gb news. >> it's 3 pm. it's patrick christie's. >> it's 3 pm. it's patrick christie's. it's gb news. some big breaking news in the last few moments. victory for the government. they will be fighting the rwanda plan in fighting for the rwanda plan in the super court. we'll bring the super m court. we'll bring you the latest that. the you the very latest on that. the other of course, huw other news, of course, huw edwards, schools thought edwards, two schools of thought on he's an incredibly on this. now. he's an incredibly vulnerable who's done vulnerable man who's done nothing therefore nothing criminal and therefore should completely alone should be left completely alone or some pretty serious or there are some pretty serious allegations still at play and he should be held to account for them. where are you on that? in other news, i'm also going to be talking about victory for talking about this victory for a welsh community who appear to have for now anyway, seen off a migrant hotel in their local area . we will, of course, be area. we will, of course, be going to the scene. and finally this hour as well, the cost of the coronation bank holiday weekend is in. i will tell you how much that was. and i'm going to do you think our to be asking, do you think our king worth patrick king is worth it? patrick christys gb news is . a heck of

christys gb news is. a heck of a lot on today. gb views is a gbnews.com look, it's got to be the huw edwards saga, i think, hasn't it, in the inbox? certainly in the first hour today. where are you on that side of things? do you think it's side of things? do you think wsfime side of things? do you think it's time to leave him completely alone or do you think actually unfortunate early maybe this accounting actually unfortunate early maybe this of accounting actually unfortunate early maybe this of the accounting actually unfortunate early maybe this of the allegationsi actually unfortunate early maybe this of the allegations against some of the allegations against him? views gbnews.com. but it him? gb views gbnews.com. but it is headlines now . is your headlines now. >> good afternoon . it's 3:01. >> good afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm rhiannon jones in the newsroom . the government's been newsroom. the government's been given the go ahead to take a legal battle over its rwanda deportation policy to the supreme court. rishi sunak has said he fundamentally disagreed with the court of appeals ruling the deal was unlawful . all home the deal was unlawful. all home secretary suella bravermans been battling to get the policy off the ground after it was previously blocked by appeal judges. the deal would see asylum seekers deported to the

east african nation . the prime east african nation. the prime minister has told those still striking to do the right thing and know when to say yes, as he set out pay increases for millions of public sector workers , teachers will get 6.5, workers, teachers will get 6.5, while junior doctors will get a 6% rise. police and prison officers will receive an increase of 7. teachers unions say the new pay recommendations will allow them to call off strike action. rishi sunak says the pay increases won't be funded by more government borrowing and warns there'll be no more negotiate cutting. >> today's offer is final . there >> today's offer is final. there will be no more talks on pay. we will be no more talks on pay. we will not negotiate again on this year's settlements and no amount of strikes will change our decision. instead the settlement we've reached today gives us a fair way to end the strikes. a fair way to end the strikes. a fair deal for workers and a fair

deal for the british taxpayer . deal for the british taxpayer. >> while junior doctors in england , meanwhile, are striking england, meanwhile, are striking in what's being described as the longest in the history of the nhs , members of the british nhs, members of the british medical association nye bevan have begun a five day walkout in their dispute over pay, arguing for a rise of around 35. the row has already led to thousands of cancelled operations and consultations as mental health charity mind says people like huw edwards experiencing serious mental health problems should be given the space to receive treatment . but questions have treatment. but questions have been raised regarding the son's conduct , as been raised regarding the son's conduct, as well as the bbc's response to the allegations. he paid a young person for sexually explicit images . the explicit images. the corporation's director general will be questioned in parliament next week on how the story was handled. the met police has found no evidence of criminal

city. former bbc executive roger bolton told gb news the corporation's obliged to scrutinise allegations . scrutinise allegations. >> you're going to be very careful about this. of course, because huw edwards can't reply to this. and when it comes to sort keeping up with the sort of keeping up with the sexual politics, there's a vast difference between ageing older people for example, or people like me, for example, or whatever, women in whatever, and young women in particular say in their 20s have very different views about what constitutes uncomfortable things . but i just think that in this instance, give the information to the bbc, let them report now, let us scrutinise the bbc is absolute obligation to come pubuc absolute obligation to come public on all of this, but it doesn't have to do it now . doesn't have to do it now. >> well, gb news has been speaking to people around the country to get their thoughts. i think they need to drop it from the news. >> he's obviously got serious mental health issues and at the moment we don't consider that the ramifications for his family if he's going disappear into if he's going to disappear into the wilderness. >> that's all he's finished. >> that's all he's finished. >> he really basically he's finished. like schofield , he's

finished. >> i think people need to leave him alone . him alone. >> mental health is so severe and each person handles it a different way . different way. >> allegations and rumours cause traumatic behaviour, which is probably what's made him completely go off the edge . completely go off the edge. >> virgin media is under investigation after customers complained of difficulties cancelling their contracts. they claim they've struggled to speak to an agent or were placed on hold for a long time before their call was eventually dropped out. media watchdog ofcom says it's concerned about the number of complaints it's received regarding the telecoms company . and footballer dele . company. and footballer dele. alli has revealed he was sexually abused when he was six years old and was dealing drugs by the time he was eight. speaking to gary neville on his podcast the overlap, the everton midfielder says he recently spent six weeks in rehab because

of a sleeping pill addiction and mental health issues. he's also revealed he smoked at the age of seven and was sent to africa to learn discipline. the prince of wales has expressed his support , saying he was brave and inspiration and that we're all with you, he says. alli says as adoptive parents have helped him turn his life around , he had 12, turn his life around, he had 12, was adopted, so and from then it was adopted, so and from then it was like i was adopted by an amazing family. >> like i said, i couldn't have asked for better people to do what they'd done for me as i mean, i don't if god created people, it was them . people, it was them. >> this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back over to . patrick >> well, in a stark contrast to

most media outlets, i will actually start with the big news that broke in the last hour. the government has been given the go ahead bring a supreme court ahead to bring a supreme court challenge over the rwanda deportation policy. let's just get straight into it, get stuck straight into it, shall with home and shall we, with our home and security white. security editor, mark white. mark, very much. mark, thank you very, very much. so does this actually mean ? >> well, 7- >> well, it 7 >> well, it means that the government will be able to fight that decision. it was handed down in a court of appeal last month that shocked decision, i have to say, because speaking to people that i know within the home office, they were confident that the appeal court judges would agree with the original high court decision that was made in december of last year that the plans to send some of those coming across the english channelin those coming across the english channel in small boats to rwanda for process icing was lawful, but in the end, these three appeal court judges , and it appeal court judges, and it wasn't unanimous , but these wasn't unanimous, but these three appeal court judges , the

three appeal court judges, the ruling of the court was that actually it was unlawful . and i actually it was unlawful. and i think it was always a given that we would reach this stage, though, that the go ahead would be given to the home office to fight this in the highest court in the land because of the fact that it wasn't unanimous. so two of the appeal court judges believed that there were deficiencies in the asylum system in rwanda. that meant it was unsafe to send asylum seekers to that country because of the risk . although it was of the risk. although it was acknowledged to be a small risk but a risk nonetheless, that some asylum seekers could end up being rejected in rwanda and then return to their home countries where they could face persecution or worse . however, persecution or worse. however, the third judge in the court of appeal the third judge in the court of appeal, the lord chief justice himself, agreed with the home office that it was a lawful policy. so given that it's not clear cut at all, and that's why

it'll go to the supreme court. as i say, the highest court in the land to make that final decision. yeah mark, thank you very, very much for the update. >> that's mark white there, gb news home and security editor. it is worth reminding ourselves when were talking about when people were talking about whether a safe whether or not rwanda is a safe country, lot of people country, a lot of people think that's singularly that's based singularly around the play there. the human rights on play there. so it for okay you to be a so is it for okay you to be a woman there? is it okay for you to in political opposition to be in political opposition over there? is it okay for you to be gay over there? but that ruling previously it's not ruling previously said it's not really that. it's whether ruling previously said it's not retnot that. it's whether ruling previously said it's not retnot it that. it's whether ruling previously said it's not retnot it can that. it's whether ruling previously said it's not retnot it can tha safes whether ruling previously said it's not retnot it can tha safe for1ether ruling previously said it's not retnot it can tha safe for an 1er or not it can be safe for an asylum seeker to go to rwanda to have their case judged and then potentially to potentially be sent back to another country where they might face of personal face some kind of personal dangen face some kind of personal danger. if those are the danger. and if those are the rules applied, then rules that are applied, then realistically, it's very difficult send difficult for britain to send anyone anywhere, because fundamentally would then not anyone anywhere, because furinimentally would then not anyone anywhere, because furin totalally would then not anyone anywhere, because furin total control would then not anyone anywhere, because furin total control of»uld then not anyone anywhere, because furin total control of the then not be in total control of the decision that is made. and if we apply that logic to everything, then frankly, why don't we just let stay? but the let everybody stay? but the victory the government victory for the government anyway that it anyway in the short term that it will heard the supreme

will be heard at the supreme court. more on that. we've got a few these stories knocking few of these stories knocking about as well. shortly i'm going to going to wales where to be going to wales where there's local community there's been a local community there's been a local community there for now, at there that has one for now, at least a fight having least in a fight over having a migrant hotel landed in their local and also, of local village. and also, of course, what is the latest from scampton? course, what is the latest from scam is)n? course, what is the latest from scam is very much another story there is very much another story in town and has been in town for a good few days now as the dust begins settle on the begins to settle on the huw edwards saga, think edwards saga, i think it's worthwhile taking stock of what's gone honestly don't what's gone on. i honestly don't think anybody emerges well from this, doesn't. this, hugh. certainly doesn't. the bbc definitely don't. the sun has serious questions to answer . i'll sun has serious questions to answer. i'll start with the bbc. it is reasonable to suggest that if the beeb had responded properly to the original concerns raised by the concern parents of the first young person embroiled in this , then person embroiled in this, then they would never have gone to they would never have gone to the sun. this would never have become a story. and hugh would probably be presenting the 10:00 news, not coming to terms with the trauma of his quite possibly shattered personal and professional life . the sun is

professional life. the sun is now in a very precarious position. they won't big , they position. they won't big, they say they have evidence and the other allegations that have come to light since the original story broke, including some brought forward by the bbc itself , would lend weight to the itself, would lend weight to the nofion itself, would lend weight to the notion that there definitely is a story here, but they now face a story here, but they now face a very difficult balancing act if they back down completely and go into retreat, they look like the guilty party. if they press ahead with more allegations, which they have said they won't for now, they look like they're willing to drive a man to suicide. i would argue that neither are neither of those options are particularly great. there is the question of whether or not something the public something is in the public interest . just because interest. just because the pubuc interest. just because the public to be interested public happens to be interested in it. the huge amount of traction this scandal has had clearly shows the public was fascinated by it, and i think unfortunately for hugh, his position as a kind of national treasure, his taxpayer funded salary and his on screen persona did cross the in the public interest threshold . and we now interest threshold. and we now also enter an interesting phase

in this . the police have in this. the police have concluded that nothing criminal happened. and hugh's wife has said that he has suffered a serious mental episode and is receiving in—patient treatment . receiving in—patient treatment. he is clearly in a desperate state. and as somebody who has previously been very open about my own health struggles, my own mental health struggles, you wouldn't that on you simply wouldn't wish that on anyone. you simply wouldn't wish that on anyone . but just because nothing anyone. but just because nothing criminal happened and criminal has happened and doesn't that nothing doesn't mean that nothing untoward on, and because untoward went on, and because somebody is suffering desperate mental issues right now, mental health issues right now, it unfortunately mean it doesn't. unfortunately mean that they don't have to face the consequences of their alleged actions at some point. the bbc has gone public to say that they have resumed their internal investigation and new claims of inappropriate behaviour were made against huw edwards last night after his wife released her statement . there is now her statement. there is now a difference of opinion about whether somebody in deep distress who hasn't committed a criminal offence should be left completely alone or whether they are simply facing the devastating personal and professional consequences of their own alleged mistakes and

that it their own alleged mistakes and thatitis their own alleged mistakes and that it is fair to shine a light on that . but as ever, with any on that. but as ever, with any story like this, i suspect the truth is somewhere in the middle of those two viewpoints . gb of those two viewpoints. gb views. gbnews.com. it's views. gb news.com. it's relatively views. gbnews.com. it's relatively straightforward . do relatively straightforward. do you think that now, in light of no criminality and hugh's desperate mental state, that he should be completely left alone? or do you think that there are still questions to answer at some point there may well have to be some accountability taken. i'm by neil wallace, i'm joined now by neil wallace, who executive who is the former executive editor news of the world editor of the news of the world and was also the deputy editor of sun, which i think is of the sun, which i think is a pretty for to pretty good place for us to start. where are you then in that kind of camp of two people between the ones that want to leave totally alone and leave him totally alone now and those that there is those who think that there is still some sense shining a still some sense in shining a light allegations. light on the allegations. >> know why it's a >> i don't know why it's a binary choice. patrick can can this to positions not sit quite

compatibly together ? i think compatibly together? i think that i've spent a lot of time sitting in front of this zoom camera today with a whole variety of news organisations opfions variety of news organisations options raking over the coals. but you know, the sun has said that they are leaving it where it is at the moment. i think most people would assume that it's only right that huw edwards gets treated for his severe mental current mental condition , but i think it ridic oculus to suggest that . the there is not suggest that. the there is not a conclusion to this. we need to get to the bottom. >> it is the original allegations made by the parent of a young drug addict as they say, as the parents say . say, as the parents say. >> uh, what happens for them? they need closure on this as well. most of all, actually, what they've got is they wanted

to turn off the money, tap . they to turn off the money, tap. they wanted to stop . huw edwards said wanted to stop. huw edwards said , adding tens of thousands of pounds to the very vulnerable young person. >> this is this is the thing. and can i just can i just cut in here? because i think this is a fascinating point. right? which is actually none of this needed to out. of this needed to come out. none of this needed to come out. none of this needed to come out. those parents would never have gone to the sun. i don't think bbc had don't think if the bbc had handled correctly. first don't think if the bbc had hand round. correctly. first don't think if the bbc had hand round. so»rrectly. first don't think if the bbc had hand round. so it'stly. first don't think if the bbc had hand round. so it's all first don't think if the bbc had hand round. so it's all very time round. so it's all very well slamming well and good. people slamming the calling it the the sun, people calling it the gutter press, all of stuff gutter press, all of this stuff . but actually it is our national broadcaster who some would argue have let this leak out . well i think the national out. well i think the national broadcaster is directly responsible for it appearing. >> don't forget, there's a seven week gap between when the parents went to some arm of the bbc and tried to raise this flag and said, please stop this man

sending money to our youngster. they in june , when huw edwards they in june, when huw edwards sent £1,000 to a young, troubled aduu sent £1,000 to a young, troubled adult who was in the grip of a crack cocaine addiction. >> these are the allegations. are they parents and if the bbc had acted promptly, if they'd acted quickly and just approached huw edwards, he was only approached because the sun approached the bbc. >> so they were just sort of sitting there and letting it go away. >> but patrick, one of the things come out of this, which i think is very, very important, last night after huw edwards wife bravely announced that he was going into hospital for treatment, the bbc itself broke story, a story about what had been going on, allegations against him within their own building . yeah, yeah. building. yeah, yeah. >> this this is it. so again,

again, this notion of this is all the sons fault is absolute lunacy because actually for a penod lunacy because actually for a period of time the bbc were leading the charge on on this. that would be my view on it can i ask you a question slightly personal. how much sympathy do you have for huw edwards >> i've got tremendous simple zahawi for anybody who suffers from severe mental ill health issues , they have been in in issues, they have been in in evidence for a long time . but evidence for a long time. but similarly, what we now know as a result of the original story, the behaviour for which he has been exposed, has been going on for a long time as well. the first allegation allegedly dates back to 2018. now at what point, considering huw edwards has talked at length about his struggles with depression in have the bbc acted to find out what is underneath this? what has led to this and what is behind this? this sort of

behaviour? most of which has not actually come out yet . i can actually come out yet. i can tell you this sort of behaviour is deep rooted and very, very difficult and should have been tackled a long time ago. >> neil, thank you very, very much. neil wallace there is the former executive editor of the news of the world and also the deputy editor of the sun. i will reiterate that he is elle edwards wife in edwards his wife in her statement last night said that hughis statement last night said that hugh is a desperately bad hugh is in a desperately bad state that will respond state and that he will respond to claims at some point in the future . and it all remains future. and it all remains alleged . and all of these alleged. and all of these accusations at the moment. but you get loads more on this story on our website. go to gbnews.com. it's the fastest growing national news website in the country. it's got the best analysis, big opinion and all of the latest breaking news. and that conversation between criminality and something unethical is going to unethical et cetera is going to dominate. but gb news is also campaigning to stop the uk becoming cashless society. see becoming a cashless society. see that don't kill cash . that campaign don't kill cash. and it's proving to be hugely popular we're up

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and lasting for much of tomorrow and lasting for much of tomorrow and into the weekend courtesy of these two areas of low pressure. in particular, this one which is heading up towards the southwest. ahead that, southwest. now, ahead of that, many of us have had the driest day of a pretty showery week . day of a pretty showery week. there some heavy there are still some heavy showers around of showers around across parts of eastern england and scotland and further outbreaks of mostly light rain pushing into northern ireland, and ireland, north wales and northwest england this northwest england during this evening. comes a band evening. but here comes a band of heavier rain accompanied by some and gusty winds . some strong and gusty winds. temperatures mostly holding up some strong and gusty winds. te the ratures mostly holding up some strong and gusty winds. te the teens; mostly holding up some strong and gusty winds. te the teens .mostly holding up some strong and gusty winds. te the teens . nowly holding up some strong and gusty winds. te the teens . now theseiing up some strong and gusty winds. te the teens . now these winds) in the teens. now these winds will be pretty lively , will be pretty lively, particularly for this time of yeah particularly for this time of year. it's going to be year. so it's going to be a blustery day over southwest england wales. there'll be blustery day over southwest englarrain wales. there'll be blustery day over southwest englarrain aswales. there'll be blustery day over southwest englarrain as well,. there'll be blustery day over southwest englarrain as well, exacerbating heavy rain as well, exacerbating the miserable feel, but also making for some pretty tricky travelling conditions . metaphors travelling conditions. metaphors do have a yellow warning in place for those the rain place for those winds. the rain will spread across much of england, ireland and england, northern ireland and into southern scotland by the end day. some brighter end of the day. some brighter spells the southeast could end of the day. some brighter spe|highs:he southeast could end of the day. some brighter spe|highs of southeast could end of the day. some brighter spe|highs of 22, |theast could end of the day. some brighter spe|highs of 22, |thetgenerally see highs of 22, but generally temperatures in the high teens and feeling cooler with that gusty, gusty wind . it's

gusty, gusty wind. it's a blustery day for many on saturday. you can see this big swirl. it's low pressure, but the strongest winds on saturday over parts midlands, east over parts of the midlands, east anglia and southeast england. another met office warning in place those gusty winds. place for those gusty winds. there'll plenty of heavy there'll be plenty of heavy showers moving across the country as well. blustery conditions throughout the day with temperatures teens low with temperatures high teens low 20s, the temperatures rising, boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news well, locals weather on. gb news well, locals in llanelli are celebrating today after plans to house more than 200 migrants in a four star hotel were put on hold . hotel were put on hold. >> and that is singularly down to the power of the local people. we've been all over this story. we're certainly not dropping it now. you'll get dropping it now. and you'll get the from the scene the very latest from the scene in a couple ticks.

