trading has been gas firm says trading has been impacted by seasonal shifts in the market. in the first three months. it also expects an adjusted loss of between six and $800 million for the quarter last year, trading helped shell deliver record profits amid volatility in european natural gas prices . the deputy general gas prices. the deputy general secretary of the national education union says it will be a real failure for the government in all for teaching unions if they vote to strike together. it comes as teachers across england are walking out for a second day in the latest wave of strike action over pay. members of the national education union warned there could be more strikes in the autumn term. the government offered a one off £1,000 payment for this year, as well as a 4.5% pay for this year, as well as a 4.5% pay rise for next. but all for education. unions have rejected the offer, asking for a 6.5% increase. the police are failing the public too often , according the public too often, according to a new report. his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary and

fire and rescue services says there are still significant shortcomings in key areas. that's despite progress being made in recording crime. the report says some of the issues include skill shortages and long call delays . and you can get call delays. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website , visiting our website, gbnews.com. now though, it's back over to tom and . back over to tom and. ellie >> good morning and welcome to britain's newsroom with tom howard and me, ellie costello. it's friday, july the 7th. the time is 932. and thank you so much for your company this morning. we've got a few great stories we want to chat to you about alongside , of course, the about alongside, of course, the top stories that we're going to be delving into throughout the program. but this one that's program. but this is one that's caught our eye this morning, chennai , how chennai six. we're asking, how do you eat your weetabix.7 now,

this interesting this is this is interesting because the television presenter, james may, put out a tweet just a few days ago saying , who on earth puts the milk in before they put in their cornflakes .7 cornflakes.7 >> but it wasn't cornflakes.7 who replied to him.7 it >> but it wasn't cornflakes? who replied to him? it was weetabix . and weetabix posted a video on twitter saying the proper way to do it is milk first. and weetabix second. and this got me incensed. >> so i think it i think this is this is sacrilegious. >> i think this is utterly wrong . i think my whole world has frankly been turned upside down by this video that the official weetabix twitter account posted this week . this week. >> oh, we haven't got a copy of it. i was waiting for i was waiting for the video of that one. >> well, we'll try and get the video a little bit later on. >> you think is the >> what do you think is the right to right way to eat? >> obviously weetabix >> weetabix obviously weetabix first, pour first, milk second. you pour it on, pour in milk. on, you pour in the milk. >> i would think that's that's the but i like it the way to do it. but i like it . a weetabix. so . i like a warm weetabix. so i think you put your weetabix in

the bowl other of the bowl or any other type of cereal then you pour the milk in and you it in the and then you pop it in the microwave for two minutes. so it's nice and stodgy warm, stodgy. >> absolutely reject >> i know i absolutely reject this. the only stodgy thing in the morning should be porridge . the morning should be porridge. if you want to have porridge, have porridge. you want to have porridge. if you want to have porridge. if you want to have weetabix, don't put in have weetabix, don't put it in the microwave. i think we might have video of the weetabix have this video of the weetabix of say you should, of the way they say you should, you have your weetabix. you should have your weetabix. let's a look now for those let's take a look now for those listening on the radio, there's milk being poured into a bowl here by the official weetabix hand. i suppose it's quite a nice hand. it's got some hand model right . what a job. and, model right. what a job. and, and the weetabix has been plonked in there so and that's the that's that's what weetabix themselves have put out on social media. >> i suppose if you want it to be hard, like a hard weetabix biscuit , that's the way to do biscuit, that's the way to do it. but i like it softer. >> if you want to have a biscuit, all. biscuit, don't use milk at all. >> yeah, some people do >> well yeah, some people do that, but let us know how you take in morning.

take your cereal in the morning. is way to do is that the correct way to do it? or a bit it? milk first or are you a bit like should it be put in the like me? should it be put in the microwave? do let know. it's microwave? do let us know. it's certainly talk. certainly making us talk. >> is actually >> it is. but there is actually bigger going on today as bigger news going on today as well. just baby names well. it's not just baby names and weetabix there are and weetabix today. there are some stories that we're some enormous stories that we're going to to. there's by going to get to. there's by elections. there's, of course , elections. there's, of course, the issue well, before we get all to that, why don't we take a little look at wimbledon? >> yeah, why we? because >> yeah, why don't we? because it's significant anniversary today, ten years ago today, isn't it? ten years ago today, isn't it? ten years ago today , andy murray won the men's today, andy murray won the men's singles title at wimbledon and he's currently fighting for a place in the third round of this year's competition. and he was looking strong on centre court last night before play was cut off at 11 pm. but the second round match will resume today and paul coyte joins us now and paul and paul coyte joins us now and paul, thank you for andy for wheat objects no milk do you reckon ? reckon? >> oh, no question. oh he'd have no problem. >> yeah he's a hard he's a hardy scot. he is. no absolutely no

soggy weetabix for him sue inside should be porridge right now but my goodness i was saying earlier this guy's unbeliev affable i know there's still a few murray doubters and there's people that are around saying, oh, i don't really like andy murray. >> i don't really know. what's not to about this guy? he's not to like about this guy? he's a man. a fantastic a decent man. he's a fantastic family an unbelievable family man. he's an unbelievable athlete . and at 36 years old, to athlete. and at 36 years old, to be doing what he's doing still and to have gone through the hip operation he's had and kept fighting all the stuff that we don't see everything behind the court, everything behind the scenes , just to keep working as scenes, just to keep working as he absolutely remarkable and he is absolutely remarkable and playing ipsis, playing stephanie takyi ipsis, 24 old, who's who's the 24 years old, who's who's the new, you know , he's the new new, you know, he's the new guard coming through. and even then he's now gone. two sets up. it's been incredible. >> will this will this have hurt andy murray, though, because as he was playing so well yesterday. yeah. and then it had to be called the lid had to be called on the game. that's right. it all had to be moved. it's not playing now until this

afternoon. that's that's not going to be particularly good for there's ways for him. well there's two ways of it. of looking at it. >> can look in the fact there >> we can look in the fact there was a point during the tiebreak and screamed was and he screamed out that he was in then moved on. in pain and then moved on. i mean, the sort of that mean, he's the sort of guy that reacts pressure reacts to this sort of pressure and went through then went and went through and then went two it's merton two sets up. now it's merton council. that there has council. they say that there has to 11:00. there has to be to end 11:00. there has to be a curfew because of houses that are around there, whereas ironically , most of ironically, most of them probably rented by probably being rented out by people are actually people that are actually come from actually rent the from abroad to actually rent the house to wimbledon. it house to go to wimbledon. so it has 11:00 in the has to be 11:00 in the australian go till australian open. they'll go till four, 5:00 the morning. now four, 5:00 in the morning. now it game at that point. it was his game at that point. but then you're right, it was his game at that point. but then you're right , then he but then you're right, then he has start again. but the warm has to start again. but the warm up, for example, yesterday , 2:00 up, for example, yesterday, 2:00 in the afternoon, he's hitting the ball, he's waiting. then we had match, which had the liam brody match, which went five sets. then there was another he didn't on another game. so he didn't go on court until 740. it would suit him a player to play earlier him as a player to play earlier on in the day . him as a player to play earlier on in the day. he him as a player to play earlier on in the day . he wants to play on in the day. he wants to play earlier instead of these late finishes. so let's face it , if finishes. so let's face it, if you're going to be able to split the at age 36, then

the game at the age of 36, then it may not be so bad, but it's got to hit the ground running might be thing. might not be a bad thing. >> i it's significant >> and i mean, it's significant anniversary years anniversary today, ten years since wimbledon . since he last won wimbledon. could this year, do you could he do it this year, do you think he's looking good? >> love to be able to >> i would love to be able to say early. i'd love to be say yes early. i'd love to be able to say yes. but every time, even i think every murray even every i think every murray fan watched him gets a pass and thinking, you know what? this he's 24. he's not going to be able do it this time. but able to do it this time. but still he manages to find something . he was his first ever something. he was his first ever three set win at wimbledon in ten years. in the last round . ten years. in the last round. it's going to be too much. i would have thought. but obviously we all hope and pray for him. the less the lesser games that he plays, the more i mean, the less the amount of sets that he plays, more sets that he plays, the more chance to stand to chance he's going to stand to actually but actually get further. but obviously the names are going to get these are to get bigger. these are going to be so we'll see be harder games. so we'll see how we go. but i hate hate to use you know use a sport cliche, you know that. but each game as it comes, each each game as it comes, we've got to take it each 1—1 at

a time. so. so if you were a betting man, which i am heavily. >> no, i'm not. no no, no. yeah. yeah. where would you say he's going come it's still going to come then? it's still early far through early days now. how far through will andy murray get this wimbledon depends on draws. >> mean, i. i think he will >> i mean, i. i think he will win this game. i honestly do. i do think he'll this match. do think he'll win this match. now, then all depends who now, then it all depends who he's play it's he's going to play when it's coming we've got people coming up next. we've got people like we've like alcaraz in the draw. we've got djokovic, got novak djokovic, who, of course , we all know about him. course, we all know about him. that's why i think the final is going would say for going to be so. i would say for him to get to the quarterfinals , it'd an amazing, , i think it'd be an amazing, amazing performance. >> i've got hope. coyote i have got good feeling about got really good feeling about this got it in my waters. this. i've got it in my waters. you good i've you know, it's good when i've got it. >> i'm trying not to fate >> i'm trying not to tempt fate . that's thing. sport . that's the thing. i'm sport quy- . that's the thing. i'm sport guy. would to guy. i've got a i would love to see difficult. see it would be so difficult. but did , i mean, my but if he did, i mean, my goodness, he's knighted already . who knows what should be in . who knows what he should be in the should be given everything. >> i think andy murray >> i think lord andy murray could worse . so i think could do a lot worse. so i think it be magnificent it would be magnificent there. >> wouldn't >> that'd be good, wouldn't it? and have a word and we're going to have a word about haven't we?

about cam norrie, haven't we? how's cam? about cam norrie, haven't we? hov norrie cam? about cam norrie, haven't we? hov norrie well. �*n? about cam norrie, haven't we? hov norrie well. cam norrie's >> norrie was well. cam norrie's playing, but really, the other guy that we should mention is also liam brody that played yesterday liam brody, yesterday because liam brody, who , and he's who is from stockport, and he's had to pretty much fund himself off. and he is it was a wild card, so he managed to get in and he was playing yesterday against casper. ruud was number four from norway . nobody four seed from norway. nobody gave him hope, but with the gave him a hope, but with the wimbledon crowd, see, this is what's andy. what's going to help andy. i mean, you see andy, the mean, when you see andy, the amount of people scream amount of people that scream every come andy. every moment. come on, andy. come andy. just i was come on, andy. it's just i was the person that actually the only person that actually didn't because didn't shout it because why wouldn't you shout? i had to protect today so protect my voice for today so that reason. but that was the only reason. but i was. was semaphored it. but was. i was semaphored it. but everybody behind him. and everybody was so behind him. and it's with brit at it's the same with any brit at wimbledon to liam wimbledon. so well done to liam brody , who then moves and brody, who then moves on and he's playing denis shapovalov now of canada, big serving canadian. so that's going to be very tricky . but always with the very tricky. but always with the crowd behind you, anything's possible. >> yeah, one to watch. it's going to be busy today, isn't it? with that. it? very busy with that. >> ashes today playing it? very busy with that. >> sport. ashes today playing of sport. >> what's going on, paul?

>> what's going on, paul? >> thank and i suppose that >> thank you. and i suppose that 11 pm. curfew annoying. 11 pm. curfew really annoying. yes today. let's hope that there's no environment protest that jumps its way on confetti's the lawn again . i mean, there's the lawn again. i mean, there's always anything can happen. >> the concern i think marathon council though should have council though they should have a because as as a look at that because as as katie just saying there, katie was just saying there, most houses are rented most of those houses are rented out going out to people who are going to wimbledon yeah wimbledon anyway. yeah. yeah >> so if australia runs through into hours. yeah it's into the early hours. yeah it's two weeks a year. >> you you just let them >> you think you just let them get tennis wouldn't get on with tennis wouldn't you. you'd know you'd think, but let us know what you think that story what you think of that story or any stories that any of the stories that we're talking how you talking about today. how do you have your in the have your weetabix in the morning? vaiews@gbnews.com. >> on, rishi sunak >> but moving on, rishi sunak is now pressure as the now facing more pressure as the conservative party is likely to be by yet another by—election. >> well, this comes after mp chris pincher is now facing an eight week commons suspension as an inquiry found him groped . an inquiry found him groped. seeing two men at a club in london last year. >> well, let's talk to the political editor of the huffington post, kevin schofield, and kevin , this is schofield, and kevin, this is

not what rishi sunak wants to hear. not what rishi sunak wants to hear . of course, there are hear. of course, there are already four by elections upcoming that we're expecting this would be a fifth. are the tories going to lose all of them ? >> 7. >>i 7- >> i mean, ?_ >> i mean, i ? >> i mean, i wouldn't 7 >> i mean, i wouldn't bet against it. i think if they were to lose all of them, it would be a complete disaster, obviously. um there's probably a chance you would think they might hold on to maybe one, possibly two. but generally speaking , governments generally speaking, governments mid—term don't win by elections. now it's very unusual to have five coming up, now it's very unusual to have five coming up , especially at a five coming up, especially at a time when the conservatives are miles behind labour in nepal's. those polls don't seem to be shifting at all, despite rishi sunak's best efforts. so yeah , i sunak's best efforts. so yeah, i would not be entirely surprised whether to lose all five and if they were , then i think we would they were, then i think we would very quickly see another conservative party meltdown . conservative party meltdown. >> and kevin, this is the last thing that rishi sunak needs , thing that rishi sunak needs, isn't it? i mean, he stood on the step of downing street. i mean, we were talking about steps of downing street, but there one. he

there is only, in fact, one. he stood on the step of downing street promised a government street and promised a government of . and whether you of integrity. and whether you like it or not, hearing about chris pincher, again, it feeds into that narrative, doesn't it , of sleaze . this is , of tory sleaze. this is literally the last thing he needs. literally the last thing he needs . absolute needs. absolute >> and the problem when you raise the bar so high and you talk about professionalism and integrity , is that the least integrity, is that the least little thing, it just blows up in your face. and you're right. i mean, obviously this happened pnor i mean, obviously this happened prior to rishi sunak becoming prime minister. this time last yeah prime minister. this time last year. it happened . but, um, but year. it happened. but, um, but yeah, it's just another, um, ghost from the past. almost that rishi sunak is trying to move on from. we've had boris johnson in the headlines again over the last few weeks. partygate once again in the headlines and again , it's the type of stuff that rishi sunak just doesn't want voters to be thinking about it because do, they because as soon as they do, they start remembering what they didn't about the didn't like about the government, what they didn't like about boris johnson and rishi feels the after

