recovery. he reckons ten years. >> i don't remember that in the allowance. >> and breaking overnight, 40 manifesto, do you? winter fuel payment rift. pressure is on pm fire engines and around 225 as unrest grows in his cabinet firefighters are battling a fire at a block of flats in dagenham over cuts to the winter fuel allowance . in east london. more than 100 allowance. >> and breaking overnight, 40 people have been evacuated and fire engines and around 225 the advice is to avoid the area. >> indeed, and meanwhile, firefighters are battling a fire at a block of flats in dagenham carnival chaos, 90 arrests and a in east london. more than 100 32 year old woman in a critical people have been evacuated and condition after being stabbed at the advice is to avoid the area. notting hill carnival's main prey as notting hill carnival's >> indeed, and meanwhile, main parade gets underway today. carnival chaos, 90 arrests and a >> and are you feeling 32 year old woman in a critical condition after being stabbed at supersonic oasis? look. definitely, maybe set to notting hill carnival's main prey as notting hill carnival's main parade gets . announce a comeback tomorrow at 8 am. better roll with it until main parade gets underway today. >> and are you feeling then? we'll have all the latest . supersonic oasis? look. definitely, maybe set to then? we'll have all the latest. sorry, don. once again, it's my duty to tell everybody that i did not write those puns. >> full disclaimer. that was nothing to do with us. right? okay. but sally's not waiting anymore. >> hey, i am excited for oasis.

yeah are you an ten years. exports or do you? not really care anyway? yeah, exciting. >> i think it's exciting. i think, but first let's go over the news headlines with the very lovely sophie reaper . lovely sophie reaper. >> thank you. ben and dawn . now >> thank you. ben and dawn. now for your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. a developing story this morning, a major incident has been declared after a fire broke out at a block of flats in dagenham. it's reported

that more than 100 people have been evacuated from the building, with the london fire brigade stating that a significant search and rescue operation is now underway. mp supersonic oasis? look. definitely, maybeunderway. mp operation is now underway. mp for the area, margaret mullane, for the area, margaret mullane, has posted her thanks to the has posted her thanks to the fire service online, saying fire service online, saying thanks to their rapid response, thanks to their rapid response, injury was minimal. injury was minimal. thanks to their rapid response, injury was minimal . she added thanks to their rapid response, injury was minimal . she added injury was minimal. she added that she'll be visiting the injury was minimal. she added that she'll be visiting the rescue centre today to offer her rescue centre today to offer her support. we'll bring you the support. we'll bring you the latest on this story as we get latest on this story as we get it. a british man has been it. a british man has been killed by a missile strike in killed by a missile strike in eastern ukraine. he's been named eastern ukraine. he's been named as safety advisor. ryan evans, as safety advisor. ryan evans, the 38 year old was part of a the 38 year old was part of a reporting crew working with the reporting crew working with the news agency reuters. when the news agency reuters. when the hotel they were staying at in hotel they were staying at in kramatorsk was struck on kramatorsk was struck on saturday. the agency has said saturday. the agency has said they are devastated by his they are devastated by his death, and that they are now death, and that they are now urgently seeking more urgently seeking more information about the attack. information about the attack. the strike also put two other the strike also put two other journalists in hospital, one of journalists in hospital, one of whom remains in a serious condition . three people were condition. three people were stabbed yesterday at the annual notting hill carnival, with one

woman being left in a life threatening condition . police threatening condition. police have also said that 15 officers were assaulted and 90 arrests were assaulted and 90 arrests were made on the first really >> and i mentioned last night on a shovlast d, you " " >> and i mentioned last night on a shovlast month " >> and i mentioned last night on a shovlast month. in " " >> and i mentioned last night on a shovllast month. in response " beirut last month. in response to this, british foreign secretary david lammy has urged restraint on both sides. those are your latest gb news headunes are your latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophie reaper more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning

the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> very good morning. 934 ben forward slash alerts. >> very good morning. 934 ben and dawn with you on this. i was and dawn with you on this. i was going to say glorious bank going to say glorious bank holiday, but when i came into holiday, but when i came into work this morning, it was work this morning, it was spitting and a bit blustery. spitting and a bit blustery. >> not sure what it's going to >> not sure what it's going to get better, is it? i think get better, is it? i think things can only get better. things can only get better. there's a theme going on here, there's a theme going on here, isn't there? isn't there? >> so that's obviously the tone >> so that's obviously the tone of sir keir starmer's speech tomorrow, saying that things are going to get worse before they get better, which i said to you off air is a it's a stark contrast of the polar opposite to, say, tony blair's campaign, because the song was things can only get better. >> you're actually singing live on telly, ben. oh no, should i stop? sorry. should i stop? we would like to offer a sincere apology for anyone that's been offended by that. you know who to complain to, but yeah. no, it is, it is. it's not the positive message we were all expecting from the election manifesto, was

it? no. the promise of growth and positivity. and we know what you're going through and it's time for change. >> and i mentioned last night on a show i did, you john major. and i think it does make had of a john major. and i think it does make had pensioners a we've had pensioners given a good kicking. what else? i mean, where do you even start? but sir keir starmer is saying that labour need a whole decade to rebuild the country after conservatives left britain in ruin and rubbles their words, not mine. >> yeah, and it comes as the conservatives asked the prime minister to reveal who gave a downing street pass to a millionaire who donated half £1 millionaire who donated half £1 million to the labour party in the election campaign , and i may the election campaign, and i may add as well, ten grand to the mp, son of sue gray. >> yes, that was interesting,

wasn't it? and sir keir is facing growing unrest within his own party over his plans to cut the winter fuel payments. joining us now in the studio to the studio to joining us now in the studio to delve down into what the hell's delve down into what the hell's going on, because we're all going on, because we're all confused, is former labour confused, is former labour adviser adviser matthew corbett. adviser adviser matthew corbett. matthew, thank you very much for matthew, thank you very much for joining us. this morning. joining us. this morning. matthew, i just want to start matthew, i just want to start with this. things are going to with this. things are going to get worse. now. this is either get worse. now. this is either admirable honesty from a admirable honesty from a politician. we're not used to politician. we're not used to obviously, or it's a bit like, obviously, or it's a bit like, well , hold on well , hold on obviously, or it's a bit like, well, hold on a minute. that's obviously, or it's a bit like, well, hold on a minute. that's not what you were saying in the not what you were saying in the run up to the general election. run up to the general election. that's not what we voted for. that's not what we voted for. you. it's all going to be a bit you. it's all going to be a bit rubbish. >> yeah, i think people will be rubbish. >> yeah, i think people will be surprised and i think people surprised and i think people probably feel like they need a probably feel like they need a bit of a pick me up after scenes bit of a pick me up after scenes that we've seen over the last that we've seen over the last few weeks. but i think few weeks. but i think ultimately, you know, anyone ultimately, you know, anyone that travels up and down the that travels up and down the country and speaks to ordinary country and speaks to ordinary voters will always hear the same voters will always hear the same things of why don't politicians things of why don't politicians just tell us the truth? and just tell us the truth? and actually, i think keir starmer actually, i think keir starmer probably is here because he has probably is here because he has inherited a poor economy, which inherited a poor economy, which

pales in comparison to tony blair, who actually inherited an economy that was just about turning a corner under under john major. and i think it does make a bit of a

six mean, gdp figures the last six months, gdp figures were the best in seven years. totally eclipsing europe. i mean, there was nothing to do with labour. that was the gifts that the tories, something decent they did for once in their final months of chaos. but labour are now enjoying those economic gifts. so in what way aren't they inheriting a decent economy? >> because if you think about this politically and you go and speak to joe bloggs on the street, are they feeling the benefit of the gdp? are they feeling the benefit of the so—called gifts? i don't know anybody that feels like they've been given a gift. unless you're a public sector worker more recently who's told they may they're getting a pay increase, don't get me wrong, but i think people don't feel the benefit. and therefore for him to be going out and offering a sort of spoonful of sugar and say, you know, things, things are getting better, you'll sit there and go, no, it's not. i spent eight hours in a&e the other night. i'm waiting for justice through the court system, so i don't

think people will feel the benefit, which is why i think politically this may work, despite it seeming odd to some people. >> i mean, the thing is, i mean, there is money. i mean, i don't mind them saying this. i love politicians being honest. it is a very, very rare thing . but as a very, very rare thing. but as ben was saying just then, i'm not entirely sure that it's, you know, that the black hole that they've discovered that most people seem to know about apart from the labour party, i'm not sure they do need to be that pessimistic. i mean, surely the point is to give us a little bit of hope. i mean, they've given inflation busting pay rises to pubuc inflation busting pay rises to public sector workers. they've dished out 15% to train drivers. so there is goodwill there. and at the same time they're giving ikeep at the same time they're giving i keep coming back to this. i'm sorry, but it does make me angry. giving a kicking to pensioners on £11,500 a year. >> i totally agree with you on that. i think it is poor judgement politically to be taking the money away from pensioners in the winter fuel allowance. i think it can be painted as callous and i think people, people's parents, where i grew up, still talk about

thatcher being a milk snatcher. and these things sometimes have a habit of sticking with you. so it's one idea to maybe get the bad stuff out of the way early. but you've got to be careful that doesn't stick with you. so no, i agree on that. and on the inflation busting pay rises. i think if you look at the last time, the train drivers got a pay time, the train drivers got a pay rise, that was 2019, and if you add up inflation since 2019, it's actually 30%. so it's actually a real terms pay cut. now people at home might not be happy with that sort of picture that i've painted, but that's the truth. >> yeah. matthew i can guarantee most of the people at home probably never got a pay rise in the last ten years. oh yeah. no, and they should and they should. >> i agree, but there does appear to be money there. >> we've also increased foreign aid as well, so and we're talking about spending an awful lot of money on the great british energy scheme, which no one seems to be able to explain exactly what that actually even is or what it's going to do . so is or what it's going to do. so we seem to have money for all of that sort of thing, but telling ordinary people things are going to get worse. and what is this with the tax situation? we're

not going to tax working people anymore. national insurance, we're not going to touch. but they've watered that down already to say, well, we're not going to touch employees national insurance. but if you're an employer, so they're already fudging that. so again it's back to the whole flip flop situation. >> yeah. and i think, you know, labour are going to have quickly found out that it's much easier to be in opposition than it is in government. and the government is about tough decisions and about political priorities. and i think maybe it could be argued that labour are looking after their voter base, which many are public sector workers and therefore have just received a pay rise. older people don't tend to vote laboun people don't tend to vote labour, and maybe there is a conscious choice to either. well, no, quite quite. so maybe there is. there is something in that. personally, i think it's poor political judgement . and poor political judgement. and what i would like to see actually, is when the budget comes in a few weeks, time is rather than the rabbit out of the hat being a policy rachel reeves to go. do you know what i've stood up, i've listened, and we're not going to do that to you this winter. i think that would be fantastic. as i say, matthew, you are an adviser. >> would that be a former adviser? would that be your

advice now? because a lot of angenl advice now? because a lot of anger, i mean, reeves is facing anger, i mean, reeves is facing a revolt in the commons. i mean, we're only what, sort of like, you know, 53 days into into this government and already a lot of labour ministers are saying, look, and backbench mps are saying we can't do this. this isn't right. yeah. >> i mean, you'll speak to labour mps yourself. their inboxes are bulging with this sort of stuff. and if there's one thing we do know about old people, whether they tend to vote labour or not is they vote and they will go out and vote with their feet. so i think i would certainly advise it. i believe the reports say that she doesn't want to be seen as weak and u—turning her. her first sort of big decision. but, you know, i think it makes and also you've got to think about the, the what might come down the line if you've got a situation where backbench mps are feeling so under pressure that they may rebel on this sort of vote on a budget, particularly if an amendment is put forward similar to the one we've had recently on the two child cap. you're making a further political headache making certain mps look like martyrs rather than just doing what seems to be the common sense thing. >> and what about this cronyism hypocrisy? because for years we had starmer, reeves , angela had starmer, reeves, angela rayner banging on about the stench of tory sleaze and

cronyism and jobs for the boys and so on. it goes on and on. and yet within a couple of weeks of taking power, labour have given plum politically neutral civil service jobs to former aides to donors. this millionaire, lord alli was given a downing street pass. it turns out he donated half a million pounds to the labour campaign. ten grand to sue grey's son, who's now a labour mp. i mean, that puts tory sleaze. it makes them look like a bunch of amateurs, doesn't it? the conservatives, when it comes to cronyism, it's not a great look, is it? >> i mean, i'm not here to defend the labour party. i will always say what i think is right there. >> can you can you accept that, >> can you can you accept that, >> it looks that way. i think from what henry newman and others say, that. no, this world a little bit better than i do, i unfortunately, only ever did opposition, i think if you're given a low level civil service job and you tie yourself to a politician as almost a policy advisor, that's sort of something you can maybe get away with and is sort of common practice when you've seen people go in at a senior level. and when you had the gentleman who made donations to rachel reeves