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our economy shrinking in may on the king's coronation and the bank holiday. i will be asking, is the king worth it? it's not the biggest shrink in the world to fair. and there is the to be fair. and there is the latest the legal fight to latest on the legal fight to stop 2000 migrants being housed at the home the dambusters. at the home of the dambusters. but this next story is on a similar theme. week i've similar theme. all week i've been on the town been focusing on the welsh town of llanelli, where 95 people have lost their jobs as a hotel have lost theirjobs as a hotel after the arrival of more than 200 asylum seekers. thus, all seemed it seemed seemed deeply unfair. it seemed deeply , highlighted deeply wrong, so we highlighted it protesters have blocked it well. protesters have blocked the entrance hotel the main entrance to the hotel and good news for and there was good news for protesters as protesters yesterday as carmarthenshire stopped carmarthenshire council stopped the owners transporting the hotel's owners transporting items gap in a hedge items through a gap in a hedge that borders the property. let's show gb news show viewers on gb news the scenes when security staff actually left the hotel last night . ipp dokey utopia . p&o night. ipp dokey utopia. p&o hang up .

hang up. yes. well, there you go. cheerio indeed. i'm joined now by dan morgan from the voice of wales group. dan, thank you very, very much. you must be happy, but does this really mean it's not happening? what's the latest there ? there? >> well , there? >> well, interesting you should open up with that because that's exactly it. >> over all it's >> it isn't over all it's happenedis >> it isn't over all it's happened is the security staff have left. they've obviously been kept there for quite a long time now. and do have to time now. and they do have to leave the property now. the landowners to landowners are happy to facilitate them the facilitate them leaving the property , but there's lot of property, but there's a lot of speculation around the protest that this could be a move for them to drop their guard. so then they can move to get them in because we've got to remember, there's contracts being signed. there's a lot of money at stake. and i can imagine property owners of imagine these property owners of the are not going to be the hotel are not going to be very happy with what's happening right now. >> no. so are the locals >> no. so what are the locals going to do then? they just going to do then? are they just going to do then? are they just going maintain a presence going to maintain a presence there that there and hope that that presence everybody

presence makes everybody think twice migrants twice about putting migrants there? yeah, that's exactly there? yeah yeah, that's exactly what they're do . what they're going to do. >> they're going to >> they said they're going to continue in every single continue protest in every single day, weekend , as day, every single weekend, as they have been until they know what final actually what the final outcome actually is still up in is, because it is still up in the air moment. it is the air at the moment. it is still in limbo and nobody still quite in limbo and nobody knows actually going to knows what's actually going to happen. a court happen. it could be a court battle. could be not worth battle. it could be not worth the hassle and they could pull out. so it's still all up in out. so it's still up all up in the air. but until they get a final decision of what is actually happening, the protests final decision of what is actlgoingiappening, the protests final decision of what is actlgoing to pening, the protests final decision of what is actlgoing to continue. e protests final decision of what is actlgoing to continue. and)tests final decision of what is actlgoing to continue. and the :s are going to continue. and the community strength is community and the strength is just grow. just going to grow. >> okay. and so look as >> okay. and so it does look as though stalemate has been though a stalemate has been reached. trying to reached. are you guys trying to take court as well? are take this to court as well? are you or anything? >> the carmarthenshire >> well, the carmarthenshire county take it county council tried to take it to court. were rejected and to court. they were rejected and they taken court over they were taken into court over it hostile . and the it becoming a hostile. and the change not being not change of use, not being not being so that was being applied for so that was rejected. but we just don't know. i believe it will be down to now the people who own the hotel to take the landowners to court to try and come to some sort of agreement with allowing

access to the land or finding out where the land actually lies. so is all speculation lies. so it is all speculation right now. and i know the spirits around the protest itself are still all really high, but they are not disillusioned to the fact that this is over. yeah this is a prime example of what can be doneif prime example of what can be done if a community that doesn't want to be changed forever actually comes together and tries to make something happen. >> understand just looking >> i do understand just looking at some of the wonderful videos that been put up on twitter that have been put up on twitter from and others as from your group and others as well there a little bit of well, there was a little bit of cheeky business between cheeky business going on between some people there and some of the people there and some of the people there and some the security guards. and some of the security guards. and we most garden hedge in we have the most garden hedge in the i think a row of the world. i think with a row of police officers a police officers guarding a gap in the which would in the hedge, which would provide access to this provide some access to this hotel that isn't via a private road into it, but also some of the security guards, i think, ordered a takeaway. did they or something like that. and i believe it didn't quite get there. >> yeah, it didn't quite get there . and i think it was, you there. and i think it was, you know, the thought was that there would be a shame for that food

to go to waste. so i think the protesters has kind of enjoyed it. they've there it. they've they've been there for time. it's been cold. for a long time. it's been cold. it's raining. so i think it's been raining. so i think they were happy for a bit of pizza and a bit of chinese takeaway. >> look, dan, thank you very, very and i suppose, look, very much. and i suppose, look, it's 1—0 wales the it's definitely 1—0 wales at the minute. it's definitely one, it's definitely 1—0 wales so well luck the well done and good luck for the rest dan morgan rest of the battle. dan morgan there the voice of wales there of the voice of wales group and make sure you do check them out on social media as well for all the kind of live updates as loads as well. and there's loads on in the world of illegal immigration as because it's not just as well because it's not just llanelli locals are trying llanelli where locals are trying to migrants housed on to stop migrants being housed on their residents of their doorstep. the residents of scampton lincolnshire, their doorstep. the residents of scampthoping ncolnshire, their doorstep. the residents of scampthoping their shire, their doorstep. the residents of scampthoping their council they're hoping their council wins court battle to wins its high court battle to stop seekers moving stop 2000 asylum seekers moving into the raaf base used by the dambusters . there's also been dambusters. there's also been that which we will that breaking news which we will return the home office return to about the home office being allowed to take the rwanda scheme to the supreme court. we will be going to rwanda later on in the show to talk about how safe or otherwise indeed it is. and what this all really means.

but yes, now it's your headlines with . rihanna with. rihanna >> patrick, thank you. good afternoon . it's 330. here are afternoon. it's 330. here are your top stories. the prime minister's told those still striking to do the right thing and know when to say yes as he set out pay increases for millions of public sector workers , teachers will get a workers, teachers will get a 6.5% rise while junior doctors will get a 6% rise. police and prison officers will receive an increase of 7% following the announcement , the education announcement, the education union said the deal will allow strikes to be called off if . strikes to be called off if. meanwhile, junior doctors in england have begun their five day strike in what's being described as the longest in the history of the nhs, members of the british medical association are walking out in their dispute over pay , arguing for a rise of over pay, arguing for a rise of around 35. the row over pay has

already to led thousands of cancelled operations and consultations . the government's consultations. the government's been given the go ahead to take a legal battle over its rwanda deportation policy to the supreme court. rishi sunak had said he fundamentally disagreed with the court of appeals , with the court of appeals, ruling the deal was unlawful . ruling the deal was unlawful. home secretary suella braverman has been battling to get the policy off the ground after it was previously blocked by appeal judges. the deal would see asylum seekers deported to the east african nation and mental health charity mind says people like huw edwards experiencing serious mental health problems should be given the space to receive treatment. it comes as questions are raised regarding the son's conduct , questions are raised regarding the son's conduct, as well as the son's conduct, as well as the bbc's response to the allegations. the corporation's director general will be questioned in parliament next week on how the story was handled. the met police has found no evidence of criminality . dodi found no evidence of criminality .dodiand

found no evidence of criminality . dodi and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website gbnews.com . our website gbnews.com. direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . silver investment. >> it . >> it. >> it. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.3097 and ,1.1706. the price of gold is £1,497.45 per ounce. and the ftse 100 is at 7454 points. direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . investment. >> good news for royalists in the round. i think as the cost of the king's coronation on to

our economy in terms of the bank houday our economy in terms of the bank holiday has been revealed and i will tell you exactly what that is very, very shortly. but actually our economy shrank less than a world of than expected. and in a world of bad that i is bad news, that i think is something to cling on to, isn't it? but the government plans to house migrants at the home house 2000 migrants at the home of dambusters, they're of the dambusters, and they're being high being challenged in the high court today. lindsey court today. west lindsey district opposing the district council is opposing the decision raf scampton decision to use raf scampton as accommodation asylum accommodation for asylum seekers. hearing will seekers. the hearing will determine the case can determine whether the case can proceed to full judicial proceed to a full judicial review. remember, this time review. and remember, this time yesterday that while yesterday emerged that while that was taking place that court case was taking place , office decided to bus , the home office decided to bus in at least 46 asylum seekers to a different site at raf wethersfield, which seemed a bit cloak and dagger, if you ask me. but let's cross live now to scampton speak to mandy scampton and speak to mandy richardson, actually lives richardson, who actually lives at mandy, thank you at the base. mandy, thank you very, just tell our very, very much. just tell our viewers our listeners, viewers and our listeners, please, is going please, how this is going to directly your life . directly affect your life. >> well, i've lived on the camp for 15 years. >> a peaceful living, and i was going to i'm retired so i was

going to i'm retired so i was going to i'm retired so i was going to have a peaceful life there. and they're going to put those immigrants here, which will upset everybody . will upset everybody. >> i am frightened . i would be >> i am frightened. i would be frightened to go out my house at night or take a dog out for a walk because they can go wherever they like . wherever they like. >> okay. but there's such a lot of noise on the on the a15. >> no, that's all right. i'm hoping that you can hear me. i'm just going to ask you again. really? so you would you have to would you have to actually move house then or what would happen to you? you just your lifestyle would change. no, they're not. >> no, they're not going to they're not going to move us. we're to going stay where we are. we're going to fight this as as we can. when and if as much as we can. when and if we lose , we'll just look to see we lose, we'll just look to see where else we can fight. you know something else? this project . at £300 million project. at £300 million project, which will bring money in not just to lincolnshire but to the old country , thousands of

to the old country, thousands of jobs. to the old country, thousands of jobs . sorry jobs. sorry >> all right. i think that's someone supporting your cause. >> technology . they are. they do >> technology. they are. they do support us. thank you. lorry drivers and other vehicles. yes we've got this project , that we've got this project, that technology . space aviation and technology. space aviation and heritage . they've also going to heritage. they've also going to have an hotel on camp. they're also to going have places where people can start their business and live above it. so they don't have the cost of going. and, you know, look at forking out for, um, accommodate asian as well as their business. but they're bulldozing it. the government are trying to bulldoze it. we've had that on the go for five years trying to get this project going. the day after we tell them that what we're going to do, the government the next day say no, we're going to use it as

a asylum seeking place, a detention centre . detention centre. >> but as you said, as you said , it's not going to actually be much of a detention centre. from what we understand , because it what we understand, because it does look as though around 2000 and probably mostly young men will just be landed in your local area and be allowed to walk around it. yeah they can. >> they can go wherever they like and they're going to be found at 11:00. this is a laugh for us residents. they're going to be phoning the migrants up if they're late home from 11:00 to see if they're okay. it doesn't matter about us. we're m2 by security doorbells. and so forth because we don't feel safe . are because we don't feel safe. are some people deciding to move away ? away? >> have you seen have you seen some people decide to move? have you seen some people having to pay you seen some people having to pay money for extra security? i think you were mentioning there.

i what's going there ? i mean, what's going on there? the houses where there has been two houses up for sale and been up for sale for a long time, the pnces up for sale for a long time, the prices have gone down since they found out that the asylum seekers are going to be here. >> the prices have dropped so you can't sell your house. >> no, indeed. and what would your can i actually ask mandy, do you mind me asking this who did you vote for at the last election ? election? >> the last election? i believe it or not, i voted for conservative. and would you vote a never again? >> so . so i'll take that as a >> so. so i'll take that as a hard no for the current conservative party then, mandy. that's all right. don't worry. >> it is definitely hard. no. >> it is definitely hard. no. >> right. okay and i mean, is there anyone that you would consider voting for now ? consider voting for now? >> not labour. i've consider voting for now? >> not labour . i've gone for. if >> not labour. i've gone for. if i can find a bit more about it.

reform interest eating stuff. >> mandy, look. thank you. and i appreciate you coming. you're coming on. and what is interesting is we cover quite a few gatherings here and often it's people out on strike and they like to make it sound like they've got a load of public support because they'll put a load of people behind them with signs and then one car will go past and all the reports always start with horns are tooting here in of people who start with horns are tooting here in on of people who start with horns are tooting here in on strikef people who start with horns are tooting here in on strike when)le who start with horns are tooting here in on strike when they ho are out on strike when they should somewhere saving should be in somewhere saving lives. we've done lives. and with you, we've done a interview here we a whole interview here and we could hardly you because could hardly hear you because the time, actual, real the whole time, actual, real people been showing their people have been showing their support so mandy, thank support for you. so mandy, thank you much. good mandy you very much. good luck. mandy richardson at richardson there, who lives at that well, i believe our that base. well, i believe our political reporter, olivia utley, at the high court, utley, who is at the high court, soaking of this drama soaking in all of this drama live, with now. olivia, live, is with us now. olivia, thank you very, very much. yes. okay. strong from okay. well, strong stuff from a local it's fair local resident there, it's fair to what's going on that to say. what's going on in that building behind yeah we are to say. what's going on in that builrexpecting d yeah we are to say. what's going on in that builrexpecting a yeah we are to say. what's going on in that builrexpecting a decision�*n we are to say. what's going on in that builrexpecting a decision from are now expecting a decision from the judge very, very soon. >> and that decision will say

whether or not west lindsey , whether or not west lindsey, district council, the lib dem council , district council, the lib dem council, which is home to scampton , can take its to case scampton, can take its to case judicial review. now it is arguing that it is unlawful for the home office to house 2000 illegal migrants at the scampton base. illegal migrants at the scampton base . richard wald who's the kc base. richard wald who's the kc who's acting on behalf of the council , says that one of the council, says that one of the reasons why it shouldn't be allowed to go ahead is that there is this £300 million renovation project for scampton that's been running since 2018. when and if this plan goes ahead, then there is a worry among residents that investors will pull out of that program because they will think it's not the sort of place where they want to be investing lots and lots of money for heritage and tourism project. the other problem hearing this problem we've been hearing this a is this a lot this afternoon is this idea that government haven't idea that the government haven't been candid about how been being very candid about how long plan to house migrants long they plan to house migrants at raf scampton. now, they've been talking about it being an emergency or needing to house it

for an emergency. but this afternoon i've just heard richard wald saying the richard wald saying that the problem housing migrants is a problem of housing migrants is a permanent for the permanent emergency for the government. when is the when government. so when is the when is clause? if you is the sunset clause? if you like, on this emergency ? and like, on this emergency? and when speaking to residents of the scampton area, suella braverman and robert jenrick say that they plan to house migrants sort of 12 months. but when speaking in parliament, they suggest it could be a much longer time frame than that, up to sort five years, which of to sort of five years, which of course is pretty worrying for the residents of scampton. but yet we are expecting a decision soon. i've just been listening to the to the final summaries, so hopefully by the next time i speak to you, i should have an answer over whether this will be able to progress to to the the judicial review stage. absolutely. >> olivia, thank you. i'll let you back in there now you get back in there now because running this because we're running for this for i wouldn't want you for so long. i wouldn't want you to olivia utley to miss it. so olivia utley there, who's at the court there, who's at the high court for okay. right. so we for us. okay. all right. so we have done the rwanda latest. we've done a welsh migrant centre in terms we've done a welsh migrant ce scampton. in terms

we've done a welsh migrant ce scampton. we've in terms we've done a welsh migrant ce scampton. we've doneerms we've done a welsh migrant ce scampton. we've done the of scampton. we've done the highway with stuff. it's time for something a little bit different the economy for something a little bit differerin the economy for something a little bit differerin may. the economy for something a little bit differerin may. yeah, economy for something a little bit differerin may. yeah, but»nomy for something a little bit differerin may. yeah, but it's1y shrank in may. yeah, but it's not bad it shrank less not all bad news. it shrank less than we thought it would. and the king's coronation how dare they blamed. so i'm they is being blamed. so i'm asking, king worth it? asking, is the king worth it? and if you've got and also, if you've got a keyless car, this be keyless car, this could be terrible news you, terrible news for you, apparently. think there apparently. i think there is a huge here brewing the huge scandal here brewing by the way, the old huw edwards way, forget the old huw edwards stuff, anyone keyless stuff, anyone with a keyless car, stuff, anyone with a keyless can you stuff, anyone with a keyless car, you should be car, i think you should be having at your having a look at your manufacturers because as manufacturers soon, because as far as i can gather, they are a complete gift for car thieves everywhere.

