andrew pierce? for andrew pierce? >> any moment now the home office will publish both the legal and illegal migration stats. we bring you the latest on those and its gcse results day. >> it's a nail biting morning for teenagers and their families across england, wales and northern ireland as results are picked up in gcses and btecs. are you involved in this? let us know . know. >> well the nerves were high and the adrenaline was pumping here at saint gregory's this morning, but there's now lots of happy faces as many of the pupils have picked up their results . picked up their results. >> and hundreds of students. >> and hundreds of students. >> i think we lost him there. right. meanwhile, we move back to italy. five bodies have been found tech tycoon mike lynch. his body has been brought to shore after the sunken yacht incident in sicily. shore after the sunken yacht incident in sicily . the search incident in sicily. the search continues for his 18 year old

daughter, hannah. >> a sombre mood here in porticello as that fifth body is brought to shore. earlier this morning. search teams resuming their their investigation for their their investigation for the final body . the final body. >> and is this the latest alzheimer's wonder drug ? alzheimer's wonder drug? lecanemab is being described as the beginning of the end of the disease, and is set to be approved for use in britain. we'll tell you more . about. we'll tell you more. about. >> so lots to talk about this morning. and good luck out there. if you're opening that envelope. it's such an exciting day and i can't remember mine. beth did really, really well. she can remember it. but let us know what you think. what are your experiences today? because this show is all about what you think. so post your comments by visiting gbnews.com forward slash your say. but first let's get the news with tatiana sanchez.

>> dawn thank you and good morning. the top stories from the gb newsroom british tech entrepreneur mike lynch has been confirmed as among the dead after a superyacht sank off the coast of sicily this week. that coming from the italian coast guard this morning, the search has now resumed for the remaining missing person after the luxury yacht sank on monday . the luxury yacht sank on monday. the fifth out of six bodies in total so far was recovered from the wreck and brought to shore this morning as rescue efforts are continuing into a fourth day. now six people, including mike lynch's 18 year old daughter hannah, were unaccounted for after the vessel sankin unaccounted for after the vessel sank in the early hours of the morning. the identities of the other recovered bodies haven't been confirmed by authorities . been confirmed by authorities. detectives investigating the murder of a parcel delivery driver in leeds have arrested a 32 year old man, police launched a murder investigation yesterday after a delivery driver was involved in a collision during

an attempted theft of his van. officers found the 42 year old victim was unconscious when they arrived on the scene. he was given emergency treatment by ambulance staff, but was pronounced dead at the scene . pronounced dead at the scene. now, concerns about children being physically punished have more than tripled in a year, to according the nspcc. the charity said its helpline had heard about children being slapped, hit and shaken as punishment. it's urging the new government to close the legal defence of reasonable chastisement in england, it said. contacts with physical punishment was mentioned had increased from 447in the 12 months to march last year to almost 1500 this year. last year to almost 1500 this year . and rail talks continue year. and rail talks continue today as the rmt meet with network rail to discuss their pay- network rail to discuss their pay. the rmt met with officials at the for department transport on tuesday to discuss a pay rise for its members at train operating companies rmt general secretary mick lynch said all

offers would be dealt with by the unions after talks are completed, with network rail and the mod today , and those are the the mod today, and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez, more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> good morning. 934 this is britain's newsroom live across the uk with me, bev turner and dawn neesom. because andrew is still on his holidays in his budgie smugglers. >> thank you beth. you didn't even have to say it this morning. i'm getting the mental image all ready now. hundreds of thousands of teenagers in england, wales and northern ireland are opening their gcse results today as a proportion of students receiving the highest grades has fallen from last yean grades has fallen from last year, but remains higher than

before. the covid 19 pandemic. >> so we want to hear from you this morning. do you have a teenagerin this morning. do you have a teenager in your life who is getting their gcse results? have you ever needed to prove your qualifications? because we were talking about this and i can remember, i can remember the grades that i got . you're not grades that i got. you're not sure you can remember your o—levels? >> i mean, i know roughly the subjects i took. i know i got nine of them and i know they were roughly a combination, i think a couple of a's, but mainly b's. and c's. but if you asked me to list them, like you can list yours. i've got no idea.the can list yours. i've got no idea. the thing is, we give kids mixed messages now with gcses because my 15 year old, who will sit hers this time next year, had said to me, yeah, but they don't really matter, do they, mum? >> and it's like they do to open the next door. but actually after that, no one will probably ever ask you to prove whether you had such grades or when you got them . yeah. got them. yeah. >> and i think that's the important thing. i think that's the important message. it is important because a it gives you a sense of achievement. you've studied, you've worked hard. you deserve this . but also b not

deserve this. but also b not always but i know what you mean. but yeah , but it opens, it opens but yeah, but it opens, it opens those doors to go to a good sixth form college and then get good a—levels and, you know, education, as we were talking about as well, education, as we were talking about as well , especially if about as well, especially if you're working class, is really the key to pretty much everything. but it is good luck , everything. but it is good luck, >> we've got a great show today. we've got all sorts of different topics we're going to be talking about between now and midday. and of course, don't forget we've got the immigration figures as well, legal and illegal migration. we're going to be bringing those when they land. hopefully any minute now. let's go to sophie reaper who is at saint gregory's catholic high school. sophie you only did your gcses about two years ago, didn't you? can you remember what you got and what's going on there this morning ? there this morning? >> well, it was slightly longer ago than that. i can tell you that for a fact, but i still remember it as if it were yesterday. but here at saint gregory's, i think there was a lot of nerves this morning. but now that most of them have got their results, there's a lot of happy faces here. they've got little balloons marking the grades for their pupils, and we

need this one now for our next guest who's joining me. need this one now for our next guest who'sjoining me. it's guest who's joining me. it's headgirl at saint gregory's. joanna. joanna, that's for you. and tell our viewers why you need that number nine, because i got seven nines and three eights. seven nines and three eights. seven nines and three eights. and that means. joanna, i know you're going to be embarrassed that i say this on air. she got the best results her entire year. group so amazing. amazing results from you there. joanna, talk to us about how you went about getting such phenomenal results. i mean , such phenomenal results. i mean, that's there's so many nines on there. >> i know, i think i just worked really hard, like i started quite early and as soon as i did my year 11 marks in december, i just carried with the flow there and just started revising properly from then on, just had like different revision tactics for everyone. so like, you can't revise maths. the same way you revise maths. the same way you revise history. so with my maths, i knew to i had do like loads of practice questions, but with my history i had to. you had to know my content, so i just had to learn how to revise each subject basically. >> and i know we were speaking

off camera, weren't we? and i asked you who put the pressure on and it wasn't your parents, was it? who puts the most pressure on me? >> yes. yeah >> yes. yeah >> and are you glad that you did that now? i mean, they speak for themselves, don't they? >> that's true. to be fair, i don't think i should have put as much pressure on myself if i'm being honest. but you know what? the results speak for themselves. so i mean, yeah. >> and when you open that envelope, this morning, were you expecting such fabulous results or were you nervous? what were you feeling? i wasn't expecting this much, i can't lie, >> i was quite nervous, to be fair. yeah, but i'm just. i'm so happy. like, as soon as i saw them, i was like, no way. i can't believe i've got all these. but yeah. >> so head girl, amazing exam results. best in the year group. what does the future hold for such a phenomenal young student? >> well, i'm hoping to go to college hoping to do english lit history economics there. after that i'm hoping to do law at university. so yeah , i think we university. so yeah, i think we can safely say that you may be one of our future bright legal minds in this country. >> joanna, thank you so much for

joining us. congratulations once again. absolutely phenomenal results and good luck. i'm sure you will do amazing things . you will do amazing things. thank you so much. i just i mean, thank you so much. ijust i mean, how many nines she deserves that balloon because you talk about my exam results. i certainly didn't do as well as joanna. so amazing work from her. >> thank you sophie. thank you . >> thank you sophie. thank you. we've got the immigration figures coming in, but we do want to go quickly to north news. east midlands reporter will hollis who's that? heanor gate spencer academy in derbyshire morning. will what's happening there. >> good morning. it is a day quite unlike any other. there is magic in the air here at heanor gate spencer academy. and i'm joined by jack and nancy. jack, how have your results gone this morning for your gcses ? morning for your gcses? >> i'm quite impressed, mainly in spanish and geography. i've impressed myself , got what impressed myself, got what i needed to for sixth form so i'm happy. yeah, fantastic. >> you're going to be coming

back to sixth form here, or are you going to go somewhere else? yeah, i'm going to be coming back here. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> fantastic. nancy, what are those results looking like this morning? >> i'm really pleased with them. it's i worked so hard for them, so i'm not surprised. but it's just a shock when you open them. >> how much work went into it? what was it? sleepless nights and early mornings. >> unreal. the amount of past papers i did and just revision cards all the time. working hard in lessons as well. it just all pays off. >> and how did you feel when you first got that brown envelope and first learnt your results before you learned them? how nervous were you? nervous were you? >> nervous were you? >> well, i was going to be sick. honestly. i cried this morning. i cried when i opened them . i cried when i opened them. honestly, it's so overwhelming. but yeah, it's all right in the end. >> what about you? how did it feel on the way into school this morning, the first time coming back since finishing in july , back since finishing in july, >> i just tried not to be too nervous, really? because i knew i'd try my best, and that was all i could do at the end of the day. so, yeah, i still, still a little bit nervous, but, jack, you're going to be staying here for the sixth form. >> what comes later in life? where where does this road lead,

>> honestly, to be honest, i have no idea yet. i'm just gonna, you know, see what i do well and see what i enjoy in sixth form and just see where that takes me. really? >> i can see there are some fantastic results there. nancy, where are you going in the future? what's the dream? >> well, i'm coming here for sixth form. but then i want to work in education. either with like primary school children or i'm not really sure in behaviour or something, but i really like school anyway , so i thought it'd school anyway, so i thought it'd be a good opportunity for me to work here as well. or in a primary school. >> close. >> close. >> congratulations so much to you two on your results and thank you so much in sharing it for not just me here at heanor gate spencer academy, but for the whole audience watching on gb news at home. thank you very much . thank you wil. much. thank you wil. >> well done everybody today . >> well done everybody today. gbnews.com/yoursay let us know how you've got on. and does it really matter your gcse results in the form? >> just read this one out because this is lovely. she's coming straight away. this is from david miller. i'm saying your full name. david. good morning. i'm so proud of our granddaughter jessica, who passed all her exams today. she's just a star. so

congratulations, jessica. >> now next, we're going to be crossing over to sicily as the search for the missing passengers who were on board the sunken superyacht resumes this morning, and the latest immigration figures have just landed. mark white will be here to tell us what they mean. don't go anywhere. this is britain's newsroom

gb news. >> good morning. it's 945. this is britain's newsroom on gb news now. don't go too far because we do have those all important immigration figures coming up for you with mark white. but loads of you've been getting in touch about the gcse results. so congratulations to everybody out there. i mean, paul aaron says well done to everyone who's passed their exams and good luck to the future. being proud of your results and efforts is not wrong. we and the point of your your message, aaron, is we need

intelligence to run this country as it should be run, not the way it's happening now. why message. >> why did you miss out that line ? line? >> i didn't miss it. he does say that some youths strolling down waste their lives racing cars around the streets or standing on a street corner, smoking and selling drugs. that's enough about us, bev. what about everybody else? >> i'm with you, aaron. we do need to get kids off the street corners and into back into classrooms or doing at least something. we've got record number of young people not in education, work or training at the moment. >> and this one, this one is completely not connected. but i just had a shock, walked into the room where gb news is on. did a double take. i thought bev turner was the princess of wales. >> well, thank you very much . >> well, thank you very much. >> well, thank you very much. >> i'll take that as a compliment. you do look gorgeous. >> as long as i didn't think you were andrew pierce. >> hahahahaha. >> hahahahaha. >> entirely possible. all right, charles, listen home security did mark white is with us in the studio now, >> hot. from looking at these figures, mark, i know this was only a couple of minutes ago. what do we know?

