned on suspicion of murder. more than 18,000 migrants have crossed the engush 18,000 migrants have crossed the english channel so far this yeah english channel so far this year. that's afterjust over 700 year. that's after just over 700 people crossed on sunday. the highest number on a single day since sir keir starmer became prime minister yesterday. two people died attempting to reach the uk in a small boat. people died attempting to reach the uk in a small boat . a12 the uk in a small boat. a 12 year old boy has become the youngest person convicted in connection with nationwide pubuc connection with nationwide public disorder in the uk. he admitted today to violent disorder charges after throwing a missile at a police van and participating in unrest in manchester. the court there heard he was part of a group outside a holiday inn that was housing asylum seekers, and was also filmed kicking the window of a passing bus. due to his age, the boy can't be named and we understand another 12 year old is set to appear in liverpool youth court facing similar charges. meanwhile, the

home secretary has said respect for the police must be restored after they faced what she's called brazen abuse and contempt dunng called brazen abuse and contempt during the riots. yvette cooper says it's crucial to maintain a strong police response on the ground and to keep up the pace of arrests and prosecutions. police remained on high alert over the weekend, but there was no widespread unrest . the prime no widespread unrest. the prime minister has issued a joint statement with french and german leaders calling for a ceasefire negotiation between israel and hamas to resume immediately. it comes as the us has strengthened its military presence in the middle east, with concerns rising there over a potential iranian strike against israel. they've deployed a guided missile submarine and told an aircraft carrier strike group to arrive in the region earlier than originally planned . hamish than originally planned. hamish falconer is the uk's minister for the middle east, so the statement from the prime minister and the leaders of france and germany just underlines how concerned we are about the risks of escalation in the region.

>> we're making a strong statement of the need for calm in the region and to iran in particular, not to escalate the situation in paris . situation in paris. >> an investigation is continuing today after a british man reportedly climbed the eiffel tower on the last day of the paris olympics. you can see here on the screen scenes where that shirtless climber was seen scaling the 330 metre landmark yesterday, just hours before the closing ceremony. he's been released under investigation for endangenng released under investigation for endangering lives for and trespassing . england cricketer trespassing. 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 amanda, says she and graham's two daughters are devastated and said that he felt they'd be better off without him. thorpe, who died at the age of 55, has been hailed as one of england's best cricket players with a distinguished international career, hitting 16 test hundreds for england . and if you or for england. and if you or someone you know is struggling

with their mental health, you can find links to help and advice on the samaritans website. that's samaritans.org. or of course, call 116123. 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 across london. landmarks have been seen with people basking in the sunshine. but at blackpool zoo, some pregnant elephants, noor jahan and isha have been calling themselves off in their very own swimming pool. all right, for some further north, the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorm s, weather warning for thunderstorms, though, with thunderstorm s, though, with flash thunderstorms, though, with flash flooding and travel disruptions alongside northern ireland and scotland . 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 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 hotter there. and that's going to test some people in sport. >> britain's most successful diver, tom daley, has announced he's retiring today. he's won five olympic medals, including a gold, three bronzes and a silver, most recently in paris. while daley has now arrived back in the uk alongside other medal winning athletes . today, great winning athletes. today, great britain ended the games with 65 medals. the same number won at london 2012, and second best ever medal haul on foreign soil. last night, the king and the queen sent their warmest congratulations and his majesty hailed team gb as an inspiration, while the prince and princess of wales also congratulated the athletes. with this special video. >> greetings loved ones from all of us watching at home. >> congratulations to team gb >> congratulations to team gb >> well done on all you've achieved. you've been an inspiration to us all. >> those are the latest gb news

headunes >> those are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm sam francis. your next update just after 5:30 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you sam, and let's get back now to our top story. today as a man has been arrested after an 11 year old girl and a 34 year old woman was stabbed in london's leicester square in broad daylight and joining us now is our home and security edhoh now is our home and security editor, mark white who is live at the scene there in leicester square. mark, i believe you have some breaking news for us. a new line on the story. tell us more . line on the story. tell us more. >> yeah, another update for you. we have obtained video of the man we believe to be the suspect, having been arrested by the police, is on his feet and