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hit for a little bit of a bank houday hit for a little bit of a bank holiday and some small economic shrinkage? so gdp fell nought shrinkage? so gdp fell by nought point 1% in may after a 0.2% gain the month before . that's gain the month before. that's according for the office for national statistics. and economists had expected a drop of 0.3% manufacturing services, construction . they actually all construction. they actually all performed better than expected, which considering that we had an extra bank holiday in there and that was a period of time where we had quite a few bank holidays as well. wasn't there. and i would dare say as well that in light of that, the combination was i reckon that was coming up. i reckon that productivity went down productivity generally went down a little bit because everybody knew had long knew that they had a long weekend coming and you know, weekend coming up and you know, they frankly it at they all frankly got on it at wetherspoons, didn't they? so i think actually maybe think that actually maybe we've done of this and done quite well out of this and it would be wrong blame the it would be wrong to blame the king i'm very to king well, i'm very pleased to say joining in the say that. joining me in the studio of course, is our studio now, of course, is our economics and business editor. it's liam, thank it's liam halligan. liam, thank you the face of you very much. on the face of it, it looks doesn't it? it, it looks bad, doesn't it? 0.1% it was predicted 0.1% shrinkage. it was predicted to dropped come on,

to have dropped by 0.3. come on, talk through it. how bad is talk me through it. how bad is it and is the king to blame? >> the news is that we're >> the good news is that we're not in recession. patrick. a recession is two consecutive quarters. consecutive quarters. so two consecutive three a row three month periods in a row where the economy actually contracts . if you look from contracts. if you look from april , if you contracts. if you look from april, if you look at march, april, if you look at march, april and may, the economy is basically flatlined because in april it actually grew by 0.3, even though it's contracted a little bit in may on these latest numbers. so unlike the eurozone, unlike germany and europe's economic powerhouse , europe's economic powerhouse, the uk isn't yet in recession . the uk isn't yet in recession. my the uk isn't yet in recession. my concern is that if the bank of england keeps raising interest rates the way it has been, i think it should stop now. it's done 13 interest rate rises that will drive us into recession and if you look at the specific example you raise of the coronation day, now now, on the coronation day, now now, on the one hand, you and i know that on coronation day, the pubs were absolutely rammed and hospitality industry was saying,

oh yeah, we need this, this is a big boost for us. but the hospitality industry in this country, even though we're pretty good at pubs and restaurants all the rest of restaurants and all the rest of it, only 10% of it, aren't we? it's only 10% of the economy. if one's at the economy. so if no one's at work all, anyone is doing work and all, anyone is doing is, you know, sitting at home watching ing or watching telly, barbecue ing or maybe down the pub having a few sherbets with their friends, then the economy can still contract. so i think because of that whole day, taken out of a a working month, if you like , it working month, if you like, it was always expected there was going to be a little bit of a contraction compared to the month before , but it's less than month before, but it's less than we expected. so the uk isn't in recession and there's a danger it may go into recession if we keep going too hard with the interest rate rises. but for now at least, i know the cost of living crisis is still there. i know a lot of people are finding it hard to make ends meet, but we're still getting a lot of investment into this country and the for most part, the economy, for the most part, is yeah, good stuff. and >> yeah, good stuff. and actually a very fascinating

article the weekend about article over the weekend about what's in germany what's going on in germany at the and kind of the minute and the kind of bubbung the minute and the kind of bubbling the surface there. >> bad industrial relations in germany more and germany big time and more and more come. a lot of political more to come. a lot of political extremism. afd extremism. you've got us afd now, which you know, people now, which is, you know, people talk conservative lviv talk about conservative lviv members conservative members of the conservative party or far party are hard right or far right because want to right because they want to tackle. want legislation tackle. they want legislation that tackles the small boats. they're right far they're not hard right or far right they're centre right right. they're centre right because what they're doing is what other countries what many other countries are doing, scandinavia doing, not least in scandinavia , but germany has got a proper hard right party. called hard right party. it's called afd or alternative for deutschland . it's certainly way deutschland. it's certainly way to the right of the cdu, angela merkel's party broadly the same as the conservatives, and certainly to the right of the spd . gerhard schroder's, former spd. gerhard schroder's, former party, which is sort of broadly a sort of new labour style party and afd are now winning elections . they're winning elections. they're winning mayoral contests, not just in east germany, where they were popular, you know, the former communist part of germany under the cold war. but even in prosperous west germany and a

lot of the reason they're winning is linked to this small boats issue, this migration crisis , this refugee crisis, crisis, this refugee crisis, which , of course the eurozone which, of course the eurozone and germany in particular experienced big time in 2016, 2017 and is now experiencing again. so for now at least, i'm not complacent at all about the uk economy. i do think inflation is going to start falling quite soon. hopefully i do think that the bank of england, when it meets on the 3rd of august, should not raise interest rates. i think it will, but i think it shouldn't . and for the most shouldn't. and for the most part, as these gdp figures show, yeah , it's tiny amounts of yeah, it's tiny amounts of growth, a tiny economic contraction. we're basically flatlining. yeah. and in a situation nye bevan when the whole world is racing interest rates like billyo to get their arms around the implications of arms around the implications of a pandemic and a sort of broader global slowdown to be flatlining isn't too bad. >> no, it's not. and it's actually really refreshing to hear that because again, you see all these disastrous doom mongering headlines, don't you?

slamming britain never ceases to amaze me how many people appear to desperate to live and work to be desperate to live and work in this country and reap the benefits of the free press and all lovely stuff this all the lovely stuff this country to and use country has to offer and use their position as a member of their position as a member of the press to just the free press to just absolutely non stop. absolutely hammer us non stop. >> of other little >> a couple of other little nuggets. patrick's of nuggets. us patrick's of economic factoids so since economic factoids. so since 2010, the treasury put out a tweet earlier this week that showed that since 2010. so that includes the period after the brexit referendum in 2016. the uk economy has actually grown further and faster than pretty much any other certainly european economy that's in the g7. so germany, france and italy. so that was quite interesting. and also since brexit, the uk has continued to attract the lion's share of foreign direct investment into europe, certainly more so in the round than the other major economies . round than the other major economies. so again, as you say , if we're such a bad country , , if we're such a bad country, why does everybody why does so

many people want to come here and why is so many people around the world queuing up to invest here, to buy our companies, to come our universities , to come to our universities, to send their kids here, to learn our language? farage. cetera. our language? farage. et cetera. et look there's lots et cetera. look there's lots that's wrong with economic policy making. i go on about that time, but it isn't that all the time, but it isn't completely doom gloom completely doom and gloom whatsoever . there's still low whatsoever. there's still low unemployment country . we unemployment in this country. we need spread the wealth around need to spread the wealth around a both between people a bit more, both between people and definitely between regions . and definitely between regions. that's a major bugbear with the most regionally unequal major economy in the world. but in general , i do economy in the world. but in general, i do think the economy in the world. but in general , i do think the economy general, i do think the economy is holding up quite well despite the fact that we've got a very high tax burden. and it strikes me that if inflation does start to come down quite soon, then that could really change the shape of the political outlook. obviously the tories are well behind keir starmer in the polls now 2025 points behind . i think now 2025 points behind. i think thatis now 2025 points behind. i think that is a reflection of the cost of living crisis. but if that

easesisit of living crisis. but if that eases is it could be that the election , the general election election, the general election we've got by elections obviously next week , but the general next week, but the general election in what what's it likely to be autumn 2024. it could end up being more competitive than most people currently think. >> yeah. and actually as well, a lot of the left wing media were were hammering rishi sunak when he initially came out about a small boats policy. they were saying people more about small boats policy. they were sayieconomy,e more about small boats policy. they were sayieconomy,e ithan about small boats policy. they were sayieconomy,e ithan theyt small boats policy. they were sayieconomy,e ithan they do the economy, rishi, than they do about well, if about migration. well, if they're about and he they're right about that and he gets economy sorted, then gets the economy sorted, then actually should great actually that should be a great thing look, liam, thank thing for him. look, liam, thank you very much, my good man. cheers. halligan our cheers. liam halligan there. our economics business editor economics and business editor whizzing a couple of whizzing you through a couple of elements of good news, elements of economic good news, which absolutely which i think is absolutely fantastic i'm going which i think is absolutely farfinish i'm going which i think is absolutely farfinish the i'm going which i think is absolutely farfinish the hour m going which i think is absolutely farfinish the hour by going which i think is absolutely farfinish the hour by delving|g to finish the hour by delving into the of my inbox into the world of my inbox because we cover quite few because we cover quite a few bits and bobs there. vaiews@gbnews.com. a of vaiews@gbnews.com. a lot of people vaiews@gbnews.com. a lot of peopilast one that we said that. last one that we said there it contributed in any way, shape or form to some of shape or form to some kind of economic shrinkage. was the coronation pamela's coronation worth it? pamela's been he's not it. been on? no, he's not worth it. william have king. william should have been king. yeah, mean, we would

yeah, okay. i mean, we would have to, course, broken have to, of course, have broken with there, i suppose. with tradition there, i suppose. but thank you very, very much. and one we and just one now on one that we went lady who was outside went to a lady who was outside scampton who's essentially going went to a lady who was outside sc have )n who's essentially going went to a lady who was outside sc have to who's essentially going went to a lady who was outside sc have to sufferessentially going went to a lady who was outside sc have to suffer the�*ntially going to have to suffer the consequences this decision to consequences of this decision to put 2000 migrants there. i feel very that who very sorry for that lady who says be frightened to says she would be frightened to go at night. deserves go out at night. nobody deserves that. is from barbara that. and that is from barbara gb views gbnews.com. reminding now news now of that big breaking news that to be leading that we're going to be leading with next hour. the with the next hour. the government has been the go government has been given the go ahead bring a supreme court ahead to bring a supreme court challenge over rwanda challenge over the rwanda deportation be deportation policy and will be taking to rwanda. don't taking us to rwanda. don't worry, need your worry, you won't need your passport. will there passport. we will just go there virtually. and yes, i've got loads agenda. not loads on the agenda. it's not just patrick christys is on just that patrick christys is on gb very much, of gb news and we very much, of course, britain's news course, are britain's news channel outlook with channel a brighter outlook with boxt proud sponsors of boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news afternoon , weather on. gb news afternoon, i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. >> a wet and windy spell of weather is on the way. arriving tonight and lasting for much of tomorrow and into the weekend

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gb news, it's 4:00. >> it's patrick christys. it's gb news. and yes, that big breaking news that the government has won a little victory. they are going to have their rwanda heard now at their rwanda plan heard now at their rwanda plan heard now at the supreme so maybe, the supreme court. so maybe, just maybe, those planes will get the ground. other get off the ground. in other news, to going be news, i'm also to going be talking about how

talking as well about this, how much do you have for much sympathy do you have for huw we've actually huw edwards? we've actually got a debate on this, which promises, think, to be quite promises, i think, to be quite spicy. also to be spicy. i'm also going to be discussing all of this well. discussing all of this as well. we've big grooming gang we've got a big grooming gang exclusive us by our exclusive brought to us by our very own charlie peters in relation on at relation to what went on at telford, which at the time was the grooming gang the largest grooming gang scandal britain had ever seen. also so we will be discussing, yeah , this staggering story for yeah, this staggering story for far too long, working class white boys predominantly have been disadvantaged at schools, are we now seeing the fruition of this? because apparently there's been a sharp decline in there's been a sharp decline in the number of white youths applying for university. what's going on there? and finally, i will be discussing as well kaja kallas car con basically everyone i know who's got a keyless car has had it nicked right. and apparently now a new report has come out to say that is in fact the reality our manufacturers just having you on patrick on . gb news gb

patrick christys on. gb news gb views gbnews.com. a heck of a lot on the agenda today, so let's keep it coming. how much sympathy do you indeed have for huw edwards that seems to be the discussion dominating the show at the moment. i'm going at the moment. i'm also going to, course, be getting to, of course, be getting your views. keen if views. i'm keen to know if you've a keyless car. has it you've got a keyless car. has it been nicked? views or been nicked? gb views or gbnews.com headlines though gbnews.com headlines now though i >> -- >> thank 5mm >> thank you very much, patrick. >> thank you very much, patrick. >> i'm rory smith in the gb newsroom. the prime minister has set out paying increases for millions of public sector workers. police and prison officers will receive an increase of 7, while teachers will get six 5. teachers unions say the new pay recommendations will allow them to call off strike action. rishi sunak has told those still striking to do the right thing and no . one two the right thing and no. one two say yes, adding that the pay increases won't be funded by more government borrowing and warns there will be no more

negotiate waiting. >> today's offer is final. there will be no more talks on pay . we will be no more talks on pay. we will be no more talks on pay. we will not negotiate again on this year's settlements and no amount of strikes will change our decision . instead, the decision. instead, the settlement we've reached today gives us a fair way to end the strikes. a fair deal for workers and a fair deal for the british taxpayer . taxpayer. >> well, the 6% offer to junior doctors in england falls well below the 35% rise. >> the british medical association is calling for members of the bma in england have begun a five day walkout in the ongoing dispute over pay in what's been described as the longest in the history of the nhs. the rhi has already led to thousands of cancelled operations and consultations as the government has been given the government has been given the go ahead to take a legal battle over its rwanda deportation policy to the supreme court. the prime

minister has said he fundamental totally disagreed with the court of appeal's ruling that the deal was unlawful . all while home was unlawful. all while home secretary suella braverman has been battling to get the policy off the ground after it was previously blocked by a pale judges. the deal would see asylum seekers deported to the east african nation in mental health charity mind says people like huw edwards experiencing serious mental health problems should be given the to space receive treatment . questions receive treatment. questions have been raised regarding the son's conduct as well as the bbc's response to the allegations as he paid a young person for sexually explicit images . as the corporation's images. as the corporation's director general will be questioned in parliament next week on how the story was handled. the met police has found no evidence of criminality. gb news has been speaking to people around the country to get their thoughts . country to get their thoughts. >> i think they need to drop it

from the news. he's obviously got serious mental health issues and at the moment we don't consider the ramifications consider that the ramifications for family. for his family. >> going to disappear >> he's he's going to disappear into the wilderness. that's all he's finished. >> and he really basically he's finished. like schofield . he's finished. >> i think people need to leave him alone . him alone. >> mental health is so severe and each person handles it a different way . allegations and different way. allegations and rumours cause traumatic behaviour, which is probably what's made him completely go off the edge . off the edge. >> virgin media is under investigation after customers complained of difficult days cancelling their contracts . they cancelling their contracts. they claim they've struggled to speak to an agent or were placed on hold for a long time before the call eventually dropped out. media watchdog ofcom says it's concern about the number of complaints that has received regarding the company. complaints that has received regarding the company . a major regarding the company. a major housebuilding company is warning of a drop in the number of new

homes being built. barratt developed moments is forecasting its completions to tumble by as much as 23. the company says demand dropped following last year's mini—budget. that's the cost of living crisis and rising mortgage rates impacted household budgets as first homebuyers have been hit hardest, plunging 49% after the help to buy scheme came to an end foot footballer dele alli has revealed he was sexually abused when he was six years old and was dealing drugs by the time he was eight. speaking to gary neville on his podcast, the overlap , the everton midfielder overlap, the everton midfielder says he recently spent six weeks in rehab because of a sleeping pill addiction and mental health issues. he's also revealed he smoked at seven years old and was sent to africa to learn discipline . alli says his discipline. alli says his adoptive parents have helped him to turn his life around. and the prince of wales has expressed his support , saying he was brave

