with allegations of manslaughter and even claims of crew negligence after the yacht's designer called the craft unsinkable . might a supersize and families traumatised by labour's pri.on plan ? and families traumatised by labour's pri. mightn ? and families traumatised by labour's pri. might a? unsinkable. might a supersize lawsuit be on the horizon? next and families traumatised by labour's pri. might a supersize unsinkable. might a supersize lawsuit be on the horizon? next story the energy regulator ofgem story the energy regulator ofgem is set to raise the price cap, is set to raise the price cap, meaning £149 higher. annual meaning £149 higher. annual bills for most brits. yet in bills for most brits. yet in 2022, sir keir starmer pledged 2022, sir keir starmer pledged that he wouldn't let this that he wouldn't let this happen. and before the general happen. and before the general election, the labour party election, the labour party promised our bills on this show promised our bills on this show will be £300 cheaper per year. will be £300 cheaper per year. is this yet another shocking is this yet another shocking u—turn ? this week, a distraught u—turn ? this week, a distraught u—turn? this week, a distraught mother told gb news that her u—turn? this week, a distraught mother told gb news that her son's killer will be released son's killer will be released from prison early after serving from prison early after serving just 40% of a paltry two years just 40% of a paltry two years and eight month sentence. now, and eight month sentence. now, with some 3700 early releases with some 3700 early releases planned from september the 10th planned from september the 10th is the public being endangered is the public being endangered and families traumatised by and families traumatised labour's prison plan ?

indeed. >> and good afternoon to you. 3:02, while the top story from the newsroom this afternoon, the family of mike and hannah lynch, who died after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of sicily on monday , say they are devastated monday, say they are devastated and in shock. >> the british tech tycoon's 18 year old daughter was the final person reported missing on that capsized boat . capsized boat. >> the family have also released this photograph of mr lynch and his 18 year old daughter, hannah. it comes as six bodies have now been found in the search of the wreckage, taking the number of confirmed deaths in that incident to now seven. there are concerns that more families could fall behind on their energy bills because of a price cap rise. it's going up by 10% from october for millions of households across england, scotland and in wales, they face an average annual bill of £1,700, which ofgem is blaming on higher wholesale costs . on higher wholesale costs. energy secretary ed miliband

says he understands people's concerns. >> i know this will be really worrying news for lots of families who will face even greater struggles this winter andifs greater struggles this winter and it's a direct result of our country's exposure to international gas markets that are controlled by dictators. and thatis are controlled by dictators. and that is a legacy left to us by the last government. that's why this government has a plan to do something about it. this government has a plan to do something about it . our mission something about it. our mission for clean home—grown power that we control in this country . we control in this country. >> ed miliband speaking earlier. well, the coffin of a seven year old girl who was stabbed to death in southport has been led out of the church to one of her favourite taylor swift songs . favourite taylor swift songs. this afternoon, elsie dot stancombe was one of three children killed in last month's attack. a horse drawn carriage and a guard of honour by her cheerleading group formed part of the funeral procession, and her family said they want today to be known as elsie's special day and a celebration of her

life . magistrates in england and life. magistrates in england and wales have been to told stop jailing people for several weeks to try to ease overcrowding in prisons. offenders likely to serve time behind bars are to have their sentencing hearings postponed days after emergency measures kicked in. it allows defendants to be held in custody for longer. last month, an early release scheme for some inmates was also announced. that's due to start next month . the to start next month. the metropolitan police has this afternoon dropped its investigation into gambling on the date of the general election. the force was looking at whether there had been any misconduct in public office, but it says the high bar for prosecutions hasn't been met. the gambling commission, though, is continuing its investigation to find out whether the gambling act was breached . in the us, act was breached. in the us, vice president kamala harris has formally accepted the democratic nomination for president on the final night of the party's convention in chicago. she also

took aim at her opposition. her opposition candidate, during her speech. the vice president went on to say that the only client donald trump has ever served is himself . himself. >> consider the power he will have , especially after the have, especially after the united states supreme court just ruled that he would be immune from criminal prosecution . just from criminal prosecution. just imagine donald trump with no guardrails, but america. we are not going back. we are not going back here. >> conservative leadership candidate tom tugendhat has apologised for record migration figures during the tories time in power. he's been sitting down with our political editor, christopher hope, for this exclusive interview . exclusive interview. >> on immigration, how do we finally , once and for all, deal finally, once and for all, deal with this issue of big let net

immigration? would you like to apologise for seeing those big numbers come? >> absolutely. look absolutely. and, you know, we've all got to stand on our record. >> was it wrong then to allow, you know, 1.2 million to arrive in two years legally? >> no question. absolutely no question about it. because what we've got to do is we've got to make sure immigration is at a level that the british people and british society. and what's your level? can integrate? well, look, i'm interested in the levels that we saw between 1990 and 2010. then it was what is that? it was about 100,000, roughly 120. >> police have now caught two dogs that were on the loose that were believed to have attacked a man found dead in the back garden of a property in birmingham, west midlands police say the 33 year old man, who was looking after his brother's dogs, was found dead yesterday with bite marks and electricity. nonh with bite marks and electricity. north west said it has now restored power to thousands of homes, but some some are still cut off by storm lillian. it's causing wider disruption as

well, with roads blocked and more than 16 british airways flights so far cancelled at heathrow. and we're also hearing that at least two stages at leeds music festival have had to close. those are the latest headunes close. those are the latest headlines for now i'm sam francis back with you just after 3:30 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 sam. the family of tech tycoon mike lynch and his 18 year old daughter, hannah, are devastated and in shock and in shock after their bodies were are devastated and in shock after their bodies were recovered following the sinking recovered following the sinking of a luxury yacht in sicily. of a luxury yacht in sicily. that's according to a that's according to a spokesperson. this comes as a spokesperson. this comes as a manslaughter investigation has been launched by the italian manslaughter investigation has been launched by the italian authorities to find out exactly authorities to find out exactly why the luxury yacht capsized on why the luxury yacht capsized on monday. well, joining us now is monday. well, joining us now is

our home and security editor, our home and security editor, mark wyatt. mark, the grim mark wyatt. mark, the grim discovery of the final body, the discovery of the final body, the news that the families no doubt news that the families no doubt were dreading. and yet were dreading. and yet expecting. and now it seems to expecting. and now it seems to be moving on apace. manslaughter be moving on apace. manslaughter cases , even potential cases for cases , even potential cases for cases, even potential cases for lawsuits. could the superyacht cases, even potential cases for lawsuits. could the superyacht turn into a super sized lawsuit turn into a super sized lawsuit to try and find out exactly how to try and find out exactly how and who this what was and who this what was responsible? why this happened ? responsible? why this happened ? responsible? why this happened? >> well, certainly it has the responsible? why this happened? >> well, certainly it has the potential to get pretty messy in potential to get pretty messy in terms of the legal ramifications of what might come next. but i think immediately, as far as the lynch family is concerned, there will be of course, enormous sadness and grief at the realisation that hannah lynch has now been recovered, that her body has been recovered. but i think some relief as well, because the very last thing they

to if there is any blame and who to apportion that blame to. now there are obvious questions for there are obvious questions for the skipper of this vessel, james cutfield, to answer about what steps were taken to man this ship. there were ten crew members on board. it was well staffed in terms of the 12 passengers, they had ten crew members. so one key question is, was there anyone on duty in the bndge was there anyone on duty in the bridge with ten crew members? you would hope that they would be able to have a 24 hour manning system on this yacht, able to look out for any free or free cup normalities like a sudden downturn in the weather. and if so, what mitigation did that person on the bridge? or even if there was no one on the bridge, what mitigation did the crew take when this storm began to strike to alert other passengers on board the vessel to try to get the vessel turned

into the wind ? anything like into the wind? anything like that, if that didn't happen and didn't happen in a timely manner, then it could be very costly indeed. not necessarily in monetary terms, but in terms of a criminal sanction against the skipper and other crew members. >> and there's going to be a huge recovery cost. we learned today, mark, from the italian coastguard, ,15 million and an eight week meticulous job to try and get the basin off the seabed and get the basin off the seabed and up to the surface. and somebody will be liable for that bill. and this 16 minute window, potentially the crew could have alerted, there could have been an avoidance strategy . the an avoidance strategy. the ship's manufacturer claiming that the basin was unsinkable, it's designed was designed not to go down mark white. so many questions will be following in the wake of this terrible,

terrible tragedy . terrible tragedy. >> yes. i mean, in terms of the vessel's owners, the italian sea group, their ceo , whose name is group, their ceo, whose name is giovanni constantino, has been talking. he described the vessel as unsinkable. i mean , clearly as unsinkable. i mean, clearly blatant nonsense. of course it was sinkable. and indeed it did sink and has ended up in 50m of water. but he wants for obvious reasons, to apportion any blame if blame should be apportioned to human error and not to the manufacturers of the vessel. he claims that the vessel was sound, that if all of the proper procedures had been followed , procedures had been followed, then the there would have been no issue. the crew should have been according to giovanni constantino, being able to steer

that vessel into the wind as constantino, being able to steer that vessel into the wind as indeed another boat that was indeed another boat that was just anchored nearby. the just anchored nearby. the bayesian at the time that this bayesian at the time that this storm struck. the captain of storm struck. the captain of that vessel was able to start that vessel was able to start the engines and steer his vessel the engines and steer his vessel into the wind , as you should do, into the wind , as you should do, into the wind, as you should do, of course, to help ride out the into the wind, as you should do, of course, to help ride out the storm. so of course, the key storm. so of course, the key question is why the crew of the question is why the crew of the bayesian was not able to do the bayesian was not able to do the same , or if they did, why that same , or if they did, why that same, or if they did, why that same, or if they did, why that was not a successful outcome. so was not a successful outcome. so it's a lot of questions that the it's a lot of questions that the marine accident investigation marine accident investigation branch investigators will have branch investigators will have to try to answer, along with to try to answer, along with those prosecutors , martin. and those prosecutors , martin. and those prosecutors, martin. and yes, a very expensive job. if those prosecutors, martin. and yes, a very expensive job. if they do go down the road of they do go down the road of raising this vessel and it's raising this vessel and it's probably the vessel's insurers probably the vessel's insurers that would have to fit the, the that would have to fit the, the cost, the cost of any recovery cost, the cost of any recovery operation. >> and mark white, as you say, operation. >> and mark white, as you say,

amidst all of this, 18 steer amidst all of this, 18 year old hannah, who just got her a—level results last week, was due to start oxford university studying english. and there'll be some small mercy that her body has been recovered at least. mark white, thank you very much for joining us and bringing us up to speed. now joining us to discuss this and dissect it further is the maritime investigation expert, james wilkes. james, welcome to the show. you may have overheard that previous conversation. i've got a lot of questions i'd like to ask you in terms of what now, no doubt will be a meticulous and painstaking investigation, perhaps even a lawsuit . and we heard their lawsuit. and we heard their manslaughter charges riding so many theories and allegations. but the 16 minute window, claims that the hull was partially raised. would that have been ample time to have done something about, the,

a very violent, quick incident, that weather incident that

affected the bayesian more than ample time to have done sometthe] about, the, ample time to have done it did the sir robert sometthe sii'ioul, the, ample time to have done sometthe sir robert e, it did the sir robert baden—powell, which was moored baden—powell, which was moored not far away, but apparently far not far away, but apparently far enough away not to be affected enough away not to be affected by the waterspout that people by the waterspout that people claim. hit the vessel. and so we claim. hit the vessel. and so we have to be cautious, very have to be cautious, very cautious of drawing premature cautious of drawing premature conclusions that are not founded conclusions that are not founded in evidence. in evidence. >> it's not to draw a premature >> it's not to draw a premature conclusion, though, to underline the fact that the prosecutor's conclusion, though, to underline the fact that the prosecutor's office of the area is making office of the area is making enquiries into a manslaughter enquiries into a manslaughter investigation, a manslaughter investigation, a manslaughter investigation, a manslaughter investigation, a manslaughter investigation involves investigation involves apportioning blame, you know, apportioning blame, you know, apportioning blame, you know, apportioning culpability. so apportioning blame, you know, apportioning culpability. so thatis apportioning culpability. so that is a very, very real thing. thatis apportioning culpability. so that is a very, very real thing. and these are questions that and these are questions that will be asked in a more general will be asked in a more general terms, in a situation like this, terms, in a situation like this, james, who's responsible in james, who's responsible in terms of an insurer, is the is terms of an insurer, is the is the craft insured? is the the craft insured? is the captain insured? what's the captain insured? what's the financial, backbone for any financial, backbone for any claim that may be made by an authority or an individual? how