is about to be led away by those officers . this was after this officers. this was after this suspect had been tackled to the ground just moments after a vicious attack on an 11 year old girl and a 34 year old woman. that woman, the girl's mother. absolutely horrific scenes that unfolded here. police said that they received a call at 1134 this morning, and their officers were on scene within four minutes and able to take over the arrest of that individual who had been subdued by members of the public. now, just in the last few minutes, we've seen forensic crime scene officers arriving here. they've gone inside the tea shop premises here, and we've just had a look inside through the glass ourselves, and it's obvious why they've gone inside now , because they've gone inside now, because thatis they've gone inside now, because that is also a crime scene. it seems that the injured, who were stabbed outside the tea shop ,

stabbed outside the tea shop, were then brought in to the shop itself for treatment, and indeed , itself for treatment, and indeed, paramedics, when they arrived here treated the injured inside that shop before they were taken off to a major trauma centre. now, the police say that the 11 year old girl suffered serious injuries. she will require further hospital treatment, but they say that the injuries are not life threatening. the mother was more lightly injured and she will be released from hospital at some point soon. the suspect that 32 year old man is in custody now. the police have also praised the bravery , the also praised the bravery, the prompt actions of members of the pubuc prompt actions of members of the public who rushed to subdue the suspect, and they included abdullah, who was a security guard here at the tea shop. been here for the last seven months when he heard the mother screaming. he was out within seconds to tackle that suspect

to the ground. this is what he told us. >> i jumped on him. hold the handin >> i jumped on him. hold the hand in which he wasn't having a knife, and he just put him down on the floor and just hold him and kicked the knife away from him. and then a couple of more people joined as well, and we just hold him until the police came. it took like maybe 3 to 4 minutes. police arrived and they just took him into custody and the child, just like all my colleagues, they gave him first aid and the police came as well, and they just gave the first aid. >> now this stabbing happened just 20 or so minutes before midday. this area, understandably, was very busy. it's a very significant tourist attraction in central london. 2.5 million people will come through this area in an average week, so you can imagine just how busy it was at the time of the stabbing. and people witnessed what a horrific event was unfolding here. and some, as i say of those members of the pubuc i say of those members of the public and that security guard, abdullah jumping straight in to

try to end this attack , the try to end this attack, the police are urging any of those witnesses who may have seen it, who may have video material to come forward. well, we spoke to another eyewitness who was or is another eyewitness who was or is a street entertainer here. his name is desmond. he didn't want to appear on camera, but he was kind enough to allow us to use his audio. his voice. and this is how he describes the events that unfolded far too. >> but some two guys brought the man down and the police came not quite long, very fast. >> but did he struggle when he was being arrested? >> did he? no, no no no, he was on the ground. >> and when they came, they just put the handcuffs and they they stand him up. and he was so calm. he was calm and i mean passers by, they must have been very shocked at what was happening. >> yeah, they was shocked. >> yeah, they was shocked. >> and they have a lot of people run and they took both guys who were just at the same position .

were just at the same position. >> they rushed the guy and hold him and put put him down. >> martin, i think it's worth showing you the video of that arrest again as we bring you some more important detail from the metropolitan police with regard to that suspect, that 32 year old man, they have said that at this stage, they do not believe that the suspect was known to the two victims. another piece of important information as to the motive, they've got no indication yet, they've got no indication yet, they say, of a motive . however, they say, of a motive. however, what they are saying is there's nothing that has jumped out to them that says that this was a terrorist attack, that might change in the fullness and time as the investigation continues to expand and they gather more details. but at the moment, a 32 year old man is in custody, a man who was not known to the two

victims. >> thank you, mark white for that update and it's worth repeating again . a lot of people repeating again. a lot of people onune repeating again. a lot of people online are are kind of guessing as to the motivation behind this be very, very careful. the police will be watching this. sir keir starmer has said there will be a crackdown on anybody spreading malicious information. wait until we know the actual truth from the police . please truth from the police. please keep yourself safe and do not spread misinformation. well, joining me now is the former chair of the haringey independent stop and search monetary group, ken hines. ken, welcome to the show. we speak so often on this channel in the aftermath of a tragic stabbing. this one, ken, is all the more chilling by the fact that this individual, the police, have told us, was not known to the couple. the 11 year old girl, the 34 year old woman, are now understood to be a mother and daughter. it appears this was a random event happened in broad daylight on the streets of london. >> yes, it's you know, it's so

