gb news. >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 3:00 pm and welcome to you. it's 3:00 pm and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk . on today's all across the uk. on today's show, no tory future for nigel farage. it's official the future is farage free for the conservative party today. leadership hopeful mel stride told gb news he is the sixth and final candidate to slam the door in farage's face. is that the right thing to do , or is the right thing to do, or is the party over for the tories next story? there's been a massive

surge in parents claiming disability benefits for the under 18 seconds, soaring to a staggering 730,000, up 200,000 since lockdowns. is this real or is it a racket or something more sinister? a systemic medicalisation of our children? they're the least likely to attend university, the most likely to fight for their countries , and the most likely countries, and the most likely to commit suicide yet they're labelled far right thugs whenever they complain. are white, working class men the most overlooked demographic in britain? and did this demonisation help to drive the recent riots ? and yesterday we recent riots? and yesterday we learned that nottingham triple killer valdo calocane was sectioned four times and yet was still freed to kill in the community, with up to 120 brits losing their lives to psychiatric outpatients every yeanis psychiatric outpatients every year, is it time to bring back secure institutions for the mentally unwell ? mentally unwell? >> and yeah , i entered a

>> and yeah, i entered a competition and i forgot all about it. but then all of a suddeni about it. but then all of a sudden i said i won, got a £2,000 voucher, which they're going to send me when i can go on holiday . on holiday. >> bosh! we found him. street cleaner paul spiers, who has bagged a holiday after all, has spoken to gb news. we get the full interview later. it's a clean sweep . welcome to the clean sweep. welcome to the show. we've got action packed menu today. it's curtains for farage. if you ask the conservatives are white working class men, the most demonised people in all of society. what they do to deserve that? and is it time to bring back secure institutions for the mentally unwell? lots of topics there for you to chuck your thoughts at me with gbnews.com/yoursay. that's the way that you get in touch. but now for your headlines. and it's tatiana sanchez .

it's tatiana sanchez. >> good afternoon. the top stories we start with some breaking news this hour. 52 year old julie sweeney has been jailed at chester crown court this afternoon after she admitted sending a threatening facebook message on august the 3rd, stating the following. this is what she posted don't protect the mosques, blow the mosque up with the adults in it. a judge has encouraged prosecutors to consider charging offenders who played central roles in the recent disorder in parts of the uk, with rioting , a charge that uk, with rioting, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of ten years. more on this breaking story as we get it. to our other top stories of today, ukraine's top stories of today, ukraine's top commander says 100 russian prisoners of war have been captured in the kursk region. this after ukraine launched a surprise offensive that president zelenskyy has admitted was easy and met with little resistance. and it comes as the

russian city of belgorod has declared a state of emergency amid daily ukrainian shelling, that the governor says is destroying homes and killing civilians. evening standard defence editor robert fox says ukraine wants to keep the russians guessing . russians guessing. >> they're probing, they're pushing, yes , you said they've pushing, yes, you said they've got into the kursk pocket , got into the kursk pocket, zelenskyy admitted with great ease. they're now probing now away to the south and the east, to belgorod , which is where all to belgorod, which is where all this started keeping the russians guessing again. the game at the moment is to throw the russians off balance for as much as possible. >> the australian department of foreign affairs has confirmed an 11 year old girl stabbed in leicester square is an australian tourist. australian consulate officials in london are offering support to the girl's family. it's also been reported that the victim, who suffered eight stab wounds to the face, neck and upper body, will likely require plastic

surgery. reform uk leader nigel farage has no future in the conservative party, no matter who replaces rishi sunak as leader. that's according to tory leadership candidate mel stride stride today confirmed that he would not allow him to sit on the conservative benches in the commons. it means that all of the six candidates to replace rishi sunak as leader have declined to work closely with nigel farage. the position is in contrast to sunak, who twice told gb news last year that farage could join the party, saying it was a broad church . in saying it was a broad church. in other news, violent attacks against women on british railways have more than doubled since 2021. new data shows. the number of crimes against women and girls rose by 50%, and the number of sexual offences jumped up number of sexual offences jumped ”p by number of sexual offences jumped up by 10%. unacceptable behaviour such as touching upskirting or indecent exposures being experienced by women more than ever, with 51% of female victims stating that other rail passengers intervened to try to help. safeguarding ministerjess

phillips says the violence against women and girls says it's a national emergency. >> the government have made it incredibly clear that tackling the scourge of violence against women and girls is part of its core mission. >> we consider it to be a national emergency, and that that won't just change overnight. this is going to take the levers of government working across every government department, making sure that in our education system, for example, that the attitudes that end with men on our transport systems harassing and assaulting women are dealt with at source. >> dead fish have been pictured in a canal that's being tested for sodium cyanide after a toxic chemical spill in the west midlands. walsall council said the environment agency told it about a spillage that went directly into the canal at pleck on monday. a major incident has been declared and people are being warned to avoid the 13 mile stretch of canal leading to

birmingham. sodium cyanide can cause headaches , nausea, changes cause headaches, nausea, changes in heart rate and loss of consciousness. the council have assured drinking water will not be affected by this incident , be affected by this incident, and the latest figures show inflation rose for the first time this year to 2.2% in the 12 months to july. figures are up from 2% in june this year. the increase was widely predicted and is largely due to prices of gas and electricity falling by less than they did the year before. chief secretary to the treasury darren jones said the new government is under no illusion as to the scale of the challenge we have inherited. local people in birmingham have been reacting to the news. >> small increase but it's massive. not a lot of people can already afford food. i've got a decent job myself so i'll struggle as it is. so i only worry about the people on universal credit or the little part time jobs who have to actually look after kids. >> the inflation is really affecting me because i'm homeless, right? because i'm

struggling to live day by day because of inflation. right? because to afford anything whilst you're on universal credit, it's very difficult . credit, it's very difficult. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you tatiana. so it's official. nigel farage will not be allowed to join the conservative party. whoever replaces rishi sunak as leader. mel stride leadership candidate has become the latest of the six candidates to distance himself from the reform uk leader, claiming his comments on the southport attack suspect put the police in danger. so will this fuel the comeback of the tories, or are they signing their own

death warrant? well, let's discuss this further with gb. news, political editor chris hope, who joins me in the studio. so chris and then there were six. talk us through it. >> interesting isn't it. so mel stride he's the outsider to be tory leader. there's six of his candidates. mps want to replace rishi sunak. he said he would not allow nigel farage to join the tory party. rejoin it. he was a member decades ago. that came after tom tugendhat said the same thing. when i asked him at that press conference yesterday . that means that all yesterday. that means that all six of these candidates are saying there is no room for farage in our party, and that is interesting because i think some would say what does the next leader do to reunite the right? arguably it's try and draw farage in, you know, put the warm embrace, the clammy, the clammy hands of a warm embrace around him. try and get him on side. talk to those who the 4 million or so who voted reform at last month's election instead. it's a firm no from all six. also mel stride in the interview was quite firm on his

criticism of nigel for farage questioning whether the truth was being held from us after those dreadful attacks in southport. farage said on on x on his on his x account i don't know where the truth is being withheld from us. i don't know. here's what mel stride had to say about that. >> was it helpful when you've got police officers going out there risking their lives in a rioting situation to be questioning whether they're being truthful with the public, for example? it's completely it's likely to lead to more police officers ending up getting in more trouble than they would otherwise. so his remarks are not responsible. >> his remarks are putting the safety of police at risk. >> i think his remarks about the police not being truthful , police not being truthful, potentially around what happened , potentially around what happened, let me put it like this, were deeply unhelpful to those officers that were then having to go out and deal with the consequence of the rioting. >> given all that. would you allow him to be a member of the

tory party if you were leader? no, not i made that very clear. >> so no deals with no deals. nigel farage. look, nigel farage wants to destroy the conservative party >> okay, so that was choppers podcast. that's on the gb news website . excellent innings website. excellent innings there. let's just run through this because you're absolutely right. there's been quite a ferrari about this. in fact, a few of the candidates themselves are clutching their pearls. let's be absolutely clear. you are bang on the money as you always are. mel stride you heard what he had to say there. tom tugendhat said, you said to him this week, could nigel farage join the party? no, he said, simple. one word answer priti patel. farage is a friend, but i would not allow him to destroy the tory party. there will be no deals. james cleverly nigel farage needs to decide if he's a serious politician or a social media content generator. there will be no deals robert jenrick jenrick will there be? there will be no deal with farage. that was last week . kemi that was last week. kemi badenoch i would not accept somebody who makes it their strength, their job to destroy

the conservative party. six out of six rebuttals. that's as clear as the nose on your face, chris. you're right. does that therefore say we don't want those 44. 1 million reform voters? >> that's the risk. and i'm surprised that none of these six want to say, well, i'll talk to farage because of course, he talks with a conservative head on many areas and in many common cause between the tory party and reform voters. farage were he here? he's on holiday at the moment. he'd be saying lots of those 4 million were labour supporters who got annoyed about with labour. so it's not all. not all tory voters, but a lot of them are. and i'm surprised about the turning of face against him. farage hasn't helped himself. i think those remarks he mentioned on his x account after the southport attacks were ill judged and he admitted that they were the he in farage himself admitted they were based on on on some information that may have been wrong online or maybe misunderstood . also, he made misunderstood. also, he made remarks about putin during the election . again, not where the election. again, not where the tories sit, but the problem the tory party has had all through the going up to the election and

dunng the going up to the election and during it is they've identified problems and not had solutions. they talked about small boats stop the boats. rwanda hasn't worked. farage said farage is able then to have the easy answer, which is let's pull out the echr. let's have one in, one out on on net migration. so the tory party has has said what the problems are, but not have the answers. farage has the answers and i don't know why . answers. farage has the answers and i don't know why. none of the none of these candidates want to think, well, let's talk to farage work out a way round and working together. he says he wants to the tory party. he wants to the tory party. he wants to the tory party. he wants to build up in his own image. there's so much there's so much common ground between farage and so many conservatives. it is surprising to me. >> it is fair to to me. >> it is fairto say to me. >> it is fair to say that before the general election there was quite a lot of roses between the teeth from both sides. nigel farage himself said well, i wouldn't join this conservative party intimating there may be a future route in that route has been slammed down. the drawbridge has been pulled up. there's no way around that. and so the story is what does this mean for the conservative party, if that's a sign they're drifting towards the centre

ground, we keep hearing you can only win from the centre, but is that true anymore? yesterday you told me i was astonished by the ipsos mori poll. 62% of voters, all voters, don't care who the next leader is. 36% of conservative voters last month don't even care. >> they just voted. they voted tory last month. and a third of those people don't care. >> and that's astonishing, chris. >> it is astonishing. and i had a chat with a very senior person in number 10 this week and said, oh, i'm doing bits and bobs about the tory leadership this week because not much else is happening. and he sort of laughed. i mean, labour don't really care who the leader is because they've got their own worries now running the country and this this party, you know, has to work out. i think an accommodation with farage politically at least, talking about or opening the door to something that may make some sense. it may be that this is how you square off the mps . how you square off the mps. right now, the only vote that matters is 120 or so tory mps. how will they vote? who will they put on to the final two to go to the membership? after the party conference in october. so maybe they weaken this. but as

things stand, they're all saying no, i should say all those quotes you read out there. james cleverly hasn't spoken about this since since the election, and nor has kemi badenoch kemi badenoch team do tell me that she hasn't changed her position on the 3rd of june. no, no, no to farage with james cleverly. we haven't heard back from him, but as things stand, he's turned his face against him too. >> it would take a biblical miracle for james. >> clever to phone you now. maybe that was him calling a minute ago and say, by the way, i've changed my mind. i think it was farage. >> it was one of the teams. i won't say which, but i'm sure james cleverly won't. >> isn't going to happen. it's a straight juke now, isn't it? this is a straight jo cox. so now there's no chance of cross—pollination. is that a mistake? because if the tory party are trying to do what they've been doing since brexit, since the early days of europe, trying to be all bodies to all people, they can't do that. they can't please everybody on net zero. they can't please everybody on immigration. they can't. they didn't please everybody on brexit. they held it together with a sticking plaster. now, if they're ostensibly saying can they get away with saying this is about

farage, the man, the individual, or will voters say , well, you're or will voters say, well, you're rejecting his position on echr on immigration, on net zero? and does therefore that give a clear binary choice? >> well , there's a risk, isn't >> well, there's a risk, isn't it, because i think they have the next year they could take their party back into the middle and then be squeezed by lib dems and then be squeezed by lib dems and labour, or try and work out how to track these reform uk supporters without the support of nigel farage. it may be that farage that you can win without farage that you can win without farage in the same way that keir starmer won without jeremy corbyn and the far left of the labour party was was was removed from the conversation and starmer won and that could happen again. the tory party, a 1% swing towards the tories from laboun 1% swing towards the tories from labour, is 50 more seats for tories. so it's very, very tight numbers. we're talking about because of the, the, the narrow nature of labour's win, despite the scale of seats they won. so it could work. it's just interesting to see this, this line in the sand being drawn so early in what will be a long leadership contest. >> well, chris, i hope you put

the cat amongst the pigeons. you set the agenda as ever. top work my friend. superb start to the show. thank you. now joining me now is the former tory mp scott benton. scott, welcome to the show . you may have overheard the show. you may have overheard the meat and drink of that conversation there. of course. you're a former red wall mp for blackpool south. a lot of people up there would no doubt sign up to a lot of the policies coming out of the office of nigel farage. do you think this is a mistake to so for soon all six candidates? i say no deal. nigel farage, you are persona non grata. do you think that's the right thing to do, scott? or is that a mistake? >> good afternoon martin. >> good afternoon martin. >> well, the fact of the matter is nigel farage has a huge mandate at the moment. >> over 4 million people, predominantly ex—conservative voters, have just voted reform due to nigel's inspirational leadership. and for many people , leadership. and for many people, myself included, he is a standout, charismatic figure on the right of the party. and of course, what we are seeing from the leadership contenders in the tory party at the moment is