his support, saying he was brave and inspirational . and inspirational. >> 12 was adopted, so and from then it was like i was adopted by an amazing family. then it was like i was adopted by an amazing family . like by an amazing family. like i said, i couldn't have asked for better people to do what they'd done for me as i mean, i don't if god created people, it was them . them. >> this is gb news we'll bring you more as it happens. now, though, back to . though, back to. patrick >> heck of a lot on today. let's start with the breaking news. the government has been given the go ahead to bring a supreme court challenge over rwanda court challenge over the rwanda deportation policy. going deportation policy. we're going to stuck straight in with to get stuck straight in with our home security editor, mark white. very white. mark, thank you very much. as i understand it much. yes. so as i understand it then, this does mean that it is a little victory this stage

a little victory at this stage for government. what's going on? >> this was an announcement by the court of appeal today that the court of appeal today that the government can indeed go to the government can indeed go to the supreme court, the highest court in the land , to appeal court in the land, to appeal that decision that the court of appeal handed down last month, a shock decision really for the government , because they were government, because they were expecting that the court of appeal would effectively ratify what the high court had ruled in december of last year. what the high court had ruled in december of last year . and that december of last year. and that was the policy to send out some of those who come across illegally on small boats in the channel to rwanda for processing. but there was an appeal that was brought by some of those asylum seekers and a charity representing those asylum seekers. they had argued that there was a possibility that there was a possibility that asylum seekers could be sent to rwanda and because of deficiency is in that country's asylum scheme or processing

scheme , they could end up being scheme, they could end up being sent back to their own countries and then subject to inhumane treatment or worse. so that was a great concern even to the asylum seekers and the charities launching this particular appeal. the judges there were not unanimous those three judges sitting, two judges believed that it was unlawful to send people off to rwanda for processing . however, the lord processing. however, the lord chief justice believed that the government policy was lawful. so given that split, i think it was always inevitable that the government would be given permission to appeal this to the supreme court. but the difficulty is, patrick, that it's time. time is moving on very quickly. we're looking at a general election next year. very quickly. we're looking at a general election next year . this general election next year. this is one of rishi sunak main pledges to stop the boats and they're not managing to do that. so far. he held a news conference last month where he

said there's a 20% drop in the number of people coming across the channel a month later. we've had a spell of good weather and that number crossing the channel that number crossing the channel, that 20% gap has disappeared . it's over 13,000 is disappeared. it's over 13,000 is exactly the same total at this time last year. >> now it's slightly. mark, thank you very, very much. mark wight there, our home security editor who's responding to the fact that now the government will take its rwanda will get to take its rwanda policy to the supreme court. it's worth noting about it's worth noting again about this country business is this safe country business is the latest round that the court before basically said that we can't guarantee every can't guarantee that every single person that we send to rwanda is going to be given the total safe treatment , i.e. that total safe treatment, i.e. that they could be deported back to their own country where they might face some form of persecution. but unless it is just us, singularly ourselves making every single decision, and all too often , as as i and all too often, as far as i can tell, decide to let them can tell, we decide to let them all stay anyway. then actually we can never guarantee that. so if then we're

if that is the bar, then we're never to be able to do never going to be able to do a deal with anyone, which i find remarkable other remarkable because other countries do deal other countries do deal with other people. seem to people. and that doesn't seem to concern judges. but you've concern their judges. but you've got loads more this story on got loads more on this story on our website, gbnews.com. it's the national our website, gbnews.com. it's the website national our website, gbnews.com. it's the website in national our website, gbnews.com. it's the website in the1ational our website, gbnews.com. it's the website in the country. news website in the country. best big opinion, all best analysis, big opinion, all the breaking but the latest breaking news. but yes, now, c bosses have been yes, now, bbc c bosses have been called next called before parliament next week on its week to answer questions on its handung week to answer questions on its handling the huw edwards handling of the huw edwards allegations. corporation is allegations. the corporation is to its internal to continue its internal investigations following fresh claims that elle edwards allegedly sent inappropriate messages to current and former bbc employees. i think it is vital to know that those allegations came out last night and were reported aired last night, including by the bbc after our hugh edwards's wife had revealed his identity and said that he is currently receiving inpatient treatment and also as well asked people to essentially lay off him now mental health charity mind who everybody knows. i raised about £130,000 for very recently has called for huw edwards to be given the space to receive

treatment. well it's after the presenter's wife, vicky flint did say that he was in hospital with serious mental health issues. there appears to be a divide in the nation, as far as i can see at the moment from anecdotal evidence on twitter and the inbox in front of me and in the inbox in front of me right between people who right now between people who think nothing criminal has think that nothing criminal has happened and huw edwards is a happened and huw edwards is in a desperately bad way and should be entirely alone. and be left entirely alone. and people that there are people who think that there are serious, allegations that serious, strong allegations that still remain and actually, he does if they are proven, does need to if they are proven, take accountability for his actions, not least, of course , actions, not least, of course, where his wife and children are concerned. so i thought we'd have how much sympathy have a debate how much sympathy do people have for huw edwards we're journalist julie we're joined by journalist julie kirk psychotherapist kirk and psychotherapist lucy beresford to get their opinions on you, thank you on this. both of you, thank you very, julie, will very, very much. julie, i will start you. do you have a start with you. do you have a lot of sympathy for huw edwards >> i don't like you. >> no, i don't like you. i really do understand that mental health is absolutely rife in our country. and it needs that attention. i completely agree that if he had mental health issues , then he should have been

issues, then he should have been supported. but just because something that he has done is not illegal doesn't make it right or he may not have done anything illegal in terms of what we consider to be the law around young people. but that doesn't make it right. what he's done mental health, i'm done and mental health, i'm afraid it is bandied around a lot and this sounds very trite and crass. i know as a kind of get out of jail free card. and i'm not saying he doesn't have mental health issues, but i'm saying, you still have to take accountability your actions i >> -- >> as we're living in the metoo era, still in that era era, we're still in that era where men in positions of power wield a lot of power, and we can't let him off that. >> i think . >> i think. >> i think. >> lucy, i'll throw over to you as a psychotherapist . i'm not as a psychotherapist. i'm not saying this is exactly what juue saying this is exactly what julie was saying. by the way. a lot of people online are saying things about playing the mental health card. et cetera . there health card. et cetera. there are strong views about that. what is yours? >> it's well known that huw edwards has actually given interviews in the past about his

depression . depression. >> he gave a brilliant interview to alastair campbell in men's health magazine in back in 2019. >> so to anybody saying that he's playing the mental health card now, i think is rather tasteless and inappropriate , but tasteless and inappropriate, but not least because , as we are not least because, as we are talking about a human being here, we're not talking about actually forgetting some of the allegations that have been made i >> -- >> but what we are talking about right now is someone who is receiving inpatient care for and who needs to be given the time. him and his family also need to be given the time to process that and to heal from that. and then at another stage, there might be an opportunity to address some of the allegations that julie is quite rightly saying are potentially very important, very significant and mustn't be forgotten. but right now , now the priority has got to now, now the priority has got to be the wellbeing of all the people involved in this story.

>> and let's not forget, there have been other people pulled into the vortex of it. >> but at the moment we know that one person in particular is actually receiving treatment for their mental health and that should be respected . should be respected. >> julie, i'll just get you two to respond to that then. what's your view to that? >> yeah, i agree. >> yeah, i agree. >> i know that huw edwards has spoken about depression and mental health in the past, but lots and lots of people suffer with health, but they with mental health, but they don't power sphere don't use their power or sphere of influence to do he has of influence to do what he has done. of influence to do what he has done . i don't think because you done. i don't think because you have mental health, it means it's sort of okay to behave in a way, as i've just said, where wielding power perhaps over arguably vulnerable young people is , is okay. is, is okay. >> and i'm not saying our other guests said it's okay. >> i'm saying a lot of people who are reading about this and on social media are saying all we need to step off now. >> well, to be honest, i don't think the has done is think what the sun has done is actually bad. actually that bad. >> name him. they >> they didn't name him. they didn't him. of all,

didn't name him. first of all, they said a presenter and that they said a presenter and that the bbc had to an investigation. >> the bbc have handled this appallingly. >> left this to be >> they have left this to be speculated over for days, bringing other people's names in, helped their in, which hasn't helped their mental mean, jeremy mental health. i mean, jeremy vine people's vine and other people's names were into this hat who were thrown into this hat who are with it. are nothing to do with it. >> think we're talking >> and i think if we're talking about health, we have to about mental health, we have to look at everyone else's mental health involved in this awful scandal. >> yeah, indeed. lucy, can i ask you huw edwards been you because huw edwards has been very, will also at very, very open. i will also at this point just say well that this point just say as well that there are a lot allegations there are a lot of allegations here. statement made here. and in the statement made by his wife, she was by huw edwards his wife, she was saying that he when he feels better, would like to respond to these we'll have these allegations. so we'll have to open mind to keep an open mind about things. but lucy, when it comes to is embroiled in to somebody who is embroiled in stuff this, so reputational stuff like this, so reputational person and professional horror show possibly ruinous, show quite possibly ruinous, actually , there will undoubted actually, there will undoubted be an impact on your mental health as a result, there is also a bit of a fine line. is there not, between that impacting your mental health because it's a terrible

situation and it happening because you had mental health issues. something like this is just going to affect your mental health, isn't it . health, isn't it. >> if you have a susceptibility to a coping mechanism which ends up affecting your mental health, then it's very possible that a traumatic event and i think we can all appreciate that this would have been a traumatic event for, as you say , not just event for, as you say, not just the two people involved. >> at the heart of the story , >> at the heart of the story, but other people who got sucked into the vortex of it. that it is very destabilising , very is very destabilising, very frightening, perhaps very upsetting , very distressing, and upsetting, very distressing, and also something that you will probably feel very out of control of. and we know from lots of research that situations that place us out of control are the things that can trigger our deepest and perhaps most primitive of emotional responses

. and therefore, i'm not surprised that that certainly one person at the very centre of this story has had their mental health affected. but it wouldn't surprise me if other people also are affected by this in that way, because it's a traumatic experience that has appeared to come out of the blue. yeah no, indeed. >> and look, we don't know anything about huw edwards marriage . i certainly don't marriage. i certainly don't anyway, we don't know what his wife knew or didn't know before . but clearly, you know, concerns there for the wife and children and indeed potentially as younger as well, some of the younger people in all people who are involved in all of it's important not to of this. it's important not to lose sight of those people as well. julie, can i ask in well. julie, can i ask you, in light of something that you mentioned about the sun light of something that you merin)ned about the sun light of something that you merin your about the sun light of something that you merin your view, about the sun light of something that you merin your view, doingt the sun light of something that you merin your view, doing much;un not in your view, doing much wrong, really, you think that wrong, really, do you think that they are right to hold back any further allegations now ? further allegations now? >> no. i mean, i think the sun i mean, i'm i'm a tabloid journalist. so i you know, i take the newspaper's side, but they've only done their job. they're journalists and they people in positions of power who are held accountable, not just

because of who he is, but he's paid a very high salary. he's seen as this kind of public paternal of uncle figure. paternal sort of uncle figure. you know, he did coronation. you know, he did the coronation. he represented all the big things that have happened to us in coronavirus in recent years, the coronavirus pandemic, the coronation, the death majesty , all of death of her majesty, all of that. i think somebody of that. so i think somebody of that. so i think somebody of that needs to be held that stature needs to be held accountable and it has to accept that when they're in the public domain, people are going to follow what you're up to behind closed i think closed doors. so i don't think the sun was wrong to do this. and i don't think the sun is wrong push now on the bbc. wrong to push now on the bbc. >> yeah no, sorry to cut >> yeah. yeah no, sorry to cut across. you just want to one across. you just want to get one more with but i think more in with lucy. but i think you're absolutely right. if the bbc i've said it before, if the bbc i've said it before, if the bbc had handled this correctly to this to begin with, none of this would come out, actually. would have come out, actually. but can i just ask you, but lucy, can i just ask you, one the things about people one of the things about people who struggling at the who are really struggling at the moment situation a like moment in a situation a bit like huw edwards whatever kind of facility at moment, facility he's in at the moment, clearly it clearly getting help, is it vitally important he is vitally important that he is maybe himself if, as maybe honest with himself if, as it would appear, maybe he'd been

wrestling certain elements wrestling with certain elements of his private life is the only way he's going to get better. now, do you think to actually maybe front up to some of that stuff ? stuff? >> well, we can only really make good choices for ourselves by knowing ourselves really well and as huw edwards himself has spoken in the past about the fact that he has received help and treatment for his for his mental health. and so my sense is that he will probably be drawing on a lot of that experience. so founded also by people who are part of a multidisciplinary team to support him . but i think it's support him. but i think it's really important to recognise that everybody responds to a situation differently and what works for one person, what what works for one person, what what works in treatment terms for one person might not work for another. and so i think it's very much not a generic view that you will try and understand yourself better and come to terms with who you are and what

has made you the person that you are. but actually tailoring that treatment to your own personal needsis treatment to your own personal needs is going to be the most important thing. so we can't have a one size fits all treatment. it will. it will have to be a bespoke thing. and what works for huw edwards and i really hope that it works really smoothly and quickly. all right . good stuff will be the best thing for him. >> both of you, thank you very much. got a lot out of that. really appreciate it. that is the journalist julie cooke and psychotherapist lucy beresford as just giving their as well. just giving their opinions. know. yours opinions. let me know. yours gbviews@gbnews.com. look, we do have at the have a big campaign going at the moment well to moment as well to stop a cashless society. don't kill cash is that campaign? it's proving hugely we proving hugely popular. we launched monday. launched it last monday. we've now 213,000 people have now got 213,000 people who have signed think it's gone up signed it. i think it's gone up a couple in the last a couple of thousand in the last houn a couple of thousand in the last hour, is great stuff. go hour, which is great stuff. go to gbnews.com to our website, gbnews.com forward or if you've forward slash cash or if you've got smartphone, there's a qr got a smartphone, there's a qr code screens right now. code on your screens right now. hold phone near it and hold your phone near it and well, just follow the steps and help sure that we help us to make sure that we don't cash. but in the next

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on . gb news. well for far too on. gb news. well for far too long, the issue of grooming gangsin long, the issue of grooming gangs in this country has been just brushed under the carpet, not here on gb news. >> in just a tick, i will be bringing you a grooming gang exclusive from telford with the local mp from the area . us local mp from the area. us patrick christys on gb news is britain's news channel.