unfortunate that we keep seeing these kind of horrific incidents occurring on our streets. >> and my thing is simply this we've got to be much more mindful about the people that's walking in our space, because there's a lot of people , there's there's a lot of people, there's a significant amount of people are walking with mental illness that whether undiagnosed, paranoia, schizophrenia, people are smoking , taking drugs and are smoking, taking drugs and smoking strong drugs that can affect can affect their mindset. and my thing is simply on this occasion, i'm only relieved that no one was seriously harmed from from the sounds of the report. and also, i'm an sa doorman and a security, and i want to honour that. that that doors, that doorman that, the doorman who actually came and put the actual knife man onto the ground in, in a textbook style, what the training that we're given in order to help, de—escalate and

disarm people. >> i absolutely agree . the >> i absolutely agree. the gentleman the winds viewed there. abdullah, an absolute hero. let's hope he's commended for that bravery. ken hines a lot of people oftentimes they don't put themselves in harm's way because most people aren't trained to deal with this. most people just freeze in terror. what more can we do? what would you advise to people who are watching things like this unfold? should they get involved? should they intervene? or actually, sometimes there's just pure human nature that makes them do that. >> now , personally, i'm part of >> now, personally, i'm part of a group called street barbers where we're about we're on the street, we go to these hot spot areas, we're about engagement. so we call ourselves the engagement team. so and it's our responsibility, particularly with youngsters who are carrying machetes and things of that nature to either talk them down or get the weapons away from them. it is not an option for them. it is not an option for them to leave our space with that weapon. now i would not advise members of the public to

do what we are trained to do or what we are psychologically more equipped to deal with. what. i would say that if you feel that it's safe to do something, please assist anyone that's actually may be doing so. so it doesn't bring harm to yourself. but what we don't need is people, just glory. glory hunting and videoing. taking social media video and posting it out there, without any kind of thoughts to the victim or the people involved in that situation. so once again, as i said , do not put yourself in said, do not put yourself in harm's way. if you don't feel that you're you're able to contribute in a positive way and if you are assist people like the doorman . he he said two the doorman. he he said two people came along to assist him . people came along to assist him. that's the sort of thing we need. we've got to we've got to step up and be be the community police. the police cannot arrest their way out of this. they cannot solve everything. it

takes time for them to get there. until that time, we have got to , as members of the got to, as members of the public, have got to do what we can do to try to safeguard other people in that space. >> well, ken hines, as you said, mercifully , police were on mercifully, police were on scene. it's a very, very busy part of london. of course, lots of coppers are around, thankfully, and that brave individual stepped in. but community policing, is that the answer? surely what needs to do just bang these people up, put them straight in jail? if you're in central london carrying a knife, you deserve to be in prison . prison. >> absolutely. but then again, this person , it wouldn't be this person, it wouldn't be surprised if there's some sort of mental, episode mental illness going on in this situation here. but how would you know? you know. yes, you've got stop and search, but again, i can't understand in 2024 how come we haven't got those , ones come we haven't got those, ones that you see in the airport style at the very least, that you don't have to put your hands in people's pocket , but you can in people's pocket, but you can want them to see if they've got any sort of weapons on them, and that i think that would be much more balanced, a stop and for

search, weapons that people will be accepted, not, you know , what be accepted, not, you know, what people object to is being put in their hands, being put into their hands, being put into their pockets and, and then it takes taking it elsewhere. so they're going in, taking things out your pockets that they should be taking out. like that can identify you when you don't have to give your personal details in a stop and search interaction. >> but michael, okay, can we have to end it there? but maybe actually if you if you're if you object to having hands in your pockets, maybe you've got something to hide. i wouldn't mind. ken hines, thanks for joining us. always a pleasure to have your view on the show now. there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00, including the home secretary condemns the brazen abuse of police officers have faced during the riots as she pledges to restore law and order. don't go anywhere

welcome back. your time is 523. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. the home secretary, yvette cooper has pledged to restore the public's faith in law and order following the fortnight of unrest that has gripped the nation. and she has said that the riots show that the uk has lost respect for police as well as demonstrating that people believe there are no consequences for committing crime. but i'm joined now by our political editor, chris hope, who is live in westminster. chris, welcome to the show. is it fair, do you think, for yvette cooper to say that the disrespect, the lack of trust for the police began only two weeks ago? a lot of people have been saying that the breakdown in trust with the police began a long time ago. taking the knee to black lives matter , being to black lives matter, being afraid to be called racist and look into grooming gangs all those years ago, dancing them macarena at pride. don't those things have an influence on the breakdown in the police trust? and it's not a bit unfair to blame everything on these past two weeks alone .