rishi sunak feels the after effects. and i think that's part of we've seen the of the reason why we've seen the polls the gap between polls actually the gap between labour the conservatives labour and the conservatives widen last few weeks widen in the last few weeks because negative headlines widen in the last few weeks becalcome negative headlines widen in the last few weeks becalcome backagative headlines widen in the last few weeks becalcome back again. headlines have come back again. >> but this by—election is not happening for certain . 99% happening for certain. 99% chance likelihood it will happen. what's the process now for this by—election to take place ? the privileges committee place? the privileges committee have recommended a sanction, a sanction. what happens next? >> yes. so the report says an eight week suspension now that has to be approved by parliament. that's pretty much a formality . so that is enough now formality. so that is enough now to trigger what's called a recall petition . and so voters recall petition. and so voters in the tamworth constituency will get a chance to sign this if they want , will get a chance to sign this if they want, and chris pincher to be recalled that that is put up for a by—election. now if at least 10% of voters on the electoral roll sign that petition , then a by—election petition, then a by—election will take place. now you've got to imagine 10% is a pretty low bar. you think labour, lib dem

green voters, i think will definitely enough of them will sign it to trigger a by—election. and now we're looking we've got three coming on july the 20th, probably mid bedfordshire once nadine dorries gets around to finally resigning her seat as she said she would do weeks ago and now this one as well. so those will come in the autumn again, you know , just autumn and again, you know, just for argument's if he was for argument's sake, if he was to rishi sunak on july the to lose rishi sunak on july the 20th, all three of it's 20th, all three of them, it's going be a pretty miserable going to be a pretty miserable summer then back summer for them. and then back again the autumn with another again in the autumn with another two elections two very difficult by elections to come going into party conference season. you know, just the bad news just keeps coming for rishi sunak. and as i say, best efforts to say, despite his best efforts to try front foot on try and get on the front foot on things immigration , asian things like immigration, asian crime , it just doesn't seem to crime, it just doesn't seem to be able to move on. and labour are taking full advantage and with a very difficult summer and a very difficult autumn ahead , a very difficult autumn ahead, is there a possibility, do you think, kevin , of the tory party think, kevin, of the tory party kind of regroup ing and renewing ahead of a general election in

2024, or do you think it will just be continued to be haunted by the ghosts of its past ? i by the ghosts of its past? i mean, they'll have no option really, other than to put on some sort of show of unity going into a general election. but if you speak to conservative mps around they're very around parliament, they're very downbeat, miserable. downbeat, very miserable. there's been real noticeable there's been a real noticeable shift in the mood, i think in the last just in the last couple of months. you know, there was those that rishi those who thought that rishi sunak could come in, made a decent ship decent start, steadied the ship and them back on and had sort of got them back on the playing field almost. but now the local elections were poon now the local elections were poor. more and more bad headlines. ever since then . and headlines. ever since then. and yeah, i think a lot of conservative mps are now saying, look, if can hold to look, if i can hold on to my seat, that'll be a great advantage for me personally without even seriously considering the prospect of them forming the next government. >> well , lots to come forming the next government. >> well, lots to come and big questions about when rishi sunak will actually call that general election. the latest he could possibly do it is january 20th, 25. heaven forfend that would be a very long and cold campaign

for everyone. but kevin schofield , thank you so much for schofield, thank you so much for joining us here on britain's newsroom this morning . newsroom this morning. >> what do you think? do you think that rishi sunak will push it far he can? do you it as far as he can? do you think get. well, think he'll try and get. well, that's what gordon brown did. >> behind in >> gordon brown was behind in the in the run up to 2010 the polls in the run up to 2010 and everyone was saying, you're and everyone was saying, you're a street, a squatter in downing street, when this when are you going to call this election? it to the election? and he left it to the last that he last possible moment so that he could prime minister for could be a prime minister for three rishi sunak three years. would rishi sunak thinking would three years. would rishi sunak thinking to would three years. would rishi sunak thinking to sort would three years. would rishi sunak thinking to sort of would three years. would rishi sunak thinking to sort of stretchiould three years. would rishi sunak thinking to sort of stretch outi he want to sort of stretch out his time in downing street for as possible? might he as long as possible? or might he think, to throw in think, oh, i'm going to throw in the towel here? this is just too difficult. these bad difficult. i hate all these bad headlines. move back headlines. i want to move back to perhaps. to sunny california, perhaps. >> you've got >> i don't know. you've got those promises. got a those five promises. i've got a long five long way to go on those five promises. think perhaps you promises. you think perhaps you try as long try and give himself as long as possible. you possible. let us know what you think. gb views at cbnnews.com. >> but now on to the gb news new campaign . pain don't cash . campaign. pain don't kill cash. >> yes. as britain starts moving towards a cashless society, gb news is calling on the government to protect the status of cash as a widely accepted

means of payment in the uk until at least 2050. >> now the gb news don't kill cash campaign is gaining significant momentum. the people's channel continues its fight to protect vulnerable britons who rely on cash and some would argue are being left behind. >> well, the petition has now topped pretty incredibly 163,000 signatures as it only launched on monday. and this is all, of course, to help save the pound in your pockets if you do want to get involved, grab your phone. you can scan this qr code code and sign it. >> i don't think we have the qr code up quite yet, but we'll get that up in a second. the website to go to is w—w—w dot gb news .com/ cash. yeah >> well, we're joined now by the founder of pimlico plumbers charlie mullins, on their qr code for you there so you can go up screen now with up to the tv screen now with your scan in and you your phone, scan that in and you can sign the petition there . but can sign the petition there. but we're joined now by our guest, founder of pimlico plumbers, charlie and gb news charlie mullins, and gb news economics and business editor liam halligan discuss this.

liam halligan to discuss this. good morning to you both. really, really good to have you both with us. charlie, let's start with you, shall we? why do you passionate about you feel so passionate about keeping our pockets? keeping cash in our pockets? >> it's >> well, i think it's unnecessary over a lot unnecessary to change over a lot of are not sort of of people are not sort of digital savvy and they're going to suffer by not just old to suffer by it. not just old people. like whether people. many people like whether it be, you know, charity workers or homeless people on the street and just anybody that you may even tip or even in a restaurant . going suffer by . so they're going to suffer by not us being able to put her handin not us being able to put her hand in their pocket, you know , hand in their pocket, you know, andifs hand in their pocket, you know, and it's also very uncomfortable, i think , giving uncomfortable, i think, giving out details to every tom out your details to every tom dick and harry. and i think it's just going to cause more fraud. i think people are not going to be able to budget properly and i think to think they're going to lose control money. the control over the money. and the other got, other thing you've got, of course, children are not going to used being dealing to get used to being dealing with money and not understand the like pocket the value of it. like pocket money money, money or pocket money, gifts, presents, down the presents, you know, go down the shop and get something. i just think unnecessary think it's an unnecessary thing. i very british. we i mean, we're very british. we love pound . why take love the british pound. why take it it's just going to

it away? it's just going to cause so many problems. and i think a lot of overspending is going happen with people. i going to happen with people. i think they're going think they're just not going to be control things. so i be able to control things. so i don't as good don't see it as a good move. i think campaign brilliant think your campaign is brilliant and i'm and undoubtedly, you know, i'm in and so 163,000 at the in on it and so 163,000 at the moment. so it why make people suffer when we don't need to? why we just make it why shouldn't we just make it easier for them? i mean, do you want give you i mean, someone want to give you i mean, someone comes street, comes up to you in the street, do want give them do you want to give them your credit we're credit card details? we're all really about it. now really dubious about it. now we're just saying, go we're just saying, oh, go on, take want of take what you want kind of thing. think it's a wrong move. >> now, certainly this is a campaign gathering campaign that is gathering momentum, halligan, momentum, but liam halligan, there businesses us there are some businesses us that find it a lot easier to accept card payment, find it a lot easier to accept those quick phone taps and don't necessarily want with counting want to be dealing with counting up at the of up the till. at the end of the day. i worked at day. i remember when i worked at a bar that the a student bar that was the bane of life, having count all of my life, having to count all of my life, having to count all of the money at the end of a at the of a day. are there the end of a day. are there not some here would some businesses here that would rather to a cashless society? >> there are massive vested interests that want to move to a

cashless society. tom, you've got of big businesses they got lots of big businesses they don't want to incur those cash handung don't want to incur those cash handling costs. as you say , handling costs. as you say, you've got governments around the world. they want to make sure they're getting sure that they're getting their tax everything that we tax dollar on everything that we do. they don't like cash . i do. so they don't like cash. i think all, you've got the think above all, you've got the big want big tech companies who want to monitor everything that we do through digital footprint. through our digital footprint. if you surveillance if you like surveillance capitalism, they call it, they can follow what we do and then they can flog our activity is what buy when we how what we buy when we buy. how much we third parties. so much we pay to third parties. so they can sell us more stuff that we don't using that we don't need using money that we don't need using money that we don't need using money that we don't have. look, there are 5 million of us in the uk who still rely on cash every single day. there are still four 6 billion transactions a year in this country that rely on cash . this country that rely on cash. have a quick look at this graphic back in 20 2012, back in 2012, still 60% of all transactions in this country were cash. it is now 30% because of the rise of smartphones and

onune of the rise of smartphones and online transactions. of course, by 2035, it's going to be less than 10. that's according to uk finance, the sort of industry body for britain's banks. and then we've got these cash deserts as well. a fifth of atms have closed since 2018 and a lot more closed before that . so for more closed before that. so for a old people, this is a lot of old people, this is terrible. if you're a little old lady, a little couple, you're driving into a town, want to driving into a town, you want to park, you can't you haven't even got smartphone . you know, 10% got a smartphone. you know, 10% of britain's households aren't on we got to get on the internet. we got to get real. we are stopping a big chunk society taking part in chunk of society taking part in society because we are getting rid of cash. so don't kill cash. gb news gb news .com forward slash cash and you can push that up to a quarter of a million. look, we're going to get a parliamentary debate out of this at least because we've got 100,000. it 100,000. let's get it to a quarter million really quarter of a million and really make noise. quarter of a million and really ma and noise. quarter of a million and really ma and i noise. quarter of a million and really ma and i guess.e. quarter of a million and really ma and i guess liam well. the >> and i guess liam as well. the point all of this is the point of all of this is the point of all of this is the point of all of this is the point of i you can point of choice. i mean, you can use cards want when use cards when you want to when that's but that's convenient for you, but we don't want to kill cash. and this also into the idea of

this also feeds into the idea of banks closing, doesn't it, charlie? you can be paid charlie? because you can be paid cash, but then you've to cash, but then you've got to find a bank in order to pay it in. that's becoming more and in. and that's becoming more and more in. and that's becoming more and mo yeah, i think they've >> yeah, well, i think they've just a corner, just pushed us into a corner, which need. i think which we don't need. and i think the you're going the other problem you're going to about when to have there is what about when you're your you're out and about and your phone the card phone don't work or the card don't phone don't work or the card dont and phone don't work or the card don't and you've got no don't work and you've got no cash, know , it's going to cash, you know, it's going to make very difficult . i cash, you know, it's going to make very difficult. i think make it very difficult. i think it's just so unnecessary. and i think trying to do think what they're trying to do is just us is liam says, you just put us in a where they're a situation where they're controlling and look, we've controlling us and look, we've earned should be earned the money. we should be able how we want to able to have it how we want to have spend how we have it and spend it how we want. want to go in want. i don't want to go in a shop say, buy my fiance or shop and say, buy my fiance or fiancee. i was going to shop and say, buy my fiance or fianour i was going to shop and say, buy my fiance or fianour girlfriend, was going to shop and say, buy my fiance or fianour girlfriend, but; going to shop and say, buy my fiance or fianour girlfriend, but fiance to shop and say, buy my fiance or fianour girlfriend, but fiance .to say our girlfriend, but fiance. city, thank you and all of a sudden, like she gets a little note saying, i've spent whatever , man, you know, and you just don't need all that, do you? i mean , it's going to make it so mean, it's going to make it so much. and what liam said was right. people are going right. so many people are going to behind on it. to be left left behind on it. and people that and you still got people that haven't accounts. you haven't got bank accounts. you know, some of the older people,

haven't got bank accounts. you knovasome of the older people, haven't got bank accounts. you knova million the older people, haven't got bank accounts. you knova million the oloveryeople, haven't got bank accounts. you knova million the olover a)ple, over a million of us, over a million uk can't get million uk adults can't get a bank account, not just because they're nigel farage or politically , because the politically exposed, because the bank doesn't think they've got the fides, they won't might the bona fides, they won't might not have been living at an address long enough period. >> they might only on >> they might only be on benefits . if you haven't benefits. if you haven't got a bank account, haven't bank account, you haven't got a smartphone. if you're of the smartphone. if you're one of the 10% households not on the 10% of households not on the internet that's people internet. so that's older people and kids , how are you going and some kids, how are you going to anything? then you've to do anything? and then you've got are to got the banks are going to obviously charges. mean, they charge already >> i mean, they charge already for card use and i think for certain card use and i think that if everybody's taking a card only, they're going to put that charge onto everyone. so, i mean, it's crazy idea. i mean, you know, we're british and british love a pound british people love a pound note in pocket. in their pocket. >> charlie mullins >> well, charlie mullins and indeed thank you indeed liam halligan, thank you so talking us through indeed liam halligan, thank you so big, talking us through indeed liam halligan, thank you so big, bigilking us through indeed liam halligan, thank you so big, big issues. s through indeed liam halligan, thank you so big, big issues. there's|h those big, big issues. there's still so much to come here on britain's newsroom, not least our cheap package holidays giving a skin cancer. >> and of course, we're going to be talking about how you take your the morning. your weetabix in the morning. milk cereal. first, let us milk or cereal. first, let us know. gb views gb news .com. this is britain's newsroom on gb

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good morning. it's 10 am. on friday, the 7th of july. >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news with tom harwood and me, ellie costello . ellie costello. >> well, here's what's coming up on the program today. rishi sunak neck is facing yet more pressure as the conservative party is likely to be hit with yet another by—election, taking the upcoming total to five after yesterday's horror crash at a wimbledon prep school. >> we'll get the latest from the

scene with our reporter and our cheap package holidays giving us all skin cancer. >> well , all skin cancer. >> well, we'll be joined with the by the oncologist at professor karol sikora . professor karol sikora. and this show is nothing without you. >> so we love to hear from you on the stories that we're talking about today, whether it's those by elections that are coming up or whether it's about how you have your weetabix in the morning. >> many have been >> so many people have been writing the way writing in about the way in which put cereal in which they put their cereal in first the milk in first. do first or the milk in first. do they whack in the microwave they whack it in the microwave or do they turn it into some sort of slushy porridge, which i find vile? do get in touch. vaiews@gbnews.com. >> but first, let's get a news bulletin with rhiannon . bulletin with rhiannon. >> thank you. good morning. it's