>> yeah, it's my worst point of the year when we have to go through all these stats. forgive me, they are pretty impenetrable, but we've just been sort of poring through the latest migration figures, legal and illegal. so in terms of work visas issued and justice to june 2020, this is to this is the year to june this year, right. basically the annual ones as well year on year as well. they it's quarterly but they go back a year. so just think of it as a year to june this year there were 286,382 work visas that were 286,382 work visas that were granted in the year ending june. that's 11% fewer than the previous year. however, to put that in context, it's more than double the 2019 levels, now, there were 89,095 health and care worker visas granted to main applicants in the year ending june, that is a 26%

decrease compared to the previous year, with a notable fall in the latest quarter april to june, which was down 81%. so basically in the last three months from april to june, a staggering drop of 81% and a significant proportion of that will be down to the fact that, of course, they've they've increased the threshold for which you can qualify to come across and work, but also in terms of bringing dependants over that's been clamped down on. so that will have seen a reduction in the numbers applying for these health worker visas as we know. >> mark, do labour have any plans to change that or are they keeping. because obviously that was a conservative policy. >> if they do i don't know about it as yet. and the thing i think to mention as we go through these stats, the important thing is this is nothing to do with

laboun is this is nothing to do with labour. this is all under the previous government's watch. so any improvements? you know, the current government can't really claim responsibility for any downward trend. we're noticing. >> it's also just exasperating that if this is good news for the conservatives, that sunak went so early on, his election anyway, i yeah, there you go. >> no, you're absolutely right. which is kind of, you know , which is kind of, you know, people, you know, can't really get their heads around . why on get their heads around. why on earth he was going so early when improvements were being noticed, when the rwanda scheme hadn't even started to see if it would be a deterrent. >> imagine being able to say, an 81% reduction in people coming oven over. >> oven >>i oven >> i know that'sjust oven >> i know that's just exactly to april to june, but anyway, carry on. >> well, it just again, it just adds to what some people believe is a cataclysmic decision to go as early as he did. but there we are , now, there were 260,392 are, now, there were 260,392 visas issued to work dependants. so this is important. this is the previous government clamping down on those because of course,

people coming to study or to work were bringing significant numbers of people, dependents oven numbers of people, dependents over, which was just adding to our net migration figures. so 260,000 just over dependents in the year to june, with health and care worker dependents alone, accounting for 69% of the total. now, what i don't have is whether that's a reduction or not, i don't i haven't been able to find that in the stats yet in terms of students, always interesting. there were 432,225. sponsored study visas, student visas granted to foreign students in the year ending june 2024. that's 13% , one 3% fewer 2024. that's 13%, one 3% fewer than the previous year, but 61% again higher than 2019. just to put it in context, there, two thirds, 65% of student visas in

the latest year were for masters level courses. so older students and then in the first six months of 2024, that's january to june , of 2024, that's january to june, visas issued to dependents of students fell by 81%. >> this is the one a lot of people go on about, isn't it? why why do you need dependent again? >> you know, this would have been a really good announcement for rishi sunak to be, fell by 81% to 11,675 compared to the same period in 2023. now, shall we turn to the boats? we know the figures. there are just over 19,000 compared to the previous yean 19,000 compared to the previous year. it's about 10% increase. so it's not that. but what's always interesting about the illegal migration figures are the breakdowns where the countries are coming from. so the top country represented on these boats was afghanistan .

these boats was afghanistan. 5370, in the year to june . 5370, in the year to june. that's followed by iran 3844. thenin that's followed by iran 3844. then in third place, vietnam, just over 3000. turkey just under 3000 turkey. turkey. but what's happening with turkey is there's a very particular issue, and that's turkish kurds who come and they claim that as kurdish minority, they're oppressed by the turkish government. and they usually have a very strong case for asylum. >> and there's also a lot of pakistanis who are coming via the turkish. and they say they are coming from turkey even though they're not turkish. >> well, indeed. and they throw their identity documents away. and then in fifth of the top five is syria with 2849. now, what's the interesting thing about those five nationalities that were broken down there? every single one bar vietnam,

are countries that the uk government would be powerless to send these people back to. so even if they decide you actually don't fit the requirements for asylum, we're not granting you asylum. they'll get leave to remain anyway because you can't return them to afghanistan or iran or syria or even turkey if they're a turkish kurd, which is where the rwanda scheme exactly . where the rwanda scheme exactly. >> because you could have sent them to rwanda. you can't return them to rwanda. you can't return them to rwanda. you can't return them to afghanistan or iran. the other interesting stat that we're learning is 85% of the small boat arrivals in 12 months to march 2024 were male, and the age was recorded where the age was recorded at, nearly a fifth were between 25 and 39. and this is what we keep hearing from viewers out there. so many young men still. >> yes. no, of course, those that's the demographics. vast majority young, young working age men are coming over on these boats with very few women and children, but to go back to your

rwanda point, it's i think it's an important key point because something that was never really spoken about in rwanda, it was always the message they were hammering home was this was the deterrent to the small boats. but it was also the option as well to send people to countries that you couldn't send them back to. >> we're going to be talking to you throughout the morning, mark. we've run out of time just for now. don't go anywhere. it appears to be autumn outside. who knew? here's your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office . a pretty unsettled start office. a pretty unsettled start to the day today. there's some warnings in force through this morning. rain will spread south and east through the rest of the day, and a further batch of rain is expected tonight. but once the rain does clear parts of northern ireland and scotland, it will be still quite windy through much of the day. but it's a generally improving picture across northwestern

areas. still a few showers to come though, and the cloud and rain will spread into the south and east, but much of the heavier rain will have moved away, so in any sunshine, temperatures still pretty disappointing for the time of yearin disappointing for the time of year in the high teens for most areas. been any sheltered sunshine. we could just about reach 21 or 22 degrees, so fairly fine end to the evening for parts of eastern scotland , for parts of eastern scotland, eastern parts of northern england as well. that's where we'll see the best of the sunshine this evening. temperatures around 17 degrees to end the day across the west, though still some showers moving in where we're exposed to the breeze. temperatures in the lower teens, clouds already building across northern ireland and parts of wales by the end of this evening, ahead of the next weather front due overnight. but for many areas of england and wales it should be a dry and fine evening away from the far southeast. as i said, it is going to turn more unsettled overnight tonight. an area of low pressure will sweep across the country, bringing a spell of very heavy rain and also some quite strong winds, particularly through friday morning across

northwestern areas. gales are quite likely so with lots of cloud and rain around. it's fairly tropical air. temperatures are going to be milder than average by tomorrow morning. but as i said, it's going to be a wet start to the day potentially some localised flooding issues, but that rain will sweep away quite quickly through friday morning once it does clear , it will bring. there does clear, it will bring. there will be a much drier and finer picture for the rest of friday. still a few showers, particularly across north and eastern areas of scotland, as well as parts of northern ireland, but in any sunshine 22 or 23 degrees. but still quite breezy through the rest of friday. stay tuned and i'll see you later. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers

gb news. >> good morning. it's 10:00 gb news. >> good morning. it's10:00 on thursday the 22nd of august. live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with me. dawn neesom for in andrew pierce and the lovely bev turner. >> good morning. thank you for

joining us. so the government has just released the migration statistics. legal migration is down. ray addison has more . down. ray addison has more. >> us with legal migration down, but illegal migration remaining steady. i'll be getting the view from nigel farage's constituency. clacton >> and meanwhile gcse results day and nail biting morning for the teenagers across england, wales and northern ireland as they pick up those important exam results . exam results. >> lots of happy faces here at saint gregory's high school in warrington, as the headteacher tells . if a. tells. if a. >> and it's also a big day here at heanor gate spencer academy in derbyshire as hundreds of students find out where they'll be going next in their future . be going next in their future. >> and perhaps unsurprisingly, labour has declared war on the

motorist. the transport secretary has given the green light to more low traffic neighbourhoods and 20 mile an hour zones across britain . let hour zones across britain. let us know what you think of that. >> who'd have thunk it? meanwhile, alzheimer's wonder drug lee kuan yew i—mab is being described as the beginning of the end for this horrible disease and is set to be approved for use in britain. more details to come . more details to come. soon. >> and we're going to have a little debate about age gap relationships. >> i just had a voice in my ear shouting, younger men, younger men! and it's like was that an offer? i'm thinking maybe, maybe. >> well, we are going to be talking about the growing trend for older women and younger men partners. >> and one of us may have already taken that offer. that's not why we're discussing it, though. >> no we're not. >> no we're not. >> no. we're going to be having a debate. christine hamilton is going to be part of that gbnews.com/yoursay. first, though, the very latest news

with tatiana sanchez . with tatiana sanchez. >> bev thank you. the top stories british tech entrepreneur mike lynch has been confirmed as among the dead after a superyacht sank off the coast of sicily this week. that, coming from the italian coast guard this morning, the search has resumed for the remaining missing person after the luxury yacht sank on monday . the fifth yacht sank on monday. the fifth out of six bodies in total so far was recovered from the wreck and brought to shore this morning as rescue efforts are continuing into a fourth day. now, the italian coastguard has also confirmed that the sixth and final person yet to be found is a woman. six people, including mike lynch's 18 year old daughter hannah, were unaccounted for after the vessel sankin unaccounted for after the vessel sank in the early hours of the morning. the identities of the other recovered bodies haven't yet been confirmed by authorities . hundreds of authorities. hundreds of thousands of teenagers have received their gcse results, with a slight drop in the

proportion of top grades awarded from last year. the approach to grading in england returned to pre—pandemic levels last year, and this year. exam regulators in wales and northern ireland have also made the transition. the results are similar to last yean the results are similar to last year, with more than a fifth of entries awarded the top grades slightly down on 22% last year, but higher than in 2019 before the covid pandemic. but higher than in 2019 before the covid pandemic . detectives the covid pandemic. detectives investigating the murder of a parcel delivery driver in leeds have arrested a 32 year old man. police launched a murder investigation yesterday after a delivery driver was involved in a collision during an attempted theft of his van. officers found theft of his van. officers found the 42 year old victim unconscious when they arrived at the scene. he was given emergency treatment by ambulance staff but was pronounced dead at the scene . an audit has found the scene. an audit has found a number of security failings at a jail after a prisoner allegedly escaped, according to a new report. hmp wandsworth's independent monitoring board said the audit identified 81

points of failure and resulted in long overdue upgrades being made to cctv cameras, which had not worked for over a year. daniel khalife is accused of fleeing custody in september last year while being held on remand over spy charges. he allegedly strapped himself underneath a food delivery lorry and was arrested a few days later. the former soldier denies all of the charges against him and he is due to stand trial in october. concerns about children being physically punished have more than tripled in a year, according to the nspcc. the charity said its helpline had heard about children being slapped , hit and shaken as slapped, hit and shaken as punishment. it's urging the government to close the legal defence of reasonable chastisement in england. it said contacts where physical punishment was mentioned had increased from 447 in the 12 months to march last year , to months to march last year, to almost 1500 in the year to march this year . almost 1500 in the year to march this year. the uk is falling

behind other high income countries due to long waits for hospital care. that's according to a new study. the health foundation says the uk is among the poorest performing countries when it comes to hospital based care. a decade ago, the uk was one of the best nations for people seeing hospital specialists in less than four weeks. but it has , quote, weeks. but it has, quote, supped weeks. but it has, quote, slipped from being one of the better performing nations in 2013 to 1 of the worst in 2023, according to new analysis by think tank . ukraine has attacked think tank. ukraine has attacked moscow with at least 11 drones in what russian officials called one of the biggest drone strikes one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war beganin on the capital since the war began in february 2nd years ago. russia's defence ministry said its air defences destroyed a total of 45 drones over russian territory. the war escalated on the 6th of august, when ukraine sent thousands of soldiers into russia's western kursk region . russia's western kursk region. us president joe biden spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu last night

about the ceasefire and hostage release deal and diplomatic efforts to de—escalate regional tensions. the white house has said that biden stressed to netanyahu the urgency of bringing the ceasefire and hostage deal to a closure. they also reportedly discussed the upcoming talks in cairo in order to remove any remaining obstacles . their call followed obstacles. their call followed us secretary of state antony blinken trip to the middle east that ended on tuesday without an agreement between israel and hamas militants on a truce in the palestinian enclave. negotiators who have struggled for months to conclude a ceasefire deal plan to meet in the coming days in cairo , and a the coming days in cairo, and a dozen magnificent oaks have been chosen for the shortlist for this year's tree of the year contest, with the public now able to vote for their favourite, a tree that sheltered 19th century children's tea parties. the uk's widest oak and one which is shaped like an elephant, are among those selected for the public vote in the annual competition. some of

the annual competition. some of the oaks are over a thousand years old and, according to the charity woodland trust, oaks can live more than 1500 years and support 2300 different species of wildlife, and the uk has more ancient oaks than the rest of western europe combined . those western europe combined. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news. >> com forward slash alerts . >> com forward slash alerts. >> com forward slash alerts. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom. it's bev and dawn this morning. so the government has just released their quarterly migration statistics. legal migration statistics. legal migration is down. whilst illegal migration remains steady. >> and one stat shows that afghans make up the biggest nationality, crossing the channelin nationality, crossing the channel in small boats.