at ten grand and was given a senior level, questions are obviously going to be raised. i think with wahid ali, i think you know him giving money to sue grey's son, i think is actually just good politics. you want to stay close to the people on the in. and i think it's tricky his situation because if he was a donor and was given a pass that raises a lot of questions, i think it becomes a little bit confusing because he is a labour politician as well. he just happens to have a lot of money. he's a labour peer. he's got a lot of experience, don't get me wrong, and was a big part of the blair years. so he's one he's a little bit a little bit tricky, but certainly the ones where they've gone into civil service roles. yeah, it doesn't look great and could could be open to charges of hypocrisy. >> yeah. matthew torbett, thank you very much for talking bravely. some would say on behalf of the labour party this morning. thank you very much. thanks matthew. >> right. don't go anywhere at home because we'll have the latest on noel and liam gallagher. oasis obviously more than definitely reuniting for an oasis reunion. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news back in

tick. welcome back. 948 benidorm with you on this bank holiday weekend on britain's newsroom. only on gb news. >> yeah. hope you're having a wonderful bank holiday. but but but but but it wouldn't be a bank holiday without some form of travel chaos would it, over the last 24 hours, paddington station was brought to a standstill and there was severe disruption at heathrow airport. the roads aren't too great ehhen the roads aren't too great either, but to explain the gory details of yet another bank houdayin details of yet another bank holiday in the uk, we have simon calder, the wonderful simon calder, the wonderful simon calder travel guru, expert on all things travel, who cycles everywhere . just saying. there's everywhere. just saying. there's a reason for this, simon. how bad is it today? >> okay, well, shall we start with with the skies , now, things with with the skies, now, things aren't as bad as they were this time on the corresponding august bank holiday monday last year. because if you remember, we saw the nats air traffic control

computer fail and 20s later, the backup system failed. 2000 flights cancelled, 300,000 people had their travel plans wrecked, and we haven't seen anything like that so far today. however, we are seeing widespread air traffic control delays not from the uk but actually across europe. yesterday, ryanair said that 15% of their first wave of flights those planes, they've got to get out first thing, otherwise they are going to be flummoxed later on. 15% of those didn't go because of air traffic control problems across europe. and then last night , problems across europe. and then last night, well, extraordinary easyjet flight london to basel took off at london gatwick took off a couple of hours late. they got to about ten minutes outside basel. they're descending. you're sitting there thinking okay well a couple of hours late but i'll soon be, in my hotel or whatever. suddenly they divert to lyon. which is a couple of hundred miles away. and they did that because they were so late

that because they were so late that they worked out they wouldn't be able to get out before the curfew started. and so they went to lyon instead. and all the people sitting in basel thinking, well, the planes are nearly here. they were told, sorry, it's now been cancelled. and the plane flew back from lyon. empty. >> simon, is it just me, or does air travel seem a lot more sort of chaotic in recent years? it seems like there's more cancellations, more delays. >> yeah, it certainly is. air travel is getting a lot safer, year by year, decade by decade . year by year, decade by decade. but absolutely, it's partly because there's so much of it and there's still we're still creaking at the seams slightly then because of the problems with, getting everything back and working since covid, and yeah, we're few air traffic controllers down, so, it the scope for problems is immense . scope for problems is immense. and wherever you're heading, if you're just an hour or two late, well, congratulations. not seeing any large scale cancellations yet, but they may kick in a bit later if, if delays build up during the day and if you're staying at home

for this bank holiday weekend, is it worth laying the train? >> take the strain. >> take the strain. >> well, that all or is it just a strain? well, yesterday was absolutely horrible. as you mentioned, london paddington station just completely closed down. that was because i found out this morning streamers, from the notting hill carnival getting tangled in the overhead power lines, and they had to go and investigate and get rid of them and so on. there was also a trespasser, at some stage. so they closed all that. but by that stage, anyway, it had been pretty horrible for anybody on the great western line , because the great western line, because if you're trying to get to and from south wales, you've got to go via gloucester . and 1 in 10 go via gloucester. and 1 in 10 of the trains which were supposed to be running were cancelled because of staff shortage. and we've got staff shortage. and we've got staff shortage again today. west midlands trains cancelling lots of services because they can't get the crew. but you will get a rail replacement bus. >> oh, god. oh stuff of nightmares which brings us neatly on to the roads. >> speeds on british motorways are the slowest on record.

>> they are okay. and this is looking at data from the department for transport. average speed on a motorway 57 miles an hour. now that doesn't sound too bad, except the speed limit of course, is 70 miles an houn limit of course, is 70 miles an hour. so it would be nice to to be do that, some motorways are much, much worse than that. the worst one is the m25 around london. you can kind of understand that if you've ever dnven understand that if you've ever driven along it, you . yeah, driven along it, you. yeah, there's lots of slowing down and, sometimes grinding to a complete halt . and, sometimes grinding to a complete halt. but yeah, and, sometimes grinding to a complete halt . but yeah, the complete halt. but yeah, the average speed coming down, which is just adding time to all those journeys. this weekend. of course, the rac says it's going to be the busiest bank holiday monday since their records began. now they only began in 2015, but it's going to be quite lively on the roads. anybody in west london will already know that it's very difficult to drive anywhere because of road closures, because of the notting hill carnival and wherever you're going, well, good old m25 is going to be somewhere worth

avoiding, particularly the western half of it. the a303 coming back from devon and cornwall towards london. that's going to be pretty lively later on as is all the roads coming out of the lake district and joining the m6 and also blackpool coming southbound from from there down the m6. so >> so what you're saying, simon, is forget travelling this bank houday is forget travelling this bank holiday weekend, stay at home, get under the blanket with a cup of tea and watch gb news maybe exactly that. >> under the blanket with dawn. >> under the blanket with dawn. >> crikey, yes, there we are . >> crikey, yes, there we are. >> crikey, yes, there we are. >> there we go. >> there we go. >> simon calder, thank you very much. very quickly. 10s. southern trains via victoria down south. are they. are they running? >> they're running. okay. yesterday we had terrible problems on thameslink, but they're now fixed. >> i'm getting home now. >> i'm getting home now. >> that was a personal one. >> that was a personal one. >> i'm getting home very much. >> i'm getting home very much. >> simon calder, i love you to bits. thank you very much. if that was an offer, i'm accepting. >> right. still to come. apparently, gen z diners no longer want to speak to waiters and restaurants and prefer to order and pay via mobile apps. is this something you've seen first hand? gen z is being a bit anti—social. >> any restaurant that wants me

to scan a qr code, i'm not going to. so i'm not going to witness gen z doing this right. >> we'll be back in a tick. craig has your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news, weather forecast from the met office. well today for most of us it should be largely dry with some spells of sunshine. but there are some showers around, chiefly across parts of northern england, northern ireland and wales. but i think almost anywhere we could just see the odd shower as we go through the course of the day. but for most it will be a day of sunny spells and with light winds compared to lately, i think it should feel fairly warm out there as well. i think highs potentially reaching around 22 or 23 degrees down towards the south eastern corner. so as we end the bank holiday , for some end the bank holiday, for some of us across the southern half of us across the southern half of the uk , it should be largely of the uk, it should be largely fine and dry. some light spells

of sunshine to be had. can't rule out the odd shower, especially down towards south west england and wales, but they should be fairly light and fleeting . more of a risk of a fleeting. more of a risk of a shower or two across northern ireland, northern england and southern scotland, and then moving up towards the far north of scotland. here should be a fine and dry end to the day, but we'll have all eyes out towards the west. you can see this next band of rain just out in the atlantic, and as we move through the evening and night time penod the evening and night time period that moves in across many parts of northern ireland and scotland for a lot of england and wales, though, we go through the night with largely clear skies and under the clear skies, we may well just see temperatures just falling into single figures in the countryside. but for most of us it's a mild night, especially in the south, could see lows not much lower than about 14 or 15 degrees. so it's a wet start to tuesday across northern ireland and scotland. that rain may push into parts of cumbria and wales as the day goes on, quite heavy and persistent in places, so some poor travelling conditions

out and about. but further south across a good chunk of england and wales, it's going to be a fine and dry picture . with fine and dry picture. with southerly winds it's going to feel increasingly warm , could feel increasingly warm, could see highs reaching around 25 or 26 degrees. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

gb news. >> good morning. it's 10 am. on monday. the 26th of august. bank houday monday. the 26th of august. bank holiday monday. we're live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with ben, leo and dawn neesom in for the lovely andrew and bev. >> good morning to you. the prime minister is under pressure to explain why a millionaire donor was given a security pass to number 10. this comes as he's set to lay out tomorrow britain's ten year road to recovery this week. yes ten years. >> okay. meanwhile, a carnival

chaos. 90 arrests and a 32 year old woman is in a critical condition after being stabbed. notting hill carnivals main parade gets underway today. >> and breaking overnight 40 fire engines and around 225 firefighters battled a fire at a block of flats in dagenham in east london. >> and middle east on the brink israel and hezbollah exchanged the biggest cross—border strikes since the start of the war in gaza. charlie peters has the latest. >> whoever harms us, we will harm you. that is benjamin netanyahu's message of defiance as peace talks in gaza collapsed and tensions in the region continue to escalate . continue to escalate. >> and missing soldier search and operation to find the remains of a british army captain and undercover officer who was kidnapped, murdered and secretly buried by the ira in 1977, is set to begin . dougie 1977, is set to begin. dougie beattie has all the details .

beattie has all the details. >> nearly 47 years on from the disappearance of captain nairac, a dig begins here at fogarty in county louth, just south of northern ireland's border. county louth, just south of northern ireland's border . oh, northern ireland's border. oh, and feeling supersonic oasis look definitely, maybe set to announce a comeback tomorrow at 8 am. >> jack jack carson has all the details . details. >> well, oasis fans thought that this reunion might be half the world away, but as you said, dawn, it's definitely maybe with this announcement expected tomorrow morning . tomorrow morning. >> have we actually done every oasis pun now? i can't actually think anymore. some of them weren't ours, by the way. we've had about 20 in 30 two minutes. ihave had about 20 in 30 two minutes. i have got quite a big back catalogue. i'm sure there's more we can come up with. or maybe you'd like to help us out, because it's very simple to get involved in all of these

debates. just go to gbnews.com/yoursay but first let's go and get the news headunes let's go and get the news headlines with sophie reaper . headlines with sophie reaper. >> good morning. it's 10:02 headlines with sophie reaper. >> good morning. it's10:02 now for the top stories from the gb newsroom. a developing story this morning a major incident has been declared after a fire broke out at a block of flats in dagenham. it's reported that more than 100 people have been evacuated from the building, with the london fire brigade stating that a significant search and rescue operation is now underway. mp for the area, margaret mullane, has posted her thanks to the fire service online, saying thanks to their rapid response, injury was minimal. she also added that she'll be visiting the rescue centre today to offer her support. we'll be bringing you all the latest on this story as we get it. a british man has been killed by a missile strike in eastern ukraine. he's been named a safety advisor. ryan

evans, the 38 year old was part of a reporting crew working with the news agency reuters. when the news agency reuters. when the hotel they were staying at in kramatorsk in ukraine was struck on saturday. the agency has said they are devastated by his death and that they are now urgently seeking more information about the attack. the strike also put two other journalists in hospital, one of whom remains in a serious condition. three people were stabbed yesterday at the annual notting hill carnival, with one woman being left in a life threatening condition . police threatening condition. police have also said that 15 officers were assaulted and 90 arrests were assaulted and 90 arrests were made on the first day of the event. heavy police presence is now expected today for the main parade as it passes through the streets of west london over to the middle east, and tensions have escalated between israel and hezbollah after an exchange of fire on both sides, the israeli military carried out a series of airstrikes in southern lebanon early yesterday morning , lebanon early yesterday morning, saying it believed hezbollah was planning to carry out an attack of its own. the iran backed

militants then launched drones at israel, allegedly in response to the killing of one of its top commanders in an airstrike on beirut last month. in response to this, british foreign secretary david lammy has urged restraint on both sides. meanwhile, sir keir starmer is set to give a speech tomorrow in which he is expected to say things will get worse before they get better. it's believed they get better. it's believed the prime minister will say he wants to be honest with people, whilst outlining outlining what he calls the rubble and ruin left by the conservatives. this comes after chancellor rachel reeves warned last month of a £22 billion black hole created by the previous government. earlier political commentator peter spencer told gb news what he believes keir starmer is hoping to achieve with this speech.i hoping to achieve with this speech. i think he's two things. >> one, he's managing expectations and i can remember dunng expectations and i can remember during the election campaign him saying, look, i can't just go to bed one night and dream up a couple of new prisons. stuff takes time. but the second point is i think he's also firing a

warning shot across his own side. >> meanwhile, one of labour's biggest donors, waheed alli, was given a temporary security pass to downing street , bringing to downing street, bringing about claims of government cronyism, a spokesperson for the prime minister has said the pass was given to alli , which he held was given to alli, which he held whilst he helped organise a post—election event, but that it was handed back several weeks ago . the nhs hospital discharge ago. the nhs hospital discharge system has been described by the government as broken as a new survey has revealed that almost a fifth of uk care providers reported week long waiting times for people to be transferred. a survey of 568 care homes and home care providers across the nafion home care providers across the nation found wide regional variation, leading to further calls for urgent reform of the social care system. 17% of respondents said the average length of time for a person to be discharged into their care was 1 to 2 weeks, while around 7% said the average rate was three or more weeks and something a bit cheerful. now