10:01. your top stories from the gb newsroom . house prices fell gb newsroom. house prices fell at the fastest annual rate in 12 years last month. halifax reports the average uk property price was down 2.6% in june, compared with the same month last year. that's more than double the drop in may, marking the largest fall since 2011. the mortgage provider says the average house price forjune mortgage provider says the average house price for june was around £286,000. and energy giant shell says its gas profits are significantly lower in the second quarter of the year. the oil and gas firm says trading has been impacted by seasonal shifts in the market. in the first three months. it also expects an adjusted loss of between six and $800 million for the quarter . between six and $800 million for the quarter. the deputy general secretary of the national education union says it will be a real failure for the government if all four teaching unions vote to strike together . unions vote to strike together. station is a right that is why

we have to fight . it station is a right that is why we have to fight. it comes as teachers across england walk out for a second day in the latest wave of strike action over pay . wave of strike action over pay. members of the union warned there could be more strikes in there could be more strikes in the autumn term. the government offered a one off £1,000 payment for the year as well as a 4.5% pay for the year as well as a 4.5% pay rise for next year. all for education. unions rejected the offer as science teacher on the picket line today told us he'd like a pay rise in line with inflation. >> we feel that our pay has been cut significantly as a result of stagnating wages for education and rising inflation, and we feel that this government hasn't been willing to do enough to support education, and we know that so many, so many new teachers are leaving the profession so early . it's profession so early. it's unsustainable . the wages are not unsustainable. the wages are not meeting . the work that they're meeting. the work that they're being asked to put in, and it's driving people out of the system. and that's really bad

for students. >> radiographers who carry out scans on patients will stage a 48 hour strike later this month over pay. the walkout will take place from 8 am. on the 25th of july. the society of radiographers says its members at 43 nhs trusts will take part in the strike action. the announcement comes after union members voted to reject the government's pay offer of 5% plus a non—consolidated lump sum . the police are failing the pubuc . the police are failing the public too often. that's according to a new report. his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary and fire and rescue services says there are still significant shortcomings in key areas . significant shortcomings in key areas. that's significant shortcomings in key areas . that's despite progress areas. that's despite progress being made in recording crime. the report says some of the issues include skills shortages and long call delays as inquests are to open into the deaths of two university students and a school caretaker killed in an attack in nottingham. grace o'malley, kumar and barnaby

weber , both 19, along with 65 weber, both 19, along with 65 year old ian coats, died in a knife attack in the early hours of june 13th. 31 year old valdo kulkarni is charged with their murder as well as attempted murder as well as attempted murder for an alleged van attack on pedestrians . meanwhile, on pedestrians. meanwhile, inquests into the deaths of four boys who died after falling through ice on a frozen lake will also be heard today . will also be heard today. brothers six year old samuel and eight year old finlay butler died along with their 11 year old cousin, thomas stewart and ten year old jack johnson . they ten year old jack johnson. they were pulled from babbs mill lake in kingshurst in december last yean in kingshurst in december last year, but later died in hospital. an initial inquest was told three of the boys were rescued after 22 minutes in the icy water, while the fourth was rescued after half an hour . rescued after half an hour. three men have been charged in court with terrorism offences unked court with terrorism offences linked to the attempted murder of a police officer in northern ireland. the men, aged 23, 25

and 36, have been charged with possessing articles for use in terrorism. detective chief inspector john caldwell was shot multiple times in front of his son at a sports complex in omagh in february . son at a sports complex in omagh in february. he son at a sports complex in omagh in february . he spent several in february. he spent several weeks in intensive care . mps weeks in intensive care. mps have criticised the government's handung have criticised the government's handling of the hs2, euston station project in london. in a report by the public accounts committee, the government's accused of lacking clarity in its objectives. despite eight years of planning . the project years of planning. the project has experienced delays . hayes has experienced delays. hayes and hs2 trains are now not expected to run into euston until 2041, and the government says it remains committed to delivering the project . and delivering the project. and twitter is threatening to sue sir mark zuckerberg after claiming meta's new app threads is a copycat of twitter . is a copycat of twitter. twitter's lawyers allege meta has unlawfully misappropriate

its trade secrets and intellectual property. it also accuses matter of hiring former twitter employees with access to confidential information . meta confidential information. meta denies the claims and says that no threads team members are former twitter employees . as former twitter employees. as this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back over to tom and . it's back over to tom and. ellie >> well, a very good morning to you and welcome to britain's newsroom with me, tom harwood and ellie costello. it's friday, the 7th of july, and it's just gone 10:07. and i've got to say , a lot of people have been getting in touch some about the big issues, some about the trivial issues that we love so much. >> yeah , i mean, lots of you >> yeah, i mean, lots of you getting in touch on that don't kill cash campaign this morning, which incredible. so gb news

which is incredible. so gb news launched already launched this on monday. already 163,000 of you have signed that petition. it's amazing, isn't it? lots of you getting in touch. and david in hampshire says, although we do use cards, we never put tips on a card. if you do, you're giving the banks a percentage of that tips. tip should be in cash. >> also, if you give a cash tip , sometimes these tips have to be shared around with all of the different waiters and all the rest of it. i much prefer if you've had great service from someone, want to give them a someone, you want to give them a bit extra they should take bit extra care, they should take that shouldn't they? >> know always think that as >> i know i always think that as well. >> you know, when i was a waitress, that used happen waitress, that used to happen a lot. people would say, we want to give a tip only specifically to give a tip only specifically to you. yeah, but they were strict rules that. strict rules about that. >> well, philip has written in imagine, pocket imagine, say, imagine pocket money cards. money becoming pocket cards. >> not i there's >> so it's not i think there's something tangible physical money teach money being able to teach children value of children about the value of money, flitting money money, about not flitting money away, rest away, about saving all the rest of think it's very important. >> i think there's a lot to be said about that, because i think

if something's on a card, you don't see it really for what it is, which is valuable. whereas if cash in your hand, if you have cash in your hand, you literally see it you can literally see it depleting. i think there's depleting. and i think there's a lot depleting faster lot sometimes depleting faster than other times. >> if there's anything near me in a shop. >> but, but are other >> but, but there are other issues people have been issues that people have been writing in about as well, because question that because the big question that we've is, is it we've been asking is, is it cereal first or milk first? >> is because weetabix >> this is all because weetabix seem have, in my put seem to have, in my view, put out sacrilegious social media out a sacrilegious social media post you should post saying that you should put your in you put your your milk in before you put your weetabix in, but lots people weetabix in, but lots of people have been getting in, got you getting and. getting in touch and. absolutely. ellie, absolutely. so so, ellie, you said in. said you put in. >> so my of doing it is >> so my way of doing it is a little bit different. so i do weetabix first milk in the microwave , a sprinkle sugar, microwave, a sprinkle of sugar, stunning. a nice soggy, stunning. so like a nice soggy, warm bowl of joy. >> and i just can't stand soggy, warm bowls like hard biscuit . warm bowls like hard biscuit. well, julie agrees with you. juua well, julie agrees with you. julia has said, i'm with ellie about 300ml of milk in a jug. pop it in the microwave for 2—2 minutes. yes. that's hard . and

minutes. yes. that's hard. and then pour it over your bowl of weetabix. oh, so. so the milk is heated, but the weetabix isn't. that's a good way doing it, julie. >> but she also has sugar. so you i, we should have you and i, we should have breakfast together. she says it's is. it's glorious. and it is. >> yeah. dave braintree, however, has written in and i assume this is about cereal, but it could be about anything he said. tom is correct in every respect. coyte and so. dave that's my favourite comment this morning. we need morning. i don't think we need to more. to hear any more. >> going make head >> i'm going to make his head really big. >> we've, we've settled all of these different debates now. >> different >> this is different from ivor who like weetabix who says, i like weetabix buttered with lemon curd for breakfast first, then put hot milk over the top. >> that's a bit much . >> that's a bit much. >> that's a bit much. >> i feel like a lemony biscuity i >> -- >> lemony biscuity milky blancmange blancmange . blancmange blancmange. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> would you like a blancmange? >> would you like a blancmange? >> yeah. just too many different things all at once. well, anyway, your anyway, keep your keep your views coming that. let's get views coming at that. let's get to real news well this to some real news as well this morning rishi sunak is morning because rishi sunak is facing pressure. facing more and more pressure. this the tory party is this is as the tory party is likely to be hit with yet

another by—election. >> yes, comes after mp >> yes, this comes after mp chris pincher is now facing an eight commons suspension eight week commons suspension known as inquiry found that known as an inquiry found that he had groped two men at a club in london last year. well let's talk to christian cowley, the senior political correspondent at daily express. at the daily express. >> christian, thank you for being with us this morning . it's being with us this morning. it's a big political story of course, but before we get on to the politics, how do you have your breakfast in the morning ? breakfast in the morning? >> i haven't eaten breakfast for many years . tom, get out of bed many years. tom, get out of bed . the news is my breakfast. that's nice. that's nice. >> good answer. >> good answer. >> good answer . >> good answer. >> good answer. >> why have gained so much weight over the last two years? >> it's too much news. well, let's get let's get to this particular problem for rishi sunak because there are three by elections occurring on the 20th of this month . and we're of this month. and now we're expecting two more or perhaps in the autumn. this is not the in—tray that the prime minister wants to see. >> no, it's disastrous , both on

>> no, it's disastrous, both on paperin >> no, it's disastrous, both on paper in terms of commons votes, because of the tory party is very divided. so notionally when bofis very divided. so notionally when boris won a nato seat, majority people said, oh well you know, you've got to then get 40 mps to rebel. but actually that wasn't very difficult because even under boris the tory party was very split between free marketeers and, you know, one nafion marketeers and, you know, one nation conservatives and all the rest. and that has splintered even more under rishi sunak. so rebellions and defeats are becoming increasingly very likely. but then you've also got the very important issue of party morale . and i've been party morale. and i've been speaking to a lot of mps over the last two weeks at many of the last two weeks at many of the summer receptions that we've seen , and they are very , very seen, and they are very, very depressed. and the continuous loss of seats with massive majority is, you know, almost all the seats that are going up for by—election over the next

few months have 20 odd thousand majorities , with the exception majorities, with the exception of boris's seat in uxbridge. and they're almost certain to lose them . so and they're in all them. so and they're in all parts of the country. you've got the north—west with tamworth and chris pincher, you've got the yorkshire with selby , you've got yorkshire with selby, you've got down in somerset , coyte with down in somerset, coyte with david warburton . they're all david warburton. they're all across the country , they're all across the country, they're all looking like defeats and this is a nightmare both for morale and party activist morale. >> and what about morale of the prime minister? rishi sunak , who prime minister? rishi sunak, who promised a government of integrity? and when we're talking about chris pincher, we are reminded , aren't we, of the are reminded, aren't we, of the tory sleaze time and it makes it all too easy, doesn't it, for those negative headlines and those negative headlines and those easier tack lines from from other parties . from other parties. >> so it does. it's quite a squalid affair and you know, people saying is he going to resign before the by—election? is he going to , you know, just

is he going to, you know, just run off or stay for as long as he can? i don't think he's going to discover a sense of shame anytime soon. and you've got to remember, if there's a two month recall petition that's quite a lot of salary given an £80,000 annual income . but to be fair to annual income. but to be fair to the rishi sunak, this did happen at the end of boris's era. the whip was withdrawn on and there is no mechanism . despite what is no mechanism. despite what labour have attacked rishi sunak for, there's no mechanism for them to kick him out of parliament. they did as much as they could do without chris pincher himself making a decision to resign, and that is fair criticism of the of the system , if you like. well, is it system, if you like. well, is it is it a fair is just fryston? >> is it a fair criticism of the system? because parliament isn't a normal employer ? people are a normal employer? people are sent there by their constituents . it's surely the only way people should be removed from parliament isn't by some committee , isn't by some formal committee, isn't by some formal process . it's by a recall

process. it's by a recall petition which is happening and then a vote of constituents. surely if the only way you get in there is by a vote of your constituents , is the only constituents, is the only democratic way people democratic way that people should is through should be removed is through a vote their constituents as vote of their constituents as well vote of their constituents as wel no, vote of their constituents as welno, mean , i do agree with >> no, i mean, i do agree with you and i say people can can argue, people do argue and we see quite a lot of moves within the debate around propriety and ethics in politics and in government to hand over control to some, you know , sort of to some, you know, sort of dedicated bureaucrat, some top civil servants who will adjudicate on ministerial propriety or standards or privileges committee. and i feel deeply uncomfortable with that. i think what that does is it takes the voice of the 70,000 or so electors in x member's constituency and gives the power to a small number of mps or even worse, an unelected civil servant to make that decision for them. so i think the mechanism at the moment is broadly right for what it's

worth, i think that the current recall puts mission way about doing things where it's, you know, it's a it's a limit of ten days, isn't it, a suspension in ten days is a very low limit for a suspension when you're getting 50 odd days. for chris pincher 90 days for boris johnson . 90 days for boris johnson. actually, i think there's an argument to make that ceiling slightly higher. so you've got more options for suspension without then threatening a by—election in almost every case, or perhaps just a different way to call about these recall petitions. >> of course, the original recall bill put forward by zac goldsmith back when he was an mp in the early 2010s, didn't want a committee of mps to decide this. it wanted it should be sort of more organic from the people saying, we want to recall this mp perhaps that's that's something look again yes. something to look at. again yes. >> ironically , zac goldsmith put >> ironically, zac goldsmith put forward petition and forward a recall petition and then a by—election over then had a by—election over heathrow and ended up losing to the lib dems. so it didn't all

go entirely well for him. i mean, i also disagree with that proposal i think what proposal because i think what that to, unless proposal because i think what that got to, unless proposal because i think what that got an to, unless proposal because i think what that got an incredibly;s proposal because i think what that got an incredibly high you've got an incredibly high bar , know, 60, 70% of bar, you know, 60, 70% of constituents wanting a by—election then you're going to end up in a situation where any mp who takes any unpopular contrary partial decision could be threatened with a by—election and you you and i know how you know, especially on things like housing, on development , know, especially on things like housing, on development, on infrastructure. you know, you can get very large minority of groups that put pressure on mps and i think anything to decrease the level of freedom that they have to make independent decisions. you know, we've got elections there every five years. i know in this country we get very impatient and the lib dems call for a general election every other week and labour to five years is a very consistent penod five years is a very consistent period to have elections and just say everyone calm down. if an mps messed up their constituents will have the right to get rid of them two in three

years time. um, in the meantime time let them let mps get on with doing the job in the way they see fit and leave democracy alone. >> okay, christian, really good to see you this morning. thank you very much for your company. >> yeah, it's interesting that christian corgi there was mentioning how housing could be one of these issues whereby people would put forward a recall petition because this is by luck. very next subject by luck. our very next subject indeed, uk house prices fell at their fastest annual pace since june 2011. last month . now, that june 2011. last month. now, that might sound slightly surprised to people who are in the property market at the moment. but year on year , the average but year on year, the average price of a home in june price of a home sold in june fell by 2.6. but but if we look at that in the round, if we move on a little bit, we can compare that to previous years where actually the price rises have been really rather big . been really rather big. >> mm hm. well, britain has suffered some of the worst house price falls when compared to other major european economies.