different. comments about should nigel farage be allowed to join the party? what we're not really seeing any debate about is how on earth does a tory party attract those millions of lost voters back into the party fold, who have lost trust with the party because of its failures on immigration, on net zero and taxation and all of those different things? and i'm afraid sooner or later , those six sooner or later, those six different candidates are really going to have to flesh out a plan. and some convincing answers on how to draw people back into the fold. who previously voted conservative but have lost complete faith in the party because of its failures on these key button issues over the last 14 years. it's very easy to say at the moment. well we don't want nigel to be welcomed back into the tory party fold. of course, the big question is why on earth would somebody with so much political momentum behind him at the moment be interested in the

slightest in rejoining the party? the wind is certainly in reform sails, and i think any nofion reform sails, and i think any notion of nigel wanting to join the party again is ludicrous. >> okay, scott benson, i'm joined in the studio by chris hope. he's got a question for you. >> hi , scott. you. >> hi, scott. is nigel you. >> hi , scott. is nigel farage >> hi, scott. is nigel farage a conservative in your mind ? conservative in your mind? >> of course he's a conservative. chris everything he says, whether it be on the economy , on the need to economy, on the need to regenerate some of our lost behind communities, international aid , taxation, international aid, taxation, immigration, all of those things. nigel is a core, authentic conservative, and i think that's how the grassroots of a conservative party would see him. whether the conservative leadership hopefuls, like it or not, he is the standout, charismatic figure on the right of the party, and i'm afraid he captures the hopes and dreams of millions of lost tory voters, which at the moment i'm not seeing any of the leadership hopefuls really tapping into or trying to aspire

to. >> so, scott, in that case, then as a as a former red wall tory mp and of course , you, you left mp and of course, you, you left you left the party over other other issues in the last parliament. why do you think all six candidates are turning their back on nigel farage? >> oh, well, i think you really did hit the nail on the head a few moments ago. at the moment, the plan of action for conservative mps is to get to the final two as soon as you're on the membership ballot. what we've traditionally seen over the last 20 years is conservative leadership hopefuls pivot to the right, try and speak the language of the grassroots on immigration tax cuts. all of those different issues. but at the moment, i'm afraid the parliamentary parties centre left of the conservative movement and the only pathway through to get on to the final two, to go forward to the membership, is to try to appeal to what are in many cases, generally non conservatives within the parliamentary party.

they are what i would traditionally call liberals, certainly cameroon type conservatives. and if people want to get through to the final two and to go to members, they have to appeal on that basis to members of parliament. and i think that really identifies a logic behind people really trying to sidestep nigel farage at the moment. but as i said a few moments ago, these questions on how do we win back voters who have lost trust on immigration, on tax, on our trust, and competency, nobody, none of the leadership contenders have really brought together a holistic plan on those issues. and i'm afraid sooner or later, members of parliament, as well as the general public at large, want to see meat on the bone on some of those questions. >> all right, scott, this sounds like you've got the rose between your teeth. this sounds like a bit of a love letter to nigel farage. could you see yourself? would you like to be selected to stand for the reform party?

>> well, i wouldn't say it's a love letter to nigel farage, martin, but i'll be brutally honest. i've always been on the right of the conservative party. the vast majority of the reform manifesto, 99% of it. i've agreed with for the last 10 or 20 years. so that's a yes, i would say is it's certainly no surprise that when a party bnngs surprise that when a party brings forward an authentically conservative manifesto , small c conservative manifesto, small c conservative, it attracts millions of votes and really captures the optimism of authentically conservative people in this country. >> okay, we've got to leave it there. scott benson, thanks for your input. superb. great stuff mate. now we've got some breaking for news you. premier league players will take the knee on six occasions this upcoming season to show their commitment in fighting racism and all forms of discrimination. more on that next. and thanks to chris hope, i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news

welcome back. it's 3:25. now the boxer at the centre of the olympics. gender row , has launched legal action row, has launched legal action against elon musk and jk rowling for alleged aggravated cyber harassment. but will they succeed? we'll discuss that in a bit. but now, for some astonishing breaking news. and premier league players are to take the knee on six occasions this season , including before this season, including before this season, including before this weekend's opening round of games. well, we're joined now by the sports journalist ben jacobs. ben, welcome to the show. this is quite astonishing news. taking the knee, of course, sprang to prominence dunng course, sprang to prominence during the black lives matter protests in those first post—lockdown games of 2020. are you surprised by this ? you surprised by this? >> no, because it's a continuation. >> players have been taking the knee for quite some time. it's just a little bit more selective

now because the feeling was doing it every single week, which is what we saw a few years back, was diminishing almost the statement in many ways, which is all about showing solidarity and making sure that there's no discrimination in football. and the gesture and the reason before kick off is because all eyes are on the sport at that point. all of the tv cameras are always there. you get a nice wide shot. you can see all of the players doing it now. it's a little bit more cultured in how they want to present the gesture. first game, last game and in addition to that, a select series of matches during a specific no room for racism campaign. and those games will take place in october and april. and again, we'll see it during the festive period on boxing day as well. >> for the trouble with this gesture, ben, is that it has been divisive on the terraces. we've seen, whether you like it or not, not everybody likes this. the black lives matter movement itself has been widely discredited by many people. i know the fa said no, no, no,

it's not about black lives matter. it's about stand up to racism but in the eyes of many fans, it is about black lives matter. that's when this started. this is what sir keir starmer did after the riots. this is what the metropolitan police did and socially at the moment with the landscape we have ben, what could easily happen here is that fans start booing again. they may be recorded, they may be banned for that.is recorded, they may be banned for that. is this really the right thing to be doing at the present time? >> yeah, we'll have to see what the fan reaction is. you're absolutely right to point out that the gesture means different things to different people, and of course, when we first saw it in america, it was one for a very specific reason. and two, it was juxtaposed against the national anthem. so it wasn't just a gesture, it was a response to the national anthem. and what that stands for police brutality and a direct reaction, therefore taken into sport. originally by colin kaepernick. and then megan rapinoe did it within football or soccer. and since then it's been more commonplace. but i suppose all the premier league can do is point out that the gesture might

appear the same and mean things to different people. but this is, as you rightly say, about combating racism and any forms of discrimination. and that's why i think we're seeing the gesture less. so it's more powerful and specifically tied into a campaign. so hopefully there is less confusion because when it happens, it will be coupled with the very clear messaging from the premier league and the players that it's about combating racism and discrimination. >> okay, ben, we're going to have to leave it there. and i'm now joined by former premier league footballer danny mills. danny, welcome to the show . what danny, welcome to the show. what do you make of this? i mean, i know that the gesture, the sentiment is that this is about kicking racism out of football. we already have an anti—racism charity in football show racism the red card. we have lots and lots of initiatives. this taking the knee was divisive on terraces. is this the right thing to do to bring it back like this? >> i think first and foremost we want all discrimination, you know, wiped out of all sport in

any way that we can. i think that's really important that we keep working at that. and that's going to be a constant battle going to be a constant battle going forward. >> taking the knee again , i'm >> taking the knee again, i'm not convinced it's the right way to go. >> i would have thought it's been , what, 2 or 3 years since been, what, 2 or 3 years since this first happened. now, i thought we would have moved on from this. >> we would have come up with something more dramatic, more powerful , more something more dramatic, more powerful, more meaningful than doing this. >> six times a season. we've even seen players in the past that have decided for whatever reason, and that's up to them, not to take the knee at times. i think we need something more powerful that has a bigger, a bolder statement with harsher consequences as well. >> and danny mills, you're absolutely right. and including black players, wilfried zaha of course, at crystal palace, les ferdinand, anyone who's director of football at qpr, they both said that this sentiment was now

hollow. it didn't mean anything. it had been watered out. it was becoming too divisive on the terraces. two fans and danny just sorry that would be my worry that, you know, players now take the knee and it's just become nobody really takes too much notice of it, you know, thatis much notice of it, you know, that is that is the worry within this six times a year, you know it will happen before games and people go, are they just taking the knee again? do we really know what it stands for? >> do we really know what players are standing up for? >> there should be a bolder, stronger, more vigorous campaign against discrimination . and against discrimination. and danny, can i quickly ask, you just got a quick minute . the just got a quick minute. the landscape that we're in at the moment where people are being sent to prison for facebook posts, can you see a time where fans, for example, are filmed booing, for example, on terraces? if this happens and them getting banning orders and this being divisive and having the opposite of its intended impact? >> yeah, i think we are in a real difficult situation in

society at the moment. you know, we've got problems all over the place. unfortunately, there are a minority of people that will use any sort of cause to make a disturbance, and they will use it as an excuse , and again, it as an excuse, and again, sadly, these are the people that are causing trouble. probably no matter what, no matter what the cause, you are always going to get people that find a reason to go against it. and it's an excuse. it's not really their beliefs, it's not really what they stand up for. i just think, you know, we have we want to eradicate all forms of discrimination in any way, shape or form. and if that means, you know, giving harsh consequences to people, then so be it. >> okay. danny mills it's sure to be a huge talking point. and thank you for being so honest and forthright on gb news. always a pleasure to have your company. thanks, mate. now still lots more to come between now and 4:00 and stay tuned as we speak to the hero street cleaner, paul spiers. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel. but first its your headunes news channel. but first its your headlines with tatiana sanchez .

headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin thank you. the top stories this hour. ukraine's top commander says 100 russian prisoners of war have been captured in the kursk region. it's after ukraine launched a surprise offensive that president zelenskyy admitted was easy and met with little resistance. it comes as the russian city of belgorod declared a state of emergency amid daily ukrainian shelling that the governor says is destroying homes and killing civilians . a 53 year old woman civilians. a 53 year old woman has been jailed for admitting to sending a threatening message on facebook in the wake of the recent riots and disorder across the country. julie sweeney sent the country. julie sweeney sent the following facebook message on august 3rd. she said don't protect the mosques . blow the protect the mosques. blow the mosque up with the adults in it. well, a judge has encouraged prosecutors to consider charging offenders who played central roles in the recent disorder in parts of the uk, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of ten years. the australian

department of foreign affairs has confirmed an 11 year old girl stabbed in leicester square is an australian tourist. australian consulate officials in london are offering support to the girl's family at this time. it's also been reported that the victim, who suffered eight stab wounds to the face, neck and upper body, will likely require plastic surgery . and require plastic surgery. and urgent tests are underway on a canalin urgent tests are underway on a canal in the west midlands after a sodium cyanide spill. walsall council said the environment agency told it about a toxic chemical spillage that went directly into the canal at pleck on monday. a major incident has been declared and people are being warned to avoid the 12 mile stretch of canal leading to birmingham. sodium cyanide can cause seizures, vomiting and loss of consciousness , and those loss of consciousness, and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning

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welcome back. time is 338. now finally , back. time is 338. now finally, some good news. and don't we all need it? because the beloved street cleaner who was denied a houday street cleaner who was denied a holiday paid for by local residents, is going away on his houbobs residents, is going away on his holibobs after all, because people in beckenham crowdfunded a trip for paul spiers, only for his bosses to say that he

couldn't have it. but using a loophole, a holiday company came to the rescue with a competition figged to the rescue with a competition rigged for only one man to win , rigged for only one man to win, and gb news national reporter charlie peters is live in beckenham and has been sweeping the streets for the south london hero. charlie, you found the man in question, the hero of the moment. tell us more . moment. tell us more. >> hi there martin. yes, we got in touch with paul spears today and it was quite easy to find him because he's such a hub of the local community. so many people here love what he does, not only keeping their streets spotless, but bringing plenty of charm and joy as he does it. well known for playing out elvis presley on a portable speaker as he goes about his work and so appreciated is paul spears in beckenham that a local fundraiser set up by lisa knight, a branch manager and estate agents nearby , attracted estate agents nearby, attracted £3,000 on a gofundme page. it was shared on the local facebook page. hundreds of people chipped

in, but then paul's employer, viola, said he couldn't take it due to rules it has with its staff and the contractual obugafions staff and the contractual obligations it has on accepting gifts. now, bromley council said that it wasn't their fault they put the blame back on viola. the waste management firm, the local mp liam condon. he got involved, said he wanted the situation to be sorted and eventually it was on the beach. comm set up . very on the beach. comm set up. very difficult competition. you have to be at the age of 62 to 64, you had to be a street sweeper in beckenham and you had to love elvis presley. well, paul spears entered this competition and he won it and i spoke with him earlier today. >> yeah, i entered the competition and i forgot all about it. but then all of a suddeni about it. but then all of a sudden i said, i've won, got a £3,000 voucher, which they're going to send me when i can go on holiday and hopefully i'll be flying out saturday. yeah. well they did say if i wanted to go

for two weeks, they paid me for the two weeks, but i'm going to try and split it. so i'll take a week now and maybe a week later on. viola have matched that £3,000 to a donated to who i ever wanted nominated and after cancer research, which they've already done, and they said it would take about 2 or 3 days to sort out. so i'm overwhelmed with it . i'm sort out. so i'm overwhelmed with it. i'm just here to do a job to the best of my ability , job to the best of my ability, and way they've reacted is brilliant, because when i first got here, it was so quiet and after three months i decided to buy myself a speaker. i started playing music . everyone loved playing music. everyone loved it. everyone loved the music. >> so and you're playing a lot of elvis when you're going around doing the sweeping. oh yeah, elvis and motown. >> not not just elvis, but quite