the world's oldest man has turned 112 today. john tinniswood was born in liverpool on this day in 1912, and says the secret to his long life is just luck . that and his weekly just luck. that and his weekly portion of fish and chips. asked how he feels to be turning 112, he told guinness world records in all honesty, no difference. i don't feel that age. i don't get excited over it. that's probably why i've reached it. what an amazing man. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophie reaper more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to news smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> so that's the secret to longevity. is it fish and chips? >> evidently, yeah. well, that's probably why i look like i do, because i don't really eat much fish and chips. >> you like a bit of sausage,

don't you? >> vegetarian sausage. >> vegetarian sausage. >> veggie sausage. linda mccartney. >> you remembered that conversation? yes, yes. yeah. you're still in therapy. sorry about that. >> we did a show together. some months back, and we were talking about fish and chips. and i said, what's your favourite? and dawn said, sausage. >> well, i asked you if you like a battered sausage. i thought that was a very, very fair thing to ask someone. yeah they do them in fish or a jerky or a wally. a little wally, a wally. yeah. do you like a little wally? what's that? like a little gherkin thing? >> oh, no. i do like gherkins. i like pickled stuff. yeah, it's cod and chips for me, a bit of curry sauce. >> pickled stuff. i just like. it's a bank colour. i just like being pickled, to be honest with you. where's this conversation going, yeah, it's. it's britain's newsroom. evidently, it is a bank holiday, though, so we hope you're having a lovely time out there, and lots of you have been getting in touch already, and a lot of you are very angry, like i am about the winter fuel payment. we're having this discussion about where labour are going and how things are only going to get worse. and sue says, good morning sue. sue says, have these lefties ever wondered why these lefties ever wondered why the older generation do not vote for them? might it be that we have the misfortune of having lived through the previous

leftie government, and know how economically inept they are, plus being a bunch of hypocrites and liars. strong words there, and liars. strong words there, and you're not alone either. jan points out that if everyone entitled to pension credit claims the full amount, it will cost the taxpayer the state £4 billion a year, which is double what labour are hoping to claw back from getting rid of your fuel credits. >> how much were their public sector pay rises ? i think £14 billion. >> yeah, but that's fine. they had to do that growth. ben, we've got to keep the economy going. yeah. >> okay, talking about, oasis and their reunion. anthony. good morning. you say? oasis reuniting. personally, i couldn't care less. never been a fan, bernard says two mancs manipulating their fans just to make more money. it's a bit harsh, bernard. yeah. it's harsh. and dave says, oh, this is interesting. morning, dave. dave marks, you say i had a club in oldham and oasis played for free. it was their third ever gig- free. it was their third ever gig. that's all you say? wow. but, yeah, maybe elaborate on that, dave, and we'll try and reveal more. >> but just quickly, because we

mentioned the story about the generation gap as well, and how we like to order food in restaurants and, basically gen 2. restaurants and, basically gen z, i think as i said, i think you said gen z. i'm not sure which way round it said ben and dawn. it's gen z, not z. we live in the uk, not the us. i hate all these americanisms diluting our language. >> i think it's me who always gets that wrong, because every time i say, i say gen z. is that the incorrect way? every time i say it, regardless of what gen z is, right? >> because we say, what do we say? i say gen z. they are perfect now. anyway, okay, any case, i'm not. i'm a boomer and i can say that at least. but only by 20 days, >> it's my birthday on wednesday. >> i know, happy birthday. >> i know, happy birthday. >> i know, happy birthday. >> i keep saying. anyway, should we move on? let's turn our attention to the middle east. now. a bit of a gear shift, because there was no agreement in the gaza ceasefire talks that took place in cairo, with neither hamas nor israel agreeing to several compromises presented by mediators. >> yeah, this was the big hope, wasn't it, that egypt were going to get everyone around the table and we'll be sorting this problem out, but it's not happening. and this comes as warning sirens have been sounding in tel aviv as israel's iron dome aerial defence system shot down, rockets coming from

southern lebanon, with hamas claiming to have fired across the border. >> gb news national reporter charlie peters joins us now. good morning charlie. as far as i understood from last night, anyway, one of the rockets that were fired at tel aviv landed in an open area. there was no buildings hit or casualties. is there any update since then? >> there is. in the last half houn >> there is. in the last half hour, the idf has said that they destroyed the launcher. for that missile near a school in khan younis, which is in the south of the gaza strip. so if there's one way to signal a failure of a ceasefire agreement, it's the launch of rockets at a civilian area that will that will signify very clearly that those mediation efforts have not succeeded. and yesterday , a succeeded. and yesterday, a senior hamas official, osama hamdan, did say that many of the ideas and proposals put on the table in early july were not being respected in this recent round of mediation. only one group seemed to be particularly optimistic, and that was washington. they desperately want this ceasefire deal to go ahead.so want this ceasefire deal to go ahead. so much strain it's putting on washington and

american foreign policy in the last ten months since this crisis erupted. but it seems, perhaps, that that optimism is partly delusional because both israel and hamas seem to be distressed at the proposals being made by each side now. israel does not want the number of palestinian prisoners to be released that has been proposed. they're also not keen on some of those prisoners are many of the people who are in prison in israel are there for terrorism charges, convictions for killings. there's also concern on the hamas side about what might happen when people are released. can they go back up to the north of gaza? will there need to be screenings? they're also concerned about the presence of israeli forces in a nine mile strip in the south of gaza, called the philadelphia corridor. israeli forces are currently there. they want them gone. but israel say that's crucial for their military operation to secure the gaza strip. and as all of that goes on, as you're mentioning, and sunday morning overnight, there was that 300 strong rocket barrage coming across the

southern border of lebanon into northern israel. just one death caused by that. that was actually debris from an intercepted drone from the iron dome system that killed an israeli sailor at sea, two others wounded. no major damage from that. they targeted a military intelligence site just north of tel aviv. didn't hit it. idf say that all of their interceptions were successful. netanyahu afterwards said, whoever harms us, we will harm them. they are defiant that whatever lebanon does, they will react to severely. when i say lebanon, i should say lebanese hezbollah, the strong , iran hezbollah, the strong, iran backed militia group that has so much power in that divided and poor state just north of israel. but as all of that goes on, middle east tensions are on a precipice. it seems they've been there constantly for the last ten months, but this is an especially tense time because it is that turning point, potentially for a ceasefire, for peace in gaza. and at the same time, this crisis in lebanon

only going further , iran in the only going further, iran in the last few hours there. iranian foreign minister said that they've still not delivered their definitive response to the killing of ismail haniyeh on july the 30th in tehran. lebanon the hezbollah there said that their reaction to this strike on saturday night was in reaction to a senior commander being killed just hours before that strike in late july , so we could strike in late july, so we could see further attacks in the coming weeks. >> yeah, that was the most chilling thing. i think what happened over the weekend, it was like, we're implying, okay, we're not doing anything for now, but this is phase one. both sides pretty much said this is phase one. but there's more to come. and i find that particularly chilling because where do we go from here and how does anyone sort it out? impossible. >> charlie peters, thank you. >> charlie peters, thank you. >> thank you very much, charlie. >> thank you very much, charlie. >> it's a it's a big, fat mess, isn't it? >> and very well explained, though i must admit, it's so complicated. >> well, that's why he's paid the big bucks. the big bucks. charlie peters. hey, hey . charlie peters. hey, hey. charlie, right? we move on. a search is starting in a remote area of the irish border for remains of robert nairac. the

british army officer is believed to have been abducted by the provisional ira while on an undercover operation in 1977. >> gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie joins us now to bring us up to date on the story. dougie, thank you for joining us. dougie, tell us more about this story. it sounds like about this story. it sounds like a long time ago, but, i mean, i'm old enough to remember the details of this and the fact that this is going on now is actually it's quite heartbreaking, to be honest. >> absolutely. i mean, this is one of 17 bodies that were known as the disappeared. the ira took these people , murdered them, and these people, murdered them, and secretly buried them. many of them here at this border area here in county louth in bracken bog, etc. and these people have been they've been given up by the ira. and there's immunity to those that come forward with information . still a few bodies information. still a few bodies missing, that of nairac, jul, zelenskyy and columbo mcveigh.

they are their families are still looking to have the bodies returned to them. and if i could just actually pan the camera here a little bit for you, you can see that is northern ireland in behind us. and this is a very bleak area. it is very it's a very beautiful area in a lot of ways, but it's also a very historical area. and the dig here, unlike the ones in bracken, bog, etc, where bodies always move inside the bog is there's an added, bit of a complication here, because if you just look in around behind me here, you will see a graveyard. and in there is the last high king of ireland that is buried , and that's edward the is buried, and that's edward the bruce. and that battle took place in 1318. so you can only imagine that this area here will actually have quite a few human remains in and around it. now. i spent time in 2017, with jul john hills, the man that looks for these bodies, actually in france, in a forest in rouen,

for the body of seamus ruddy, which he took from a 200 mile square area down to a ten foot square area down to a ten foot square area down to a ten foot square area and actually found the body of seamus ruddy. so today he is starting to dig for the body of nairac captain nairac, and it is believed that it's just over my right shoulder here, and he has taken that down to about an acre square. now there is not that is very difficult for us to film. obviously because the people that own that land have nothing to do with the people that lease it, have nothing to do with what's buried under the ground . what's buried under the ground. but obviously there's a lot of sensitivity around that . i would sensitivity around that. i would assume that if john hills has started to dig here, he would be brave and sure that he's going to get those results. and possibly the nairac family will have their loved one returned to them. but for the rest of the disappeared families, that whole process does go on, and it is a very dark part of northern ireland's history. and it's

amazing how it still comes to the fore. now and 25 years on from the good friday agreement we're only now starting to see those results. >> yeah, dougie, just very quickly. why now? why is this happening now ? happening now? >> well, it's all to do with information that comes forward and people that that were either knew where he was buried or took part in that murder, they come forward and say, look, here's where he where he was. maybe they themselves are dying and want to some way clear their own minds or have settlement for someone else. or it could be that it was to do with the conover report that came out in february last year, and that was to do with military undercover operations that was going on at that time. a lot of that conover report has been censored, and we have yet to see that. so for all we know, there could have been information come out there. but john hills is a very, very experienced man at body recovery, and i have no doubt that he will have news for us within this next week.

>> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> thanks, dougie. dougie, keep us updated, won't you? throughout the day. >> oh, such a sad story. it really is. so many lives sort of affected and so many people still don't know answers about 16. >> so i was just googling it then dougie said they were. i didn't know this proving my ignorance, but they were called the disappeared. yeah, around 16 people who just, you know, vanished off the face of the earth after being abducted and murdered a long, long time not knowing what happened or to even be able to lay your loved one to rest, >> okay. >> okay. >> up next, find out why children are going to be taught to challenge whiteness in school lessons . you're with britain's lessons. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news back in

tick. >> hello. welcome back. it is 1022. this is britain's newsroom with ben leo and dawn neesom in for the lovely andrew and bev.