and understandably , soaring and understandably, soaring interest rates and persistent inflation are potentially deter ing british buyers. but why are we experiencing such a drop compared to those other major eu economies? >> well, one man who definitely has an answer to this is freddie poser. he's the director of pficed poser. he's the director of priced out uk . and freddie, priced out uk. and freddie, i think a lot of people will be raising an eyebrow at these figures that say prices are falling because too many people it doesn't feel like that. absolutely >> i think what's been key to get right is that prices are falling. headline value of falling. the headline value of the falling. that the home is falling. that doesn't houses doesn't mean these houses are getting any more affordable, that to buy if your that it's easier to buy if your interest rate you know, we're now seeing that two year fixes are 6% across uk are well above 6% across the uk . if that's gone up from maybe 2 or 3% as the average market rate, then your mortgage repayment is actually much higher. the sticker higher. even though the sticker price down bit from price has come down a bit from the peaks , it's still the very peaks, it's still a long way up where it was even just 5 years ago. but we're just 5 or 6 years ago. but we're not seeing houses get more affordable. >> this so 2.6% is a fall

>> and is this so 2.6% is a fall that we've seen in the uk. that's more than in other european countries. might that be explained because we had a higher income increase in previous years as well . so previous years as well. so i think it was it was double digit increases after covid of house pnces increases after covid of house prices that going down by just 2.6. on aggregate, it's still a lot higher, perhaps? >> yes, i think that's probably right. i think there are lots of different factors about the british market. think british housing market. i think part we've got these part of that is we've got these really overvalued homes really highly overvalued homes depending where you sit, and depending on where you sit, and that makes it that exposes it a lot, that if the demand suddenly falls a bit , that be falls a bit, that could be really exposed, then again, with this price. but coyte this sticker price. but coyte houses aren't there's no cause to celebrate because it doesn't make it easier for first time buyers get the housing buyers to get on the housing ladden buyers to get on the housing ladder. fact, what we're ladder. in fact, what we're seeing first time buyers, seeing is first time buyers, people who have to with people who have to buy with a mortgage, with drawing, unable to and the prices have to to pay, and the prices have to come down. >> what's your about >> what's your prediction about what freddie? what happens next, freddie? >> you think we will >> because do you think we will see prices to see house prices continue to come know it's always come down? i know it's always very to make a guess very difficult to make a guess at these things. but with

interest rates , as you say, it's interest rates, as you say, it's going be so much harder for going to be so much harder for people mortgages if they people to get mortgages if they haven't got one, haven't already got one, or indeed they have refix, indeed when they have to refix, it's difficult for it's becoming very difficult for people, ? people, isn't it? >> i try never to make >> i think i try never to make predictions, i think that predictions, but i think that that's right. the that's probably right. the market seems to think that the banks base rate will hit banks base rate will will hit about in the medium term, about 6% in the medium term, which means we'll see mortgage rates go higher than 6. they're always above base always a bit above that base rate. so we start to see rate. so if we start to see mortgage rates 7.5, mortgage rates of seven, 7.5, i think we can we can see expect to see demand shrink a bit. but i don't think we're going to see a sort of 2008 style cratering and we're certainly not to and we're certainly not going to see massive term see a massive long term correction. the british housing market, unfortunately, because we're not building more homes. house in the long run, house prices in the long run, i think will you know, this will round out to being still on the up. >> and i just want to ask you, because we were discussing this a little bit earlier on this week. mean, people always make week. i mean, people always make references, don't they, to the 80s when interest rates 80s and 90s when interest rates were and they're were 12, 14, 15. and they're saying, know, it's too saying, you know, it's not too bad for you now at 6% it's not

quite the is it because we quite the same is it because we are a lot more indebted in those houses that we're in? absolutely >> about sort of >> we it's all about sort of loan loan to value ratios and loan to loan to value ratios and then payments to your then your payments to your income. what we've seen is income. and what we've seen is that people are having to borrow far more than as far more than their as a multiple of their income up to 10 times, sometimes in the 10 or 11 times, sometimes in the south back in 80s, south east when back in the 80s, even though interest rate even though the interest rate was money was more was higher, the money was more expensive, you were borrowing less that just it's less of it and that just it's a lot more affordable on a loan of £90,000 to pay a 15% interest rate than on a loan of £500,000 to pay a 6% interest rate. absolutely if you're if you're borrowing more , you know, a borrowing more, you know, a percentage of that is even more. and we're seeing the difference doesn't nearly make up for the slightly lower interest rates how. >> now. >> okay , freddie poser, really >> okay, freddie poser, really good to see you this morning. thank you so much for coming in. thank you so much for coming in. thank you. >> well, still to come, are these cheap package holidays >> well, still to come, are thesyweleap package holidays >> well, still to come, are thesyweleaflove kage holidays >> well, still to come, are thesyweleaflove s0|e holidays >> well, still to come, are thesyweleaflove so much days >> well, still to come, are thesyweleaflove so much causing that we all love so much causing an increase in skin cancer for happy holiday makers? well, find out after this . out more after this. >> the temperatures rising.

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gb news. britain's news. channel >> welcome back . it's just >> welcome back. it's just coming up to 1028. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with tom harwood and me, ellie costello. >> now the number of people in the uk diagnosed with skin cancer has hit a record high with a sharp rise amongst those, particularly over the age of 55. >> yes , melanoma cases across >> yes, melanoma cases across all age groups have reached 17,500 a year. in the uk, the highest since records began. that's according to cancer research uk . research uk. >> so a boom in cheap package holidays in the 1960s has been

unked holidays in the 1960s has been linked to this rise in this serious type of skin cancer among particularly older adults . that's what cancer research uk has been suggesting. but let's get more on this with the oncologist and former chief of the who's cancer programme, professor carol sikora . professor carol sikora. professor carol sikora. professor thank you so much for being with us this morning. this is this is a big concern for people. i mean, is there this direct link that cancer research has been suggesting between package holidays? many more people going to sunnier climes in the last few decades and this increase , particularly for older increase, particularly for older people . people. >> it is melanoma is a dangerous cancer to have because it spreads cure able if it's localised. so picking up quickly is great. it's black spots, brazier melanomas just means black in latin . and what black in latin. and what happenedin black in latin. and what happened in the 50s and 60s package holidays came in. you know, instead of bournemouth, eastbourne , felixstowe and so

eastbourne, felixstowe and so on. people stopped going to the british seaside , they went to british seaside, they went to spain. it was half the price. and when they went, they became lobsters. they sat on the beach and went red. and that's the most dangerous way of trying to get a suntan . and that is linked get a suntan. and that is linked to melanoma. and this data produced by cancer research uk really validates the fact that you should be careful about the sun. >> yeah, i mean, we do have to be really, really careful when we go on holiday, especially where sun. the sun is a lot stronger. but i mean, i think what feeds into this is what also feeds into this is beauty standards this desire beauty standards and this desire to be tanned. all year round. and certainly this country and certainly in this country it's a lot of sunbeds use as well, isn't it? and that will be directly linked to melanoma. is there a safe number of sunbed usage is that someone can do or are sunbeds unsafe ? do they lead are sunbeds unsafe? do they lead to melanoma ? to melanoma? >> i think those people that go and have the total tan and really keep going back to have it every week to keep the tan up

to speed. that's the dangerous thing. there's no safe dose of sunlight. that's the trouble. and everybody's individual, my wife, for example , has a wife, for example, has a disorder in her knee repair mechanism, which means that she gets these little spots when she goesin gets these little spots when she goes in the sun. it's called actinic keratosis ipsis. and it is a pre cancer. so we check her regularly and a lot of people have that. so individual sensitivities in important. so one person may be able to lie and become a lobster. another person can't. and i think the interesting thing about the current data , it really does tie current data, it really does tie to in the time period in the 60s when package holidays started for the first time. it was cheaper to go abroad in a plane than it was to go to the british seaside . and that meant lots of seaside. and that meant lots of people went there and these people went there and these people are now in the 50s and 60s and they're the ones which have the increase in melanoma. so it really is pretty conclusive that it was something that changed in the 60s that led to the events that we're seeing now with the rise in cancer .

now with the rise in cancer. >> do we take this all too lightly? i know i've been abroad and when someone gets a big red suntan, everyone sort of laughs about it and oh, you've been out for long. stayed. for too long. you stayed. i mean, we. should we take mean, should we. should we take this seriously or should this more seriously or should we perhaps be be absolutely avoiding these things and perhaps chastise those who sort of asleep in the sun ? of fall asleep in the sun? >> no, i think it's okay in moderation . and to keep moderation. and to keep something on just a loose vest or of clothing, at something on just a loose vest or of clothing, a t shirt, for example, even if you go swimming , you keep the t shirt on and there's no doubt that the sun is a dangerous thing and combination with sea and wind damages. the skin as do the sunbeds and it's the repetition of the damage that causes the problem . and we don't really problem. and we don't really understand the complete link in melanoma. other cancers of the skin are quite harmless because they can remove very easily and they can remove very easily and they don't spread. but melanoma can spread. it's still curable. 85% of patients with melanoma

will be cured of their disease because it's excised locally and we've got better treatments. now, immuno therapy drugs that work for melanoma, but the best thing is prevention , and that thing is prevention, and that means putting sun cream on, keeping a t shirt on and avoiding just sitting there and going to sleep after a six pack of lager and lying there in the sun. that's the problem . sun. that's the problem. >> professor sikora , you're just >> professor sikora, you're just describing my holidays. >> i don't know how you've got this insight. thank you very much. >> professor karol sikora , >> professor karol sikora, really good to see you this morning. as such an important message, prevention is key. you've got to wear your fat factor. 50, tom. >> everything in moderation. everything moderation . everything in moderation. >> till you make it. >> fake it till you make it. that's what i this fake. that's what i say. this is fake. >> tan . >> fake tan. >> fake tan. >> do you know what i've started doing? i now have a doing? always. i now have a moisturiser morning moisturiser on every morning that has spf in it, so i am wearing cream my face wearing sun cream on my face right just something. right now. just something. someone know who's someone who i know who's a little bit older has a very little bit older but has a very young told just wear young face, told me just wear sun day. if i can

sun cream every day. if i can tell you anything. >> tom, it's skincare. but anyway, we'll get into that. still to come, ben stokes still to come, is ben stokes team facing an uphill in team facing an uphill battle in this week's ashes? will be live from yorkshire with the latest. that's morning news that's after your morning news with . rihanna with. rihanna >> thank you. good morning. it's 1034. your top stories from the newsroom . a woman continues to newsroom. a woman continues to be questioned today over a car crash at a school in london which killed an eight year old girl. 16 people needed treatment after a land rover crashed into the study prep school in wimbledon. the woman in her 40s remains in custody . she was remains in custody. she was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving . death by dangerous driving. energy giant shell says its gas profits are six significantly lower in the second quarter of this year . lower in the second quarter of this year. the oil and gas firm says trading has been impacted by seasonal shifts in the market. in the first three months. it also expect an

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through the build up and just stop oils plans to disrupt play or no? we hope not. good morning to you, anna. how are things looking there? do you think there's going to be some disruption ? disruption? >> good morning. yes england resume on 68 to 3. a lot of excitement here ahead of the game. that's starting at 11:00. you may be able to see behind me or if you're listening on radio here at headingley station , as here at headingley station, as the crowds are pouring in, tickets have sold out for day two of this third ashes test, which is absolutely crucial for england to win. it's currently 2—0. they need to win this third test to remain in with the chance of winning the ashes. overall, it was exciting gameplay. i was here yesterday. there was a lot of support for wood and his bowling and they're hoping to keep up that atmosphere here today in terms of security being put in place. yes, just a pile. obviously, earlier in the week, they

stormed wimbledon , didn't they? stormed wimbledon, didn't they? came onto a match there using jigsaw and confetti . also last jigsaw and confetti. also last week at the lord's as well, dunng week at the lord's as well, during the ashes, jonny bairstow, actually one of the england cricketers, carried off a protester to try and resume play. so there has been security ramped up here. the yorkshire county cricket club have been working closely with west yorkshire police to make sure people don't storm the pitch. and there's been an increased security as well. i can see that people have been walking in. there's been a lot of bag searches to check what people are bringing in. and there's also been sniffer dogs as well to check what people are bringing in. so hopefully not hopefully it won't be disturbed. i've been speaking to people here morning and they say here this morning and they say they would be very disappointed if the game was to be disturbed by just stop oil protesters. they say some of them say they can understand they've maybe got a want to make, but a point they want to make, but they doing at they don't think doing it at sporting events the right way

sporting events is the right way to it. so will be on the to do it. so we will be on the lookout for anything happening today. crossed, not today. but fingers crossed, not fingers a nice, fingers crossed. it's a nice, peaceful that everybody can peaceful game that everybody can enjoy without disruption. >> fingers crossed . >> ian yeah, fingers crossed. >> ian yeah, fingers crossed. >> nana riley it would be nice to just focus on the sport, wouldn't it? and the weather looks wonderful there, enjoy looks wonderful there, so enjoy it great, it? it looks great, doesn't it? anyone their shorts? it looks great, doesn't it? anyoh, their shorts? it looks great, doesn't it? anyoh, know. shorts? it looks great, doesn't it? anyoh, know. i'mrts? jealous. >> oh, i know. i'm very jealous. i'm not in shorts at all. perhaps. >> perhaps you wanted to come in without jacket today? i did. >> well, i thought it's >> well, i just thought it's going to be. it's going be going to be. it's going to be touching 30 degrees. >> wanted to come >> so, i mean, he wanted to come casual. >> f- f— e think we've got >> luckily, i think we've got some air con in the studio, so that's. always nice and that's. that's always nice and cool. yes. but now let's have a look what's been going on the look what's been going on in the wider news. going to wider news. we're going to review just the papers, but review not just the papers, but some as well. some other stories as well. delighted joined by the delighted to be joined by the writer commentator candace writer and commentator candace hallsworth and the former special michael special adviser to michael gove. charlie us charlie rowley, to take us through some of these headlines this morning. through some of these headlines this morning . yes. this morning. yes. >> and let's have a look at those headlines, shall we? because leads with because the times leads with flight which flight disruption, which could affect of european affect a third of european