two weeks alone. >> yes. hi, martin. hello. here. from the studio in westminster. yeah, well, she felt she's saying that the broader point that she says that in an article in the telegraph today that that crime has no consequences, that that's the feeling amongst people. so they feel they can get away. people can get away with rioting or chucking bricks at the police and the like, and nothing happens in return, and that's why she's trying to make the point that why can't the, the point that why can't the, the people respect what the police say? better she says, how charge rates have been allowed to fall and court delays have grown. she says we must take action to restore respect for the police and respect for the law. she talks about immigration, saying that lots of people have strong views on law and order, immigration and the nhs. but now is not the time to discuss this . she's saying that discuss this. she's saying that this doesn't, give you a pass to pick up bricks and burn police loot shops or wreck cars. so what they're trying to show here

is that there's a connection between the lack of punishment for criminals in this country because the prisons are full, i suppose, as part of it. but equally and trying to encourage others to try and ensure they do what the police say. i do think this may be undermined by what's coming down the track . martin, coming down the track. martin, next month the government is going to start releasing 5000 criminals afterjust going to start releasing 5000 criminals after just 40%. going to start releasing 5000 criminals afterjust 40%. that's criminals after just 40%. that's four 0% of their jail term served, rather than half of theirjail served, rather than half of their jail term. served, rather than half of theirjail term. if served, rather than half of their jail term. if you served, rather than half of theirjail term. if you serve for less than if you're sentenced for less than four years, then there's a good chance you might be released. there are exemptions to that. domestic violence cases, sex offenders, domestic abusers, violent offenders. but mainly you must serve more than be sentenced for more than four years. if you're less than four years. if you're less than four years. and so far, i think none of the people caught up in riots last year have been sentenced for more than four years. you will qualify to be released

early , so you do have the early, so you do have the prospect here for this government of despite the crackdown and despite the call for people to respect the police because the they want to restore trust in our criminal justice system. you will have rioters or people will link to riots released early. you are going to have people being let out early next month, and as soon as any of those individuals offend, when they could be inside , that when they could be inside, that is a whole new problem for this government . so yes, you might government. so yes, you might make the point here about the lack of punishment fitting the crime. but yeah , equally, crime. but yeah, equally, i think we are waiting to see what happens next. >> so chris, they say now is not the time to have a conversation about the potential causes of the unrest. but in 2010, sir keir starmer, who was then in charge of prosecuting the rioters in tottenham, ostensibly dnven rioters in tottenham, ostensibly driven by the black community they were courts all night. but afterwards there was a conversation of inclusivity. let's find out the unhappiness within communities. why did this happen? and it stands to reason,

chris, hope, that the riots that happenedin chris, hope, that the riots that happened in seven towns, or seven of the ten most deprived towns in england, and wales, also towns with the highest proportion of asylum seekers in the united kingdom. this is the conversation about uncontrolled immigration. and today dame margaret hodge has said that the labour party is too frightened to have this conversation. chris, we have to have this conversation . conversation. >> many are saying that and many gb news viewers and listeners are saying that, and we have been asking the government on their behalf when that conversation might take place. and it just seems it's not yet. not yet. they're saying that they the government today, the deputy official spokesman for the prime minister, saying today that there are legitimate concerns for people worried about immigration, about illegal, arrivals here stuck in hotels. but now is not the time to get to have that conversation. there is a moment at which we have this conversation that you're describing the day margaret

hodge, a labour grandee , wants hodge, a labour grandee, wants just not just now, but we are repeatedly asking for that. that conversation with the government . conversation with the government. >> okay. thank you chris. okay. there, our political editor live in westminster. now joining me is the associate editor of the catholic herald and editor of catholic herald and editor of catholic unscripted , gavin catholic unscripted, gavin ashenden. gavin, welcome to the show. and you join me because of some remarks that the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby. yes. him again , he has said yes. him again, he has said about these riots condemning the far right groups as un—christian, racist and anti—muslim. gavin, does that kind of comment really help? >> i don't think it does, often we find ourselves disagreeing with the archbishop as a matter of opinion , but this isn't even of opinion, but this isn't even a matter of opinion. this is a matter of fact. there aren't any far right groups , the best that far right groups, the best that the media and the government have been able to do is to blame the edl, which was defunct ten years ago, i'm sure there are networks of people with the same