a few people like elvis. so and my favourite one is always on my mind. but you've got records like hound dog and jailhouse rock and heartbreak hotel and return to sender , love me return to sender, love me tender, all that. so . tender, all that. so. >> well, a viola spokesperson said that paul was able to take on this holiday because it was in his capacity as a private individual. they weren't letting him take that £3,000 fundraiser because it would count as a gift. but as you've heard from paul himself , that £3,000 will paul himself, that £3,000 will be matched by viola. they will donate that to a charity of his choice that £3,000 will go to cancer research . and paul, as cancer research. and paul, as early as this saturday, could find himself on holiday with his brother in portugal. >> is that paul behind you in the background there, still sweeping away. i think he said

on the job, mate, but that is paul on the job, mate, but that is paul. yeah, it is him. see charlie, he can't get enough of you, paul. look at him. he's chatting away. this guy is a workaholic, a sweep aholic. what an absolute legend . charlie an absolute legend. charlie peters, can you please go and buy him a pint on my behalf? and i'll give you a five when i see you next, mate. what an absolute legend. and i was waiting for an elvis presley pun. there oh, elvis presley pun. there oh, elvis presley. >> but we can now see paul walking off with his kit. >> yeah. beautiful stuff. now there, there he goes. now, all i could do to come up with it. and i'd appreciate if anybody can sendin i'd appreciate if anybody can send in a better pun, any elvis related brush pun. all i could come up with was so brush, little baby, don't you cry. i was told not to sing by my producer, but i did. charlie peters. what a wonderful story. we all need cheering up . thank we all need cheering up. thank you so much for doing that and what an absolute legend , a local what an absolute legend, a local legend paul spears is. thank you very, very much, charlie peters. now still lots more to come

between now and 5:00 on all six conservative leadership hopefuls have now closed the door on the possibility of nigel farage joining the conservative party. is this the right thing to do or have the party just signed their own death warrant

welcome back. time is 347 now. former prime minister liz truss says the letter stunt at an event where she was speaking last night was not funny. we'll bnng last night was not funny. we'll bring you the latest reaction on that. but first, the boxer at the centre of the olympics, gender row, has launched an astonishing legal action against elon musk and jk rowling for alleged aggravated cyber harassment. so let's get this straight. imane khelif won the gold in the women's boxing despite reportedly having male xy chromosomes and now they want

to sue because they've had a bit of stick online. welcome to 2024. well, joining me now is the former european boxing champion and the boxing pundit spencer oliver. spencer, don't pull your punches , mate. this is pull your punches, mate. this is an absolute load of nonsense, isn't it , an absolute load of nonsense, isn't it, martin? >> you know, i was out there in paris and obviously that was the eye of the storm. it was the centre of the controversy. everyone was talking about it. >> it overshadowed everything else. >> you know, all the great performances in the olympics seem to be overshadowed by imane khelif and lin yu ting as well, who both failed, x y chromosomes with x y chromosomes in their system in the world championships back in 2003, they were disqualified and kicked out of there , by the eba. now the of there, by the eba. now the eba has since been banned by the ioc. the olympic, the olympic committee, they have banned the eba since then because they've been banned, for alleged corruption and governance

issues. so them tests have never been produced through duty of care to imane khelif and lin yu ting. and this is where it gets really, really murky. so the ioc do different testing and they don't test for whether people were biologically male or female. and the tests that they've done in the in the world championships come back to show that they had biologically were males like the x, y chromosomes in their system. but obviously we have not seen those . and the we have not seen those. and the controversy now is that they both went to on win gold medals in the olympics. should they be allowed to compete if they have x y chromosomes in their system? well, the answer is if they have that , then they know they that, then they know they definitely shouldn't be allowed to compete in a combat sport. you know, if they're showing you know, that their their hormone levels are way above what a, what a female boxer should really have in their system. so very, very complicated. this is all down to the ioc overruling the eba and allowing them to box

in a competition after they've been banned. you know, in the world championships in 2003. >> and spencer , the fact of the >> and spencer, the fact of the matter is, the entry criteria for the ioc is a passport, no medical test, no sex test, no chromosomal test, a passport. spencen chromosomal test, a passport. spencer, there'll be a very, very easy way of all of this so—called bullying going away. imane khelif could take one of those tests and publish the results online to prove that they're a woman. this would stop overnight. now, you and i both know that isn't going to happen any time soon. perhaps imane khelif would like to add me to the list of people that are harassing them. i don't want to harassing them. i don't want to harass anybody. what i want is fairness. what i want is for women not to get hurt in legalised violence. what i want is for the gold to go to an actual woman . but the prospect actual woman. but the prospect spencer of this boxer taking on a billionaire and a millionaire and donald trump has been dragged into this because donald

trump said, i will kick men out of women's sports if i'm elected as president. the prospect of this algerian boxer going up against three massive, massive financial heavyweights is a one sided scrap. >> well, absolutely. and martin, i'm with you. you and me both, mate. we want you know, we want fairness within the sport of boxing. i've always been a great advocate of that. you know, anyone that's seen to be taking drugs, taking failing drug tests, i call them out. i don't care what it is, you know, i don't care who it is because we're in a sport where people get hurt. now, if these women, especially a man khalife, if she is showing that she's got x y chromosomes in her system, then man, we're going into dangerous territory. you know, because you're talking about a girl that's producing overproducing hormones in a combat sport like boxing. that is a seriously dangerous sport anyway. so that's where the problem lies. and this is now so i think that the problem really is with the ioc. the aiba have said they've done testing. they know and their testing is far deeper than

their testing is far deeper than the ioc and they've done testing. and these fighters come back with x y chromosomes in their system. so they should not be allowed to compete until this, this this problem is sorted . the ioc have decided to sorted. the ioc have decided to overrule that. and like you say, the testing system that they do is a lot weaker. they don't for test that. so were they biologically born male or female. and that remains to be seen because okay, they were born. they're saying they were biologically born as women and they have all the women's , all they have all the women's, all the, all the, all the, all the, the, all the, all the, all the, the body of a woman, but they're testing are showing that they've got x y chromosomes. so that's a big problem, mate. and it's, it is a very grey area. and you know, that controversy was terrible over , over in, in the terrible over, over in, in the olympics. but when a man khalife boxed in the final. martin i'll just quickly say this . the just quickly say this. the support that she had was insane. >> can i quickly ask you about the future of boxing? we've got, like, a minute left. spencer

quickly watching it on the telly. i felt it looked heartbreaking, especially when the italian lady sank to her knees and was crying. her eyes out after, what, 46 seconds? it's getting battered. can the sport salvage its reputation, or does it need to take a firm line on this and actually just have tests that we can all see? >> listen, la 2028 boxing. you know, olympics without boxing would be you know, it'd be a very sad, sad day. boxing has always been a huge part of the olympics, produce great champions. it's the grassroots for our sport. you know they go out, you see great champions going on and becoming brilliant world champions and iconic figures. boxing changes lives , figures. boxing changes lives, takes kids out of the streets, off the streets, you know, and. but they need a little bit of hope. and the olympics is that hope. and the olympics is that hope. everyone wants to be an olympian. everyone wants the boxing olympics. so i'm hoping that they can sort it out because this is not to do with the boxers here. this is to do with the politics behind the scenes, the eba, the corruption, you know, the alleged corruption with the eba and who's backing the eba and, you know, and all that sort of stuff. the ioc, the

international olympic committee need to sort this out for boxing. and long may boxing continue in the olympics because america, as we know, has a big history with boxing, and it would be a sad day if we don't get that in the sport, because boxing saves lives, takes kids off the street. we need it to continue. but we need these. we need these governing bodies to sort themselves out. >> okay? we have to leave it there. spencer oliver, impassioned, thank you so much for joining us and being so forjoining us and being so forthright and honest on the show. always an absolute pleasure. thank you very, very much. now, tory hopeful says that riots show why white working class boys feel distant from society. this was mel stride. i'll be asking the big question next. are white working class men the most demonised demographic in society? why do we do it? and should we instead start to listen? i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel. national weather annie shuttleworth on a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news .

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to be quite persistent through the day, particularly across western areas, coastal areas and high ground of western areas of scotland as well as northern ireland. that rain will push down into northwestern england, particularly across cumbria. the lake district seeing some very persistent rain through the day. but first the rain will be quite light across wales and across the east. a much brighter start tomorrow compared to today, and it should stay fairly dry and fine across central and eastern areas of england through much of the day, but it is going to be a breezy day tomorrow than today and wetter weather, though dominating for more northern areas. so a pretty miserable day for much of scotland, northern england and parts of wales. temperatures here struggling in the mid teens for some areas. a fresher feel arriving into the northwest later, but still, despite that breeze temperatures climbing towards the mid 20s across the south and east, that rain will spread its way south and east into central areas of england and the south—east. by friday morning it will turn much dner friday morning it will turn much drier and clearer from the north and west, and that more dry weather will dominate through

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>> good afternoon to you. it's exactly 4:00. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk. on today's show, it's official the future is farage free for the conservative party. farage banned from the tories today. leadership hopeful mel stride told gb news he is the sixth and final candidate to slam the door in farage's face. is this the right thing to do, or is the party over for the tories ? they're the least likely tories? they're the least likely demographic to attend university, the most likely to fight for their country and the

most likely to commit suicide . most likely to commit suicide. yet they are labelled as far right thugs whenever they have the audacity to complain. are white working class men the most overlooked demographic in britain? and did the demonstrate the demonisation of them help to drive the recent riots? next up, should we bring back psychiatric hospitals after a number of deaths at the hands of people with known serious mental health issues, including valdo calocane, should the public be protected from them? and breaking news from the last houn breaking news from the last hour, premier league footballers will take the knee once again starting this weekend. is it virtue signalling? meaningless tosh will talk to a former top pro footballer and the duke of sussex will not travel to the uk for the funeral of his uncle because of security issues. this is ahead, of course , of a trip is ahead, of course, of a trip to colombia that famously

wonderful safe country . wonderful safe country. was the show always a pleasure to have your company? so all six tory leadership candidates have said no to mr nigel farage? is that the right thing to do? we've just heard footballers in the premier league are to take the knee once again in the premier league six times. is that really the right thing to do? will fans get banning orders or worse if they have the temerity to boo at football? you're sent to the clink these days for posting on facebook. is this really the right time to bring back taking the knee? let me know what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay. this is your show. i'll read out the best before the end of the show today, but now your headlines with tatiana sanchez . with tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you very much.

and good afternoon. the top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom. ukraine's top commander says 100 russian prisoners of war have been captured in the kursk region. it's after ukraine launched a surprise offensive that president zelenskyy has admitted was easy and met with little resistance. it comes as the russian city of belgorod has declared a state of emergency amid daily ukrainian shelling, that the governor says is destroying homes and killing civilians. evening standard defence editor robert fox says ukraine wants to keep the russians guessing . russians guessing. >> they're probing, they're pushing, yes , you said they've pushing, yes, you said they've got into the kursk pocket , got into the kursk pocket, zelenskyy admitted with great ease. they're now probing now away to the south and the east, to belgorod , which is where all to belgorod, which is where all this started keeping the russians guessing again. the game at the moment is to throw the russians off balance for as much as possible. >> the australian department of foreign affairs has confirmed an 11 year old girl stabbed in

leicester square is an australian tourist. australian consulate officials in london are offering support to the girl's family at this time. it's also been reported that the victim, who suffered eight stab wounds to the face, neck and upper body, will likely require plastic surgery . a 53 year old plastic surgery. a 53 year old woman has been jailed for admitting to sending a threatening message on facebook, in the wake of the recent rise in the wake of the recent rise in disorder across the uk. julie sweeney sent the following facebook message on august the 3rd. she said don't protect the mosques, blow the mosque up with the adults in it. the judge has encouraged prosecutors to consider charging offenders who played central roles in the recent disorder. in parts of the country, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of ten years. reform uk leader nigel farage has no future in the conservative party, no matter who replaces rishi sunak as leader. that's according to tory leadership candidate mel stride. mr mel stride today confirmed that he would not allow him to

sit on the conservative benches in the commons. it means that all of the six candidates to replace rishi sunak as leader have declined to work closely with mr farage. the position is in contrast to sunak, who twice told gb news last year that farage could join the party, saying it was a broad church . saying it was a broad church. now, in the last hour or so , now, in the last hour or so, officials say two men found dead in a burned out car in sweden were british nationals. 33 year old juan fuentes and 37 year old farouk abdul razak were reported missing last month after failing to return home from a business trip to denmark and sweden, while swedish prosecutors say they now have identified the remains as belonging to the two men. the swedish prosecution authority has said relatives in the uk have been notified and its investigation into the deaths is ongoing. violent attacks against women on british railways have more than doubled since 2021, new data shows. the number of crimes against women

and girls rose by 50%, and the number of sexual offences jumped up number of sexual offences jumped ”p by number of sexual offences jumped up by 10%. unacceptable behaviour such as touching, upskirting or indecent exposure is being experienced by women more than ever, with 51% of female victims stating that other rail passengers intervened to try to help. safeguarding minister jess phillips says the violence against women and girls is a national emergency. >> the government have made it incredibly clear that tackling the scourge of violence against women and girls is part of its core mission. we consider it to be a national emergency and that that won't just change overnight. this is going to take the levers of government working across every government department, making sure that in our education system, for example, that the attitudes that end with men on our transport systems harassing and assaulting women are dealt with at source .