hope you're having a wonderful bank holiday out there, because it is indeed a bank holiday. monday and we have got a real treat for you now, because going through the papers for us today is writer, columnist and journalist emma woolf and former labour party adviser matthew laza as she in the studio. but absolutely our bank holiday with you dawn. thank you very much. i just got one little message to read out from allison. i've been corrected. i'm sorry. i would like to apologise sincerely for this. allison, we were talking about what you like in fish and chip shops. yes. and i said i was a little gherkin. allison says it's a big gherkin . oh, says it's a big gherkin. oh, okay. i just wanted. i just want it. yeah i just wanted to clarify. >> you're you're you're a saveloy and chips girl. are you? i just wanted to say saveloy on television. yeah. you did. i fulfilled a very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> from one walleye to another. oh matthew laza . oh matthew laza. >> i find myself here on a bank houday >> i find myself here on a bank holiday as well. oh, that is. i know you don't mean it. >> how long did it take you to think of that? that was really good. it was quick, wasn't it? yeah, it was quick, considering you're not normally very orange as people are noticing. it's a tan. it's not fake tan. it's

real. okay, who wants to start then? teachers trained to challenge. well saveloy. >> let's go for saveloy more of the common sense. >> absolutely . yeah, yeah. >> absolutely. yeah, yeah. >> absolutely. yeah, yeah. >> well, apparently teachers are being asked sort of undergoing anti—racist training. they're in schools. they're being trained to disrupt the centrality of whiteness. and this term in this context, whiteness means social attitudes considered normal by white people. i think we can all agree that we don't want any form of racism or any form of sort of racist assumptions within schools, but i think it's quite dangerous when we're when we're constantly making, white pupils, white students feel apologetic for just being white. so this is a kind of creeping, you know, normalisation of anti anti—racist whiteness to challenging whiteness. >> matthew, call me old fashioned but shouldn't teachers be teaching things like maths and english and history and geography or and not critical race theory, >> yeah . i mean,

race theory, >> yeah. i mean, i think race theory, >> yeah . i mean, i think that race theory, >> yeah. i mean, i think that is a strong argument. i mean, it's sort of you start reading this article and it says ensure future educators are anti —racist, future educators are anti—racist, which, as emma says, is absolutely something that, you know , everybody would that, you know, everybody would agree on. but what is a bit worrying about this is it's it seems to be drawn into two different curriculums. one north of the border in scotland, and one developed by a consortium of scottish universities, and one south of the border, led by newcastle university, and it's when it gets into understanding the impact of whiteness and this is the favourite phrase is disrupt the centrality of whiteness. now, if that means saying that just being aware that , you know, many people saying that just being aware that, you know, many people in british society, many young people in our schools are not white. that's one thing. but it's starting to say that people need to sort of start. seven year olds need to apologise for their whiteness. it seems to me that that's, you know, tips over and i'm slightly unclear as to why this department for education hasn't sort of doesn't oversee these things. they just develop in the universities and the teacher training institutions without much supervision. so i think there'll be questions raised. >> i think there is an argument

for when you look at history to explain the context. it's all about contextualisation and looking back and explaining colonialism or, you know , racism colonialism or, you know, racism in the past or slavery, all of that. in the past or slavery, all of that . absolutely. but what i see that. absolutely. but what i see and i have a four year old in, well, who was in nursery, who will be at school is that he's in a school. he's in a he was in a nursery that was all sorts of colours. and they absolutely children who are brought up, surrounded by difference and surrounded by difference and surrounded by difference and surrounded by people of every skin colour, every faith, every religion are pretty open minded and they don't they don't see whiteness as a thing. in fact, my child doesn't say, oh, so—and—so's white or so—and—so's black. he just literally doesn't see it. he just sees other people. and that is great. >> same as you. my boys are the same age as yours, i think. he doesn't. they don't. kids don't see skin colour. they don't. and it's not just about critical race theory or, you know, it's about sexual relationships. everything else. kids don't view the world like we do. and i wish adults and parents would stop trying to impose their baggage and their their life corruption on innocent young children . just on innocent young children. just leave them alone. >> just let them be because they're growing up and they are totally fine with everybody of

every different size. i mean, i think so much more open minded than we were. >> it's one thing to say that teachers are crucial to anti —racism teachers are crucial to anti—racism work, but it's i mean, rather worryingly, it says that notions of whiteness include include a belief in meritocracy. well, i would have thought. i mean, if you look at ethnic minority communities, many ethnic minority communities in britain, particularly if you look at the school results over the last few weeks, where london, the most ethnically diverse part of the country, is the one where school results have been surging over the last ten, 15 years, actually , ten, 15 years, actually, meritocracy is a vital, very much a value of many, many ethnic minority communities. so i think that this is just sometimes it's white liberals getting themselves in a mess, too much time on their hands. well, should we go next? >> well, let's go to whitehall. talking of waste. talking of wasting time. yeah, that's always say whitehall. >> oh, gosh. >> oh, gosh. >> yes , yeah. non—discriminate. >> yes, yeah. non—discriminate. cullahill, yeah. daily mail whitehall staff are wasting 13.9 billion as they target pensioners. the topic you're all on again today for winter fuel cash. on again today for winter fuel cash . what's going on with this cash. what's going on with this one. yeah.

>> so basically this is a taxpayers alliance. i mean there's a little bit of kind of we know quite a lot of this already, but it's clearly being marshalled as an argument as the government, as you say, doing cuts the means test, the winter fuel allowance. you must emphasise that it is it's been means tested. so some, some pensioners who those on pension credit will still get it. so, the particular focus today is on money that the department for work and pensions is wasting internally. apparently it's still paying £16 million in rent for job centres that were temporary job centres from the pandemic , they won, one pandemic, they won, one ex—employee is being identified for loss of 600 grand, and another person. >> yeah. that loss of 600 grand was to people he seemed to know . was to people he seemed to know. >> yes. >> yes. >> well, that's quite disingenuous. isn't a loss of 600 i think quotes. >> yes , a civil servant, i'll >> yes, a civil servant, i'll just tell you a civil service allegedly handed £600,000 in benefits to his friends . benefits to his friends. >> okay, so that's a little bit more than a loss down the back of the sofa. >> no.

>> no. >> absolutely. do you know what i i'm not defending it. do you know what i object to on this? when we have starmer's speech tomorrow, which has been heavily trailed about, you know, there's corruption and there's rot and the blah, blah, blah. and these are the tough choices we need to make about cutting things like, you know, the fuel payments for pensioners. no, the tough choices should be applied to everybody. tough choices. why are the tough choices being made on pensioners and not on, for example , public sector pay? example, public sector pay? tough choices should be made with equity, with fairness. and this is not fair. and the fact is there is a huge amount, £13.9 billion wasted in fraud and error. and okay, that's not on the labour party because they weren't in government. but in general whitehall need to clean up their act. >> i mean, i agree with you. >> i mean, i agree with you. >> stop punishing the most vulnerable. >> yeah, well, i mean, rachel reevesis >> yeah, well, i mean, rachel reeves is one of her. one of her aims is a war on waste. she's going to she's setting up, a way that we can actually analyse all government spending so that, you know, you actually start from what should we be spending money on? and i think that, you know, continually clamping down on fraud in the welfare budget is

vitally important. and absolutely, if you're a pensioner who's winter fuel allowance is going to be taken away because you're not on pension credit, pension credit, then you're clearly going to be very angry, at any money wasted which could be spent better. okay, >> shall we move on the daily mail? sorry, dawn . mail? sorry, dawn. >> no, no, no, no, i was going to make no comment whatsoever. i'm just looking at how angry everybody is out there. about what the labour party are doing to pensioners. >> yeah, lots of comments on your say. yeah. page five of the daily mail, gen z gen z don't want to see gen z. >> we're english. benjamin >> we're english. benjamin >> so let me get this straight. so gen z is the correct term. >> yes gen z we're english isn't it? >> we're not american, right? >> we're not american, right? >> i am not, by the way, just i am not gen z either. i'm a millennial, i believe. >> i think you are right. >> i think you are right. >> i'm just a baby. >> i'm just a baby. >> your birthday this week. how old are you going to be, ben, >> 17. >> 17. >> then you are a jet ski. >> then you are a jet ski. >> he has two children. >> he has two children. >> let's just be clear. he started very young. >> yes. >> yes. >> yeah, gen, this is hilarious. >> yeah, gen, this is hilarious. >> this one. >> this one. >> gen z don't want to speak to waiters, so it's just gen z, but stop it. they don't want to speak to waiters because they'd rather have their heads buried

in mobile phones. digital apps. basically, they've got no socials. >> i'm only getting you back because you called me a wally, so the boss of bills, the popular restaurant chain, is called, tom james, has said that he's installed in several branches, self—service kiosks, and the old qr codes that will remember the ordering on a qr code from the pandemic, because he says that gen z you've got. i nearly said gen z. gen z don't want to talk to don't want to talk to waiters. they just they'd rather do it all on their phone without having any human contact. and, so he thinks it's going to spread . but of course, going to spread. but of course, what i don't understand about this story is obviously, there were hospitality staff of all ages. obviously, a lot of people do it as their first job or a part time job when they're studying. so there's a lot of gen z waiters. so gen z doesn't want to talk to other gen z. it's not even like they've got to talk to authority figures. >> this is so sad. >> surely one of the main things the social aspects of going out, dining, chatting to your server, chatting to your barman, chatting to your barman, chatting to your barman, chatting to the barmaid, chatting to the barmaid, chatting to the barmaid, chatting to your waitress. i've neven chatting to your waitress. i've never. and i think dawn , i think never. and i think dawn, i think i heard you say earlier you

wouldn't go, you wouldn't want to go to anything that encourages qr code with a qr code , you're not order on the code, you're not order on the app code, you're not order on the app with the spoons. dawn i have never darling. >> no spoons, please. >> no spoons, please. >> i've never been to a restaurant or a bar where you have to scan it all. and i think it's utterly dehumanising to people. i think it should be part of the of the of the experience of dining out or even just grabbing food out. is that you say, hi, here's my sandwich. can you scan? >> you know, so i actually did go into spoons yesterday and with a friend and he couldn't decide what he wanted. so he sat there for about half an hour. and as he played about on the app' and as he played about on the app, and we never ordered anything left because our time ran out, because he was just fiddling on the app. >> in the old days, you might have had a conversation with someone at the bar. you might have decided, or you might have said to the waiter, what's good today? you might have had a chat. well, human contact, we're going to carry on chatting to youse two later. >> unfortunately, we're running out of time. no matthew laza emma woolf, thank you very much. we'll see you very soon. but now it's we'll see you very soon. but now wsfime we'll see you very soon. but now it's time for the news headlines with sophie reaper. >> thank you. dawn, it's 28 minutes to 11. now for the

latest headlines from the gb newsroom. a major incident has been declared after a fire broke out overnight at a block of flats in dagenham. it's reported that over 100 people were evacuated from the building, with two people being taken to hospital . with two people being taken to hospital. home with two people being taken to hospital . home secretary yvette hospital. home secretary yvette cooper has thanked firefighters and other emergency workers for their bravery and swift response. she said my thoughts are with all those affected by the major fire incident in dagenham in the last hour. german chancellor olaf scholz has laid flowers at a memorial site where three people were killed and eight injured in a stabbing on friday. the 26 year old behind the attack in the city of solingen has been named as isa al h. that was after he gave himself up to the police . gave himself up to the police. the syrian national is now being investigated by german federal prosecutors for links to the islamic state. a british man killed by a missile strike in eastern ukraine has been named as safety advisor. ryan evans,

the 38 year old was there working with news agency reuters when the hotel they were staying at in kramatorsk was struck on saturday. the agency has said they are devastated by his death and that they are now urgently seeking more information about the attack . three people were the attack. three people were stabbed yesterday at the annual notting hill carnival, with one woman being left in a life threatening condition . police threatening condition. police have also said that 15 officers were assaulted and 90 arrests were assaulted and 90 arrests were made on the first day of the event. a heavy police presence is now expected today for the main parade, as it passes through the streets of west london. those latest gb news headlines for now i'm sophie reaper more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club

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she's walking on by, her soul sudes she's walking on by, her soul slides away. enough >> enough already. thank you very much. that was brilliant. that was ben knowles there. brilliant. thank you, ben, thank you very much, right. okay. now we are actually crossing to the home of noel and liam gallagher , home of noel and liam gallagher, as it looks like that oasis reunion is actually going to happen

>> just coming towards 1039, ben and dawn with you on britain's newsroom. only on gb news and if you hadn't heard, maybe you don't care, but liam and noel gallagher look set to announce oasis long awaited return next week . week. >> yeah, the once feuding has been 15 years of feuding over a tambourine being thrown. nhs have reportedly struck a secret deal have reportedly struck a secret deal. not that secret for a number of concerts. next summer. >> gb news reporterjack carson joins us now with all the

details, what's the story? morning glory jack carson . morning glory jack carson. >> well, we all thought this reunion might be half the world away, didn't we? it was always up in the sky, but now it is looking definitely , maybe to be looking definitely, maybe to be happening over the next 12 months. this tease of this announcement over the weekend, of course, liam gallagher was headlining at reading. we saw this short clip and as well as a post on social media of tomorrow's date with 8 am. in that infamous oasis font and all weekend, really? liam gallagher was responding to comments responding to fans in this frenzy on social media, teasing it even more. one of his one of his posts over the weekend was i never liked the word former. now, as you were mentioning, the band broke up more than 15 years ago. now. at that time , noel, ago. now. at that time, noel, when he left, said he quit oasis. when he left, said he quit oafis.he when he left, said he quit oasis. he felt like he couldn't work with liam a day longer. they'd had many public arguments over the years, many public rows

and fallouts. that was no secret . and fallouts. that was no secret. but when they broke up in 2009, everyone thought that that that was it. that they may never, ever be a reunion. but it's 30 years this year since that album. definitely. maybe. and now we get this announcement, hopefully confirming tomorrow morning that they are to play a number of shows , both here in number of shows, both here in manchester at wembley and a number of dates as well. getting some reaction from here. this morning. here's what one fan told me. >> well, i think it's incredible the thought of seeing oasis after 15 years would just be incredible. and they're such an iconic band, and me and my friends have grown up listening to them. they're just absolute rock stars and i think everyone's looking forward to the idea of it. >> yeah, i mean, you said that you kind of grew up listening to them. what's your kind of your like history with them and what's your relationship, you know, with the band been. >> yeah, i think one of the first albums i ever bought was what story morning glory and just love everything about liam and noel gallagher obviously being from the area as well,