holidays. traffic holidays. now traffic controllers are threatening to strike. >> and the daily mirror leads with horrific crash which with the horrific crash which killed one girl and injured 16 other people yesterday in wimbledon. after this land rover crashed into a school . crashed into a school. >> the guardian says ministers have been ordered to hand over messages from the former prime minister to the covid inquiry after losing a legal challenge and the telegraph says that the archbishop thinks universities should face funding cuts for not supporting minorities. the daily mail shows the vehicle, which crashed yesterday into a school in wimbledon, killing a girl aged eight and injuring 16 other people. >> and the eye newspaper for talks about the home office as well. but we'll maybe get to that a little bit later. let's kick off with some of these stories because candace , there's stories because candace, there's one really interesting story that you've picked up from the express and it's a foreign story. what's going on here. >> so this story in the express is about prigozhin. so he's the

leader of the wagner group he led this uprising this march on moscow, now supposedly exiled to belarus. and it's all about his saint petersburg palace . so if saint petersburg palace. so if you go inside it, it is exactly what you'd imagine from prigozhin just lots of weird stuff. so wigs, sunglasses , gold stuff. so wigs, sunglasses, gold bars, stuffed alligators . i bars, stuffed alligators. i mean, this guy, i mean, i don't think character quite describes him. and he went from like a hot dog salesman to a convict to leading some mercenary group and now living in a saint petersburg palace. mean , so people palace. i mean, so people watching on television can see some of these peculiar wigs on screen. >> the guy looks like borat when he's dressed up like mean. why is he be doing this? >> who knows? i mean, he has so many different identities. i think occupying the position he has in putin's russia. i mean, you would have to you would have to hide yourself. i mean, moving around moscow and there's probably get him probably people out to get him all the time. some people don't even in i even believe he's in belarus. i mean, story express mean, the story in the express thinks be in hiding

thinks he could be in hiding somewhere . who knows? very somewhere else. who knows? very dodgy. you get a straight dodgy. you don't get a straight story of these guys. you story out of these guys. you know so mysterious. story out of these guys. you knoi' so mysterious. story out of these guys. you knoi justy mysterious. story out of these guys. you knoi justy mysthe ous. story out of these guys. you knoi justy mysthe fact that he >> i just love the fact that he was literally the catering manager somehow got manager for mr putin somehow got in in close to putin in this in got in close to putin in this weird sort of regal court. he runs in moscow. and just through that became super rich started his own private army and almost overthrew the russian regime just a couple of weeks ago. >> but this is the post—soviet story, right? i mean, even putin himself apparently was a middling kgb officer. no one thought that he would become what did. but in that total what he did. but in that total chaos collapse, all sorts of chaos and collapse, all sorts of unusual to unusual characters rose to the top. >> well , i think the other >> oh, well, i think the other thing to is because i think thing to say is because i think we know candace. we don't know candace. >> don't >> absolutely right. we don't know still in know whether he's still in belarus. we think he might have moved back and this moved back to russia. and this is attempt, i think, by the is an attempt, i think, by the kremlin sort of discredit kremlin to sort of discredit this do this man, to think, do you really want this that looks really want this guy that looks like could be peter one day? like he could be peter one day? paul the next? patricia who knows because of all these wigs and we

and facial going because we think it's the russian regime that's out these photos that's put out these photos almost humiliate almost to humiliate him. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> so there's fear >> so because there's fear throughout that throughout the kremlin that he may comeback. if may stage a comeback. and if there's another mutiny, that's may stage a comeback. and if the|lastanother mutiny, that's may stage a comeback. and if the|lastanothethat|tiny, that's may stage a comeback. and if the|lastanothethat vladimir's the last thing that vladimir putin in his in—tray. putin wants in his in—tray. >> charlie, stick with >> mm. charlie, let's stick with you, shall we? and this is the front page of the times, and it's a third europe's it's up to a third of europe's flights at risk of being delayed or this summer. or cancelled this summer. why? >> well, misery for >> well, more misery for holidaymakers summer. holidaymakers over the summer. you talking you were just talking about wearing i for wearing sun cream. i think for the holiday season. and you might not need it at all you might not need it at all if you can't flight because is can't get your flight because is it absolutely right? it's european operated european flights operated by eurocontrol, which is the european control centre that deals with european flights across the uk into europe as you'd expect. but with an increase in the number of flights, there's up to about 33,000 a day that they handle, which is about 10,000 more than what otherwise would over what they otherwise would over the july, august and the peak season july, august and into . so many, many into september. so many, many people's holidays will be wrecked because of staffing, because of the rosters of pilots and because of pay. so we'll just have to wait and see in a few days time whether uk

holidaymakers flight holidaymakers get their flight on who's whose on one person's who's whose houday on one person's who's whose holiday might be a little bit disrupted actually is our very own ellie costello. >> flying this evening. >> you're flying this evening. >> you're flying this evening. >> i'd to. yeah. my >> well, i'd like to. yeah. my flight's delayed. when was the last time that anyone actually had a flight that was on time? i'd love to know. it's such an essential as well. essential job as well. >> i mean, these guys, i mean, they're like the unsung heroes of grounded all of 911 when they grounded all those of flights those thousands of flights safely incident. and safely without an incident. and you the people you forget, these are the people that have you have that keep order have you have you seen the musical come from away? it's fantastic. it's very much away? it's fantastic. it's very mu it so, so the us, the us >> it is so, so the us, the us closed its airspace for the first time in history. hundreds of flights had to be re re jigged. and where do they land? they land in this tiny canadian town in which had a population of only a handful of people, and suddenly for a week, while these people are stuck in middle people are stuck in the middle of in newfoundland , they of nowhere in newfoundland, they have of care for this have to sort of care for this new community. it's weird. new community. and it's weird. it's an uplift ing story it's like an uplift ing story about 9/11. so it's so very interesting. >> it's like a light in the

darkness. yeah. >> light in the darkness. >> light in the darkness. >> light in the darkness. oh, how poetic. we really recommend that one, don't we? >> musicals are available. >> other musicals available. >> other musicals are available. >> other musicals are available. >> worried about >> i'm slightly worried about the product placement. the amount of product placement. >> we've talking >> yeah, we've been talking about morning. about weetabix all morning. >> are available . >> other cereals are available. >> other cereals are available. >> it's quite important that we mentioned that one. >> yes , goodness me, if >> but yes, goodness me, if you've got any or you've got any prayers or thoughts flight later, do thoughts for my flight later, do do coming, because do keep them coming, because i do keep them coming, because i do really want to be on it. >> please. but air traffic control, please . okay, candice, control, please. okay, candice, let's have a look at the guardian, shall we? and this is sir keir starmer. let's have a chat about him. >> so apparently keir >> yeah. so apparently keir starmer now sort of laying starmer is now sort of laying out his vision for people generally see them as a government in waiting . and he government in waiting. and he said he's going to be laser focussed like blair. focussed on poverty like blair. interesting that he's mentioned blair. he see himself in blair. does he see himself in that image? he want to that image? does he want to present in image? present himself in that image? he one things he's he said one of the things he's going focus on is opportunity going to focus on is opportunity for young people. and he brought up because he said he up himself because he said he came ordinary came from a very ordinary background through

background and through opportunities and education, he was to being where was able to rise to being where he is now. he said he's going to focus , though, on teaching focus, though, on teaching children to speak well. and another one is he isn't going to focus on science and tech, but on things that make you human, which a lot of people say, okay, this is really vague and this is really starmer. he's sort of saying these things, but it's not concrete. you can't really remember it teaching kids to speak well, not focusing on science and tech, but what what are you going to do? we need very concrete proposals and i think this is the one thing that keir starmer fails on. he's a bit woolly now, charlie, you advise michael gove? >> not when he was education secretary, but it's interesting. starmer michael starmer yesterday quoted michael gove. about the gove. he was talking about the bigotry low expectations, bigotry of low expectations, where think because where people think that because someone comes from a certain background, couldn't background, they couldn't possibly background, they couldn't posspraising michael gove in was praising michael gove in that speech. that's an interesting tack. >> quite right too . and >> well, quite right too. and look, there's a serious point because i think, look, it is

about poverty and it's about the one way to get out of poverty. as everybody knows, is to get people into work. and we've got the record low unemployment levels, figures in this country. but i think it is about actually making you've got that making sure that you've got that aspiration opportunity making sure that you've got that as achieve opportunity making sure that you've got that as achieve and opportunity making sure that you've got that as achieve and move pportunity making sure that you've got that as achieve and move forward. y making sure that you've got that as achieve and move forward. and to achieve and move forward. and just as candice was saying about sort to speak, sort of learning how to speak, it's one. it's it's an interesting one. it's not one that i actually buy into. think all for ideas. into. i think i'm all for ideas. i i think the country has i mean, i think the country has been bereft of ideas since brexit, of brexit, and covid has sort of sucked up political ideology and political thinking. but i don't sort you could sort of agree that you could just of teach somebody to just sort of teach somebody to speak. have these things speak. you have these things already english. already in place in english. i mean, remember doing mean, i remember doing english classes. read classes. everybody had to read a page and you move on to the next person and, you know, things like you music, sport, like drama, you music, sport, these all things you these are all things that you can encourage, communicate skills, social abilities to allow ability to allow people the ability to communicate properly. allow people the ability to conbutnicate properly. allow people the ability to con but speaking perly. allow people the ability to con but speaking pe|confidence, >> but speaking of confidence, communication , oratory communication skills, oratory skills was interrupted by two of the young people standing behind him. perhaps they had too too

much communication ability there. candice what exactly went on? >> yeah , so it's people saying >> yeah, so it's people saying that he mustn't u—turn on the whole green new deal because i mean starmer's always been seen as a red green, you know, socialist and very big on green policies but he's shape shifted a lot , you know, especially now a lot, you know, especially now that people sort of linking that people are sort of linking him things just stop oil him to things like just stop oil who unpopular the who are very unpopular with the public. slightly public. and he's slightly distancing a little bit distancing himself a little bit and trying to present himself as and trying to present himself as a coyte and people a centrist coyte and people these young people want these young people don't want him that. and so that's him to do that. and so that's why disrupted because why they disrupted it, because they're to stay they're like, you've got to stay firm these policies. but firm on these policies. but starmer didn't quite commit to it. i find this so it. and i just find this so fascinating. know, he wants fascinating. you know, he wants to a government in waiting. to be a government in waiting. but really stand but what does he really stand for? like what does he stand for? >> it was so awkward. they sort of stood there for about a minute before they were moved off. they were just sort of saying, u—turning, stop. saying, stop, u—turning, stop. and like, please me and he was like, please let me finish. please me finish. and he was like, please let me finish. thatse me finish. and he was like, please let me finish. that slightlye finish. and he was like, please let me finish. that slightly nasalh. and he was like, please let me finish. that slightly nasal voice and in that slightly nasal voice that it sounds a bit. that he has, it sounds a bit. miliband really, but, well, the only thing i was going to is only thing i was going to add is

because know, look, because i think, you know, look, we've seen a lot of tory infighting over last year, infighting over the last year, so sort of smell it like so i can sort of smell it like there's no tomorrow. >> it's a wafting over from the labour party now because there's clearly a division within the labour the far left, that labour party, the far left, that are very happy sir keir are not very happy with sir keir starmer's leadership. i think wes was on wes streeting was out on broadcast say broadcast the other day to say that of the labour that the left of the labour party needed to dry their eyes after, you know, on the of after, you know, on the back of sir starmer's leadership sir keir starmer's leadership because of criticisms he's because of the criticisms he's facing. clearly facing. so there's clearly division labour party facing. so there's clearly divisthe labour party facing. so there's clearly divisthe militant labour party facing. so there's clearly divisthe militant left|bour party facing. so there's clearly divisthe militant left asur party facing. so there's clearly divisthe militant left as to party facing. so there's clearly divisthe militant left as to how and the militant left as to how keir this not rule. >> starmer wants to have, though he loves everyone saying, oh, look centrist because look how centrist he is because he that the last. he knows that that the last. however many elections there were the peter mandelson were was the peter mandelson likes however likes to say the last however many were for the many elections were for the labour were lose, labour party were lose lose, lose, blair, blair, lose, lose. blair, blair, blair, lose, lose. blair, blair, blair, lose, lose, lose, lose. and so they sort of feel like they need to get back into a more centrist position. there'll be position. otherwise there'll be another position. otherwise there'll be anoyeah. don't starmer's no. >> yeah. i don't starmer's no. blair blair i mean, for blair i mean. blair i mean, for whatever criticisms, i'm whatever his criticisms, i'm sure loads of people sure there are loads of people watching this who aren't fan. watching this who aren't a fan. he had lot of charisma, and he

he had a lot of charisma, and he did on side and he did bring people on side and he had vision. don't think had vision. and i don't think keir starmer has that. plus, i think many people in labour are furious the splits furious about the splits over jeremy corbyn. i don't think that's been resolved yet, but you're absolutely right. >> think sir keir >> tom, because i think sir keir starmer obviously starmer is obviously very critical just oil critical of the just stop oil folk and was saying that they should stop. think that's should just stop. i think that's a important line that he a very important line that he took. there are. but took. but but there we are. but he's absolutely right because pubuc he's absolutely right because public clearly on the public opinion is clearly on the side these crackpots. >> obe you said yesterday, just stop. >> just stop oil. yeah. so clearly leaning, leaning into that public that where he thinks public opinion face it, opinion is and let's face it, where opinion is okay. >> charlie rowley and candies cosworth, really good to see you this morning. you're back in the next hour, aren't you? we next hour, aren't you? yes, we are. more stories to cover are. lots more stories to cover then. you much. then. thank you very much. >> news fight is lucky on >> juicy news fight is lucky on this program as well. absolutely. absolutely this program as well. absolu�*now,absolutely this program as well. absolu�*now,ab:thetely few >> we now, in the next few moments, could the coming weeks deal moments, could the coming weeks deal, the prime minister a mortal exactly mortal blow? find out exactly what's on here in the next what's going on here in the next houn what's going on here in the next hour. we're britain's hour. we're gb news britain's news channel. >> a brighter outlook with boxed