britain's news channel . will britain's news channel. will in just a few moments time. >> i'll cross to the high court where a lincolnshire council is fighting plans to house 2000 migrants at raf scampton . and if migrants at raf scampton. and if you've got a keyless car, then stay tuned because i've got a feeling that you've been conned, my friend. but is exactly my friend. but it is exactly a year since an indian report revealed the extent of the grooming gang scandal in telford and local mp lucy allan has told gb news that she is concerned about the progress of the council and a potential and i think this is crucial potential conflict of interest between the council and its independent oversight. she's been speaking to gb news investigates. reporter charlie peters. >> no evidence of any of the progress. the council says that they have made . we've been led they have made. we've been led to believe that there has been meetings of groups of people who are in charge of the implementation process and we find no evidence of those meetings having been held . so

meetings having been held. so they've claimed that they have implemented a certain number of recommendations, but nobody knows which recommends actions. those are and there are a number of issues that i think do raise concerns, particularly around the independent oversight of the implementation process . we've implementation process. we've been led to believe that there was an independent chair , but it was an independent chair, but it turns out that actually that's not correct. councillor shaun davis, the leader of telford and wrekin council, has long been the leader of the labour party on the lga. he's long been the vice chair. he then went and appointed somebody from the lga to take on the role of independent chair. he then went on to become the chair of the lga. there is no way that sarah messenger does not have a conflict of interest that well gb news investigates. >> reporter charlie peters joins me now. so, charlie, talk me through this then. the risk would be what they're marking

their own homework. >> that's precisely the allegation that lucy allan is making now. >> as you heard. now, the council actually to me council actually confirmed to me this shaun davies this afternoon that shaun davies , leader of the council, did , the leader of the council, did not have any hand, nor did any other elected in other elected members in appointing sarah messenger, who is the independent chair of the so—called strategic implementation group, which is putting in place the recommended actions as delivered by a barrister last year in the independent inquiry into telford's child sexual exploitation scandal, which found over a thousand victims over three decades. but as we've just heard , mrs. messenger is just heard, mrs. messenger is also a consultant at the local government association and was formerly its head of workforce and the head of telford. and wrekin council. >> shaun davis is also now recently the chair of the local government association . government association. >> now telford wrekin council said that he was only made chair in july. >> so it's not clear when mrs. messenger took her role. but actually shaun davis was the senior vice chair from june of last year and his connection to the goes back to 2019. so

the lga goes back to 2019. so clearly both the council leader and the independent oversight eight sharing a common employer and a possible conflict of interest there. now lucy allan , interest there. now lucy allan, the mp for telford, said this is a clear conflict of interest, as we heard now in a statement given to me today , telford and given to me today, telford and wrekin council said that they strongly that strongly reject that perspective. and i believe we have that statement. and they said that he had no position in selecting sarah messenger for that role as an independent role, separate from the joint csc review review group . but of csc review review group. but of course, our viewers can make up their own minds now. >> indeed, it's worth reminding our viewers, i think, a bit about what actually went on in telford, because i believe at the time, time it was the uk's largest ever grooming gang scandal. >> it was the first one to break in a number of years. it's in a number of years. and it's the second independent the second major of independent report rotherham report after the rotherham scandal was exposed in 2014 with the jay report the kc report the jay report and the kc report a year later into rotherham. so the second of major one to

the second kind of major one to break national headlines and committed to after several years from campaigning from local campaigners and also from journalists from the daily mirror who secured the government moving in in 2018 to fund that independent investigation. now other allegations that lucy allan makes in her statement to gb news today are that the there's insufficient transparency and that this group isn't meeting enough. some of those claims actually, the council dealt with quite strongly in the statement to me today declaring that actually they're only required to meet this joint. csc review group is only required to meet once every six months, which they have in july. and there's another meeting february. another meeting from february. sorry. and there's another meeting i meeting established today, i believe , however, on the believe, however, on the recommended actions being achieved. they say they've achieved. they say they've achieved 51% of them, but won't give a clear sight of what they are. they told me that it revolved around taxi licencing and night economy licencing and night time economy licencing children's education and additional funding for its specialist support teams dealing with csc . but in terms of actual

with csc. but in terms of actual information and what those actions were, which which ones of the required 82 recommendations is that information they're not saying given not not just yet . given not not just yet. >> they're not saying, look, charlie, thank you very, very much and thank you for continuing to shine light on continuing to shine a light on an that is going on and an issue that is going on and has been on up and down has been going on up and down the country. frankly, goes the country. and frankly, goes thoroughly underreported. the country. and frankly, goes thorougpeters derreported. the country. and frankly, goes thoroug peters derrepc gb d. the country. and frankly, goes thorougpeters derrepcgb news charlie peters there. gb news inaya. more inaya. that's right. loads more still to come between now and 5:00. i have the latest 5:00. and i have got the latest on legal fight. apparently 5:00. and i have got the latest on is legal fight. apparently 5:00. and i have got the latest on is leg update. apparently 5:00. and i have got the latest on is leg update on)parently 5:00. and i have got the latest on is leg update on thisently 5:00. and i have got the latest on is leg update on this to .y there is an update on this to stop 2000 migrants being housed at the dambuster. at the home of the dambuster. all coming your way. and all of that coming your way. and yes, i'll keep banging on about this, but think is an this, but i think this is an important issue. you've got important issue. if you've got keyless i'm afraid keyless car, then i'm afraid there that you might there is a chance that you might have conned. and i will have been conned. and i will tell you why shortly. but now as your headlines with rory . thank your headlines with rory. thank your headlines with rory. thank you very much , patrick. you very much, patrick. >> the prime minister has set out pay increases for millions of public sector workers, police and prison officers will receive and prison officers will receive an increase of 7, while teachers

. will get 6.5. but an increase of 7, while teachers .will get 6.5. but a 6% an increase of 7, while teachers . will get 6.5. but a 6% offer .will get 6.5. but a 6% offer to junior doctors in england falls well below the 35% rise. the british medical association is calling for chancellor jeremy hunt has ruled out increasing taxes or borrowing to fund the pay taxes or borrowing to fund the pay rises. we want to pay them fairly, which is why we've taken the decision to accept the independent pay review body recommendations. >> but at the same time, the reason that many of them are angry, the reason that we've had strikes, is because they've seen their take home pay eroded by inflation. and it's vital that we don't do anything in accepting these awards that fuels inflation and means we're having the same disputes. this time next year. >> the government has been given the go ahead to take a legal battle over its rwanda deportation policy to the supreme court. rishi sunak had said he fundamentally disagreed with the court of appeals ruling that the deal was unlawful . home

that the deal was unlawful. home secretary suella braverman has been battling to get the policy off the ground after it was previously blocked by appeal. judges as mental health charity mind says people like hugh elle edwards sps facing serious mental health problems should be given the to space receive treatment. it comes as questions are raised regarding the sons conduct as well as the bbc's response to the allegations . the response to the allegations. the corporation's director general will be questioned in parliament next week on how the story was handled. the met police has found no evidence of criminality at the up to date, but you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website. that is gb news made.com. now though, it's back to . it's back to. patrick >> yes , well, campaigners

>> yes, well, campaigners fighting government plans to house 2000 migrants at the home of the dambusters. we'll find out tomorrow if they've won their bid to get a full judicial review. west lindsey district council is opposed to the decision to use raf scampton in lincolnshire as accommodation for seekers. our for asylum seekers. our political reporter olivia utley is the high court for us. is at the high court for us. olivia, last time i spoke to you you'd now you nip you'd nipped out. now you nip back happened ? back in. so what's happened? >> yeah , a little bit of an >> yeah, a little bit of an anti—climax, i'm afraid. patrick we were expecting a decision this afternoon, but it has been delayed till 11:00 tomorrow morning . essentially what we morning. essentially what we find out then is whether west lindsey district council will be able take case to a full able to take its case to a full judicial review. the barristers are fighting for. the council have made the case that the legislation which suella braverman the home secretary is relying on to house these migrants on this base, says that it's got to be an emergency . and it's got to be an emergency. and in their view, this isn't an emergency because in the words of the barrister, barrister, the migrant crisis is essentially a

permanent emergency . rac they permanent emergency. rac they also argue that suella braverman robert jenrick haven't been particularly candid about how long they expect migrants to be in housed in this facility . so in housed in this facility. so they've had they've had talks with local council leaders and they've done a safety review over whether this accommodation is safe to have migrants housed there . but those talks were on there. but those talks were on there. but those talks were on the basis that migrants would only be there for a year. and of course , different talks would course, different talks would have had if that if it's have to be had if that if it's supposed to be a sort of longer term solution. the other issue, which the local council raised is that there is this regeneration project, a £300 million regeneration project for raf scampton. investors have already put lots of money into that over the last six years and the residents now believe that that project is under threat by the government's plans. it's thought that investors might pull out of this project if , you pull out of this project if, you know, 2000 up to 2000 migrants are housed in this area. so it

sounds as though the complainants in this lib dem controlled council has a relatively strong case. of course, the government will say , well, we have to put these migrants somewhere. we are still seeing hundreds of migrants coming over the channel every week and of course there is that huge bottleneck because it takes over a year for the average asylum application to be processed. so we've got lots and lots of migrants waiting being put up in hotels , etcetera. the put up in hotels, etcetera. the home secretary thought that she'd had a breakthrough with using these but of using these these bases. but of course local residents are not happy. so we'll find out the results tomorrow and then we'll see if it's going to go to judicial review. >> no, indeed. all right. well, we wait with bated breath. olivia, thank you very much. olivia, thank you very much. olivia utley there. our political reporter who is at the high now. mentioned high court now. olivia mentioned there of the local there that some of the local residents happy. the residents weren't happy. in the last to a lady who last hour, i spoke to a lady who was outside scampton. she lives just military just right next to that military base. she's going. base. she said she's not going. she's guaranteeing they're she's guaranteeing that they're going to fight tooth and

going to have to fight tooth and nail for her town. she was saying, though, that she feels desperately she's desperately sad because she's not going to be able to feel safe out at night safe if she goes out at night walking dog and that she walking the dog and that she doesn't think that the security features base features at that particular base are to be good enough to are going to be good enough to thousand men plonked into thousand young men plonked into an area and allowed to roam free, she said that the security guarantees that they had received by local authorities was that an 11 pm. curfew would be put in place and that if the asylum seekers did not return home in time, they would get a phone call to check their welfare . well, if you feel as welfare. well, if you feel as though there is any chance whatsoever of you getting deported from a country or if you feel like there's any chance whatsoever of a situation not being resolved to your satisfaction and you have decided to pay an extortionate amount of money where you've got that i don't know, but an that from, i don't know, but an extortionate of money if extortionate amount of money if you across continents you travel across two continents and boat across the and take a small boat across the busiest shipping lane the busiest shipping lane in the world to somewhere, you world to get to somewhere, you are not just going to sit somewhere, are you at a

processing centre where you're supposed to only remain for 180 days? are not going to days? you are not just going to sit and wait for someone sit there and wait for someone to you to your to deport you back to your country, you? so you're country, are you? so you're probably going it. and probably going to lag it. and then you lag it to? then where do you lag it to? well, the local area trying to get public transport, get on public transport, etcetera. just etcetera. we give them just about money able to about enough money to be able to get on public transport and get somewhere else single somewhere else every single week. the area, i think week. so the local area, i think is reasonable to claim that they are frankly under threat and they will not be safe. gb views are gbnews.com lot of stuff in the inbox here. i was asking whether or not people had a huge amount sympathy for huw amount of sympathy for huw edwards. a mixed edwards. it is a mixed bag. there two schools of thought there are two schools of thought on the huw edwards state of play at moment, which that at the moment, which is that nothing happened nothing illegal has happened and that in a deeply that he is clearly in a deeply vulnerable state and is receiving in—patient and receiving in—patient care. and therefore, goes therefore, this whole story goes away needs to be away and the man needs to be left alone and allowed to recover. another school recover. there is another school of course, that says of thought, of course, that says that just because something illegal hasn't happened, that there still controversy there is still a controversy there. need be there. allegations need to be answered he cannot answered and indeed, he cannot swerve the consequences some

swerve the consequences of some of allegations by virtue of these allegations by virtue of these allegations by virtue of fact that he is now in a of the fact that he is now in a bad way. but i do tell you who i feel desperately for in feel desperately sorry for in all fundamentally, yes, all of this. fundamentally, yes, there's young people are there's the young people who are allegedly involved. okay. allegedly involved. yes. okay. i do sorry for some do genuinely feel sorry for some of if indeed, of those people. if indeed, anything, happened. anything, of course, happened. but wife and kids and but it's his wife and kids and again, i just feel as though those are the people who are lost in all this. there are lost in all of this. there are some key differences between huw edwards and the phillip schofield saga. there are , schofield saga. there are, however, i couldn't help but be struck, vividly struck by phillip schofield comments about how he felt very sorry for everybody else involved. but didn't really, as far as i could tell, particular mention his former wife and i thought that was absolutely staggering. anyway, gbviews@gbnews.com the number of white people applying to universities has fallen by 5. now why is that? i'm wondering whether or not the disadvantages of the working class white children going through schools that we've seen for a very long

penod that we've seen for a very long period of time is actually now taking place, is this a good thing? are more people going on to practical and to get practical trades? and when to keyless cars, when it comes to keyless cars, has been nicked? has yours been nicked? because everyone one has had everyone i know with one has had theirs at some point and theirs nicked at some point and shock, horror, the stats are out and good. patrick and it's not good. patrick christys news britain's christys on gb news britain's news. .

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to be having a debate about to who's blame for this. sorry, hugh. edward saga, the bbc or the sun or crucially , maybe the sun or crucially, maybe himself, actually. but it is emerged now that there's been a sharp decline in the number of white people applying to university. there's been a 5% fall this year, but applications from people from black and british asian backgrounds have both increased and i wondered why this is . i'm joined now by why this is. i'm joined now by matt goodwin, who is a professor of politics at the university of kent. great have you kent. matt, great to have you on. you very, very much. on. thank you very, very much. so is going here, then? so what is going on here, then? is anything to do with is this anything to do with disadvantaged working class white well white boys that we hear? well tragically, about, tragically, little about, actually, maybe actually, or is this maybe people trades? people getting practical trades? what's going on? >> yeah, well, what's going on? >> yeah, well , the short answer, >> yeah, well, the short answer, patrick, is we're not entirely sure what's going on, but what we can see is that the overall share of applications to universities among white british students is down, and they're the only group to record record this decline relative to other groups within the higher education system. and i would really view these statistics

within the context . st patrick within the context. st patrick of that group consists recently now underperforming among other groups, not just in universities, but actually at every level of the educational system. so this is really, i think it gives us good reason to look at this more closely. >> i think it's something that we should take very seriously and to be frank, patrick, this is a group that, as you said in your opening comments, particularly the white working your opening comments, partickids,y the white working your opening comments, partic kids, they're1ite working your opening comments, partic kids, they're1ite reallyg class kids, they're not really the that getting the kids that are getting a sufficient amount of attention within universe relative to sufficient amount of attention withirgroups|iverse relative to sufficient amount of attention withirgroups .lerse relative to other groups. >> so we do need to find out what's going on. we need to find out whether they're leaving for other trades, whether they're simply no longer interested in universities the universities and whether the university is themselves are devoting attention devoting sufficient attention to these or should we be these students or should we be having specific scholarships for working class white people? >> , well, it's an >> well, well, it's an interesting point because a few years ago, some of the some of your viewers might remember that stormzy had a scholarship program for black british kids

to get into oxbridge. >> and there was a similar scheme that had been advocated covid to help white working class kids get into private school . and that was rejected on school. and that was rejected on the grounds that it was potentially seen to be discriminate free. some of your viewers will also have picked up on the story last week of a school in london offering young black british pupils additional classes that were not open to white british kids . and i think white british kids. and i think what why people find this so frustrating, why i find it so frustrating, why i find it so frustrating as a researcher and a researcher and somebody who works in the universities is white working class kids are consistently the worst performers at every level of the educational system . and we know educational system. and we know that the universities have not invested the same amount of effort at recruiting those kids as they've been voted, as they've invested in recruiting other kids. so there is an imbalance here, i think, and it's an imbalance that we need to look at. we need to take very

seriously because lots of mums and dads out there will probably be thinking, well, on be thinking, well, hang on a minute, going on? minute, what's going on? >> indeed. it is >> no, indeed. and it is fascinating. i know you talk a lot about of new elites lot about the kind of new elites really it? but i wonder really isn't it? but i wonder whether or not a lot of those new elites who are traditionally maybe white and have garnered a fair bit of wealth, dare i say it maybe went to private school themselves or send their white children private school and children to private school and onwards and into a onwards to university and into a variety different jobs, variety of different jobs, actually, and subtly at actually, secretly and subtly at the back of their minds, don't want anybody else to have the same opportunities that they or their had. they try their kids had. and so they try to champion some kind of diversity maybe trample on diversity and maybe trample on the some people the necks of some of the people coming them. there any coming after them. is there any truth to that, do you think? >> if you at the >> well, if you look at the evidence of higher education over last 30, 40 years, what over the last 30, 40 years, what you is the children you can see is that the children of managerial . all of professional, managerial. all new elite types have tended to benefit much more than other kids from gaining access to russell group and oxford

university. so that that is without question what's happened now in recent years. in fairness to the universities, they've they've been trying to close some of those gaps. but time and time again, we see that certain courses are open to minority students which aren't open to their white british counterparts . there was a recent story of a postgraduate scheme at cambridge , for example, that was open to students from minority ethnic backgrounds but was not open to their white counterparts . so their white counterparts. so these cases , these examples, these cases, these examples, really pull back the curtain . really pull back the curtain. and i think at showing something here is not right. there is an imbalance that we need to take very seriously and explore. >> good. matt, thank you. matt goodwin, there he is, professor of politics at the university of kent. i have got now kent. and i have got time now for you are looking to for this. if you are looking to buy a keyless because you're buy a keyless car because you're fed of carrying only car fed up of carrying only car keys, let's honest, is keys, which, let's be honest, is not that much of a hassle, is it? well think again, because just one, although 1%

just one, although just 1% of cars keyless, amount to cars are keyless, they amount to almost of vehicle thefts. almost half of vehicle thefts. and in fact, i'm willing to go on think every single on record. i think every single person i know who's got a keyless car is at some point had it nicked many of the keyless cars are luxury cars being stolen are luxury motors. overnight motors. they're taken overnight and sometimes as well they use motors. they're taken overnight and s so we're just seeing now a large increase in people carrying out these so—called relay station attacks on keyless cars and therefore stealing

them. >> and these attacks can take only 20 to 30s of a two. commonly, two people are involved at any one time in these attacks. one will stand by these attacks. one will stand by the vehicle . one will stand by the vehicle. one will stand by the vehicle. one will stand by the home predominantly of the owner who owns the vehicle. and they will ping the signals to and from each device and effectively they'll be able to steal the car within a minute. right >> and i mean, they don't tell you that in the adverts, do they, for these wonderful keyless cars. but is there any is there any is there any way to stop this? i mean, if you've got a key because there is there is a key because there is there is a your car, right. if a key for your car, right. if you do, you just keep it in your safe somewhere in the attic and then one can do the relay then no one can do the relay signal does it work ? signal or how does it work? >> obviously, could do that, >> obviously, you could do that, but it would just be a huge pain going into your safe every time you want to start your car, getting car. getting your car. >> the best and easiest way >> um, the best and easiest way to prevent any thieves from