does that incident, claim guard

authority, the coast guard there. in that instance, they'd be recovering that money from the insurers. is that correct? >> potentially, yes. i mean, nick, nick sloane, who was the salvage master on the costa concordia, has put that number out there. 15 million, i trust. i know, nick, i trust him. that's a if he says it's going to be around that number, i'm sure it is where that financial liability ultimately rests will be down to possibly legal advice. it may be shared between insurers and the coastal state, which will be italy, because it will depend on the reason why the bayesian is going to be salvaged. if it's going to be purely salvage for the purposes of investigation. well that's one thing. if it's going to be salvaged because they're looking to recover the vessel and then reinstitute it as a what we call a constructive total loss rather than an actual total loss and unrecoverable hull. then then some of that will possibly fall on the hull insurers in due course, but that will be a decision made in, in, in the

distance. it's at the moment the investigators will be working out what they need to do to get to the evidence that they need to the evidence that they need to see the information, the facts that they need to uncover so that they can arrive at their conclusions. and it's very important to point out the marine accident and investigation branch will not be apportioning blame. that's not theirjob. their their apportioning blame. that's not their job. their their job apportioning blame. that's not theirjob. their their job is to theirjob. their theirjob is to look at the causes of the sinking and the contributory factors . and there may be human factors. and there may be human factors. and there may be human factors involved. there may have been, you know , things that the been, you know, things that the crew could have done in hindsight, though, we are making this investigation. we're always looking back and an investigation of this, of this nature. so the mib will not be apportioning blame that will fall if they want to bring a criminal prosecution to the sicilian prosecutor's office. >> and james, may i ask you briefly if i could, how long is a piece of string? but there are incredible number of moving parts in an investigation like this. the weather reports, everything about it . how long

everything about it. how long could we be looking at before we get any kind of conclusion? months, weeks? a year? yeah. >> well, it's going to be months because it's going to take eight weeks to salvage the hull from the bottom and try and keep it in one piece as they lift it. they want to preserve as much evidence as possible. you know, we are talking at eight weeks as a very minimum before they get to the hull itself. i should imagine they'll be surveying the hull over the next week or so using remote operating vehicles. and i should imagine then that the investigators will come back to the uk. we'll be looking at data that they don't need to examine while they're on scene, and it will probably be the rest of this year that they will be bringing that investigation to a conclusion. >> fascinating stuff . thank you >> fascinating stuff. thank you so much for sharing your insights and expertise with us. james wilkes, maritime investigations expert. thank you very much. now, we'll have lots more on that story throughout the show, and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com. and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much.

now your energy bills are set to rocket by 10%, as millions of pensioners are also losing their winter fuel payments. how can that be fair? i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel

welcome back. your time is 324. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. ofgems energy price cap will increase yet again, this time by 10% from £1,568 to 1717 from october, the first for a typical household in england, scotland and wales. now that means that households are now set to face higher energy bills this winter. and this, of course , this winter. and this, of course, comes after the regulator had lowered the price cap twice this yeah lowered the price cap twice this year. well, here is energy secretary ed miliband reacting to the news earlier.

>> i know this will be really worrying for news lots of families who will face even greater struggles this winter, andifs greater struggles this winter, and it's a direct result of our country's exposure to international gas markets that are controlled by dictators. and thatis are controlled by dictators. and that is a legacy left to us by the last government. that's why this government has a plan to do something about it. our mission for clean home—grown power that we control in this country , and we control in this country, and it's why we've hit the ground running in just seven weeks. consenting new solar power overturning the ban on onshore wind precisely to give our country the energy security we don't have at the moment. and this government will also do everything it can to protect billpayers reforming the regulator. so it's a strong champion of consumers making standing charges fairer and increasing funding for energy efficiency so people can cut bills. but this is obviously really worrying news for lots of families in our country.

>> so it's putin's fault situations out of our control. well, let's remind ourselves of what sir keir starmer had to say about energy bills going through the roof two years ago. >> i understand i completely understand why so many people are frustrated at the government. that's not doing anything about their energy bills , that's dithering and bills, that's dithering and delaying, just like it did at the beginning of the year. in the beginning of the year. in the end , politics is about the end, politics is about choices , and this government is choices, and this government is choosing to protect the profits of oil and gas companies. unexpected profits of oil and gas companies, rather than sticking up for and helping hard working families and struggling businesses. i hope that just as we did earlier this year, we can force them into a u—turn because under my leadership, labour is on the side of working people. >> labour is on the side of

working people now. your prime minister doesn't seem that way , minister doesn't seem that way, does it? now we're joined by our political correspondent, olivia utley. isn't it always the same? checks are easy to write when you're in opposition and when you're in opposition and when you're in opposition and when you're in power. suddenly prices are going up once again. well absolutely. >> i mean, it was naive of keir starmer a couple of years ago, or perhaps deliberately naive to suggest that the labour government could put a stop to energy providers , providers energy providers, providers raising their prices. that is just not how the free market and the energy market specifically work at all. this is a big, big headache for keir starmer. firstly, of course, there will be pensioners who are plunged into poverty potentially because of this. and obviously it puts the spotlight on rachel reeves decision to scrap the winter fuel payment allowance for 10 million pensioners, making it means tested rather than just given to everyone. she's under huge pressure to delay that scrapping until at least after this winter winter and some people are even saying that what she's doing is cruel. there is also going to be a big knock on effect on the economy in

general. keir starmer has said that he wants growth. he looked as though he was heading towards growth with inflation sinking and interest rates slowly going down, not because of anything the brand new labour government have done, but because of what's been going on over the past six months or so. but with energy, with bills going up, it isn't just families and pensioners at home who are affected, it's businesses as well and often businesses as well and often businesses are actually affected the worst. if you think of your local pub or restaurant, think how how much that has to be heated and lit through so much of the year. last time we actually saw lots and lots of hospitality businesses have to close when energy prices went up. now that is not conducive to growth at all. lastly, it puts a real spotlight on labour's net zero plans. now ed miliband is seen by some as sort of a net zero absolutist racing towards net zero, far quicker than the conservative government before wanted to do. and now the conservatives are saying, claire, cause you know, the shadow energy secretary said

this morning that because of labour's rush to net zero prices are being hiked, we aren't yet ready as a country to move over to fully renewable sources. and but at the same time, because of that focus on renewable sources, gas and oil are getting much more expensive, and that's bringing up energy prices . bringing up energy prices. >> olivia utley superb stuff. and let's continue this conversation now. i'm joined by the ceo of energy and utilities alliance, mike foster, on the show. mike, welcome to the show . show. mike, welcome to the show. so here we are again. we had a promise that from from sir keir starmer the prices wouldn't go up.and starmer the prices wouldn't go up. and now as sure as night follows, day they have gone up. will this continue forever like this. >> the problem is that that we are at the mercy of the of the markets , as olivier just markets, as olivier just explained. and that's always going to be a problem for politicians when you're trying to deal with what is a globally traded commodity . traded commodity. >> so for gas, for example , >> so for gas, for example, everybody wants gas because it's cleaner than coal,

everybody wants gas because it's cleaner than coal , because cleaner than coal, because they're all trying to do their bit to reduce their carbon emissions. and that's just driving the demand for gas up. and it's basic economics that when demand is rising and supply is relatively fixed, then the price will go up. and that's what we're facing at the moment. and that's going to be a problem for, you know, for decades, primarily because even though we might well install lots more wind generation and lots more solar, when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow, we still have to rely upon gas, to produce our electricity as well as, obviously gas. powering the boilers that are in people's homes. so, yeah, we're going to be at the mercy of the markets for decades to come. doesn't mean we can't do anything about our energy bills, because we can. but the market will prevail. i'm afraid , mike, we prevail. i'm afraid, mike, we hear all the time. >> oh, it's the fault of

vladimir putin. but we could be more energy self—sufficient, not just on green or renewable energy. we could, for example, turn our own gas taps up. we could grant more north sea gas and oil licences. but with ed miliband in charge, that's about as likely as me flying to the moon. >> well , there's lots of things >> well, there's lots of things that we can we can indeed do to reduce our dependency upon, you know, the putins and these regimes that ed miliband , regimes that ed miliband, described. one of them, you know, i know it's not exciting, but, you know, basic insulation still has not been done across uk homes. there are 4 million homes that are classed as easy to treat for loft insulation. i mean, the most basic of insulation that you can possibly have and that will reduce people's energy bills at a stroke and permanently . and stroke and permanently. and you'll save about £200 a year. according to the energy savings trust . if you get decent loft trust. if you get decent loft insulation in your home, there's 2.5 million homes that have got

to easy treat cavity walls that haven't yet been done again. another £200 a year saving permanent saving year on year. now that also reduces the amount of gas and the energy that we have to, demand. and so we make ourselves more energy secure by deaung ourselves more energy secure by dealing with the basics such as energy efficiency and better insulation. >> all right. thank you for that. mike foster, a font of knowledge. thank you very much for joining me on the show. and forjoining me on the show. and there's loads more still to come between now and 4:00, including one show and match of the day host jermaine jenas was sacked over alleged inappropriate behaviour. more on that in a moment. but first, here's your headunes moment. but first, here's your headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you from the newsroom. 333 exactly. and the top story . a sixth body, and the top story. a sixth body, believed to be the daughter of tech tycoon mike lynch, has been recovered from the wreckage of a

sunken superyacht off the coast of sicily today . their family of sicily today. their family say they are devastated in shock and have unspeakable grief. 18 year old hannah became the final missing passenger to be recovered from the wreckage. mr lynch's wife is among 15 survivors, but sadly seven people have died . energy people have died. energy secretary ed miliband says a 10% increase to the price cap from october is deeply worrying. households in england in scotland and wales face an annual average bill of just over £1,700 for their gas and electricity . the regulator, electricity. the regulator, ofgem, is now urging families to shop around and consider opting for a fixed rate tariff that they say could potentially save money. the funeral of elsie dot stancombe, one of the three young girls killed in the southport stabbings last month, has been held this afternoon. the seven year old's parents have described her as a truly unforgettable daughter, and they say they want today to be known as elsie's special day and a celebration of her life . the met

celebration of her life. the met police has dropped its investigation into gambling on the date of the general election, with the force saying the high bar for prosecutions for misconduct in public office hasn't been met. the gambling commission is continuing to investigate whether the gambling act was breached . police have act was breached. police have now detained two dogs that they were looking for, which are thought to have been involved in the death of a man near birmingham. the two suspected american bulldogs were seized at the scene and the second largest stage at leeds festival has closed this afternoon as tents have also been seen blowing away from the fields in strong winds. storm lillian has already forced two other areas on the festival site to shut . the latest stage site to shut. the latest stage has a capacity of 40,000 people. meanwhile, 60,000 homes across northern england have power issues with flooded rail lines and fallen trees. also causing some travel disruption . those some travel disruption. those are the latest headlines for now. a full round up at 4:00 for

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ray discuss this is our reporter ray addison, who's outside broadcasting house. rae. welcome to the show. so whatever happened , it was a spectacular happened, it was a spectacular and a very rapid fall from grace for mr jenas. what's the latest ? for mr jenas. what's the latest? >> well, the latest is the one show's getting set up behind me here. i don't know if you can see the barrier there. they're going to be doing a live segment there for their recording. and this footage has also emerged of jermaine jenas back in february on michael mcintyre's big show. a segment called send to all in which mcintyre goes through jenas photos, found a picture of him at the gym without a shirt on and, according to the programme, sent it to everybody in jenas contacts. and then got a reply, claimed to have received a reply from a woman who worked on the one show, saying i'm forwarding this to hr. now obviously that is a comedy show and jenas is aware that he's going on it. he's aware that that's going to take place. we don't know how much of

thatis place. we don't know how much of that is sort of set up or just part of the joke, but it's awkward. it's an awkward clip to see, bearing in mind the context of what we now understand. of course, the sun breaking this newspaper story, this story in their newspaper yesterday evening regarding, complaints reportedly made by a female member of staff on the one show about inappropriate communications, inappropriate behaviour , sons dubbing it behaviour, sons dubbing it flirty texts, she reportedly then told a senior member of bbc staff they launched an immediate investigation. this apparently happened a couple of weeks ago and during that process reportedly again through the sun, other women came forward and of course the decision was then made to part company with jermaine jenas. and of course he had been a pundit on the match of the day. he was seen as a natural replacement for gary lineker. that's not going to happen.the lineker. that's not going to happen. the one show regular presenting gig gone. he was also

a presenter. i understand on five live as well. so anything to do with the bbc that's now gone. that message was sent quite quickly to staff from the director of sports iphone as an email, and apparently was received with quite a lot of shock from bbc employees . jenas shock from bbc employees. jenas was about to go on air when that broke. they couldn't get a replacement for he does a show on talksport. he was doing the drivetime show, they put him on anyway and then afterwards he did that interview that you just played a clip from there with talksport news, where he really didn't answer many questions, but he just said, he pointed out and we're obviously keen to point out his comments. there are two sides to every story, and he said that he was going to be talking to his lawyers, although you could say an indication there from his response that it did appear that he was aware that there was some kind of process that was going on. that's just something i'm gleaning from his his comments. he hasn't made any further comment there, so he's no longer part of the presenting line—up.