yeah, just the kind of sulphonamides emphasise everything around them being young and everything. so yeah, great. yeah i mean it's been teased and there's been always rumours over the years that it might finally happen. >> the fact that it could be the official announcement, i mean, that's quite something isn't it? >> yeah, it's definitely something. and i think everyone's going to be up early tomorrow to see what, what the news is. it definitely looks certain that it's going to happen. and the fact that noel has posted it on instagram and, liam's obviously been teasing it over the weekend at reading and leeds. so yeah, it should be a great announcement for everyone . great announcement for everyone. >> are you going to be first in line for tickets? >> hopefully god knows how we're going to get tickets, but, hopefully they'll do loads of dates. manchester, wembley, glasto, maybe . let's see. glasto, maybe. let's see. >> yeah, well that's one of the rumours, isn't it, that glastonbury might be one of the days that they headline at glastonbury over the course of that festival as well? i mean ,

that festival as well? i mean, these reunions have been teased over the years. they've never really happened, but it finally feels like this might be the year noel gallagher before us said, well, would you go on houday said, well, would you go on holiday with an ex missus? i don't want to come back and come back with liam, but maybe they've solved their differences. could we be set for an oasis reunion? it looks likely. >> brilliant . thank you very >> brilliant. thank you very much, jack, well, it's quite exciting , isn't it? but the exciting, isn't it? but the problem i've got with this ten gig supposedly some in wembley and some in manchester's heaton park , but the tickets are going park, but the tickets are going to be £130 cheaper than taylor swift, which. >> taylor swift tickets were about five, £600. >> yeah , i know, but it's still >> yeah, i know, but it's still an awful lot of money. i remember seeing oasis back in the day, the infamous knebworth gig, and i can't remember what i paid, but i'm sure it wasn't as expensive as that. >> i've been wondering about the oasis tribute bands, whether they're going to be getting more work off the back of it. is it good or bad? well, we've got the perfect man to ask because we've got the lead singer of definitely oasis, brian mcgee now, who joins us live down the line. how are you doing? you're right. hey. morning, brian. thanks for joining

right. hey. morning, brian. thanks forjoining us, so right. hey. morning, brian. thanks for joining us, so what's going on, then? do you think you're going to get more work off the back of this, or maybe less work, considering the real deal? we're now back or imminently back. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no idea. as yet. what i would say is the last, sort of last day ticket sales have started going mad. so i think there's a lot of a lot of hype and a lot of buzz about it. so people just like the oasis are all over the place again. so, i don't know what it's going to be like in the long term to be honest. i'm just going to enjoy it myself. go and see oasis next year and have fun at the gigs and see the real deal. >> how did you become a tribute act in the first place? were you act in the first place? were you a super fan or did you just naturally look like them? sound like them, no . like them, no. >> no, it said in 1994, definitely. maybe came out and i've been a fan ever since, been every week. i mean, they've got a cr.beennount of fans. every week. i mean, they've got a cr.been a»unt of fans. every week. i mean, they've got a cr.been a fan of fans. every week. i mean, they've got a cr.been a fan of fa since, been i've been a fan ever since, been to loads of gigs, all the albums to loads of gigs, all the albums now. i've were all massive fans, now. i've were all massive fans, the whole band, and this just so the whole band, and this just so happens we can do oasis live. so happens we can do oasis live. so it seems to work out all right. it seems to work out all right. >> and how often do you do you >> and how often do you do you get do you play gigs? i mean, is get do you play gigs? i mean, is

it sort of like enough to sort it sort of like enough to sort of like pay the rent type thing? of like pay the rent type thing? >> it's wild. i mean, we don't >> it's wild. i mean, we don't we're all over the world, we're we're all over the world, we're in australia. the middle east, in australia. the middle east, the uk. but every weekend , it's the uk. but every weekend , it's the uk. but every weekend, it's been wild. the demand for oasis the uk. but every weekend, it's been wild. the demand for oasis is crazy. so when these tickets is crazy. so when these tickets go on sale, it's going to be go on sale, it's going to be like absolute gold dust. it's like absolute gold dust. it's going to be wild. going to be wild. >> and i'm sure liam and noel >> and i'm sure liam and noel are aware of who you guys are. are aware of who you guys are. do you ever speak to them? when do you ever speak to them? when was the last time you met them? was the last time you met them? >> it's not. it's not like that >> it's not. it's not like that at all. i mean, i think we met at all. i mean, i think we met andy bell, the bass player , andy bell, the bass player , andy bell, the bass player, once, after that gig, but no, andy bell, the bass player, once, after that gig, but no, no, it's not something we never no, it's not something we never get in touch with them or get in touch with them or anything like that, but if anything like that, but if they're listening, get some free they're listening, get some free tickets sorted. >> brian, let me just ask you, tickets sorted. >> brian, let me just ask you, well, read your comments. well, read your comments. someone just made on our comment someone just made on the guy system. they said, why don't you stop waffling about a second rate band who never did anything? i'd rather go and see proper bands like ac, dc or pink floyd. what's your response to that ridiculous , absolutely that ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous oasis are one of the

biggest selling bands of all time. >> you see, we see it every week at the gig. our gigs are packed every week. i mean, they've got a crazy amount of fans.

know what i mean? he's the guy in front of the cameras, in front of the stage. the rock star, was always a rock star as well , but he star, was always a rock star as well, but he was more in the background with the writing, the songs. but liam was your main man, he had a godlike genius, as they say, and they've obviously been doing their own projects since oasis. >> noel had his high flying birds and so on. do you reckon they'll both both have sort of they'll both both have sort of the beans and the energy to do massive dates like wembley stadium? >> oh, how could you not? it's wembley stadium, it's like 100,000 people. of course, you know man. yeah they'll, they'll be, they'll be full on. it'll be crazy. it'll be interesting to see what the rest of the line—up is, who's playing? because we've had a few different line—ups over the years, so that'll be interesting. >> you never know, brian . you >> you never know, brian. you might get a call. you might get a call up. >> yeah, well, i've got i've got my own band, violet sun. so i

need the support band to give us a shout. i'll be concentrating on that now. so all good. >> nice fun. all right. brian mcgee, lead singer of oasis. thanks very much for joining us this morning. >> thank you very much. you know what? no matter how tired i was, £400 million would tempt me to have the energy to go back on the road. >> is that what they're due to be getting? >> 400 million? yeah. >> 400 million? yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> all right. so i'd overcome that tiredness, wouldn't you , that tiredness, wouldn't you, ben? i'll be there. i mean. yeah, definitely. >> right. still to come find out why gen z are shunning waiters in restaurants and instead would rather order on their phones. this is britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news. we'll be ina in a two.

1051 ben and on with you on britain's newsroom, only on gb news now. the former tory mp at the centre of the westminster honeytrap scandal has said he experienced suicidal thoughts after his involvement was exposed. >> william wragg, who admitted

to handing over colleagues phone numbers to a man who contacted him on the grindr app, said he felt guilt and horror after the story was first published. joining us now is former conservative mp neil parish. neil. lovely to see you. thank you very much for joining. neil, you've got some experience of what it's like to be an mp caught up in a similar situation where fingers are pointed, people are talking about you on all the front pages and yours was the incident with the tractor incident. shall we call it. what's it like going through this? >> yeah, i mean, it is it is pretty horrendous, because naturally we also had a lot of people sort of outside a lot of press, naturally, all outside , press, naturally, all outside, around the farm, around the house, around everything. so yeah, i mean, your career sort of with me went up in smoke in five minutes, basically. and so therefore, you know, you really have to pull yourself together and, you have to, you know, however stupid i was at the time , however stupid i was at the time, you've got to try and get over it and get on with life, and i

think william probably had some of those same feelings , and i of those same feelings, and i also think he like i said, i think he was very unwise to get involved with it in the first place. i think what i would say is that i think, you know, i mean, i'm very fortunate to have, you know, a very strong wife, a very supportive wife and in a stable relationship. i think the trouble with parliament, in a way, if you're not, then i think you're quite vulnerable because, you know, you can carry on your sort of love affairs and relationships. if you're a single, outside of parliament and nobody takes a lot of notice of it. but the moment you're in parliament, you can be a target. and william was and william is quite a soft character as well. and i think it really got to him , and i it really got to him, and i think, yes, he was unwise in what he did , perhaps a little what he did, perhaps a little bit naive, and of course, what he shouldn't have done, naturally was given out his colleagues numbers . but of colleagues numbers. but of course, in hindsight, these things are always much easier

than when you're in the thick of it. >> basically, i don't mean to sound unsympathetic here, but there are those who would say , there are those who would say, well, you shouldn't be so stupid . well, you shouldn't be so stupid. >> yeah, absolutely. no, i i'm not necessarily saying that that is not the case, that you, you shouldn't you should make those judgements. i would just say that it's, it's just a bit more difficult. when pursuing any sort of relationship, when you're sort of single, in parliament, because of the, you know, if you make a mistake in your relationships and you're not in the public eye, then there is no problem, except, you know what the feelings you have and, and towards other individuals as well. but the trouble with. >> sorry. sorry to interject, neil. we're fast running out of time. apologies, but thank you for being with us, and we'll catch up shortly on this topic. craig has your weather. we'll be back in a tick on britain's

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gb news. well >> good morning. it's 11:00 well >> good morning. it's11:00 on monday the 26th of august. bank houday monday the 26th of august. bank holiday monday. hope you're having a smashing one out there. we're live across the kingdom gb news britain's newsroom with him and leo and me. dawn neesom in for andrew and bev now the prime minister is under pressure to explain why a millionaire donor was given a security pass to number 10. this comes as he is set to lay out britain's long road to recovery this week. >> and he reckons, ten years elsewhere, carnival chaos , 90 elsewhere, carnival chaos, 90 arrests and a 32 year old woman

in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed in notting hill carnival main parade gets underway today . parade gets underway today. >> yeah, and a major incident has been declared. 40 fire engines and around 225 firefighters battled a fire at a block of flats in dagenham in east london. >> and have you seen this? one of britain's most iconic groups, oasis looks definitely maybe set to announce a comeback tomorrow at 8 am. jack carson has more . at 8 am. jack carson has more. >> well, it always looked half the world away for an oasis reunion, but after teasing over the weekend from both brothers on their social media accounts, could it finally be happening? i'll have all the details . i'll have all the details. >> yeah, so this big speech tomorrow from sir keir starmer, he will say basically the tories have left the country in such

rotten ruin that he needs ten years to get his agenda underway . years to get his agenda underway. i'm not sure what you think about that, gbnews.com/yoursay. we're going to get stuck into that and plenty more in the next houn that and plenty more in the next hour. but first, your news headunes hour. but first, your news headlines with sophie reaper . headlines with sophie reaper. >> thank you. ben. it's 11:01 >> thank you. ben. it's11:01 now for the top stories from your gb newsroom. a major incident has been declared after a fire broke out overnight at a block of flats in dagenham. it's reported that over 100 people were evacuated from the building, with two people being taken to hospital. home secretary yvette cooper thanked firefighters and other emergency workers for their bravery and swift response. she said my thoughts are with all those affected by the major fire incident in dagenham. a british man killed by a missile strike in eastern ukraine has been named as safety advisor. ryan evans, the 38 year old was part of a reporting crew working with

news agency reuters when the hotel they were staying at was struck on saturday. the agency has said they are devastated by his death and that they are now urgently seeking more information about the attack. the strike also put two of the journalists in hospital, one of whom remains in a serious condition. and now, this morning, german chancellor olaf scholz has laid flowers at a memorial site where three people were killed and eight injured in a stabbing on friday. the 26 year old behind the attack in the city of sulingen has been named as isa al hsi. that was after he gave himself up to the police. the syrian national is now being investigated by german federal prosecutors for links to the islamic state. italian prosecutors have placed the captain of the superyacht, which sank off the coast of sicily last week, under investigation. it's been reported that james cuckfield, a 51 year old new zealand national, is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck. the vessel's sinking led to the deaths of

british tech magnate mike lynch and six other people . three and six other people. three people were stabbed yesterday at the annual notting hill carnival, with one woman being left in a life threatening condition. police have also said that 15 officers were assaulted and 90 arrests were made on the first day of the event. a heavy police presence is now expected today for the main parade as it passes through the streets of west london in the middle east. tensions have escalated between israel and hezbollah after an exchange of fire on both sides. the israeli military carried out a series of airstrikes in southern lebanon early yesterday morning, saying it believed hezbollah was planning to carry out an attack of its own. the iran backed militants then launched drones at israel, allegedly in response to the killing of one of its top commanders in an airstrike on beirut last month. in response to this. british foreign secretary david lammy has urged restraint on both sides. meanwhile, sir keir starmer is set to give a speech tomorrow in

which he's expected to say things will get worse before they get better. it's believed they get better. it's believed the prime minister will say he wants to be honest with people, whilst outlining what he calls the rubble and ruin left by the conservatives. this comes after chancellor rachel reeves warned last month of a £22 billion black hole created by the previous government. earlier today, political commentator peter spencer told gb news what he believes keir starmer is hoping to achieve with this speech.i hoping to achieve with this speech. i think he's two things. >> one, he's managing expectations. and i can remember dunng expectations. and i can remember during the election campaign him saying, look, i can't just go to bed one night and dream up a couple of new prisons . stuff couple of new prisons. stuff takes time. but the second point is, i think he's also firing a warning shot across his own side. >> meanwhile, one of the labour party's biggest donors, waheed alli, was given a temporary security pass to downing street, bringing about claims of government cronyism. a spokesperson for the prime minister has said the pass was given to alli whilst he helped

organise a post—election event, but it was handed back several weeks ago and some light. news now the world's oldest man has turned 112 today. john tinniswood was born in liverpool on this day in 1912, and says the secret to his long life is just luck. alongside his weekly portion of fish and chips. asked how he feels to be turning 112, he told guinness world records in all honesty , no difference. in all honesty, no difference. i don't get overexcited about it . don't get overexcited about it. that's probably why i've reached it. what a fabulous man he is. and those are your latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophie reaper more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> good morning. and a happy bank holiday monday to you. it's 1106. you're with ben and dawn

on britain's newsroom. indeed, only on gb news. >> yes. and lots of you have been getting in touch and this is my favourite bit of the show, is my favourite bit of the show, is to talking all of you out there, so keep those messages coming in. gbnews.com forward slash your say. a lot of you are getting in touch about the generation gap, which is my favourite one as well. this is from eileen. good morning eileen. saying never mind young people not wanting to talk to a waitress. this is about gen z using scanning and codes rather than wanting waiting staff. and never mind young people not want to talk to a waitress. most of them don't talk to each other. my them don't talk to each other. my husband and i have visited our local pub and the young people sit at the table fixated with their phones. i said to my husband, put that phone down, ben. i said to my husband, do you suppose they are texting each other? this must be affecting their brain development. they don't seem to have any real communication skills. ben, leo. >> sorry. what were you saying exactly? >> see , that's what we mean. >> see, that's what we mean. >> see, that's what we mean. >> nicky has responded to that. you say it's not just the youngsters who do that. plenty of restaurants. i've been to. adults do it as well. and it seems that the couples and families are all on their phones constantly. it's a bit of a.