capturing your car's radio signals from your key fob is to buy something called a faraday bag . so a faraday bag is a is a bag. so a faraday bag is a is a tiny little pouch that you put your in, and it's lined with your key in, and it's lined with a metallic lining that a special metallic lining that will block the signals coming into and out of the fog . and into and out of the fog. and they range between five, ten, £20 off the internet , and £20 off the internet, and they're very effective at blocking any unwanted signals going out of the key fob for any potential thieves to. okay. >> and just just just quickly, jeff, while i've got you then just in your view, is it easier to nick a keyless car than it is just a normal car ? just a normal car? >> it depends . on your budget, >> it depends. on your budget, i suppose.i >> it depends. on your budget, i suppose. i mean , a thief would suppose. i mean, a thief would have to pay a considerable amount to get hold of the equipment to carry out theft on a keyless car . equipment to carry out theft on a keyless car. um, whereas

obviously slightly more traditional car entry systems with a key and a transponder on it would take less expensive equipment to enter and steal those cars. but, um , i think those cars. but, um, i think once a thief has this equipment to steal a car with keyless , to steal a car with keyless, then you can get in. it's very easy. it's very easy for them to surely the company , if you pay, surely the company, if you pay, if you, if you know , if someone if you, if you know, if someone drops like 60 or 70 grand on a new merc or something and then they put it on their car or a lexus or whatever, you know, a nice car and they put it on their drive way and then it emerges that this thing is just vulnerable to someone going and buying one piece of technology and being able to get into it. >> i think be inclined to be >> i think i'd be inclined to be quite angry the manufacturer. >> diabolical, yes. >> absolutely diabolical, yes. yeah exactly. >> i think i'd be. look, jeff, i'm going to have to i've got to get going, i'm afraid, because we at the end of the

we were just at the end of the houn we were just at the end of the hour. but massively appreciated. thank you very much. i hope people advice well. people take your advice as well. and learnt a thing or and they've learnt a thing or two that as jones two from that as jeff jones there mechanical, who there from east mechanical, who was to talk about was joining us to talk about keyless cars. i just think it's a massive design flaw. absolutely design flaw, absolutely massive design flaw, but this but a reminder of this afternoon's yes, the afternoon's big news. yes, the government the government will be in the supreme court fighting the case for deportation for the rwanda deportation policy. christys gb policy. patrick christys gb news, channel. policy. patrick christys gb ne\the channel. policy. patrick christys gb ne\the temperature's:hannel. policy. patrick christys gb ne\the temperature's rising... >> the temperature's rising. boxed proud sponsors of boxed solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> afternoon. i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. a wet and windy spell of weather is on the way. arriving tonight and lasting for much of tomorrow and into the weekend courtesy of these two areas of low pressure. in particular, this one is particular, this one which is heading up towards the west. now, that, many of us now, ahead of that, many of us have the driest day of have had the driest day of a pretty showery week . there are pretty showery week. there are still some heavy showers around across parts of eastern england and scotland further and scotland and further outbreaks mostly light rain outbreaks of mostly light rain pushing into northern ireland,

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victory for the government. they will have their day in the supreme court we are going to be going live to rwanda in just a couple minutes find out couple of minutes to find out really it actually is. really how safe it actually is. i'm also going to be talking about this as well. it's the sun versus the bbc. see, the blame game in full swing over the game is in full swing over the huw saga. some people huw edwards saga. some people are only huw edwards saga. some people are to only huw edwards saga. some people are to blame only huw edwards saga. some people are to blame is only huw edwards saga. some people are to blame is hugh1ly huw edwards saga. some people are to blame is hugh himself person to blame is hugh himself . be asking this . i will also be asking this question as well, whether or not it is a proper victory for the people of wales, the local community in llanelli have actually managed to , it would actually managed to, it would appean actually managed to, it would appear, anyway, boot out a migrant hotel from their area and there's this story on top of that. take it or leave it, says rishi sunak sunak. he has agreed a public sector pay rise of around 6. so we'll be talking about whether or not that's enough. and whether they should just rip his hand off and get back to work doing things like, oh, know, teaching kids oh, i don't know, teaching kids or saving lives. one final or saving lives. and one final one well. it's been while one as well. it's been a while since we've mentioned these two, isn't harry and meghan, isn't it, harry and meghan, could win award? yeah,

could they win an award? yeah, that's right. i will tell you what in just second. and what for in just a second. and if by the way, i want if they do, by the way, i want my of the royalties. my share of the royalties. patrick christys . gb news. yeah. patrick christys. gb news. yeah. all action this hour . all action this hour. vaiews@gbnews.com. keep the emails coming in now though, as your headlines with rory . your headlines with rory. >> thank you very much patrick. the prime minister has set out pay the prime minister has set out pay increases for millions of pubuc pay increases for millions of public sector workers . police public sector workers. police and prison officers will receive and prison officers will receive an increase of 7, while teachers will get 6.5. teachers unions say the new pay recommendations will allow them to call off the strike action. rishi sunak has told those still striking to do the right thing and no when to say yes and warns there will be no more negotiating . while no more negotiating. while chancellor jeremy no more negotiating. while chancellorjeremy hunt has ruled chancellor jeremy hunt has ruled out increasing taxes or

borrowing to fund the pay rises as we want to pay them fairly, which is why we've taken the decision to accept the independent pay review body recommendations . recommendations. >> but at the same time, the reason that many of them are angry, the reason that we've had strikes, is because they've seen their take home pay eroded by inflation. and it's vital that we don't anything in we don't do anything in accepting these awards that fuels inflation and means we're having the same disputes this time next year as well. >> the 6% offer to junior doctors in england falls well below the 35% rise that the british medical association nafion british medical association nation is calling for members of the bma in england have begun a five day walkout in the ongoing dispute over pay in what's been described as the longest in the history of the nhs . the row has history of the nhs. the row has already to led thousands of cancelled operations and consultations . the government consultations. the government has been given the go ahead to take a legal battle over its

rwanda depher rotation policy to the supreme court. rwanda depher rotation policy to the supreme court . the prime the supreme court. the prime minister had said he fundamentally disagreed with the court of appeals ruling that the deal was unlawful. home secretary suella braverman has been battling to get the policy off the ground after it was previously blocked by appeal. judges the deal would see asylum seekers deported to the east african nation mental health charity mind says people like huw edwards experiencing serious mental health problems should be given the space to receive treatment. questions have been raised regarding the son's conduct , as raised regarding the son's conduct, as well as the bbc's response to the allegations that mr edwards paid a young person for sexually explicit images. the corporation's director general will be questioned in parliament next week on how the story was handled and the met police has found no evidence of criminality . police has found no evidence of criminality. gb news has been speaking to people around the country to get their thoughts.

>> it's obviously got serious mental health issues and at the moment we don't consider that the ramifications for his family if going to disappear into if he's going to disappear into the wilderness. >> that's all he's finished. >> that's all he's finished. >> he really basically he's finished. >> like schofield , he's finished. >> i think people need to leave him alone . him alone. >> mental health is so severe and each person handles it a different way. alex actions and rumours cause traumatic behaviour, which is probably what's made him completely go off the edge and the us president says president putin has already lost the war in ukraine. >> speaking in helsinki, joe biden said ukraine will join nato and mr putin will eventually decide it is not in the interest of russia to continue its invasion . but he continue its invasion. but he reiterated that no one can join nato while a war is still ongoing . no one can join nato. ongoing. no one can join nato. >> while the war a war is going

on. we're a nato nation is being attacked because that guarantees that we're in a war and we're in a third world war. so that is not about whether or not they should or shouldn't join in. it's about when they can join and they will join nato. the issue of whether or not this is going to keep putin from continuing to fight, going to keep putin from continuing to fight , the answer continuing to fight, the answer is putin's already lost the war footballer dele alli has revealed he was sex sexually abused when he was six years old and was dealing drugs by the time he was eight. >> speaking to gary neville on his podcast the overlap, the everton midfielder says he recently spent six weeks in rehab because of a sleeping pill addiction and mental health issues. he's also revealed he smoked at seven years old and was sent to africa to learn discipline . the prince of wales discipline. the prince of wales has expressed his support, saying he was brave and inspirational. saying he was brave and inspirational . while ali says inspirational. while ali says his adoptive parents have helped

him to turn his life around. >> 12 was adopted, so and from then it was like i was adopted by an amazing family. like i said, i couldn't have asked for better people to do what they'd done for me as i mean , i don't done for me as i mean, i don't if god created people, it was them . you watching, watching and them. you watching, watching and listening to gb news will bring you more as it happens. >> now, though, it's back to . patrick >> well, the government has been given the go ahead to bring a supreme court challenge over the rwanda deportation policy. it's worth reminding ourselves that the big hoo ha initially was whether or not rwanda was a safe country and that many people thought centred around is it literally just safe to be in rwanda? well, it turned out it

meant a lot more than that. and the latest court loss for the government, which now government, which they are now going appealed in going to be having appealed in the court, was centring the supreme court, was centring around we decided to send around if we decided to send people to rwanda be people to rwanda to be processed, be given processed, would they be given a fair hearing? and what chance is there that they will be sent back to country where they back to a country where they will face some kind of will actually face some kind of persecution ? now, be persecution? now, let's be honest. that honest. this is a problem that we here, which is so we have here, which is why so many people claim to be gay or christian or whatever in to order say that they would face that when got that persecution when they got home. that we will home. the issue that we will have thatifit home. the issue that we will have that if it is decided have is that if it is decided that basis is not that rwanda on that basis is not a safe country , then frankly, a safe country, then frankly, nowhere really will be apart from another european nation. and we're not really going to do a deal, are we, with another european nation to deport people, say, back france or people, say, back to france or to not certainly with to germany? not certainly with the economic and social mess that's taking place germany that's taking place in germany right now at the moment. let's cross live to rwanda and speak to arade dam bradford. adam, thank you very , very much. what thank you very, very much. what i thought this was was a bit of

a two fingers up actually, to the rwandan judiciary , the the rwandan judiciary, the rwandan authorities and the people in positions of power in rwanda is essentially stuff by white british judges telling people in africa that they don't think they're across their legal briefs . briefs. >> well , briefs. >> well, yeah, briefs. >> well , yeah, patrick, i briefs. >> well, yeah, patrick, i think you're right. and actually , you you're right. and actually, you know, if you look at the surroundings just a few metres from me and actually go and talk to rwanda people, other foreigners who have come to work here, who have come to live here, who have come to live here, some of whom have come to invest here, there is, first of all, nothing unsafe about here at all. in fact, i would say it's safer to walk around the streets at night in kigali than it is in central to london be quite honest, i don't fear being stabbed or mugged here at all. and actually , you're right, it and actually, you're right, it is stuffy. white people who've probably never been this far into africa or even seen the place. um, there's many facilities for migrants as part

of this deal. just, you know , a of this deal. just, you know, a few miles from me. there's the accommodation, which is very, very good accommodation. >> there's training, there's health care, there's support to get into jobs . get into jobs. >> um, i don't know where these arguments are coming from, to be honest. >> and i think what that ties into is this idea that would we just send people to rwanda so that the rwandan people can deport them back to their country or not. but from what you're saying there, there doesn't appear to be any massive desire to for the country of rwanda to want to deport all of the people that we fly over there. you think that there will be a desire, if anything, to keep them ? keep them? >> of course they will. and it makes absolutely no sense for britain . you know, a grown up, britain. you know, a grown up, big, mature country as we are. i hope to send migrants out here all the way to east africa . what all the way to east africa. what just for them to be sent somewhere else a few weeks later, a few months later? that is absolutely not the case. and

there's a lot of discussion about this policy over here from foreigners like me and others who are local . and i think the who are local. and i think the negative impression that keeps being cast over rwanda by these ill informed , uneducated, ill informed, uneducated, out—of—touch people is just making this into an absolute farce. >> and i just wish they would just get on with it. >> and i hope the government do well in their appeal . what? well in their appeal. what? >> yeah, you make a good point there. what are rwandans saying about this? when around about this? when you walk around and talk to them? i mean, is this big news in rwanda to it is whenever you talk about england , the next thing that people go on to apart from the football, is they start talking about did the migrants come yet? >> and i just have to laugh and say, no, no, they're not they're not coming yet because it's been a high profile policy. not coming yet because it's been a high profile policy . and boris a high profile policy. and boris johnson was over here last year talking about it. suella braverman being over here very

recently talking about it. and i think rwanda does think it's a bit of a joke like what is going on between britain and rwanda to make such a mess of what you know is a fairly, you know, safe policy, i think. well i mean, if there is a trope about african nafions there is a trope about african nations being slightly disorganised , chaotic and disorganised, chaotic and wasting a load of money and potentially some elements of corruption, i would think that maybe it's time for us to have a long, hard look in the mirror over here, frankly, because the impression that we must be giving of ourselves to the people rwanda for striking people of rwanda for striking a deal with nation essentially deal with a nation essentially in roundabout way, making them in a roundabout way, making them build load of facilities build a load of facilities for people. >> we're doing the pr stunt. our politicians one politicians and including at one point, prime minister, point, a serving prime minister, turn up a home secretary turns up. it the fanfare up. we give it the big fanfare and then we say, oh, sorry, we can't get our own house in order. we've spent a load of money there. everyone's actually saying is some saying that your country is some kind rights cesspit and

kind of human rights cesspit and it trusted. and i mean, it can't be trusted. and i mean, it's particularly great it's not particularly great stuff, it? again, would say stuff, is it? again, i would say that that it's quite that it's that it's quite offensive. message offensive. so your message to the at supreme court the judges at the supreme court would be what then, adam? >> i'm first of all, i think you need to get on this first plane out here and have a look how safe and welcoming and prosperous you know, they prosperous it is. you know, they call places in africa and other countries, third world or developing country , because it developing country, because it just means that they're not as far ahead other countries. far ahead as other countries. but still great things but there's still great things going there's jobs , going on. there's still jobs, there's there's there's still economies, there's still investment. um you know, i would say , you know, get out of would say, you know, get out of those old fashioned stereotypes, come and actually look under the skin of what's really going on here. and i would defy them to spend a day, a week, a month here and have any kind of negative experience. it just would not happen. >> fascinating. adam thank you very much. again, adam bradford, who is, of course , a brit living who is, of course, a brit living in rwanda . that is the news that in rwanda. that is the news that the government victory now they're going to be in the

supreme court doing and supreme court doing battle and trying get some flights trying to get some flights taking to lots more taking off to rwanda. lots more on that story on our website, gbnews.com it is the fastest growing site in growing national news site in the and the very best the country and the very best for the news as for all the breaking news as well. qatar to this. so bbc well. but qatar to this. so bbc bosses before bosses have been called before parliament next week to answer questions on the handling of this elle edwards saga. the this hugh elle edwards saga. the corporation continue its corporation is to continue its own investigation own internal investigation following that elle following fresh claims that elle edwards inappropriately messaged individual, current and former bbc employees. and it is vital to stress again that those allegations came out after his wife had released a statement naming him and saying that we all need to leave him alone for his mental health. we are joined now by broadcaster toby young and former bbc legal correspondent clive coleman . i'm correspondent clive coleman. i'm not sure where we're going to end up with this conversation, chaps, but i will start by asking toby, who do you blame for this, the bbc sun? for this, the bbc or the sun? >> blame huw edwards, assuming >> i blame huw edwards, assuming the allegations are true , but i the allegations are true, but i certainly don't blame the sun. >> the reason is a family member

of the young man at the centre of the young man at the centre of this story contacted the sun is because they contacted the bbc in may and the bbc. as far as they were concerned , didn't as they were concerned, didn't respond adequately to their complaints. as far as we know, the bbc didn't even the bbc investigations unit didn't even talk to huw edwards the only time they spoke to him for the first time about the complaint was when the sun called them for comment on july 7th, just before it broke the story. so had the bbc responded to the complaint, had a word with huw edwards according to the complainant. anyway she wouldn't or the family member wouldn't have contacted the sun and the story wouldn't have blown up in the way it did. so i blame the bbc for not properly investigating the complaint and responding to what was a very serious concern i >> -- >> okay, clive, i'll bring you in now to see former bbc legal correspondent. i mean, there is a case that the bbc have driven a case that the bbc have driven a massive double decker bus over

a massive double decker bus over a member of their top talent. is there truth to that? well, there any truth to that? well, where i've got some some sympathy with and agree with toby is that the timeline looks looks very difficult for the bbc and that's why i'm very glad that there is going to be a full investigation , an i think the investigation, an i think the pubuc investigation, an i think the public jimmy public following the jimmy savile expect bbc savile scandal, expect the bbc to in place a safeguarding to have in place a safeguarding system , a complaint system, a system, a complaint system, a red flag system that would mean that a complaint of this nature is dealt with promptly . is dealt with promptly. >> it's dealt with properly, it's escalated when it when it should be. and there i think the bbc does have something that it really needs to scrutinise and it's doing it internally . but we it's doing it internally. but we may get to a situation as we did with the martin bashir panorama scandal where, you know, trust is so crucial in the bbc that an independent person like a retired judge , lord dyson, it retired judge, lord dyson, it was was the retired master of the rolls who carried out the inquiry in relation to martin bashir. we may need to have something like that. but where i