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gb news. >> it's 11 am. on friday, the 7th of july. and you're watching britain's newsroom here on gb news with me, tom harwood and ellie costello. >> coming up on the program today , rishi sunak is facing today, rishi sunak is facing more pressure as the conservative party is likely to be hit with yet another by—election, taking the upcoming total to five. >> and it's the battle of the billionaires , as elon musk billionaires, as elon musk threatens to sue mark zuckerberg with the launch of his twitter rival threads and new research

suggests summer is the best time to try for a baby . to try for a baby. >> we'll be speaking to a leading science list . leading science list. we've also been loving getting your thoughts, opinions, views in gbviews@gbnews.com. >> we've had sort of two big elements of discussion this morning . firstly, about serial . morning. firstly, about serial. does the milk go in first or the serial go in second? but there's something else as well . something else as well. >> we're talking baby names because meghan trainor, the us p0p because meghan trainor, the us pop star, she called her baby barry. now we haven't heard the name barry in a little while, haven't we, baby barry it seems a little bit odd at the moment, perhaps. >> don't know. >> i don't know. >> i don't know. >> those vintage baby >> but are those vintage baby names a comeback? names making a comeback? apparently they are names like patricia . what we reading earlier? >> esther glory . i was saying >> esther glory. i was saying perhaps there's a gb news influence maybe not. influence here. maybe not. >> let us know what you think.

vaiews@gbnews.com. but first, let's get bulletin with let's get a news bulletin with rhiannon . rhiannon. >> good morning. it's coming up to 11:02. your top stories from the gb newsroom . a woman the gb newsroom. a woman continues to be questioned today over a car crash at a school in london which killed an eight year old girl. six teen people needed treatment after a land rover crashed into the study prep school in wimbledon. the woman in her 40s remains in custody. she was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving . teachers dangerous driving. teachers across england are walking out in the latest wave of strike action over pay . members of the action over pay. members of the right side is why we have to fight . members of the national fight. members of the national education union are taking part in industrial action and warned there could be more strikes in there could be more strikes in the autumn term . the government the autumn term. the government offered a one off £1,000 payment for this year , as well as a 4.5% for this year, as well as a 4.5% pay for this year, as well as a 4.5% pay rise for next year, all for

education unions rejected the offer. the news deputy general secretary neeve sweeney says the government needs to start negotiating . negotiating. >> gillian keegan hasn't negotiated with us since easter. she said she would leave it to the independent review body because she sunak the prime minister said that the door was always open and now they've had the independent review body report for the last month. they haven't published it and they haven't published it and they haven't got back round the table to negotiate with us. so let's do that. let's see what the report said. they said that they would honour that if it is the 6.5% that they we believe that it is travellers arriving in dover for cross—channel ferries face long queues today . face long queues today. >> delays in processing passengers are being blamed on french border officials , is french border officials, is carrying out extra checks . the carrying out extra checks. the wait time for cars is currently 1.5 hours, and for coaches it's two passengers were stuck in traffic for more than ten hours at the start of the easter

houday at the start of the easter holiday period . radiographers holiday period. radiographers who carry out scans on patients , will stage a 48 hour strike later this month over pay. the walkout will take place from 8 am. on the 25th of this month. this society of radiographers says its members at 43 nhs trusts will take part in the strike action. the announcement comes after union members voted to reject the government's pay offer of 5% plus a non consolidated lump sum . house consolidated lump sum. house pnces consolidated lump sum. house prices fell at the fastest annual rate in 12 years last month , halifax reports. the month, halifax reports. the average uk property price was down 2.6% in june, compared with the same month last year. that's more than double the drop in may, marking the largest fall since 2011. the mortgage provider says the average house price for june was around £286,000, as energy giant shell says its gas profits are significant lower in the second

quarter of the year. the oil and gas firm says trading has been impacted by seasonal shifts in the market. in the first three months. it also expects an adjusted loss of between six and $800 million for the quarter. the police are failing the pubuc the police are failing the public too often . that's public too often. that's according to a new report. his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary and fire and rescue services says there are still significant shortcomings in key areas. that's despite progress being made in recording crime. the report says some of the issues include skills shortages and long call delays . inquests and long call delays. inquests are to open shortly into the deaths of two university students and a school caretaker killed in an attack in nottingham. grace o'malley , nottingham. grace o'malley, kumar and barnaby weber, both 19, along with 65 year old ian coates , died in a knife attack coates, died in a knife attack in the early hours of june 13th. 31 year old valdo kalakani is charged with their murder as well as attempted murder for an

alleged van attack on pedestrians and an inquest into the deaths of four boys who died after falling through ice on a frozen lake is due to end today. brothers six year old samuel and eight year old finley butler died along with their 11 year old cousin, thomas stewart and ten year old jack johnson when they were pulled from babbs mill lake in kingshurst in december last year but later died in hospital. an initial inquest was told three of the boys were rescued after 22 minutes in the icy water while the fourth was rescued after half an hour . and rescued after half an hour. and mps have criticised the government's handling of the hs2. euston station project in london. in a report by the pubuc london. in a report by the public accounts committee, the government is accused of lacking clarity in its objectives, despite eight years of planning the project has experienced delays and hs2 trains are now not expected to run into euston until 2041. the government says it remains committed to

delivering the project . and delivering the project. and twitter's threatening to sue mark zuckerberg after claiming meta's new app threads is a copycat of twitter . twitter's copycat of twitter. twitter's lawyers alleged meta has unlawfully misappropriated its trade secrets and intellectual property . it also accuses meta property. it also accuses meta of hiring former twitter employees with access to confidential information . meta confidential information. meta denies the claims and says that no threads team members are former twitter employees . former twitter employees. kyrees. this is gb news. we'll bnng kyrees. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now though, it's back over to tom and . tom and. ellie >> good morning and welcome to britain's newsroom with tom harwood and me, ellie costello. it's friday, the 7th of july. it's friday, the 7th of july. it's 1107. lots of you have been getting in touch this morning

and we want your opinion on this one. this is about us, pop star meghan trainor. she has just named her newborn baby , barry . named her newborn baby, barry. hashtag bring back barry and apparently this is a pattern . we apparently this is a pattern. we are seeing these vintage names. we're going to call them vintage, not old fashioned. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> they are coming back into fashion, barbara fashion, apparently. barbara martha, patrick, to all of martha, rita, patrick, to all of these sorts names are coming these sorts of names are coming back fashion. so we want to back into fashion. so we want to ask you that. >> absolutely. which >> yes, absolutely. which vintage you like to vintage name would you like to bnng vintage name would you like to bring which should bring back? which names should we resurgence in in we be seeing a resurgence in in in 2023? whatever year it is now? >> or perhaps what names have you heard recently that you thought might have gone extinct? but haven't. barry, but they haven't. like barry, for example , big, big, big for example, big, big, big questions there. >> but some perhaps slightly >> but some but perhaps slightly bigger issues at hand bigger issues also at hand because rishi sunak is facing more pressure as the conservative party is likely to be hit with yet another by—election that's taking this total of five pending local votes. >> yes, the tories are on shaky ground in all of these seats,

but one boris johnson's old seat of uxbridge has seen labour in hot water, too. >> yes . yesterday sir keir >> yes. yesterday sir keir starmer couldn't say whether he agreed with sadiq khan, who wants to roll out this ulez tax to uxbridge or the uxbridge. labour candidate danny beales , labour candidate danny beales, who's now called for a pause in the rollout of this tax . the rollout of this tax. >> yeah, it's a little bit complicated. over in uxbridge. let's get more on this now with andrew boff, conservative chair of the london assembly. andrew, really good to see you this morning. so predicted losses for the tories in these by elections , but uxbridge could be a bit more competitive than we first thought over this ulez issue. >> well, before we start, i just want to give a shout out to my cat, barry. oh barry, i'm sure he's watching at home. >> and do you think he'll be happy that it's making a resurgence? >> his name? i do hope so. resurgence? >> his name? i do hope so . and >> his name? i do hope so. and he's his brother , alfie is he's his brother, alfie is looking forward to that as well

i >> fantastic. >> fantastic. >> alfie is incredibly popular. >> alfie is incredibly popular. >> yeah, it is now popular. yeah. anyway we're off the subject. >> great names. great names. great you should have great names. you should have brought in earlier. brought me in earlier. >> sorry. we should. brought me in earlier. >> yes. y. we should. brought me in earlier. >> yes. uxbridge,ild. brought me in earlier. >> yes. uxbridge, ii. brought me in earlier. >> yes. uxbridge, i think, is going to an interesting and going to be an interesting and interesting case. quizzed interesting case. we i quizzed sadiq khan yesterday about whether or not the labour candidate had actually asked him to delay the ulez and he was uncertain as to whether or not he had been asked to. so it appears as though this backtrack by the labour candidate is something just for leaflets rather than for any action on his part. so the ulez is a big issue in outer london and i suspect that the result in uxbndge suspect that the result in uxbridge is going to surprise a lot of people, certainly on the doorstep up. there's no love of sadiq khan. >> but this is so interesting because there are seats all around the country, seats in the north, in yorkshire, in the west midlands , down in somerset as midlands, down in somerset as well, that are all coming up for

by elections where there are 20,000 conservative majorities. >> the media is thinking >> and the media is thinking these are all going to fall. but then uxbridge, has then uxbridge, which has a majority of less than half majority of 7000, less than half that of the other seats, is looking more competitive. is it is it only about ulez? you know , you've got to look at what byelections actually are. >> and if you try to glean the next results of the next next the results of the next general election by a by—election then you're wasting your because never , your time because they never, ever really pointed to the ever have really pointed to the outcome of the next general election. what they are is an opportunity for to opportunity for people to protest, perhaps out in these other parts of the country. they may to protest about the may want to protest about the government london. want government in london. they want to protest about sadiq to protest about what sadiq khan is doing and he's realised that not just because of the ulez, he's amazing. not just because of the ulez, he's amazing . done not just because of the ulez, he's amazing. done a not just because of the ulez, he's amazing . done a u—turn on he's amazing. done a u—turn on the local police station, uxbndge the local police station, uxbridge police station, which curiously enough, i was at the opening of that's i'm that old but but he's he's backtracked on that because he realises also that because he realises also that residents are concerned about crime and here he goes and

shuts the local police station. well he's backtracked on that so they are worried the labour party are desperately worried about the outcome in uxbridge because i think it's pointing towards a conservative victory. >> well , it's towards a conservative victory. >> well, it's a towards a conservative victory. >> well , it's a bold, bold >> well, it's a bold, bold suggestion there. >> i wonder, this was, of course, boris johnson's seat. he he he resigned his seat in parliament last month after it looked like he was going to be triggered towards a recall petition, perhaps a by—election. i mean, might he have held it if that if that actual recall petition had taken place? >> well, i don't know. trying to predict what goes on in boris's head futile pursuit . so he head is a futile pursuit. so he may very well have done he may very well have kept it if he'd stayed on. but what i'm quite convinced of is steve tuckwell, who is our candidate . it will be who is our candidate. it will be an absolutely marvellous successor for his local, for one thing. >> interesting . >> interesting. >> interesting. >> very, very interesting. different, different factors in different seats, perhaps across the country. well, andrew boff, thank you very much for joining

us here on britain's newsroom on gb news. this time. thank you. but let's move to on house pnces but let's move to on house prices now. yes because uk house pnces prices now. yes because uk house prices fell at the fastest annual pace since june 2011. >> last month , year on year, the >> last month, year on year, the average price of a home sold in june fell by 2.6. >> yes. let's get some more on this now with liam halligan , who this now with liam halligan, who is of course, our gb news business. and economics editor. >> yep. and he's always . liam, >> yep. and he's always. liam, what's going on here? >> house prices have come down a little bit, but they went up by a lot in the previous couple of years, so perhaps we're not better off. >> barry what about nigel? roger? alan when we need some alan's, this is going to interrupt every single interview we do for the next hour. until quite recently, liam was actually the most popular boys name, which is unbelievable. in 2018, it's name 2018, 2019. it's a good name because i was a kid there because when i was a kid there were hardly any liam's. i mean, there was liam brady. when he

was arsenal, but. was playing for arsenal, but. liam but that liam gallagher yeah, but that was bit later. oh, right. was a bit later. oh, right. >> you saying, are you >> are you saying, are you saying older than liam gallagher. >> i'm about the same age and actually same actually we're from the same little hamlet in ireland. yeah, that's cullen between that's called cullen between town swinford county. well, town and swinford county. well, people so we're people are from there, so we're probably well. probably related as well. >> about rare >> well, talking about rare names, let's go to. i'm trying to make an segue here to to make an awkward segue here to how houses because how rare houses are because we're behind we're about 4 million behind equivalent countries in in continental not best continental europe. not the best one. i've ever done. no. but house prices have ticked down a little bit. >> have now, you know, >> they have now, you know, ordinarily, are ordinarily, house prices are falling. god, that's falling. oh, my god, that's absolutely terrible middle absolutely terrible for middle england on. but of course absolutely terrible for middle eforand on. but of course absolutely terrible for middle eforand generation, ut of course absolutely terrible for middle eforand generation, ellie course absolutely terrible for middle eforand generation, ellie and se , for your generation, ellie and tom, you like the fact that house prices are falling because it means you might you might be a chance buying buying a a chance of buying buying a house. let's have look at house. so let's have a look at this. so you get all kinds of house price indices from the estate agents, from rightmove, from and all from purplebricks and all the rest tend to be from purplebricks and all the res'prices tend to be from purplebricks and all the res'prices and tend to be from purplebricks and all the res'prices and offertend to be from purplebricks and all the res'prices and offer prices be off prices and offer prices often aren't met in reality. so when the likes of the halifax, who actually base their house

price indices on mortgages awarded deals that have awarded so deals that have actually done , then you've actually been done, then you've got to pin back your ears. so let's have a look at our graphic here. house prices, as you say, ellie, are down 2.6% on ellie, they are down 2.6% on june 20th, 22. that's the third successive monthly fall and the biggest fall since 2011. so that's that 12 year biggest fall, the typical uk home. now . fall, the typical uk home. now. costs 285,932, though. tom, you are thinking if you are not saying that wouldn't buy you a studio flat in the areas of london where you might want to live ? right now, the average two live? right now, the average two year fixed rate mortgage. this is why house prices are going down, because just a couple of years ago, people were getting a two year fix for 1 or 2. the average two year fix now is 6.54. that's why house prices are coming down, because people can't afford to borrow enough money to fund bigger offers. so when the mortgage rates go up,

people can afford to offer less. therefore, house prices come down. >> we're talking about falling from an incredibly high historic level. i mean , we saw double level. i mean, we saw double digit increases in house prices in the wake of covid. yeah, this is not making up for that. >> this is not making up for that house prices go up a lot and then occasionally when they go down a little bit, we jump up and about it. so and down about it. so it's a kind of saw there's kind of saw edge. there's a constant upward trend compared to earning . as you know, house to earning. as you know, house pnces to earning. as you know, house prices doubled in the last prices have doubled in the last 15 years and earnings have gone up 15 years and earnings have gone ”p by 15 years and earnings have gone up by 25 or 30. so there up by like 25 or 30. so there you see unaffordability reigns locking your generation out of home ownership , 25 to 34 year home ownership, 25 to 34 year olds, 62% of them own their own home in the early 90s. it's now less than 30. so a whole more than half of a whole generation at childbearing age, family forming age, household forming age are locked out of home ownership. >> and that's so important. people i think everyone wants to be able to form families have a