sorry. >> did you say something ? >> did you say something? >> did you say something? >> it's a bit of a yeah, i see it a lot with kids, actually, with tablets. maybe they, you know, people take their kids to restaurants and to keep them entertained. they bury their headsin entertained. they bury their heads in tablets. yeah. it's i as a parent, i can see i don't do it, but i can see i kind of sympathise with why people do, because it's it is an easy and a quick remedy, but it, it does rot their brains. >> this is another one on the same subject as well. this is from jez. sorry, i don't know your name. this is come on twitter. i'm happily boycotting qr codes. cashless business, self—service tills. won't companies and any other similar propaganda nonsense. lots of you are agreeing with that statement as well because cash cash is going now. >> yeah, i hate i hate going into restaurants with qr codes on the tables, ordering through the app, then the browser on your phone doesn't work, so you're refreshing, then you're trying to pay and that doesn't. it's just like, i'm just going to leave it. i'll fast. >> just just give me a paper menu and someone to talk to, >> talking about oasis and their big reunion, set to be announced tomorrow. i must say, the

majority of you contacting us on email and your say actually say you don't care about oasis fm obe you say sorry, oasis were the only were only successful because of their beatles rip offs . liam gallagher was just a offs. liam gallagher was just a john lennon impressionist. their melodies were also beatle like. i don't know why the copyright laws weren't mentioned and i'm originally a manc. >> that is actually true. the husband's a huge beatles fan, and he says that as well. it was just like there was nothing that oasis did that the beatles hadnt oasis did that the beatles hadn't done years before, stuart , hadn't done years before, stuart, quite cynical as well. i kind of see where you're coming from. sure. oasis to reunite translated. we're running out of money, and our own projects aren't really working. yeah, i mean, that's probably, you know, close to it. lots of you saying that one as well, >> and someone says, why is ben so orange? >> he's not orange. he's just been on holiday. his hands. really? >> well, it's not it's not fake. actually, i sat on it. >> no it's not. i sat on a sunbed with, factor six carat oil lotion. so there you go. and |, oil lotion. so there you go. and i, i've got mediterranean skin, so itan

i, i've got mediterranean skin, so i tan pretty easy. >> factor six. >> factor six. >> yeah, i don't burn. isn't that dangerous? >> no. >> no. >> aren't you meant to be hiding away in the shade? >> no, not for me. >> no. >> no. >> well, i'm married to a redhead who is like a vampire. avoids the sun like the plague. right. okay. stop waffling . so, right. okay. stop waffling. so, sir keir starmer is set to say labour needs a decade to rebuild the country. after the conservatives left britain in ruin and rubbles. >> yeah, and it comes of course, as the conservatives ask the prime minister to reveal who gave a downing street pass to a multi—millionaire who donated half £1 million to the labour party in the election campaign. >> and sir keir is facing growing unrest within his own party over his plans to cut that winter fuel payment. >> former labour adviser kevin megha joins us now. good morning kevin, thanks for joining us. so keir starmer tomorrow will say things can only get worse , things can only get worse, which, let's be honest, is a complete polar opposite to tony blair's . things can only get blair's. things can only get better in 9798, is he just bluffing , though? bluffing, though? >> i think what he's what he's going to say is , is things can

going to say is, is things can only get better eventually. and i think i think that's that's the big the big caveat he's coming to office and he's had some of his worst fears confirmed about public finances. the state of things, 14 years of dilapidation in public services, lots of industrial disputes that are still worse . still, many of are still worse. still, many of them are still unresolved. he's resolved a couple of them already, of course, lots of lots of things that need lots of money spent on them. lots of things that need better management. and what he's saying is, i can't do all of this in the next couple of years. it's going to take longer than that, and judge me about the progress that i make. but cut me some slack a little bit as well. that's basically what he's saying to the voters. and i think keir starmer's team are acutely conscious of two things. one is that they've just won this election on 34% of the vote, which is which is pretty low for a parliamentary majority of 167. so he recognises that at the next election, there's going to be an awful lot of very marginal seats that he's going to have to defend. so he wants to have to defend. so he wants to set some context about how

he's going to try and govern over over the next five years until that point. and the second thing, as i say, he's coming in, he's realised that the levers of government don't work. there is no cash, and there's lots of things that are half done, half built and lots of things that are falling down all over the place. so, so he sort of said, i've got a massive job of work to do. i've got to deliver. but to do. i've got to deliver. but to deliver effectively takes some time. so, you know, cut me a bit of slack. that's basically what he's saying . what he's saying. >> one minute though, kevin. i mean, you know, this, this 21, £22 billion black hole that everybody else knew about because we were all warned about it beforehand. various independent studies said, look, neither of your tax policies, whether you're labour or conservatives, are going to fill the black hole that is there. so we warned about it and then suddenly it's like they come in, right? they take money away from pensioners, they give inflation busting pay rises to the unions who actually, let's be honest, donate an awful lot of money to laboun donate an awful lot of money to labour. so it's like there is money there. so this is, it sounds like, to be honest with you, i'm going to be completely

honest. it doesn't sound like the truth that we have to be that hard on people because there is money there, provided you're the sort of people that don't go on strike, i.e. pensioners . pensioners. >> well, i mean, i mean, an important point, of course, is that the junior doctors with whom he settled a long running pay whom he settled a long running pay dispute are members of the bma, which is, of course, nothing to do with the labour party whatsoever. so, so, so i mean, again, it's just illustrative of the fact that there's just so much that's gone wrong in recent years, we've seen the sort of chaos of the kind of boris years and the liz truss years, and rishi is trying to fix it at the very end there and not being able to get get away with it. but he's got, he's got basically a fire to put out on every front you like, whether that's public transport, whether that's public transport, whether that's the nhs, whether it's a crumbling schools, whether it's our universities that are on the bnnk our universities that are on the brink of bankruptcy, one after the other. you know, there's lots of problems to fix . the other. you know, there's lots of problems to fix. not a lots of problems to fix. not a lot of public money to fix them with and of course, with all governments. the one thing you don't have a lot of is time. he's got five years until the next election. he's going to have to account for what he's

done or what he's not done. and i think that that will burn very bright in keir starmer's thinking. and i'm sure that's exactly what he's telling his team, his new ministers and his new mps, is that we've got to focus like a laser beam on getting some of these things right, doing what we said we would do in our manifesto and then going beyond it as well, so that when that next election comes around, we can we can have an account that we've made the country better than the inheritance that we were provided with by the conservatives. now, that's a very tall, very tall order. all governments, of course, want to do that and one, 1 to 1 degree or another. but you know, his his very political survival will depend on it. because as i say, that majority, looks very, very impressive in numerical terms, but the wiring underneath of the election result tells a very different story. it tells a story that actually, you know, you've won with a very, very small share of the vote historically and that you've got to keep on your toes. otherwise you could find yourself swept out just as easily as you were swept in. >> what do you make of, kevin, this growing cronyism row surrounding labour and the government, they spent years, of course, angela rayner, rachel

reeves, keir starmer bashing the tories for the wafting stench of sleaze through downing street. and it takes them just, you know, a little under a couple of months to do the same thing. >> i think i think all governments have got to be very clear that they're actually you will be judged by, you know, not just in not just in word but in deed as well. and, you know, if you look as though you're packing favoured people into jobs, that's never going to be you're never going to get away with that. presentationally now, i think i think, i think my view of party donors is keep them as far away from the centre of government as humanly possible. i think that's that's probably the good general advice. but of course, all governments don't do that. course, all governments don't do that . you know that. don't that. you know that. don't donors, you know, often have , donors, you know, often have, very often very close and have built very close relationships with party leaderships, this one is no different than any other ones. >> yeah . sorry to interrupt. >> yeah. sorry to interrupt. it's not just donors. it's former labour party aides , former labour party aides, advisors, people who have donated to angela rayner. now given politically neutral civil service jobs in her department. rachel reeves hiring that top

banker after he donated £5,000 to her personally. he's now stepped down. ian caulfield, his name. so it's not just donors, it's people who have worked with these cabinet members and these politicians for years and years and years now, given jobs where they're meant to be politically neutral , i they're meant to be politically neutral, i think i think you've got to be all governments have got to be all governments have got to be very careful this government, particularly because you know that we've seen with, with, you know, with boris and liz truss and rishi sunak governments, lots of lots of kind of ethics issues and crises over the, over the, over recent years. >> so this government's got to show that it's better. so i think i think, you know, the advice really needs to be be very careful about bringing anybody in that you don't need to, you know , use the civil to, you know, use the civil service, the civil service, the british civil service is fabulous. you know, that really committed, really expert people and trust them and build a rapport with them. you don't need to bring in lots of people from the outside to be able to get to get results. trust the civil service >> very final quick question. you are a former labour adviser. ministers are facing a backbench

rebellion over the planned cuts to winter fuel payments. would your advice be to go back on this ? this? >> i think i think you've got to be very careful and judge what the cost benefit analysis of doing anything like this. you move into this space, you upset an awful lot of people and you've got to ask yourself, is it really worth it? the amounts of money that you raise? my take on it would be, no, it isn't . on it would be, no, it isn't. >> okay. brilliant. kevin, thank you very much for joining us this morning. you very much for joining us this morning . thank you. this morning. thank you. >> thanks, kevin. >> thanks, kevin. >> yes, indeed. right up next, the other big event is the bank houday the other big event is the bank holiday weekend. hope you're having a good one out there. and notting hill carnival is underway. we had the children's parade yesterday. today is the main parade and unfortunately it has already been marred by violence. a 32 year old woman is fighting for her life after being stabbed the festival yesterday. this britain's newsroom on gb news.