disagree, i think probably with toby is that once the sun had got hold of it, what they did is they they ran a story about an allegation essentially of criminality . let allegation essentially of criminality. let me allegation essentially of criminality . let me give you allegation essentially of criminality. let me give you an example. and i'd like to put this to toby, actually, as an edhonif this to toby, actually, as an editor, if someone came to you with a story, they'd seen someone go into a shop, take someone go into a shop, take some goods, put them in their pocket, walk out the shop and pocket, walk out of the shop and they we're asking you as an edhon they we're asking you as an editor, let's run this story. let's not mention theft. let's not illegality , not mention illegality, criminality, but let's run the story . and just before we run it story. and just before we run it , you get a phone call from the store manager who says, guess what, nothing went missing because analogous to what because that's analogous to what happened the sun's coverage happened with the sun's coverage . and that's where i think it gets problematic . gets problematic. >> okay. all right. i mean, so toby, then answer that. toby, then go on, answer that. >> i'm not sure who the >> well, i'm not sure who the phone caller is in this analogy. as as i understand it, and perhaps clive's understanding is better than mine, the sun were led to believe by the family

member who contacted the newspaper that the first contact act between huw edwards and their son was when their son was 17, and that he had solicited sexually explicit photographs from the sun when the sun was 17. now i'm not aware, and perhaps you know better, that the sun learnt before it published the story that the boy in question had not sent sexually explicit material to huw edwards until he'd become 18. but as far as i understand it, the sun was told by the family member that he'd done it when the boy was just 17, when we'll throw it over to you, clive, as well, when it comes to the faith of the bbc and the faith in the bbc, now we have had a series of quite monumental ups and i mean, if you go all the way back to jimmy savile,

which is of course radically different to what this is, but all the way back to jimmy savile and right the way through into martin bashir and all this martin bashir and all of this stuff, mean, don't seem stuff, i mean, they don't seem to a particularly good job. to have a particularly good job. >> why should anyone trust the bbc? potentially, bbc? i mean, potentially, potentially. have guy potentially. here you have a guy whose of whose public image is of a national treasure doing the coronation, queen's coronation, do the queen's funeral kind of individual, funeral that kind of individual, at least outwardly portraying himself kind of welsh himself as a kind of welsh country strong country lad with good, strong christian values . if any of christian values. if any of these allegations are true, they would be the case. would appear to not be the case. i mean, it would appear to be a double life and a half if indeed any of those allegations are true. does it cast aspersions on anything you from the bbc? now >> okay, i will come to that. let me just briefly address one of toby's points. he says that i will know better may know will know better or may know better exactly what better than him exactly what went sun in the went on at the sun in the preparation for this first story. don't toby, because story. i don't toby, because what we haven't heard from is victoria newton, the editor of the sun. we haven't heard from rebekah brooks . there's rebekah brooks. there's a big mystery over over all of this. but what we do know is that the

alleged victim in a story that is all about a victim contacted the sun before they ran the story. and said that nothing illegal or inappropriate had happened.soi illegal or inappropriate had happened. so i think we would all benefit from a detailed explanation from the sun on that aspect of it. in terms of the damage to the bbc, look, i was at the bbc when the savile scandal happened and it hit the bbc like a meteor and the bbc. i think in this instance, you know, they have investigated huw edwards and, you know, they've we've had in fact , i saw this we've had in fact, i saw this with with the cliff, richard case.i with with the cliff, richard case. i was quite pleased to see one of my colleagues sticking a microphone under the noses of the senior news managers at the bbc as they came out having lost the cliff richard case. so the bbc does scrutinise the bbc in circumstances it does this and i think it it does. >> and just on that, we are going to have to wrap it in a second, chaps, as good as this

is. but it's commercial pressures, i'm afraid. but which actually isn't something the bbc faces. but when it comes to that, i wonder whether or that, clive, i wonder whether or not can go hard as not the beeb can go as hard as maybe they would like on the sun, given fact that clearly sun, given the fact that clearly they try expose they wanted to try to expose themselves as well, which is part of their their issue. and on that, there were on top of that, then there were more allegations published internally wife's internally after his wife's statements this business is statements. this business of is it insensitive of i'm not it deeply insensitive of i'm not sure the bbc is completely blameless of that as blameless in all of that as well. a really difficult well. it's a really difficult situation i talk to situation. ian, i could talk to you a lot longer. i wish you for a lot longer. i wish i could, but unfortunately i get shouted toby young got shouted out. toby young got broadcast former legal broadcast and former bbc legal correspondent well. clive correspondent as well. clive coleman. great stuff, chaps. thank now thank you very much. now a little this hour, will little later this hour, i will bnng little later this hour, i will bring details of what rishi bring you details of what rishi sunak the government's sunak says. the government's fine sector pay off will fine public sector pay off will be. if you're sick and of be. if you're sick and tired of seeing on strike or seeing teachers out on strike or nurses out on strike. junior doctors out strike. train doctors out on strike. train drivers out on strike. everyone's out on strike. well, this now take it. or this is it now take it. or flipping. well it. the flipping. well leave it. the final public offer. final public sector pay offer. is where rishi sunak is this where rishi sunak regains bit of power from the regains a bit of power from the unions? dare i say it, maybe

unions? and dare i say it, maybe even a bit of public even a little bit of public support. but right now your weather. >> brighter outlook with boxt >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news afternoon . on. gb news afternoon. >> i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. a wet and windy spell of weather is on the way. arriving tonight and lasting for much of tomorrow and lasting for much of tomorrow and into the weekend courtesy of these two low pressure. these two areas of low pressure. in particular, this one which is heading towards the heading up towards the southwest. ahead of that, southwest. now, ahead of that, many of us have had the driest day of a pretty showery week. there are still some heavy showers across parts of showers around across parts of eastern scotland and eastern england and scotland and further outbreaks of mostly light rain pushing into northern ireland, wales and ireland, north wales and northwest during the northwest england during the evening. here comes a band evening. but here comes a band of heavier rain accompanied by some strong and gusty winds. temperatures holding up temperatures mostly holding up in teens. now these winds in the teens. now these winds will pretty lively, will be pretty lively, particularly for this time of yeah particularly for this time of year. so it's going to be a blustery day over southwest england wales. there'll be

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than 200 migrants in a four star hotel were put very much on hold. we are going to go live to yes , very, very shortly . a yes, very, very shortly. a victory for people power. patrick fryston gb news, britain's

7:00 this evening. gb news is the people's . channel the people's. channel >> would you take a 7% pay rise? i certainly would. pretty much everybody would. in fact , i everybody would. in fact, i think you'd be an idiot not to.

but but that is the question facing people in the public sector who, in view , should sector who, in my view, should just get back to work but just get back to work now. but there's rare bit of good there's also a rare bit of good news for harry and meghan. they're in line to win an award. they're in line to win an award. the bad news for them, though, will be that if do win, will be that if they do win, that award, i think be that award, i think i will be claiming my royalties. but all week been focusing on the week i've been focusing on the welsh ansell , welsh town of connor ansell, where 95 people have lost their jobs at a hotel ahead of the arrival of more than 200 asylum seekers. regular viewers of this show will know that we've been going there following the campaign how campaign as following how they're doing. but carmarthenshire council stopped they're doing. but carrhotelenshire council stopped they're doing. but carrhotelenshire ytransportopped the hotel owners transport eating a eating items through a gap in a hedge, which is known as the most guarded hedge most closely guarded hedge in the the moment. and we the world at the moment. and we can show gb news viewers now the scenes from security staff can show gb news viewers now the scerlastrom security staff can show gb news viewers now the scerlast night. security staff can show gb news viewers now the scerlast night. andecurity staff can show gb news viewers now the scerlast night. and thisity staff can show gb news viewers now the scerlast night. and this meansf left last night. and this means as far as we can tell, that the locals have got a stay of execution from the migrant hotel. let's play the clip . so hotel. let's play the clip. so ipp tuc . ipp tuc. >> oh, here. p&o hang up . tuc.

>> oh, here. p&o hang up. tuc. >> oh, here. p&o hang up. tuc. >> the welsh song there ringing out across the valleys . anyway, out across the valleys. anyway, i'm joined now by natalie resident steve williams. steve, thank you very much. good to have you back on the show. i've seen more of you than i've seen my missus in recent days, but congrat ulations you must be feeling feeling pretty chuffed. are a least a step are you? is this a least a step in the direction, if not a victory? go on. >> it is a step in the >> i think it is a step in the right direction and i think the people that have done that, that have been the people on the gates last few days, in all gates the last few days, in all honesty, support that we've honesty, the support that we've said been outstanding. >> i would say, though, >> and what i would say, though, we want false dawns. we don't want any false dawns. >> got to remain >> we've still got to remain focussed what we're trying to focussed on what we're trying to achieve and is trying to achieve and that is trying to get hotel back being get that hotel back to being a hotel, to be an asylum hotel, not to be an asylum centre. you can that the centre. you can see that the amount people that are there, amount of people that are there, they attended in very short they attended in a very short

penod they attended in a very short period we've said period of time. we've said with the that had in the support that they've had in this last area and the surrounding areas gazebo there and in where and the points in areas where we've been maintaining a vigil on we've been on the premises, we've been providing event. you providing a camp event. so, you know , yes, it's victory, but know, yes, it's a victory, but a good victory. i won't say it's not. however, what i'll say is this is the first step in stone andifs this is the first step in stone and it's crossing that bridge to the final hurdle . and that final the final hurdle. and that final hurdle will be achieved because people are positive about it. they're dedicated, and i can guarantee they are prepared guarantee you they are prepared to to the end. they are to stay to the end. they are prepared stay to the we prepared to stay to the end. we not we will. >> yeah, exactly that. and you are doing an incredible job there. and but believe it or not, i mean , you are now actual not, i mean, you are now actual national heroes. the amount of emails that i've been getting in, the amount of tweets that i'm getting, highlighting what you doing, people you guys are doing, people wishing what you'd wishing they'd done what you'd done but knowing done before, but also knowing now this happens in now that if this happens in local where in an local communities where in an underhand the home office underhand way, the home office and the local authorities or whoever going to plonk an whoever are going to plonk an asylum seeker hotel there, if they they're get they know they're going to get

this backlash, then they this kind of backlash, then they might twice . but so just might think twice. but so just talk what actually talk me through what actually happened security happened yesterday. the security guards left. did they? which would there's nothing for would imply there's nothing for them secure anymore. them to keep secure anymore. well was an incident well there was an incident regarding security night regarding security the night before was let off. >> now, we don't know the source of firework being let off, of that firework being let off, but it happened. the rear of the hotel. and i was covering that area at night last night. and i think the four of us had quite a shock when we came across each other, although there was a fence between us, i'm not sure if have been so happy if i'd if i'd have been so happy if i'd been my not that i been there on my own. not that i said would have talked to said they would have talked to me anyway, but they are quite big had quite big lads and they had quite a verbal altercation, but i could see were not happy. they see they were not happy. they weren't the weren't happy with the circumstances. were finding circumstances. they were finding themselves. , themselves. they were stressed, they were edge in. they were on edge and moves in. a of bed set up a photograph of the bed set up in a bar. they're they're not getting any rest. i think this has something they not has been something they were not expecting. probably expecting. it was probably a situation they thought would expecting. it was probably a situat here. ey thought would expecting. it was probably a situat here. it'shought would expecting. it was probably a situat here. it's ayught would expecting. it was probably a situat here. it's a quicknould expecting. it was probably a situat here. it's a quick turnover come here. it's a quick turnover . we come in, we secure the area and we're away. they are

veterans and obviously they sworn allegiance to the queen and king at relevant times , but and king at relevant times, but they expecting the way they were not expecting the way in which the community came together held its own together and held held its own when they left late yesterday afternoon, as you said , they had afternoon, as you said, they had put some cameras in the area and one of them collected the cameras. they went out. i think what's happened is we people in the area know a lot of legislation. they're prepared to highlight both highlight the legislation. both them, office and other them, the home office and other agencies . and we've had the agencies. and we've had the support carmarthen county support of carmarthen county council hedge . so council to close a hedge. so literally they were unable to get food without having get food in without having potential public disorder at the gate . and i think it was at the gate. and i think it was at the point where these security guards had said enough is enough . we're not due for what we expected . and we go in and as i expected. and we go in and as i said , the night before last, said, the night before last, they could see they were dejected and they were tired. they were fed up. and i think they just wanted to go home. >> you you did, actually. >> are you you did, actually. >> are you you did, actually. >> through the >> they went out through the front opposed to a front gates as opposed to a hedge. >> well, yes. and i don't use

the phrase starving them out, you know, too serious . but but you know, too serious. but but but they weren't able to get any food in were they. >> no. they would . and from what >> no. they would. and from what they understand at the front gate, obviously , there's quite a gate, obviously, there's quite a supply of food there . we are supply of food there. we are being supplied by food and think, in fairness, think, but my wife, in fairness, she been making me she has been making me sandwiches. the food that sandwiches. but the food that was being obviously at the front of hotel may have been of the hotel may have been getting to them as well . um, but getting to them as well. um, but yeah, they difficultly getting food. it's the cunning , the dark art. >> steve that's what you embroiled in, all the dark arts, all is fair in love and war, i suppose. steve but look, i've, i just thought i'd finish because we were a bit pressed for time, but i just thought i'd finish by, by saying i understand steve now correct me if i'm wrong, am i right in saying west is best? >> certainly is. and we're going to prove it on this occasion. again, with support of the community, the thousands that have turned up, the people who have turned up, the people who have stood there rain, have stood there in the rain, weather sorts will

weather of all sorts will continue do so until the home continue to do so until the home office. we've got 5000 empty beds at the cost of god knows what and how many jobs around the country reallocate those rooms and we go back to normal. good stuff. >> steve, thank you very much. steve williams there is a very proud resident of natalie in wales where they have for now anyway, seen off a migrant hotel in their community. lots more still between now and in their community. lots more stilrishi between now and in their community. lots more stilrishi sunaketween now and in their community. lots more stilrishi sunak hasen now and in their community. lots more stilrishi sunak has challenged six rishi sunak has challenged union leaders call off strike union leaders to call off strike action. he's offering public sector workers pay rises of up to we'd take a 7% pay to 7. we'd all take a 7% pay rise. it, it, rip his rise. do it, take it, rip his hand off, get back work. but hand off, get back to work. but first, the latest headlines first, it's the latest headlines with rory . with rory. >> thank you very much , patrick. >> thank you very much, patrick. the prime minister has set out pay the prime minister has set out pay increases for millions of pubuc pay increases for millions of public sector workers, police and prison officers will receive and prison officers will receive an increase of 7% whilst teachers will get 6.5. but a 6% offer to junior doctors in

england falls well below the 35% rise that the british medical association is calling for. chancellor jeremy association is calling for. chancellorjeremy hunt has ruled chancellor jeremy hunt has ruled out increasing taxes or borrowing to fund the pay rises i >> -- >> we want emma >> we want to pay them fairly, which is why we've taken the decision to accept the independent pay review body recommendations . but at the same recommendations. but at the same time, the reason that many of them are angry, the reason that we've had strikes, is because they've seen their take home pay eroded by inflation. >> and it's vital that we don't do anything in accepting these awards that fuels inflation and means we're having the same disputes this time next year. >> in other news, the government has been given the go ahead to take a legal battle over its rwanda deportation policy to the supreme court. rishi sunak had said he fundamentally disagreed with the court of appeals ruling that the deal was unlawful . home that the deal was unlawful. home secretary suella braverman has been battling to get the policy off the ground after it was

previously blocked by appeal. judges as mental health charity mind says people like huw edwards experiencing serious mental health problems should be given the space to receive treatment . it comes as questions treatment. it comes as questions are raised regarding the son's conduct , as are raised regarding the son's conduct, as well as the bbc's response to the allegations. the corporation director general will be questioned in parliament next week on how the story was handled. the met police has found no evidence of criminality . that's the up to date . but you . that's the up to date. but you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website. thatis stories by visiting our website. that is gbnews.com . that is gb news.com. that is gbnews.com. direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . silver investment. >> all right. >> all right. >> let's take a look at today's

markets. the pound will buy $1.3106 markets. the pound will buy 151.3106 and markets. the pound will buy $1.3106 and ,1.1700. the price of gold is . at £1,493.33 per of gold is. at £1,493.33 per ounce. and the ftse 100 has closed the day . at 7440 points. closed the day. at 7440 points. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news investments that matter . well investments that matter. well million of public sector workers, including police officers, teachers and junior doctors , will receive pay rises doctors, will receive pay rises between 5 and 7. >> police and prison officers will get that 7% pay rise, while teachers and junior doctors will get about six, five and 6% rises, respectively anyway. but the british medical association said the pay rise would not end. the doctors dispute with the government and they claim the offer is a missed opportunity to end the strikes. well, i'm sure they will because what they want is absolutely staggering, isn't it, joined now by it, really? i'm joined now by the political commentator, reem