he was on about £195,000 a year that's now gone . that's now gone. >> okay. thank you. ray addison. they're outside broadcasting house. the one show goes on without jermaine jenas. thank you very much. now magistrates have been urged to stop jailing convicted criminals for several weeks in the latest bonkers effort to ease pressure on britain's overcrowded prisons. now, this comes from the government's decision to free up to 2000 prison places as part of an early release scheme. now, gb news political editor chris hope spoke to my mother, dionne barrett, whose son was killed in a tragic knife attack . a tragic knife attack. >> nato was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison and john barrett was left in shock when she received a letter dated the 1st of august a couple of weeks ago, warning of his early release. >> his family only live five minutes away from me. >> is he going to come back to newcastle ? are we going to cross newcastle? are we going to cross each other in the street? and do

i think he's going to do it again? yes i do. he's showed no remorse whatsoever after . after remorse whatsoever after. after he's killed gordon, he's then , he's killed gordon, he's then, threatened to petrol bomb my house to rape gordon's 13 year old girlfriend. >> and he's allowed to come back on the streets. >> he's a danger to the public. >> he's a danger to the public. >> it's an astonishing interview and a very real insight into the human impact of these political choices have. and i'm joined now by the criminal defence lawyer, nick freeman. nick, this we know that we have a problem with overcrowded jails, but to release over the course of september and october, 3700 criminals and we were guaranteed by the labour party, it won't be anybody dangerous. and yet we have a first hand testament there of one of these cases , a there of one of these cases, a manslaughter case. my question to you is simple. is this the right thing to do, and do you believe it could even put the british public in danger? >> well, yes, it will certainly put the british public in

dangen >> and i don't believe it's right to release violent prisoners, the guideline is that if you are convicted of a sexual offence or you're a terrorist, or you're a category a , then you or you're a category a, then you won't fall within this scheme . won't fall within this scheme. but that leaves the door open to violent prisoners. and this is a classic case, one would have thought, where he should remain incarcerated and not released. the target, i understand, is actually 5500 prisoners, and it's typically aimed at those who are serving no more than 12 months. >> so we're talking about the least serious type of criminals, that that is where the scheme is . that that is where the scheme is. >> it's aimed at those people. >> it's aimed at those people. >> so the people who pose the least threat to society , and least threat to society, and you've just revealed a story where that completely contradicts what we're told. >> so my view is anyone who is violent, anyone who's been convicted of an offence of violence, a serious offence of violence, a serious offence of violence such as this sexual offences, obviously terrorism and category a , that they should and category a, that they should

remain incarcerated for their full time. for your listeners benefit, you know anyone who receives a sentence of less than four years would ordinarily do half their sentence. it's referred to as a short sentence. >> anyone who receives a long sentence, which is four years or more now, as a result of the last government's efforts, have to do two thirds of the sentence . to do two thirds of the sentence. then they apply for parole so they are not eligible for this scheme at all. so we're talking, as i say, typically, it's sold to us on the basis it's the least serious type. >> but the reality is i'm not sure that's actually what's being delivered. >> thank you for your insight. there nick freeman, criminal defence lawyer. thank you very much for joining defence lawyer. thank you very much forjoining us on gb news. thank you. now football is revolutionising the way fans watch the match find out more in just a the magnificent story of martin daubney on

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because we're revolutionising revolutionising even the way that fans can watch football. check out this fantastic footage on your screen now. the social media company. on your screen now. the social media company . and they're going media company. and they're going to manchester united. it's an american company showing this giant screen that is an actual tv screen look. it's over 300ft wide. it fills an entire wall and you get an immersive experience by being in front of that screen. you feel like you're in the ground. now this i think is absolutely fantastic, and i'm joined by sports broadcaster chris scudder. chris this looks absolutely top drawer. tell us more . drawer. tell us more. >> yeah it is. >> yeah it is. >> it's an american company called cosm cosm. >> they've been around since the end of june . end of june. >> and i think, you know, it's an extension. you've probably seen the pictures of the sphere in la, the big dome thing, where you go in a u2, the rock band played there. they have it like seasons of people, and it feels like you're going into a new world and you're inside. >> you're right inside the action basically .

action basically. >> i think it's based on similar technology and they've done a deal with basically with, with a number of sports. >> they started with the, with the ufc, >> they started with the, with the ufc, the mixed martial arts fighting at the end of june done deals with basketball, ice hockey, us open tennis and tnt sports who show the premier league. so, if you're in la you can go there. the thing that strikes me about this, martin, is when you look at these pictures, it the where the people are watching from inside the building, it is a, it is a building specially for this, >> it looks like an extension of the terrace. >> you cannot see the difference. it's extraordinary. >> so. >> so. >> yeah, it's expensive. i think between 50 and £100 to go and watch, but it feels like you're at the game and basically from the from the business side, >> some of that will feed back, i think, to the premier league andifs i think, to the premier league and it's a, it's a revenue driver and it's the future isn't it, where we can watch where we want, how we want, >> extraordinary really. and, you know it, you know, football, it's great to be in the stadium,

but you know, the next best thing without a doubt. >> yeah. and the company is coming to britain in the autumn on a fact finding mission, looking for sites . manchester looking for sites. manchester united, apparently at their new redevelopment, they want one there. so do fulham. and i think it will totally sell out. be a great place to watch england lose the penalty shootout, it'd be a great place to watch an away match. of course, if you can't get to an away match, i think it'd be a complete sell—out £100. i think people would pull your arm off to watch that scuds. i think it looks great. thanks for joining that scuds. i think it looks great. thanks forjoining us on great. thanks for joining us on the show. always an absolute pleasure to have you. your company now i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's new channel. don't go anywhere because after this break i'm going to be discussing much more about two tier justice in britain. nearly 5500. we just heard from a criminal barrister, 5500 criminals set to be released over the next year to make room in prisons for people posting facebook memes, for people going to riots and acting inappropriately. we've already spoken to a mother this week whose son was killed. the killer

will be released earlier. do you think that's the kind of country that you want to live in? we'll be talking about all of that next. stick with us. but first, here's your . here's your. weather. >> for a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . on gb news. >> hello! welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office. through the rest of the day, it will remain breezy though the winds are much lighter than they were first thing today thanks to storm lillian. we'll still feel quite fresh as well, particularly across western areas. now storm lillian has now moved off into the north sea and behind it it is much drier across the uk. still a few showers to come though through this evening across northern ireland and many western areas of scotland in particular. elsewhere it should be a dry evening and the winds will lighten off, but overnight the

next band of rain arrives into southern areas. here there is a warning in force for tomorrow, with lots of cloud building in from the south. temperatures will stay on the milder side of things for most of us, away from the far north, where we see those clearer skies. so as i said, there is a rain warning in force across eastern areas of england, but elsewhere it should be a drier start, particularly across the far north of scotland and eastern areas of scotland. a fairly dry start, but still some very heavy showers moving in across western areas of scotland. some of these could be quite heavy and they will persist through much of the day . persist through much of the day. but looking further south into the midlands, the south east towards east anglia as well. that's where we'll see the heaviest rain across the far southeast as well. the rain will unger southeast as well. the rain will linger towards lunchtime as well, so that could bring some disruption on the roads and to travel delays as well. now the rain will slowly clear away to the east throughout saturday morning and behind it a mixture of sunshine and showers developing. still quite a brisk breeze as well. so particularly if you're across western coast,

you're still going to feel quite fresh out there. but in any sunshine, not too bad. into the afternoon. certainly a better afternoon. certainly a better afternoon compared to the start of the day across eastern areas, but those showers will continue across eastern areas into saturday evening. behind it, though, it does turn a bit clearer into saturday evening across many western and northern areas, sunday is looking more widely dry, but it's monday where the temperatures start to rise to much closer than average. have a good rest of your day by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb.

>> well . >> well. >> well. >> hey bro, good afternoon to you. it's 4 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk on today's show, divers have recovered the body of mike lynchs daughter hannah, 18, from the tech tycoon's

sunken superyacht. and now, with allegations of manslaughter and claims of crew negligence after the yacht's designer said the craft was unsinkable. might a super lawsuit be on the horizon ? super lawsuit be on the horizon? next story the energy regulator ofgem is set to raise the price cap, meaning £149 higher annual bills for every brit. yet in 2022, sir keir starmer pledged he wouldn't let this happen. and before the election, the labour party promised on this show that your bills would be £300 cheapen your bills would be £300 cheaper. another shocking u—turn and this week a distraught mother told gb news that her son's accomplice killer will be released from prison early after serving just 40% of a paltry two years and eight month sentence for manslaughter. years and eight month sentence for manslaughter . now, with some for manslaughter. now, with some 5500 early releases planned from september, is the public being endangered and families

traumatised by the labour party's prison release plan ? party's prison release plan? what was the show? always a pleasure to have your company. 5500 criminals are set to be released early, after serving 40% of their time to make way for new inmates. you know the sort who post facebook memes or go to riots and push a policeman? not saying that that's the right thing to do, but have we got our priorities all wrong? heartbreaking story. we showed earlier. we showed again this hour of a mother from newcastle whose 14 year old son was killed, two young men sent to prison, one who supplied the machete that led to her son's death, is set to be released after serving less than half of his two years and eight month sentence. have we got things completely wrong, or are we putting the great british public in danger? get in touch , in danger? get in touch, gbnews.com/yoursay. but now your headunes

gbnews.com/yoursay. but now your headlines and it's sam francis . headlines and it's sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much indeed. >> martin, thank you very much indeed . 4:02. and the top story indeed. 4:02. and the top story this hour. the family of mike and hannah lynch, who died after and hannah lynch, who died after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of sicily, have said today they are devastated and in shock. 18 year old hannah became the final missing passenger to be recovered from the wreckage of that superyacht , and family of that superyacht, and family have also released this photograph of mr lynch and his 18 year old daughter. six bodies have been found in the search of the wreckage, taking the number of confirmed deaths to seven. here, there are concerns more families could fall behind on their energy bills because of a price cap rise. it's going up by 10% from october for millions of households across england, scotland and in wales. they face an annual average increase of 17. an annual bill of £1,700,

which ofgem is blaming on higher wholesale costs. energy secretary ed miliband says he understands people's concerns. >> i know this will be really worrying for news lots of families who will face even greater struggles this winter, andifs greater struggles this winter, and it's a direct result of our country's exposure to international gas markets that are controlled by dictators . and are controlled by dictators. and thatis are controlled by dictators. and that is a legacy left to us by the last government. that's why this government has a plan to do something about it. our mission for clean, home—grown power that we control in this country, the family of elsie dot stancombe, who died in the southport attack is underway today. >> that's now concluded this afternoon as her parents released a new photo of their truly unforgettable daughter . truly unforgettable daughter. they said the seven year old was one of the three girls killed in that knife attack at a dance class in the merseyside town last month, and her family have said that they want today to be

known as elsie's special day and a celebration of her life . a celebration of her life. magistrates in england and wales have been told to stop jailing people for several weeks to try to ease overcrowding in prisons. offenders likely to serve time behind bars are now having their sentencing hearings postponed days after emergency measures were kicking in. it allows defendants to be held in custody cells for longer. last month, an early release scheme for some inmates was also announced . the inmates was also announced. the metropolitan police has dropped its investigation into gambling on the date of the general election. the force was looking at whether there had been any misconduct in public office, it says, though the high bar for prosecutions hasn't been met, the gambling commission, meanwhile, is continuing its investigation to find out whether the gambling act was breached . news in the us and breached. news in the us and vice president kamala harris has formally accepted the democratic nomination for president on the final night of the party's

convention in chicago. she also took aim at her opposition candidate, donald trump, during her speech, and the vice president went on to say that the only client he has ever served is himself. >> consider the power he will have , especially after the have, especially after the united states supreme court just ruled that he would be immune from criminal prosecution . just from criminal prosecution. just imagine donald trump with no guardrails, but america. we are not going back. we are not going back. >> and will stay in the us just for a short moment, bring you some latest lie—ins coming to us regarding the donald trump assassination investigation. we're hearing that there could be at least five secret service agents who were on duty during that shooting, which a lone

gunman opened fire on donald trump. they have reportedly been put on leave. that number not yet confirmed , but at this yet confirmed, but at this stage, some sources suggesting onune stage, some sources suggesting online that five secret service agents have been put on leave. it's not also clear at this stage whether the investigation into that shooting has now concluded . the assassination concluded. the assassination attempt on the former us president, of course, happened dunng president, of course, happened during an outdoor rally in pennsylvania last month. any more details on that from the united states? throughout the rest of this afternoon, we will, of course, bring to you here. conservative leadership candidate tom tugendhat has apologised for record migration figures during the tories time in power. he's been sitting down with our political editor, christopher hope, for this exclusive interview. >> on immigration, how do we finally, once and for all, deal with this issue of big let net immigration? would you like to apologise for seeing those big numbers come through the door? >> look. absolutely. and you know, we've all got to stand on