>> well joining us now is gb news reporter ray addison, who is in clacton. of course, nigel farage's constituency for the reform uk party. good morning ray. what are the major concerns there about . ray. what are the major concerns there about. immigration and immigration? >> well, i'm here today speaking to residents, to business people and to politicians as well to find out their reaction to these figures and tough stance. they're announcement of the measures that they're introducing to try and crack down on illegal migration. joined by council of the reform uk group. councillor, thanks so much for joining uk group. councillor, thanks so much forjoining us. what's your much for joining us. what's your reaction to these numbers? >> well it's difficult to actually fully understand at the moment because as we've just looked through, you know, the government have released some figures and they're actually rather confusing at the moment as to what they actually mean. the government releases confusing figures. well, there's a surprise, work visas down, the number of dependants is down.

>> there's a general trend that these are smaller numbers, which many people did have concerns . many people did have concerns. and pressure on resources , and pressure on resources, numbers, by the looks of them, are still huge numbers. >> i mean, back in the 50s, 60s 70s seconds and even the 90s up until 97, net immigration was between 30 and 50,000. last year we saw figures explode to 683,000. and now , you know, 683,000. and now, you know, they're slightly down. well, they're slightly down. well, they're still miles away. where they're still miles away. where they need to be. it's like saying if you had a favourite football team, you know, you lost ten nil last week and now you've lost 8—0 this week. and isn't that good result? well, no, it's still an awful result. and that's what most people will view. these figures. >> well, i was speaking to a businessman earlier here in clacton , and he was saying that clacton, and he was saying that his business, hospitality and care, they depend on immigrant labour for the workforce and these, these these figures would be bad news for him. the number of health and care workers, for example, are down. visas issued

are down by 26%. >> well, i think that the, you know , i mean, i heard that know, i mean, i heard that interview and one of the things that he actually said as well is that he actually said as well is that he actually said as well is that he thinks that, you know, migrants and illegal migrants should be given the opportunity to work whilst they're here, whilst there, whilst they're whilst there, whilst they're whilst they're claiming asylum. i think that's absolutely a dreadful idea because all that will do is encourage even more people here to this country. what we should be doing is sending a clear message. if you come to this country illegally, that you to remain in this country. and what we need to do is to tackle this at source, which is to turn the boats around and send these boats back to france. and i think that's what most people actually view. the other thing in terms of, you know, working people in this country, i think, you know, the greece, the taxable sort of limit to £20,000, that way that would encourage more people to come off benefits, make work pay, come off benefits, make work pay, and actually get people back to work. and i think that that would alleviate that problem that the businessman mentioned earlier.

>> councillor, thanks very much for joining us. sadly, we've got forjoining us. sadly, we've got to end it there just purely for time. but we are speaking to people throughout the entire day here in clacton. we might even p0p here in clacton. we might even pop down to the air show as well and get the thoughts of people there. >> okay. thank you very much, ray. that was ray talking to peter harris there. one of the local councillors. interesting story. actually, there were four tendring councillors down there who were previously independents. they were conservatives originally in 2023, and they've recently changed allegiance to be part of reform uk because obviously that is nigel's constituency. just to clarify who that was, right. mark white is in the studio, which had a little bit more time to digest these figures. >> not much more time to be tom moore about ten minutes. >> we have enormous faith in you. so just for people who are tuning in, what are the main headlines? >> so the key stats that are worth talking about are work visas that were issued, 286,300 odd were granted in the year up to june this year. that is 11% down on the previous year,

double what it was in 2019. just to put it into context, but 11% down. so going in the right direction under rishi sunak , if direction under rishi sunak, if he'd still been in office, there were 89,000 just over health and care worker visas granted in the year to june 24th. now that's a 26% decrease compared to the previous year, and a very notable fall, actually, in the first three months of this year between april and june, where it was down 81% on the same period the year before . and that's down the year before. and that's down to things like for instance, the threshold in terms of the salary threshold, and also because of the issue around dependence, where the government was restricting the number of dependents that could be brought across, that would have an impact. and clearly that is now being felt as well.

>> so just to be clear with what that means then. so that means that means then. so that means that if you are want to come across to be a health care worker from, i don't know, let's pick a country, taiwan , pick a country, taiwan, philippines, philippines. exactly, previously you could have said, i'm going to come oven have said, i'm going to come over, but i'm going to bring my teenage son, my daughter, my husband and my mum. and the government said, you can't do that anymore. that's what's changed. there are some exceptions, but as a rule, the number of dependents has been absolutely slashed , absolutely slashed, >> and there were 260,000 visas that were issued to work. dependents were told between, in the year ending the 25th, this year. the year ending the 25th, this year . june. sorry. with health year. june. sorry. with health care worker dependents alone accounting for 69%. what? i still haven't been able to find is actually whether that's up or down, but that will be very significantly down. there is no doubt, because that avenue has been closed off, as we know now in terms of student visas. this

is one as well that accounts for so many of the net migration figure stats that we get 432,000 just over student visas were issued in the year to june. that's 13% fewer, 13% down on the same period last year, 61% higher, though again, to put it in context than it was five years ago. two thirds, 65% of student visas were for master level courses . and then in the level courses. and then in the first six months of june 2024, january to june , visas issued to january to june, visas issued to dependents of students fell by 81%. so again, another really positive start that rishi sunak , positive start that rishi sunak, had he still been in office, would have been able to tell people about 81% drop to 11,675.

thousand, and then if we look at the issue around illegal migration, in particular the small boats that are crossing the nationalities is the important thing because we already know what the totals are. it's 19,000 just over this yean are. it's 19,000 just over this year, which is 10% higher than the previous year. but on the boats represented in the year to june, this year, the number one nafion june, this year, the number one nation represented on the boats was afghanistan, with 5370 afghans on board these small boats, iran was the second highest nationality represented on the boat, with 3844. then vietnam and thirdly, have, surged actually, in terms of the nation, it was china, india for a while. but vietnam has taken oven a while. but vietnam has taken over. they have trends . so the over. they have trends. so the people smugglers reach out to a particular time and can persuade

to come over. >> that's a success of their marketing campaigns. >> they are incredibly sophisticated and good at marketing, and they will target a country and they will. you will for see six months or so a big surge in indians coming across or pakistanis or whoever agreement with vietnam. >> now , a return agreement. >> now, a return agreement. i thought we had set one up recently. >> well , it's recently. >> well, it's a lot. i'm not sure whether there's a specific returns agreement, but it is a lot easier to return , of course, lot easier to return, of course, to the nation of vietnam. a beautiful holiday destination. >> lots of lots of viewers, if they're lucky, will be able to afford to go to in the same in the same way that it's a lot easier to return people to albania , albania, >> that vietnam is fine, but of course the other countries represented are turkey. now these will be people who are saying, i'm sure that they are turkish kurds. and as such, they're oppressed by the turkish government. and as such they probably would stand a good chance of getting asylum in this

country. and then syria is the fifth country, the fifth most represented on these small boats. and as i was saying just before , four of the five top before, four of the five top nationalities on these boats are nationalities, our countries that as a government you would not be able to send people back to. it would be fought in the courts and the government would lose, no doubt about that. >> so we do we do have a returns agreement with vietnam, which was only just agreed in april of this year. but it's just extraordinary. you know, i want to get on the phone , joe biden to get on the phone, joe biden and say, you know, when you just hotfooted it out of afghanistan and you literally left your helicopters and you left all those people, and you just decided your work was done here, and you just left afghanistan to become just just to go back in time with the taliban in control and the women all oppressed and just go to rack and ruin. well, 6000 of them, 5500 of them are landed on our door. >> we see that manifest in a very real way. and who is

represented on the small boats in terms of the asylum backlog, it's always another one. exercises people , exercises people, understandably, the we're told that the so—called legacy backlog . so those are people backlog. so those are people that are waiting in the hotels to have their claims processed, awaiting an initial decision at the end of june 2024 is 1891. now, the asylum applications made before june 20, june the 28th, 2022 are considered to be legacy. so that doesn't sound like a very high number. no no. exactly. so two years ago, in 2022, it was 98,000. so the government has managed to bring the legacy backlog down from 98,000 to 1891. >> we asked briefly, are we running out of time here? i know, but everything we are seeing, all the facts you've gone through so brilliantly, are what the conservative government was doing , basically. have we was doing, basically. have we heard from labour this morning

about these figures ? have they about these figures? have they said anything? not. >> not as yet. there's no statement from the current government. as i say, the thing to emphasise on this, this is all, you know, if there are gains made, which there clearly are, it was all under the conservative government, nothing to do with the new government who i'm sure are very happy to take the ball and run with it, as boris johnson might say , unbelievable. >> rishi sunak, if you sat at home this morning just having your coffee and your bacon butties a day that he eats. it's a thursday, just just get in touch and just tell us why you weren't quite so early on the election, given that you could claim that you'd got the legacy asylum background backlog down from 98,000 to 1900, i should say. >> there's still 118,000 awaiting an initial decision . awaiting an initial decision. but there's always a big number of people in the system that is something that the current government is , absolutely government is, absolutely determined. they to see whittle right down so that you are dealt

with in weeks, maybe months , but with in weeks, maybe months, but not hanging on for years. >> give it six months and wait for labour to take all the credit for these numbers, then i'm surprised they haven't done so already . so already. >> we're moving on, unfortunately for time wise. up next, labour has declared war on the motorist. or has it transport secretary louise haigh said she welcomed more low traffic neighbourhoods and 20mph zones. oh please no, this is britain's newsroom on gb news. we'll see you soon. don't go too

>> welcome back to britain's newsroom. it's bev and dawn this morning while andrew is on his holidays. carole malone is now with us. he's on his holidays again. i know it's ridiculous . again. i know it's ridiculous. on carole malone is with us in the studio and jonathan lewis as well this morning. good morning. right. can we kick off with labour's war on the motorist carole. we kind of suspected

this might happen. carole. we kind of suspected this might happen . wales had this might happen. wales had back—pedalled a little bit on the 20 mile an hour zones because it had gone down so badly . and now the government badly. and now the government here is saying that we can do the same. >> so louise hague is just saying, i'm just fascinated by your eyes as well. by the way, they look fabulous . they look fabulous. >> lots of people are saying that this morning. yeah no, they look really good. >> anyway, yeah. so louise hague, the transport secretary, who, who is saying that that councils all over the country can roll out these 20 mile per hour zones. now, there's a lot of very misleading information out there which says that these zones prevent accidents and that they they keep carbon emissions down. it's simply not true. you know, tfl on its website today has a piece of information that says that lowering the lowering the speed limit lowers carbon emissions. it is not a peer reviewed study . it's been reviewed study. it's been disputed by so many people, but they just they want to do it because they can find everyone, because they can find everyone, because everyone goes up to 21, 22, 23 miles an hour and they're going to find everyone say no, no real data that says that it reduces accidents either. oh,

hang on. what? oh, yes. no yes. sorry. my this is just, you know, our accoutrements , yeah. know, our accoutrements, yeah. and so and this is, this is just a very cynical way to raise even more money. and what it does , it more money. and what it does, it actually creates more carbon emissions. it slows the traffic down. i've come in here today 20 miles an hour. the guy kept to the speed limit. it took twice as long as it would have done because the roads are empty at school. holidays took forever and i don't know why they want a slow tour. i think labour just hates cars. >> labour hates absolute classic virtue signalling. >> this jonathan, if we wrap it all up in that we're saving the environment, it doesn't matter how much we inconvenience people's lives, because also it's making a fortune for the local councils. there are some roads. absolutely. which should be 20 miles an hour built up areas, especially in london where you've got cars bumper to bumper. you can't see who's coming out. definitely. but this is this is just all fakery. >> look , i have to say that i do >> look, i have to say that i do actually have mixed feelings about the 20mph thing as a

motorist, you know, driving at midnight or 1 am. on motorist, you know, driving at midnight or1 am. on roads motorist, you know, driving at midnight or 1 am. on roads that midnight or1 am. on roads that used to be 30mph, and obviously there are speed cameras, 20 and obviously we'll be keeping the speed limit even if there weren't speed cameras, but that could be frustrating. but as a citizen, i think that they're useful. and, you know, i do have to say that looking at the evidence, there are lots of studies that show a decrease in fatalities and accidents . the fatalities and accidents. the studies, just the studies dispute how much the decrease is. but all of the studies show that accidents go down. there's another study and the traffic volumes go down. there is there is another carol. carol, let me just let me just finish. there is a there is a debate about emissions. i absolutely agree with you. there are various studies. some say that actually it's pollution neutral. some other studies suggest that emissions might go down. so at that point i actually will just come out by the queen's university in belfast, which says it has little or no impact on road safety. >> they tested 70 street, 76 streets in belfast and there was no impact on road safety. so i think we're just being conned and we know, you know, we know.