spare bedrooms, have children like sort of create that sort of bafis like sort of create that sort of basis for the rest of society . basis for the rest of society. and this is not being able to do that. >> this is messing with our demography. when i wrote a book on this a couple of years ago, i managed to pull together this calculation that back in the early 90s, the average childbearing age, like first kid, right. was 28 years old. so a mum was 28 years old on average when she had her first kid. that was in the 1990s. and at that point , that share of 28 at that point, that share of 28 year olds, only 10% were in rented accommodation right. the average age has gone up one year to 29, mums having their to 29, with mums having their first kids and 40% of that cohort are now in rented accommodation. and that's almost accommodation. and that's almost a halving of the level that are in houses that they own. that's right. so you you've now got a situation where so many young people i know, so many young people, i know in the newsroom, some of the young people i know who friends with my kids who who are friends with my kids who are early 20s, so many are in their early 20s, so many people to me, stop me people who write to me, stop me

on youngsters on the street. youngsters just can't afford afford to buy homes, even if they're in professional jobs , even if professional jobs, even if they're two of them getting together. it's really, really tough. and that's the main reason, i'm afraid, why your generation tomanelli are going to be the first for hundreds of years are less well off years that are less well off than their parents. well on that happy note, note to end, i'm being honest. >> no , absolutely no, >> yeah, no, absolutely no, really. on the money. >> liam halligan. thank you very much. thank that's nice. much. thank you. that's nice. depressing thought, we'll depressing thought, tom. we'll never homes . or never own our own homes. or maybe will, but that'd be bolt. >> happy days here. yeah. no, we always the cheery always bring you the cheery news. well, housing and climate campaigners across the country will tomorrow will be gathering tomorrow for what describing is a what they're describing is a national day of action to highlight cause highlight their cause. the cause that a broken system in the uk is linked to a deepening climate crisis. so this is this is sort of the extinction rebellion. people teaming up with people who housing and doing who care about housing and doing a sort of joint event tomorrow . a sort of joint event tomorrow. >> well, joining us to >> so. well, joining us to discuss kaz ray . discuss this now is kaz ray. good morning to you, kaz. really

good to see you. and so this day of action tomorrow, you are trying to highlight the trying to highlight that the broken housing system in the uk is linked to the climate crisis . tell us a bit more. >> yeah, i mean , us are >> yeah, i mean, us are intrinsically linked. we are seeing social schemes and housings being demolished rather than retrofitted . we're seeing than retrofitted. we're seeing lots of social cleansing going on and the private rental markets are just not affordable for people living in or overdeveloped sort of green spaces and complete destruction of green spaces during these demolition and new builds is absolutely stripping our communities and, um, having a serious adverse impact on our environment . environment. >> it's is it not the case that new builds are much better for the environment than leaky old victorian housing stock? one of the reasons why we have such high energy bills in the uk is

our housing stock is one of the oldest in europe. it's not insulated as well. it's very expensive to heat, it's leaky. wouldn't building new houses be better for the environment in that way ? that way? >> well, the uk has some of the most poorly insulated housing in europe. you're absolutely right about that. but retrofitting is the greener, cheaper option and it's less impact and less pollution . and in environment pollution. and in environment and less disturbing for the green spaces . so, um , in green spaces. so, um, in retrospect, the retrofit is a cleaner, healthier, longer term option. um, the continual building and pollution that bnngs building and pollution that brings for the number of years that it happens and the demolition sites, the recycling is far more damaging to the environment than actually retrofitting and saving the structures and rebuilding more energy efficient homes from there, which would then in turn

help control the extortionate heating prices and the energy efficiency link would both equalise each other out . equalise each other out. >> well, kasra, thank you so much for joining >> well, kasra, thank you so much forjoining us this morning much for joining us this morning . really do appreciate your time to make that, tom. >> thank you. i think i think it is an interesting point, but i think the government, to some extent , think the government, to some extent, might be thinking a bit too much about global warming when it comes to housing regulation . and the reason i say regulation. and the reason i say this is that people might notice that new builds have got uglier and uglier in the last couple of years, in particular, windows on buildings are getting smaller and smaller. and i think we've got a couple of pictures of some new builds that have been built in the last two years in the united here are. united kingdom. here they are. look tiny these windows are, look how tiny these windows are, particularly the top floor. particularly on the top floor. people on the radio people listening on the radio will be able to imagine sort of nice, reasonable sized houses , nice, reasonable sized houses, but with the most minuscule windows , half windows, sort of windows, half windows, sort of half windows that only start

halfway up the room. well, this isn't by accident . this halfway up the room. well, this isn't by accident. this is government regular station, specifically part 0 building regulations that were brought in in june 2022. and guess what? these are coming about because the government is worried that with a warming planet, people will open windows more and be at risk of falling out of them. so the windows have to start higher up the room. >> genuinely safety gone mad, genuinely to stop people falling out of first and second story windows. >> and so we're now getting houses that just look plainly ridiculous due to this government regulation. it's insane. >> well, you think you could be trusted to open a window, couldn't you? >> you would personal, >> you would think personal, responsible bit. you would think, let know >> you would think, let us know what think of that. what do what you think of that. what do you make of those images that those windows homes those half windows on new homes let vaiews@gbnews.uk let us know. vaiews@gbnews.uk >> elon musk is >> com well elon musk is threatening to take mark zuckerberg to the courts but find out why precisely after

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9 pm. to 11 pm. on gb news. britain's news . 9 pm. to 11 pm. on gb news. britain's news. channel >> well, welcome back. it's 1128 and you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news with me, tom harwood. and ellie costello. and i have to say , costello. and i have to say, we've had a deluge of emails this morning, particularly about our peculiar topic of conversation. baby names. >> yes, we've got you going this morning. meghan trainor, the us p0p morning. meghan trainor, the us pop star. she's called her baby barry . and apparently this is barry. and apparently this is a trend now , all of these vintage trend now, all of these vintage names are coming back into fashion. so we asked you what

are the ones that you'd like to see or what are the ones that you've heard of recently? absolutely >> written in to say, >> della has written in to say, it's herbert for me. herbert oh, that's one. you that's sweet. a nice one. you can call it herbie. yes. oh, herbie is a good name. yeah, a name that can also be shortened. so there's choice for i so there's choice for the. i mean, i'm not actually called tom. thomas . that's tom. i'm called thomas. that's what i was christened as. but i've always tom. but the i've always been tom. but the thing i've got choice. thing is, i've got the choice. and quite yeah, and that's quite nice. yeah, i like that. >> see, i'm actually elizabeth. fun fact, i'm an elizabeth, but shortened and i quite shortened to ellie, and i quite like as well. like that as well. >> elizabeth an >> interesting. elizabeth is an often to ellie. often shortened to ellie. >> no, it's weird, isn't it apparent? i don't really know what there, it's what happened there, but it's quite to the quite nice when i go to the doctors and stuff and they ask for elizabeth costello. just feel quite fancy. it's nice feel quite fancy. so it's nice to those options, lots to have those options, but lots of touch on that. of you getting in touch on that. we've got one here from peter who says, our son asked for suggestions our suggestions for our granddaughter's we granddaughter's name. we suggested picked suggested darcy. they picked elsie. growing on us now, elsie. it's growing on us now, says peter. elsie it's a nice name. and it's one of those vintage it almost sounds vintage names. it almost sounds i it doesn't sound royal,

i know it doesn't sound royal, but almost sounds sort of but it almost sounds sort of fairy tale a fairy tale in a way. >> do you know what i mean? yeah, i'm thinking, elsa. i'm thinking frozen. >> thinking frozen. >> you're thinking frozen. tell them that you them your three tips that you told earlier. told me earlier. >> oh, three, three questions to ask name will. so it's ask a baby name will. so it's about three different stages of life. whether this whether this name in these different name fits in in these different stages. number one, can name come out to play? yes. number two, i love you. number two, name i love you. number three, her name is becoming chairman of the board. yes. now if the name and i think i think ellie and elizabeth works for all three of those. and the thing is, you've got and i also think. tom yeah. tommy can come out. i've never been a tommy, though. but yeah, there are some names that you definitely can work for all of them. there are some names that perhaps don't work in some of these situations and others and i don't know , and others and i don't know, write into us gbviews@gbnews.com if you agree. >> i think that's a really good question. >> classification. >> classification. >> it really helped me there, tom. i feel like i'm going to

use that from now on, but do get in touch with your thoughts on that. does that work for you? the three test rule let us know. gb views at gbnews.com but still ahead, best time of ahead, when is the best time of year an ivf baby that year to make an ivf baby that time zoom? with our naming time zoom? well, with our naming baby we're going be baby theme, we're going to be finding out. but first, let's get news with rhiannon . ceo get your news with rhiannon. ceo rhiannon . rhiannon. >> yeah, it's got a ring to it. this is the gb newsroom and it is 1131. here are your top stories as a woman continues to be questioned today over a car crash at a school in london which killed an eight year old girl. 16 people needed treatment after land rover crashed into the study prep school in wimbledon. the woman in her 40s remains in custody . she was remains in custody. she was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving travellers arriving in dover for cross channel ferries face long queues today. delays in

processing passengers are being blamed on french border officials carrying out extra checks. officials carrying out extra checks . the wait time for cars checks. the wait time for cars is currently 1.5 hours, and for coaches, it's two passengers were stuck in traffic for more than ten hours at the start of the easter holiday period . the the easter holiday period. the deputy general secretary of the national education union says it will be a real failure for the government if all four teaching unions vote to strike. together. it comes as teachers across england walk out for a second day in the latest wave of strike action over pay. members of the union warned there could be more strikes in the autumn term and house price is fell at the fastest annual rate in 12 years last month . halifax reports the last month. halifax reports the average uk property price is down 2.6% in june, compared with the same month last year. that's more than double the drop in may, marking the largest fall since 2011. the mortgage provider says the average house price for june was around

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founder of facebook, instagram and whatsapp, mark zuckerberg, launched this new app earlier this week to rival elon musk's twitter. >> and i just downloaded it in the newsroom, and it was quite confusing, wasn't it? you were you were having to help me. but the new threads app is aimed at the new threads app is aimed at the unhappy twitter users after recent changes on the platform as well. >> chief executive, mark >> the chief executive, mark zuckerberg, that's the chief executive threads executive of meta and threads keep it's complicated all these different names but he said on thursday that more than 30 million people had signed up in the first 24 hours after this new app rolled out, putting it on track to become one of the most rapidly downloaded consumer apps at launch. >> well, joining us now to discuss this all is tech journalist will guyot. really good to see you this morning. will. wow. so much has happened, hasn't it, in the past week or so in the tech world? first of all, let's start with threads. what do you make of it as an app? because it is very, very

similar to twitter, isn't it? >> it's going to be what's the fastest growing social media app of all time. we're around about 65 million signed up accounts now , as far as i'm concerned, now, as far as i'm concerned, twitter is toast. it's done. it will still exist, but it won't have the audience. and this app is going to overtake it in terms of active users in days. let's not forget that twitter's been around now for quite a while. it's peaked at around about 350 million active monthly users , million active monthly users, even though you had the leader of the free world in donald trump tweeting from the toilet for several years, it didn't ever grow beyond 350 million users. so mark zuckerberg's got this mission. he wants to have the first public conversations app' the first public conversations app, which is what i think is a great name for the for the for the classification of these kind of apps. and he wants to get to a billion plus users. and i reckon he probably could do it. >> it's so interesting though, because twitter is sort of going all free speech sort all in on the free speech sort of platform and threads from

meta is a lot more restrictive on what you can post, perhaps more advertiser friendly early on, what can be posted certain content moderation settings are there might that make it make make twitter still have a place but perhaps a more niche place? >> acas yeah, exactly , tom. >> acas yeah, exactly, tom. i think that is where we're going to end up. it will have less users. the conversation will be more controversial . there'll be more controversial. there'll be more controversial. there'll be more of the people that your average everyday person might want to avoid . it's really want to avoid. it's really tncky want to avoid. it's really tricky because you go into these situations and as soon as i say something like, oh, this is going to be brilliant, i'm told i'm left wing. i'm told i can't stand elon musk. and i've told them to woke. but the reality is there is space for a kind of mainstay dream conversation app and it would appear to me that twitter is trying to push itself out of that position. so what we can say a couple of things for certainty since elon musk has owned it, independent verification says that hate

speech has risen independent verification . it also makes it verification. it also makes it very clear that some of the accounts that were banned, including sympathisers, have been back the been allowed back onto the platform anecdote utterly platform and anecdote utterly from the whole of the from me. the whole of the spider—man no way home film was published on a verified twitter blue account and ran on the service for over 24 hours last weekend. and that's copy. there's a copyright issue there. there's a copyright issue there. there's a copyright issue there. there's a legal issue in that sony pictures can go and say, that's our film. take it down. that's our film. take it down. that kind of content is taken down on other platforms in minutes. so something very big is twitter the is changing at twitter at the moment. elon musk , let's see moment. and elon musk, let's see what does with it's his what he does with it. it's his train now. and some people train set now. and some people don't there. i want don't want to be there. i want to objection with one thing to take objection with one thing you've i never normally you've said and i never normally do isn't intended to do this. this isn't intended to rival twitter. intended to rival twitter. it's intended to blow it out of the water. and it's intended to be more mainstream. >> it's interesting, though, because is fairly because there is a fairly significant market where currently the threads app is not available . it launched in the available. it launched in the uk, it launched in the us, it

launched in canada on to japan. it did not launch in the european union . and the reason european union. and the reason we understand why it didn't is because the eu passed this this sort of heavy regulatory digital markets act that is making meta a little bit wary about launching new products there. my question is it a brexit benefit kit that we actually have access to this app at all? >> well, i was thinking that at one minute past midnight when it came out, this is the best thing that's ever come out of brexit as far as i'm concerned, because i'm to the app. but i'm able to get the app. but it's interesting story and it's an interesting story and it's an interesting story and it's an interesting view because this meta. meta this was actually meta. meta took decision on not to took the decision on not to submit for approval via submit this app for approval via the protection the irish data protection office. it was their decision not to do in. so there's even some negotiations going on. the lawyers are making some changes or meta is taking some kind of unusual stance, like it's just about to start doing in canada. they're going to block news links completely from all of its platforms in canada because of a new coming in canada,

new law coming in in canada, which that news which means that news organisations should paid organisations should be paid when shared on social when content is shared on social media. there's all sorts of media. so there's all sorts of interesting on here, interesting stuff going on here, but the one thing i'll say that's the most interesting thing me , this app take thing for me, this app does take a personal data, as a lot of your personal data, as does any meta they are does any meta service. they are taking your personal data to sell you advertising, target, your products, etcetera . et your products, etcetera. et cetera. et cetera. but tom, we all seem have leapt back into all seem to have leapt back into the arms of mark zuckerberg from elon as a result of this. elon musk as a result of this. a huge chunk of that audience on twitter decided, i've had twitter have decided, i've had enough i'm moving back enough of this. i'm moving back over going going to going over and going to going to going back mark zuckerberg. back over to mark zuckerberg. and the of the and it's taken the work of the world's richest man to us world's richest man to push us over world's most over to the world's most powerful social media. powerful man on social media. >> oh, well, right. we better let you go. you're a man in demand and you are brilliant. thank you very much for your time. >> that sounded like a skype call noise. that's that's owned >> that sounded like a skype calmicrosofthat's that's owned >> that sounded like a skype calmicrosoft .3t's that's owned >> that sounded like a skype calmicrosoft . anothers owned >> that sounded like a skype calmicrosoft . another one.1ed by microsoft. another one. another yet another company another one. yet another company . although think bill . although i don't think bill gates in charge microsoft gates is in charge of microsoft anymore. moved on anymore. i think he's moved on to so. to other things. so. >> but do stay with us.