our record. >> was it wrong then to allow, you know, 1.2 million to arrive in two years legally? >> no question. absolutely no question about it. because what we've got to do is we've got to make sure immigration is at a level that the british people and british society. and what's your level can integrate? well, look, i'm interested in the levels that we saw between 1990 and 2010. then it was what is that? it was about 100,000, roughly 120. >> police have now caught two dogs that were on the loose, which were believed to have attacked a man found dead in the back garden of a property in birmingham , west midlands police birmingham, west midlands police say the 33 year old man, who was looking after his brother's dogs, was found dead yesterday with bite marks and three stages at leeds festival have had to close this afternoon after strong winds brought by storm lillian. gusts of up to 80 miles an hour are expected in northern parts of england and wales. the storm is causing wider disruption as well, with some roads blocked and a number of flights cancelled at heathrow. those are the latest gb news

headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now. any more updates, of course, on that breaking news from the united states we will bring to you now though. >> back to martin for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you sam. the family of technology tycoon mike lynch and his 18 year old daughter hannah, are devastated and in shock after their bodies were recovered following the sinking of a luxury yacht in sicily. and that's according to a spokesperson . this comes as a spokesperson. this comes as a manslaughter investigation has now been launched by the italian authorities to find out why the luxury yacht capsized on monday. and joining us now for the latest is our homeland security ednon latest is our homeland security editor, mark white. mark, the tragic news, i guess we knew was inevitably coming. the sixth and

final body recovered from that craft. now we discover is hannah, 18. she just passed her a—levels and was due to start at oxford university. the devastating news for the family . devastating news for the family. >> yes, indeed. very talented student. by all accounts, she had gained 100% in her gcse for engush had gained 100% in her gcse for english literature and was looking forward to her study at oxford university. but of course, the tragedy of monday has meant that not just hannah, but six other people are now dead. their families are mourning the loss and we've just in the last few minutes, had a short statement from the management company that owns this superyacht, or at least manages this superyacht , manages this superyacht, bayesian. they have passed on

their deepest sympathies to the loved ones. of all seven people who died in this tragedy, they say that they will be making no more statements , no more more statements, no more statements coming from this management company. camper and nicholsons. they say their focus will remain on offering and, and, full support. i will remain on offering and, and, full support . i should say and, full support. i should say to the family members of those who died, but also in fully supporting the authorities as they investigate the incident that unfolded in the early hours of last monday morning. now, in terms of that, there are parallel investigations. the marine accident investigation branch that british organisation is carrying out an investigation into the circumstances

surrounding this tragedy because, of course, it was a british flagged vessel. so that's why the mib is involved. in tandem with that is the potential criminal investigation. the investigation into the loss of lives in italian waters , which is being italian waters, which is being coordinated by the italian prosecutor. and to that end, martin, we are expecting a press conference to take place tomorrow morning, which we expect the italian prosecutors to confirm that they are widening the scope of their investigation to a full blown manslaughter investigation into what went wrong. >> yeah. and indeed, that statement earlier today from the prosecutor's office saying you're absolutely right. the shipwreck offences of shipwreck and multiple counts of culpable homicide against an unknown person, similar to a manslaughter charge in the united kingdom. and of course, now there's also the parallel

recovery mission mark white, rumoured to be in the region of ,15 million to attempt to get that craft up to the surface to begin the investigation, to begin the investigation, to begin some potential salvage, to piece together the evidence mark, to see where this investigation goes next. >> yes, because clearly this vesselis >> yes, because clearly this vessel is some 50m down on the seabed. they will be able to do some assessment of the vessel on the seabed. we're already told by dive teams who went down that the vessel is largely intact. and there will be photographs that will be taken by remotely controlled undersea vehicles in that area. dive teams themselves will be able to take photographs and make an assessment. but really, to really delve down and properly , forensically examine properly, forensically examine this superyacht and what went

wrong, then recovering it to the surface will greatly, help . surface will greatly, help. >> i think we lost mike white there. fascinating. i was speaking to james wilkes earlier on. he's a maritime investigations expert into what happens next, because there are huge amounts of theories about was there some crew error? there's this report of a 16 minute window where there was potential to avoid this tragedy, to start the motors, to change the position of the superyacht, and to carry on that investigation. he told me this will probably take this investigation, will probably take the rest of this year, a very meticulous investigation goes on. who is culpable in terms of any financial liability? james told me , both liability? james told me, both the craft and the skipper would have had their own liability insurance. so for example, to recoup that ,15 million to get

this craft back to the surface, that cost could be covered by those insurers . mark white those insurers. mark white i believe we have, connection to you . again, i was just you. again, i was just explaining that to viewers in terms of the financial culpability. james wilkes, a maritime investigation expert, he told me earlier that the insurance on both the craft and the skipper will will cover the ,15 million, to the salvage operation. but there's also then the potential , if this goes into the potential, if this goes into a liability case of the manslaughter, the financial implications, the legal case in this instance, mark, could be absolutely massive . absolutely massive. >> yeah, well, there's a captain of the vessel. he would have insurance. the vessels owners would have insurance. and of course the management company, camper and nicholson , who were camper and nicholson, who were responsible for leasing this superyacht out to people like mike lynch, his daughter, and

the others who tragically lost their lives, would have insurance as well. so the salvage of this vessel would come under the insurance companies to be able to afford to do that. it's really whether the marine accident investigation branch and indeed the prosecutors feel it is necessary to raise the vessel in order to conduct a proper and thorough investigation. they may well decide that, or they may decide on what they can, you know, glean from the eyewitnesses who were there from the forensic examination that the forensic examination that the divers can carry out the photographs, that the divers and the robotic, unmanned vehicles can take around the vessel itself . that might be enough, itself. that might be enough, but regardless, yes, there is that investigation to determine exactly what went wrong. but also potentially the criminal investigation, if it is deemed

the that the crew, the captain, other members of the crew may have been at fault, didn't take all of the precautions and didn't take have been at fault, didn't take all of the precautions and actions that they should have actions that they should have done when this storm was looming done when this storm was looming and when this storm struck, for and when this storm struck, for instance, was the bridge manned instance, was the bridge manned at the time where hatches left at the time where hatches left open on the yacht when the storm open on the yacht when the storm hit? were there mitigations put hit? were there mitigations put in place to weaken the in place to weaken the passengers on the yacht and get passengers on the yacht and get them to the upper decks for them to the upper decks for instance? so all of that will be instance? so all of that will be gone into and if it is shown gone into and if it is shown that there are people to be that there are people to be blamed, then yes, they could blamed, then yes, they could ultimately be facing significant ultimately be facing significant criminal sanctions. criminal sanctions. >> yeah . and that may involve >> yeah . and that may involve >> yeah. and that may involve some kind of financial lawsuit >> yeah. and that may involve some kind of financial lawsuit against either the craft or the against either the craft or the crew. and a fascinating piece of crew. and a fascinating piece of insight from the italian insight from the italian coastguard who explained that coastguard who explained that this process had not been easy this process had not been easy

or quick because he compared the or quick because he compared the sunken yachts mark to an 18 story building full of water and moving debris , which may explain

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friday afternoon. i'm martin daubney on gb news now ofgem's energy price cap will increase by a further 10%, from £1,568 to £1,717 from october. the first for a typical household in england , scotland and wales. now england, scotland and wales. now this means that households are now set to face higher energy bills this winter and this comes after the regulator had lowered the price cap twice this year. now here's what the conservative party leadership candidate, tom tugendhat, had to say about labour's plans. >> well, look, this tells you exactly what you need to know about labour's plans for great british energy and all the rest of it. it's not real. what they've done is they've sold us a pup, they've done is they've sold us a pup, and what they're doing is they're hiking prices because they're hiking prices because they are not investing in the energy supply. and the energy security that we need in the future. that's why i'm absolutely committed to making sure we get the energy out of the north sea and out of renewables that we need, and we get the leadership back in this

country to deliver for the british people. this is about energy companies thinking what it's going to cost them in the future. and what they're looking at is they're looking at the costs that the labour government are putting on the british people. they're looking at the costs that the ideas coming out of miliband and reeves are putting on the british people, and they're predicting this is what it's going to cost them, and they're passing on that cost in advance. that's what this is about. >> okay. to analyse this story, i'm joined in the studio by our political correspondent olivia. olivia isn't it funny how back in august 2022, sir keir starmer said the labour party had a fully costed plan that would freeze energy bills and we would not see this kind of price rise today. ed miliband saying he understands the plight of those whose bills are going up well, he gets his heating paid and his second home and as i believe ed miliband's green tariffs his idea years ago is responsible for 11% of most people's energy

bills. they promised us on this show a £300 decrease because of clean green energy. great british power hasn't happened. is it a case once again of a party signing cheques in opposition that they can't cash when they're in power? >> well, i expect labour would say that they haven't yet had enough time, but i mean, ultimately, how much time are they ? are they realistically they? are they realistically going to need to bring in this sort of clean energy? gb news gb news friday afternoon, gb energy news sort of way of doing things . news sort of way of doing things. almost all energy experts agree that it's actually going to take a very long time to wean britain off oil and gas and onto renewable energy, and it was pretty naive of keir starmer to have said a couple of years ago that he had a fully costed plan to bring down energy bills. the truth is that, you know, these energy providers are at the mercy of the market as much as everybody else is . and obviously everybody else is. and obviously the market at the moment is undergoing huge global

instability. for a start, the war in ukraine is still raging. that's why energy prices went up in the first place. but of course, gas has become a more popular form of energy as governments have tried to move people away from oil. and while the demand for gas goes up, obviously it gets more expensive. so all very well for keir starmer to say that he's going to step in and change all that and force providers to bnng that and force providers to bring their costs down, that is much, much easier said than done in a in a free energy market. this is going to be a real, real headache for the prime minister for a start. obviously, it puts a very bright spotlight on rachel reeves decision to cut energy, fuel, winter fuel payments for pensioners to make it means tested. so 10 million pensioners are going to lose that. some people are saying it's cruel to take that away from them. just before we head into a winter with higher energy bills, it will also have an effect on the economy. it's not just pensioners and ordinary families at home who will be

suffering as a result of this hike in energy bills. it's also businesses, particularly hospitality businesses , who have hospitality businesses, who have to heat and light their premises day in, day out. all through the night as well. and we could see a situation where lots of those businesses have to close. well, that will have a real knock on effect on the economy too. and then net zero as well. ed miliband has been racing towards net zero at a at a rate of sort of 100 knots. and it is costly. and eventually the labour party will argue that it will be cheapen will argue that it will be cheaper. but during this transition time it is very, very expensive. moving over to renewable energy is expensive and increasing our reliance on gas as we've been doing means that those prices will go up and up because everyone else is increasing their reliability on gas to i mean, how it's going to affect real people is obviously what is most important. one of our colleagues was out today in nottingham having a having a chat to people on the streets. let's have a listen to what they had to say. >> i target people that have

gone to work all their lives. there's people on benefits that don't need to be on benefits that are getting three four times more than we are that have worked. i had three jobs at one time when my kids were small. >> the winter fuel payment for everyone, i think was a bit ludicrous. i mean, i heard i've heard of pensioners who've got private pensions who don't really need it, saying , oh, really need it, saying, oh, well, i just bought a i don't know, i mean, a guitar freak, i just bought a new guitar, you know, i think, oh well, yeah. it's not really supposed to be for that. yeah. we were already going through challenges with the economic living crisis, so it's not good news. >> i'm a staunch labour voter and i was ashamed to see a labour government at the poorest people. the most. and i am partially sighted, deemed blind. and i don't think we'll get a

penny now. >> god bless the people of nottingham, my home city. that's the reality at the ground level. you know, pensioners , they're you know, pensioners, they're saying i'm partially sighted. this is going to impact me. saying i'm partially sighted. this is going to impact me . ed this is going to impact me. ed miliband earlier on said he understands the plight of ordinary people. let's listen to what he had to say. >> i know this will be really worrying news for lots of families who will face even greater struggles. this winter, andifs greater struggles. this winter, and it's a direct result of our country's exposure to international gas markets that are controlled by dictators. and thatis are controlled by dictators. and that is a legacy left to us by the last government. that's why this government has a plan to do something about it. our mission for clean , home—grown power that for clean, home—grown power that we control in this country, and it's why we've hit the ground running in just seven weeks. consenting new solar power overturning the ban on onshore wind precisely to give our country the energy security we