interests, but, there is no far right in this country, as far as we can tell. we can't see who they are or where they are. so to blame them, as the archbishop has done, is factually incorrect. but it's incorrect in terms of value to under the you know, we have a cultural crisis at the moment and all the marks of the left are actually anti—christian. they're they're collectivists instead of being in terms of individual responsibility, which is on the right, they , they, they look at, right, they, they, they look at, they're against the family, and whereas the right is very much pro family. so all the things that the archbishop appears to stand for on the left, culturally, are actually against christianity. the things that christianity. the things that christianity is associated with appear to be on the right now. i don't think left right distinctions are very helpful to us. but the archbishop to concoct a notion of far right groups and then say, christians can't have anything to do with the protests is a betrayal of his own people, i think, and factually wrong. >> and it's an absolute fact to say that people who go to church

are ostensibly going to be white, they're going to be older. and why should they be oldeh and why should they be dragged in to this broader debate? as you say, about condemning a tiny minority of people who threw bricks, who've now been feeling the full force of the law? and some may say was absolute justification, but why doesit absolute justification, but why does it seem that every time we have an incident like this , the have an incident like this, the actions of a minority seem to encompass the entire group? when it's the white working class? but we never see justin welby condemning for example, all muslims when we see a suicide bomb, we never see justin welby condemning all the black lives matter movement. when 29 people get arrested at black lives matter events. but it always seems to be the case that the actions of the worst apply to the group when it's white people. why >> well, it's very difficult to know why. i mean , people talk know why. i mean, people talk about being captured by the woke mind virus. it's almost like a form of fundamentalism . and but

form of fundamentalism. and but again, you know, there are some factual things he's got wrong, islam is perfectly entitled to say that. it thinks it's the best religion and it wants to conquer the world. it does say that. but christians also say the same thing. we think our version of god is far more acceptable because god is primarily compassionate . you'd primarily compassionate. you'd think that the archbishop would want to say to the islamic community and those who don't believe in anything else, i'm really quite proud of christianity and of christians and the church, and i want to represent them to you. choose choose who you want to , to, to, choose who you want to, to, to, to believe in. but but what we stand for is wonderful. he seems ashamed of christianity , ashamed ashamed of christianity, ashamed of the church, shamed actually, of the church, shamed actually, of the church, shamed actually, of the claims of jesus, and really rather partial to muhammad and islam and it's, you know, frankly, if he takes that position, he should become a muslim and, and let go his office and give it to somebody else who can do a betterjob on behalf of jesus and the believing christian community. >> kevin, thank you for joining us. always appreciate your sober and calm analysis. thank you very much. now coming up, migrant crisis costs have

soared. and find out by how much. in just a moment you will not believe the eye—watering amounts of money we are spending on our asylum system. but first is your headlines with sam francis . francis. >> very good evening to you from the newsroom. 532 exactly. and the newsroom. 532 exactly. and the top story this hour. a security guard says he heard a scream before tackling and disarming a knifeman in leicester square earlier. that's in central london. an 11 year old girl and her 34 year old mother were stabbed. but the girl's condition isn't thought to be life threatening. a 32 year old man was arrested at the scene . two people have been scene. two people have been arrested after a man fell from a fourth floor balcony in greater manchester. police say the 57 year old died last night in salford . a 37 year old man and salford. a 37 year old man and a 40 year old woman are being questioned on suspicion of murder . a 12 questioned on suspicion of murder. a 12 year old boy has murdeh a12 year old boy has become the youngest person to be

charged over the riots, which broke out across the country. he's accused of violent disorder in southport , where three girls in southport, where three girls were stabbed to death. another 12 year old is also set to appearin 12 year old is also set to appear in liverpool youth court, facing similar charges . england facing similar charges. england cricketer graham thorpe took his own life after battling years of anxiety and depression, according to his family. in a statement , according to his family. in a statement, his according to his family. in a statement , his wife according to his family. in a statement, his wife amanda says she and graham's two daughters are devastated and said he felt they'd be better off without him. thorpe, who died at the age of 55, has been hailed as one of britain's greatest cricketers with a distinguished international career hitting 16 test hundreds for england . and test hundreds for england. and if you or anyone you know are struggling with their mental health, you can find links to help and advice on the samaritans website. that's samaritans.org or call 116123. and finally, some weather news