>> yeah, but do stay with us. lots more to come. we'll be going through the news of the day with friends charlie day with our friends charlie rowley candice

news. the people's channel. britain's news . news. the people's channel. britain's news. channel >> welcome back. it's 1143. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with tom harwood and ellie costello . ellie costello. >> well, a new study has found that collecting eggs and fat stylising them in the summer is one third more likely to turn

into a successful ivf pregnancy compared to if you do it in the autumn. >> well, joining us now to explain this is ellie daniel barnes . really good to see you barnes. really good to see you this morning. so tell us more. what is this connection with the summer and fertilise eggs when you're going through ivf ? yeah you're going through ivf? yeah thanks for having me. >> i think some things to take into consideration is the vitamin d levels . when we are vitamin d levels. when we are spending more time in the sun, having longer days , we're more having longer days, we're more likely to have have sufficient vitamin d levels , which is vitamin d levels, which is really important in sperm and 999 really important in sperm and egg production as well as sperm and egg quality. the other thing thatis and egg quality. the other thing that is super important is improved mood . again, we're improved mood. again, we're seeing more sun increased vitamin d, we may have more holidays and vacations and so our mood is a little bit better and we're spending a lot more time with family. so all those things are are super important to keep in mind during the summertime . summertime. >> no, really, really

interesting stuff. is it is it just if you're just happier, you're healthier, is that is that a connection? >> definitely some >> there's definitely some connection with mood and stress levels to infertility . but levels to infertility. but really that that bigger piece comes from that vitamin d level because as research has shown, that vitamin d is very important in in in that quality , which in in in that quality, which makes, you know, the summer time a great time for increased vitamin d levels. do you think we're just understanding a lot more now about ivf as science got us this far ? absolutely. got us this far? absolutely. there is research that is coming out every single day. lots of people spending time on making sure we understand the process more. there still are a lot of things that we don't know, but, you know, new research is coming out every day that's helping us improve rates and pregnancy outcomes. >> it's amazing. it outcomes. >> it's amazing . it really, >> it's amazing. it really, really is. good to see you this morning. thank you so much. that's elise, daniel barnes,

embryologist. really good to have your thoughts on that story. it's remarkable, isn't it? 30% more to be it? 30% more likely to be fertilised just from the timing of the year. >> well, ivf has >> i mean, yeah, well, ivf has been around for several decades now. i'm just surprised that we're only just learning this. >> but as elise says, we're learning all the time and science still got a long way to go. it is it's amazing that go. but it is it's amazing that we can do that stuff, we can we can do that stuff, isn't it? right. let's go through the shall we? through the papers, shall we? because there's this new interesting floating interesting stories floating around have around this morning. we have our friend this morning, friend joining us this morning, writer candace writer and commentator candace holdsworth special holdsworth and former special adviser charlie adviser to michael gove, charlie rowley, and they here to rowley, and they are here to discuss latest headlines. i discuss the latest headlines. i will take you through some of those now. those headlines now. >> leads with flight >> the times leads with flight disruption, could affect a disruption, which could affect a third of european holidays this summer . now, third of european holidays this summer. now, as third of european holidays this summer . now, as traffic summer. now, as traffic controllers are threatened to strike, the daily mirror leads with a horrific crash which killed one eight year old girl and injured 16 other people yesterday in wimbledon after a land rover crashed into a prep school . and the guardian says school. and the guardian says that ministers have been ordered

to hand over messages from the former prime minister to the covid inquiry after losing a legal challenge. and the telegraph says the archbishop thinks universities should face funding cuts for not supporting minority parties. and over the daily mail, which shows the vehicle which crashed yesterday into that school , killing a vehicle which crashed yesterday into that school, killing a girl aged eight and injuring 16 others . others. >> well, charlie and candice are with us now and candice , let's with us now and candice, let's start with a story in the times , shall we? this headline , the , shall we? this headline, the hills are alive with the sound of trigger warnings. >> yes. so this is a story in the times about the actor simon callow, who criticised a theatre in chichester for having a trigger warning about the sound of music, saying that it may contain a story about and the annexation of austria. and it just seems so obvious that if you were going to see that, you would know that. and he says it doesn't require for a trigger warning. i mean, when you go in

to see something like that, you expect to lots of different expect to feel lots of different things. i mean, that is what the theatre is for. think that theatre is for. i think that these trigger warnings are just these trigger warnings are just the worst thing to happen to art and music and literature because it tries to tell people how they should about rather should feel about things rather than just go in and than letting them just go in and decide themselves. assuming decide for themselves. assuming that people all really that people are all really fragile and if they see something about the, they won't be able to handle it. it's so patronising. >> i suppose also removes >> i suppose it also removes agency individuals. it's agency from individuals. it's like if i'm worried about something that i might go and see i usually google . i see why i usually google. i usually things and sort usually google things and sort of i'm. that of check what i'm. is that agency being taken away from me? do i have to be told everything that's coming in front of me in life? i think sort of there's a worry there, isn't there, about losing that agency? >> definitely. all being >> definitely. we're all being treated in fact, treated like children. in fact, it horrible to treat it would be horrible to treat children know, children that way. you know, assuming can't go and assuming that they can't go and see and whether see something and decide whether they like it or whether they don't it, if it's a bit don't like it, if it's a bit much for them, they can leave. i don't trigger don't know who these trigger warnings for.

warnings are for. >> was my next >> well, that was my next question who actually asks question is who actually asks for trigger warnings? who for these trigger warnings? who actually needs them? because surely be exposed surely we should just be exposed to things and then make up our own minds as to whether or not we with what you we agree with it. what do you make it, charlie? unless make of it, charlie? well unless you're 16 going on 17, thank you very much, then you don't very much, then then you don't need a sort of an age sort of attached to what's appropriate material. >> but i think you're absolutely right. we need to be exposed to the point of theatre is to make you think. it's to make you feel like you have to be uncomfortable in theatre. that's the way sometimes that you the only way sometimes that you get across to make get a message across to make people and challenge people go away and challenge their views thoughts their own views or thoughts about that that are about things that are that are sensitive. can be sensitive. that can be difficult, know, can difficult, but you know, you can laugh, you can cry, you can smell. the whole point of theatre to make you feel all theatre is to make you feel all these kind of emotions, to not be dumbed down before you go and sit expect sit in that seat and just expect it to be sort of a nuanced experience. it has to be moving and shouldn't be tied up in and you shouldn't be tied up in brown with brown paper packages with string. >> wm >> oh, we go here. >> oh, we go here. >> we go. >> we go. >> you both. but you don't want

that grey boring, mundane experience the theatre. you experience at the theatre. you do feel things, don't you? >> absolutely. just worry >> absolutely. just i worry that people are not going to take risks as much now. i mean, we've got problem of got all the problem of sensitivity readers and you know, authors instead know, now authors instead of just want to just thinking, what do i want to say? my voice? they're say? what's my voice? they're worried someone's worried how someone's going to react and i think react on twitter. and i think that really, really, really destroys in literature . destroys depth in literature. yeah, yeah. >> or indeed, how they're book might be edited 70 years after it's written by some publishing company or other. should we should we move on to another story? because we haven't really touched on this that much today and it is such an important story, this horrific crash of this land rover into this school . charlie, do we know any more than did yesterday ? than we did yesterday? >> no, it's the answer. but i think well, not to my knowledge, but it's a horrific story . as but it's a horrific story. as you say, an eight year old girl who on her last day of term at this school was enjoying a tea party with other pupils , with party with other pupils, with staff waiting to be collected , i

staff waiting to be collected, i think, by her parents and a range rover crashes through a barrier and obviously is injured 16 other people who we need to hear an update on as to as to their condition. but a poor eight year old girl has tragically died, which moved obviously, police obviously, the police commissioner , chief constable commissioner, chief constable in charge when she gave a press conference yesterday tears . conference yesterday to tears. because it is such a tragic story and it alarmed a lot of people first because people at first because obviously the area, obviously in the area, wimbledon, where wimbledon is taking place, the thoughts that it been some sort it might have been some sort of terror attack. obviously, terror attack. now, obviously, that was confirmed that it wasn't quickly, which wasn't quite quickly, which i think a good thing. you think is a good thing. but, you know, it's a woman has been arrested for dangerous driving. and, you know , we can only wait and, you know, we can only wait to see what happens next. but it's a tragic, tragic accident which has left a family in total bids this summer. >> i mean, you can only think of the community in wimbledon as well. mean, was listening well. i mean, i was listening this a neighbour in this morning to a neighbour in wimbledon, to this school, who said even if it had happened a day later, then they'd be on

their school holidays. it just it's tragic, it? >> it's &- & children will have >> it's these children will have experienced trauma. experienced genuine trauma. i can hope that they are can only hope that they are getting the support they need that their families need. i mean, they're going to going mean, they're going to be going into holidays now and deep into the holidays now and deep grief and deep shock. >> just an absolutely >> it's just an absolutely horrific story. and of course, our thoughts do go out with all of those who've been affected, especially the family of that little old girl who little eight year old girl who lost yesterday. and lost her life yesterday. and hopefully answers hopefully we do get some answers of happened here. of what exactly happened here. absolutely. what everyone's absolutely. is what everyone's asking this morning, aren't they ? >> well, 7_ >> well, let's ? >> well, let's try and 7 >> well, let's try and move on now , if we can, because candice now, if we can, because candice , there is another story here about hundreds of thousands of people who left work during covid, now struggling to find jobs. >> yeah, this is so interesting. so this is a story in the times about the huge numbers of people that left the workforce , mainly that left the workforce, mainly the over 50. there was about 600,000 people there now living in what they say is relative poverty . so, you know, they're poverty. so, you know, they're earning quite a bit below the

average income and they're probably not going to be able to get to old age and survive on what they have. >> but there a lot of people >> but there are a lot of people who've just workforce who've just left the workforce and not coming back into the and are not coming back into the workforce. so lots of people who and are not coming back into the workfo perhaps ots of people who and are not coming back into the workfo perhaps theyf people who and are not coming back into the workfo perhaps they theyple who and are not coming back into the workfo perhaps they they have ho might perhaps they they have chosen a bargain where they work less, get less money, but less, they get less money, but ultimately have ultimately they don't have to work they're some money. >> yes. yeah. well, this is >> yes. yes. yeah. well, this is the mean, it's so it's the thing. i mean, it's so it's interesting you that because interesting you say that because i was talking to nurse i was talking to a nurse anecdotally was saying anecdotally and she was saying that older nurses just that a lot of older nurses just left after covid because the stress was intense. and it stress was so intense. and it wasn't that they wasn't necessarily that they were were financially were they were financially sorted. just wanted sorted. they just wanted something they something else because they couldn't everything something else because they coulthey'd everything something else because they coulthey'd had everything something else because they coulthey'd had to everything something else because they coulthey'd had to dealything something else because they coulthey'd had to deal with] that they'd had to deal with working in the hospitals during covid. of them don't covid. but a lot of them don't quite have the pension pot that they need, but they can't really be coaxed back into work because of health, the mental of the mental health, the mental health that they health issues that they suffered. but suppose this suffered. but i suppose in this country, you can live on a relatively low income . relatively low income. >> if, for example, you've paid off mortgage, not off your mortgage, you're not going too many sort of going to do too many sort of fancy things. perhaps some

people have just taken that bargain just thought, you bargain and just thought, you know what, 60. do i want to know what, i'm 60. do i want to do another six years of work or do another six years of work or do i want to sort of live a perhaps meagre life, but perhaps more meagre life, but one that less stress in it one that has less stress in it that to be bargain. some that seems to be a bargain. some people taken? people have taken? >> a really, really >> yeah, it's a really, really good afraid that's good point. i'm afraid that's time. charlie and candice, really good to you this really good to see you both this morning. for morning. thank you so much for joining picking such joining us. picking such wonderful we enjoyed wonderful stories. we enjoyed it as thank you, of as well. and thank you, all of you, for your comments on weetabix on names. there's been you, for your comments on wemany on names. there's been you, for your comments on wemany of] names. there's been you, for your comments on wemany of] namel'll'here's been you, for your comments on wemany of] namel'll just 's been you, for your comments on we many of] namel'll just share n so many of them. i'll just share a here. weetabix in a a couple here. weetabix in a bowl, a good squirt of honey and cold says alan. and pamela cold milk, says alan. and pamela says, ellie's says, i agree with ellie's weetabix and some some some names been brought in. names that have been brought in. >> gary is a popular one in >> gary gary is a popular one in the inbox. keith and harry have been writing about that, or indeed which has indeed ernest, which john has written say and the name written in to say and the name day back in c over there as well. >> that's it from us, the live deskis >> that's it from us, the live desk is up next with mark longhurst and pip tomson >> that warm feeling inside from boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news.

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some showers moving into cornwall and devon. by the end of the night at 18 or 19 celsius in the south, 1516 in the north. so a muggy night for sleeping, but plenty of sunshine for many as we begin the weekend, particularly towards the east, towards the west, we've got these areas of cloud moving through. morning, through. and during the morning, the some showers for the chance of some showers for wales, moving wales, south—west england moving into midlands, northern into the midlands, northern england and the possibility of thundery intense thundery rain. some intense downpours, ahead of downpours, however, ahead of that, keep the heat . 32 that, we keep the heat. 32 celsius are possible at high temperature in the south—east fresher further west . fresher further west. >> that warm feeling inside from boxed boilers . proud sponsors of boxed boilers. proud sponsors of weather on .

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