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1120. this is britain's newsroom across the united kingdom with ben, leo and dawn neesom. hope you're having a wonderful bank houday you're having a wonderful bank holiday monday out there. now it's holiday monday out there. now wsfime holiday monday out there. now it's time for drum roll, please. going through the papers, we have columnist and journalist emma woolf and former labour party adviser matthew laza in in the house, in the house, in the house with us today this week . house with us today this week. >> absolutely. we don't normally get that come back. >> so yeah. >> so yeah. >> thank you very much. you're very kind and actually i want to i'm still i'm still smarting about mine. >> you're. yeah >> you're. yeah >> oh, god. don't use to start again. i actually want to start with the big event of the weekend. lots of you are talking about it, which is the notting hill carnival, it was the kids day yesterday, and today is the main parade. unfortunately emma, we saw, you know, the unfortunately problems that we associate with notting hill carnival. >> we saw several serious stabbings. we saw nearly a hundred arrests. we've seen so far. today is the adults day adults parade with party vibes. if yesterday was a children and families day, and quite frankly, the things that we saw going on

there cycling in today, i saw a woman wearing pretty much nothing. she had three feathers. strategically positioned on her body that was in the streets of london. three feathers. i'll leave you to imagine where those feathers were positioned. i don't know what is family and fun and community inspired about this event. >> well, these these pictures look quite nice. it's quite cultured and great costumes. >> but there are also people almost virtually naked, doing all sorts on the streets. we've had the stabbings , we've had had the stabbings, we've had arrests, we've had assaults on the police, we've had assaults on emergency workers. i really think that we need to look at what is happening at carnival, what's going to happen today and why, why people feel the need to, to kind of perpetrate this kind of violence and unrest at, at what should be a fun family event. >> matthew, have you ever been to carnival? i actually, i think i may have gone as a kid, but i haven't been for many years. >> partly because. because it's, obviously there are crimes that go on, but also just the sheer volume of people. one of the problems is it's slightly

outgrown the streets of notting hill, where it started, when notting hill was one of the first areas of london that the afro—caribbean community, people arrived from the caribbean in the 50s. lived in. and i wonder, maybe better suited to go to one of the parks now, you know, so that there's actually more space, because i mean, literally what you see is shops closing because a lot of people are funnelled through what are effectively residential streets. >> quite a lot of them, 7000 police officers on duty . oh, police officers on duty. oh, it's interesting. >> my husband was down there yesterday. he was helping a mate outwith, yesterday. he was helping a mate out with, with yesterday. he was helping a mate outwith, with one of the sound systems. and he had a lovely time. he was, you know, he said it was very peaceful. it was very calm. it wasn't crowded. people were having a good time. but he got talking to a couple of female police officers down there, and they were saying, yeah, it's lovely today. it's really nice . but, it will be really nice. but, it will be a different story tomorrow probably. and one of them, i think, i don't think she was joking. she said, believe me, none of us volunteered to cover this shift. i think it's a very hard ask of the police down there. >> and dawn, it wasn't peaceful yesterday. and that was the

peaceful day. >> no, no, no, i'm just telling you the example of somebody who was there. >> eyewitness . what my husband >> eyewitness. what my husband saw was absolutely fine. it was very peaceful. yes there were incidences going on. i accept that. but as i said , i suspect that. but as i said, i suspect as the day went on and night fell , things do start to last yeah >> it cost the police £11 million to protest to police over the sort of three days. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> however big whack of money it will lose what it's about. >> if you move it to hyde park and it becomes like british summertime calling or something, it becomes much more commercialised. >> if you have to have a wristband and you know it's easier to police, but not not the kind of community feel and that's the balance to get to get it. because obviously it began as a community celebration. in many ways, it still is. people do their own, floats, etc, don't they? yeah, yeah. >> okay . where do you want to go next? >> they're talking about bank houday >> they're talking about bank holiday things to do on a bank holiday. a lot of people will be heading out after they've only after this show is finished. and hopefully listening to gb news on the radio in the car. but if you're heading to a beauty spot,

beware, illegal sewage spills have occurred in more than 60% of england's areas of outstanding natural beauty last yeah outstanding natural beauty last year, new analysis for the telegraph has shown. so it's on very, very wet days. these, these releases of sewage are allowed, but it looks like they've been naughty. water companies have been doing it on lots of days that were very far from very wet, and particularly houday from very wet, and particularly holiday hotspots in cornwall. and the new forest were hit, as well as others around the country. so more anger at the water companies from campaigners as they keep releasing sewage. and, it seems to me that it takes campaigners to actually find out how often are they doing it, and they're not getting punished, are they? >> it doesn't seem to be stopping, chief executive of river action said that this shows lawlessness in a broken system. >> but the thing is, we're an island nation. we're surrounded by water. surely we can do better than this. there were 40 450,000 total spills lasting more than four. because they measure it for the amount of time the spillage is happening.

4,000,000 hours last year. it's absolutely appalling. and the nicest thing is when you go and you find a really clear river or a lake or a lovely, lovely coastline , why are we why are we coastline, why are we why are we allowing them to get away with this? it's not as though it's been underreported, and the sewage issue is well known. these companies are making huge , these companies are making huge, huge bonuses and paying out dividends . absolutely. dividends. absolutely. >> and shareholders, a campaigner in in the action for the river kennet in north wessex says that in in wiltshire children are getting sick from swimming in baths. the worst affected area of outstanding natural beauty was dorset , where natural beauty was dorset, where there were 149 separate spills on dry days. it just goes on and on dry days. it just goes on and on and on. i think the anger is that, as you say, dawn, the water companies seem to be getting away with it. obviously their finances are some of them, particularly thames water, are in crisis. so you know, what do you do? and ultimately, of course, it's bill payers who who end up footing the bill for water company's mistakes. so it's not it's not a very

cheerful story for bank holiday. but if you are going out, you know, look at the, you know have a quick look at that water before you leap in. >> you can't often see exactly what is what is going on. sometimes it's obvious. yeah. don't need any more details, do you? but sometimes it isn't. okay, now this is a story that isn't going away, the, kirstie allsopp story about the social workers. this has been going for like three days in the papers how. >> now. >> yeah. so this is kirstie allsopp 15 year old son oscar, who went and travelled, went inter—railing with a 16 year old friend this summer. she was contacted. he was actually a few weeks away from his 16th birthday. so as if that makes any difference at all. that magical moment when you turn 16, when suddenly you're an adult and you can, you know, all of that. anyway, she was contacted by kensington and chelsea social services by text, saying they wanted to talk to her about this. i think people fall into two camps. there are people saying this is absolutely outrageous. this is a child protection issue. he was only 15. all of that, ignoring the fact that they had mobile phones. they presumably had, you know, credit cards or debit cards. they had they were absolutely safe travelling

around. the other side of it is people like me who just think social services should be deaung social services should be dealing with all the instances around the country of children living in neglect and poverty and domestic abuse situations. there are so many other priorities for social services. and also as a parent, i know for a fact that you make a judgement about your child. my mum , who about your child. my mum, who had five kids, said to me, look, you would have been fine to travel around europe at 15, but your big brother wouldn't have been ready at 18 or 19. yeah, children are quite different. a 15 year old can be really, really responsible with a 16 year old. or they can be utterly hapless , losing, losing their hapless, losing, losing their passport and everything. the minute they walk out the door . minute they walk out the door. so i think you have to trust parents to some degree to know their own child. >> i mean, i'm not kirstie allsopp's number one fan. she's one of those people, you know, she she, she grates with me a bit on the telly, but i feel a bit on the telly, but i feel a bit sorry for her on this, although i do think she made a mistake by talking about it, because the problem is, is that social services will think the rules have to apply to everybody, and therefore this is

technically illegal. so. so it's not illegal. it's technically questionable, isn't it ? questionable, isn't it? >> interrail passes are available for anyone from the age of 12 to 27. she has done nothing. >> she's done nothing illegal. she's done nothing illegal. >> and she knows her child best, you know. so a lad who's nearly 16, as anna said, really close. >> i mean, yeah, of course i mean, look, common sense needs to prevail, but sometimes the social services feel they have to imply the rules. >> they obviously think that there is so illegal is not a right. but there are some questions that they need to ask in circumstances like this. so if i was her i would have kept schtum shame they don't do, do their due diligence where it matters most. >> the amount of stories where there are children who are covered in cigarette burns, who have multiple broken limbs, who are not doing this. >> i mean, social workers have a very hard job. i think that on on this occasion, they they feel forced to do it because of the pubuchy forced to do it because of the publicity it got. but hopefully they'll just leave it as it is and they'll concentrate the resources. as you say, she's angry because there's now a file open on her child. yeah, i mean, it's grim, but she probably should. i mean, if it was, if

the question was if he was 16, it would have been fine. if he's just under 16, it isn't. i would probably have just not talked to the national media. i used to travel to london from brighton when alone, when i was. >> yeah. 12, 13. 14. yeah. by myself. >> me too . yeah. i used to >> me too. yeah. i used to travel from london to the northwest as well to see my dad. my northwest as well to see my dad. my parents were divorced, one in, you know, there are thousands of miles away. so. >> yeah, to the train driver. you know, my kid is a bit younger. can you make sure they're okay? and, you know, there's always. yeah. >> you can't mollycoddle kids the whole time. >> i'm pretty relaxed about the about about the lad going on holiday. i just think that he i mean, number one, he's going to be absolutely fuming at mum isn't he. for. >> be careful what you put on social media. >> if kirsty hadn't put it out there to be fair with i mean that's my point. yeah. and i actually think isn't the point at all. >> that's not the point. the point is social services getting involved. well, i mean, you think if cases like baby exactly. >> social services, that's what upsets me looking into cases like that rather than obviously a 15 year old, hopefully they're not using very many resources to investigate kirsty i do love kirsty and phils show though . kirsty and phils show though. >> i have to say that you lack a

bit of property, >> yeah, a lot of property show. >> yeah, a lot of property show. >> oh, it always makes you just think oh, i want to go and buy that one. >> i want to go and buy that designs location, location. >> yeah. i don't watch much telly apart from gb news, but apart from gb news which we watch constantly 24 seven. >> it's very good. it's very listen to it when you're not able to watch. yes, indeed. >> yes, absolutely. matthew, emma. thank you very much for joining us this morning. now it's joining us this morning. now wsfime joining us this morning. now it's time for the news headlines with sophie reaper . with sophie reaper. >> thanks, john. it's 11:30 with sophie reaper. >> thanks, john. it's11:30 now for your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. a major incident has been declared after a fire broke out overnight at a block of flats in dagenham. it's reported that over 100 people were evacuated from the building, with two people being taken to hospital. home secretary yvette cooper thanked firefighters and other emergency workers for their bravery and swift response. she said my thoughts are with all those affected by the major fire incident in dagenham this

morning. german chancellor olaf scholz has laid flowers at a memorial site where three people were killed and eight injured in a stabbing on friday. the 26 year old behind the attack in the city of solingen has been named as issa al hsi. that was after he gave himself up to the police. the syrian national is now being investigated by german federal prosecutors for links to the islamic state, italian prosecutors have placed the captain of the superyacht, which sank off the coast of sicily last week, under investigation . last week, under investigation. it's been reported that james cuckfield, a 51 year old new zealand national, is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck. the vessel sinking to led the deaths of british tech magnate mike lynch and six other people. a british man killed by a missile strike in eastern ukraine has been named as safety advisor. ryan evans, the 38 year old was part of a reporting crew working with the news agency reuters when the hotel they were staying at in kramatorsk was struck on

saturday. the agency has said they are devastated by his death and they are now urgently seeking more information about the attack. the strike also put two other journalists in hospital, one of whom remains in a serious condition and closer to home. three people were stabbed yesterday at the annual notting hill carnival, with one woman being left in a life threatening condition. police have also said that 15 officers were assaulted and 90 arrests were assaulted and 90 arrests were made on the first day of the event. now, as the main parade starts to get underway today, a heavy police presence is expected on the streets of west london. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophie reaper more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , but first,

financial report, but first, a snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you $11,195 and >> the pound will buy you $1.3195 and ,1.1802. the price of gold is £1,913, and £0.16 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 8,327.78 points. >> cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> thank you very much, sophie. now a real good show coming up for you. good afternoon britain with tom and emily reunited . with tom and emily reunited. >> coming up after us in the title . title. >> yes, a really going to be a really good show. it's going to be three hours of celebrating tom's birthday. oh, no, no, happy birthday to you. >> it's a birthday week, isn't it, for used to. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well, yeah, because your birthday is bebe as well. >> yes. it's. »- >> yes. it's. >> no, but i'm not going to go

into numbers. i think sort of . into numbers. i think sort of. >> go on. »- >> go on. >> just depress me even further. you may as well . you may as well. >> much younger than me. >> much younger than me. >> i'm still just in my 20s, which i think is something i'm going to be clinging on to for dear life. >> oh i did, i used to lie about my age, so i was one year younger. i'm not at all looking. here's the thing which is so ridiculous. >> in 2024, you can basically —2 or 3 years from your age because of the pandemic. so we sort of cancel those years, and he's basically a child. >> he's still a child. >> he's still a child. >> and if i could borrow that, i'd just extend it by decades. so i'm still roughly about 30. >> yeah. makes sense. yes. very good. well, well, well, there is news on this show . good. well, well, well, there is news on this show. is that good. well, well, well, there is news on this show . is that okay? news on this show. is that okay? good. we do promise. we have lots of news. we have lots of news. >> we have the labour cronyism row to bring you. >> we're going to get the latest on that. this isn't going away. you can't just hand a pass to a, you know a top labour donor and think you can get away without any questions. so we're going to be digging into that. >> and this is, this is something that i think is not well understood enough. members of the cabinet don't have a pass

to downing street. >> it's very odd. >> it's very odd. >> the only people that ever pass to downing street are the people that work in downing street. i mean, in order i mean, if you're the environment secretary, you have to be let in. why is this donor swanning in. why is this donor swanning in and out, swanning in and out? >> it's not just this chapter ehheh >> it's not just this chapter either. it's the hiring of civil servants who are meant to be politically neutral, who were previously aides to the labour party, aides to angela rayner, who donated to rachel reeves, someone hired into the propriety and ethics team in the civil service was working for a labour think tank. >> i mean, it is extraordinary. could you imagine if the tories were doing anything close to this? >> so what on earth is keir starmer thinking? if it's true that tomorrow he's going to say things are going to get worse before they get better? >> i don't remember it in the manifesto, do you not exactly. >> those words. >> those words. >> don't remember that it was all about growth and change and you know, we understand what you're going through. you can trust us. grown ups are back in the room. >> i've got an awful feeling that this budget are coming in. october is going to be a horror show for people who are paying taxes in this country anyway. we're also going to be heading

over to the middle east because things are pretty much tinderbox, aren't they? could we see a regional fallout war over there, hezbollah saying they're going to strike again? israel saying they're going to strike again, what's going to happen there? >> and this is the thing when you get pre—emptive strikes and then post emptive strikes and then post emptive strikes and then everything, you can really see how it sort of starts to build up and up and up. and where is iran in all of this? obviously, funding hezbollah , obviously, funding hezbollah, but might they also get involved in some of that? so we know that the western security alliance, the western security alliance, the five eyes, are looking at this incredibly closely. it has huge repercussions for the whole world. >> and one more thing. i've got some views on which i think you've already covered is why on earth are teachers being told to teach about whiteness and taught to develop and project a positive white racial identity as a teacher? i mean, what on earth does that mean? >> what does it mean? >> what does it mean? >> what does that mean? >> what does that mean? >> it's a word soup. and talking of which, why don't they just teach english and maths and geography and history, you know, that sort of stuff, right. >> well , that sort of stuff, right. >> well, history, fashion bit contested all of that. >> and much more coming up at midday with tom and emily. you don't want to go too far. it

sounds like a cracking show, but for now, this is britain's newsroom on gb news and we'll see you very soon. you got time to put the kettle if you're