don't have at the moment. and this government will also do everything it can to protect billpayers reforming the regulator. so it's a strong champion of consumers making standing charges fairer and increasing funding for energy efficiency so people can cut bills. but this is obviously really worrying news for lots of families in our country. >> so, olivia, don't you think there's a disconnect here? the people in nottingham are saying, i'm going to have a very, very hard winter. i'm going to struggle to make ends meet. ed miliband saying, i understand the plight of ordinary people. i wonder if that's true. i wonder if any politician really does understand that, particularly when we are seeing this headlong charge, as you pointed out, towards net zero, we have our own gas, we have our own oil. we import a huge amount of both . import a huge amount of both. we're so reluctant to switch on those extra licences to the nonh those extra licences to the north sea. is that the problem that zealotry is getting in the way of reality? >> well, that might be part of

the problem. the idea of sort of home grown energy has become an increasingly attractive one in recent years when it's become clear just recent years when it's become clearjust how insecure our sort clear just how insecure our sort of global energy supply chain is. there's videos i remember seeing of nick clegg back in 2012 saying someone asked him, what's the argument for not introducing nuclear power now? what's the argument for not building a nuclear reactor? he says, well, it wouldn't be ready till 2022. and you think we probably would have been a good idea. so i think part of it for politicians is just not looking forwards enough. it's a long term problem and governments are judged much more closely on what happensin judged much more closely on what happens in the next sort of couple of years, rather than looking at the long term . so looking at the long term. so they store up problems like this because they think, well, maybe we can just brush it under the rug and the next government will sort it out. there may also be an element of that zealotry that you mentioned. there are are net zero legislation is actually incredibly tight. theresa may, you know , bound it in law that you know, bound it in law that governments must are legally

obuged governments must are legally obliged to get to net zero by any means they can, as much as they possibly can by 2030. so politicians hands are almost a little bit tied here. and then you could argue that that someone like ed miliband has sort of gone above and beyond what this pretty, strict legislation is aiming for, too. so his race towards net zero might be having an effect on these prices to olivia utley. >> superb stuff. and i'm joined now by the former chief executive at energy uk, angela knight. angela, always a pleasure to have you on the show. a font of knowledge as you are. angela, are you there? so yeah, the price is going up once again, 10%. and we just talked there , ed miliband saying he there, ed miliband saying he understands the plight of ordinary people. i wonder if that's the case because we're so wedded it seems to net zero. and wedded it seems to net zero. and we were told that our bills would go down. that doesn't seem to be happening. is are we stuck in this doom cycle of ever increasing bills? >> at the moment, yes. >> at the moment, yes. >> because there's no way that you can make massive investment

in the infrastructure of the country for renewables for and moving them up and down the country, because after all, the wind tends to be in the north and a lot of the consumption is in the south, you can't do that without it costing a lot of money. >> we have to change the grid as well. and then every time that you build a renewable because it is intermittent, you've got to build the same amount of backup. >> and if we move as well as we're doing to the use of greater degree of electricity , greater degree of electricity, then we are on a path for probably doubling the amount of power production in this country. that's a huge amount of money. one aspect that he could do , he being ed miliband, one do, he being ed miliband, one aspect that they could do is they could actually accelerate small scale nuclear reactors, because first of all, they are whilst they are not cheap, they take about two years to build and they cost about 2 billion.

and you can get investment elsewhere. it doesn't have to come off the balance sheet like these big ones that we've been building, but secondly, of course, you don't need the backup for it, so you've just got to build the one thing. but i do think that what the labour party and what ed miliband over the years has done is sold people a load of piffle because he said things which are simply incorrect , fundamentally wrong, incorrect, fundamentally wrong, or just incorrect, fundamentally wrong, orjust has not been to prepared or just has not been to prepared cover the piece of all the things that are needed . and by things that are needed. and by the way, we're talking about a price increase today that will go price increase today that will 9° up price increase today that will go up again this winter , because go up again this winter, because it doesn't just suddenly happen. you can look at the cornwall energy, which are the best people for forecasting it, and they do a very good forecast. probably the piece of light that there is in all this is that some of the constraints over these last few years, as a result of ukraine, russia and

the russian gas coming off the market as far as western europe is concerned is that there's been much more effort put into building liquefied natural gas facilities. you know, the tankers that go around. so you get more into that market that stabilises the gas price. >> i'm afraid we have to leave it there. if we run out of time. thank you very much. now we'll have lots more to come. but first, here's your news headlines, and it's san francisco. >> very good afternoon to you from the newsroom. just after 4:30, a look at the top stories this hour. the family of a father and daughter who died after a superyacht sank off the coast of sicily on monday, have said they are devastated and in shock at the news. british tech tycoon mike lynch and his 18 year old daughter hannah, are among seven victims, though formal identification is still taking place. 15 people on board did survive the energy

secretary, ed miliband, says a 10% increase to the price cap is deeply worrying. the average british household will pay an extra £149 for their energy from october. meanwhile, around 10 million pensioners are also facing winter with less support after the government scrapped winter fuel payments for those who don't receive pension credits or other benefits . the credits or other benefits. the funeral of elsie dot stancombe, one of the three young girls killed in the southport stabbings last month, has been held this afternoon. the seven year old's parents have described her as a truly unforgettable daughter. her family said they want to be today to be known as elsie's special day and a celebration of her life . just an update on that her life. just an update on that breaking news we brought you in the last half hour from the united states. it's being reported that several secret service agents are facing disciplinary action in the wake of last month's shooting in pennsylvania, when a lone gunman opened fire at donald trump. some us. networks this

afternoon suggesting five, possibly six, agents who were on duty at the time of that shooting have been put on leave, as i say, unconfirmed at this stage, but those reports just into us here in the newsroom, the exact number isn't known. and it's also not clear at this stage whether the investigation into that shooting has now concluded. of course, the assassination attempt on the former us president happened dunng former us president happened during an outdoor republican rally in july. here, meanwhile, the metropolitan police has now dropped its investigation into gambling on the date of the general election, with the force saying the high bar for prosecutions for misconduct in pubuc prosecutions for misconduct in public office hasn't been met. the gambling commission, though , the gambling commission, though, is continuing to investigate whether the gambling act was breached . and royal mail has breached. and royal mail has delivered just under 80% of first class post on time , first class post on time, recently missing its target set by ofcom. again, the company's been told to deliver 93% of post within one working day, under

rules set by the communications watchdog. it was fined £5.6 million last year for failing to do so. royal mail, though, insists there have been improvements . those are the improvements. those are the latest headlines for now. i'm sam francis. more for you 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

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criminals for several weeks in the latest efforts to ease pressure on britain's overcrowded prisons. now this comes following the government's decision to free up to 2000 prison places in september, as part of an early release scheme. but gb news political editor, chris hope, spoke to mother dionne barrett this week, whose son was tragically killed in a knife attack. >> nato was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison, and john barrett was left in shock when she received a letter dated the 1st of august a letter dated the 1st of august a couple of weeks ago, warning of his early release. >> his family only live five minutes away from me . minutes away from me. >> is he going to come back to newcastle? are we going to cross each other in the street ? and do each other in the street? and do i think he's going to do it again? yes i do. he's showed no remorse whatsoever after . after remorse whatsoever after. after he's killed gordon. >> he's then , threatened to >> he's then, threatened to petrol bomb my house. to rape

gordon's 13 year old girlfriend. and he's allowed to come back on the streets. he's a danger to the streets. he's a danger to the public. >> and that is the human impact of political choices. and i discuss this. i'm joined now by the criminal barrister zahid ahmed. welcome to the show, mr ahmed. welcome to the show, mr ahmed. when we see instances like that, it brings it home, doesn't it, that these policies have a very real impact. we were told by the labour party that violent people wouldn't be released. and yet we saw there an accomplice, killer lawson, natty bought two machetes and suppued natty bought two machetes and supplied them to a killer manslaughter. he was charged with manslaughter. he's going to be set to be released early. we spoke to the deceased boy's mother. she's heartbroken that people like this are being released. and the simple question to you is, why are we releasing people early when they can be dangerous and can that endanger the british public? >> well, the reason why we're releasing people early is because the successive governments have failed to deal

with the fact that there is an increase in crime, there's an increase in crime, there's an increase in crime, there's an increase in people getting custodial sentences, and they have failed to build and find adequate places in prison. and so the knock on effect is that people, unfortunately, governments have to make decisions where people have to be released so that those that are committing offences now, those that are on remand for very serious offences, have somewhere to go when they're convicted and sentenced at very lengthy sentences for example, what we've seen recently with the riots at those prison sentences, those prison places are key to ensuring the security and safety of every member of the public. that that exists at the public. that that exists at the moment. now, the difficulty is, is where is the striking balance ? now, judges are very, balance? now, judges are very, very clear when defendants who are dangerous or are deemed dangerous are sentenced, the judge can find them dangerous. and what that means is that when it comes to sentencing one, they are assessed by a parole board. they're not simply released at

the halfway or two thirds point. but secondly , those people that but secondly, those people that are considered dangerous won't be released by the new plans by the labour party. they will be they will remain in prison. the scheme is only aimed at those that are at low risk of reoffending or low risk of harm. and so that's what i have to say. but of course there will be a few cases that fall through the cracks and the government needs to address those those cases that do appear that we've heard about. >> mr ahmed, we hear all the time about two tier justice in this country. this is a clear case of somebody who was an accomplice charged with manslaughter. it'sjust accomplice charged with manslaughter. it's just one instance. nevertheless, it's worth dwelling on. who committed this crime in november 2022, about to be released at the same time, we see people getting two years in prison for facebook posts. we see people getting two years, eight months for shoving police , policemen at riots. a police, policemen at riots. a man was arrested yesterday getting off a flight in merseyside. his crime was to

throw a rock at a policeman dunng throw a rock at a policeman during a riot. now these aren't things that we're excusing, but in terms of the balance, it's part of the problem here that our jails are filled part of the problem here that ourjails are filled because our jails are filled because we're making an example of people that shouldn't be getting the a similar custodial sentence to something of a far more serious nature. >> well, in fact, i would say the other way around, the anomaly here appears to be the case of the manslaughter. now, of course, i don't know the full details of that case and why the judge sentenced him on that basis. i don't think we should speculate as to what one the jury speculate as to what one the jury found, but two, why the judge deemed that sentence to be appropriate. but i will say, however, is that the recent sentencing that we've seen in relation to the riots is proper. these people have been charged with rioting where the maximum sentence is ten years. they've been charged. >> people were charged for facebook posts, facebook posting on facebook isn't rioting . on facebook isn't rioting. >> they've got two years for inciting racial hatred . the

inciting racial hatred. the charges that they faced were inciting racial hatred . they inciting racial hatred. they they were part of this stirring of racial hatred towards a group of racial hatred towards a group of people that were attacked. and of course, we know recently about the they got a similar custodial sentence to what this young man got for manslaughter. >> what i'm saying to you is, doesit >> what i'm saying to you is, does it seem that that's fair and legitimate and proportionate? many people watching this will think it's not. >> well, my view as a barrister is that it's a matter for the judge. the judge is the one that deals with all the factors that are aggravating and mitigate the sentences. the fact that this young person got a sentence that seems to be very, very low, that doesn't happen very often, and there must be a reason behind that. >> and that's a matter for the judge. >> it doesn't happen very often. i don't think there are many other examples you can give me of cases where somebody who has been convicted of a manslaughter charge has received a similar sentence. i don't think it's fair to use that as an example. >> but what i do say is that the recent sentencing has to be reflected in the current climate of what's been happening, and

that's why we're seeing these sentences that are correct. >> on the face of it , very, very punitive. >> okay. well, thanks for joining us and giving us your expertise. criminal barrister zaid ahmed, thanks for your expertise. thank you. now moving on. football is revolutionising the way fans can watch the match. it's absolutely amazing. find out more in just a moment. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

welcome back. it's 451. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. revolutionise revolutionising even the way that fans can watch football because footage has emerged on social media. what looks like manchester united fans enjoying the opening game against fulham and the premier league . but the images actually league. but the images actually came from an indoor venue in los angeles. let's get the picture on the screen now where fans are actually sat in front of an immersive screen, which made

them look like they were pitchside. that's actually a screen inside a dome, and people are sat there. they look like they're at the match, but they're at the match, but they're not. i think it's amazing. let's talk about it now with sports journalist harry harris. harry always a pleasure. tell us about what looks like the best way to watch a match short of being there? >> well, martin, it might surprise you that i'm an expert in this field because i'm never too old to learn new tricks. >> and i'm actually the sports development director of smart frame technologies. >> and you wouldn't have guessed that, would you? >> so we're revolutionising the photographic image . we photographic image. we distribute pictures from manchester city, the all blacks, six nations, and we're announcing a couple more premier league clubs next week. so yes, i've been up to speed with this kind of technology for some time. peter moore used to be the liverpool ceo. he's out back in the states and he's developing this kind of immersive technology. >> not for me. >> not for me. >> i'm sorry, but that was just a, you know, a couple of dozen

americans in a pub having a few beers and a sandwich and sitting behind the goal and thinking they're at old trafford, >> the technology is really in its infancy, and but there is a wider aspect to this marketing and a more sinister one, depending on your point of view . depending on your point of view. because ever since i was at the daily mirror and stopped the 39th game of the premier league , 39th game of the premier league, there is more american owners in engush there is more american owners in english football, as we all know. >> and i can tell you, the saudi arabian bid for manchester united was £10 billion, and the only reason it fell flat was because they wanted six home games played in the states , most games played in the states, most of them in vegas. and it's only a matter of time before competitive games are going to be played in the states. >> and this is kind of like the forerunner of the appetite for american audiences to want to be part of the action. >> harry, you've done the football equivalent of being the gnnch football equivalent of being the grinch at christmas here. i

thought, i think it's a great idea. you can if you can't get into the match, you can watch it into the match, you can watch it in a dome. what better way to watch nottingham forest throw away an 85th minute lead? all to watch england lose at penalties than being almost pitchside. but you could be, for example, in any city around britain you don't like it . don't like it. >> well, yes. >> well, yes. >> in 15 years time, when the technology is there that you can at the moment you're you're stuck behind the goal and you're seeing a very disproportionate area of the pitch. the technology doesn't exist that you can actually be in a particular part of the field. and that's coming. and then when it comes, you know that immersive technology will make it more of a of an event for you and make you feel as though you're there at the moment, it's very much in its infancy. >> this is a trial. >> this is a trial. >> and if the premier league are missing a trick, you know, and eamonn technology like this could be even bigger than their sky deal, and that's something for them to think about. but, you know, eventually we're going to have competitive games. our competitive games played abroad,

perhaps the league cup. >> okay, harry, we have to leave it there, mate. always a pleasure. thank you very much. now stick with us. i'm martin daubney on gb news. we're back soon. but first, here's your weather. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . sponsors of boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you from the met office. through the rest of the day it will remain breezy though the winds are much lighter than they were first thing today. thanks to storm lillian, we'll still feel quite fresh as well, particularly across western areas. now storm lillian has now moved off into the north sea and behind it it is much drier across the uk. still a few showers to come though through this evening across northern ireland and many western areas of scotland in particular. elsewhere it should be a dry evening and the winds will lighten off. but overnight the next band of rain arrives into

southern areas. here there is a warning in force for tomorrow , warning in force for tomorrow, with lots of cloud building in from the south. temperatures will stay on the milder side of things for most of us, away from the far north where we see those clearer skies. so as i said, there is a rain warning in force across eastern areas of england, but elsewhere it should be a dner but elsewhere it should be a drier start, particularly across the far north of scotland and eastern areas of scotland are fairly dry start but still some very heavy showers moving in across western areas of scotland. some of these could be quite heavy and they will persist through much of the day, but looking further south into the midlands, the south east towards east anglia as well. that's where we'll see the heaviest rain across the far southeast as well. the rain will unger southeast as well. the rain will linger towards lunchtime as well, so that could bring some disruption on the roads and to travel delays as well. now the rain will slowly clear away to the east throughout saturday morning, and behind it a mixture of sunshine and showers developing. still quite a brisk breeze as well. so particularly if you're across western coast, you're still going to feel quite fresh out there. but in any

sunshine. not too bad into the afternoon. certainly a better afternoon. certainly a better afternoon compared to the start of the day across eastern areas, but those showers will continue across eastern areas into saturday evening. behind it, though, it does turn a bit clearer into saturday evening across many western and northern areas. sunday is looking more widely dry, but it's monday where the temperatures start to rise to much closer than average. have a good rest of your day. bye bye. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather

gb news. >> a very, very good afternoon to you. on this friday afternoon . to you. on this friday afternoon. it's 5 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news, broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. on today's show, divers have now recovered the body of michael lynchs daughter, hannah,

18, from the tech tycoon's sunken superyacht. and now, with allegations of manslaughter and claims of crew negligence after the yacht's designer said that the yacht's designer said that the craft was unsinkable. might a super lawsuit now be on the honzon a super lawsuit now be on the horizon ? and the energy horizon? and the energy regulator ofgem, is set to raise the price cap, meaning £149 higher. annual bills for the average brit. yet in 2022, sir keir starmer pledged that he wouldn't let this happen. and before the election, on this very show, the labour party promised that our bills would end up being £300 per year cheapen end up being £300 per year cheaper. is this another shocking u—turn ? and this week, shocking u—turn? and this week, a distraught mother told gb news that her son's killer's accomplice will be released from prison early after serving just 40% of a paltry 30 month sentence. and we've learned today that 5500 early releases are planned from september the

10th. the question is this is the public being endangered and families traumatised by britain's labour's prison plan? that's all coming in your next hour. welcome to the that's all coming in your next hour . welcome to the show. hour. welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company. a gb news viewer told us this week a mother, her 14 year old boy was killed and the killer's accomplice, who bought two machetes and gave them to the killer, would be released early, leaving her feeling traumatised and wondering whose side is the british law on? with places being freed up to make way for those pacing, posting facebook memes or being involved in recent riots, even if they weren't particularly that involved, they happened to be there. whose side is the law on? is this further proof of two tiered justice in britain getting to its usual ways? gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's your headlines with sam francis .

your headlines with sam francis. >> martin, thank you very much indeed. and good evening to you. 5:02. and the top story today, the family of mike and hannah lynch, who died after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of sicily on monday, have said they are devastated and in shock at the news. 18 year old hannah became the final missing passenger on board that ship, to be recovered from the wreckage. family have also released this photograph of mr lynch and his 18 year old daughter. that's as six bodies have been found in the search of the wreckage, taking the number of confirmed deaths to now seven. well, there are concerns that more families could fall behind on their energy bills because of a price cap rise coming into force. it's going up by 10% from october for millions of households across england and scotland and wales, they face an annual average bill of £1,700, which ofgem is blaming on higher wholesale

costs. energy secretary ed miliband says he understands that people are concerned. >> i know this will be really worrying for news lots of families who will face even greater struggles this winter, andifs greater struggles this winter, and it's a direct result of our country's exposure to international gas markets that are controlled by dictators . and are controlled by dictators. and thatis are controlled by dictators. and that is a legacy left to us by the last government. that's why this government has a plan to do something about it. our mission for clean home—grown power that we control in this country. >> energy secretary ed miliband there. well, the funeral of elsie dot stancombe, who died in the southport attack, has taken place today. her parents released a new photo calling her their truly unforgettable daughter. the seven year old was one of the three girls killed in a knife attack at a dance class in the town last month. now, her family have said they want today to be known as elsie's special day and to be marked as a

celebration of her life . celebration of her life. magistrates in england and wales have been told today to stop jailing people for several weeks to try to ease overcrowding in prisons. offenders likely to serve time behind bars are having their sentence hearings postponed days after emergency measures kicked in. it allows defendants to be held in custody for longer and follows an announcement last month that an early release scheme for some inmates will come into force . inmates will come into force. the metropolitan police has now dropped its investigation into gambling on the date of the general election. the force was looking into whether there had been any misconduct in public office, but it says the high bar for prosecutions hasn't been met. meanwhile, the gambling commission is continuing their investigation into whether the gambling act was breached . gambling act was breached. turning to news in the united states, and vice president kamala harris has formally accepted the democratic nomination for president on the final night of the party's convention in chicago. well, she

also took aim at her opposition candidate during her her speech. the vice president went on to say the only client donald trump has ever served is himself. >> consider the power he will have, especially after the united states supreme court just ruled that he would be immune from criminal prosecution . just from criminal prosecution. just imagine donald trump with no guardrails, but america . we are guardrails, but america. we are not going back. we are not going back. >> and we'll stay with news in the united states this evening. and sources there are suggesting at least five secret service agents who were on duty when a lone gunman opened fire at donald trump during a rally in pennsylvania last month, have reportedly been put on leave, though the exact number of agents at this stage isn't known, and it's also not clear

at this stage whether the investigation into that shooting has now concluded or not. you may remember that assassination attempt on the former us president happened during an outdoor event in pennsylvania last month. any more details on that? we will bring to you. meanwhile, the conservative leadership candidate, tom tugendhat, has apologised for record migration figures during the tories time in power. he's been sitting down with our political editor, chris hope. here's a quick bit, he said dunng here's a quick bit, he said during that exclusive interview on immigration. >> how do we finally, once and for all, deal with this issue of big let net immigration? would you like to apologise for seeing those big numbers come? >> absolutely. look. absolutely. and you know, we've all got to stand on our record. >> is it wrong then to allow, you know, 1.2 million to arrive in two years legally? >> no question . absolutely no >> no question. absolutely no question about it. because what we've got to do is we've got to make sure immigration is at a level that the british people and the british society. and

what's your level can integrate? well, look, i'm interested in the levels that we saw between 1990 and 2010. then it was what is that? it was about 100,000, roughly 120 royal mail delivered just under 80% of first class post on time in the spring, missing its target set by ofcom. >> again, the company's been told to deliver 93% of posts within one working day. under rules set by the communications watchdog, it was fined £5.6 million last year for failing to do so. but royal mail insists there have been improvements to there have been improvements to the service . and finally, before the service. and finally, before we hand back to martin, three stages at leeds festival have had to close today after strong winds brought by storm lillian. gusts of up to 80 miles an hour are expected in northern parts of england and in wales. the storms also caused wider disruption, with roads blocked . disruption, with roads blocked. a number of flights cancelled at heathrow airport . those are the heathrow airport. those are the latest headlines from the gb newsroom for now. i'll be back with you 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 . slash alerts. >> thank you sam. now to our top story. this afternoon, the family of technology tycoon mike lynch and his 18 year old daughter hannah are devastated and in shock after their bodies were recovered following the sinking of a luxury yacht in sicily. that's according to a spokesperson. this comes as a manslaughter investigation has now been launched by the italian authorities to try and find out why the luxury yacht capsized on monday. and joining us now is our home and security editor, mark white. mark, so the sixth and final body has been retrieved from that superyacht. we now know it was hannah aged just 18. a very, very gifted student who was just about to

embark on an academic career at oxford university. the final tragedy, the last news that the family wanted to hear mark. >> indeed, and oxford university have just released a statement saying they are greatly saddened to learn of the news that hannah lynch had died in that tragedy. they said she had a confirmed place at oxford university and those in the english faculty were looking forward to welcoming hannah there for her studies . she welcoming hannah there for her studies. she had been an exemplary, student from what we've been told, 100% was her pass rate in english literature. when she sat her gcse . so an when she sat her gcse. so an incredibly talented young woman and a very warm and lovely personality to boot. according to those who knew her. and we've

also had a statement that's come out from the management company responsible for managing the bayesian superyacht that company camper and nicholsons have said that they too are greatly saddened by the loss of lives. the six people who, of course, have been recovered from inside the yacht, and of course, the chef who was recovered from the water on monday as well. and they say that they won't be making any further statement that their focus, their priority for the time being, is on unwavering support for the families of those who died, but also giving their full cooperation and support to both the marine accident investigation branch and the italian prosecutors as they continue with their joint investigations into what went wrong. and of course, looking at whether anyone at all may be

liable at the end of the day. and there are, of course, questions that will need to be answered by those crew on board the bayesian , such as the the bayesian, such as the skipper of that vessel itself, james cutfield, and his crew, ten man crew on board that vessel. did they do enough when that storm struck ? was the that storm struck? was the bndge that storm struck? was the bridge manned? did they take all of the evasive precautions once the storm came in? and of course did. for instance, they leave hatches open, which may have aided the rapidity of the sinking of this superyacht. all these questions for the marine accident investigators and indeed the prosecutors , martin, indeed the prosecutors, martin, who were told tomorrow will hold a news conference outlining the scope of their investigation going forward. >> and mark wyatt, if there's a scintilla of comfort for the family, it's that hannah's body

has been recovered. there was some doubt yesterday if that was going to be the case. and indeed the italian coastguard lives, that of course, we don't know as yecoastguard announcing that the rescue, the the italian coastguard announcing that the rescue, the recovery operation was compared recovery operation was compared to an 18 storey building full of to an 18 storey building full of water. the idea of the magnitude , water. the idea of the magnitude , water. the idea of the magnitude, the difficulty, the complexity, water. the idea of the magnitude, the difficulty, the complexity, mark white of this mark white of this investigation. and now we're investigation. and now we're here today going towards here today going towards possible manslaughter charges possible manslaughter charges and this is a significant and this is a significant increase mark in the legal increase mark in the legal activities, and one that could activities, and one that could turn into a rather supersized turn into a rather supersized lawsuit . lawsuit . lawsuit. >> yes, it could, and it could lawsuit. >> yes, it could, and it could also be very serious indeed for also be very serious indeed for any member of the crew of the any member of the crew of the bayesian. if at the end of the bayesian. if at the end of the day, they are found to be liable day, they are found to be liable at fault in some way for not at fault in some way for not taking mitigation, mitigating taking mitigation, mitigating action that could have saved action that could have saved lives, that of course, we don't lives, that of course, we don't

know as yet. the know as yet. the investigation is still in its very early stages. but you're right to talk about the complexity of the operation to recover the bodies from this sunken vessel laying just under 50m below the surface of the sea on the seabed there, because it was at that depth, the divers themselves were restricted to the time they could spend down in the wreck, 12 minutes at a time. so just pushing forward incrementally and into the yacht itself, they found a significant amount of debris, as you would imagine, furniture and other bits of detritus in that yacht that were blocking up the passageways and making their, their swim into and inside the yacht that bit more difficult. but they managed it in just a few days to recover all six of the victims who were still inside the yacht. and

you're absolutely right, martin, that it you're absolutely right, martin, thatitis you're absolutely right, martin, that it is some comfort, at least to the families small comfort, of course, as they

least to the families small comfort, of course, as thewe are coastguard, because now we are moving towards a rather serious state of affairs , looking into state of affairs, looking into offences for a shipwreck and multiple counts of homicide against an unknown person. and of course , there is now of course, there is now a significant recovery operation in italian waters. they're trying to raise the ship, the craft which could take eight weeks and cost up to ,15 million. so as the recovery stage of the bodies, at least, alessandro is now complete, we're now moving into a more criminal aspect of this investigation . investigation. >> well, good afternoon everybody. thank you , this is a everybody. thank you, this is a really complex operation. admit me to say that these four botticelli's the day of the tears. tomorrow will be the day of the first answers. i was not sure yesterday, and i told it to you that there would have been a press conference for the authorities to give the first answers to, to the media, but in

this case, it's great that they did it, that they organised it because there are too many questions that have to be resolved. and in this case, we will start, of course, from what happened that night. and, i think that there won't be many, many answers before the shipwreck comes out of the water. but it's something really, really long. we will have to wait a very long time to have to wait a very long time to have all the answers. but as i said, tomorrow we will have the first answers. >> yeah, because we did speak, didn't we, alessandro? yesterday about the situation that the authorities, the coast guard, the police haven't really been communicating, communicating to widely or if at all with the media. and of course in these situations that always leads to speculation, which often isn't helpful. so are you expecting tomorrow at least there to be more information given and a bit more information given and a bit more openness from the authorities with the media?

>> i expect many questions from the media to the authorities , the media to the authorities, but i don't know at the moment what can what they can say as because we are . the disaster was because we are. the disaster was four days ago, tomorrow will be five days and it's too soon to give all the answers to what we need to know right now. we only know that there are 515 people alive and seven people dead. there is someone who is crying, these dead people, we have to respect it. of course, today is the day. as i said before, to respect it. but tomorrow from tomorrow, we will have to reconstruct. i can say all, all the night . and what happened the night. and what happened before the night , because we before the night, because we know that there are some theories , something theories, something comprehensible, something incomprehensible of what happened that night. but, it's something that only the prosecutor and the people who work with him can, can say. and

i think that tomorrow they can say every single detail, but there are something that we will know. >> yeah. and i speak to a maritime investigations expert earlier on in the show , james earlier on in the show, james wilkes, and he said that this will probably take the rest of this year in terms of ascertaining exactly what happened. and it may take up to eight weeks to raise the yacht andifs eight weeks to raise the yacht and it's most likely that that will need to be done, because it's so difficult, as we heard, to explore the full implications of what happened with it being underwater . so we won't get any underwater. so we won't get any answers any time soon, but at least that process can now begin in earnest. now we have the full recovery of all of the bodies. alessandro arena, thank you very much once again forjoining us from the area. i know you're right on the scene there. thank you very much. now energy bills are set to rise by 10% once again as millions of pensioners are losing their winter fuel payments at the same time, a

double whammy for hard pressed pensioners . how can that be pensioners. how can that be right? i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news

welcome back. it's 522. i'm martin daubney on friday afternoon on gb news now ofgem's energy price cap will increase again by 10%, from £1568 to £1717 from october, the first for a typical household in england , scotland and wales. now england, scotland and wales. now this means that households are now set to face higher energy bills this winter, and this comes after the regulator had lowered the price cap twice this yeah lowered the price cap twice this year. here's energy secretary ed miliband reacting to the news earlier. >> i know this will be really worrying news for lots of

families who will face even greater struggles. this winter, andifs greater struggles. this winter, and it's a direct result of our country's exposure to international gas markets that are controlled by dictators . and are controlled by dictators. and thatis are controlled by dictators. and that is a legacy left to us by the last government . that's why the last government. that's why this government has a plan to do something about it. our mission for clean, home—grown power that we control in this country, and it's why we've hit the ground running in just seven weeks. consenting new solar power overturning the ban on onshore wind precisely to give our country the energy security we don't have at the moment. and this government will also do everything it can to protect billpayers reforming the regulator. so it's a strong champion of consumers making standing charges fairer and increasing funding for energy efficiency so people can cut bills. but this is obviously really worrying news for lots of families in our country. >> really worrying news. well, let's remind ourselves of what

sir keir starmer had to say about energy bills going up two years ago, before he was prime minister. >> i understand i completely understand why so many people are frustrated at the government. that's not doing anything about their energy bills. that's dithering and delaying, just like it did at the beginning of the year. in the beginning of the year. in the end , politics is about the end, politics is about choices , and this government is choices, and this government is choosing to protect the profits of oil and gas companies. unexpected profits of oil and gas companies, rather than sticking up for and helping hard working families and struggling businesses. i hope that just as we did earlier this year, we can force them into a u—turn because under my leadership, labour is on the side of working people. >> labour is on the side of working people, forcing the government into a u—turn. well, it seems to me there has been a

rather spectacular u—turn. rather spectacular u —turn. olivia rather spectacular u—turn. olivia utley joins me in the studio now to discuss it. isn't it funny how when politicians are in opposition, they can write checks? they don't have to cash? there's a fully costed plan under labour. we will not put prices up. but now you're in power. that's precisely what's happened. >> well, it is very, very difficult for a government to do anything much about the cost of energy . all that they can energy. all that they can actively, really do is what the conservative government did when energy prices went up by huge amounts last january, and subsidised people's energy bills thatis subsidised people's energy bills that is obviously not something that is obviously not something thatis that is obviously not something that is sustainable . otherwise. that is sustainable. otherwise. ed miliband talks there about sort of trying to force energy companies to charge customers less. well that's a lot easier said than done. these energy companies are at the mercy of the markets as well. and we know that there is a huge demand for gas at the moment. everyone is trying to get away from oil , get trying to get away from oil, get away from fossil fuels, and so wants gas. that increases the demand and makes it much, much more expensive . that makes

more expensive. that makes things really, really difficult for the government. and this is going to be a huge headache for the government. the knock on effect on the economy is likely to be very, very big, which is something which doesn't seem to be being spoken about that much. one problem with energy bills going up is that as well as households being affected, businesses are affected too. so pubs and restaurants, hotels, anyone that needs to heat and light a large premises for a lot of time . they last time energy of time. they last time energy bills went up, lots of them actually went under. and that obviously has a really big effect on the potential growth of the uk. something which keir starmer keeps repeatedly promising. there is also going to be a laser focus now on rachel reeves decision to cut winter fuel payments for 10 million pensioners. anyone who isn't on pension credits, it will now all be means tested. she's going to bring that cut in very, very soon. as in before the winter. and if we're in for a cold winter last winter and the one before were relatively mild. so the effect wasn't quite

as bad as it could have been. but if we have a cold winter this time, that could be an almost perfect storm. >> okay, well, we were out and aboutin >> okay, well, we were out and about in my home city of nottingham earlier on. let's see what people have to say about this there. >> i target people that have gone to work all their lives. there's people on benefits that don't need to be on, benefits that are getting 3 or 4 times more than we are, that have worked. i had three jobs at one time when my kids were small. >> the winter fuel payment for everyone, i think was a bit ludicrous. i mean, i heard i've heard of pensioners who've got private pensions who don't really need it, saying, oh, well, i just bought a i don't know, i mean, a guitar freak, i just bought a new guitar, you know, i think, oh well, yeah, it's not really supposed to be for that. yeah. we were already going through challenges with the economic living crisis . the economic living crisis. >> so it's not good news. >> so it's not good news. >> i'm a staunch labour voter, and i was ashamed to see a

labour government hit the poorest people the most . and i poorest people the most. and i am partially sighted, deemed sighted, deemed am partially sighted, deemed blind . and i don't think we'll blind . and i don't think we'll blind. and i don't think we'll blind. and i don't think we'll get a penny. get a penny. >> and there you go. that's a >> and there you go. that's a fella in nottingham there. fella in nottingham there. that's the real impact of these that's the real impact of these policies . olivia utley thank you policies . olivia utley thank you policies. olivia utley thank you policies. olivia utley thank you very much for joining policies. olivia utley thank you very much forjoining me. let's very much for joining policies. olivia utley thank you very much forjoining me. let's speak now to a gb news viewer. speak now to a gb news viewer. charles beckham, who joins me. charles beckham, who joins me. charles, welcome to the show. so charles, welcome to the show. so nobody likes energy prices going nobody likes energy prices going up here. we are once again. up here. we are once again. we're approaching another we're approaching another winter. and also the winter fuel winter. and also the winter fuel allowance has been slashed . allowance has been slashed . allowance has been slashed. charles, tell me, how will this allowance has been slashed. charles, tell me, how will this impact you and what do you think impact you and what do you think about this yet again, another about this yet again, another price rise . price rise . price rise. price rise. >> well, another price rise. >> well, another price rise. >> well, another price rise. >> it's going to hit me just the >> well, another price rise. >> it's going to hit me just the same as it will hit everybody same as it will hit everybody else, >> i'm not on benefits. else, >> i'm not on benefits. >> i'm not on benefits. >> i'm not on benefits. >> i'm not on benefits. >> i am a pensioner. >> i'm not on benefits. >> i am a pensioner. >> i am a pensioner. >> i am a pensioner. >> my wife and i, have been for >> my wife and i, have been for a number of years, but i have a a number of years, but i have a small. >> well, i have an army pension small. >> well, i have an army pension

because i did 22 years in the because i did 22 years in the army, so i can't claim benefits, in fact, i've discovered that in order to get benefits, you need to have an income of less than £215 a week, which is. i can't see anybody living on that. but, i mean, as far as the politicians are concerned, there are only two classes of people. >> there are the very rich and the very poor. >> they don't care about the people in the middle. you know, the ones who aren't absolutely on the breadline but really do have to struggle, especially if you have a cold winter . you have a cold winter. >> charles, can i first say thank you for your service? 22 years in the armed forces, thank you very much for that. can i also ask you about what you think this government is saying about pensioners ? and you make about pensioners? and you make a brilliant point there about you've paid in all your life, you've paid in all your life, you've paid in all your life, you've paid your stamp, you've paid your way, you've been sensible, you've done the right thing. and yet if you did none of those things, you'd still be getting your winter fuel

allowance. you'd still be getting handouts. you sometimes think that the government is turning their back on hard working people , hard working working people, hard working pensioners who've done everything right. their whole lives only to see the government snatch it away ?

really >> charles, can i ask you as well your feelings towards net zero? because ed miliband was saying, oh, it's vladimir putin's fault. and yet we constantly see we have to rely on renewables. you're from darlington? i'm from nottingham. you know , we're from both from you know, we're from both from an era where we could rely on our coal , on an era where we could rely on our coal, on our gas, and yet now we seem at the mercy of the wind dropping, the sun going in or wars abroad. you would you like to see a more return to a british based energy sovereignty, self—sufficiency ? self—sufficiency? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> i mean, how long have you got, martin? i could go back. i mean , i mean, i taught science mean, i mean, i taught science for a couple of years when i came out of the army, i got a degree in taught physics . and degree in taught physics. and this net zero is a load of rubbish. you know, you and me breathe out two kilograms of carbon dioxide every day . you carbon dioxide every day. you know, they're going to go round and culling the 8 billion people in the world. they it's total

rubbish as far as i'm concerned. i listen to the debates on here and you get some pretty good ones. and every time you get a what i call a net zero zealot comes on, especially if they're there with a proper scientist, there with a proper scientist, the scientist shoots them down every which way. and it's a load of rubbish. plus the fact we're sitting on millions of tons of gas and only nobody will allow them to frack it. the americans, they fracked and they made millions . yeah, but no, they're millions. yeah, but no, they're just it's somebody. somebody i think i think it is. i think what it is, is, is the arabs upset the politicians, the, the oil owners have upset the politicians at some time . and so politicians at some time. and so they're trying to kill the oil companies. you know, but the only people making out a net zero are the chinese. and who knows who they're paying. >> okay, charles beckham, we have to leave it there. what a legend. please come back on the

show. i'd love to get you on more often. mate, your precise the sort of common sense voice we need. you're the very best of british charles beckham. fantastic. and have a fabulous weekend. thank you very much. now, still to come, we'll be travelling across the pond to get the latest on the us presidential election. don't go anywhere, but first, it's time for your headlines with sam francis. >> 533 in fact, the time and the top story of the day, the family of mike and hannah lynch, who died after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of sicily on monday, say they are devastated and in shock at the news. 18 year old hannah became the final missing passenger to be recovered from the wreckage of that superyacht. mr lynch's wife, though, was among the 15 survivors and sadly seven people died . the energy secretary, ed died. the energy secretary, ed miliband, says a 10% increase to the price cap is deeply worrying. the average british household will now pay an extra

£149 for their energy from october. meanwhile, around 10 million pensioners are also facing winter, with less support after the government scrapped winter fuel payments for those who don't receive pension credits or other benefits . elsie credits or other benefits. elsie dot stancombe, who was killed in the southport knife attack, has been remembered today with balloons, bubbles and one of her favourite taylor swift songs at her funeral. the seven year old's parents have described her as a truly unforgettable daughter and deputy chief constable of merseyside police, chris green spoke at the service on behalf of the emergency services. >> sure, in a time of such great sorrow, the resolve and spirit of this community has provided a source of comfort and reassurance through the many acts of kindness and solidarity, it is evident that southport is not just a place, it is your home and it will forever be else's home. >> in the us, it's been reported

that several secret service agents are facing disciplinary action in the wake of last month's pennsylvania shooting, when a lone gunman opened fire at donald trump. some us news networks are today suggesting five or possibly six agents have been put on leave, though that exact number isn't known. it's also not clear whether an investigation into the shooting has now concluded. the assassination attempt on the former us president happened dunng former us president happened during an outdoor republican rally in july. >> take a look at that here. >> take a look at that here. >> the metropolitan police has now dropped its investigation into gambling on the date of the general election. the force says the high bar for prosecutions for misconduct in public office hasn't been met. the gambling commission, though, is continuing its investigation . continuing its investigation. royal mail delivered just under 80% of first class posts on time in the spring, missing its target set by ofcom again. the company's been told to deliver 93% of posts within one working day, under rules set by the

watchdog. it was fined £5.6 million last year for failing to do so. royal mail insists there have been improvements . those have been improvements. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sam francis, back with you at 6:00. next, though, a look at the markets 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 . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report, and let's get a last look at the markets for you this evening. >> the pound will buy you $1.3188 and ,1.1802. the price of gold, £1,902.28 per ounce. and the ftse 100 has closed the day today at 8327 points. >> cheers. britannia wine

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to talk about there in america. and joining me this side of the pondis and joining me this side of the pond is the chairman of republicans overseas, greg swenson. greg, always a pleasure to have your company. thank you. let's start with the investigation, the assassination attempt. now, secret service agents put on leave. why do you think? what's what's going on there? >> it's a little light on details, so i would. i would say it's a bit early, but i think what's important to keep in mind here is that the secret service people that were on the stage with president trump, it looks like they did everything the right way. and they risked their lives to protect him. great. you know, great performance. it's the it's the prep team. it's the people that were on the ground beforehand didn't properly set up.and beforehand didn't properly set up. and then, of course, you had some real mistakes made about decision making, you know, why was this guy, the assassin able to pull off, you know, pull that off and get some shots off before he was taken care of? so but i think the most important thing to keep in mind on that is it's the cover up. it's not always the crime or the mistakes that might have been made. it was the deliberate cover up afterwards. and that's what i'm

really interested in. >> greg, so much has happened since then of course, joe biden has stepped down. we've just seen the wind up of the democratic national convention. kamala harris accepted the nomination last night. a huge amount of detail to go into there. what was your take as a republican on those events and what it means moving forward towards november the 5th for the big presidential vote? >> yeah, first of all, you know, the democrats and the campaign have executed perfectly. they've run her campaign without press conferences. i'm not saying i agree with it , but conferences. i'm not saying i agree with it, but but no press conferences. no interviews and no discussion of policies. and of course, she's run from her own record. and so all of her, you know , hope and joy and you know, hope and joy and optimism, it's probably got some appeal to people. and perhaps we should consider having more of that on the republican side. but they are they are burying her record. they're burying her past endorsements and her her

campaign from 2020, where she made all kinds of statements , made all kinds of statements, you know, progressive left, socialist kind of policy recommendations. and then they've avoided talking about policy for next year. they made one policy comment last friday that was about economic policy. it was very socialist. and progressive. she got skewered for it by the even by the activists. >> was that about price controls? price controls, subsidies? >> it was very much out of the bernie sanders playbook. and even the washington post and cnn, the activist media that usually covers for her, was quite critical of it. >> so this is in the land of the free america, the great capitalist machine of the planet. the government controls food prices. >> my guess is she'll back away from that. but but that's her tendency. that's the way she thinks. and that should be really worrisome for voters. but so far they've done a great job of hiding any discussion of policies or of outcomes, or especially of her record. i mean, they're complaining about food prices and housing. she's

vice president right now. she and biden have been in office for four years. they've wrecked the tried to wreck the country or tried their best to wreck the country through the open border. 10 million migrants. and then, of course, causing the inflation that that americans are suffering. >> still with. so moving ahead to november the 5th, donald trump does seem to have lost his footing a bit. it was clear how he dealt with joe biden. it was an easy hit, right? it really was. but now with kamala harris, the machine is out. the obamas, the machine is out. the obamas, the clintons, the showbiz, the glitz, the glamour, as you say , glitz, the glamour, as you say, little cross examination of policy. are we going to see that? are we going to see these tv debates where we can see those crucial head to heads? >> i think that's what i'm looking forward to. is there has to be, you know, trump has to do a better job of to be, you know, trump has to do a betterjob of defining kamala harris like she's done to him. i mean, you know, again, they mentioned trump's name 147 times on monday night. they mentioned the economy 27 times, you know, so you know what they care

about. all they care about is trump. they have no agenda. they have no policies. and they've been presiding over a real erosion in the country in the last four years. so they can't run on their record, but they can't really run on policy because the policy is so unpopular. so they're going to keep going after trump. but he's got to do a betterjob of got to do a better job of articulating that. first of all, kamala and tim waltz are lying. she did it three times last night. well, she did it many times. but the three big ones were. trump wants to cut social security and medicare. not true. i wish he would. i wish he would reform it, but he won't. trump is going to follow the project 2025, the bogeyman that they've created. that's not true. he's he's made several statements and so is the campaign. i wish they would follow it because i like the heritage foundation. and then yeah. so he's she's she's really misleading the voters. so he's got to correct that . okay. he's got to correct that. okay. >> greg swenson chair of republican overseas, thank you very much . always a pleasure to very much. always a pleasure to have you in the studio. now, don't go anywhere. we'll be back

soon. that was quick. yeah, all right. good to you

break. now, are we seeing a clampdown on free speech on british university campuses ? well, 500 university campuses? well, 500 academics have written a scathing letter to the education secretary, bridget phillipson. i'm joined now by edward skidelsky, the director of the committee for academic freedom and the lecturer in philosophy at the university of exeter. welcome to the show. absolute pleasure to have you accompany edward. tell me what's going on on campuses and why are we having such a snowflakes? charter >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so the higher education freedom of speech act was due to come into full force on the 1st of august. bridget phillipson pulled the plug on it, put it on hold just a few days before . hold just a few days before. then she said she was going to look into all options, including

repeal. i think she thought that most academics would be happy with this , but it isn't the case with this, but it isn't the case at all. academics are up in arms. >> the act offered real protections for academic freedom, which we were looking forward to, and they've been now taken away, >> or at least they're threatened to be taken away. and so my organisation, the committee for academic freedom, together with some other free speech organisations , created an speech organisations, created an open letter. we've got almost 600 signatures now, academics, all over the country, different disciplines, different universities, different political points of view , we've political points of view, we've got some big names, but we've got some big names, but we've got lots of ordinary academics there as well, with no particular political agenda. they just want their free speech rights protected . rights protected. >> and edward, in essence , this >> and edward, in essence, this is giving the ability to students under the guise of them not being offended or exposed to hate speech. it gives them the power to complain about anybody

they don't like on campus , and they don't like on campus, and it gives them the power, potentially for them to lose their jobs or to stop potentially for them to lose theirjobs or to stop people coming to campuses. in effect, it's a total clampdown on free speech. is that correct? >> yeah. well, it well, as things stand, academics do enjoy free speech rights, but those rights are very hard to enforce. >> if you're an academic and you feel your free speech has been violated, you have no recourse to justice except by taking a case to the employment tribunal . case to the employment tribunal. and that can take years. it can cost over £100,000. so most academics don't want to do this . academics don't want to do this. what this act offered was a very free to use, easy to use complaint scheme. academics would have been able to take their to case the office for students that's now been taken away. >> and what do you see as the most likely outcome? do you think you'll score a victory, or will the snowflakes win? >> well, we're hopeful. the,

department for education has said they're considering all options. repeal is not a foregone conclusion. so we hope that they will save the act. we're putting as much pressure on them as we can. we've let our views be known, so we're hopeful, but yes, we don't know. >> good stuff. edward zelenskyy, thank you very much for joining us. because you know what universities are all about being exposed to ideas you don't like. and the fact that you think you can have the power to stop people talking, that is ridiculous. that's not a free and stable democracy. thank you very much for joining and stable democracy. thank you very much forjoining us on the very much for joining us on the show. now that's it. that's it from me for now. but don't forget dewbs& co is up next. and if you haven't had enough of me for one week, well, a what's wrong with you? i'm back on sunday. i'll be with anne diamond the beautiful anne diamond the beautiful anne diamond on breakfast from six in the morning on sunday. if you fancy waking up with a bit of martin daubney, you can tune in on sunday morning. look forward to have a fantastic evening!

thank you very, very much for your company this week. i think we've we've tackled lots of fascinating topics. have a fantastic friday evening. and now it's time for your weather. hopefully i'll see you sunday. bye bye . bye bye. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello! welcome to your latest gb news weather update, brought to you from the met office through the rest of the day it will remain breezy though the winds are much lighter than they were first thing today. thanks to storm lillian, we'll still feel quite fresh as well, particularly across western areas . now. storm lillian particularly across western areas. now. storm lillian has now moved off into the north sea and behind it it is much drier across the uk . still a few across the uk. still a few showers to come though through this evening across northern ireland and many western areas of scotland in particular. elsewhere it should be a dry evening and the winds will lighten off. but overnight the next band of rain arrives into

southern areas . here there is a southern areas. here there is a warning in force for tomorrow, with lots of cloud building in from the south. temperatures will stay on the milder side of things for most of us, away from the far north, where we see those clearer skies. so as i said, there is a rain warning in force across eastern areas of england. but elsewhere it should be a drier start, particularly across the far north of scotland and eastern areas of scotland. a fairly dry start, but still some very heavy showers moving in across western areas of scotland. some of these could be quite heavy and they will persist through much of the day, but looking further south into the midlands, the south—east towards east anglia as well. that's where we'll see the heaviest rain across the far southeast as well. the rain will unger southeast as well. the rain will linger towards lunchtime as well, so that could bring some disruption on the roads and to travel delays as well. now the rain will slowly clear away to the east throughout saturday morning and behind it a mixture of sunshine and showers developing. still quite a brisk breeze as well. so particularly if you across western coast, you're still going to feel quite fresh out there, but in any

sunshine. not too bad into the afternoon. certainly a better afternoon. certainly a better afternoon compared to the start of the day across eastern areas, but those showers will continue across eastern areas into saturday evening . behind it, saturday evening. behind it, though, it does turn a bit clearer into saturday evening across many western and northern areas. sunday is looking more widely dry, but it's monday where the temperatures start to rise to much closer than average. have a good rest of your day bebe. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather

meaning, you guessed it, higher energy bills under labour. so why exactly did the prime

minister pledge only in 2022 that this would never happen under his watch ? and will ed under his watch? and will ed miliband's eco friendly great british energy cut our bills? plus, the home office is now under fire for a tweet . they under fire for a tweet. they suggest that all rioters, all those involved in the riots who've been arrested could be guilty. and what about those found guilty of other crimes out there? well, there's no room for them in our prisons as the overcrowding crisis rumbles on and labour chancellor rachel reeves insists she will not hand the unions blank cheques despite approving countless inflation busting pay deals. and guess what? the unions are now pressuring labour to repeal every single anti—strike law introduced since thatcher was prime minister could industrial action spiral out of control? and has the education secretary caved into cancel culture already? that's the accusation. as academics rally against her plans to revoke the tories free speech act