women are dealt with at source. >> in other news, urgent tests are underway on a canal in the west midlands after a sodium cyanide spill. walsall council said the environment agency told it about a toxic chemical spillage that went directly into the canal at pleck on monday. a major incident has been declared and people are being warned to avoid the 12 mile stretch of canal leading to birmingham. sodium cyanide can cause seizures, vomiting and loss of consciousness, and the latest figures show inflation rose for the first time this year to 2.2% in the 12 months to july. figures are up from 2% in june this year. the increase was widely predicted and is largely due to prices of gas and electricity falling by less than they did a year before. chief secretary to the treasury darren jones said the new government is under no illusion as to the scale of the challenge we have inherited. locals in birmingham have been reacting to the news. >> small increase but it's massive. not a lot of people can

already afford food. i've got a decent job myself so i'll struggle as it is . so i only struggle as it is. so i only worry about the people on universal credit or the little part time jobs who have to actually look after kids. >> the inflation is really affecting me because i'm homeless, right? because i'm struggling to live day by day, because of inflation. right? because to afford anything whilst you're on universal credit, it's very difficult . credit, it's very difficult. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you. tatiana. now what a story we got for you here. nigel farage will not be allowed to join the conservative party. whoever replaces rishi sunak as leader. speaking on chopper's

political podcast, mel stride has become the latest of the six candidates to distance himself from the reform uk leader , from the reform uk leader, claiming that his comments on the southport attack suspect put the southport attack suspect put the police in danger. so will this fuel the comeback of the tories or are they signing their death warrants? well, let's discuss this further with gb news political editor chris hope . news political editor chris hope. indeed, the man who did that podcast podcast , and the man podcast podcast, and the man who's got this story trending very hard on twitter. quite simply, chris, six candidates, all six have said no to nigel. >> and that's interesting because it's a break from the past . so rishi sunak twice told past. so rishi sunak twice told me for gb news in october last year and december that the tory party is a broad church. when i said can nigel farage join this party? your party, don't forget farage himself was mobbed at the tory party conference when he was a presenter when he appeared, went to cover that conference last october as a presenter for gb news now. of

course, he's an mp for reform uk and the leader of that party of five mps in parliament. the big question , though, for the tory, question, though, for the tory, the six tories to replace sunak is what to do about farage and indeed the 4 million people who voted reform uk at the last election, many of whom i would say the majority of whom are tories who have just been left homeless by the almost the leftward lurch of the tory party under sunak. after after liz truss left office of course, and that's what i think is so interesting. why are these leaders who want to be replaced ? leaders who want to be replaced? sunak saying, well, of course i'll talk to farage. i mean, he'll talk to anybody, anyone who's got tory values and is farage or conservative. what do you think? you're a former brexit party mep. >> well, i think in his heart he is a conservative, but i think he belongs to a conservative emotion, a mindset which no longer exists within the party. that's the same with the voters . that's the same with the voters. i think the voters would like the conservative party to be conservative. they would like the conservative party to be

more farage for want of a better word, this lot setting out the saw, that's not going to be the case. and i think that will say to those disaffected voters that there's no route back for them, and that helps farage. >> he's rebuilding his party from within. he's planning to put a lot of candidates up at the may elections, and next year he's on a five year project. this story was triggered by mel stride. he, of course, ran rishi sunak's leadership campaign when he became leader . sunak's leadership campaign when he became leader. he was sunak's leadership campaign when he became leader . he was the he became leader. he was the former treasury select committee chairman, also working pensions secretary in government, he had a go at farage and he and i, he was talking about in the context of the of these killings in southport and farage's remarks after that, when he asked on twitter , i wonder whether the twitter, i wonder whether the truth is being withheld from us. here's what mel stride had to say. >> was it helpful when you've got police officers going out there risking their lives in a rioting situation to be questioning whether they're being truthful with the public? for example ? it's completely for example? it's completely it's likely to lead to more police officers ending up getting in more trouble than

they would otherwise. so his remarks are not responsible. >> his remarks are putting the safety of police at risk. >> i think his remarks about the police not being truthful , police not being truthful, potentially around what happened , potentially around what happened, let me put it like this, were deeply unhelpful to those officers that were then having to go out and deal with the consequence of the rioting. >> given all that, would you allow him to be a member of the tory party if you were leader? no, not i made that very clear. >> so no deals with no deals. nigel farage. look, nigel farage wants to destroy the conservative party >> so chris ought to be absolutely clear. that's two candidates in one week that you've posed the same question to mel stride. the viewers just heard for themselves what he had to say. tom tugendhat earlier this week. could farage join ? this week. could farage join? no. simple one word answer. priti patel has said farage is a friend, but i will not allow him to destroy the tory party. james cleverly nigel farage needs to decide if he's a serious politician or a social media content generator. that's a no

robert jenrick. when asked if his comments are complicated matters, he said i don't think they've helped the situation any worse. there will be no deal with farage. kemi badenoch has been blunderbuss recently in her dismissal of farage. that six out of six. that's the full ticket. chris hope you've got this story trending. there have been comments in the past from some of them. robert jenrick in particular said that he might be entertaining the idea of coupling up, but this now feels like a unified position . no room like a unified position. no room at the inn. >> i wonder whether this is aimed at the 120 or so tory mps who select the final two to go to the membership. right now there are six tory mps that goes to four in the first week of september , whittled down by by september, whittled down by by mps by the way. and then after that goes to two after the party conference in early october. i wonder whether because a lot of lot of tory mps are bruised by having to combat against labour and reform and almost lost their

seats, many of them in the election. whether they're saying this to curry favour with tory mps, this to curry favour with tory mp5, i this to curry favour with tory mps, i wonder whether when it goes to the membership, there might be an attempt to do a deal might be an attempt to do a deal, a show, a bit of ankle, of a bit of a leg to party members and to farage himself. farage has found himself in the last campaign. all the problems were identified by the tories. stop the boats net migration, taxation and only farage had the simple answers because he knew he wouldn't have to put them into force. and so the tories were stuck. they found the problems. farage had the answers. the result was wipe out the election and will it even m atter? >> matter? >> you told me yesterday about the poll, an astonishing poll, the poll, an astonishing poll, the ipsos poll, 62% of voters don't care who the next conservative leader is. 36% of conservative leader is. 36% of conservative voters don't even care who the next leader is. >> last month, last time last month. that's last month. that's not like will vote. that is last month. that is in the election a month. that is in the election a month ago. don't care who the leader is. i was talking to a senior figure close to keir starmer on monday, had a cup of

tea with him and said, oh, you know, we're doing a bit about tory leadership because nothing else happening in the government at the moment. after thankfully, the riots have subsided. he sort of laughed again. not my problem, mate. you know, they're now running the government of the country. the problem for the tory party is rebuilding support and talking about a former leader of the conservative party. >> we've got a clip to show you now of liz truss. she was at a book launch , her book launch book launch, her book launch last night, and it was hijacked. can we get that on screen now? she was talking away on stage. there as you can see, a banner is being lowered in the background. i crashed the economy. it says chris hope. as you can see, there's a lettuce with googly eyes coming down. >> this could explain why there's a lettuce. that lettuce was the one featured in the daily star newspaper with googly eyes. the star thought that she wouldn't outlast the lettuce. and of course she didn't, because she lasted in office 42 days or so. she's she's she hasn't been found very funny, hasn't been found very funny, has she? >> well, she didn't see the funny side. in fact, she tweeted this. what happened last night was not funny. far left

activists disrupted the event and then had to be stopped for security reasons. this is done to intimidate people and suppress free speech. i won't stand for it. would we see the same reaction if the activists were forced to say, martin, i don't think that response will stop it happening because the way you stop it happening is you laugh about it. >> you look at ed miliband, he was completely traduced had appalling time in during the 2015 election, and he got through it and he was very bruised and hurt by it, by laughing and he's a, he's a finds it all a bit more amusing. he takes a step back. that's how you deal with setbacks. conor burns, former tory mp, has said on twitter it's important for politicians today to have a sense of humour that requires self—awareness of course i'm afraid, chris, if you can't take the stick, this will just be the tip of the iceberg now, as well as slagging nigel farage off, mel stride has come and has come out and said that the recent riots show that white working class lads feel distanced from society, a sentiment i very much concur with. >> and to discuss this now i'm

joined by sir philip davis, a former tory mp for shipley and i know a tireless advocate for men's issues throughout your political career. in fact , want political career. in fact, want to start us off by saying thank you, philip davis, for that debate. you chaired on international men's day in 2015. seems like a long time ago now, mate, when our paths first crossed very, very few people were prepared to take that battle into wicket. and you did. back to the case in point. mel stride, i think, is talking something here of sense. he's identified an issue we're not justifying what happened, the riots, but there is this feeling, is there not, philip davis, that we have a community and the white working class that feel ostracised. they feel ignored. and when they have the temerity to reply, they're called far right thugs. is it about time we started listening rather than demonising these communities? >> yeah, well, to be honest, martin, you've done a huge amount in this field as well. >> so thank you for what you've done over, over many, many years, long before your time

@gbnews, yes. i mean, look, you're right, we've got to decouple the two things. the people who engaged in the riots were mindless thugs and quite rightly, are being sent to prison, and i'm sure many of them are previous criminal, have previous criminal convictions. >> you know , we're not trying to >> you know, we're not trying to excuse what happened or justify what happened . i'm certainly what happened. i'm certainly not. anyway, what happened was, was outrageous. and those people should be properly punished. but yes, there is definitely an issue in terms of the white working class, in particular, white working class men who do feel ostracised from society to a large extent, they do feel ostracised by politicians, nobody ever seems to be really speaking up for them. >> and let's not forget that if you if you go through a whole range of issues, whether it's educational standards or employment or whatever, the people who are doing worst in this country are white working class males. and yet in in parliament, you know, you have loads of debates in parliament where people are speaking up for ethnic minorities and they're speaking up for women's issues

and all the rest of it, and they feel that nobody's speaking up for them. and in a parliamentary democracy, if people feel that nobody in parliament is speaking up for them, then that's when people either vote for extremist parties or they don't vote at all and they don't take part in the democratic process. it's absolutely crucial that people in parliament speak up for all segments of society, and the people who seem to miss out all the time are white, working class men. >> and it's ironic that jess phillips has been piping up today because jess phillips is the one who rolled her eyes at the one who rolled her eyes at the mention of the fact that male suicide was the biggest killer, and she was the one that actually propagated that debate in parliament back in 2015. but the stats or the stats, the facts or the facts, philip davis white, working class men are the least likely to attend university. they obtain the lowest educational outcomes from research reception all the way through. after that, they are the most likely to commit suicide. labourers, working class men left on the scrapheap. they have few political allies. they have few political allies. they are the most likely to have

voted for brexit. and yet they were. had that vote stomped upon by the political class, the elites and by the media. their occupations were hollowed out by cheap labour. first european union labour, the polish builders and whatnot that came across. and now the immigration from the non—eu countries. philip davis, will this ever change? >> well, i hope so. >> well, i hope so. >> it's got it's got to change, to be perfectly honest and i think things have changed over the last few years since since i managed to secure that first debate in parliament. the tone has changed an awful lot in parliament, and i'm very pleased about that. and those debates now have become an annual fixture in the house of commons, and i hope that will continue into the future, look , jess into the future, look, jess phillips's point was always that, well, there's loads of men in parliament, so there isn't an issue. and the point i was making was that there was a difference between men speaking in parliament and people speaking about men's issues, which very rarely get raised, and there's very rarely an opportunity to raise them in

parliament. you know, we have women and equalities questions, but we don't have any similar time for those issues that affect white working class men to be to be talked about. we have people speak up for criminals. all the time, and nobody speaks up for law abiding people . where who speaks up for people. where who speaks up for a law abiding, people. where who speaks up for a law abiding , white working a law abiding, white working class man in the political system? it's very there, very, very few and far between. and so if we want those people to engagein if we want those people to engage in the democratic process, then they've got to feel that people in the democratic process are speaking up for them. and i think the point is we've got to stop this identity politics. we've got to stop this thing about saying about, you know, white privilege and men are dominant over women and men are dominant over women and all this thing that that isn't if you're a white working class guy in a, in a poor part of the country, you don't feel very privileged at all. and having politicians telling you that your privilege is not really helping anybody. >> philip , really helping anybody. >> philip, i'm with the institute here with with martin. chris hope, just quick, i'll ask you a question about nigel

farage. do you think he's a tory? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i think deep down he is a he is a tory. >> but look, the point that the six leadership contenders have made here, chris, isn't really surprising. i mean, we've just had a general election where many people in reform have said that their stated ambition is to wipe out the conservative party and to be perfectly frank, i mean, i don't know about you, but can you really see nigel farage playing second or third fiddle to a conservative leader at the moment? i mean, he's just not going to happen, is it? so the idea that the conservatives and reform were going to merge was always a fanciful idea. but the point is that that's for now. who's to say what's going to happen in the future? in a first past the post system, the right have to unite or else they will hand the elections over to the labour party forever. so whether or not that means that at future elections there's some kind of electoral understanding where, you know, the conservative party stand aside for reform in some seats and reform stand aside for the conservatives in some seats, who knows these types of things, but there has to be some kind of

unification . but for the time unification. but for the time being, the priority for any conservative leader is to set their stall out, be more conservative, and hopefully that will, in itself help to unite the right. are you saying i'm going to join with nigel, i philip, are you saying there then that these candidates are doing this to try and get the support of other mps and that when it goes to the membership in october, these, these, these candidates might try and show a bit of leg to farage and try and win him round and say we can work more closely with reform uk . work more closely with reform uk. >> no, i don't think so. >> no, i don't think so. >> like i say, it's at the moment it's inevitable that there are two separate parties. nigel farage isn't going to play third fiddle to a tory leader under any circumstances, so it's irrelevant that it's never going to happen. what all the new conservative leader has to do, whoever they may be, is to set out the conservative vision on based on timeless conservative values of individual freedom, individual responsibility, low taxes, strong defence, strong on law and order, tough on

immigration. get get the stories out in that regard. and then over time , who knows what might over time, who knows what might happenif over time, who knows what might happen if people see that the conservative party are more conservative and are back to those timeless conservative values, then that's the best way to unite the right in the in the long run, pretending we can do a merger in ten minutes flat. >> that's just not. it's just not realistic. >> it's not going to happen. >> it's not going to happen. >> okay, so philip davis, thank you for joining >> okay, so philip davis, thank you forjoining us on the show, you for joining us on the show, talking about the white working classes and also the conservatives ongoing nigel farage problem. always a pleasure. you take care. cheers. now the premier league players will take the knee on six occasions this season to show their commitment to fighting racism. is this meaningless , racism. is this meaningless, virtue signalling tosh? you tell me. a gb news com forward slash your say i'm martin daubney on gb news fryston news

channel. welcome back. your time is 427.

our breaking news from earlier in the program. premier league players will take the knee on six occasions this forthcoming football season, including before this weekend's opening round of games. players are planning to show their commitment to fighting racism and all forms of discrimination. i'm joined by the former footballer and liverpool fan micky quinn, the absolute legend who joins me now on the phone. micky, welcome to the show . i micky, welcome to the show. i used to edit loaded magazine. we worshipped you then and you're an absolute star of the game. past, present and now you're also a legend on the radio. can i ask you, do you think this is the right thing to do, mickey? or should this thing be put to one side? now, this was relevant in 2020. is it still relevant today ? today? >> you know what? it's a fantastic question. >> i think it's always relevant. >> i think it's always relevant. >> martin, in regard to it highlights racism again. >> i mean, but i can take you back to the early 80s when i was a kid playing in football, you know, john barnes, he was having

bananas thrown at him. he was unmasked , thrown at him. it was unmasked, thrown at him. it was discrimination all over. and we had various campaigns. then you know, 1996, you know, show racism the red card. we would wear t shirts, stop racism right weart shirts, stop racism right up to modern day with taking the knee. i mean, i thought that was all gone last season, but obviously it was brought back in some cup games. some players did it, some players didn't. yes. anything that highlights racism has got to be a good thing. a positive thing. but is it working ? martin. that's the working? martin. that's the question we've got. is it working? when i see england players in bulgaria, you know, getting slaughtered by bulgarian fans that are black players, i see racism in spain. vinicius junior, walking off the pitch, you know, it's got to be across the board. it's got to be across the board. it's got to be across the board. it's got to be across the board and to me, the only solution , martin, is for players

solution, martin, is for players to down tools and walk off the pitch. that is the only thing that's going to solve this problem . problem. >> mickey, you raise a great point. but if we can try and pull apart the two things if we can, nobody wants racism in football. it's a it's a disease. it should be kicked out and you're right to highlight the fact it's far, far worse in eastern europe and on the continent than it is in the united kingdom. mercifully so. we've made great strides on that front. but the signal of taking the knee mickey is associated with black lives matter. the fa can say that it isn't about that anymore. it's about stand up to racism. but fans up and down the land think it is to do with black lives matter, and we saw the riots in london in the name of black lives matter. we saw the prime minister, keir starmer, taking the knee to black lives matter. we saw the metropolitan police and in the light, the social fabric of where we are at the moment with all these riots, and we're seeing people go to prison for facebook posts or for saying the wrong thing. mickey, you know

football fans as well as i do some of them, we can like it or lump it, but some of them will probably boo when players take the knee. mickey, they could be recorded doing that. they could face bans, they could face worse. so i put it to you in this environment, is this the right time to be bringing back, taking the knee ? taking the knee? >> i don't think it should be every game of football. and basically you just said some, some fans are not comfortable with it. some fans think it's an american issue, which we know it's not. it's far deeper than that. it is about racism, but if the, you know, the premier league made a statement today, if they came out and said this is purely about racism and you know, the fight against racism, i think it would clarify a few things, martin, wouldn't you? because like you said, a lot of working class football supporters just think it is an american. you know, black lives matter campaign. and it's nothing to do with that , premier nothing to do with that, premier league in this country. so i think you know, the premier

league has got to clarify that. so each football fan knows exactly. it is about fighting racism in america, in europe, in this country, all around the world, there's no room for it, you know, especially in sport. you know , people, footballers go you know, people, footballers go to work . they don't want to be, to work. they don't want to be, you know, berated with racist comments. you know, it's just, it's sickening really. and, you know, to me, the only solution which will affect everybody is for players to walk off. you know, if you have, you can bend on the knee, you can have yourt shirts, you can have, you know, the gimmicks, everything on on football shirts, you can have the law. and it does highlight racism and it will bring awareness. but for me, just walk off the pitch, just walk off the pitch. and that was that will solve a lot of problems because football fans will suffer because they won't be able to watch the game. and our premier league is watched round the world, so it will make a massive statement. >> okay, micky quinn , thank you

>> okay, micky quinn, thank you for being so forthright. thanks for being so forthright. thanks for joining me. thanks for all you did in the game. and afterwards, absolute legend micky quinn , thanks for your micky quinn, thanks for your thoughts as ever. cheers, mate. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00, and i'm asking whether it's time to bnng asking whether it's time to bring back secure psychiatric hospitals to make britain safe again. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel. but now your headlines with tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories from the gb newsroom. ukraine's top commander says 100 russian prisoners of war have been captured in the kursk region. it's after ukraine launched a surprise offensive that president zelenskyy has admitted was easy and met with little resistance. it comes as the russian city of belgorod has declared a state of emergency amid daily ukrainian shelling that the governor says is destroying homes and killing civilians . the australian civilians. the australian department of foreign affairs

has confirmed an 11 year old girl stabbed in leicester square is an australian tourist. australian consulate officials in london are offering support to the girl's family. it's also been reported the victim, who suffered eight stab wounds to the face, neck and upper body, will likely require plastic surgery . a woman has been jailed surgery. a woman has been jailed for admitting to sending a threatening message on facebook in the wake of the recent rise in the wake of the recent rise in disorder across the uk. 53 year old julie sweeney sent the following facebook message on the 3rd of august. she said don't protect the mosques, blow the mosque up with the adults in it. well, a judge has encouraged prosecutors to consider charging offenders who played central roles in the recent disorder in parts of the country, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of ten years. officials say two men found dead in a burnt out car in sweden were british nationals. 33 year old juan fuentes and 37 year old farouk abdul razak were reported

missing last month after failing to return home from a business trip to denmark and sweden. swedish prosecutors say they've now identified the remains as belonging to the two men. the swedish prosecution authority has said relatives in the uk have been notified and its investigation into the deaths is ongoing and urgent tests are underway on a canal in the west midlands after a sodium cyanide spill. walsall council said the environment agency told it about a toxic chemical spillage that went directly into the canal at pleck on monday. a major incident has been declared and people are being warned to avoid the 12 mile stretch of canal leading to birmingham. sodium cyanide can cause seizures, vomiting and loss of consciousness . those are the consciousness. those are the latest gb news headlines for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

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welcome back. your time is 439. now, a review has found that mental health trusts had eight chances to prevent valdo calocane killing three people in nottingham, my home city. last yean nottingham, my home city. last year, medics lost track of the paranoid schizophrenic, even though a psychiatrist warned that he might end up killing someone. and this begs the very, very simple question if we still had secure psychiatric hospitals where patients could be

committed for a prolonged period of time, well , could all committed for a prolonged period of time, well, could all this have been avoided? it's time for a debate now, and i'm joined by the political commentator stephen carlton—woods, who says that they're not the answer. while in the studio, i'm sat with the political commentator alex armstrong, who says that they are needed to protect the public. they are needed to protect the pubuc.cani they are needed to protect the public. can i kick off with you, alex? tell me , why do you think alex? tell me, why do you think we do need secure units for the mentally unwell? >> well, your preamble just got it nailed on the head there. martin, we had somebody who committed three murders who could have been stopped three years prior to those heinous acts on the streets of nottingham. >> and that would have been the psychiatrist who recommended that he gets some professional help. >> now, what happens is that they have nowhere to go after this. they have no powers to stop these potentially criminal people who are a danger to society. >> and the psychiatric hospitals that are being closed, obviously systematically over, over decades now , were a preventative decades now, were a preventative measure for those things. now, we don't have them, but we're seeing this massive rise in knife crime , knife crime across

knife crime, knife crime across the uk when it comes to mental health issues. we've got stats that show 30 to 40% of young knife crime offenders could be stopped, and they all suffer with mental health issues. 10% of all knife crime related violence is committed, with 10% of them are suffering with mental health issues as well. martin. so this is a really big problem . we've got to solve the problem. we've got to solve the symptom of these problems , and symptom of these problems, and we can't just keep ignoring them and them getting to court and then them saying, sorry, this person's got mental health issues. we need to let them off. it's doing an injustice to our society. >> stephen carlton—woods i was joined on the show yesterday, a very, very moving guest, julian hendy, the founder of a charity, 100 families. his father was aned 100 families. his father was knifed to death in two thousand and seven. 75 year old father going to the paper shop. he told me an astonishing statistic. up to 120 brits are killed every single year by people with mental health conditions. isn't the answer. they shouldn't be roaming around the streets in the community. they should be for everybody's protection, including their own, to be

placed in a secure unit. stephen >> well, let's just examine the current situation. we do have specialist mental health units in hospitals across the country. so we do have provision there at the moment. and people get sectioned under the mental health act of 1983. and that's where the problem lies because that's outdated. we need a new mental health act. we need new guidance and people need to be clear on what's going on. there's been too many errors of judgement with the cases. you've just highlighted that needs to be brought into line very quickly. >> valdo calocane was sectioned four times. this happened to him four times. this happened to him four times. this happened to him four times. he'd wandered off and disengaged with the mental health services of his own accord and went on to kill. so what we have now , stephen, isn't what we have now, stephen, isn't working though. >> exactly. i agree with that . >> exactly. i agree with that. but the thing is, people different health authorities , different health authorities, interpret the rules in different ways, and i think the guidance

is really unclear. and if you've got an element of ethnic minorities in the background, that changes the whole dynamic of it all as well. so i think we need clear guidance for the people that are dealing with all this on a day to day basis, and we need the mental health act of 19 of 2024 now and bring it up to date . to date. >> the problem we've got, though, is that we politicians time and time again saying they're going to tackle knife crime. we're not actually doing anything about it. what we're doing is putting stop and search on the streets, which i agree we should do more of. you've got but you've got labour politicians like sadiq khan who want to do less of those things. they're preventative measures. and yes, of course, only a small percentage of these knife crimes are related to mental health issues. and so i do think we need to revisit things like the mental health act, for sure. but what are we going to do in the long term? because i've been to see mental health facilities. they are overrun, they're shoddy, they're not secure, and they're not really rehabilitating people. in a lot of cases, they're just dragging them up to keep them quiet. so where are we going to get to with this?

>> well, there is provision in place for police officers to, to actually suggest someone going into a safe space in a hospital, into a safe space in a hospital, into a safe space in a hospital, into a psychiatric unit, into a safe space in a hospital, into a psychiatric unit , for, into a psychiatric unit, for, for an interim period. then the specialist. come, come in, make the decisions on that . so there the decisions on that. so there is powers in place at the moment, but i think they're being interpreted completely wrong. and there's different reasons for that in the mix. >> yeah. go on. no, i was just going to say and of course, i mean, i've seen, i've actually seen a lot of these social services at work and they take forever. so once you get recommended to a police officer, how long are we talking months . how long are we talking months. years. the whole system is crumbling, is it not? >> yeah. all these services are all disjointed. they don't really work together in harmony. so someone might go and see a mental health advisor and they might need another specialist piece of help. and that could take months before they get to see that person. this whole thing bringing together and the rules , rewriting and bringing it up. >> stephen, if i could have it

my way, i'd stop having police officers scouring the internet for people writing offensive memes, and i'd put them to work deaung memes, and i'd put them to work dealing with things like this. >> and it's worth pointing out that yesterday we pointed out on the show, £6.6 billion has now been spent on our asylum system . been spent on our asylum system. last year that went up by a huge amount, and if we can find billions of pounds for that gentleman, both of you, surely we can find money to deal with an absolute cancer at the heart of society. how many more people need to be killed before this changes? >> you've hit the nail on the head there. all the wastage. are we running around chasing shadows, not dealing with the problem properly and throwing millions and millions of pounds into it? we need to get the basics right first. >> okay. final word to you, alex. we've got a quick 30s. yeah. >> look, i mean, i think mental health provisions across the uk have been destroyed over the last 30, 40 years. and i would like to see them be much tougher. i'd like to see the rules of these unfortunate murderers, even if they are sectioned under the mental health act, to actually be stronger. show a deterrence,

show a deterrence in the law for anybody committing these crimes, even if they are mentally unwell. unfortunately, at the moment, we're not going to fix this by building more hospitals in the short term. so what do we need? we need tougher laws for anybody committing knife crime across the uk legislation. >> alex armstrong and thank you. we have to leave it there. stephen carlton—woods gentlemen, superb debate as ever. thank you both for joining superb debate as ever. thank you both forjoining us on the show. both for joining us on the show. now prince harry is scared to come back to britain , apparently come back to britain, apparently for fear of knife and acid attacks. and that's why he's off to that famously safe country colombia. more on that i'm martin daubney on