ibrahim. thank you very ibrahim. reem, thank you very much. couple of issues much. i mean, a couple of issues here, haven't a here, because we haven't got a magic money it does mean magic money tree. it does mean that either accept this that they can either accept this pay that they can either accept this pay not. but if they do pay offer or not. but if they do accept it, they're also going to have accept cuts are have to accept that cuts are going to have to be made elsewhere. a of those elsewhere. so a lot of those teachers banging on about how much really care about the much they really care about the kids basically kids education are now basically being choose between being asked to choose between their packet and whether their own pay packet and whether or has crayons. or not somebody has crayons. >> absolutely >> well, you're absolutely right, patrick. effectively, when about when we're thinking about increases in public sector pay , increases in public sector pay, we've got to think about it in the context public spending. the context of public spending. >> governments , public >> now, governments, public spending the moment about spending at the moment is about 46% of gdp. that has increased by 10% since the year 2000. it continuously does go up. and so as soon as we start thinking about increasing public sector pay, about increasing public sector pay, we've got to think about how much that is going to affect the entire t of public sector spending . now, of course, as you spending. now, of course, as you know as anybody knows, it knows how to balance book. if you're how to balance a book. if you're going increasing spending going to be increasing spending the from the money has to come from somewhere could either come

somewhere that could either come from tax increases. we, of course, already have highest course, already have the highest tax second world war tax burdens in second world war or has to from cuts in or that has to come from cuts in spending in elsewhere, elsewhere. so effectively , elsewhere. so effectively, jeremy hunt has promised that that's that's what's going to happen. to be happen. they're going to be cutting elsewhere. that happen. they're going to be cutting that elsewhere. that happen. they're going to be cutting that in elsewhere. that happen. they're going to be cutting that in the lsewhere. that happen. they're going to be cutting that in the public re. that happen. they're going to be cutting that in the public sectorit means that in the public sector , will be cuts, whether , there will be cuts, whether that education or in that be in education or in health care with junior doctors pay health care with junior doctors pay specifically thinking pay now specifically thinking about their about the bma in their particular pay request, about the bma in their particular pay request , they've particular pay request, they've asked for 35. that is absolute , asked for 35. that is absolute, truly staggering. it's not a serious pay request. and of course, it's not going to happen. so i think it's interesting that they're deciding to effectively choose to choose a very high pay request rather than sort of try and negotiate with the government. >> no, indeed. and really , i >> no, indeed. and really, i would expect the to public indeed expect someone who's been offered a 7% pay rise in the middle of, frankly , an economic middle of, frankly, an economic crisis where inflation is sky high to take that and get back to work in our public sector,

saving lives, teaching kids, keeping the country going. >> yeah. and unfortunately , of >> yeah. and unfortunately, of course, when we're thinking about junior doctors , they about junior doctors, they really are key workers. we had we used this word during the pandemic . they're workers pandemic. they're key workers because are because their jobs are effectively mean that they are sort of their public interest is really important and they protect us. they work for in the nhs. they try and save our lives and so without those individuals working and because we've got this effect , which working and because we've got this effect, which is effectively a monopoly on healthcare, it means that we have to see them as sort of valuable within the public sector. now of course, sector. and now of course, again, we're thinking about again, when we're thinking about pubuc again, when we're thinking about public sector pay increases, it has in context of has to be seen in the context of pubuc has to be seen in the context of public spending. if they do not accept the 7% rise, which i think a pretty good deal, we think is a pretty good deal, we don't that kind of rise in don't see that kind of rise in the private sector either. if they don't accept that pay rise. and expected and of course, they're expected to strike. this to continue to strike. this impacts it impacts impacts patients. it impacts other their colleagues that other of their colleagues that aren't it impacts aren't striking. it impacts other managers at the nhs. other the managers at the nhs. it impacts how much money is burying costed. so i think we've

really got think about how really got to think about how much this is about pay and much of this is about pay and working conditions and how much is this about is this really about selfishness? absolutely . selfishness? yeah, absolutely. >> and how much everyone wants to country that's to live in a country that's completely bankrupt well. completely bankrupt as well. it's well and good it's all very well and good saying, a 30% saying, well, no, we want a 30% pay saying, well, no, we want a 30% pay and we want more pay rise and we want more funding for what we do for a job as well. and we want all the teachers to get this pay rise as well. we want the to well. and we want the kids to get more at school. all get more money at school. all right, where it right, fine. but where is it coming from? they go, well, coming from? and they go, well, just the rich. well okay. just tax the rich. well okay. all right. well, then the rich either run out or they either run out of money or they leave country and you've leave the country and you've got no left tax. and bingo, no one left to tax. and bingo, we're skint. re exactly. we're all skint. re exactly. >> i mean, it's the laffer curve, right? the more the more we the more likely we tax the rich, the more likely they are leave. we've already they are to leave. we've already seen increase in seen with the increase in corporation tax 25% that actually companies like astrazeneca actually companies like astrazthe ca actually companies like astrazthe country and go to leave the country and go to countries like ireland. ireland borders and have a 50% countries like ireland. ireland borde|corporation have a 50% countries like ireland. ireland borde|corporation tax. ave a 50% countries like ireland. ireland borde|corporation tax. so a 50% countries like ireland. ireland borde|corporation tax. so it's 0% lower corporation tax. so it's very, easy say what very, very easy to say what we'll do is we'll just tax the rich and that will fund all of these public pay, public sector

pay these public pay, public sector pay first of all, pay increases. first of all, that's going drive that's obviously going to drive out secondly it's out investment. secondly it's unfair individuals unfair for those individuals who have their pay have worked hard for their pay for to that taken away for them to that be taken away by forcibly . and by the state forcibly. and thirdly, think it's really thirdly, i think it's really important to remember the context of health care and pubuc context of health care and public sector spending. the nhs , for example, already spend , for example, we already spend just £200 billion on the just below £200 billion on the nhs. now course we could nhs. now of course we could increase taxes, but the government have also said that they've ruled out borrowing. they've ruled out the borrowing. we spend this year. i we already spend this year. i think it's £100 billion in interest on government debt. so i think it's really important that we think about this in the context of public spending. >> you very much as >> reem, thank you very much as even >> reem, thank you very much as ever. reem ibrahim who ever. reem ibrahim there, who is, of course, the political commentator. i don't about commentator. i don't know about you, of paying more you, but the idea of paying more tax this climate just tax in this current climate just makes a bit sick. really makes me feel a bit sick. really what are we actually getting? what? bang for our buck? are we getting all right? okay, here's a load. more of my pay a load. more tax out of my pay packet every single month. right. getting any right. it's the nhs getting any better? anything better? we're seeing anything better? we're seeing anything better with education? how's that pothole? that being that pothole? is that being filled your local council

filled in by your local council anytime oh yeah. any anytime soon? oh yeah. any reduction all amount? reduction at all in the amount? it's costing us to deal with what's in channel what's going on in the channel no, absolutely what's the no, absolutely not. what's the point more tax? it's point of paying more tax? it's not spent well, is not going to be spent well, is it? earlier on we it? anyway, earlier on we reported on a story about alleged slow progress on the investigation grooming investigation into the grooming gang our gb news gang in telford. our gb news investigative reporter charlie peters also highlighted a potential conflict interest potential conflict of interest between council and its between the council and its independent oversight. telford and wrekin council has issued the following statement no elected member had input into the appointment of the chair of the appointment of the chair of the strategic implementation group, a thorough and independent process independent selection process was the council's legal was led by the council's legal director and by local survivors of sexual exploitation who of child sexual exploitation who had representation on the had equal representation on the selection panel. shortlisted candidates and produced interview questions . right. interview questions. right. good. okay now harry and meghan have been nominated for an award for their netflix series. yes. seriously, that's the series that i was in. i want my royalties. if you win that award, harry and meghan, it's down to me .

award, harry and meghan, it's down to me. i'm not award, harry and meghan, it's down to me . i'm not quite me down to me. i'm not quite me alone because he did mug yourselves off big time, but me a bit and i want to see a bit of my royalties. yes patrick christys

>> britain's news . channel >> britain's news. channel now . how. >> now. >> now, here's a story i didn't think that i would be bringing you. harry and meghan's six six hour episodes. six part netflix series has been shortlisted for a prestigious industry award.

they are up for a hollywood critics award . the series critics award. the series sparked plenty of controversy , sparked plenty of controversy, and it was the second most watched documentary in netflix history . well, there we go . history. well, there we go. joining me now is our very own, in a way, los angeles correspond paul duddridge, who's the host of the politics people podcast. great stuff . great to have you great stuff. great to have you on.thank great stuff. great to have you on. thank you very, very much. i never thought that i would be talking about harry and meghan award winners of course, award winners unless, of course, they it themselves . oh they bought it themselves. oh >> oh, dear lord. listen, you can't be bandying about words like prestigious about this particular award, all right ? and particular award, all right? and i'm not. >> i'm seriously, i'm not trying to be snarky or sour grapes or anything, but, you know, these awards, you kind of any kind of word salad, hollywood critics association or whatever people are reporting it as if it's prestigious. >> these awards have only existed since 2016 when they were called the streaming awards tv and streaming. >> they are new.

>> they are new. >> they are new. >> the la times described this particular award. >> these these awards. nothing to do with harry and meghan as out of the 15 events of the year i >> -- >> this is emma em >> this is the 15th. so it is number 15. so let's take prestigious off the table for a moment, shall we? >> all right. it's and there's no no snub to you at all. no, that's like i know you're involvement in it. that's fine. >> no, no, that's that's absolutely fine. let me let me just rephrase that and then we'll crack on then. so harry and meghan's six part netflix series been shortlisted for series has been shortlisted for a bang average industry award. there right. but it is there we go. right. but it is for is for their netflix six for it is for their netflix six part docu series . it for it is for their netflix six part docu series. it is, as it were. and is that singularly based around the fact that so many people watched it which to be fair, i mean is normally a pretty good mark of success, although a lot of people watch car crashes, look , you've got to car crashes, look, you've got to even look at this then look at the category. >> it's nominated in best streaming non—fiction series .

>> it's nominated in best streaming non—fiction series. i mean, it literally is up against prehistoric planet two and the reluctant traveller for its look . this is everybody gets a cup day award. >> okay look it just the news that under the radar is they've been completely overlooked for an emmy who wants an emmy? >> who's ever heard of an emmy when you could be going up for the tv awards? >> so. so, yes, it's i mean, obviously , look, this is perhaps obviously, look, this is perhaps not the bauble that it's being described as by whoever is pulling the strings at montecito pr hq at the moment. >> it's it really is. i think i've got one, but i can't remember. but we will know the results. their nominated now cost $300 to submit it to be nominated. but they've been nominated. but they've been nominated and we'll find out the results on august 13th. and hollywood is agog. honestly, we're on the edge of our seats. >> well, it certainly sounds like it. absolutely. and having to pay to enter an award as well, i think is interesting. but there we go. is there any

talk of a second series? >> oh , i think there's lots of >> oh, i think there's lots of talk about a second series. >> but the talk is largely. do you think they'll ever give us one? will we be allowed a second series? will anybody watch a second series? i don't want them to us another series. to make us another series. i think that's level of the think that's the level of the talk at the moment. there are there are talks about other projects. fair to them, projects. to be fair to them, i think harry's got africa think harry's got his africa project, but think that these project, but i think that these are listen, i'm being unkind, but are contractual but they kind of are contractual obligations. don't obligations. i don't think there's appetite, there's any great appetite, great appetite to be competing for best streaming non—fiction series in the future and pouring millions of dollars into that. i do think that perhaps that particular venture has hit the buffers . buffers. >> i was in the harry and meghan netflix documentary, not once but twice, and people might find this very hard to believe. i appeared shortly after where someone was referring to the gutter press and i wonder whether or not whether or not i

should be after some kind of royalties or sharing a stage with harry and meghan if they win because i feel responsible for victory here. >> look, if it keeps going the way it's going, i'd keep your name out of it. >> they're going to come to you for £500 soon. you might have to bail the thing out just by your guilty by association. >> so probably stay on the >> so probably just stay on the down on that. down low on that. >> just keep name out >> don't just keep my name out of it. it should be your policy. >> fantastic. look, paul, thank you much. you're always you very much. you're always tremendous look tremendous value, and i look forward our we'll have forward to our chats. we'll have to on august 13th. to chat again on august 13th. it's date , my good man. take it's a date, my good man. take care. duddridge host care. paul duddridge is the host of politics people podcast of the politics people podcast based way in los angeles based all the way in los angeles right up next is michelle right now. up next is michelle dewberry for dewbs& co. nice to see you turned up today. i know, i know. >> i had a planned day off yesterday. i have to say, and i missed it all. yeah, i missed it all. i got the alert on my phone.i all. i got the alert on my phone. i was like, cool, what a day to be off. >> but i'm fascinated by this story. >> and i do wonder whether or

not my viewers are interested in the huw edwards thing or do they think, you know what, pack it in and on. it's the media and move on. it's the media keeping it alive. >> so i'll be that >> so i'll be asking that question tonight. >> pondering >> i also pondering tonight, patrick, uk giving patrick, why is the uk giving money rich countries like £50 money to rich countries like £50 million to china, for million last year to china, for example ? another thing that example? and another thing that caught my eye well, obviously caught my eye as well, obviously france on fire for france has been on fire for quite a in of the quite a while in terms of the killing there. and it's been kind of proposed and explored as to whether or not when it's all kicking off. and in france, it's got a tendency to do that often. >> let's be honest, when the social companies to social media companies are to told down, if they told take content down, if they don't do that, they don't adhere to that. >> kind of been floated as >> it's kind of been floated as anidea >> it's kind of been floated as an idea that actually see france as could shut off as a country could just shut off the media platforms, the social media platforms, which censorship . which is censorship. >> yeah. and i wonder, should that ever be acceptable? >> i think these are >> i think these things are a slippery slope. >> i think everyone's got a bit too on power during the too drunk on power during the covid nonsense. >> now think they're >> and now i think they're dreaming these kind of dreaming up all of these kind of power ways, ideas

power hungry ways, weird ideas worries me. >> oh, i think it is very, very weird. and in the quite small shape of emmanuel macron, you have a kind of pound shop, napoleon, in a weird marriage, don't you? and i just think, is he really the right guy to be in charge of the big red button of social media? >> well, he's also in charge of another big red button as well, isn't he? >> but i don't know. i do. i maintain that during covid people got away. when i say people, i mean the leaders of countries. they got away with so much when it comes to much stuff. when it comes to control, telling mortals control, telling us mere mortals theyi do. i think they're and i do. i think they're sitting now thinking, oh, well, the let us do this during covid. so could we get with so what could we get away with now? wash me, not now? doesn't wash with me, not on watch. i've got to say. on my watch. i've got to say. so, yeah, i want to get into all of that, plus, obviously, the scampton that i know scampton thing that i know you've well, you've been covering as well, the situation park in the situation in stanley park in wales. got it all coming wales. i've got it all coming up. >> fantastic stuff. well, it's going be absolutely wonderful going to be absolutely wonderful stuff, yes. michelle stuff, isn't it? yes. michelle dewberry. co will dewberry. we're dewbs& co will be up your screens be lighting up your screens for the want to thank

the next hour. i want to thank everybody who's been watching the next hour. i want to thank everlistening o's been watching the next hour. i want to thank everlistening andyeen watching the next hour. i want to thank everlistening and tuningitching the next hour. i want to thank everlistening and tuning in. ing and listening and tuning in. i will be back again tomorrow at 3 pm. with another firecracker for co next. for you. dewbs& co is up next. don't you move. take it easy. >> the temperature's rising. boxed solar are proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> afternoon. i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. a wet and windy spell of weather is on the way. arriving tonight and lasting for much of tomorrow and into the weekend courtesy of these two areas of low pressure. in particular, this one which is heading up towards the south—west. now, ahead that, south—west. now, ahead of that, many have had the driest many of us have had the driest day of pretty showery week . day of a pretty showery week. there are still some heavy showers across parts of showers around across parts of eastern england and scotland and further outbreaks of mostly light rain pushing into northern ireland, and ireland, north wales and northwest during northwest england during the evening. comes a band evening. but here comes a band of heavier rain accompanied by some strong and gusty winds . some strong and gusty winds. temperatures mostly holding up in teens. now winds in the teens. now these winds will pretty lively , will be pretty lively, particularly for time of

particularly for this time of yeah particularly for this time of year. it's going to be year. so it's going to be a blustery day over south—west england and wales. there'll be heavy as well, exacerbating heavy rain as well, exacerbating the miserable feel, but also making for some pretty tricky travelling conditions . the met travelling conditions. the met office have yellow warning office do have a yellow warning in place for those winds. the rain will spread across much of england. and england. northern ireland and into . the into southern scotland. by the end the some brighter end of the day, some brighter spells southeast could spells in the southeast could see 22, but generally see highs of 22, but generally temperatures in the high teens and feeling cooler with that gusty , gusty wind. gusty, gusty wind. it's a blustery day for many on saturday. you can see this big swirl. it's low pressure, but the strongest on saturday the strongest winds on saturday over of midlands over parts of the midlands east anglia east england . anglia and south east england. another in another met office warning in place for gusty winds . place for those gusty winds. there'll be plenty of heavy showers moving across the country as well. blustery conditions throughout day conditions throughout the day with temperatures high teens and low 20s the temperatures rising , boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .