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15 people, including the wife of mike lynch, were rescued after the vessel capsized during intense storms yesterday . joe intense storms yesterday. joe biden became emotional as he delivered what is widely seen as his farewell speech to the democratic national convention. the us president wiped away tears as he addressed crowds on the first day of the event in chicago. kamala harris will be formally declared as the party's election candidate later this week. mr biden says she's the right choice for america . at right choice for america. at least ten palestinians have been killed in an airstrike on a school in gaza, which israel claims hamas was using as a command centre. meanwhile, the israeli military says it's recovered the bodies of six hostages who were captured in the 7th of october attacks. it comes as the us, egypt and qatar

are calling on hamas to agree to are calling on hamas to agree to a ceasefire proposal after it gained the backing of israel last night. america's top diplomat, antony blinken, said it was a decisive moment . a it was a decisive moment. a group of migrants were heard banging and screaming for help concealed in a refrigerated van as they were slowly starved of oxygen, a court has heard. anas al mustafa is on trial for allegedly smuggling the seven people from france to the uk via a ferry, hiding them in a cramped fake compartment. crew members on the ship used an axe to free the migrants after heanng to free the migrants after hearing their pleas for help. two migrants lost consciousness before being rescued, and an australian nurse on board helped provide oxygen. al mustafa has denied the charges and the trial continues at lewes crown court . continues at lewes crown court. we write up to date with the

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>> welcome back. your time is 337. >> i'm martin daubney on gb news now before the general election, the labour party promised we'd save £300 a year on our energy bills. >> well , today we're being told >> well, today we're being told they'll go up by £150. >> they also promised to get britain working again. well, today the labour party want to enshrine the right to work from home in law and guess what.7 you're not allowed to disturb them now. >> what's going on here? >> what's going on here? >> to help me make sense of this, i'm joined by a political guru and political editor , chris

hope. >> chris, there's a lot of there's a lot of contradictions here. >> cheaper energy bills. sorry we've got that one wrong. >> we're going to be tough on law and order. >> oh, we're letting 2000 lags out of jail now. no, it's silly season, but this is really silly. >> you're being a bit unfair, mark. only slightly unfair. they said that we have £100 off our energy bills by the end of the decade. energy bills by the end of the decade . that's part of the green decade. that's part of the green pledge. but we have a forecast today from cornwall insight. they reckon the cap announced on friday this week by ofgem to go up friday this week by ofgem to go ”p by friday this week by ofgem to go up by £146 on average, now set that against the removal of the £300 winter fuel allowance. it means it's a double whammy for pensioners who are going to get cold this winter. while they look at the choices being made by the government on public sector pay. we know about our train drivers getting a 14% pay rise over three years, 4.5% for this year. guess what the train guards are now meeting with the department for transport today. mick lynch, he's the general secretary. they were offered 3.5% in april. they turned it

down and i reckon 4.5% might just quietly might wet their whistle. at the moment the station guards whistle and get that they get that trilling away, he says. today we want really to move. we want to move away from this belligerent and hostile approach of the last government and reset industrial relations to allow rail workers, etc, to get on with the job. he would say that , wouldn't he? would say that, wouldn't he? because that means there may be no strings attached. so no productivity gains, no demands for different working hours as was asked for under the tory government . so there's choices government. so there's choices being made by the government already . and you? yes you might. already. and you? yes you might. you're right to have your head spinning maybe. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and to use another railway metaphor, it's all change. >> mick lynch, the bullet headed baron, made his way for his bag of silver. >> that was going to happen. guaranteed to happen the minute that one train union got their trough filled, mick lynch was going to be beating. >> he calls it a parallel synchronised offer, which basically means i want what they got. >> yes, basically i want what they got . they got. >> and here's my point about all change. we were told there was a

£22 billion financial black hole, a black hole that would consume the entire economy unless we made difficult decisions. how does that tally with throwing money at mick lynch, throwing £10 billion at nhs workers and teachers, half £1 billion to junior doctors, £100 million to train drivers. this black hole is getting blacker and blacker. >> it means that there's peace. there are all these strikes which have made it difficult for commuters to get around and people to get treated on the nhs and the like. so that might ease up people's feeling about the government. but there's a cost to that. you're right, £22 billion was set aside or or scene or , estimated i should say scene or, estimated i should say by rachel reeves before the, before parliament broke up last month. set against that the issue of productivity. remember the days when jacob rees—mogg used to go around the cabinet office leaving notes on the desks of civil servants who weren't at work saying sorry i missed you. i hope to catch up with you next time we hear from sir keir starmer's government that they think that it's right

to be able to switch off in a culture of presenteeism, he said, can be damaging to productivity. so this new idea of right to switch off, to go home, put your do not disturb sign up and that's you. i know you, martin. you're always alive. you're always tweeting away. i send you ideas late at night. you reply straight away. never off duty. >> politics never sleeps. but i'll be one of those people that gets a lawsuit against me because they're saying here, if bosses poke their beaks into employees business after hours, they can get compo for it. >> yes , yes. well, it would be a >> yes, yes. well, it would be a civil case and it could be it could exacerbate payments. i mean, on a serious note, not everyone is lucky enough to work for gb news or in journalism generally. and there are jobs where you may want to switch off from a difficult boss, and it may be an engineering company or a call centre where you want to be. you know your job is at work and i've left work. i'm now at home, i'm with the kids. and also, if you're a carer for parents or for children at home, you may want to have time alone. well. >> keir starmer, of course, wants to be a part time prime minister 6:00 fridays were enshrined in his legislation of

the jewish faith. >> martin. >> martin. >> he's. >> he's. >> except that's all gone out. the window because of what's happened with the recent riots and the courts being open 24 hours a day. >> that brings me on to my next point, chris. we've got lee anderson on the show at the top of the 4:00 hour. he's written a stiff letter to yvette cooper about the home office putting out the mug shots, saying 1100 arrests. now he's saying this gets in the way of the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. the next all change position i'd like to talk about with you here, chris, is this idea of we're going to bnng this idea of we're going to bring these people in prison for facebook posts, for being at the same riot at the wrong time , same riot at the wrong time, even without them even knowing. and yet, 2000 cons are going to be released now, chris. >> call me mystic meg. >> call me mystic meg. >> there could be a disaster waiting to happen. if any of those serious criminals go on to offend. >> while these facebook posters are serving porridge. >> quite right. i mean, 2000 criminals lag set to be released on september the 10th. mark your diary that released early stuffing served 40% of their

term, not half of their term. don't forget, a further 1700. in in october 5000 or so over 18 months. this is a release pressure on the jails. of course we've seen the swift action against those who may have posted, in haste and regret. definitely in their leisure, in fact, at her majesty's pleasure, at their leisure , yeah. you've at their leisure, yeah. you've got 470, charles. so far. a thousand arrested. leanne. some may be asking those other 500 if they haven't been charged. is it right to have their their images there and that might damage their career and the like. so yeah, it's an unpopular position. lee is taking now because many would think if you're involved in trouble then, you're involved in trouble then, you know, you should get what lord chuck to you. but we have a right to due to innocent until proven guilty in this country. >> and he's even intimating in the letter more than that, of course, at 4:00 when he joins us in fighting formats, an amateur free, he's even intimating that there may have been a potential contempt of court here because you're putting mugshots out of people who've been arrested.

they haven't been found guilty yet, and there may not be found guilty. they might be, but they might not be. >> you've got this, this former dpp , a director of public dpp, a director of public prosecutions who oversaw the prosecutions in the 2011 riots in sir keir starmer. and he is showing he knows how to pull the levers of the criminal justice system. and has he gone too far? is it right to name and shame people, people before they've been through the court system? because employers might see those faces online and go , well, those faces online and go, well, you know, i'm not sure what this guy, even though he may have been innocently caught up in the trouble. and it's interesting. >> we just had pictures there from southport, where of course, king charles has been, you know, to mark that tragic triple killing and we had a message in from a viewer called june, june was saying the king is doing an amazing thing by going to soothe the community. >> but can the prime minister now listen to the communities around britain to try and understand the frustrations that in some part helped to drive the frustration behind these riots? >> chris, you and i talk about this very often on this show. do you think that conversation

should happen? i believe it needs to happen. do you think it will? >> i think it needs to happen. i think so far the government is in is in, being a defensive mode. it'sjust in is in, being a defensive mode. it's just dealing with the trouble as it sees it. we saw yesterday sir keir starmer in northern ireland talking about this clearly racist riots, you know, and that seemed to that went down terribly well because the problem is by saying that you're just kind of putting everybody into the same basket, no one obviously, violence is utterly out of order. racism is utterly out of order. racism is utterly out of order. racism is utterly out of order. but equally, people are concerned about immigration. and to imply that anyone with those concerns is racist or a thug gets it wrong and we see from our inbox daily, don't we? on your programme, particularly elsewhere. gb news. >> okay. >> okay. >> suella arade dam make sure you come back at 4:00. i'll be here. join me for that little debate with lee anderson. it's going to be a corker. thank you chris. always a pleasure. now up next, librarians in wales have been told to stop meeting in racist buildings as part of their critical whiteness course, whatever that is. have you completely lost the plot? how

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>> welcome back. >> welcome back. >> your time is 349. >> your time is 349. >> i'm martin daubney on gb news now. the devolved welsh government is telling librarians to avoid holding meetings in what they're calling racist buildings. one of those added to the list is the william gladstone library, named after the legendary 19th century prime minister. it's all part of their plans to eradicate systemic racism by 2030. well, joining us now is the broadcaster judite de now is the broadcasterjudite de silva. >> janita welcome to the show. >> janita welcome to the show. >> how in the name of god can a building be racist? >> i think that this is one of those issues where it's the intention is right, but the execution is somewhat flawed because when a lot of these

buildings were erected and then named after historical figures, that their wealth, their fortune, their position was amassed from the transatlantic slave trade, the very presence of that name tinges the building in a history that is very that causes a lot of injury to a lot of the descendants of slaves. >> and black people and asian people in general. so that's what they're quote unquote, calling a racist, building. it just happens to have a racially traumatising history based on what it who it's named after. the sentiments behind doing it is an honourable one because you're beginning to recognise what it's like for people, for black people, asian people who this is the architecture, that their history is written with, what it feels like just moving around wales or any countries in britain. this is what the, the triggers, the memories they have to deal with all the time , which to deal with all the time, which is completely flies over their head of their white counterparts. so when you're saying that you're trying to redress that, it's an awareness

that there has to be a reticence about what this means. the different meanings these buildings have to different people. but i do think that changing names or eradicating history has never been a desire for black people. we've always said tell history, but tell it in its totality. be honest about it, don't edit it and don't . it, don't edit it and don't. omissions basically devolve the authenticity of history being marked. tell the whole story and it would be. it would mean more to have these stories that have the way you have blue paths, blue plaques, or heritage buildings. so if you're walking down a road, you know that's a special building because you just see the blue plaque, you should have plaques on those buildings that are named after slave owners and slave traders because it gives context , because it gives context, because it gives context, because then when you walk through the streets of wales or britain, you begin to understand how steeped in the history of slavery, the building of britain's greatness was. >> judita you've kind of hit the nail on the head in one respect. what a great place to actually have a conversation, then, about

britain's heritage, its past, its flawed history and also to mark the fact that britain, the united kingdom was at the very, very forefront of ending the international slave trade at great expense, great loss of life , great deployment of our life, great deployment of our royal navy and military, so many thousands of soldiers and navy men died of tropical illnesses trying to end slavery. >> i put it to you, it would be a perfect conversation to have around the conversation without editing out the positive bits and just making it all about the bad bits to actually do it in these buildings. to mark their their involvement and to try and make it progressive rather than make it progressive rather than make it progressive rather than make it orwellian . make it orwellian. >> i do, yeah, i do agree to an extent that , yes, we have extent that, yes, we have a meeting of minds that the holding it in a building actually has more poignancy to it , because once you give it the it, because once you give it the context of what that building means, you begin to have a more three dimensional understanding for what your black counterparts are going through, standing in

that building or sitting in that building, or having the building hold so much weight and importance in the country. knowing the pain, suffering and death that built it. so it's commemorates and when you tell things like, again, what i said about telling history in its totality, both positive and negative, while you speak of the soldiers who sacrificed fighting it, you also have to tell the story of slavery ended in britain from a really , really britain from a really, really huge payoff. and what you had that only i think was completed near a decade ago, and what you had was the irony of the descendants of slaves through their taxes, paying off the descendants of slave owners for the inconvenience. >> we could all, but we could also we could all. we could also have a conversation about the muslim slave trade, about modern slavery that blights a lot of africa, and actually are the slave keepers in this modern day and age, are black people keeping other black slaves. but we don't want to do that, do we? >> we just want to make this about britain's shameful heritage. >> and that's why i think a lot

of people have a problem with this. we have to leave it there. >> judith raanan those conversations that you mentioned are had in those countries, if you travel to africa and you go to and you you see the history that's told, i doubt that's the case because those anyway, look, we have to move on. >> greta, always a pleasure to have you because i did actually. okay. thank you very much. we have to leave it there. look, lee anderson is up next. >> talk about the reform town hall takeover across britain. >> i'm martin daubney on gb news. your weather now with alex burkill . burkill. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> hi. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there will be some very wet and windy weather across the north west tomorrow, but for the time being we still have a blustery, showery theme across much of the country because of an area of low pressure just to the northwest of us driving a fairly brisk westerly flow. and it's on

this flow. we're going to continue to see hefty showers, particularly to the northwest of the uk, as we go through this evening and the start of the night. elsewhere, many showers dying out and a lot of the showers will ease with clear skies developing and under those clear skies it is going to turn a bit cooler than it has done through some recent nights, especially towards the southeast, towards the north and west. a bit of cloud starting to pushin west. a bit of cloud starting to push in as we go towards dawn. we are then going to see increasing amounts of cloud coming in from the west as we go through the day, but starting off in the south, it's looking largely bright, just some hazy sunshine and a few showers towards western parts, sunnier and drier further east cloud then building across northern ireland through the morning and western parts of scotland. and here it will quite quickly start to turn pretty wet as a weather system makes its way in a drier picture, though for eastern parts of scotland, as we go into the morning, that wet weather then will spill across much of scotland , northern ireland and scotland, northern ireland and later into parts of northwestern

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the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk on today's show, as a search for the missing british tycoon mike lynch enters now , its second day lynch enters now, its second day will be live from the sicilian coast , where investigators are coast, where investigators are desperately searching for survivors and trying to piece together exactly what happened together exactly what happened to the billionaire's superyacht. we'll also be joined by an oceanographer with lots of experience of rescue missions . experience of rescue missions. >> next up is the reform party, launching a town hall takeover of councils ahead of the local elections next may. >> we'll put that question to reform lee anderson, who yesterday dramatically scooped up three independent councillors in gwent, wales. and later in the show, i'll be joined by the head of that council . and king head of that council. and king charles received a warm a very warm welcome in southport earlier today as he arrived to meet survivors of the attack, in which three young girls were tragically stabbed to death and

the uk's first safe drug consumption facility will open in glasgow next month. is it encouraging people to become addicts? that's all coming up in the next hour . of the show the next hour. of the show always a delight to have your company. >> now stay tuned because in about 15 minutes time, lee anderson will be gracing your screens. >> he is on fighting form yesterday scooped up three councillors from gwent in wales. are we seeing a reform party town hall takeover? the embryonic movement of a nationwide movement breaking out also. >> lee anderson wrote a very stiff letter to yvette cooper, the home secretary , about the the home secretary, about the thousand plus arrests and the images put out on social media by the home office, accusing he thinks people of their guilt until they are proved innocent . until they are proved innocent. >> is that the right thing to do, or is it simply stoking up

resentment in a community always fractured by those recent riots? >> get in touch. usual way gbnews.com forward slash usa. >> but now it's your headlines with mark . white. with mark. white. >> good afternoon. it's 4:02. the latest headlines from the gb news centre. king charles has visited southport today to meet survivors of last month's stabbing attack in the town, which left three girls dead and others injured. his majesty also took time to meet members of the pubuc took time to meet members of the public who showed up for the visit. earlier he spoke to some of those who provided support in the aftermath of the attack , and the aftermath of the attack, and he also thanked emergency service personnel who dealt with both the stabbings and the riots that followed . rescue efforts that followed. rescue efforts are continuing for six people missing at sea after a british flagged super yacht sank off the

coast of sicily. among those unaccounted for is british businessman mike lynch and his 18 year old daughter, hannah. and we now know morgan stanley banking chairman jonathan blumer and senior lawyer chris morvillo are also missing, along with their wives. 15 people, including the wife of mike lynch, were rescued after the vessel capsized during intense storms yesterday. marco tilotta, from the palmero diving unit, told reporters that dive teams are encountering significant challenges in their attempts to access the wreck. >> the difficulties of the case are dictated by the depth that does not allow for long working times, so you understand well that the conditions of the hull are tilted in a 90 degrees. access to the hull is difficult. if you manage to get inside the

hull, you understand well the inside there is a world of objects so penetrating inside and descending into the compartment below from the stairs that are narrow and going into all the cabins is a really hard and difficult job. >> well, it's also been confirmed that a british businessman who stood trial in the us alongside missing tycoon mike lynch, has died after being hit by a car. stephen chamberlin was killed while out running in cambridgeshire on saturday. both men had recently been acquitted of fraud in the us federal court relating to the sale of their company to software giant hewlett—packard for £86 billion. joe biden became emotional as he delivered what's widely seen as his farewell speech to the democratic national convention. the us

president wiped away tears as he addressed crowds on the first day of the event in chicago. kamala harris will be formally declared as the party's election candidate later this week. mr biden says she's the right choice for america. let me ask you are you ready to for vote freedom ? freedom? >> are you ready to vote for democracy and for america ? let democracy and for america? let me ask you, are you ready to elect kamala harris and tim waltz ? waltz? >> intelligence officials say iran was behind a hack on joe biden and donald trump. it follows allegations that tehran tried to infiltrate personal email accounts of around a dozen people linked to the former president and to joe biden. the fbiand president and to joe biden. the fbi and other federal agencies say the operation was designed

to stoke discord and undermine confidence in democracy . at confidence in democracy. at least ten palestinians have been killed in an airstrike on a school in gaza. israel claims hamas was using the school as a command centre. meanwhile, the israeli military says it's recovered. the bodies of six hostages who were captured on the 7th of october attacks. it comes as the us, egypt and qatar are calling on hamas to agree to are calling on hamas to agree to a ceasefire proposal after it gained the backing of israel last night . a court has heard last night. a court has heard how a group of migrants were banging and screaming for help concealed in a refrigerated van as they were slowly starved of oxygen. anas al mustafa is on trial for allegedly smuggling seven people from france to the uk, hiding them in cramped, fake vehicle compartments in the vehicle. crew members on a ferry

carrying the vehicle used an axe to free the migrants. after heanng to free the migrants. after hearing their pleas for help. two of them lost consciousness before being rescued. al mustafa has denied the charges and the trial continues at lewes. crown court. the final 31 ted baker stores are expected to close by the end of today , after the the end of today, after the company behind the fashion chain collapsed back in march. more than 500 jobs are at risk. they include locations at heathrow and gatwick airport. london's regent street, bath, york, and portsmouth will. you're right up to date with all the latest headlines. we're back with more in half an hour. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. forward slash alerts .

gbnews.com. forward slash alerts. >> thank you mark. now divers have entered the sunken superyacht as the hunt now continues for the missing passengers, with experts dubbing the operation very complicated. british tech tycoon mike lynch and his daughter are among six tourists still missing after a luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the coast of sicily, and gb news has reporter adam cherry is on the scene there. >> adam so now we are in the second desperate day of what increasingly is looking like a recovery mission and not a rescue mission. what's the latest ? latest? >> well, martyn, there is some pushback on that from engineers who say that actually, because of the size of this vessel, there may be large air pockets within the hull which provide enough for air another 24 hours or so. so we're at a critical point, but it's not necessarily an entirely just a recovery mission . yet. on that point, the

mission. yet. on that point, the italian fire service spokesman has said that they have not been able to see anything inside the yacht in their most recent dives, and remember they had to come up every 12 minutes. so it's very difficult for them to make any significant progress, not to mention the fact that this is almost 200ft below the surface of the water. and because it's intact, it's very difficult to break into it. and access the cabins where we suspect most of those or all of those six really missing people would be given the time at which the vessel sank, which is very early in the morning. everyone was still in bed. now there is some good news already, though, which is that of the 15 people who have been rescued so far at least three have been discharged from hospital and they were seen leaving hospital earlier today in palermo, which is about ten miles away from where we are right now. but yeah, as we say, it's a very difficult situation. it's a 24 hour period now, which is really serious, and the clock is really serious, and the clock

is ticking. >> okay. adam cherry, thank you very much for the update there. live from the scene. and to continue this conversation, i'm now joined by the oceanographer, doctor simon boxall. simon, welcome to the show. fascinating to get you on the show. of course, i remember very well dunng course, i remember very well during the titan submarine rescue mission , all we hoped it rescue mission, all we hoped it was. you gave some expert opinion and what i'd like to get from you if i could. doctor boxhall is the type of circumstances that the divers are likely to be operating unden are likely to be operating under. we know that the yacht is in 50m of water. >> what was that? >> what was that? >> what was that? >> what would that mean in terms of the access, in terms of the equipment, in terms, in terms of how far they have visibility? >> help us to kind of see undersea if you can, in this area. the visibility should be pretty good. i worked in this area and the seas are quite clear. the big problem is 50m of water. that's that is shallow enough to send divers down. but these are specialist divers that

are going in sort of with mixed gases. they can only be down there for a short period of time before they have to come back up. otherwise they get decompression sickness. so they're doing it in sort of short bursts of, i suppose, exploration and also going into a vessel like this is very dangerous. >> we don't know how stable it is on the seabed. >> there's a great danger that they themselves could become trapped as well. >> so it's an operation that's got to be carried out very , very carefully. >> at the moment, the seas are reasonably calm, but they are whipping up quite quickly. we've seen a number of storms go through the area and again , this through the area and again, this can affect the whole sort of i use the word rescue and optimistically rescue operation. as was said, there are possibilities that there are pockets of air in the boat , pockets of air in the boat, which means that someone could survive that . but only time will survive that. but only time will tell. you know, it's likely to be a recovery mission. >> and simon, in terms of that passing storm, for example , passing storm, for example, would that have whipped up all

of the seabed with that in itself, make the visibility very tncky? itself, make the visibility very tricky? and in terms of debris from within the ship? i mean, if a diver gets caught down there, they're in perilous danger too, right? >> they are. i mean, the storm itself, at that depth, 50m won't have stirred up the sea floor. >> so the sea floor, that area should be reasonably clear. it is this whole business, though, that, you know, the boat is intact. and the report we're getting back from divers, is that it getting back from divers, is thatitis getting back from divers, is that it is intact, which means that it is intact, which means that the only way in is to literally go in through the hatches. and that's a slow process . we know they've already process. we know they've already been into the bridge, which is chaotic. they've had problems with furniture being in the way you can imagine sort of taking a house, seeing it upside down and shaking it around a bit and then trying to navigate your way through it in the dark. and it is difficult, you know, although the visibility is good, they're reliant on on torches on sort of lights down there. and as i said, it's short periods. you know, they're saying 12 minutes at a time. you can imagine that

takes a long time. >> and in terms of the temperature of the water, i'm trying to think if there is a scintilla of hope here. doctor vauxhall, of there being survivors down there in that hull, just say there are pockets of air. what other circumstances are against those that may be down there with some chance, some small chance of life? >> well, normally we're looking at the ocean. we're looking at the north sea, north atlantic, then the point at which you become hypothermic and then effectively pass away, it's fairly quick, but here in the mediterranean, we've got very warm waters, abnormally warm . warm waters, abnormally warm. we've seen temperatures now, which are three and a half degrees warmer than normal for this time of year. if you look at the last 20 years, i was looking at the data yesterday from satellites, and we have got very warm water. so that works on the side of both the rescuers and anyone who might be trapped . and anyone who might be trapped. and it's important to emphasise it's a very slim chance. but there's always hope.

>> and what about in terms of, again, just these extra percentile chances of there being hope may there be breathing equipment, survival equipment that may prolong any hope. >> not within the boat itself. you wouldn't normally have that sort of equipment in the boat. they're reliant very much on air pockets. but this is a big vessel. pockets. but this is a big vessel . you know, we're looking vessel. you know, we're looking at something that is absolutely huge. i think we tend to think of yachts as being quite small. it is a sailing yacht. but i mean, the mast itself is so big you can walk down the middle of it and it's almost the length of a 100 metre pitch, you know, it's 85, 80m tall. so, you know, things are big proportions here. that includes the living areas, it's watertight, which means that if it did capsize, there's a chance that air pockets might be, might be there. but, you know , we just have to have to know, we just have to have to hope that there might be some survivors down there . survivors down there. >> okay. thank you very much. fascinating stuff. oceanographer doctor simon boxall, thank you for sharing your expertise. always, very, very much appreciated.

>> now, king charles received a very warm welcome in southport earlier on today as he arrived to meet survivors of the attack in which three young girls were tragically killed. >> let's find out more now from gb news royal correspondent cameron walker . cameron walker. >> reporter this is a community still grieving from the horrific attack which took place on the 29th of july, just over three weeks ago, where three young girls tragically lost their lives and king charles chose today to come here to southport, interrupting his holiday to be with the communities here and show his continued support for them. he in the town hall he met privately with some of the survivors from that attack at the taylor swift themed dance class, as well as their families . class, as well as their families. he also spent longer than was expected with members of the local community outside of the town hall. hundreds of people had waited for hours to catch a glimpse of king charles, and maybe catch 1 or 2 words with

him as well. the king also met with some volunteers who went above and beyond in the immediate aftermath of both the attacks and the riots, to help the community rebuild. so, for example, he met with an ice cream shop owner who had given out free ice cream to the local community. in the immediate aftermath of the attack to bring the communities together, a building merchants who had rebuilt some of the walls and repaired the glass from that. in the aftermath of the riots. after the southport attack, and the king has been asked to be given daily updates of reports. both the attack and indeed the riots, and following his time here at the town hall , as well here at the town hall, as well as an unscheduled stop to see the sea of flowers, which has remained for here the last three weeks or so, he went to the community fire station where he met some emergency responders, fire service, ambulance service, as well as the police who have obviously had to deal with such a horrific situation, both with

the attack itself and indeed the aftermath with the rioting. and the king spent time with them. but perhaps very poignant for him, very important for him was speaking to different faith leaders from across the spectrum here in southport. if you remember, just a few days after the attack, there was some violent disorder outside the mosque here in southport. and part of king charles's lifelong work is , as well as when he was work is, as well as when he was prince of wales, was to really get a sense of community cohesion and getting different faith leaders to speak together and keep the peace essentially. so that was a key theme of king charles's visit here. but i also spoke to councillor david neary, who's been really unofficially looking after these flowers here, and he had a chance to speak to the king earlier. and this is what he told me. >> it's to curate kindness, to organise it . organise it. >> but the best of humanity is what we've seen in the last 2 or 3 weeks. >> and we will get back to something like normal. >> we'll never forget what's

happened. >> never forget what's happened . >> never forget what's happened. >> never forget what's happened. >> and. >> and. >> but southport and the people of southport are resilient, generous , kind. and we will be generous, kind. and we will be okay. >> well, tomorrow king charles will be in london, where he will meet the bereaved families of those three victims who lost their lives at bebe. king elsie dot stancombe and alice da silva aguiar. all three family members or representatives from those families will be meeting the king in london tomorrow. and i also understand that tonight, members of those families will be meeting taylor swift and watching her concert at wembley stadium . stadium. >> thank you, cameron walker there live from southport. >> now you can fail to be moved by those balloons and those flowers in the background. the fantastic use of the king's time. but we were contacted by a reader, a viewer june early, who said it's great that the community is being sued, but now perhaps the prime minister, sir keir starmer, should listen to the public. >> why did these riots happen? >> why did these riots happen? >> and we've had a response to

that to june's email from adrian, who said, well said to you, june martin. that's it in nutshell. >> now, the prime minister, sir keir starmer, needs to listen to the people we deserve to be listened to as well . now reform listened to as well. now reform uk seems to be recruiting counsellors as three defects to nigel farage's party in wales. >> i'll be speaking to their chief whip, lee anderson, next. >> i martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel

>> welcome back. your time is 422. i'm martin daubney on gb news. >> three councillors have joined reform uk and become the party's first elected politicians in wales. just a few councillors defecting might seem hardly revolutionary, but is this a sign that nigel farage and his party are serious about

targeting labour's heartland? >> well, joining me now in the studio to discuss this is our political editor, christopher hope. and shortly we're going to cross to lee anderson, the man himself. but before that chris, what do you make of this dramatic intervention? lee anderson went to gwent yesterday. >> three previously independent councillors have crossed the floor councillor dave thomas, alan slade and jason o'connell. now where in the reform rosette on the same journey. >> it sounds like that lee anderson made. of course, he's a former labour councillor who then stood as a tory mp in ashfield. of course , now he's ashfield. of course, now he's the reform uk mp for ashfield, so he's on a similar journey. so he's on a similarjourney. what's going on behind the scenes now with the reform uk is that nigel farage is working very closely with the party's chairman to organise ahead of next may's local elections. i think mainly in england actually. but anyway , they're actually. but anyway, they're building a local network of reform uk politicians who can try and bed down and deliver on the promise. he, nigel farage

himself, has said before it's a five year plan. he's looking at 2028, 2029. he's talked about even taking over from the tory party. and, you know, we'll see that when it happens. but that's his idea. he himself i think i was covering the brexit party, european election campaign. it was may 2019 when euro candidate in in the west midlands , martin, in in the west midlands, martin, i was with him in merthyr tydfil. i was with him for two weeks, the only journalist there with him, and he was heckled. he was told, we don't want you here. there's a bit of antsiness about nigel farage, whether that was a personal thing about the brexit party, i'm not sure, but i think it's fascinating. i think you are going to see these eruptions of councillors defecting, and what that means is you've got this local network routes are being put down by this, this, this nascent party. >> and of course, ukip did that back in the day. >> from 2015 onwards. they got that ground game. they knew where their vote. >> before that i would say 2012, 2012, they knew where their vote was. >> they had a local organisation and all of that time consuming,

laborious, some might say rather unsexy side of politics. maybe reform as a new party or starting to understand, like the liberal democrats became so successful at knowing where their vote is. they've got to get in at council level. >> councillors know where the voters are, because what the problem that nigel farage has always had is data. you don't know where the voters live . most know where the voters live. most people don't move house a lot, which means that the legacy parties, labour, lib dems, tories know where their voters live. by and large, give or take, there'll be some movement, but normally they know. knock on the door, mrs. miggins. at 42 acacia avenue and she votes laboun acacia avenue and she votes labour. so it goes on. that's how it works. but you've got these local councillors here. they know where reform uk vote voters might be and it might help them next, next year. >> okay, so we're still waiting for lee anderson. in fact, i think he's still waiting for link. >> so team, can we get that to lee sharpish? >> he is raring to go until that moment. >> let's continue the conversation. >> how successful do you think this is likely to be? i mean, three in wales it's still an overridingly labour area. it

holds 29 of 40 seats on this particular council, the labour party, the three independents are very much isolated, >> but this is the beginnings, perhaps of something symbolic. >> if you believe the hype that nigel farage trumpets. i mean, his point is it's the beginning of a revolution. people are upset and concerned about the tory party. 4 million or so voted reform uk in last month's election. i would say most of them were tory voters who fell out with the party over immigration and the mess they made of brexit, but it could well have been some labour voters too. and i think this journey, this, this , these two, journey, this, this, these two, these three are on appear to be very similar to the ones taken by by lee anderson up in ashfield. >> and it's an interesting journey as you said there. so councillor david thomas was a labour councillor until 2019. >> brexit made him change his tune again. that's exactly what happened to lee anderson and actually lots and lots. >> in fact , millions of red wall >> in fact, millions of red wall voters, a lot of people have been on that same journey. i

wonder if that's an interesting point, because nigel farage said after the last general election, now we're going to take the battle to the labour party. and don't forget the recent riots. >> the social unrest in the seven most deprived towns across england, with the with the highest proportion of asylum seekers. >> those are labour seats. >> those are labour seats. >> i wonder if this this is the message that will be landing in labour territory. >> well farage himself, he says, he has always said to us that he thinks many of these people are labour voters . i think the labour voters. i think the majority are tory voters, tory voters. but let's let's not go there. but i think, yeah, many are labour. and also look at the look at labour, morgan mcsweeney who's the chief strategist for the sir keir starmer, he's been reported to be concerned about reform. he knows that as many as 80 seats reform were a close second to labour. if they can neutralise the reform uk vote and deal with that, they can then , even cement in the second then, even cement in the second term, which they're now planning for in labour high command. so i think there's a real concern about reform uk and understanding why people voted for reform uk if they were formerly of a labour background .

formerly of a labour background. >> and in the video yesterday of lee in gwent, he was very fighting for him. >> he was saying labour have been useless in wales. these lot are the people's army and indeed, councillor david thomas, who will speak to at about 5:15. he's coming on the show to talk to us about his his new conversion to reform. he is now actually been installed as the reform leader for wales. so chris, it does seem as though, at least in wales, at least the reform party are on manoeuvres and calling himself reform uk leader will mean he gets a bigger profile there. >> there'll be a voice that can talk for wales about welsh issues from reform uk standpoint. so this is the behind the scenes. what's happening here is you've got these tentacles being being attached to the kind of bedrock of welsh politics. >> where else do you think this might land nationwide, >> there are a lot of kind of sleeper cells, if you like, of the old kippers of the old brexit party networks. they stood at general election. they

came second in a heck of a lot of seats. so in that instance , of seats. so in that instance, nigel farage will have more data now certainly than before. >> will that do you think give them a steer of where they should be. try and do these sorts of manoeuvres they might do. >> i do think the five mps that the reform party won last month's election was driven a lot, as much by the anger and fury with the tory party over what, during the campaign itself, over the gambling scandal , and itself, over the gambling scandal, and the d—day issue with rishi sunak. but i think, you know, broadly, i think data, data might come back, but it's not there yet really for reform uk, no evidence, no evidence of it anyway. >> okay, we're going to pick up this conversation after the news. we'll get hold of that man lee anderson, and have this conversation more expansively . conversation more expansively. chris, please stick around if you can. and let's cross examine the fella. there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00, including legal ice, shooting up centres, sensible practice or a pathway to addiction. >> that, of course, is after scotland's sky high death by drug data out today. >> we'll be debating that hot

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>> welcome back for 36 of your time. >> i'm martin daubney on gb news now return now to the story that three councillors have joined reform uk and become the party's first elected politicians in wales . let's join now with lee wales. let's join now with lee anderson. the reform uk mp. lee, welcome to the show. so you had a trip to the valleys yesterday and you came home with some bounty. tell us more. >> yeah, i came back with some very, very good news. martin. three brilliant local independent councillors on torfaen council have made the brave and bold decision the right decision to join reform uk, wales and they are the first reform group of councillors in the whole of wales.

>> it's an historic moment and i tell you what, the feeling i got around the town and in the pub that we went into after is that reform? the people's army are now on the march in in wales and that's wonderful news for the people of wales, who quite frankly, have been let down for donkey's years by the by the labour party. >> now, lee, you were saying in the video that labour have been useless in wales this lot or the people's army, but it's fair to point out that on this particular council, the labour party holds 29 of 40 seats. the reform three, a former independent three. there they are in a bit of a reservoir dogs star video there. lee, have you strolling down outside the boozer in slow motion. i'd expect no less from you and the reform party. >> but tell us, can you make a serious difference for the brexit party? >> did okay at the 2019 european elections? couple of mps got , elections? couple of mps got, meps got away. but the brexit party and reform have never won anything in wales. what's

different this time? >> it's a lot different. martin >> it's a lot different. martin >> the actual feeling out there on the ground, on the doorstep. >> look, you know, this place i went to yesterday is too not dissimilar from places like ashfield, red wall areas, working class areas where traditionally we've always had a labour council and a labour mp. >> and look at my area, compare it to ashfield, which you can do. >> i think, you know, i was the my vote share last time martin actually went up. >> you know, i was one of two only red wallers from the 2019 election who retained the seat. the other was matt vickers up in stockton. but he had a very, very kind board and boundary change. look people out there want change and reform. uk offer something different . people are something different. people are sick to death of voting for something and getting something completely different. and i tell you what, we'll stick to our guns. we'll be we'll keep pumping the same message out to people all over the country, not just in england, in wales, in scotland as well. and i tell you what, we've got senate elections in two years in wales. they've

got pr in wales. and i tell you what, we're going to win seats. so, martin, if you fancy standing , get your centres at standing, get your centres at swansea, go and move there for a few years and learn a bit of welsh. and who knows, you could be in the senate in two years. >> well, lee, my welsh is worse than my king's english. >> and on that point i want to pass you over to chris. >> hope he's got a question for you, lee. >> lee anderson, great to see you.the >> lee anderson, great to see you. the polling does support what you're saying. we've got this polling from we think polling showing that labour is down six points since the election. reform's up five points. the tories becalmed at 20 points. that suggests that that support is leaching from labour towards reform uk. and that must be a worry. it seems. and how is you say you're well received in the pub there? when i was covering the brexit party campaign that nigel farage led in 2019, if a european parliament, he was heckled and booedin parliament, he was heckled and booed in merthyr tydfil, he was told to go, go home, we don't need you here, nigel farage. are you sure that's that's a fair reflection of all people's views of reform uk ?

of reform uk? >> i think it is. i think, you know, politics changes very quickly these days. people are fed up. look at the last election, for example. yeah, labour got a massive landslide. but the actual, you know, the amount of people that voted for keir starmer was well down. people are a little bit fed up with politics. like i said to martin, they are fed up of voting for one thing and getting another. they've seen now that reform's got five world class mps in westminster. we've got councillors now. our membership has shot up from 20,000. when i first joined to nearly 80,000 people are joining every single day . donors are people are joining every single day. donors are coming on board. you know, my general election campaign was fantastic. i got people coming out of the woodwork. i'd never heard of wanting to help deliver leaflets or posters up. there is something happening out there. i know nigel says this a lot, but people are genuinely fed up with the two mainstream parties, chopper and reform uk offers a glimmer of hope. >> okay, lee, now we've got councillor david thomas on the show at 5:00. he's the leader of

the reform welsh three. >> but before that, something else you've done today, >> you sent a rather, angry letter, shall we say, to yvette coopen letter, shall we say, to yvette cooper, the home secretary? you're talking about those who've been arrested, and you're coming out with some pretty spicy words about their presumption. >> you think of guilt, not innocence. >> tell us more. >> tell us more. >> well, you know , in this, we >> well, you know, in this, we pride ourselves in this country on being innocent until proven guilty. now, the home office put this tweet out which said criminals. so the sort of assuming the 1000 people that's been arrested are already criminals, which is why i sent this letter to yvette cooper. now, bear in mind, this twitter platform x platform, if you like, this is the home office. this is not some angry politician at 11:30 at night, who's probably been on the bottle and decided to create something out and then regretted it the day after. this is the home office, and i think it's an absolute scandal . absolute scandal. >> you said here, innocent until proven guilty that tweets on the screen. >> now it appears not since the

labour party took charge. check this tweet out from the home office sent out last week, which in my opinion is disgraceful. >> now they also sent a letter. i think we've got a picture of that. we can pop on the screen. lee and you've said here in that letter you think this could be a possible contempt of court issue. >> strong words. lee, tell us more. >> well, you know this. you know this march. you know, if you talk about a live court case and, you know, make statements on social media, even when we're sat in the house of commons, if we accidentally mention a current court case, we get slapped down by the speaker. you know, we can't influence the outcome of any sort of trial. and for the home office to say these thousand people are criminals . now, it these thousand people are criminals. now, it might be these thousand people are criminals . now, it might be the criminals. now, it might be the case that most of them are get , case that most of them are get, you know, get convicted and face the full wrath of the law. and so be it. but you cannot prejudge that. you cannot say these people are automatically criminals. where have they got this information from? you know, and to what end? martin lee, we've seen very touching pictures today of the king in

southport , calming the community southport, calming the community there after what we saw with the triple killing and also the riots, we were contacted by a very passionate viewer called june lee and she was saying what needs to happen now is that communities across britain where those riots took place, need to be listened to by the political class, need to be listened to by the prime minister. >> lee anderson, we saw that in 2011, in the wake of the tottenham riots. do you think that needs to happen now, and do you think it will happen? do you think keir starmer will listen to the british public about why those riots took place ? those riots took place? >> well, i came on gb news. i think it's three weeks ago when the riots were happening. martin, i said exactly this. you know, it's all about locking people up and banging them in prison and putting them through the judiciary system quite sharpish. but at the end of the day, you have to sit down and speak to these people and i made a plea on gb news to sir keir starmer that these lads, these youths or whatever, who they keep labelling as far right, get them in a room, go on sir keir, get him in a room and go and

talk to them and ask them why they're so angry. and then you might get to the nub of the problem, and then you might start coming up with some solutions, because just keep locking people up time and time again is not a solution, because this problem will fester away and it'll keep rearing its ugly head every 2 or 3 years. >> okay, lee anderson, thanks for joining us on the show. always a pleasure to have your forthright opinions. and also thank you, chris hope, for joining me in the studio. there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00, including legalised shooting up centres, sensible practice or a pathway to addiction and death. >> we'll debate in that

next. >> welcome back. time is 447 on martin daubney and this is gb news scotland has the highest rate of drug deaths in europe as new data shows, it's increased by 12% last year. and those in

the country's most deprived areas are an astonishing 15 times more likely to die of drug misuse last year than those in the least deprived areas. an astonishing statistic . astonishing statistic. >> so how do we attempt to solve this crisis? well, there are plans to open the uk's first safe drug consumption facility in glasgow this september, but legalising shooting up is that not just encouraging people to become addicts in the first place? >> well, joining me to discuss this is the consultant neurologist and the medical cannabis expert, mike barnes. >> and i'm also delighted to say i'm joined by the former conservative mp marco longhi. let's start with you if we could. >> mike. mike we have tragic loss of life in scotland and it's on the increase, but is it really the answer to make it easier to take drugs? we've seen similar schemes rolled out in places like portland , oregon and places like portland, oregon and in canada. what happened there

is that when you legalise something in one area, people from all over america moved in and drug deaths went up, not down. >> tell me why this might work in scotland . in scotland. >> well, of course it's not. >> well, of course it's not. >> it's not the whole solution to the drug crisis. that's very clear, but it is a step in the right direction. i think. i mean, the drug consumption centre like this , first of all, centre like this, first of all, reduces harm. and that's i think the primary reason is to help people with often with significant physical and mental health issues to come to terms to adapt to their drug habit, most of which is not their fault, it reduces drug deaths. now it's not going to cure drug deaths, but it will reduce drug deaths. and the evidence from around the world. and you're quite right. it's been introduced in many countries australia, canada, germany, france . and the general france. and the general experience in those countries is that it reduces harm, be reduces drug deaths and see, opens the opportunities for the people to have treatment and help for

their addiction. it also helps their addiction. it also helps the local communities because you don't get people taking drugs in the streets, leaving needles around and suchlike. so, you know, there's a lot of benefits. it's not the whole solution, but it is a step, in my opinion, in the right direction. >> marco longhi is shaking your head over to you . head over to you. >> well, first of all, i'd like to thank the public health, guests that you have there, because i know he means well and i know he does. >> probably a very lot of good work in in what he does. but his priority, as you have just heard, is on the immediate health and safety of individuals rather than the wider moral, legal or practical considerations. >> think about the per se. the perceived endorsement of drug use that this is giving. as you mentioned, martin, it sends completely the wrong message, especially to younger people, implying that drug use could be either acceptable or even inevitable. think about the legal and ethical concerns this bnngs legal and ethical concerns this brings about. you know, there's a there's a legal dilemma here. we're using public funds in a way that might actually conflict

with the enforcement of drug laws that we have right now . so laws that we have right now. so is it legal or is it illegal or is it legal or is it illegal or is it legal or is it illegal or is it legal rather than others, because it is illegal to take these drugs where exemption for these these places? what about actually addressing the root causes instead? shouldn't we putting we be putting resources into prevention and rehabilitation programs rather than providing a place to use even more drugs safely? what about, you know , safely? what about, you know, the consultant mentioned community before and, you know, perhaps needles being about, well, what about you know, this could be a magnet for a lot more drug users coming into a concentrated area. i don't think the local communities would be very happy with this. so you could potentially see more drug related activities in an area , related activities in an area, drug dealing, loitering, and therefore probably crime. and then probably would mean that this is, you know, these areas are probably less desirable to live in. so people will be very happy. you know, there's a

question around the long term benefits. there's definitely insufficient data. and you've mentioned what's happened in the united states. martin, what are the long term positive outcomes for all of this? you know, what about reduced drug use or improved public health overall ? improved public health overall? i don't think there's any evidence whatsoever. and i think that's even been acknowledged today. and as you said, martin, let me let me , let me we need to let me let me, let me we need to let me let me, let me we need to let mike get a word in. >> mike, it's fair to say the war on drugs hasn't been won. we perhaps can never win it. so locking people up and criminalise them doesn't seem to be working. but is the state sanctioned consumption of opiates perhaps even on public money, on the public ticket? is that really the answer ? that really the answer? >> well, i think it's not the whole answer at all. and i totally agree that we need more money into the health support and addiction services so that there's no doubt. but my view again, is that these centres help the people that need the help. they don't. there's no

evidence across the globe that this will increase drug consumption, that it doesn't go down either, but it doesn't go up. so we're not causing more people to become addicts and we're helping those that are. so yeah, it's a small step, but it's a small step in the right direction. it's safe and it reduces deaths, there's no doubt about that. there's over a thousand deaths a year in scotland that will come down if it comes down one death, it's worth doing, but it will probably come down several hundred. you know, in the uk it's 162,000 prosecutions in 2020 for drug possession , each 2020 for drug possession, each one taking about ten hours of police time. that's a massive police time. that's a massive police time. that's a massive police time. waste frankly, 10,000 people were incarcerated in prison as a relatively simple drug possession. i'm not talking about drug supply here or drug dealing, drug possession . surely dealing, drug possession. surely the saving of that money is worth investing in the health of the addicts. >> okay, we have to leave it there, gentlemen. a superb debate. thank you for your your opinions. >> both sides of the debate. >> both sides of the debate. >> that's what we like here on gb news. thank you, mike bonds.

>> and also marco longhi. now how could a luxury super yacht simply sink while moored off the coast after withstanding the choppiest of seas as it crossed the atlantic? >> we'll have much more from the scene off the coast of sicily after this. plus we'll talk to the new the new reform councillor in wales. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel. now is your weather with alex burkill . weather with alex burkill. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hi. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there will be some very wet and windy weather across the north west tomorrow, but for the time being we still have a blustery, showery theme across much of the country because of an area of low pressure just to the northwest of us, driving a fairly brisk westerly flow. and

it's on this flow. we're going to continue to see hefty showers , to continue to see hefty showers, particularly to the northwest of the uk, as we go through this evening and the start of the night. elsewhere many showers dying out and a lot of the showers will ease with clear skies developing and under those clear skies it is going to turn a bit cooler than it has done through some recent nights, especially towards the southeast, towards the north and west. a bit of cloud starting to pushin west. a bit of cloud starting to push in as we go towards dawn. we are then going to see increasing amounts of cloud coming in from the west as we go through the day, but starting off in the south, it's looking largely bright, just some hazy sunshine and a few showers towards western parts. sunnier and drier further east. cloud then building across northern ireland through the morning and western parts of scotland. and here it will quite quickly start to turn pretty wet as a weather system makes its way in a drier picture, though, for eastern parts of scotland, as we go into the morning, that wet weather then will spill across much of scotland, northern ireland and

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to you. it's 5:00 pm and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news, broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. on today's show, as the search for missing british tech tycoon mike lynch now enters its second day, we'll be live from city and coast, where investigators are desperately searching for survivors and desperately trying to piece together exactly what happened together exactly what happened to the billionaire's superyacht. and is the reform party launching a town hall takeover of councils ahead of the local elections next may? well, nigel farage's party has scooped up three independent councillors in gwent, wales and soon i'll be joined by the leader of that council before the election, labour promised we'd save £300 a year on our energy bills . well, year on our energy bills. well, today we're told they'll go up by £150. and they also promised to get britain working again. yet today they want to enshrine the rights to work from home in law. confused, so am i. well, we'll try and help you to make

sense of it all. and king charles received a very warm welcome in southport as he arrived to meet survivors of the attack, in which three young girls were tragically stabbed to death. is it time for a queer sheriff of nottingham? well, woke directors at the bbc have made the sheriff of nottingham young female and queer in the new series of sherwood men in tights. we can take it. >> we really need a gay gender fluid. >> sheriff of nottingham . what >> sheriff of nottingham. what was the show? always a pleasure to have your company. well, a short while ago we spoke to lee anderson about the reform party's manoeuvres taking over three independent councillors in gwent in wales. is this the beginnings of something that's happening nationwide? well soon i'll be joined by councillor david thomas, who is the head of

reform wales, to see why he crossed the floor from an to independent nigel farage's outfit. what this means for wales, what it could mean for the rest of the nation. get in touch. the usual ways and read that. read your best comments out before the end of the show. you know what to do. it's gbnews.com/yoursay. but before all of that, it's your headlines with mark . white. with mark. white. >> good evening. it's 5:02. the main headlines from the gb news centre specialist dive team is searching the wreck of a british superyacht off sicily are making slow progress because of the difficult conditions at the wreck site. the italian coastguard has deployed five patrol boats, a helicopter and divers from specialist units in the region , a remotely operated the region, a remotely operated underwater vehicle is also being used by search teams. underwater vehicle is also being used by search teams . among used by search teams. among those unaccounted for is british

businessman mike lynch and his daughter morgan stanley, banking chairman jonathan bloomer and senior lawyer chris morvillo are also missing along with their wives. 15 people were rescued after the vessel capsized in a heavy storm, while marco tilotta , heavy storm, while marco tilotta, from the palmero diving unit, told reporters that dive teams are encountering significant challenges in their attempts to access the wreck, the difficulties of the case are dictated by the depth that does not allow for long walking times, so you understand well that the conditions of the hull are tilted in a 90 degrees access to the hull is difficult if you manage to get inside the hull, you understand well the inside there is a world of objects so penetrating inside and descending into the

compartment below from the stairs that are narrow and going into all the cabins is a really hard and difficult job. well, it's also been confirmed that a british businessman who stood trial in the us alongside missing tycoon mike lynch, has died after being hit by a car. stephen chamberlain was killed while out running in cambridgeshire on saturday. both men had recently been acquitted of fraud in the us federal court relating to the sale of their company to software giant hewlett—packard for £86 billion. king charles has visited southport today to meet survivors of last month's stabbing attack in the town, which left three girls dead and others injured. his majesty also took time to meet members of the pubuc took time to meet members of the public who showed up for the visit. earlier, he spoke to some of those who provided support in

the aftermath of the attack, and he also thanked emergency service personnel who dealt with both the stabbings and the riots that followed . at least ten that followed. at least ten palestinians have been killed in an airstrike on a school in gaza. israel claims hamas was using the school as a command centre. meanwhile, the israeli military says it's recovered the bodies of six hostages who were captured in the 7th of october attacks. it comes as the us, egypt' attacks. it comes as the us, egypt, qatar and qatar are calling on hamas to agree to a ceasefire proposal after it gained the backing of israel last night . joe biden became last night. joe biden became emotional as he delivered what is widely believed to be his farewell speech to the democratic national convention. the us president wiped away tears as he addressed crowds on the first day of the event in

chicago. kamala harris will be formally declared as the party's election candidate later this week. mr biden says she's the right choice for america . let me right choice for america. let me ask you are you ready to for vote freedom ? vote freedom? >> are you ready to vote for democracy and for america ? let democracy and for america? let me ask you, are you ready to elect kamala harris and tim walz ? elect kamala harris and tim walz? >> well, intelligence officials say iran was behind a hack on joe biden and donald trump. it follows allegations that tehran tried to infiltrate personal email accounts of around a dozen people linked to the former and current president. the fbi and other federal agencies say the operation was designed to stoke discord and undermine confidence in democracy . a court has heard

in democracy. a court has heard how a group of migrants were banging and screaming for help concealed in a refrigerated van, as they were slowly starved of oxygen. anas sarwar mustafa is on trial for allegedly smuggling seven people from france to the uk on board a ferry. they were hidden in a cramped fake compartment. crew members on the ship used an axe to free the migrants. after hearing the final 31 ted baker stores are collapsed back in march. more than 500 jobs are at risk. they include locations at heathrow and gatwick airports . heathrow and gatwick airports. london's regent street, bath,

york and portsmouth . well, there york and portsmouth. well, there you go. you're right up to date more for you in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you mark. now this hour , >> thank you mark. now this hour, divers have entered the sunken superyacht as the hunt continues for the missing passengers. british tech tycoon mike lynch and his daughter are among six tourists still missing after that luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the coast of sicily in the early hours of yesterday morning and gb news reporter adam cherry is on the scene there off the coast of sicily. adam. the search continues. the hours of vanishing away. now the chancers, it seems, of a

successful rescue of vanishing or diminishing. what's the latest from the scene? >> well, i'm actually walking along the pier area, where, of course , the yacht was, was course, the yacht was, was docked up until yesterday morning. and i think for those watching on television, it reminds you that actually this is a, of course, a bustling boating area, yachting area. but it's so abnormal for something like this to happen. and it's such appalling and cruel misfortune that it has , as you misfortune that it has, as you say, police. so the police are still here? you might have just heard their whistle behind me. and there is a gathering presence. people are now lingering here to observe what's going on. and there are still at least three boats in the water about every half an hour to maybe 45 minutes. you'll see the search helicopter, which was initially parked virtually right next to me when i was speaking to you earlier during the show that now flies around this area

frequently, as i say, every 30 or 45 minutes. so there is some argument that in the next 40, the next 48 hours, or perhaps 24 hours are absolutely crucial because although, of course, the ship sank quickly and there is some feeling that perhaps time has already run out . has already run out. unfortunately, others argue. other engineers argue that given the size of the vessel, there may be air pockets within the hull which are capable of sustaining life for at least another day or so. so although we are 36 38 hours into this rescue operation and 15 people have been found alive already, there is still some hope and this is a very crucial stage. martin and adam, we spoke to doctor simon box earlier in the show. >> he's an oceanographer. university of southampton. huge expertise of these search and rescue diving missions, he said one of the particular

difficulties about the recovery mission , the rescue mission on mission, the rescue mission on this vessel, is that the only way to attempt to get to anybody who may still be alive is to go in through the hatches, which makes it very precarious, very dangerous , very laborious and dangerous, very laborious and slow. and as a consequence, adam cherry, there's a very short window of opportunity for divers once they get in and get down and descend with their air availability and also decompression issues, because they're at 50m depth. so the window of opportunity to search. adam cherry is actually quite limited, even though relatively 50m isn't a hugely deep area of water. >> yeah. and also it's not particularly far off the coast, which makes the whole thing, i suppose in a sense even more tragic. it's so close to home. you're right, it is. it is difficult. and also, they're only able to go to die for 12 minutes at a time before they have to resurface. and one of the divers, or rather, a

spokesman for one of the divers, said recently that they can't see anything inside the ship . see anything inside the ship. and the fact that the ship is intact, the hull is intact also makes this difficult. we're expecting them. if there are any of the six still alive, they would be in their cabins . given would be in their cabins. given the time that this sinking took place , that's where they're place, that's where they're looking. but it's very difficult with the debris and as you say, it's tricky for them to enter or even see anything at this point. >> okay. adam cherry, thank you for joining us there. from that forjoining us there. from that marina there in sicily, where that boat will have been docked before as the search and rescue mission mission continues. >> thank you very much. now moving on. three counsellors have joined reform uk and become the party's first elected politicians in wales. now, just a few councillors defecting might seem hardly revolutionary, but is this a sign that nigel farage and his party are serious about targeting labour's heartlands? well, let's now hear from one of those councillors who defected to reform just yesterday. and that's councillor david thomas, who is now the

leader of reform uk wales. councillor thomas, welcome to the show. so you were elected successfully and have been representing your local community for years now. in fact, you're a labour councillor before brexit, why would you have defected to the reform party? tell us the reasons behind your decision. >> well , behind your decision. >> well, basically we behind your decision. >> well , basically we left >> well, basically we left labour and went independent. >> we were politically homeless for, for, for a long time and we feel that reform uk, you know offers common sense policies, fiscal responsibility and putting local communities first, which perfectly aligns to our vision of effective governance. >> is it fair to say in the past that no, the brexit party got a couple of meps away in 2019, but, at general elections, local elections, brexit party reform has never won anything. would

you have been better off staying as an independent, >> well, that's that's an argument that we, you know, we could we could go down, but no, i don't think so at all, because when you talk to the local community, especially, especially all around torfaen, not just my area of town and where i represent, people have had enough of labour. >> nothing changes. everything's getting worse. nothing gets better. i mean, they've been in power for like 25 years and everything they touch turns to mush. i mean, just look at cardiff airport, for example, cardiff airport, for example, cardiff airport, for example, cardiff airport, they've had that since 2019. they've spent £179 million on it. i mean it's still not successful. you can't keep chucking money away . but keep chucking money away. but it's always the same case for them. it's not their money. so what does it matter. you know they want 36 new politicians at a, at a, you know, at a cost of £18 million. again, it's not it's not their money. you know, there's no real thought going

into what the people want. >> okay, david, i'm joined in the studio by our political edhon the studio by our political editor, chris hope. he's also got a question for you. >> hi, david. chris hope in a studio with martin. you said there why people are moving away from labour. but why are they going towards reform? why are you going to reform uk? when i've been there with nigel farage, the leader of reform uk, back in 2019 and the brexit party was campaigning, he was told in merthyr tydfil to go home. you're not wanted here. i mean is he liked nigel farage in in wales or is he a drag anchor on the, on the, on the development of reform uk >> it depends who was there in merthyr really. and who were they really the people of merthyr town. i'm not so sure they were. i was there myself and i'm too not sure their accents matched my accent in merthyr, so i'm not so sure they were actually true people. the true people of merthyr, of merthyr town. but but yeah, i mean, nigel farage is offering something completely different. it's all common sense, all

common sense policies, you know, and the tories have never done well in wales, never done well in wales at all. so this is a credible alternative to , to credible alternative to, to having to blindly vote for, for a party that no longer represents the true interests of the people of wales. >> okay, david, there are three of you now. the reform welsh three. what's the plan? what do you want to do next? what's your ambition? >> well, hopefully we'll we'll continue the momentum that we've already. we've already started, we've had so much support for what we've done. it's overwhelming support . and we've overwhelming support. and we've had messages from other councillors in other councils that have said , look, we've seen that have said, look, we've seen what you've done. it's really exciting. we're thinking about doing it ourselves, you know, but we somebody has to make the move first. we've done it and hopefully now others will follow. >> okay. well thanks for joining us. very best of british to you, david. councillor david thomas , david. councillor david thomas, the new leader of reform wales.

pleasure to have you on the show. so chris, what do you make of that? i mean, i know that you were on the campaign trail in 2019, in wales, couple of meps did get away from reform. do you think this has any chance of getting a toehold in the wider capacity? is the political wind in the sails for change? five mps, you know , is a good start, mps, you know, is a good start, but it's a tiny amount. can this in wales be the start of a broader takeover, do you feel. >> well it could be. i'm not convinced. but it could be. i mean, looking at the national polls since the election, labour has dropped six points, according to rethink polling. reform of gael gained five points. that suggests that people who backed labour at the election they're going towards reform uk. nigel farage, wherever he is this week and next week we'll be looking at that going well, there's a chance here. he's on a five year journey. he thinks to try and beat the tories in 2028, 2029 general election. he that may i again i think it's highly

ambitious. but you know you heard there from david thomas. he says why people are annoyed with with labour as the legacy government for nearly well over two decades in, in labour. but whether reform uk is the answer i think i'm not convinced yet. >> it's worth pointing out that in torfaen borough council in gwent , where this movement has gwent, where this movement has happened, 29 of 40 of the council seats are labour party. >> the numbers are stacked against david thomas and his friends there at reform uk it's an opportunity and, you know, the polls suggest there's movement from labour type people because they're all former labour councillors towards reform uk. but this is an absolutely the very, very small beginnings here. but everyone starts somewhere and behind the scenes reform uk nationally are preparing for next may's local elections in england. they want to try and bed down councillors. when you get councillors embedded in an area, just like with lib dems, it's like cockroaches. they're very hard to get rid of. >> and also, you know where you're voting like cockroaches. >> i mean like they understood what you meant.

>> there will be no hate crime on my show. what what what i think is interesting is this is long. it's painstaking. it's not particularly sexy to build that ground game with councils, to know where your votes are . but know where your votes are. but it is an essential part if you have to have any chance of winning in five years time. you have to do this legwork now. maybe that's the game plan . maybe that's the game plan. maybe that's the game plan. maybe we might see something else outside of wales, but that is the game plan. >> i should have said tentacles, not cockroaches. but you know what i mean. the point is that we know what you mean. it's very hard to get rid of councils when they can bed in and get and know thee where voters live, and that's what you may get with reform uk. this is the kind of thing that that people who want reform uk to do well want to see more of. >> okay. now very quickly you are hosting gb news tonight. that's right. that is 7 to 8 pm. tonight. what's on your menu. >> we've been looking closely at labour's mass prison release coming on the 10th of september. 2000 prisoners released early after serving 40% of their time looking at who might be released andifs looking at who might be released and it's alarming. i do advise people to tune in. we're looking also looking at labour's plan to try and mitigate removal of the

winter fuel allowance to those on on a pension credit. but even so, that is very controversial. with bills set to rise next in in october and also we'll be heanng in october and also we'll be hearing from, from from bill rammell michael brown, former labour former tory mp, and also asking questions. you've been asking questions. you've been asking can buildings be racist? i'm not sure . gb news viewers i'm not sure. gb news viewers agree. >> supersaf that's gb news tonight with chris, that's 7 to 8, right here on gb news in the studio. thank you very much. superb. now coming up we'll go to our man in america for the latest on the presidential race on bonfire night november the 5th. we'll see fireworks martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 524 on martin daubney on gb news now . the democratic national now. the democratic national convention has kicked off in

chicago. vice president kamala harris surprised crowds with an earlier than expected appearance as she thanked president joe biden for his leadership . biden for his leadership. >> i want to kick us off by celebrating our incredible president, joe biden . who will president, joe biden. who will be speaking later tonight? joe, thank you for your historic leadership, for your lifetime of service to our nation for and all you will continue to do. we are forever grateful to you . are forever grateful to you. >> well, last night, joe biden cried and called donald trump a loser. and tonight we're expecting michelle and barack obama to make an appearance and anoint kamala harris. let's cross over now, live to washington, dc, and speak to our us. correspondent, steve edgington. steve, welcome to the show. so very, very fair. lots of vibes of 2016. we've got the

obamas . we got the clinton obamas. we got the clinton dynasty out to make sure the baton is passed. but a lot of people are saying, steve, that there wasn't an elected vote, there wasn't an elected vote, there wasn't a democratic vote. kamala harris has been coronated . kamala harris has been coronated. she's been anointed, not elected . she's been anointed, not elected. nevertheless, what do you think we're gonna expect tonight ? we're gonna expect tonight? >> you're right. they're getting their big hitters out to endorse kamala harris. they're trying to shape the narrative around their new nominee for the president. of course, kamala harris was the vice president for the last four years, but she wasn't particularly well known or well liked by americans. if you looked at opinion polls, she is one of the most unpopular vice presidents america has ever had. so the democrats really had a opportunity and a task on their hands to try and reshape what americans thought of kamala harris. and they're using all of these very popular former presidents, bill clinton, barack obama, who'll be speaking tonight at the democratic convention to try and persuade

americans that actually, kamala harris is a strong candidate. she's far better. she's younger than joe biden, and she's really breathed a new, fresh of life into the democratic campaign. if you look at opinion polls, kamala harris is doing much better than many expected her to do. she's had a bit of a bump, and i think they're trying to use this convention again to try and reshape the narrative around harris as a candidate. previously, she's seen as quite inauthentic. she's not very good at interviews. she hasn't done a media interview in over a month, and but when she's on script, she can be fairly charismatic. and her speech on thursday accepting the nomination is expected to be a pretty good speech. she can be quite a good speaker if she's reading off a teleprompter now where she struggles and perhaps her greatest weakness is when she's off script, when she's being interviewed by the press , interviewed by the press, whether they're asking her questions, if she's come off air force one or at other different press conferences and so on, she can sort of scramble her words.

she comes across as quite inarticulate and inauthentic. so certainly this convention, again, it's all about shaping the kamala harris brand. ahead of the election in november. it's only a few months away now. >> and steve, the pre—prepared set pieces to a very friendly crowd with former presidents , crowd with former presidents, democratic party luminaries around you. that's one thing. but what about a more rigorous cross—examination, a more worthwhile test, and you alluded there to some tv debates. i understand that kamala harris has pulled out of a fox tv debate with donald trump , debate with donald trump, fearing she might not have a very friendly audience. can she get through to november without facing some severe cross—examination from donald trump and indeed, the american media and public? >> well, in 2020, the democrats really had a strategy of keeping joe biden in his basement. he didn't really do campaign events. he didn't do too many interviews. and that was because

of covid. that's what they said, at least. whereas donald trump was going out there and trying to do rallies and so on. this time around, i think they're trying to repeat that same strategy. she certainly has avoided the press for a long time . she's agreed to do two time. she's agreed to do two debates on liberal media networks in the united states . networks in the united states. as you say, she is avoiding this debate. on september, the fourth with fox news. and it seems the democrats are quite concerned or worried about hosting a debate or going to a debate on a network which they see as not favourable to them. so i think there have been a lot of accusations, particularly from j.d. vance. donald trump's running mate, that she is avoiding scrutiny. she is avoiding scrutiny. she is avoiding the press, that this isn't a democratic way to become elected president. she needs to put herself forward. she needs to start having a bit more pushback against her in the media and so on. and she's simply not doing that for the democrats. that's quite a clever strategy. as i said, i think she's a good speaker when she's

on script, but when she gets off script, she really struggles. so it makes sense why they're hiding from the media at this time. >> steve, do you think the saddest person in america to see joe biden go will be donald trump? i mean, he looked nailed on to have beaten joe biden a lot of a lot of doubts around his mental wherewithal, his capacity to fight on. and kamala harris, as you've pointed out, not a perfect opponent , but, as not a perfect opponent, but, as you say, measurably better than joe biden. >> she's certainly younger , and >> she's certainly younger, and she seems that she has a lot more energy and charisma than joe biden, who's not in his prime. let's be honest , we saw prime. let's be honest, we saw him on that debate stage with donald trump, and he really struggled to get some of his answers out. and the american people , i think a lot of people, i think a lot of americans were quite shocked at his poor performance. donald trump will be upset that he's facing kamala harris. we know that his campaign feel a bit frustrated. they don't quite know which attack line to go after her with, so they're having to completely pivot to a

new candidate, a different candidate with different weaknesses, but also different strengths to joe biden. so i think that the trump campaign is currently slightly concerned, but they're still ahead in major opinion polls in some of the swing states. i think that many republicans are confident that they will win in november. with they will win in november. with the economy struggling under biden and harris again, harris is not particularly strong candidate when it comes to other people like barack obama. she doesn't have the charisma she is seen as inauthentic. she has struggled in the opinion polls, so there are also weaknesses around kamala harris. so i don't think the trump campaign are too concerned, but certainly more concerned, but certainly more concerned than when they were facing joe biden. >> okay, steve ella toone, it's going to be the greatest show on earth. november the 5th. and of course, all eyes on that chicago conference tonight. we'll have full details on that tomorrow. steve, always a pleasure. thank you very much. there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00, including in a moment. i'll speak to jacob rees—mogg from somerset about the blight of low traffic neighbourhoods in

bath. but first, here's your latest news headlines. and it's mark . white. mark. white. >> good evening. at 531, the latest news from the gb news centre. and first, some breaking news just reaching us here. emergency services in lincolnshire are at the scene of a rescue operation at a pleasure park in skegness. the incident at the botton's pleasure park in skegness follows a malfunction of one of the rides. now it's reported up to 20 people are believed to be stranded in mid—air as fire service personnel attempt to get them down safely . we'll bring you down safely. we'll bring you more on this as we get it. specialist dive teams searching the wreck of a british superyacht off sicily are making slow progress because of the difficult conditions on the

wreck site. the italian coastguard has deployed five patrol boats, a helicopter and divers from specialist units in the region. a remotely operated underwater vehicle is also being used by search teams. among those unaccounted for is british businessman mike lynch and his daughter morgan stanley, banking chairman jonathan bloomer and senior lawyer chris morvillo are also missing along with their wives. 15 people were rescued after the vessel capsized in a heavy storm. king charles has visited southport today to meet survivors of last month's stabbing attack in the town. it left three girls dead and others injured . his majesty also took injured. his majesty also took time to meet members of the pubuc time to meet members of the public who showed up for the visit. earlier he spoke to some of those who provided support in the aftermath of the attack. and he also thanked emergency

service personnel who dealt with both the stabbings and the riots that followed . at least ten that followed. at least ten palestinians have been killed in an airstrike on a school in gaza. israel claims hamas was using the school as a command centre. meanwhile, the israeli military says it's recovered the bodies of six hostages who were captured on the 7th of october attacks. it comes as the us, eqypt attacks. it comes as the us, egypt and qatar are calling on hamas to agree to a ceasefire proposal after it gained the backing of israel last night. joe biden became emotional as he delivered what's widely seen as his farewell speech to the democratic national convention. the us president wiped away tears as he addressed crowds on the first day of the event in chicago. kamala harris will be formally declared as the party's

election candidate later this week. mr biden says she's the right choice for america . a right choice for america. a court has heard how a group of migrants were banging and screaming for help , concealed in screaming for help, concealed in a refrigerated van as they were slowly starved of oxygen. anas sarwar mustafa is on trial for allegedly smuggling seven people from france to the uk on board a ferry. they were hidden in a cramped fake compartment crew members on the ship used an axe to free the migrants after heanng to free the migrants after hearing their pleas for help. two of them lost consciousness before being rescued. al mustafa has denied the charges and the trial continues. at lewes crown court . okay, you're right up to court. okay, you're right up to date. we'll have more for you in half an hour. >> at 6:00 for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code

or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> now, a ton of you have been getting in touch gbnews.com/yoursay. this one is superb from catherine on the on the debate we had earlier about racist buildings. yes they exist, she said racist buildings. well done martin. what a great counter argument. we are truly sick of people trying to demean this country when they don't even acknowledge all of the slavery in history by other cultures and the current slave trade, which to my knowledge is mostly non—white people being enslaved by non—white people. catherine, great point. now my favourite part of the show, i'm joined by michelle juby, the queen of prime time political debate hoves into view now . tubes, hoves into view now. tubes, what's on your menu? hello, martin. >> to good join you. look, there's one story that's dominated so much of the news headunes dominated so much of the news headlines today. that is the

very sad news of a man, mike lynch. many call him a british version of bill gates. his yacht seems to be caught in some kind of weather freak accident. i can tell you now, joining me on my program for an exclusive conversation is a man, david tabizel. he is a friend and actually the co—founder of the business autonomy, which is something that people will remember that mike lynch actually spent over a decade of his life trying to kind of salvage his reputation. he was, of course, cleared of the charges in june this year. so interesting chat there. horrendous situation unfolding overin horrendous situation unfolding over in italy of course. also want to talk about matters in this country as well. yvette cooper doing another review about extremism. i've got to wonder how many reviews of these things do we need anyway? this time on the agenda is whether or not misogyny could be classed as extremism. terrorism, if you will. also, this knife amnesty. martin, what do we reckon that all these kind of teenagers

rocking around with their zombie knives are now going to go up to their local police station? good luck finding one, by the way. and what hand over their goods? i mean, really, is that what we think is going to happen? and this whole notion of having a right to switch off, is that what people need when it comes to work life balance or not? >> well, michelle, you often email me about work related matters early and late at night. i've got no objections to that . i've got no objections to that. we're always working michelle dewberry don't worry, there'll be no lawsuits from me. michelle dewberry dewbs & co 617 superb dewberry dewbs& co 617 superb show as ever. you'd expect no less now, loads more to come before the end of the show, including do we really need a gender fluid woman? a queer to be the sheriff of nottingham? the answer is no. and i'm from

soon. welcome back. it's 541. we're on the final furlong with me. martin daubney on gb news low traffic neighbourhoods might be

forced on our beautiful historic city of bath. ltn see councils close roads to cars and larger vehicles to make them safer for pedestrians and cyclists . but pedestrians and cyclists. but now a local liberal democrat councillor is warning residents that they won't be consulted on these changes. now for more reaction, let's get the thoughts of my gb news presenter, colleague and the former conservative mp for the nearby nonh conservative mp for the nearby north east somerset seat, sir jacob rees—mogg. so jacob, a lot of people see that they, the ltns, are a useful way, perhaps of cutting pollution and traffic. but the key point is normally locals are consulted. that hasn't happened in bath. tell us more . tell us more. >> well, also, it's highly disputable that they reduced pollution. they may displace pollution. they may displace pollution. they may put it in another area. they're also very unfair on elderly people, disabled people particularly often on people with young

children who they need to transport about. it's basically the war. on the motorist being led by incompetent lib dem councils and bath and north east somerset council is extraordinarily incompetent, very badly run inefficient , very badly run inefficient, running to a silly lib dem tune. we've just had ridiculous waste of money outside, where i live in west harptree, where they've put in traffic calming, but they don't get rid of the potholes. they waste money on these silly schemes without ensuring that the roads have the basic surface that they need. it's all part of the lib dems war on the motorist now, sir jacob, it's the lib dems war on the motorist now, sirjacob, it's my now, sir jacob, it's my understanding that at least 250 people have signed a petition against the ltns in this area . against the ltns in this area. >> there's been a very active pressure group and local businesses don't seem particularly keen on this. but of course they're being denied by amanda rigby. she's the liberal democrat member of the council. they they've taken the

very, very unusual position of not allowing any such consultation. what on earth is going on? that's anti—democratic andifs going on? that's anti—democratic and it's not very liberal. >> well, you hit the nail on the head.the >> well, you hit the nail on the head. the lib dems are neither liberal nor democratic. they are a dictatorial group in bath who run bath and north east somerset council for their own benefit, not for the benefit of the residents of the whole area, certainly not for the residents of north east somerset. and this is part of their loony ism that they have these schemes that are purely to punish the motorist . purely to punish the motorist. it's an extremely bad idea and as you say, doing it without consultation is deeply authoritarian . and i don't authoritarian. and i don't believe they have a mandate for it from voters. >> no doubt they would deny, of course, that they are being loonies and of course, anti—democratic. they were elected as councillors, but you're running your show tonight, state of the nation, of course. 8 to 9 pm. on gb news. your magnificent pile there in somerset. what's on your menu ?

somerset. what's on your menu? >> what am i going to be talking about? well, i'm working from home, so i thought it only suitable to talk about working from home and the government's ridiculous idea that this may actually increase productivity and that presenteeism is bad . and that presenteeism is bad. being present for your job is a being present for yourjob is a good thing. the current government wants to pay people more, to do less , and it's more, to do less, and it's making public services more expensive for the taxpayer, but also providing less good service. i'm going to be talking about that. and also as you were talking about, i'm following in your footsteps. can buildings be racist ? and i went to the nearby racist? and i went to the nearby city of wales and asked a few people what they thought. not many people think buildings can be racist. >> how can a building be racist if such a thing is possible ? if such a thing is possible? >> well, it's the most wonderful nonsense . but again, you've got nonsense. but again, you've got these strange bodies, left wing people coming up with potty ideas because they've got nothing better to do . if only nothing better to do. if only councils , parliament, councils, parliament, governments got on with the

business of running things efficiently rather than faffing around with really silly ideas. i just wonder where you start. do you think the pyramids built by slave labour should not be visited because of the slavery involved by the egyptians? it's all balderdash. >> well, i think that's a very different type of racism because it wasn't white people who were the slave masters and therefore it gets a free pass. can i ask you a quick question, sirjacob, about we saw the king earlier on today in southport, and one of our viewers, june, said what we really need to see now, as well as the king embracing the community, is the prime minister to listen to communities across britain about why some of those riots broke out. we saw that sir jacob, after the 2011 riots in tottenham, do you think we now need to listen to some of the communities across britain about their frustrations? or do you think sir keir starmer simply won't do that ? won't do that? >> i think the point you make is

a very valid one. when riots break out, you need strong policing, you need to stop rioting. but if you think back to 1981 and the riots in brixton , to 1981 and the riots in brixton, you then had the scarman inquiry to try and find out what the causes of the problem were. once the due process has been followed and the legal penalties have been applied where they're justly deserved. after that's happened, you need to understand why people were doing things. was there a cause or was it just thuggery, which is perfectly possible. but i think you're right. i think we need to look at what are the simmering tensions in british society. >> thank you very much, of course. and that state of the nation. jacob rees—mogg 8 to 9 pm. thanks for joining nation. jacob rees—mogg 8 to 9 pm. thanks forjoining us. now back to that story about ltns. the councillor, mandy rigby, a liberal democrat member of bath and north east somerset council, has given us this statement. all liveable neighbourhood areas in bath were proposed by the communities themselves and the measures that we will trial or

already are being trialled are the result of significant consultation and co—design. we started in autumn 2020. our intention is to continue to deliver liveable neighbourhoods , deliver liveable neighbourhoods, inviting feedback and trialling measures where appropriate. now coming up, robin hood is the latest to get the woke treatment. find out how next i'm martin daubney

welcome back. it's 551, the final final furlong with me martin daubney on gb news now. woke directors of the bbc have made the sheriff of the bbc have made the sheriff of nottingham young, female and queerin of nottingham young, female and queer in the new series of sherwood. men in tights. we can take. but do we really, really need a gay gender fluid sheriff of nottingham. well, joining us now to discuss this is the lgbt activist peter tatchell. peter, you got your robin hood coloured

shirt on there. beautiful to see you . i mean, look, shirt on there. beautiful to see you. i mean, look, i'm shirt on there. beautiful to see you . i mean, look, i'm all for you. i mean, look, i'm all for men in tights. we know it's a drama. we know probably robin hood didn't exist. and i say that as a citizen of nottingham. but do we really need to have this wokery interrupting this wonderful story? do we really need a gender fluid female sheriff of nottingham ? sheriff of nottingham? >> well, contrary to the way it's been portrayed , this new it's been portrayed, this new series of sherwood is nothing about robin hood at all. this is set in contemporary nottingham, and the new sheriff is leading the fight against a new coal mine, which will bring jobs and prosperity, but has divided the local community because of the bitter memories and tensions over the miners strike. so it's a contemporary drama , nothing to a contemporary drama, nothing to do with robin hood whatsoever , do with robin hood whatsoever, which makes it even more puzzling. >> i mean, the sheriff of nottingham, by the way, is a real thing. there is a

contemporary, there is a present day sheriff of nottingham, not the fictional character, but there is an actual sheriff of nottingham. but to make out that we need an lgbtq activist to come in and save the coal mining community. i'm from a coal mining community. peter tatchell, this is nonsense. >> well, of course, in lots of roles today we have women and lesbians. >> there are lesbian or have been lesbian chief constables . been lesbian chief constables. there have been women, police and crime commissioners. and indeed the post of sheriff, which does exist, as you say, is not limited to men. so it's fair enough and okay to have a range of different diverse characters and this is just one, one, sheriff. it's not not all the sheriffs around the country are being turned into young female lesbians. >> maybe the sheriff has got the she in it. we need a mr. sheriff. but seriously, this is the kind of thing that just kind of makes people roll their eyes and switch off, doesn't it?

>> well, i think, you know , as >> well, i think, you know, as i say, the way it's been hyped up in some of the press gives the false impression. as i said, it's nothing to do with the robin hood story whatsoever. it's the new bbc series sherwood, which happens to be set in nottingham and does use the actual real life role of sheriff to portray the struggle within the community over this proposed new coal mine. so i think it's to good have diversity. but of course, you know, if you look across the country, most sheriffs are male and that's fine. but let's have and that's fine. but let's have a bit of change. let's have a bit of diversity. let's shake it up a bit. you know, i think it's fun to play around with characters and to have, a different range of characters because that reflects the diversity of our society. and, you know, i'm all for that. you know, live and let live, you know, live and let live, you know . know. >> beautiful. peter tatchell, always an absolute delight to have this show . thank always an absolute delight to have this show. thank you very much. and i do like your robin hood coloured shirt. they're wonderful. thank you very much. always a joy. now that's all from me. we've got dewbs & co up

from me. we've got dewbs& co up next. of course, now she's got an excellent guest. she's got the co—founder of autonomy, the mike lynch software company , mike lynch software company, giving some experts and much needed insight into that story. that's a superb guest. i'll be back tomorrow at 3 pm. now, don't forget, we've got chris hope also doing the seven till eight shift. nine martin daubney. and this is gb news. that's your weather. here's alex burka . burka. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hi. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there will be some very wet and windy weather across the north—west tomorrow, but for the time being, we still have a blustery, showery theme across much of the country because of an area of low pressure just to the northwest of us, driving a fairly brisk westerly flow. and

it's on this flow we're going to continue to see hefty showers, particularly to the northwest of the uk as we go through this evening. and the start of the night. elsewhere, many showers dying out and a lot of the showers will ease with clear skies developing. and under those clear skies it is going to turn a bit cooler than it has done through some recent nights, especially towards the southeast, towards the north and west. a bit of cloud starting to pushin west. a bit of cloud starting to push in as we go towards dawn. we are then going to see increasing amounts of cloud coming in from the west as we go through the day, but starting off in the south, it's looking largely bright, just some hazy sunshine and a few showers towards western parts, sunnier and drier further east. cloud then building across northern ireland through the morning and western parts of scotland. and here it will quite quickly start to turn pretty wet as a weather system makes its way in a drier picture, though for eastern parts of scotland , as we go into parts of scotland, as we go into the morning, that wet weather then will spill across much of scotland, northern ireland and

later into parts of northwestern england and wales as we go through tomorrow. the heaviest rain will be across western parts of scotland, where totals could reach 100 to 150mm. as we go into thursday as well. so some disruption, quite likely with a warning in force, something a bit warmer and drier towards the southeast. here, temperatures getting into the low 20s. more wet weather to come as we go through the evening and overnight, particularly across scotland and parts of northern ireland. a dner parts of northern ireland. a drier story further south, so it is looking wet for many of us for a time on thursday. as that system progresses its way further southeast, and then more rain to come on friday by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on

gets mike lynch. i'll be speaking exclusively to his friend, the former business partner and co—founder of autonomy, the business that mike spent over a decade defending his reputation over. also tonight, the home secretary, yvette cooper she has ordered a review of extremism. how many more reviews of extremism do we actually need this time? under the focus? extreme misogyny. should that be regarded as terrorism? your thoughts and anyone that possesses a zombie style knife or a machete? they've been urged to hand them in to a police station just before a ban comes into force. i've got to say, firstly, good luck even trying to find a police station, but anyway, what do you think to this amnesty then? is it a good step, the right one? will it work? and we all work. i think, i hope, but do you think we should have a right to switch off out of hours? what do you think to

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