>> very good morning to you. it's 1140 on this >> very good morning to you. it's1140 on this glorious bank houday it's1140 on this glorious bank holiday weekend . hope you're all holiday weekend. hope you're all well. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, ben elliott and dawn neesom. >> look at me in that way. a young man now, the national trust for scotland has launched an unprecedented offensive after an unprecedented offensive after a horse harness racing track was approved for land where the battle of bannockburn was fought. gb news scotland reporter tony maguire has the story for you. >> reporter more than 700 years ago, robert the bruce led 8000 scots to defeat edward ii's army here at the battle of bannockburn. the area remains largely undeveloped today, but local tensions flared when stirling council approved a controversial application to

build a half mile horse track in a field below the monument. the council vote was split. public submissions were divided, and historic environment scotland said it was broadly content with the plans , while the national the plans, while the national trust asked for government intervention. the scottish government has since stepped in to review the application, but one group that isn't divided are the visitors to bannockburn. >> overall, i guess i think it would detract from the area. >> it's not respectful for the people who died here, for the freedom of scotland, because i've just said to my husband, oh, look, there's a load of houses, you know, and you and you think , oh, you know, i love history. >> so i always think it's worth preserving. >> opponents to the redevelopment believe that readily building over sites of historical interest can have negative consequences to local culture and education. but the side that the other end of the debate are also fighting for their cultural survival. behind their cultural survival. behind

the track is the scottish harness racing club. from 1966 to 2022, the club met at stirling's corbett road stadium before it was demolished to make way for new homes. of the two sites offered by the council to replace it, the alternative is at risk of flooding year round . at risk of flooding year round. hamish muirhead and alex smith have been involved in this legacy sport their whole lives. alex attended his first race 74 years ago, becoming a fan and owner and a bookie, while hamish breeds championship winning horses racing in tracks around the british isles. they say this new track is their last chance to keep the sport alive in scotland. >> we had approached stirling council for information to where we could actually get a field, where we could race. this was the only one which fitted the bill. >> we've got to travel all the time to either york tar plains or almondvale to race, because if we had a hard track in scotland, we would get the

chance to have some of these classic races here in scotland. while at the last chance saloon . while at the last chance saloon. >> both sides of this debate are fighting tooth and nail in the name of preservation. the scottish government has now called in the plans for review, and both sides are champing at the bit to hear if any route exists to protect both heritage and history. tony mcguire , gb and history. tony mcguire, gb news stirling . news stirling. >> all right, still to come, it seems gen z doesn't want to talk to waiters at restaurants. i mean, it's no surprise to me. i remember the times when i used to work at a national newspaper. you'd have people coming straight from university with qualifications coming out. oh, yes. they couldn't pick up the phone. they couldn't knock on doors. they couldn't look you in the eye and hold a conversation. no, indeed. >> and we've got we've got an actual gen z type person on the show to defend what's going on. >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news back in

tick. welcome back. 1047 ben and dawn with you on britain's newsroom on gb news. some very quick emails have been flying in, jeremy talking about kirstie allsopp 15 year old son who was nearly 16, who went interrailing across europe by himself with another friend who was 16, social services got involved, of course. jeremy, you say her son was accompanied by a 16 year old. if the powers that be want the voting age lowered to 16, they have to accept that teenagers of this age are responsible enough to look after themselves. yeah agreed. >> and >> and billy >> and billy says. >> and billy says. but >> and billy says. but labour are saying all 16 year olds are responsible . otherwise why are responsible. otherwise why are they giving them the vote to decide who runs the country? yeah >> same thing. yeah. >> same thing. yeah. >> and the kirstie allsopp story has got a new involved as well, padraig says kirstie , is all padraig says kirstie, is all this fuss because she's a celebrity. no it's not, it's because it's like social services trying to tell someone they don't care if they're a

celebrity or not, what they think is best, when really there are cases that are being ignored where children are genuinely suffering. that's the point of the story . however, i think the the story. however, i think the interesting point about this is kirstie allsopp is a celebrity and obviously very well known . and obviously very well known. now, if this had been a single mum from a stinky state, would people be so oh my god . of people be so oh my god. of course she knows what's right for her child. i bet they wouldn't, would they? >> what? you mean like a working class mum? >> yeah, but if it's a working class mum would let a 15 year old go off. people would be outraged about that. yeah, i do wonder about that one. >> i must admit, i'm talking about starmer's speech tomorrow. >> of course, if you didn't know he's giving this big bombshell speech saying that again, i mean, similar to what rachel reeves has been saying, they didn't know the country was in such a mess, the tories have left the nation in rotten ruin, andifs left the nation in rotten ruin, and it's going to take him ten years to get the job done. gary, you say if it's going to take ten years of hurt before the country is back on its feet, then surely pensioners are the ones you shouldn't pick on. and jeff, you say starmer with only 34% of the electorate and pensioners not voting, starmer

has already lost the next election. so as did gordon brown. will spend every available penny on those that support us or for vote us. >> ooh, that's an interesting one. one. >> one. >> sorry i've lost your name here, but they say on the kirstie allsopp story again, interesting that a lot of people on the left getting their knickers in a twist about kirstie allsopp, who's whose lad was like just shy of his 16th birthday. they're also the people that want 16 year olds to vote. >> yeah, yeah. exactly. >> yeah, yeah. exactly. >> right. okay. talking of youngsters , gen z diners don't youngsters, gen z diners don't want to speak to waiters in restaurants and prefer to order and pay via mobile apps. well, i'm not sure with this one, but the managing director of bill's restaurants has said a growing number of young customers do not want to engage with human beings because they have grown up literally on their phones. so we're going to talk to a proper young person now, even younger than you, commentator ryan mark parsons joins us about, frankly , parsons joins us about, frankly, you're being a bit rude here, aren't you? come on. what's wrong with talking to a waiter? >> well, i like talking to waiters. >> actually, i think i'm a bit

of an anomaly when it comes to my generation. i'm gen z. i was born in 2000, and when i go to restaurants, cafes, any kind of service within hospitality, i actually enjoy the conversation with the waiting staff. i like making eye contact with them. i like finding out about their day. i tell them about my day. i go to a members club in london and unfortunately they're now they have an app and it seems to be the case that they want you to pay on the app and they're reducing the contact that you have with waiting staff. all of my friends, i've got friends similar ages , early 20s. any similar ages, early 20s. any time we go out, whether it's a bar or a restaurant, they always , bar or a restaurant, they always, always, invariably they prefer to deal with the bill on the app or they would like to order on an app so they have absolutely no interaction whatsoever with the staff that work there. and i just don't get it. i think it's rude and it's like you said, ben before the ad break, people, young people are now lacking social skills. they can't look in someone else's eyes. they

can't pick up the phone, they can't pick up the phone, they can't knock on doors. they just can't knock on doors. they just can't interact with people in real life. and i think that is such a shame. but it's becoming more and more common. >> what's the solution then? how do you i mean, how can parents kind of get a grip of this in the early years? do you reckon? >> i just think they need to reduce the contact time with digital devices. and i think it'd be great as well. i don't know if many restaurants have this, but to have restaurants, more and more restaurants across london and other cities around the uk to have no to ban phones essentially. i mean, i've been to dinner parties where there might be hosted at homes, or they could be hosted at restaurants. and the rule we have is that we put all of the phonesin have is that we put all of the phones in a basket, and then we actually have to talk to each other. and i think that's great. and it seems to be, unfortunately, a rarity, a rarity nowadays where you can't actually just have a conversation with someone sat in front of you. actually, they're not two dimensional chats, and you can actually talk to the

people that work in the restaurant. i think that seems to be so rare and i don't know why, but answering your question, i think parents need to remove devices from an early age. i've got a younger cousin and she already has an ipad. she must be about four years old, and she's got a, you know, i'm sure she'll get an iphone next year as well. and i think that's what parents are actually introducing very early on. and that's the problem. >> i love the idea of putting all your phones in a basket. so you literally have to sit and talk to each other because you get families, sort of like all on their phones, all the devices around the dining table. do you think this problem is getting worse ? you mentioned your your worse? you mentioned your your your cousin who's four, already learning how to be engaged on a screen but not engaging it with with people. i mean, how how is that going to help a vocabulary for a start. >> well , that's it. and just the >> well, that's it. and just the art of conversation. the art of interacting with people. i think it's really underestimated. and you can't just have conversations whether you like it or not, over the phone constantly . you actually do need constantly. you actually do need to converse with people in real life . and i've been on gb news

life. and i've been on gb news before to talk about this, and the whole discussion over working from home and whether it's a good idea to come into the office. and i truly think it's detrimental, especially for graduates fresh out of university early 20s. we were starting an apprenticeship. got it. and you're just starting yourjob? >> i'm going to have to i'm going to have to cut you off. thank you though for joining going to have to cut you off. thank you though forjoining us. thank you though for joining us. really appreciate it. and thank you at home for watching us this morning. hope you've had fun. >> andrew is back tomorrow, by the way. have a great bank holiday. >> good afternoon britain with tom and emily is coming up next and we'll be live in dagenham after a shocking fire ripped through a large building in that london borough overnight. >> what started it and what answers can we find? >> yes, indeed. and the italian press is reporting that the captain of the sunken super yacht in sicily is currently being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck. we'll have the latest on that one. >> one. >> two, all that amidst a cronyism row burgeoning within the labour party and the government. the passes for

glasses scandal rumbles on. we'll dig into the details . we'll dig into the details. >> it looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news. weather forecast from the met office. well, today for most of us it should be largely dry with some spells of sunshine, but there are some showers around, chiefly across parts of northern england, northern ireland and wales. but i think almost anywhere we could just see the odd shower as we go through the course of the day. but for most it will be a day of sunny spells and with lighter winds compared to lately. i think it should feel fairly warm out there as well. i think highs potentially reaching around 22 or 23 degrees down towards the south eastern corner. so as we end the bank holiday, for some of us across the southern half of us across the southern half of the uk, it should be largely fine and dry. some late spells

of sunshine to be had. can't rule out the odd shower, especially down towards south—west england and wales, but they should be fairly light and fleeting. more of a risk of and fleeting. more of a risk of a shower or two across northern ireland, northern england and southern scotland, and then moving up towards the far north of scotland. here should be a fine and dry end to the day, but we'll have all eyes out towards the west. you can see this next band of rain just out in the atlantic, and as we move through the evening and night time penod the evening and night time period that moves in across many parts of northern ireland and scotland. for a lot of england and wales, though, we go through the night with largely clear skies and under the clear skies, we may well just see temperatures just fall into single figures in the countryside . but for most of us countryside. but for most of us it's a mild night, especially in the south, could see lows not much lower than about 14 or 15 degrees. so it's a wet start to tuesday across northern ireland and scotland that rain may push into parts of cumbria and wales as the day goes on, quite heavy and persistent in places, so

some poor travelling conditions out and about. but further some poor travelling conditions out and about . but further south out and about. but further south across a good chunk of england and wales, it's going to be a fine and dry picture . with fine and dry picture. with southerly winds it's going to feel increasingly warm. could see highs reaching around 25 or 26 degrees. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

gb news. >> good afternoon britain . it's >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on monday the 26th of august. i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver high rise ablaze. more than 100 people have been evacuated from a block of flats in dagenham, east london, after a fire tore through the building early this morning. we're live on the scene and labour in a bit of a cronyism row. >> starmer is under pressure to reveal who authorised a downing

street security pass for a millionaire labour party donor amid a growing mates rates row that runs through the government. is it time for him to just come clean? >> middle east tinderbox western intelligence services are on high alert after israel carries out a wave of pre—emptive strikes across southern lebanon , strikes across southern lebanon, they say, to thwart a large scale rocket attack by hezbollah. now, nato allies fear serious escalation and manslaughter on the med. >> the captain of the doomed british superyacht is investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck after the sicilian tragedy left seven dead. and it's a very special day for tom harwood is a very special day and i've got a little present for you. >> you hid it so well, emily. i

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