welcome back. it's 449. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. prince harry will not be coming home for the funeral of his uncle. lord fellowes, as he said that without the guarantee of police protection, it's simply too dangerous. he apparently fears a knife or an acid attack and

instead he'll be travelling to somewhere much , much safer somewhere much, much safer colombia. and that's with his wife meghan, of course, on their upcoming royal tour. now joining me now is the gb news royal correspondent, cameron walker. cameron, before we get into the fact that colombia is hardly a crime free paradise. tell us about why harry isn't coming back to the funeral of his uncle. >> yeah, a bit surprising, to be honest. martin lord fellowes died last month at the age of 82. lord fellowes widow, lady jane fellowes. she was the sister of diana, princess of wales, and therefore lord fellowes is the uncle of both prince william and prince harry, somebody who was very close to both of them. and yes, i understand prince harry has decided not to come back to the united kingdom for that funeral. we don't know when it is, but we do know clearly it's coming. it's up and coming . prince harry it's up and coming. prince harry of. i understand that prince harry's security arrangements is the main issue here. he claims as we know, it's widely known

that to come back to the uk, he needs to give the home office 28 days notice so they can arrange the necessary , necessary the necessary, necessary security arrangements. prince harry thinks that's unfair. that's why he has lodged another appealin that's why he has lodged another appeal in the court of appeal to try and get that ruling overturned by the home office committee, who downgraded his security when he stood back as a working member of the royal family. so that's why he's decided not to come back. but i think there's another elephant in the room here. and that is the fact that prince william is expected to be at the funeral . expected to be at the funeral. and we know for the last three years or so, prince harry and prince william have not been on speaking terms that royal feud still running rife. i suspect that every family gathering that we have , that we've had over the we have, that we've had over the last few years has been a little bit awkward, to say the least. clearly, this is a private family funeral, so there wouldn't be this expectation that media cameras or journalists would be present. but even so, it does have a danger of overshadowing the

whole thing if the two of them are in the room at the same time. because instead of talking about the legacy of lord fellowes, who was also the former private secretary to queen elizabeth the second, everyone's going to be talking about prince william and harry's feud, and that is perhaps why prince harry also decided not to go to the duke of westminster's wedding last month, where prince william acted as an usher. >> and it's worth pointing out that columbia is the 18th most dangerous country in the for world homicide. in fact, it's one of the most dangerous countries in all for criminality and violence in all of latin america and the world and in fact, cameron, your 22 times more likely to be killed in colombia than you are in the united kingdom. yet of course, he's happy to go there. >> yeah. and the british foreign office and the us equivalent both advise citizens against all but essential travel to certain parts of that country. granted, harry and meghan are not going to those parts. they're going to the capital. the capital, as well as a couple of the regions

on the coast of colombia. so i am assured they're going to have am assured they're going to have a full security protection at all times. of course, it's an official visit because it's the government of colombia that has ianed government of colombia that has invited harry and meghan to experience the culture and tackle online safety and violence against children and all the rest of it. so i suspect the colombian government is going to be providing some level of security to the royal couple or non—royal couple, whichever way you want to look at it. and i suspect their own separate private us team is going to have more jurisdiction than they would do in the united kingdom, because in the uk they're not allowed to carry firearms, they don't have access to intelligence. so that is prince harry's argument. but yes, some people are pointing out that hypocrisy in terms of colombia and the united kingdom and whether or not prince harry feels comfortable or safe bringing his wife meghan to the united kingdom. but he is he is comfortable bringing to her colombia. >> thank you very much for joining us. cameron walker always an absolute pleasure. thank you. now, before we end this hour, i've had hundreds of

your essays coming in and lots and lots of them. of course, are about the notion, the announcement that the premier league players will be taking the knee at six matches. ian says this taking the knee was originally a sign of disrespect. the usa signalling the refusal to stand for the national anthem. let's kick it out of our of our sport. martin says. i'm going to the first football match this season at manchester united, and i will not be taking the knee and i will not even stand up for any of it. i will boo because i don't agree with it whatsoever. this nonsense should be kicked out of the game . should be kicked out of the game. and dave here says the only way that this will stop is by stopping going to the football. this is so 2024 and at the moment i think fans might get arrested for booing. so the guy you've spoken now stick around because the tories have barred farage from the party. let's get all the latest reaction from that. i'm martin daubney on gb news french news channel. now your weather with annie shuttleworth . shuttleworth. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

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gb news. >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 5 pm. and welcome to you. it's 5 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster. all across the uk. on today's show. well, that's it, it's official. the future is farage free for the conservative party today, leadership hopeful mel stride told gb news he is the sixth and final candidate to slam the door in farage's face. is that the right thing to do, or is the party over for the tories? next up, there's been a massive surge in parents claiming disability benefits for the under 18 seconds, soaring to

an astonishing 730,000. that's 200,000 higher since lockdowns. now, is this real or is it a racket or is something more sinister going on? a systemic medicalisation of british children and premier league footballers will take the knee once again, starting this weekend. is this a way of stamping out racism, or is it virtue signalling ? meaningless virtue signalling? meaningless tosh? and we'll be in scotland with the unique insurance initiative launched by a sandwich hut to protect your food from those pesky flying thieves. yes, the feathered luftwaffe, those seagulls . was luftwaffe, those seagulls. was the show always an absolute pleasure to have you accompany? theinbox pleasure to have you accompany? the inbox has been going off the seams today. what's really got you going is the fact that six out of six conservatives have

said no to nigel farage being allowed back into the party, what does that say about 4 million people who voted for the reform party at the next general election? does that mean that they're not welcome? and also taking the knee is back in football six matches? is that the right thing to do at the moment? the political landscape we live in, people have been sent to prison for facebook posts. what will happen to fans if they have the temerity to show their free speech and boo to taking the knee? is this the right time to bring this back or is it a noble and laudable exercise to stamp out football in racism? let me know your thoughts gbnews.com/yoursay. that's how you do it. but national headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you and good afternoon. the top stories. ukraine's top commander says 100 russian prisoners of war have been captured in the kursk region. it's after ukraine

launched a surprise offensive that president zelenskyy has admitted was easy and met with little resistance. it comes as the russian city of belgorod has declared a state of emergency amid daily ukrainian shelling that the governor says is destroying homes and killing civilians. evening standard defence editor robert fox says ukraine wants to keep the russians guessing they're probing, they're pushing, yes, you said they've got into the kursk pocket, zelenskyy admitted with great ease. >> they're now probing now away to the south and the to east, belgorod, which is where all this started , keeping the this started, keeping the russians guessing again. the game at the moment is to throw the russians off balance, for as much as possible. >> the australian department of foreign affairs has confirmed. an 11 year old girl stabbed in leicester square is an australian tourist. australian consulate officials in london are offering support to the

girl's family. it's also been reported that the victim, who suffered eight stab wounds to the face, neck and upper body, will likely require plastic surgery . a woman has been jailed surgery. a woman has been jailed for admitting to sending a threatening message on facebook in the wake of the recent riots and disorder across the uk. 53 year old julie sweeney sent the following facebook message on the 3rd of august. she said don't protect the mosques, blow the mosque up with the adults in it. a judge has encouraged prosecutors to consider charging offenders who played central roles in the recent disorder in parts of the country , a charge parts of the country, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of ten years. a former milkman who repeatedly charged at police dunng who repeatedly charged at police during violent disorder in whitehall has been sentenced to 14 months in prison. 50 year old david probert, who is from hertfordshire, appeared in court today after pleading guilty to one charge of violent disorder. footage played to the court showed probert repeatedly

lunging and charging at police, who were attempting to defuse the situation. police arrested over 120 people following violent disorder outside downing street on july 31st, two days after a stabbing killed three little girls at a dance studio in southport . little girls at a dance studio in southport. in other little girls at a dance studio in southport . in other news, in southport. in other news, reform uk leader nigel farage has no future in the conservative party no matter who replaces rishi sunak as leader. that's according to tory leadership candidate mel stride stride today confirmed that he wouldn't allow him to sit on the conservative benches in the commons. it means that all of the six candidates to replace rishi sunak as leader have declined to work closely with nigel farage. the position is in contrast to sunak, who twice told gb news last year that farage could join the party, saying it was a broad church . saying it was a broad church. officials say two men found dead in a burned out car in sweden were british nationals. 33 year old juan fuentes and 37 year old farouk abdul razak were reported

missing last month after failing to return home from a business trip to denmark and sweden. swedish prosecutors say they've now identified the remains as belonging to the two men. the swedish prosecution authority has said relatives in the uk have been notified, and its investigation into the deaths is ongoing . violent attacks against ongoing. violent attacks against women on british railways have more than doubled since 2021, new data shows. the number of crimes against women and girls rose by 50%, and the number of sexual offences jumped up by 10%. unacceptable behaviour such as touching, upskirting or indecent exposures being experienced by women more than ever , with 51% of female victims ever, with 51% of female victims stating that other rail passengers intervened to try to help . safeguarding ministerjess help. safeguarding ministerjess phillips says violence against women and girls is a national emergency . emergency. >> the government have made it incredibly clear that tackling the scourge of violence against women and girls is part of its

core mission. we consider it to be a national emergency and that that won't just change overnight. this is going to take the levers of government working across every government department, making sure that in our education system , for our education system, for example, that the attitudes that end with men on our transport systems harassing and assaulting women are dealt with at source and urgent tests are underway on and urgent tests are underway on a canal in the west midlands after a sodium cyanide spill. >> walsall council said the environment agency told it about a toxic chemical spillage that went directly into the canal at pleck on monday. a major incident has been declared and people are being warned to avoid the 12 mile stretch of canal leading to birmingham. sodium cyanide can cause seizures, vomiting and loss of consciousness . those are the consciousness. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the

very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you tatiana. now let's kick off with a whopping story here from chris hope. our political editor. and nigel farage will not be allowed to join the conservative party. whoever replaces rishi sunak as leader while speaking on chopper's political podcast mel stride has become the latest of the six candidates, now six out of six, to distance himself from the reform uk leader, claiming his comments on the southport attack. suspects put the police in danger. so will this fuel the comeback of the tories, or are they signing their own death warrant? we'll have to discuss this further with that man, chris hope. our political editor.

so, chris, it's an astonishing state of affairs so soon into a leadership race. not until november, when the future leader is declared six out of six. say no to nigel. what on earth are they thinking ? they thinking? >> yes, and it's a move. we've moved on this because it wasn't so long ago, nigel, as you said. i said earlier, martin, that nigel farage said he wouldn't join the tories under this leader, clearly hoping that someone would come along on the who would succeed him. and, and make this merger happen between reform uk and the kind of energy behind that with a 4 million votes last election and the tory party and take the fight to starmer. instead, the all six mps now want to succeed sunak have told us they do not think that farage can join their party. farage himself says it's of no interest to me whatsoever. he's on holiday somewhere with his feet up, but this really was triggered by a mel stride overnight. now he was the he's the outsider, but he could win. you know, outsiders do often do win these long, these long

races. i asked him about whether he would allow farage back in, and i also asked him about the remarks by nigel farage when he questioned on x on on his twitter account whether the truth was being told to us about the southport attacker. and here's what mel stride had to say. >> was it helpful when you've got police officers going out there risking their lives in a rioting situation to be questioning whether they're being truthful with the public? >> for example ? it's completely >> for example? it's completely it's likely to lead to more police officers ending up getting in more trouble than they would otherwise. so his remarks are not responsible. >> his remarks are putting the safety of police at risk. >> i think his remarks about the police not being truthful , police not being truthful, potentially around what happened , potentially around what happened, let me put it like this, were deeply unhelpful to those officers that were then having to go out and deal with the consequence of the rioting, given all that. >> would you allow him to be a

member of the tory party if you were leader? >> no, not i made that very clear. so no deals with no deals, nigel farage. look, nigel farage wants to destroy the conservative party. >> so there we have. that is clear as a bell. the second of the six candidates in one week. chris, you've got on this question. mel stride there said no, no deals. tom tugendhat, when you spoke to him, he simply said, no. when you ask, could nigel farage join? priti patel has said farage is a friend, but i would not allow him to destroy the conservative party. james cleverly. nigel farage needs to decide if he's a serious political politician or a social media content generator. i think that's a no , robert jenrick that's a no, robert jenrick said. there will be no deal with farage. kemi badenoch has said repeatedly over and over, there is no way back for nigel farage into the conservative party. he says he wants to destroy the party. i will not allow him to destroy it or even to take it oven destroy it or even to take it over. six out of six knows. what does that say to those 4 million people who voted for the reform

party at the last election? not all of them conservatives, but a great rump of them are great question. >> i mean, i would say the majority of those 4 million are former tories. i don't understand why none of them, none of these six leaders are saying to us, i'll talk to anybody who can help me beat laboun anybody who can help me beat labour. that surely is what the tory party should be saying to itself, because they want to get organised, work out why the right is split, sort out that problem, talk to farage, talk to his people around him. maybe work out a way to take the fight to labour. that isn't happening here and it is cutting off a large chunk of the electorate by doing this and risk being squeezed between labour and liberal democrats in the centre ground . having said that, let's ground. having said that, let's not forget that labour won the election without the support of jeremy corbyn. the far left were quiet. they were shrunk down. that could be the case. you don't maybe don't need to talk to farage. that's quite a risk because the middle ground is a

contested area. you were a former brexit party mep. nigel farage was your leader. how will he react to this? >> i think he'll be delighted because i think this now gives an absolute binary choice . if an absolute binary choice. if you stand for the policies of the reform party, which are cutting immigration down, the number one issue, the echr net zero rowing back on that, you've got a clear choice. now, this to me doesn't just say no to nigel. it says no to the policies, the direction of travel, those policies you mentioned. >> there are ones which are adopted by these candidates. mel stride wants to get immigration down to tens of thousands. they want to be. >> david cameron said that. >> david cameron said that. >> i know it never happened. and he thinks he's going to be halved by september down to 250,000 or so. but he thinks they can get there. so you might have the same prospect as being offered by by ones farage. and one is the new tory leader. offered by by ones farage. and one is the new tory leader . and one is the new tory leader. and then what's the point of that? >> you might get that, except will there be sign up from the tory mps? you know full well as i do, that the tory party is two parties within one. it is two parties within one. it is two

parties on brexit always was two parties on brexit always was two parties on brexit always was two parties on immigration, two parties on immigration, two parties on immigration, two parties on planning, two parties on everything. and so if the route is to become a centrist party, you're in effect. i think chris, trying to please everybody and pleasing nobody. >> this is why i'm not sure. maybe we're missing a trick here. maybe all these six candidates are talking just to the 121 or so tory mps who are voting to get them down to two candidates from six, and after that, they'll go into the base and they'll be speaking to members, our viewers, everyone else's viewers, listeners, and trying to convince them of why they should be leader. and it may be then they soften their attitude towards nigel farage. farage himself hasn't helped, by the way, with the remarks about putin during the election campaign. the remarks about southport, as discussed, i mean, he is a marmite figure and many tory candidates at the election and mps will be will have been bruised by the strong performance of reform uk . so performance of reform uk. so maybe they're trying to appeal to other tory mps by saying this, but i do think, i think if were i involved in this

campaign, i think this is an error by these six candidates, not to not to show that they want to talk, at least talk to farage and understand why people support him. >> farage might be marmite, but are the tories toast? chris? excellent story as ever, setting the agenda every single day on gb news. brilliant stuff. i'm now joined by the former labour mp denis macshane. denis, welcome to the show. so you may have heard chris there saying maybe the tory party don't need nigel farage in the same way as the labour party didn't need jeremy corbyn. the party was purged of the left. is this , do purged of the left. is this, do you think, the right thing to do? is this the tory party purging themselves of what many see as the right wing? >> not yet. i do think that not going to come back into power. for heaven's sake, martin, how many weeks are we into a new government? and how many months? years are we away from a new election? but the iron law of politics is you win from the centre, and nigel has never occupied the centre ground. i mean, that's always been his

stock in trade. that's. that's why people admire him or don't like him. and i thought at the time it wasn't so much his first statements hinting at a conspiracy. the police aren't giving us the full facts. i said, oh god, nigel. but as the riots got worse and the one thing british people don't do is support anyone who seems in any way to be indulging, throwing rocks at cops, wounding cops, sending them into hospital and openly hating , you know, you've openly hating, you know, you've got problems with immigration. but british muslims are our doctors, our dentists . they're doctors, our dentists. they're our care workers. they're our business colleagues. and generating that hate against british muslims is a disaster. dennis, i think we can all agree. >> dennis, can i can i interject? i think we can all agree on that, but can we can we try and stay on point about the tory six candidates all ruling out any form of alignment with nigel farage in the future? and

what i'm particularly interested in is from the labour party's point of view, what does that say? does this say a party that's trying to get back into that's trying to get back into that centre ground? is that more of an electoral threat? >> it does. i mean, i've always argued that we saw the tory party after tony blair winning, going down the road with michael howard and iain duncan smith. i mean estimable men, but absolutely out the far, far right of modern politics. and they lost three elections. so i'm very happy. if the tory party becomes more and more i don't i hate the word. i don't want to use the word extreme, but you know what i mean, martin, that will keep keir starmer in in downing street for certainly at the next election, which is the one he must be thinking about. and i think nigel now is an mp. his strength has been he's never was an mp. i mean no disrespect to meps, they are elected but it's a protest vote we all know. well i'm

sorry, i don't want to criticise you either. but now he's got to play you either. but now he's got to play in big time premier league politics. he got it wrong at the beginning of the riots and he didn't pull back quickly enough. he did later on. to be fair, he sort of half apologised but it was too late. i'm looking at the opinion polls other than reform party even leave voters now have got negative opinions on on nigel farage. so of course tugendhat and the rest. we took it as a complete cynic. i'm not going to go into details about it, but the idea he's a moderate or a centrist or pro—european is just nonsense. he just is a complete opportunist like dennis and i'm with martin in his studio. >> chris hope here. can i ask you a question? do you think labour will be pleased about this or not? because it does leave the right still split, doesn't it? will yeah. i just wonder whether they'll be. they'll be pleased. >> yes, i think labour's got to have a spring in its step. i

mean, they're all on summer houday mean, they're all on summer holiday now, spring on the beach as they're building sandcastles for their children. but it's good news for labour, particularly going in now slowly approaching the conference season. and you could depict the tories as in the grip of ultra right wing fanatics, a bit like marine le pen and other people like that. i think that's incredibly dangerous territory for the conservative party and denis macshane. >> you can't you can't just say that the tory party is in the grip of ultra far right nationalist who . nationalist who. >> what do you mean ? well, look, >> what do you mean? well, look, we had an election, whatever it was a month or so ago, and the tories were absolutely trounced because labour, finally having spent far too long after losing the election in 2010, who is ultra far right like marine le pen in the conservative party? well, i'm sorry, i don't think

there's certainly i mean, suella braverman she appears on platforms in brussels with viktor orban, who is putin's official representative in the eu and makes talks about immigrant invasion, anti—muslim rhetoric. i'm sorry , but i do. rhetoric. i'm sorry, but i do. i've done an awful, awful lot of interviews on french radio and television since, during the penod television since, during the period of the riots. thank god they've gone away now. and i mean america right now, and millions and millions of people voted for that. >> you might despise that politics, denis, but the point is, people want a change. they and they are entitled to vote how they want without you smearing them as ultra far right fanatics. >> they they indeed are. and i've argued and i mean, you've been very courteous, giving me time on gb news on how to change immigration rules. so we manage immigration. switzerland has twice the level of immigrants as we do, but none of the nonsense and unpleasant anti—muslim rhetoric that we have on the right of british politics, including people talking about

invasions and being swamped and all the rest of it. now, i think this is all the tory people who are running now have to try and win back that centre ground. it did it for starmer. it did it for tony blair. it did it actually for margaret thatcher at the time. and now you've got to find a modern way of getting back to the centre ground. >> but, but dennis, sir keir starmer's popularity has plummeted since the riots. >> a lot of people are seeing his leadership as very heavy handed people being jailed for facebook posts, people going straight to jail for being a part of riots, even accidentally. no chance to get their case across being rushed through in the courts. now that might go down well with his base, but seven of those riots happenedin base, but seven of those riots happened in the most disadvantaged seats in the united kingdom. they happened in the seats with with the most asylum seekers who've been foisted on them. denis macshane they happened in labour seats. so to point to point out that

these are all far right extremists, it's happening in labour territory. >> of course it is . and you >> of course it is. and you again, you kind of have you on the program and i say again and again, all the parties have let down the british people. they've not trained our young people. they've not given them jobs. they've not given them jobs. they've let bosses impose poverty, zero hour wages. so of course they can't afford a house, a home and when you after you've left school because of uncontrolled immigration and then they look at. well and indeed we should, we should have much stricter controls on immigration managing it inside the country, but also , martin, the country, but also, martin, look to the richest, most stable country in europe and ask yourself why not the richest , yourself why not the richest, most stable country in in europe , most stable country in in europe, denis macshane with the united kingdom, we have a huge amount of problems. >> we have immigration that millions of voters say is off the scale. people don't feel listened to. nobody is pardoning the actions of the riots , but

the actions of the riots, but it's happening. it's not going to get any better anytime soon. i don't think. and it's happening. on sir keir starmer's watch now. now nigel farage represents a voice, an alternative voice today the conservative party has said, well, that voice has no place in our party. does that, though represent a viable alternative? the reform party might be going to labour seats like the ones where the riots have been, and try and take your votes . try and take your votes. >> they might indeed, but i'm old enough, martin. you're such a young chap. i remember when the not quite the equivalent of nigel farage in the late 1960s, a chap called enoch powell made very similar speeches about repatriation and too much immigration, and edward heath turned out to be a disaster as a prime minister. but no matter, he expelled enoch powell and the tories won the next election again and again. it's not, you know, the particular issue that is important. it's broadly the sense that voters aren't going to go for parties that aren't on

the centre ground. now, you can have a debate about what's extreme and what's not extreme. i think nigel just isn't used now to domestic politics. it may sound sort of foolish, given how popular and his success over 20 years, but i think now he's got to learn a completely new political game, and he may just be a tad not as young as once he was to learn it. >> okay, we have to leave it there. denis macshane none of us are getting any younger. thanks for joining us and also thanks forjoining us and also thanks to you, chris. hope forjoining to you, chris. hope for joining me here in the studio. thank you very much. now, a record number of children are on disability benefits after a surge in autism and adhd. is this real or is it and adhd. is this real or is it a racket on martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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daubney on gb news now a record number of parents are claiming benefits for their children, more than 730,000 under 18 seconds are now receiving disability living allowance. that's a 40% increase since november 29. now what's going on here to discuss that? i'm joined by neil hamilton, the former leader of ukip. neil, what do you think is going on here? are children getting more sick or are they simply being diagnosed more, and if so, why? >> well, the problem with autism and psychological disorders is that you can't see or test them in the way that you can for other diseases. >> if you've got measles, you know you've got measles, but you can prove that without any doubt. >> but if you go to your doctor and say , ray addison and this is and say, ray addison and this is stopping me working, then what's the doctor going to do? >> he can't prove categorically that you're you're swinging the lead , but you look at you look lead, but you look at you look at the figures. i mean, there are 30,000 new claims for personal independence payment,

being added to the total every single month. >> that's up from 17,000 in 2019. >> and i think what's happening with these psychological disorders is that greater awareness of mental health means that people with less severe conditions are coming forward, thinking that they can claim benefits as well . and the benefits as well. and the criteria for diagnosing somebody with, say, autism, which is a spectrum condition from very, very severe to almost noticeable, is that means that the criteria for diagnosing people with these disorders is ever widening and that then leads to yet more people claiming. >> so it . >> so it. >> so it. >> professor jenny russell of the university of exeter, says that if things go on like this, then we'll be diagnosing everybody as being neurodiverse. >> and i think, you know , >> and i think, you know, somebody has got to get a grip on this somewhere . on this somewhere. >> and the sums of money, you know, colossal . know, colossal. >> now, neil, nobody would deny that those who are genuinely unwell should be diagnosed and

held. but isn't the broader point that we now seem to be medicating and diagnosing children ? that in the past would children? that in the past would have just been problem children, children that need more maintenance, more resource, more tlc now are popping them a pill, medicating them, putting them on a list and also an extra fact. neil hamilton is that every one of these kids becomes a special education needs child. the school then gets more funding. there's an incentive for the diagnosis to increase. >> well, there's a vast incentive here. you know, as i said earlier on, the number of claims for personal independence payments has gone up from £17,000 in 2019 to £30,000 every single month. >> that's costing the treasury £15 billion a year. >> so this is a bottomless pit that we can fill with money. >> of course, if there's a financial incentive for people to qualify for benefits , then to qualify for benefits, then they will work as hard as they possibly to can qualify. and if

you've got doctors who think it's easier just to find the sick note, then of course that completes the circle, doesn't it? so yes, of course i've got enormous sympathy with people who suffer from real psychological disorders. >> i've met quite a few of them in my time as a member of parliament and a member of the welsh parliament, and i've and i've helped parents to claim benefits for their children, but we've now got 730,000 people under 18 who are claiming disability living allowance. >> and that's gone up by 40% in the last five years. now these rates of increase must indicate that there is something wrong in the system that the criteria for being able to claim these benefits is somehow too wide, or they're not being properly policed. >> neil, we have to leave it there and it's also, of course, worth pointing out that we had the lockdown. 200,000 extra children have been diagnosed since then . we said at the time, since then. we said at the time, isolating children who are borderline had underlying conditions already. they got far, far worse through the

social isolation , missing out on social isolation, missing out on that vital social contact with their peer groups. undeniably putting kids under lock and key did great damage to their mental health. that's worth pointing out. neil hamilton, former leader of ukip, thank you very much for joining leader of ukip, thank you very much forjoining us on the show. much for joining us on the show. this afternoon. there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00. we'll find out which furry friend has been born for the first time in london in 400 years. but first, your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories ukraine's top commander says 100 russian prisoners of war have been captured in the kursk region. it's after ukraine launched a surprise offensive that president zelenskyy has admitted was easy and met with little resistance. it comes as the russian city of belgorod has declared a state of emergency amid daily ukrainian shelling. but the government says is destroying homes and killing

civilians . the australian civilians. the australian department of foreign affairs has confirmed an 11 year old girl stabbed in leicester square is an australian tourist. australian consulate officials in london are offering support to the girl's family. it's also been reported the victim, who suffered eight stab wounds to the face, neck and upper body, will likely require plastic surgery. a woman has been jailed for admitting to sending a threatening facebook message in the wake of the recent rise in disorder across the uk. 53 year old julie sweeney sent the following facebook message on the 3rd of august. she said don't protect the mosques, blow the mosque up with the adults in it. a judge has encouraged prosecutors to consider charging offenders who played a central role in the recent disorder, in parts of the country, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of ten years. officials say two men found dead in a burned out car in sweden were british

nationals. 33 year old juan fuentes and 37 year old farouk abdul razak were reported missing last month after failing to return home from a business trip. the families of both men have paid tribute to two beautiful, innocent, hard working souls, the swedish prosecution authority says its investigation into the deaths is ongoing and urgent tests are underway on a canal in the west midlands after a sodium cyanide spill. walsall council said the environment agency told it about a toxic chemical spillage that went directly into the canal at pleck on monday. a major incident has been declared and people are being warned to avoid the 12 mile stretch of canal leading to birmingham. sodium cyanide can cause seizures , cyanide can cause seizures, vomiting and loss of consciousness and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward

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of course they're going to be sending you to prison. but we're seeing people jailed now for swearing , pointing, putting swearing, pointing, putting pictures up on facebook. is this all heading in a bit of a concerning direction? i want to ask about that. and also plans being drawn up now to get people brits out of israel, potentially if iran attack. i also want to look at that too. >> yeah, you're absolutely right. a lot of people feel that that swift justice is coming a bit too swift, a bit too hard, but not to everybody. michelle dewberry superb. dewbs& co 6 or 7. great stuff. thank you. now, if you want to get in touch, please do. hundreds have been in touch so far, particularly on the topic of the premier league footballers once again taking the knee to get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay read out the best of your a little later in the show on martin

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the final furlong now. a treat is in store now for nature lovers because baby beavers have been born in urban for london the first time in 400 years. now this comes after a family of eurasian beavers were introduced to a nature reserve in west london last october, as part of a biodiversity project. it's a story. it's going to make your cockles be warmed. and here is doctor sean mccormack, who is the chair of the ealing wildlife group, and he joins me now. what a wonderful story. doctor mccormack, tell us more about this magical story of triumph over urban adversity. >> yeah. thanks, martin. >> yeah. thanks, martin. >> thanks for having me on. it's been a busy couple of days announcing this development to the project. >> so basically we went to eaung >> so basically we went to ealing council and natural england and said that beavers are back in britain and there will come a time when beavers are kind of colonising towns and cities, and we want to learn how to live alongside beavers in the urban environment and the urban

context and the place we were put them into is called paradise fields. it's an area that suffers a lot downstream from urban flooding. so we said to the council, instead of spending hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of pounds on expensive engineering works, beavers could provide this ecosystem service and flood mitigation for us. so let's try something different and new and exciting. >> not only for kind of flood alleviation, but also for biodiversity improvements and for engaging urban communities with nature. >> so we put them in last october. >> they've done really well and we were absolutely thrilled this month to see two tiny baby beaver kits emerge from the lodge, and we've just seen some superb footage there on the screens of like a nature watch , screens of like a nature watch, night time environment and of course , doctor mccormack. course, doctor mccormack. >> beavers were indigenous for many, many centuries all across europe. they were hunted to the point of extinction, weren't they, because of their pelts. how are you taking care of these beavers? >> that's right. yeah. >> that's right. yeah. >> they were a very valuable

animal. >> and we hunted them to extinction in this country 400 years ago. >> they were to down about 1200 beavers in across the whole of europe. >> so we really nearly wiped them out because they were quite valuable to us. but we realised they were actually more valuable to us alive than dead. and they provide a whole range of ecosystem services. >> their wetlands are extremely complex and capture carbon. >> they clean the air, they provide flood alleviation in the wintertime with high rainfall, and they provide drought mitigation in summer. >> by holding more water on the land. >> so there's been many , many >> so there's been many, many efforts across europe to reintroduce them. and we're kind of lagging behind here in britain with reintroducing them. they've been back for about 25 years or so, and it's thought that there's about 2 to 3000 living wild, free lives, but ours are in an enclosure trial. >> we're taking very good care of them. >> we got five beavers, mum , >> we got five beavers, mum, dad, adolescent daughter and two kits from last year. and now we've had two new additions, so we're up to at least seven. we've only seen two kits together so far, but there may be more. >> we don't know. but yeah, we're looking after them with a

team, an army of volunteers. it's a community led project and everyone is totally enamoured with them. >> and even more so now that these tiny little beavers in miniature have appeared . miniature have appeared. >> and sean, obviously we're pre—watershed without going into details, how difficult is it to get these beavers to breed , get these beavers to breed, >> we didn't have to do very much. >> we just provided them with the space. >> we've given them about four times the recommended space recommended by beaver trust, and it's absolutely beautiful. >> habitat for beavers . >> habitat for beavers. >> habitat for beavers. >> so we were very confident that they would come in there to paradise fields in greenford and think, this is a paradise for us. they've got plenty of food, places to hide, plenty of space. crucially, this is a publicly accessible project, so plenty of space to get away from people and dogs, which was one of the main concerns that the community had around the project. >> but they've cracked on. >> but they've cracked on. >> they've made 5 or 6 dams now, actually, and they've created deep water refuge for themselves. >> they were perfectly content , >> they were perfectly content, and earlier in the summer, i spotted the mum and kind of leaning up to capture some

willow and eat, and she had quite prominent teeth, so i knew there was babies in the lodge, but we had all our fingers crossed that they would emerge and be healthy and happy and survive. >> and they have. so yeah, there's a real team and there's a real feel good factor in the whole of ealing. now that our beavers have had babies and they're the first ones in urban london, not the first ones in london, not the first ones in london, enfield. and we're about a year ahead of us on that front, but they're in quite a rural location on the outskirts of london. this is in the heart of london. this is in the heart of an urban area , urban of an urban area, urban community. so it's really different and unique and it's fully, publicly accessible so people can come in and see what beavers can do. >> grace of a real feel good story. and heaven knows we need that at the moment . doctor sean that at the moment. doctor sean mccormack, the chair of the eaung mccormack, the chair of the ealing wildlife group, thank you very much for sharing your beautiful beavers with us. now from cute furry animals to pesky birds, we're crossing over to saint andrews beach in scotland next, where seagulls are stealing snacks from the beachgoers. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 547. we're on the final. final furlong. and now one sandwich shopin furlong. and now one sandwich shop in saint andrews up in scotland is taking a very different approach to seagulls who snatch their customers meals. the owners of the cheesy toast shack have introduced a seagull insurance, a £0.50 per butty. but what exactly does that mean? well, our scotland reporter tony maguire was there and sent us this report. >> good afternoon and welcome to saint andrews. and i am here with the owner, sam, of the cheesy toast shack. sam, hello. welcome tell me we've been heanng welcome tell me we've been hearing about it all day. it's got our viewers talking. tell me about this insurance. what's that all about? >> so we had this kind of idea

basically inundated with spates of seagull attacks at the beach. and we've always, as a small business, decided we'll just replace them. you know, we've always tried to do like the good deed, bit of good vibes, you know, try and make sure all our customers are leaving happy. but the attacks were getting so, so often that we've decided to introduce a £1 optional. by the way, it's not compulsory. a seagull insurance seagull takes your food. we'll replace it providing you've bought the insurance. >> and of course it sounds quite tongue in cheek, you know, and a wee bit of fun, but obviously there was a very good reason why you introduced this, right? >> absolutely. yeah. yeah. so firstly, a lot of money is as a business, you know, to replace all these sandwiches and secondly, we hated the customers leaving unhappy or, you know, after queuing for an hour to wait for a sandwich, you see how busy we are today. and we just wanted to keep making sure that the customers leave satisfied, you know, and this is a way we could sort of mitigate any

losses. and yeah, like i say, keep the customers happy. >> and it's just just before we came on there, i did speak to somebody who they had just literally had the crust of their toastie. thankfully, snaffled bobby seagull and she paid for the insurance, you know, and she thought, okay, they've only got the crust. but somehow she was still kind of warmed by the fact that she had thought ahead and that she had thought ahead and that you guys had helped her for this. in fact, she even bought some of your merch there as well for the whole experience of the seagull dive bombing. so i'm guessing i'm asking. this is really common, right? >> they've become in the past year or so really common, these seagull attacks. and in a strange way, it's almost become a bit of an experience down here. you know, people always mention it if it's happened to them and kind of make a bit of a joke about it. we've even incorporated the kind of seagull into our logo. you know, we had an illustrator draw up this kind of sort of mean looking seagull that smokes a cigarette, has a hat, it's got a tattoo and that was always just a bit of a tongue in cheek gesture to address the fact about about

these gulls taking people's food and how aggressive they can be. >> and i guess it's also important to ask you know, you guys are not anti—gold right ? guys are not anti—gold right? >> absolutely not. anti—gold. no, no. like we are all you know, we're based at the beach. we're aware that seagulls are part of the natural environment here, and we're definitely not looking to do a cull or anything like that, but we are just looking for a fun, tongue in cheek way of kind of basically deaung cheek way of kind of basically dealing with the problem we've got here. >> and lastly, i think it is also worth saying that that money, the extra pound you know, which was initially used to try and stem your losses, well, the insurance has proved so popular that that's now getting used elsewhere. isn't that right? >> absolutely. so like we today , >> absolutely. so like we today, we started the seagull insurance at 9 am. we've probably got about 150 people have taken us up on it. so and we've not had one claim back yet. so that means that that money come the end of the year, you know, we'll be able to directly plough back into like community projects, whether it's sponsoring a local football team, you know ,

football team, you know, anything, any if anybody wants to approach us with any ideas for how we're going to spend this cash, just let us know. >> amazing. well, sam, thank you so much for to talking us. as you heard there, it's not easy being cheesy, but happy customers make life a beach here at saint andrews. >> superb stuff there. a novel way of protecting your butties from the flying luftwaffe of seagulls. now then, the big talk today is taking the knee. the premier league to reintroduce the controversial gesture six times in the forthcoming season, including on the opening fixture of this season. hundreds and hundreds of you have been in touch.i hundreds of you have been in touch. i spoke to danny mills, the former footballer , earlier. the former footballer, earlier. he said he didn't think it was the right thing to do . bear in the right thing to do. bear in mind that even black players have refused to do this before. we saw on the screen there wilfried zaha at the time of crystal palace, he didn't want to do it. he felt the gesture had become watered down and didn't make any difference. same with les ferdinand. he was a

director of football at qpr and of course the former england legend. he didn't want to do it, he also thought it had become hollowed out. a lot of people feel it's just it's just tied to the notion of black lives matter, no matter what the football association say. a lot of people don't like what black matter. black lives matter stood for during lockdowns. you saw the riots. we saw the police take the knee. we saw sir keir starmer take the knee. here are a few things that you've had to say now. helpful hound said this. that's me switching off the football. i refuse to watch any of these ridiculous spectacles. russell says this. don't forget they are taking the knee for a criminal. harsh words , knee for a criminal. harsh words, but i know what you mean, russell neil adds, the only people who are offended by this are racists. scotty says this if you want to stop it, then simply stop going to the football fan power money. this is all they care about. simply refuse to give them your money. richard as this is pointless performative. it's an act that has changed

precisely zero minds. this is the wrong time to bring it back. and tommy has this. that's it. i'm not watching the football again. gareth echoes the sentiments of many where he says it's sentiments of many where he says wsfime sentiments of many where he says it's time to kick the politics out of football. this is a backward step. just to finish off my point on this is we live in a time where people are being arrested for what they say in the streets. they're being arrested for swearing, they're being arrested for facebook posts. if they do this and that's their freedom of choice , that's their freedom of choice, will that get them arrested at the match and will that help things at all? now that's it from me. dewbs& co is up next. don't forget to join us at breakfast tomorrow. 6 am. it's stephen and ellie, followed by britain's newsroom at 930. then it's andrew and bev. and then of course, it's tom and emily with good afternoon britain from midday now mish is back at three. in fact, i'm back again tonight at seven. i'm covering for nigel farage. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. but now it's your weather with annie shuttleworth.

>> it looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb. >> news . >> news. >> news. >> hello. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office through the rest of the day should stay dry for many areas. tomorrow is looking fairly breezy with some pretty heavy rain arriving into the northwest overnight tonight, but for the rest of the day , an but for the rest of the day, an occluded front lies across eastern areas that's been bringing cloudier skies here through much of the day, and some drizzly rain that risk continues through the evening, but the cloud should tend to break up and push away into the east behind that clear skies for many areas of england and wales. but across the far northwest, a band of quite blustery rain will spread into parts of scotland and northern ireland by tomorrow morning. the temperatures will pick up here as well, so a milder night for northern areas but a fresher night across the south. temperatures much closer to where they should be across southeastern areas tonight. so a fairly bright start to the day

for southern areas. but in the north this is where we've got the heavier rain. and it's going to be quite persistent through the day, particularly across western areas. coastal areas and high ground of western areas of scotland, as well as northern ireland. that rain will push down into northwestern england , down into northwestern england, particularly across cumbria, the lake district seeing some very persistent rain through the day. but first the rain will be quite light across wales and across the east. a much brighter start tomorrow compared to today, and it should stay fairly dry and fine across central and eastern areas of england through much of the day, but it is going to be a breezy day tomorrow than today, and wetter weather, though dominating for more northern areas. so pretty miserable day for much of scotland, northern england and parts of wales. temperatures here struggling in the mid teens for some areas, a fresher feel arriving into the northwest later. but still, despite that breeze , despite that breeze, temperatures climbing towards the mid 20s across the south and east, that rain will spread its way south and east into central areas of england and the south—east. by friday morning. we will turn much drier and

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it was expected to rise a little bit more. so is this good news bad news or are you indifferent? also as well? if prices are on the rise, you think to yourself, i know what i need to do. make sure that i'm working to pay my way . if that's the mindset, then way. if that's the mindset, then why on earth are millions of capable brits not working? how do we fix that problem? also, i want to ask you about nigel farage as he becoming a bit of a scapegoat. now with everything

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