just go to tfl's website today and look at the report on carbon emissions there. it is not peer reviewed. you can't put information out that hasn't been peer reviewed because we know that that the council employs certain people. >> but the other the other the other point here, the actual story here is not that the government is imposing 20 mile per hour limits on anyone. it's what what we're all meant to agree with, which is decentralisation and giving councils the power to enforce their own rules on their roads with low traffic neighbourhoods. low traffic neighbourhoods take many different forms. one of which is obviously lower speed limits and so i would very much hope that councils would seek pubuc hope that councils would seek public consultation before implementing any changes. >> that's the issue that is the big issue they don't see. >> and what this what louise hague has done has just given them permission not to seek consultation from residents, which is appalling. >> she's just empowered some little local councillor who thinks we can make a fortune by making that road a low traffic neighbourhood. it's happened in where i live in west london. you know, my mum came to pick up my

kids, she went down a road. didn't realise you can't do it. and she got, you know, a £60 ticket. it's also the signage is very misleading. >> i know where that is. i know where you're talking about . where you're talking about. >> i know the community school exactly . and, and it's and it's exactly. and, and it's and it's andifs exactly. and, and it's and it's and it's pernicious and it's not transparent and it's not helping anybody because all the traffic where i live now gets all stuck onto one road on the a306, which is bumper to bumper to bumper all the way down, kicking out pollution where the school is. it doesn't make any. >> and you also get you get frustrated. so when you can go faster, you go abnormally fast, which i think is even more dangerous, is dangerous. so frustrated you think and you're constantly keeping an eye on your staff. >> and that is actually what causes emissions as well. the acceleration. >> right? we've got time for one more quick story. so jonathan, i'm gonna stick with this one because i quite like this one. calls for more working class people in tv. what's this one about? >> well, as you'll be able to tell dawn i'm not a working class person and mate, but what do you mean by that ? what do do you mean by that? what do you. what do i mean? what do i

mean? what do you mean what? >> i'm not a working class person. like, how do we define that now in 2020 exactly? >> well, i mean, that is a i think a conversation probably that requires a bit longer than this segment. no, but no i don't. okay. okay, fine. well you know, obviously it takes many forms. it takes the form of money and your family, your family , your family, about your family, your family, about your about your about your your your upbringing, about the education, obviously about your whether you went to university, what kind of job you have. people can obviously become middle class. you know, you're not working. working class is not a sort of a genetic inheritance. obviously there are lots of different factors. most people understand the term experiential, but you but why do you think you're i mean, okay, so what the story is, is that a playwright who i absolutely love, james graham, has given his mactaggart lecture at the edinburgh tv festival and he's complained about the low numbers of working class people currently working in tv. now, we know that there are many, many privately educated people and far more proportionately than there used to be dominating the

music industry. tv because it's much harder to get in because because people can't afford to get into those institutions. >> so that's right. oh no. how? honestly, what is your definition of working class out of? >> well, my definition of working class is the area that i was brought up. i was brought up in a mining village in the northeast, a very working class community. my parents both had two jobs each. we had no money, we had no carpets on the floor. when i was five years old, we i couldn't afford to go to university. so for me that's working class. that's not now though. no, no. posh carol. no. oh, i'm so not posh . posh people oh, i'm so not posh. posh people would be the first to tell you that, yeah. no, no, what i have done, i've worked my way out of poverty and i'm somewhere in the middle now. but, but but i but i think somewhere in the middle is about working middle class. i guess i've become middle class where i live, you know, the job that i have. yes. i guess i've become middle class. doesn't mean i'm rich by any stretch. i'm one of the ones that rachel reevesis i'm one of the ones that rachel reeves is going to clobber. that's what i am. >> well, this is the i think

this is the nub of this debate. jonathan, is your class defined by your upbringing as carol was just alluding to or where you are now in life? >> i think it's both . i think >> i think it's both. i think absolutely, if you talk to, sort of intellectual, intellectual economists on the left, they will say it's about your economic circumstances right now and that actually you can you can and you can use the example about people having come from money. but actually currently, if you're not depending on those parents and you're living with other working class people, you are effectively working class, even though you might have had an extremely middle class . g- 'ng|n upbn upbringing. >> what the story is about and the story is about working class people and tele working, working class people flood television. every single soap that there is on the telly is peopled by working class people. i mean , working class people. i mean, they're not middle class, are they're not middle class, are they working class actors, think. >> well, of course they're working class actors. some are, some aren't. >> well, you don't watch them. so that's how i know. because i know because that's how i know you're not working class. >> well, i grew up. i grew up on a diet of snakes. >> okay, so coronation street, what's the current storyline? >> what's corrie for a while from the south. okay, well, i

last watched on christmas day. hollyoaks, hollyoaks. i'm not 15. >> it is. 15.- >> it is. i 15.— >> it is. i mean, i've got longer for this debate because i absolutely love this, but i think it's so interesting. but we've got to move on now from carol, formerly working now middle class and this champagne socialist. >> i'm not a champagne socialist. i'm not a champagne socialist. i'm not a champagne socialist. i'm not a champagne socialist. i would love to be a champagne socialist. >> so are tatiana sanchez is waiting for us with the . waiting for us with the. news. >> bev, thank you very much. the top stories this hour british tech entrepreneur mike lynch has been confirmed as among the dead after a superyacht sank off the coast of sicily this week. that, coming from the italian coast guard this morning, the search has resumed for the remaining person who's missing after the luxury yacht sank on monday, the fifth out of six bodies in total. so far was recovered from the wreck and brought to shore. this morning as rescue efforts are continuing into a fourth day. now, the italian coastguard has also confirmed that the

sixth and final person yet to be found is a woman. six people, including mike lynch's 18 year old daughter hannah, were unaccounted for after the vessel sankin unaccounted for after the vessel sank in the early hours of the morning . the government has just morning. the government has just released their quarterly migration stats and legal migration stats and legal migration is down whilst illegal immigration remains steady and one stat shows that afghans make up the biggest nationality, crossing the english channel on small boats. there were close to 1900 asylum applications in the so—called legacy backlog that was still awaiting an initial decision at the end of june this yean decision at the end of june this year, around 76% of withdrawn applications in the year to june were classed as implicit withdrawals , meaning that withdrawals, meaning that meaning the home office chose to withdraw the application rather than the applicant withdrawing it themselves . in other news, it themselves. in other news, hundreds of thousands of teenagers have received their gcse results today, with a slight drop in the proportion of top grades awarded from last

yean top grades awarded from last year. the results are similar to last year, with more than a fifth of entries awarded to the top grades, slightly down on 22% but higher than in 2019. before the covid pandemic , the approach the covid pandemic, the approach to grading in england has returned to pre—pandemic levels. last year and this year, exam regulators in wales and northern ireland have also made the transition and detectives investigating the murder of a parcel delivery driver in leeds have arrested a 32 year old man. police launched a murder investigation yesterday after a delivery driver was involved in a collision during an attempted theft of his van. officers found theft of his van. officers found the 42 year old victim was unconscious when they arrived and he was given emergency treatment by ambulance staff, but was pronounced dead at the scene. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code,

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>> good morning. it's 1038. >> good morning. it's1038. this is britain's newsroom with bev and dawn. this morning. >> now, ladies, do you prefer dating younger men? a top relationship relationship expert has said that middle aged women much prefer dating men in their 20s. and 30s. so, what do you make of this one, beth? >> there's certainly a trend,

isn't there, at the moment. i mean, you've got i think kate beckinsale is in this liz hurley, madonna. madonna. me? yeah. >> well, that's why i said, what do you make of this, bev? and i'm clearly not. good morning darling. if you're watching and you're in your zimmer frame. yes, i've got an older model . yes, i've got an older model. >> well, here to discuss this is relationship coach jo hemmings and the author and broadcaster christine hamilton. good morning to you both, ladies. christine, what's what's the age gap with you and your other half ? because you and your other half? because of course, you're a famous couple in the in the limelight, how old is neil, if you don't mind me asking? >> not at all. we're a few months apart. he his birthday is march and mine is november. so he was 75, in march and i'm 75 in november. and we met when we were 18. and we're still blissfully happy. and i'm guessing i'm guessing you might say that age is just a number and you are as old as you feel in your heart . yes, of course, in your heart. yes, of course, age is just a number and anybody, as far as i'm concerned, is free to date.

marry divorce, whatever, whoever they like. it's not my affair as long as they don't interfere with me and hurt dumb animals, that's fine. but i think people should be aware. and you listed, by the way, you listed some very successful women and the attractions for a young man of an older, richer, more powerful, successful , experienced women successful, experienced women are very, very obvious. you know, you listed a lot of them. and there's people like cher for example. and joan collins is perhaps one of the most famous. i mean, joan is 91 and she's married to percy and has been for about 20 years, is a 30 year age gap. and they are blissfully happy. and my own grandfather turning the sexes round, as it were, when he was 72, he married a lady of 27. the palindrome of their names hit the newspapers, and of course she became his carer. they were. they were perfectly happy. so it's entirely up to you girls what you want to do. all i would say is we had a friend staying recently who is. she's about 60 and her current date is at least

in his late 30s. and it was fine. and his attractions were obvious. you know, he was young, he was fit. he was energetic, obviously, but when it came to sort of conversation and discussions and talk, he was out of his depth. and it was obvious. but she's having a fling. she's having a wonderful time. but the statistics show that long term relationships, when the age discrepancy is huge, do not succeed . and as you huge, do not succeed. and as you get older, what we love, to be honest, is growing old together and sharing the same nightmares of old age. whether it's arthritis or less energy or whatever. and it's just joyous that we're doing it together. but, you know, each to their own. >> i say, joe, why does this survey say that the key to happiness is a younger man? >> well, firstly, let me say how fabulous christine looks. i mean, you look amazing and it's wonderful. she's had such a long term marriage, but there are

plenty of women in midlife who have perhaps submitted divorces. >> their children have grown up and flown the nest. you know, their agenda is not settling down again. their gender is freedom. having a bit of fun, enjoying the company we're talking about dating younger partners. we're not talking about marrying them. we are talking about the hedonistic , talking about the hedonistic, pleasurable joy of being with a younger man. and look, i think men often when they sort of hit the 50 mark, they kind of slowed down a bit. they don't look after themselves so much. maybe they do want to settle down and have a woman looking after them, you know, whereas the woman wants, look, this is my freedom back. wants, look, this is my freedom back . younger guys are kind of back. younger guys are kind of hot. they're probably better , at hot. they're probably better, at least more energetic in bed, women are looking more and more fabulous as they get older, you know , good luck to them. i think know, good luck to them. i think this is a wonderful thing for women in their midlife to be doing, to be dating younger partners. as long as nobody gets hurt, you're all on the same