for you. it's good news if you like the heat. today has been the uk's hottest day of the year so far, with a top temperature of 34.8 c so far, with a top temperature of 34.8 c reached in cambridge. that's according to the met office in blackpool. meanwhile, the zoo's pregnant elephants , the zoo's pregnant elephants, nooflahan the zoo's pregnant elephants, noorjahan and aysha, spent the afternoon cooling off in their very own swimming pool. but further north, the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms, flash flooding and travel disruption . flooding and travel disruption. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sam francis. your next update just after 6:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> cheers!

>> cheers! >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> thank you sam. now i'm delighted to say hoved into view a vision joined now by michelle dewberry, the queen of prime time politics. what a treat! >> in the same room. >> in the same room. >> what a treat. >> what a treat. >> listen, i'll tell you what's going on. i do like my behind the scenes little, sneaky bits that i the scenes little, sneaky bits that! can the scenes little, sneaky bits that i can give to the viewers. so let me tell you , everyone, if so let me tell you, everyone, if you're wondering how hot it is in london, it's so hot today that martin daubney is taking his shoes off. and, yeah , that's his shoes off. and, yeah, that's true. there you go. it's taking shoes off. i'm very lucky. i'm very , very lucky that i have no very, very lucky that i have no sense of smell. ladies and gents, that's all i can say, anyway, i won't be talking about the weather. you'll be pleased to know, but i will be talking about the absolute state of the nation. it was horrendous. of course, last week i was hoping that things might have got a bit better, but of course we've had that horrendous news of that stabbing, lunchtime today. so this whole call from yvette cooper to respect the police, i want to look into that. also,

one of my panellists, mike goodwin, he reckons that we're almost kind of edging towards becoming not far off north korea in the uk when it comes to canada's censorship, the clamping down on what people can and can't say so, on and so forth. so all of that stuff and more. i want to get into it. >> six superb. always a pleasure and a superb menu as ever. the dewbs& co six till seven never again touch simply goes to news.com/your say and read out the best of your messages a little later the end of the i'm martin daubney on

welcome back. it's 541 the final furlong. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. the latest figures from the home office have revealed that the cost of the migrant crisis has surged nearly ninefold over the past five

years. the budget has simply skyrocketed to an astonishing £6.6 billion for the year 2023 to 2024. now, joining me to discuss this is the chairman of facts for eu.org. the gentleman who produced this magnificent report, lee evans . lee, thank report, lee evans. lee, thank you so much for giving this to us again as a gb news exclusive, you do tireless work exposing the truth in the actual data. this is simply mind boggling. talk us through your findings. >> yeah. martin, you're right. >> yeah. martin, you're right. >> mind boggling is i would say, not an exaggeration. we spent a few weeks on this, and the reason we spent a few weeks is because the information is so difficult to obtain. but here it is. and 15 odd billion in the last five years, and it's just escalating. and so people really need to be aware of this, in, in

the way that they formulate their judgements because the way that they formulate theirjudgements because it's their judgements because it's not being publicised elsewhere, apart from on gb news, so if you look at the facts, you know , look at the facts, you know, there's been a 44% rise just in there's been a 44% rise just in the last year alone, 44%, you then look at what's happened since sir keir starmer , has since sir keir starmer, has become pm. and, you know, there are some worrying trends there that, you may want to ask about. i don't know . i don't know. >> and lee, the figures on the screen there, we just showed the infographic that you produced going up there in 20 1920 from £0] going up there in 20 1920 from £07 billion, going up £0.7 billion, going up gradually, 1.1, 2.7 billion. and then in 2022, 3.9 billion, that's the last figure that we had . the last official one in had. the last official one in your figure shows £6.6 billion. add that all up, lee evans. that's £15 billion in five years. simple question. where on

earth does all that money go? >> yeah, it's a good question . i >> yeah, it's a good question. i think the first thing to say is because of the complexity of the accounts at, at the home office, this is only one of the budget items, that is that is involved in the total expenditure for the taxpayer on all of this, >> and this is something, which is called , the asylum support is called, the asylum support resettlement and accommodation budget, or azra . so we're only budget, or azra. so we're only reporting on one. and the reason we're only reporting on that, not on total home office expenditure, is because that's the only one that we can rely on, we can't give you definitive information on all the other areas of expenditure which overlap with migration. so our feeling is that position is probably far worse than what you're seeing .

you're seeing. >> and £15 billion in one tranche of the budget, the most damning thing you say in this report , which you can get at the report, which you can get at the facts full eu org website or via your social media, you think this is the tip of the iceberg? the true figure could dwarf this. >> yes. we estimate that, the figure for this year will be more like ten, 10 billion rather than 6.6, 6.6, by the way, comes from, the way that the home office does these things, they put in a budget estimate. they then put in what's called a supplementary to parliament to increase it. it happens every single year. and that's the reason that we put in the 6.6, because we included the supplementary that they've added, and what they say about all of this is in terms of where it comes from or what's causing it comes from or what's causing it , is first and it comes from or what's causing it, is first and foremost the small boats. you know, that's

number one. then they talk about the, they talk about other costs, like the market price of accommodation. and there's no doubt at all we know that that's costing a huge amount of money. and then finally they talk about resettlement grants for, people like afghanis and ukrainians. but i don't think that's a major part of all of this. it's very difficult to tell. and as we will reveal exclusively to gb news later this week, even the government's own chief inspector, for all of these things, has described the home office's data as inexcusably awful , and office's data as inexcusably awful, and that's certainly been our experience. >> okay. lee evans superb serve as ever chairman of facts for eu.org. and thank you so much for giving that to us. and we'll

tune in later this week for the next instalment of this report. thank you very much for joining us on the show. now up next feeling hot hot hot. well britain experiences a heat wave at long last reports the uk hitting 34 degrees. it's now officially the hottest day of the year so far. don't go anywhere. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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talk it through, let's bring in now the director of weather trending, john hammond. john, always a pleasure to see you on the show. so after the wettest spnng the show. so after the wettest spring since noah's ark , finally spring since noah's ark, finally the heatwave is here. what's causing it and how long will it last? >> yeah. hello martin. it's taking a while, isn't it? >> because june was quite cool and july was quite cool. >> but, august is making up for lost time, >> if you'd asked me a week ago whether it's going to get this hot, i'd have said no. absolutely no sign of it. this hot spells kind of come out of nowhere over a very short space of time. the computer models suddenly latched on to it, and over the last couple of days, they've kind of nailed it in as much as eastern england has borne the brunt and was predicted to bear the brunt of this hot spell. >> as you say, over 34 degrees, 34.8 in cambridge . that's 34.8 in cambridge. that's officially is the high so far. >> it'll take a wee while longer before all the all the observations have come in. so it

may actually be a little bit higher than that. but so far 34.8, which as you say, is the hottest day of the year. it hasn't been so hot further north and west. so for scotland, northern ireland, some western parts of england and wales, you'd be wondering what all the fuss is about, because here we've seen thunderstorms and the heat. if you don't like it across eastern england will gradually ease away over the next few days. it's still been pretty warm, but it won't be as hot tomorrow. somebody, somewhere might just nudge 30 degrees, but gradually those temperatures coming down through the rest of this week, not a lot of rain , but by the weekend i'm of rain, but by the weekend i'm sure we'll be moaning about that, that summer's gone away again. >> now, john hammond, we enjoy the weather for a brief period before it tips it down with rain. but of course, even when it's hot, we're not really allowed to enjoy it because a lot of people say it's climate change. the earth is burning. is this climate change or is it just hot , just hot, >> both, i mean, we've had hot spells, haven't we? forever. but, these hot spells are getting hotteh ain't. no, there's no doubt about it. i

mean, 34, 35 degrees a generation ago would have been, you know, remarkable. almost unprecedented. now, when we get 34 degrees, it doesn't make the headunes 34 degrees, it doesn't make the headlines as much as it used to. and that's because 34 degree days are becoming more common. why why are they becoming more common? because the atmosphere is warmer and we can tap into the reservoir of heat across southern europe much more easily. so i mentioned earlier on the fact that this hot spell has come out of nowhere, and it's a feature, actually, of climate change, if you like, that these hot spells can rear their heads at very short notice, which is why a week ago, martin, we had no real inkling that this heat was going to arrive. it just took a little ripple in the jet stream for that heat to be released out of southern europe and had our way, yeah. southern europe and had our way, yeah . i mean, hot spells have yeah. i mean, hot spells have always happened, but there's no doubt about it . they're becoming doubt about it. they're becoming more frequent and they're becoming hotteh >> okay, let's enjoy it while it lasts. thanks for joining >> okay, let's enjoy it while it lasts. thanks forjoining us, that's john hammond. thank you

for joining us on the show. always a pleasure. and i've got a few of your your essays before i finish up on the topic of losing faith in the police, vicki says this, i think yvette cooperis vicki says this, i think yvette cooper is talking rubbish. the british public have not lost faith in rank and file police. they've lost faith in the people at the top of the police force and also of the government. both the labour party and the previous conservative government. quickly. linda says this today a lady and a child stabbed in broad daylight. where are all these extra special policing, going that brought out to combat the rioters and rightly so. we need those people on our streets now to combat knife machetes and shoplifting to make our streets safe, to walk on for all. now that's all for me today. next is dewbs& co and also covering the show 7 to 8 tonight . in case three hours 8 tonight. in case three hours of me isn't enough, i'll be back at 7 pm, but up next it's dewbs& co. but before all of that, it's

time for your weather and i'll see you again at 7 pm. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb. >> news . weather on gb. >> news. hello. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office through the rest of today . should stay rest of today. should stay fairly dry and sunny for many of us, but there is still a risk of thunderstorms after the rather wet start. this morning. for some of us, seeing cold front move through today, that's bringing the spell of wet weather, particularly to northern areas, but also into parts of central and southern areas of england. some showery outbreaks of thundery rain still possible into this evening, but onceit possible into this evening, but once it does clear away to the east, it will be a dry and clear night. it's going to be a fresher night than last night as well. temperatures will fall away a little lower and that might make for a good meteor shower viewing conditions as well. with those clear skies as well. with those clear skies as well , we'll well. with those clear skies as well, we'll turn a bit cloudier

from the west, the temperatures starting to rise across western areas by tomorrow morning. but for most of us, as i said , a for most of us, as i said, a much fresher night to come. now wet weather is going to spread in from the west through tuesday, so still a pretty bright start across eastern areas, much of southern england seeing plenty of sunshine first thing and temperatures around 15 or 16 degrees. good few degrees cooler than it was first thing this morning. eastern scotland, as well as north eastern england still seeing plenty of sunshine too, but northern ireland and western areas of scotland perhaps some heavy bursts of rain and the winds are going to really start to pick up around this area of rain out to the northwest of scotland. that's an area of low pressure that's going to be bringing this unsettled weather across western areas through tuesday. however, across the east it should stay largely dry and bright, at least until the middle part of the afternoon. quite a lot of cloud, though across parts of wales, south—west england, northern england and scotland as well . england and scotland as well. and as i said, it does remain quite breezy across the far north—west, so definitely a fresher feel for most of us will be a good 5 or 6 degrees cooler tomorrow compared to today, but in the south and east still a

very warm day and still quite humid here as well. very warm day and still quite humid here as well . tuesday humid here as well. tuesday evening sees this rain spread into southeastern areas, so that fresher air will arrive over tuesday night and into wednesday, and that will likely unger wednesday, and that will likely linger across eastern areas through wednesday. thursday looks a bit more widely wet, and then friday it looks drier and warmer once again . by that warm warmer once again. by that warm feeling inside. from boxt boilers , sponsors of weather on boilers, sponsors of weather on gb

an 11 year old girl who was stabbed at midday today in central london. i can tell you now it's heartbreaking and it makes me

feel sick. we'll have the latest on that. also yvette cooper she says that we've lost respect for the police in this country. is she right? and if so, how do we fix that? speaking of law and order, today we've seen 12 year old children charged for things like kicking a bus in a window and throwing things during the riots. have we got our approach to all of this right or not? and a clampdown on free speech that is on the lips of many. and according to one of my panel tonight, matt goodwin , he's tonight, matt goodwin, he's wondering if we're heading towards a tinpot dictatorship. blimey, is that unrealistic or fair? you tell me . all that and fair? you tell me. all that and more. but first, the 6:00 news headunes. headlines. >> michelle, thank you very much . >> michelle, thank you very much. and good evening to you. 601 exactly. and we start with the top story of the day that a man has been arrested in central london after two people,

including an 11 year old girl,