page. no one's looking for a long term permanent relationship. it's absolutely wonderful. i can't see how anybody could not celebrate that. >> oh, we were used to . >> oh, we were used to. traditionally, it was entirely normal for an older man to be with a much younger woman. this this for me, is why i think this social change is so significant. i was also used to be quite sniffy about age gap relationships . oh, that's not relationships. oh, that's not going to work, is it? you know, regardless of which direction it was. and then i met someone who's 14 years younger than me, and i have had to completely revise. oh, thank you very much for putting that picture. i've had to completely revise how i feel about that. i had such a stereotype in my head, but i think a lot of it is about how old you feel. i'm a bit young at heart , and he's quite an old heart, and he's quite an old soul, and in many ways i suppose you know what you need in exactly what you said, joe, in sort of midlife is completely different, and i want someone who can listen to me banging on all day, who can actually be

supportive. and you have that amazing connection with communication, actually, christine, because that's i'm sure, what you would say about you and neil is that you're really good at talking to each other and listening to each other. and i suppose in many ways this, these relationships can can be like that. >> well, to be perfectly honest, the great joy of a good relationship is you don't have to talk. it just you just you just are what you're saying doesn't really matter. but, i mean, i think you're quite right. as i said earlier, i quite agree that there are a lot of midlife women who look absolutely fabulous and age is just a number. and nowadays there are lots of 40 something, 50 something, 60 something women who look amazing and they want something different out of life. all i am cautioning is that if you want a long term relationship , you are you want a long term relationship, you are more likely to have that with somebody a similar age . and somebody a similar age. and i think one has to differentiate between for example, one of the great examples is bridget and emmanuel macron. there's 25 years apart. he fell in love

with her when she was his teacher, for heaven's sake. and that has proved to be an amazing love match. on the other hand, you get the mrs. robinson stereotype in the graduate, or you get the shirley valentine stereotype. and no woman wants to be thought of like that. but things have changed. and if you just want a lot of fun, then go for a younger man. probably yes, but don't expect that to last forever. and you don't want to. i mean, it can look rather creepy. it can look rather creepy. it can look rather creepy and, well, look, we all think it's a bit creepy when rupert murdoch is pouring over a much younger woman and it can look creepy in reverse. so just be careful, girls . be careful. be careful, girls. be careful. keep your dignity. >> she's like the ghost of christmas future christine hamilton. the relationship future . all right, christine, i future. all right, christine, i was feeling okay until now. i'm a bit depressed. did you? >> joe, just very quickly. we are running out of time here. very quickly, but so. so what we're talking here basically is you seem to be implying that a younger man will keep you happy if you're looking for a more

physical relationship. but christine saying that if you are a similar age, you've got companionship and you've got friendship, and that is probably the secret to a lasting relationship. >> so i still think a 14,15 >> so i still think a 14, 15 year old age gap these days. >> look, it opens your mind. their mind. >> i do think in terms of communication, which i think is critical in any relationship. i don't want a relationship where i can't talk, but i would like a relationship where i get a bit of physical pleasure and conversation. so i think the world is changing. i think we can probably deal with not ridiculous age gaps 50, 60 years. obviously that always slightly strange, but no up to 20 years that totally go for it. girls >> okay, brilliant. thank you both so much . relationships both so much. relationships coach jo hemmings and the legendary christine hamilton. >> indeed. okay still to come, we'll have the latest on lessingham . it's the it's being lessingham. it's the it's being held as the alzheimer's wonder drug. this is britain's newsroom live across the united kingdom on gb we'll see you

soon. >> welcome back. it's 1050. soon. >> welcome back. it's1050. this >> welcome back. it's 1050. this is britain's newsroom with bev and dawn on gb. news on your radio. of course on your tv and online. and just to say it's gcse results day. i've just seen a tweet from one of my heroes, katharine birbalsingh the headmistress of the michaela academy school in wembley. it's a school that is incredibly diverse. it does not have. well, we were talking before. it's not mainly a middle class population in that school. these are working class kids, tough backgrounds, some of them, and she's just announced that. she said. i didn't think such a statistic was possible. over 50% of all their gcse grades were nines . well done. nines. well done. >> congratulations to her and congratulations to everybody out there. and it's not the end of there. and it's not the end of the world if you don't get your grades. by the way, now let's hear from the education minister, catherine mckinnell. >> the government we are absolutely committed to ensuring

every young person gets the opportunities, no matter where they live, no matter the background they come from. and we know that is a big task, but it's one that we are committed to delivering on. we've seen the results today and the results last week and they are not spread evenly across the country. but i think we have to praise this cohort of young people who have overcome enormous challenges over the last journey that they've been on in their secondary education and really recognise the achievements of both them and the teachers and schools that have supported them through it . have supported them through it. number of students . number of students. >> doesn't half wine me up when mps are going on about how these kids have overcome all of these challenges that labour were fighting for more school closures? >> exactly. >> exactly. >> let's go to gb news. east midlands reporter will hollis, who is at the hyaena gate spencer academy in derbyshire , will. >> good morning. yes, it's a very different room now compared to what it was like. just an hour ago. hundreds of students

coming in here, some of them getting out of bed early today to collect those gcse results, something they've been working on, if not just for a couple of years, certainly for most of their lives. and the people who have been guiding them through that. one of them is richard, who's the assistant principal here at heanor gate. good morning. what's it been like this morning and how have your students done? >> well, i think you've seen and many of your viewers have seen, if they've been tuning in throughout the morning, it's been very busy. lots of smiling faces, huge positivity. but as you've just described, it's a culmination of sort of five years hard work . so culmination of sort of five years hard work. so a huge range of emotions and i'm sure a lot of emotions and i'm sure a lot of relief from many of our students given the results they've achieved. this is gcse results day. >> what are those grades been like here in derbyshire? >> yeah, really positive for us as a school. ultimately it's about students being able to go on to their their plan a destinations and the vast majority of our young people have and i'm sure it's becoming clearer in terms of the national picture and as a school and a leadership team, we'll spend a

bit of time sort of digesting those results in the coming days and be able to sort of see how we fit into that picture. but from an initial indication, yeah, we're really pleased overall with the outcomes we've dest our young people are going on to. the school here has a sixth, but what other options are there that some of your students are taking, as well as staying on for year 12 and 13? yeah. so the vast majority of students stay on for post 16. that's about 50% or so. and then the other major opfions or so. and then the other major options are the local fe colleges. and also apprenticeships. and we've seen apprenticeships. and we've seen a growing number of students kind of seeking out those apprenticeships to kind of balance that that paid work alongside education and kind of learning on the job, which for many students is absolutely the right approach. >> richard, thank you so much for sharing your time with us. while the students have gone, the job continues here at heanor gate spencer academy, as many people figure out where they're going to go next because they've got better results or maybe not done quite as well as they hoped. >> brilliant. thank you very much. that's will hollis there

on the gcse results. right up next, the latest on those breaking migration stats . has breaking migration stats. has rishi sunak really missed out on a big win here. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. the people's channel. but here is annie with your. the people's channel. but here is annie with your . weather. is annie with your. weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . solar sponsors of weather on. gb. news >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office. a pretty unsettled start to the day today. there's some warnings in force through this morning. rain will spread south and east through the rest of the day, and a further batch of rain is expected tonight. but once the rain does clear parts of northern ireland and scotland, it will be still quite windy through much of the day. but it's a generally improving picture across northwestern areas. still a few showers to come though, and the cloud and rain will spread into the south and east. but much of the heavier rain will have moved away, so in any sunshine ,

away, so in any sunshine, temperatures still pretty disappointing for the time of yearin disappointing for the time of year in the high teens for most areas been any sheltered sunshine. we could just about reach 21 or 22 degrees, so fairly fine end to the evening for parts of eastern scotland. eastern parts of northern england as well. that's where we'll see the best of the sunshine this evening. temperatures around 17 degrees to end the day across the west, though still some showers moving in where we're exposed to the breeze. temperatures in the lower teens, clouds already building across northern ireland and parts of wales. by the end of this evening, ahead of the next weather front due overnight. but for many areas of england and wales it should be a dry and fine evening away from the far southeast. as i said, it is going to turn more unsettled overnight tonight. an area of low pressure will sweep across the country, bringing a spell of very heavy rain and also some quite strong winds, particularly through friday morning across northwestern areas, gales are quite likely so with lots of cloud and rain around, it's fairly tropical air. temperatures are going to be

milder than average by tomorrow morning, but as i said, it's going to be a wet start to the day, potentially some localised flooding issues. but that rain will sweep away quite quickly through friday morning. once it does clear, it will bring. there will be a much drier and finer picture for the rest of friday. still a few showers, particularly across north and eastern areas of scotland, as well as parts of northern ireland, but in any sunshine 22 or 23 degrees. but still quite breezy through the rest of friday. stay tuned and i'll see you later. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather

gb news. >> when it's 11:00 on thursday >> when it's11:00 on thursday the 22nd of august, live across the 22nd of august, live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with me bev turner and dawn neesom in for andrew pierce. >> indeedy . the government has >> indeedy. the government has released their migration stats . released their migration stats. legal migration is down and

illegal migration remains steady. ray addison has more on this . this. >> with legal immigration down but illegal migration remaining steady. i'll be getting the latest from clacton. nigel farage's constituency . farage's constituency. >> and in sicily. five bodies have now been recovered. tech tycoon mike lynch. his body has been brought to the shore after the sunken yacht incident in sicily. the search continues for his 18 year old daughter, hannah. >> horrific . and is labour >> horrific. and is labour declaring the war on the motorist? the transport secretary has given the green light for more low traffic neighbourhoods and 20 mile per hour zones across britain . hour zones across britain. >> and its gcse results day. top grades have fallen across britain, whilst the gap narrows between students in london and north—east of england. >> and alzheimer's wonder drug lecanemab is being described as the beginning of the end of the

disease and is set to be approved for use in britain. more details on that amazing story . story. soon. but this isn't about what we think, is it , but this isn't about what we think, is it, bev? despite what we think. >> when andrew pierce is here, it's rather about what you think. >> he's not here to defend himself, though. this is about you, and we'd love to hear your views, so keep them coming in. it's really simple. visit gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, let's get the news headlines from tatiana . from tatiana. >> dawn. bev. thank you very much. the top stories british tech entrepreneur mike lynch has been confirmed as among the dead after a superyacht sank off the coast of sicily. this week. that, coming from the italian coast guard this morning, the search has resumed for the remaining person missing after the luxury yacht sank on monday.

the fifth out of six bodies in total was was recovered from the wreck and brought to shore this morning as rescue efforts are continuing into a fourth day. now, the italian coastguard has confirmed that the sixth and final person yet to be found is a woman. six people, including mike lynch's 18 year old daughter hannah, were unaccounted for after the vessel sankin unaccounted for after the vessel sank in the early hours of the morning. the identities of the other recovered bodies have reportedly been confirmed. this morning by authorities . the morning by authorities. the government has released their quarterly migration stats. legal migration is down whilst illegal immigration remains steady . one immigration remains steady. one figure shows afghans make up the biggest nationality, crossing the english channel on small boats. there were close to 1900 asylum applications in the so—called legacy backlog that was still awaiting an initial decision at the end of june this year. decision at the end of june this year . around 76% of withdrawn year. around 76% of withdrawn applications in the year to june

were classed as implicit withdrawals , meaning the home withdrawals, meaning the home office chose to withdraw the application rather than the applicant withdrawing it themselves . applicant withdrawing it themselves. hundreds of thousands of teenagers have received their gcse results, with a slight drop in the proportion of top grades awarded from last year. more than a fifth of entries were awarded the top grades , slightly down on the top grades, slightly down on the top grades, slightly down on the 22% last year, but higher than in 2019, before the pandemic , the approach to pandemic, the approach to grading in england returned to pre—pandemic levels last year, and this year. exam regulators in wales and northern ireland have also made the same transition . detectives transition. detectives investigating the murder of a parcel delivery driver in leeds have arrested a 32 year old man. police launched a murder investigation after the driver was involved in a collision dunng was involved in a collision during an attempted theft of his van. officers found the 42 year old victim was unconscious when they arrived and he was given emergency treatment by ambulance staff, but he was pronounced dead at the scene . in other

dead at the scene. in other news, concerns about children being physically punished have more than tripled in a year, according to the nspcc . the according to the nspcc. the charity said its helpline had heard about children being slapped, hit and shaken as punishment. it's urging the government to close the legal defence of reasonable chastisement in england. it said contacts where physical punishment was mentioned had increased from 447in the 12 months to march last year to almost 1500 in the year to march. this year. now, an audit has found a number of security failings at a jail after a prisoner allegedly escaped, according to a new report. hmp wandsworth independent monitoring board said the audit identified 81 points of failure and resulted in long overdue upgrades being made to cctv cameras, which hadn't worked for over a year. daniel khalife is accused of fleeing custody in september last year while being held on remand over spy charges. he allegedly strapped himself

underneath a food delivery lorry and was arrested a few days later. the former soldier denies all charges against him and is due to stand trial in october. ukraine has attacked moscow with at least 11 drones in what russian officials called one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war began in february 2nd years ago. russia's defence ministry said its air defences destroyed a total of 45 drones over russian territory. the war escalated on the 6th of august, when ukraine sent thousands of soldiers into russia's western kursk region . russia's western kursk region. us president joe biden spoke with his israeli counterpart benjamin netanyahu last night about the ceasefire and hostage release deal, and diplomatic efforts to de—escalate regional tensions. the white house has said that biden stressed to netanyahu the urgency of bringing the ceasefire and hostage deal to a closure. they also reportedly discussed the upcoming talks in cairo in to order remove any remaining obstacles. their call followed

us secretary of state antony blinken trip to the middle east that ended on tuesday without an agreement between israel and hamas militants on a truce in the palestinian enclave. negotiators who have struggled for months to conclude a ceasefire deal planned to meet in egypt in the coming days , and in egypt in the coming days, and a dozen magnificent oaks have been chosen for the shortlist for this year's tree of the year contest, with the public now able to vote for their favourite, a tree that sheltered 19th century children's tea parties. the uk's widest oak , parties. the uk's widest oak, and one which is shaped like an elephant, are among those selected for the public to vote in the annual competition. some of the oaks are over a thousand years old and according to the charity woodland trust, oaks can live more than 1500 years and support 2300 different species of wildlife , and the uk has more of wildlife, and the uk has more ancient oaks than the rest of western europe combined. and those are the latest gb news

headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, tatiana, and welcome back. this is britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news with me dawn neesom in for andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. so you've been getting in touch at home. padraic has said everybody knows that the figures can be manipulated to say whatever you want them to say. does this government think the population is so gullible? well, these figures, padraic, are basically for up to june 2024 for the last 12 months. this is immigration, legal and illegal migration, asylum seekers, refugees. so i don't think these are necessarily manipulated in the way. what would be interesting to see is how labour managed to

spin this story, to somehow take credit for it, as most of these schemes were set up by the conservative government previously, but also on the love relationship story. >> a lot of you have been getting in touch with some lovely stories. paul says. my girlfriend is 28 and i'm 63. she smiles every day, as do i as we are together for five years and it's the best relationship i have ever had. that's lovely. >> that is very nice. i like it, i love a good love story. and aaron says, love and attraction comes in many forms. and many styles, but happiness comes to all in the right connection and all in the right connection and all who complain about the age gaps have given up on freedom. many men or women do not feel their age and for that reason find a younger person attractive and sexy. and then he says, bev, you, dawn and carole malone are extremely attractive and i'm only a recycled teenager. bless. >> thank you. do keep them coming in, won't you spread more like that? yes absolutely. >> and here we go. what else have you been saying, we were talking about the fact that we're in clacton this morning, looking at the immigration

figures and saying, why are you in clacton when it comes to immigration? but of course. and he says, i thought it was labour and starmer. you should be chasing. but of course no labour mp will talk to gb news. i think it can be confirmed that starmer and rachel reeves are in hiding. not necessarily true that they won't talk to us, but obviously clacton is the home of nigel farage in terms of his constituency . we know that a lot constituency. we know that a lot of people voted for reform because they have strong opinions on this and similarly voted for brexit because they had strong opinions on wanting to reduce the amount of legal migration and possibly illegal. but i think the legal migration figure is always much more interesting and much more meaningful, actually, in terms of the effect that it has on whether you can see your gp or get a house, or you feel the roads are too busy, etc. those are the big figures. >> yeah, no it is and we'd be very interested to see what the government say, now talking of them, the government has released their quarterly migration figures, legal migration figures, legal migration is down whilst the illegal migration remains steady. so joining us now is gb news reporter ray addison, who

is, as we've just been discussing in clacton for us. ray, how have these figures gone down there ? well, a little bit down there? well, a little bit too early to say, really. >> although legal immigration does appear to be trending down. people here in clacton are saying it's just too early to saying it's just too early to say what kind of impact a labour government will have on overall migration, and then subsequently the impact that that will have on communities like this one here in clacton. in fact, i'm joined now by jason smedley. he's the owner of the royal hotel, where we were standing right now. jason, what's your reaction to these numbers, >> hard to say. very early days yet, we haven't seen a great change as yet as what was promised. so we've just got to take the numbers for face value for this month and just follow them as each month goes to by see if they're actually true to the word of what's actually going to happen, what's been some of your biggest concerns? >> obviously, you employ, you know, around 30 staff here in clacton. people rely on you for their livelihoods. what sort of

stories are you hearing from your employees about how immigration is impacting on their lives? >> for the jobs, not so much. we've never had an issue here with with that side of things. but what we are finding is there's an overspill from london post pandemic that's created a bit more of a bubble burst for housing and infrastructure here. the infrastructure here is struggling to cope , a lot of my struggling to cope, a lot of my staff are younger people that won't get on the housing ladder, and one of one of my staff has two young children, and she's suffering with mould in her place , and she can't get another place, and she can't get another place, and she can't get another place because there's nowhere for her to go , another another for her to go, another another couple have had issues with wisdom teeth and dentists. and you cannot get an appointment at the dentist, so indirectly, we're seeing the overspill. that's suffering our little town here. >> so on the one hand, you've got concerns that immigration has caused you know, delays and sort of backlogs to health services and housing and so on. so how do you respond when we hear that health and care visas are to down assume that that will also have an impact if

we're not bringing health care workers over here to serve people like your employee, we have no issues finding work here. >> and we have 10 to 15 applicants. we don't struggle with employees. we've got a good young team here that we've grown and they've, you know, they've worked their way through the ranks, so we've never had an issue with employment. there is enough jobs here for everyone. >> jason smedley, owner of the royal hotel, thank you so much. thank you so much for joining us. short and sweet, i am afraid, but we'll be chatting to more people here in clacton throughout the day, so stay tuned for that. >> thank you very much, ray. we move now on to human rights. lawyer shahab khan joins us to, show can you just give us your immediate reaction to these immigration figures? we are yet to hear from the government about what they're saying about them. what do you make of them? >> hi, so i think, firstly, i mean, i do have to say, i think some of the people were alluded to that i think it is pretty meaningless. some of these figures in the grand scheme of things, just generally considering , you know, i mean, considering, you know, i mean, firstly, they're just a snapshot

of what the situation was like in june, as all of these figures are so many months later when there's so many changes in the country anyway, so many changes around the world. i mean, i'm not sure how important it is to be analysing each of these figures anyway, but looking at this, of course, i mean, like you said, legal migration is down. so again, you know, so many people that was a huge concern of theirs, and then even illegal irregular migration is down slightly as well. but yes. fine. you know, if that's what you're describing as being steady, then that's the situation, but i think the, but but i think each of these things, we can see why it was and many of these things are many of the figures, the trends are as were predicted. so obviously, for instance, like the asylum backlog, we know rishi sunak, for instance, pledged to clear the backlog by the start of this year, which obviously, you know, we all know what happened there. you know, it was quite embarrassing for the tories at the time, but but, you know, obviously those are figures we're seeing. there was a huge backlog. suddenly by january it goes down and then it starts creeping up again because like someone said just now, the

government just withdrew so many of the applications themselves. and all those people are people are now back in the system saying we want our claims to be decided. so i think that is the pattern , particularly pattern, particularly considering it was an election yean considering it was an election year, and an election that focused so much on immigration. i think we can see now, how that translates into the figures . translates into the figures. >> well, can i go on? >> well, can i go on? >> sorry. i just wanted to just push back a little bit on the idea that these aren't relevant figures, because a lot of our viewers and listeners would feel these are very, very relevant. this is 12 months up until june of this year. it isn't just a snapshot. it will tell a direction of travel. and admittedly, that is under a previous, previous administration. let's see what labour do now. but rishi sunak , labour do now. but rishi sunak, in terms of bringing down what you call irregular migration, some people would call illegal migration in terms of bringing down immigration and particularly the backlog. he could claim some success there, couldn't he , to take that figure couldn't he, to take that figure of legacy asylum backlog from 98,000. so that was anybody waiting more than two years to

1900. that feels like a win. tell us why you think it might not be so much of a victory , not be so much of a victory, >> obviously any backlog, you know, is a disaster as negative. whatever you think of immigration or asylum seekers generally. so of course we want to have low figures. we want to have less people waiting in limbo for months and years. so of course, but i mean, firstly because one of the reasons i said they were so desperate to meet that pledge that they just got rid of applications and what that meant was implicit withdrawals, which basically means someone didn't answer to the home office phone call. someone missed an appointment, someone didn't attend the interview, and the home office were just finding excuses to get rid of these claims. and all of those people are now back. and the government has now announced that those claims will now be looked at. so all those people, to just try to bring the figure as low as possible, that the tories got rid of those people, are now back in the asylum system , and that we can see that system, and that we can see that reflected in the figures here as well. when we look at the backlog, again, looking at the backlog, again, looking at the backlog about the like, you were saying, you know, the legacy backlog, which is what they pledged. so anyone waiting, they

said, i think it was all these figures talk about people who waited more than six months. so of course, if by january we had got rid of all the asylum claims, then all those people came back in february, march and april. then obviously, you know, there's going to be no claims pending for six months because all those claims have now been registered again in february, march or april. and that's how the tories got the backlog down and which i think i mean, it was dishonest. it was disingenuous. but i think it actually cost us much, much more. >> show up just quickly. we're running out of time. unfortunately, a lot of charities support migrants in particular the backlog are warning that labour's approach is too similar to the conservative approach and risks fuelling that far right . what do fuelling that far right. what do you say to that , you say to that, >> i think that's true. i mean, especially as we saw the announcement yesterday with, you know, yvette cooper announcement. so, i mean, i think in terms of the policies, i'm too not sure. obviously they got rid of the disastrous rwanda scheme. that cost of hundreds of millions. and like people say, you know, we sent more home secretaries there than immigrants, so obviously some of those things, we can see

positive steps, but i think yesterday when she announced suddenly, you know, i don't know where she got the figure from, we will deport whatever it is, 15,000 people in six months. where is that random figure coming from? what are you saying? why is it all about targets? why can't we set up a system first? make it fair. make it reasonable. take your time. and then let's see how many we can fairly deport. i mean, you know, we know previous home secretary theresa may amber rudd, i think, you know, probably had to resign because of immigration targets and so on. so we know. but i don't understand why these governments are so obsessed with targets and numbers. of course, numbers is what people need to see. but take your time, come up with a viable solution. don't say in six months, yes, we've got rid of 15,000 people. and then, oh, by the way, we, you know, 60, 60,000 more actually arrived. so i mean, the point is, what is your what is the end game here? what is your goal? and i think you're right. i mean, that is what labour is doing. it's all about targets. it's all about numbers. whereas i think they have a chance. now just take your time. come up with a long term solution. yeah absolutely. >> human rights lawyer shahab khani >> human rights lawyer shahab khan i think we'd all agree on that. come to the right decision

for the country and take your time with that decision, yeah . time with that decision, yeah. interesting. right. moving on. health or vanity? the royal society of medicine is embracing tweakments and adding aesthetic medicine to its curriculum. so they'll be concerned about issues such as botox and fillers and various cosmetic procedures. the royal college of medicine, having its own board to assess this, is that what they should be doing? is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> hello and welcome back. it's 1122 nearly and we are live across the nation. it's a gb news. i'm bev, i'm dawn and joining us now carole malone and jonathan liz to go through those newspapers for you. right. >> what should we start with. what do you want to start with a

geordie story. >> yeah. this is a story. it emerged this week and it was about newcastle university have sent a whole list of guidelines out to students saying they can't call. women pet and they can't call. women pet and they can't call. women pet and they can't call them ladies or girls, but it's the pet thing that annoys me because i am a geordie. i'm from newcastle. >> really? >> really? >> you hide it so well . carol, >> you hide it so well. carol, those elocution lessons . yeah. those elocution lessons. yeah. >> so sorry, i thought i did . i >> so sorry, i thought i did. i don't want to hide the fact i'm geordie, but. anyway so pet is used as a term of endearment. it's never used badly. it's always spoken in soft terms. and it means dear or my love. yeah, and stuff like that. and this is newcastle university. this is the some of the bosses there now, i bet none of them are geordies and what they're doing is they're, they're trying to homogenise our language. they're taking out our vernacular. the words that we have grown up with and loved. and i said to somebody yesterday, there's a word for these people who do that. it's a geordie word. so i can say it and it's donelan and it means idiots. leave our

language alone. it's beautiful, it's warm, it's not patronising, but what? it's what it's really the insidious messages they're trying to. to take out the genden trying to. to take out the gender. yeah so they don't want women called pet or girls or ladies. >> oh, call me whatever you want, jonathan. right. okay. i always call everyone sweetheart. mostly because i forget. i call it , i don't mostly because i forget. i call it, i don't you name me, i call it, i don't you name me, i call it, i don't you name me, i call it, i call people sweetheart, babe. >> if i know them, if i know they're not going to be offended by it. no friends. also, gay people have their own vernacular and women. my female friends call everyone babe as well. so thatis call everyone babe as well. so that is interesting. it's kind of like the young people do you have or younger people do you have or younger people do you have like a different ways of, of kind of communicating with each other? what i would say to carol about this is that i think that things like regional variety is brilliant. it's one of the great strengths of our of our language and diversity would be really a shame if we did homogenise the language. i suppose the only thing with something like pet is, is it being used in a way that it's clear that it's not meant in an offensive way, it's clearly meant as a term of endearment.

i'm just saying, if it's and also in a non—gendered way, because we do have ways of interacting with male strangers, that we don't have female strangers like when someone walked past me the other day and said, sorry , mate, i was said, sorry, mate, i was thinking, that's interesting because and a woman can say that as well, but what would he have said if i'd been a woman ? that's said if i'd been a woman? that's because you kind of think. what? because then you'd have no. i've neven because then you'd have no. i've never. it's very rare that someone would call a female stranger, mate. i get called mate by cab drivers. >> call me mate. thanks, mate. >> call me mate. thanks, mate. >> yeah . it's much. it's much >> yeah. it's much. it's much rarer to call a woman a female stranger, mate, because often the words used for women are words that are sort of considered more patronising, like love or doll or whatever . like love or doll or whatever. >> jonathan, who don't understand the geordie vernacular , they don't vernacular, they don't understand how and when it's used. it's them deciding what the new rules are. well, no, but out of it, you know, you go to all parts of the country. you said a word yesterday when this story broke, and i don't even know if we can say it on air, but it's a word that they use in lancashire. it's the other word

that. >> yeah. so the word that isn't hen but begins with c. >> yes. so yeah. so and that that that has now become an insulting word to women begins with a peacock without the p c. yes. peacock without the p. there's a term of endearment. >> lancashire and people. you say duck. yeah, yeah. in other parts of the country, people say duck. and all these things, they're not. they don't seem to be gendered. i'm obviously not from those parts of the country. they don't seem to be gendered. and the way the term anne diamond that you can use with men and women and also with strangers, i think you did. >> you did make a valid point there. it's i agree with pet. i can't think of anything, but there are some contexts in the way it's a word is used like, darling, i used to have a boss who, if he said the word right darling in that tone of voice, you knew that you were in trouble. so there are some words, you know there are some. but >> but this is the thing. human beings are pretty good at working out context. like, call me old fashioned, but we can all generally work out the difference between saying, all right, pet, and saying, all right, pet, and saying, all right, pet, and saying, all right, pet, you know, and this is this is what worries me when this is in an academic establishment, because it's presuming that the next generation don't have that sense of context of language. >> people can use your name.

they can say, yeah, carol, you know, they're cross. i hear it a lot, beverly. >> when i'm in trouble, i'm beverly. >> the fun thing about the update of the story is that after the story broke yesterday and it was in all the papers, some geordie person, went and plastered the university with the word pet , put stickers all the word pet, put stickers all over it. the word pet, put stickers all overit.i the word pet, put stickers all over it. i love it and i'm sure geordies everywhere will be. >> yeah, that was that was fun. that was funny . that was funny. >> right? >> right? >> jonathan, let's go to your story in the guardian, nspcc helpline about children triples. yeah. >> so this is a really concerning story dawn about the number of com. >> it's a really concerning story about snitches but carry on. >> okay fine . are we are. this >> okay fine. are we are. this is a really okay this i want to know more about why you said that. because. are you. well, the story is that there's been an increase of the number of people , phoning up the nspcc people, phoning up the nspcc helpline to raise awareness about children that may be at risk of harm. we can all agree

on this panel, that there are children in this country who are being harmed by the people who are meant to be looking after that, though, it's about people who are chastising their children with physical punishment , children with physical punishment, either slapping them or hitting them. >> people are being reported to the nspcc for doing that, okay? >> and we can all agree that there are some cases of hitting that would be classed as assault if they were done to any person, child or adult, and there are also incidents of physical punishment and that we may all have been subjected to as children that have been accepted historically in this country. the question is whether they should be accepted historically, whether children should have the same rights to bodily integrity as any other human being . as any other human being. absolutely not. and okay, fine. well, that's that's a different debate. but the people who are complaining, it's exactly the same debate, same debate, it's exactly the same because, you know, parents are cross and you're one of them. >> you're cross that someone tells you that if you give your child a light smack across the legs to maybe stop him running across the road or hurting themselves, you are actually

quotes beating your child . we're quotes beating your child. we're talking to context before there's got to be context. >> stopping a child from crossing a road is different from from punishing a child for some kind of misdemeanour with undue force. surely >> but i think the rule is you can you can smack your child in england without leaving a mark. so the idea is that you can give your child, if they're being cheeky or they're being naughty, you can give them a little smack on the bottom when they're young to teach them right from wrong and this story, i think, is people misunderstanding that you're allowed to do that. you are allowed to do that without somebody ringing the nspcc and saying, i've just seen a child being abused because that's not abuse. you can't stop the children, the children who are being genuinely physically abused, which is awful. this isn't that. but how can you possibly say that there are people being reported who aren't actually using undue force, that aren't crossing the line because we're not there when these complaints are being made? >> are we saying that no complaints should be followed up? the people shouldn't

complain. >> you're not allowed to touch your child at all to go up, whereas three times in 12 months to go up from 400 times to 1500 times in 12 months tells you that that's not there aren't three times as many children. >> it could be an increased awareness by their parents, but there are three times as many children being reported to authorities because we've turned into a nation of snitches, i think that's an important point. >> it could be an increased awareness, and it also, if it is snitching , why are people being. snitching, why are people being. why do people feel they should snitch more? >> because it happened during the pandemic and everybody was told spy on your neighbours. and we've had it just recently with labour saying about this misogyny law that it could be that it becomes law for a teacher to report or for somebody to report a young boy who says something that might be deemed misogynistic. this is a general movement of travel to always looking and telling on your neighbours. >> but we also have, you know, and lockdown , you'll probably and lockdown, you'll probably agree, will have increased this. there was a great increase in domestic violence during the trauma during during lockdown. right. okay, fine. so you can't

have it both ways then. because if we're saying that the violence has increased in the last few years, head trauma to a child and a smack on the back of the legs to. we don't know what these complaints are about. bev we know that there was an increase. so sorry, carol. sorry i'm getting so flustered. you know, there was an increase in domestic violence. the increase in there's increase in domestic violence in the last few years . violence in the last few years. and you might expect that to kind of coincide with an increase in awareness about that happening and an increase in fear about children's safety. that can only be a good thing if people are genuinely worried about children's safety and they see something that doesn't look right. we've had so many horror stories in the last few months about children who have been killed at home, in the place they should have been the safest , they should have been the safest, and people around them didn't do anything to stop it. so you have to on the side of caution sometimes. >> you shouldn't never. you shouldn't be routinely smacking your kids as your first line of defence for discipline. you just you just shouldn't. that's not great parenting. but these figures for me have tripled in 12 months. tells us that there's

something this is about. >> however, i think i do think the important message is if you do see something and you are concerned , please do report it concerned, please do report it because you never know that there might be something going on and it does need reporting. thank you very much, carol and jonathan for going through the papers for us. now it's the news headunes papers for us. now it's the news headlines with tatiana . headlines with tatiana. >> and, dawn, thank you very much. and good morning . the top much. and good morning. the top stories this hour, british tech entrepreneur mike lynch has been confirmed as among the dead after a superyacht sank off the coast of sicily this week. the search has resumed for the remaining person who's missing after the luxury yacht sank on monday . the fifth out of six monday. the fifth out of six bodies in total so far was recovered from the wreck and brought to shore early this morning. as rescue efforts are continuing into a fourth day now, the italian coastguard has confirmed that the sixth and final person yet to be found is a woman. six people, including

mike's 18 year old daughter hannah, were unaccounted for after the vessel sank in the early hours of the morning . the early hours of the morning. the government has released their quarterly migration stats today . quarterly migration stats today. legal migration is down. whilst illegal immigration remains steady. one figure shows afghans make up the biggest nationality crossing the english channel on small boats. there were close to 1900 asylum applications in the so—called legacy backlog that was still awaiting an initial decision at the end of june this year. decision at the end of june this year . around 76% of withdrawn year. around 76% of withdrawn applications in the year to june were classed as implicit withdrawals, meaning the home office chose to withdraw the application . hundreds of application. hundreds of thousands of teenagers have received their gcse results, with a slight drop in the proportion of top grades awarded from last year. more than a fifth of entries were awarded the top grades , slightly down on the top grades, slightly down on 22% last year, but higher than in 2019, before the covid pandemic, the approach to

grading in england returned to pre—pandemic levels last year and this year exam regulators in wales and northern ireland have also made that same transition , also made that same transition, and detectives investigating the murder of a parcel delivery driver in leeds have arrested a 32 year old man. police launched a murder investigation yesterday after the driver was involved in after the driver was involved in a collision during an attempted theft of his van. officers found theft of his van. officers found the 42 year old victim was unconscious when they arrived and he was given emergency treatment by ambulance staff, but was pronounced dead at the scene. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm tatiana sanchez . more from me in tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to news 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. >> are up at noon. >> are up at noon. >> good afternoon , britain with >> good afternoon, britain with emily and patrick today. hello both. you all right? we are all right. are you all right? >> very good, very good. >> very good, very good. >> looking forward to it. >> looking forward to it. >> we've got a huge amount coming up of course, you've been looking at the immigration stats. >> we're going to dig through this a little bit further as well. it looks like numbers are down, but only to double 2019 figures. so what exactly is behind that? james cleverly says it's all about what he did when he was in the job. and what will labour do instead? they've got oneidea labour do instead? they've got one idea though . one idea though. >> labour. >> labour. >> well, they're looking when it comes to immigration. yeah, well free movement for young people basically. >> so the, the angle for me on this is that keir starmer, the master of negotiation, what we saw with the unions okay, is now off to the european union to negotiate something about free movement of people. >> how do we think that's going to go. >> and actually is this just paving the way for us to rejoin the european union ? softly, the european union? softly, softly catchy monkey. >> you start with the under 30s, giving them an opportunity to work here and work in the

european union. but the problem is, as we saw with freedom of movement, when we had it a lot of europeans coming here, not so many brits actually venturing off to the european union apart from retirees. this is the problem. >> there's a lot of them and we're only one country, so our youngsters are going there. there's a lot of countries that can come here. >> well, that's because we can't speak any other languages and everyone else can speak english. i can ask for the bill. i can ask for the bill. yeah, well, i actually studied languages. >> my plan was always to go and work in brussels, but then i became a bit of a eurosceptic, so that wasn't going to go very well. yes. we've also got a journalist on who's been in sicily over the past few days. he says there's lots of unanswered questions, so we're going to go through those with him about this sunken yacht and the green light to lots of 20 mile per hour zones. good news. >> war on the motorist. >> war on the motorist. >> and can you remember your gcse results? you too. >> yes, i can all a stars. stars? >> honestly, why does that not? why am i not surprised? >> it's not the same. seven eight stars, two a's and a c. oh, still very good. patrick christys. all right. it was. did you get the c in? that's what

everybody always asks biology, which i think says a lot . yeah. which i think says a lot. yeah. >> so between you you have a clutch of a stars. >> we do have a clutch of a stars. yeah yes. i think i went to a bit of a grade factory. yeah. as a school. >> i think what's interesting though is the school that appears to have done the best in the country, pretty much. is that michaela academy? yes. yes. >> yeah. very impressive. >> yeah. very impressive. >> what is their motto? let's be really strict. yeah. okay. and hope that it works. yeah. and shock horror everybody. it does work. and you go to the same schools just down the road from it. they do unbelievably worse. why? well, because it's just chaos and carnage. yes it is . chaos and carnage. yes it is. >> yeah. weak leadership. and honestly i said earlier congratulations to katharine birbalsingh and that school because they are amazing. why doesn't everybody. and they get such a lot of criticism for the fact that she's old school and she expects high standards, and it's a very poor area as well. >> so she's doing a great thing every morning i think as well. yeah they do. >> yeah they do. yeah. all of that and much more at midday. that's with patrick. and we don't want to go too far with that. now. coming up next, a good news story about an alzheimer's wonder drug and how it turns out will not be funded by the nhs.

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hello. good morning. it's 1140. hello. good morning. it's1140. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me. dawn neesom in for andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so a drug found to slow down alzheimer's has been given the green light for use in the uk. experts say that the drug lecanemab, which is the first of its kind, has been shown to slow down the disease by almost 30%. >> but the health watchdog has said the drug will not be funded by the nhs as it's too expensive. so joining us now is nhs doctor natalie root to explain what is exactly. natalie, good morning. thank you very much for joining natalie, good morning. thank you very much forjoining us. can you explain a little bit, firstly about what this drug is about and how it works and why we've heard it before. it's too expensive for the nhs. expensive for the n hs. >> expensive for the nhs. >> yes. this news is a little bit of a disappointment for the

almost million people suffering with alzheimer's in the uk . with alzheimer's in the uk. >> so alzheimer's disease is as many of you will know, where you suffer with memory loss. and the way it works is that you get something called amyloid plaques building up in the brain. now, this drug lecanemab, which is an antibody, acts on sort of stopping those clusters of plaques from from forming. >> so, it could slow what we call cognitive decline, where you lose some of that cognition that you're able to do without something like dementia. >> so it is it is a major discovery in the medical world. we don't really have anything that that works like this drug does for alzheimer's, and when we found out that it was going to be licensed in the uk, that was a great success. however, it is expensive. so apparently in the usa it costs about £20,000 per patient per year. and so the nice, the national institutes of health and care excellence, who

look at what the nhs will fund and won't fund, have said that it is too expensive for the potential benefit that it may have to a few of the people suffering with alzheimer's. >> so is this natalie a drug that would prevent the speed with which alzheimer's can develop in a person? or will it stop you catching it in the first place? >> no, no, no, it slows the decline. so i believe that the data showed that it probably slows the disease from progressing by about 4 to 6 months, so that's one of the considerations that these people will have taken into consideration. the, the rate of decline that it slows . decline that it slows. >> natalie, considering the increase, we are seeing in these, you know, alzheimer's, dementia in these problems, surely it's a false economy. surely the more we can treat people, the earlier the better. and in the long term, cost effect . effect. >> so, and i completely agree ,

>> so, and i completely agree, it would be so great if we could slow down this progression. i think. i think what we should hang on to is the fact that this is a breakthrough in the medical world, and this doesn't mean that it's the end, that it's not something that might be funded later on down the line. >> if the drug can be tweaked, if we have more data showing that actually it can help more people, if it doesn't have to be given at certain times, there are multiple factors that the that nice will have taken into account when making this decision, that it won't be funded. and one of those is a number of staff that are going to be needed to deliver these these infusions. >> so it's a fortnightly treatment. >> it's two weekly. >> it's two weekly. >> that's quite a lot for staff requirements you need monitoring. so you'll need brain scans done at regular intervals. so that's again costs. and actually even before starting the drug you'd need to have certain tests to take place to determine the level of amyloid in the brain. so these are tests that we don't do routinely on

people with dementia. so there are lots of people, lots of, equipment, lots of centres that would be required to actually roll out this treatment. and that all has to be taken into consideration again, and ultimately, there isn't an endless pot of money in the nhs . endless pot of money in the nhs. we know that the nhs is really struggling right now with costs, and we have to take that into consideration. so it's not an easy decision to be made. and as disappointing as it is, i think that way up has to, has to happen. >> i think if you have a loved one who has alzheimer's, you you just probably try anything just to prolong their life and their wellbeing. would it be available lecanemab on private health care if you could afford it? is it the kind of thing you could then go out and seek? >> that's what it sounds like because it sounds like it has been, it has been given the go ahead for private prescriptions, but i don't know what the cost of that will be. i don't know if private healthcare insurance

providers will cover the cost, because insurance companies have their own restrictions as well. so it's a little bit unclear at the moment, but there is that potential. i just want to add to that, that, even though you may think that anyone with alzheimer's is eligible for this, but there are still strict criteria as to who can access this. and at the moment it appears like it's those people with mild cognitive decline at the in the early stages of alzheimer's that are eligible. so those people that already have established alzheimer's disease probably wouldn't be eligible for it anyway necessarily benefit. >> okay. thank you. so much, gp doctor natalie rout there. if i walked into a gp surgery and i had that lovely smiley face, i would feel very reassured. lovely, lovely. >> you know what? it must be incredibly frustrating to be frustrating to be in the healthcare profession at the moment and see these drugs that can really help people, especially alzheimer's, which is awful. awful to lose people to this and knowing that there is something that can help, but you can't do anything about it.

>> we are moving towards a two tier health service, two tier care is still living up to that name because we're living more and more in a country where if you can pay for your healthcare, you're going to be fine. and if you're going to be fine. and if you can't , then frankly, you're you can't, then frankly, you're not the state's problem. it's really depressing. >> very much so. right. we move on, though, up next, the paralympics kicks off in paris on wednesday, but you might be shocked to find out how much it costs for the para athletes to take part in that. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. we'll see you

soon. welcome back. after the success of the paris olympics, we head towards the paralympics next week . week. >> now, what the athletes do is of course, very impressive, but it's also very expensive for those involved .

those involved. >> we are. i'm thrilled actually. we are joined now by uk's first triple amputee to survive the afghanistan conflict and invictus games athlete mark ormrod. mark, thank you very much for joining ormrod. mark, thank you very much forjoining us. good to see you this morning. mark the shocking thing about this, i mean, your achievements speak for themselves. you are amazing. i mean, how many gold medals exactly have you won? i think it's about seven. is it now only four. only four. right. okay. well you'll get only four, he says. right. mark. the one shocking thing. we're all looking forward to the paralympics. it starts on the 28th of august. but the one thing i'm surprised by is just how much it costs athletes like yourself to take part. >> yeah, i mean, living as a triple amputee is expensive. in any case. you know, the legs i'm wearing now, are in excess of £80,000. an arm can cost anything from maybe three and a half to 15 or upwards , half to 15 or upwards, specialist equipment, like a hand cycle that i have is entry

level is about £10,000, and wheelchairs can go anywhere from 8000 to 30,000. so it's. yeah, it's expensive . it's expensive. >> most people get round this because i mean, you know , it's because i mean, you know, it's it is it's incredibly expensive for most people . i mean, do you for most people. i mean, do you get sponsorship. how does it work ? work? >> it's a bit of a hybrid. you know, some of the paralympic athletes, i believe, get a, a bit of, a wage if you like, and then it's out to sponsorship and then it's out to sponsorship and then there are organisations for myself, being ex—military, you can go to charities like blesma, and they're the ones actually bought my bike for me. they'll help fund some of these things. but yeah, i mean these these men and women are incredible. they're not just competing at the highest level as elite athletes. they're they're mums and dads , their employees, and dads, their employees, they're business owners. so they're business owners. so they're spinning plates and they're spinning plates and they're juggling it all to go out there and represent their

country to the, the very best of their abilities. >> mark, you , you've you've got >> mark, you, you've you've got a brand no limits. you really do represent the idea of no limits being a triple amputee. and when you've faced such a massive challenge in your life as you have , but you've gone forward have, but you've gone forward and made it into something successful, what? how? what where do you credit that to? what is that? is that just your innate character and how you were before your accident? >> there's a little bit of that, but it's also you have to make a big mindset shift and go from being a victim to a victor. you know, there are so many opportunities out there. there are so many resources out there . are so many resources out there. there are so many things that all of us can do, whether disabled or able bodied. now, that maybe weren't available to us pre—internet. i'm also very fortunate to have an incredible support system of family and friends and organisations from

the serving and the ex—military community. so you've got to combine all that together and then just have an innate belief in yourself that you can live a life with no limits and do what you want to do. >> okay? all right. thank you so much, mark there, who has competed in the invictus games and paralympics and is just reminding us all to watch the paralympics when it starts later next week. >> and it's so unfortunate they don't get funding because it means so much to people to get out there and be able to do something. yeah, right. well that's it from us today. this week in fact. >> yes. thank you dawn. thank you. >> it's been good fun. absolutely. now up next is a good afternoon. britain with patrick and emily. don't go too far. but i think before that we have the weather. >> yes, indeed. so free movement of people for the under 30s absolute master negotiator himself, sir keir starmer is off going to negotiate the european union. is he just trying to take us in through the back door? we'll talk about all of that. >> we will indeed. and also

we've got a bit of an exclusive for you about the reform party. lots of movements there, perhaps ramping up their campaigning. we'll reveal exactly what they've got on the cards very soon indeed. and also 20 mile per hour zones. could there be more? the transport secretary has apparently given the green light for more of these zones. is this the start of a new war on the motorist ? on the motorist? >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello. very good day to you. >> hello. very good day to you. >> here's your latest gb news weather update coming to you from the met office . from the met office. >> storm lillian is going to batter some parts of the uk overnight, bringing some very wet and windy weather, particularly to northern parts of england. >> but through today we do have a cold front making its way southeastwards, bringing a bit of cloud and a bit of rain for some before it clears away. >> as we go through into this evening. >> elsewhere, some bright or sunny spells developing behind this system. also a scattering of showers, particularly across parts of northern ireland,

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gb news. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on thursday the 22nd of august. i'm emily carver and i'm patrick christys. immigration is down on last year, but figures are still double what they were in 2019. former tory home

secretary james cleverly is taking all the credit for it. >> yes, indeed . and could labour >> yes, indeed. and could labour bnng >> yes, indeed. and could labour bring back freedom of movement? such a move could see young europeans to free come and live in the uk for up to three years. as part of a wider reset with brussels, but as the master negotiator, sir keir starmer, just trying to take us back into the eu by the back door and superyacht mystery. >> five bodies have now been identified , including tech identified, including tech tycoon mike lynch. but the search for his 18 year old daughter continues unanswered questions remain over what on earth caused the vessel to sink ? earth caused the vessel to sink? >> yes, indeed. and we have a gb news exclusive on reform uk to bnng news exclusive on reform uk to bring you. we'll be hearing from the chairman of the party. you don't want to miss that . don't want to miss that. >> now, if you can remember , if

>> now, if you can remember, if you have a longer memory than a